Chapter 15: The Heartless Sword Manual’s First Page

“Page one of the Heartless Sword Manual — forget your beloved!”

This was the boundless battlefield, where the million-strong army of the Huiyue Royal Clan was actually stopped by just two people.

An old man possessed the strength of a Seven-Star Magic Gear User, capable of covering the sky with one hand.

A young girl, though only at Two-Star strength, had an aura no weaker than the old man behind her.

The old man declared that anyone below Four Stars who could defeat the girl would be allowed to pass.

Back then, Gudou Toutian, known as the King of Sword Dao, just happened to be present.

Seeing that no one from the Huiyue Kingdom could defeat this girl, Gudou Toutian stepped forward to challenge her.

However, faced with a single move from the Heartless Sword Manual, Gudou Toutian was completely helpless.

In the end, he fell beneath the girl’s blade.

That sword became his shadow — a wound in his heart — making him believe that unless he could take that strike one day, his Sword Dao would never again breakthrough.

“Where are they?”

When Gudou Toutian’s consciousness returned, he saw that Ahoge Dragon and Mao Yuxia were already gone.

“Second Young Master, Third Young Miss has left. She also left this behind.”

The shopkeeper trembled as he handed over a small slip of paper.

Gudou Toutian took it, and his pupils sharply contracted!

On it were a few crooked lines of text:

*Heartless Sword Manual*

With no woman in your heart, your blade flows like the divine.

Page one of the manual — forget your beloved.

Page two of the manual — sever the soul of longing.

Page three of the manual — slash the god of love with every strike.

“Forget your beloved… huh…”

Gudou Toutian lowered his head.

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“Hahahaha! Hahaha! That weak-kidney guy is such a total idiot!”

At this moment, Ahoge Dragon was holding an enormous pile of items, laughing so hard on the street that she couldn’t close her mouth.

When leaving, Ahoge Dragon had taken the opportunity to swipe a whole lot more stuff.

“Little Ahoge, isn’t this not so good? If he finds out we’re tricking him, what if he kills us?”

Mao Yuxia was scared out of her mind.

These past few days, Ahoge Dragon had not stopped causing trouble even once.

“What’re you scared of? Big Sis has got our backs.”

“Oh right, carrying so many things is such a hassle. Let’s go sell them over there!”

Ahoge Dragon pointed at a shop not far away.

“Meow~ We just stole them, and now we’re selling them?”

Mao Yuxia was speechless.

But… carrying all these things *was* indeed very annoying.

This time, Ahoge Dragon wasn’t so dumb-a**.

She let Mao Yuxia confirm the prices before selling anything.

Very soon, Ahoge Dragon had earned herself a whole bag full of magic stones.

“There’s fifty thousand magic stones here!”

Mao Yuxia had never seen this much money in her life.

If they also sold those magic crystals, the amount would be even greater.

“Even though we converted everything into money, it’s still troublesome! No bank really is inconvenient.”

Ahoge Dragon carried the bag of money — wow, it was heavy!

But she was still very happy.

Even if the money increased tenfold or a hundredfold, Ahoge Dragon could still lift it.

As for why she wasn’t using the Void Dragon Horn—

After taking so many treasures from Gudou Toutian…

A whole bunch of people had been following her.

If she used the Void Dragon Horn now, wouldn’t that expose her?

That thing was definitely more precious than any dragon magic gear.

Just the thought of others coveting it made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

“How about storing it at my house first? I’ll bring it to you at night.”

Mao Yuxia pointed toward a shop labeled *Meow-Meow General Store*.

“That’s your family’s shop?”

“Mhm! Mhm!”

“Nice!”

Ahoge Dragon gave Mao Yuxia a big thumbs-up.

Then, feeling refreshed and free, Ahoge Dragon walked out of the *Meow-Meow General Store*.

—

“What the—?! A toad sitting that high up? Let’s go settle the bill with him!”

After strolling along the shop street a bit longer, Ahoge Dragon and Mao Yuxia headed to the altar square to watch Yao Yueli’s match with Gudou Ritien.

The moment Ahoge Dragon arrived, she spotted Yue Guangyao seated high above.

She instantly grew furious.

He swindled fifty thousand magic stones from her — she *had* to get it back.

“That is… Gudou Toutian also came. Little Ahoge, maybe we shouldn’t go…”

Mao Yuxia feared their scam would be exposed, and that Gudou Toutian would chop them down with a single sword, so she grabbed Ahoge Dragon tightly.

“What’s there to be scared of? I only gave him the first three pages of the sword manual. If he dares touch me, he can forget about ever getting the remaining seven pages!”

Ahoge Dragon wasn’t afraid at all, storming toward Yue Guangyao with anger burning in her chest.

To Ahoge Dragon, taking her money was the same as taking her life!

If she didn’t get her money back today, she absolutely wouldn’t let it go!

“Huh? What’s weak-kidney guy doing?”

As they came closer, they finally saw clearly—

Gudou Toutian was actually holding a bouquet of fresh flowers.

He walked up to a young girl beside the Crown Prince.

Then he knelt down on one knee and shouted in a deep and powerful voice:

“Princess! I like you! Please go out with me!”

Eh?

?

Gudou Toutian’s voice was incredibly loud, and today happened to be the day of Yao Yueli and Gudou Ritien’s match.

The entire nation was watching.

Gudou Toutian was basically confessing in front of the whole country!

The young girl was the Huiyue Royal Family’s only princess—

Yue Yi.

Yue Yi was a young maiden just beginning to understand love, and facing such a sincere confession…

She immediately covered her mouth as tears of excitement welled up.

“Th-This princess… this kind of thing… this princess must… must obtain Father’s approval… Toutian, you’re so outstanding, I believe Father will…”

“Princess! Please go out with me! I am willing to protect your happiness and safety for my entire life!”

Gudou Toutian shouted again.

He startled the princess.

“Odo-odo~~ Odo-odo likes someone else~~ Waaaah~~ Stupid Odo-odo~~ I was here first~~ Waaaah~~”

Beside them, Gudou Ritien clutched his face in anguish and ran away crying.

“Uh… what in the world…”

Ahoge Dragon was speechless.

This entire royal circle was a mess.

“This princess is willing, but… but there’s still Mother…”

Princess Yue Yi fidgeted shyly, her face already bright red.

“Mother will definitely agree. After all, Brother Toutian is so outstanding. And even if Mother doesn’t agree, I’ll find a way to make her agree!”

Crown Prince Yue Guangyao patted Yue Yi on the shoulder.

She was his most beloved little sister after all.

“Brother…”

Yue Yi shed grateful tears and accepted the flowers.

She carefully held them to her chest.

Then, wiping her tears away, she revealed a happy smile:

“Toutian, this princess accepts you. No matter whether in prosperity or hardship, wealth or poverty, health or illness, joy or sorrow, this princess will always love you, cherish you, and remain faithful to you forever and ever.”

“Thank you, Princess. I will also love you forever.”

Gudou Toutian stood and gently pulled Yue Yi into his arms.

In front of countless onlookers, he leaned in.

Yue Yi shyly closed her eyes.

Everyone around looked on with envy.

They were the perfect pair — handsome man, beautiful woman.

“Pa!”

But just as Gudou Toutian leaned in, he didn’t kiss her.

Instead, he slapped Yue Yi across the face — *hard*.

Everyone was completely stunned!

“You b*tch! We’re breaking up!”

Gudou Toutian shouted, then leaped onto the center of the altar square.

That area was originally reserved for the battle between Yao Yueli and Gudou Ritien.

No one else stood there, and from that position, everyone could see him clearly.

Gudou Toutian released an overwhelmingly powerful aura, as if on the verge of a breakthrough.

He muttered:

“With no woman in your heart, the blade flows like the divine.

Page one of the manual — forget your beloved.

With no woman in your heart…”

Under the confused gazes of the entire crowd, the energy around Gudou Toutian grew stronger and stronger.

A green aura shot up like a pillar piercing the sky!

The greatsword in his hand hummed, as if it had come alive!

“Breakthrough! Four-Star Magic Gear User! And it looks like his Sword Dao advanced too!”

“As expected of a genius like Gudou Toutian!”

People around him buzzed with admiration, though they were all confused — why break up with the princess?

“Little Ahoge, did you really just make up that sword manual? Gudou Toutian broke through on two fronts!”

Mao Yuxia looked at Ahoge Dragon with a very complicated expression.

“Uh…”

Ahoge Dragon was speechless too.

Then she suddenly thought of something and said seriously:

“Mao-Mao, you absolutely must not fall in love anytime soon.”

“Meow? Why?”

“Because page three of the manual says—

Slash the god of love with every strike!”

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