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    Quote Originally Posted by binggodude View Post
    well its suppose to mean like higher class people way of calling themselves that gives them a sense of superiority because of nobility. I don't know what to replace it with honestly =/ I don't' want to give away the feeling the author is trying to say by writing I or me.
    In ancient times kings and higher nobility would refer to themselves in a plural form, so instead of I they spoke of We, i think you can apply that to this aswell.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_we

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    Heads up no chapters today because me and my friends are all swamped with tests tomorrow. So have a nice day and sorry if you were waiting today.

    As for the ugly duckling story i would like to believe that the stories applies farther than just to the princess and the little boy. I kinda liked the thought came up by nexarion about how the story not only related to the princess and the boy, but also to him self and sang sang. Well have a nice day tomorrow and today.

    EDIT: I also decided to use "this one" instead of me palace. I thought of using royal we but when i read it it still sounds off from standard english so i gave up and use this one. Thanks again guys for the help and advice ^.^

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    Thks binggodude. I am beginning to like this novel.

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    Chapter 18: The Fault of Your Beauty
    The meaningful conversation developed from the fable seemed to throw a rock into the lake of life and sank to the bottom. The two people communicating with each other might seem different at first, but if their social status as the royal princess and the lumberjack in Shu Bi Lake were disregarded then they were just two regular teenagers.

    When young people were surrounded by extreme environments such as the depth of a well or a frozen cave, they will usually forget about their status, responsibility, or some other things. They became purer and more innocent under such circumstances. The campfire in the nightly forest of the entrance to the North Mountain that just underwent a bloody battle was one of such setting. Under its influence, the Tang Princess Li Yu and Ning Que were simply an audience and a storyteller.

    Since the wounded soldiers around them were sleeping, the voice of the storyteller must be low. To hear the story clearly, the audience needed to be right next to the storyteller. Therefore, they sat next to each other naturally, their shoulders were touching each other, They exchanged some meaningless conversations around the campfire until they felt sleepy.

    After a long time, the darkness of night retreated. The stars gave the sky above the tree branches back to the sun, and sound of horses’ hoof was heard from the southern North Mountain.

    The elder, Lu Qing Chen, and Ning Que opened their eyes at the same time. They looked at each other and woke up the soldiers around them. A barbarian soldier lay on the floor and listened, then raised his right hand and made a sign. He made a fist and shook heavily and then fanned swiftly, telling the group that a mob of heavy riders were coming from the south.

    The campfires were put out. The burnt firewood left behind traces of grey ashes that still lingered a few sparks. The guards and barbarian soldiers struggled to push themselves up and took out the crossbow that they prepared for emergency. The weapons were aimed at the entrance to the North Mountain, which was still dark at the moment. The group could not move quickly because the wounds were too severe for swift movements. Furthermore, they knew the power of heavy riders, it was useless to hide. The only thing they needed to do was to wait patiently - wait to be saved, or to be killed.

    The fallen leaves on the North Mountain were blown off by strong gales, and a couple dozens of cavalry rushed out of the gloomy and dimmed forest. The knights and horses were both equipped with thick black heavy armor; the combination of their weight and speed trembled the earth and traveled like thunder. The leftover ashes were vibrated off the ground and created a mist around the camp.

    It was the most elite force of Tang Empire, the heavy armored riders!

    The calvary covered in heavy armor was unstoppable after they started charging on the battlefield. Even the powerful Sword Masters cannot deal effective damage against these heavy riders.

    But the group in the entrance saw the knife marks and arrow holes on the armors of these knights, clearly they got ambushed before arriving; perhaps they were under attack at the southern exit of the North Mountain. Under a situation like this, this group of heavy riders still crossed the North Mountain overnight to reach and give aid to the princess, it was clear they were desperate to protect her safety.

    The couple dozen knights rushed out of the entrance and were thirty yards away from the two campfires. The leading young knight wearing a red cloak glanced at the group gathered around the campfire and yelled, “I’m Hua Shan Yue of Gu Mountain Province, where is the princess!”

    After hearing the name of Hua Shan Yue, the expressions of the guards holding crossbows relaxed, they answered back loudly. Ning Que lowered his head and looked at Princess Li Yu, who was leaning on his shoulder. Her eyelashes twitched slightly and seemed to almost woke up, Ning Que held back his simile and raised his eyebrows. He quietly put away the yellow hard bow in his left hand.

    Just like thunder strikes the horses’ hoof stepped over the North Mountain, tearing or ripping the fallen leaves part. The young leader named Hua Shan Yue got off his horse and ran quickly to the campfire and kneeled on one knee. He then raised his two fists to make a gesture, and spoke with his hoarse voice, “Shan Yue was late of aiding and support. My crime is worthy of a thousand death, please forgive my sin, Princess.

    Now the couple dozen knights all arrived near the campfire. Fatigue was undoubtedly on the faces of the most elite heavy riders of Tang empire. The riders all got off their horses and kneeled behind Hua Sha Yue and pleaded, “Please forgive our sin, Princess.”

    Li Yu opened her eyes, it was unclear that if she just woke up or maybe......she woke up a long time ago.

    She looked at the province general of Gu Mountain who was kneeling before her. Looking at the young general who was loyal to her and looking at the riders who overcame ambushes and battles to get here, her expression was filled with joy and excitement. She smiled and said, “How long are you going to kneel, do you really want me to punish you?”

    She was very happy. These Tang calvaries had worried her for days and hurried to the south way of the North Mountain overnight. After a year they finally saw this able and virtuous princess again, how could they not feel excited?

    Hua Shan Yue turned his head up excitedly. He was going to say something, but he saw the Princess was lying naturally on a young soldier. Seeing this, his heart tightened up for no reason, his eyes showed a sense of unhappiness and surprise, and his eyebrows frowned.

    Ning Que, who paid attention to the heavy riders, saw the young general’s face as he turned his head up. It is a handsome face, with the eyebrows extended upward like two swords, adding some heroic manner to him.

    At such young age, he was already a province general at Gu Mountain Province, leading a regiment of heavy riders. Hua Shan Yue no doubt is one of the contemporary Tang’s most outstanding character, possessing great shrewdness.

    However, in his life, he could never pass one threshold. He fell on this threshold hard several years ago -- this threshold had been always buried in his heart, yet the entire Tang had known his love.

    It was the heaviest and hottest love to Tang’s fourth Princess Li Yu highness.

    Hua Shan Yue’s sudden cold feeling, obvious was not towards Li Yu, he was not dared to show any disrespect to the princess even if he had to die -- he was just very disliked the young soldier standing next to the princess. Who did he think he was, how dare did he to get so close to the noble princess, actually not close, but touched!!

    He never got close to the princess even once in his life. He had never enjoyed such nice treatment, if possible he would take out his knife and chop off that young soldier’s shoulder!

    Hua Shan Yue hide his jealous very well. At least in front of the princess he would hide it well, so Li Yu only saw a temporary unhappiness and surprise in his eyes.

    She was surprised, then felt the warmth coming from her arm, eventually understood where the young general’s strange feelings came from. Subconsciously, she lifted her hand to neaten her hair in order to hide her embarrassment -- she did not even think it herself that, she already lied on Ning Que’s shoulder for a night. Even though it happened in a special condition, but to Tang’s princess, having such intimate interaction with a young man was certainly not right.

    Princess Li Yu slowly stood up.

    Thereby, the maid eager to hear stories no longer existed.

    The remaining heat on the two people’s shoulders were blown away quickly by the morning wind.

    Remained silent for a while, Ning Que shook his head and smiled, looked towards her side face, suddenly he felt that she looked much more lovely than before.

    Coldness and arrogance obviously were not as beautiful as calmness and grace.

    However, he still thought that the girl looked the prettiest when she was sitting by the firewoods.

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    Thank You for the chapter!

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    thank you binggodude

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    Yay New chapter, new love, Ning Que still a b0ss. Thank you D
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    Really good ! Thanks for chapter ! MoaR! !

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    Thanks binggodude

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    awesome binggodude thanks for the chapter

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    Just finished reading from page 1 of the thread ^_^. Pretty good story. One thing I would suggest is that you change Satanic to Demonic (personally I equate satanic to satan which is more Christianity than chinese). well tell your friends thanks for their hard work ^_^.

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    Thanks Binggodude

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    Chapter 19 There is nothing in the mountain of snow

    Hua Shan Yue looked around the forest, noticing the corpses of both guards and enemies. Looking at the blood and traces of battle, especially after seeing that thin handle-less little sword, he finally understood how horrifying the assassin was, his feeling changed involuntarily.

    He asked the subordinate to get a horse ready, said, “Princess, the reinforcing troop was already on its way, we should leave as soon as possible.”

    Princess Li Yu nodded her head, agreed to his arrangement, walking away under the protection of the heavy riders.

    Hua Shan Yue then gave a cold glance at Ning Que. Looking at him indifferently, he was guessing the real relationship between this young soldier and the princess. However, no matter how hard he thought he could not see any potential from the youngster to threaten him, so his sight became indifferent.

    The indifference hidden in his vision actually consisted of multiple probability. Ning Que understood this point very clearly. He quietly looked at Hua Shan Yue’s shadow, remembering this person’s previous warmth in his vision, understanding that he would not do any harm to the princess, yet his desire to possess the princess was way too strong.

    Young general’s drastic love for the princess, honestly, had nothing to do with Ning Que, who was only a low rank soldier. However, Ning Que really disliked Hua Shan Yue’s indifferent attitude. He knew that this indifference represented strong power and background, represented contempt.

    Ning Que disliked, so he stood up, looked at the woman who was about to get on horseback, smiled and said, “Princess highness, actually since the beginning in Wei City, I had always wanted to say something to you…”

    Hua Shan Yue suddenly looked back. The pretty princess sitting on the white horse frowned and turned back, silently staring at the young soldier standing by the firewood, seemed about to scold, but ended up saying indifferently, “Tell me when we returned to Chang An.”

    Before marching on, Hua Shang Yue whispered with the head of guards for a while, understanding what princess had encountered, and knowing what Ning Que did in yesterday’s assassin. He remained silent for a while, then walked to Ning Que and said calmly, “You made great contributions this time, there would be awards to you when we got back to Chang An….Little kid, nice job.”

    Ning Que took Sang Sang to the shabby tribe and started to pack up.

    Sang Sang fastened the big black umbrella back to her back, suddenly turned her head up, frowned and asked Ning Que, “Master, did you say ‘you have something to say’ on purpose?”

    “Yeah.” Ning Que cleaned his knife, replied, “The guy called Hua Shan Yue was too hypocritical and too boring, I would have a bad mood when looking at him, so I have to give him a bad mood too.”

    “Master, what were you going to tell the princess?” Sang Sang stopped what she was doing, asked curiously.

    “How would I know?” Ning Que push in his knife into the sheath, shrugged his shoulder, said, “No matter what I can’t say, since the beginning when I saw you in the Wei City, I deeply and enthusiastically fell in love on you…..”

    “But Hua Shan Yue may think that way, princess...may believe that you want to say this too.”
    “Idiots think in idiots’ way. I am not surprised.” Ning Que answered.

    The little maid looked at his eyes, said, “Don’t you think that you are really boring sometimes?”

    Ning Que shrugged his shoulder, accepting the comment.

    Sang Sang shook her head, looking at him after a few seconds, said, “Master, is it true that, in your eyes, everyone else besides you is an idiot?”

    Ning Que thought seriously as as he fastened the handle of his knife. He thought for a long time, then replied seriously, “This is not my problem. It’s just that in this world, there are always many idiots doing stupid things. People like Hua Shan Yue are not supposed to count as an idiot, yet since he actually believes in love, then he is also an idiot.”

    Sang Sang pointed at herself with her finger, asked seriously, “So in your eyes, am I also an idiot?”

    Ning Que looked at this black little face, answered seriously, “You are not idiot, you are just silly.”

    Before the group left the entry to the way of North Mountain, a little scene happened.

    Some of the Gu Mountain Province cavalries stayed at the place. The assassins who dared to murder Tang princess would definitely not leave any traces, so they were not staying to find evidences, but rather to protect these corpses of soldiers. When the reinforced troop came, they would move the corpses back to Chang An and bury them - - no matter dead or alive, they can’t abandon not even one comrade, this is Tang’s military rule.

    They carefully juxtaposed the soldiers’ corpses in the forest. On the other hand, they left the enemies’ corpses randomly on the ground, preparing to burn them into ashes. When they were going to burn the corpse of the mid-aged scholar, they felt hesitated. They knew that he was a Great Sword Master, so they were not sure if they should show him respect corresponding to his identity.

    Hua Shan Yue slight frowned, deciding to bury this Great Sword Master. Yet at this point, the old man Lu Qing Chen whispered to them, “This person already fell into Demonism.”

    Hearing the word Demonism, the young general’s face suddenly became cold. When he looked at the corpse again, there was no more respect in his eyes, but only contempt. He waved his hand like waving a fly away, said, “Throw it out and burn it.”

    ……

    In the morning they moved out of the exit of the way of North Mountain, and at noon they encountered the big reinforced troop. Under the protection of hundreds of elite heavy riders, Tang’s fourth princess Li Yu continued moving towards the capital Chang An. At this point, no matter enemies inside or outside the empire could threaten her.

    The days that followed, Li Yu and the barbarian prince had always stayed inside the wagon, and never appeared in the public.

    Even though there were hundreds of cavalries, the guards who survived and Great Plain barbarians insisted to protecting the surrounding of the wagon, regardless of their wounded body. The elder Lu Qing Chen was at the second wagon. The heavily wounded guards and barbarians were at the wagons behind. As for Ning Que and his little maid Sang Sang, they were sitting on their own shabby wagon, far behind the others.

    At the boundary of Gu Mountain province, all the heavy riders changed to light riders, so the group sped up suddenly. The solid wagons in the front could follow up, but Ning Que’s wagon could only barely keep up.

    One cavalry ride near their wagon scolded angrily, “Your speed is way too slow, speed up!”

    Like the first few days when they just left the Wei City, Ning Que appeared to be sleepy again. Looking like he would fall at any time, entirely depending on Sang Sang to laboriously carry him up. Hearing the furious scolding for the cavalry, he opened up his eyes and glanced at him, without speaking a word.

    Looking at the view of the cavalry’s back, Sang Sang wiped out the sweats on her forehead, squinting her willow-like eyes, said, “Master, we seem to be abandoned.”

    “Good usage of the word ‘abandoned,’if use ‘being forgotten,’ it will sound pretentious and showy.”

    Ning Que looked at the wagon in the most front, thought about the princess highness who never showed up again, smiled and said, “To us, the poor people who need to gamble with lives to live, any type of pretentious and showy expressions are nasty.”

    Sitting with a princess by the firewood and telling a night of fable, such image, no matter at Chang An or the Great Plain, appeared to be fantastic and imaginative; such image was the real fable. It’s not real.

    A little frontier soldier, occasionally rescued a noble by chance. Later on, he received corresponding awards, then they never interact anymore, this is the story of the real world.

    In this world, there are heroic epics, yet there are not that many fables. If Romeo was not a noble’s son, but simply a garbage man, presumably Juliet will think ten times more before she dies for him.

    Ning Que always had a clear understanding of such things. He knew that the hidden face of the girl by the firewood was only dream like picture. More importantly, he had never really loved, but only appreciated the fact that she could also have such beautiful moment, so he did not really feel upset or disappointed.

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    After resupplying in Gu Mountain Province, the group did not rest for a moment. The princess was clearly in a hurry to head back to Chang An, where her lovely and caring father lived. They chose to travel directly south for the fastest route.

    Hua Shan Yue did not misinterpret Ning Que’s relationship with the princess because he investigated Ning Que’s background and found out that he was just a regular soldier in a borderline city, nothing could ever happen between the two. Therefore Ning Que was not trouble during his stay at the Gu Mountain Province.

    After setting up the camps to rest, Sang Sang went to a nearby river to wash the rice and clean up the fish. She made a big meal for dinner. The young master and the young maid took the main dish into their bowls and started eating happily. They did not stop until they were filled content and joyful.

    A cold and harsh looking man walked by them and saw this scene, he shook his head and smiled, “We asked you guys to eat with us but you didn’t. We thought you were resenting us, but now I see you just find our food quite lacking..... It is your previous life’s fortune that you can get a hardworking maid like this.”

    Comparing Sang Sang to a fortune of previous life was certainly an exaggerated compliment. But Sang Sang did not say anything, she just smiled and continued eating while Ning Que felt that it was obvious she was his precious gem.

    The name of the incoming man was Peng Guo Tao, he was princess’s trusted guard leader who performed decisively and bravely in the bloody battle of North Mountain. He brought his subordinates and followed the princess into the Great Plain for a year, and encountered several ambushes when returning home. Out of all of his loyal subordinates, only seven of them remain alive; for sure this guard leader’s current feeling was complicated and hurt.

    Ning Que and him were partners who overcame the threats of death in the North Mountain entrance. Relationships blossomed from blood and glory were usually more reliable than normal ones, and Ning Que’s performance during the battle will definitely be engraved into the memories of the soldiers presented.

    This was the reason why the carriage disliked by the knights of Gu Mountain Province often welcomed in Peng Guo Tao and other guards as guests recently. The few barbarian soldiers also sent some strong alcohol to Ning Que and Sang Sang as gifts, but they rarely step anywhere closer to them than a ten yards radius. they avoided speaking to the master and the maid whenever they can. Perhaps they were scared of the story told in Shu Bi Lake.

    “I know your backgrounds are certainly clean without problems, and you guys are probably not comfortable traveling with the unit of heavy riders. But there was no reply after submitting your request,” Peng Guo Tao looked at Ning Que and apologized, “You are a soldier sent from Wei City, you cannot leave unless the princess gives out the order.”

    Ning Que scratched his head and said, “Then I’ll follow the group for a while longer.”

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    Ning Que expected the rest of the trip to Chang An to be calm and boring without any events, but the night after, Ning Que suddenly received an invitation from the other carriage. The elder, Lu Qing Chen, wanted to see him.

    Ning Que was both surprised and happy, he tried to think for a long time, but decided to let it be. He put out the campfire next to his carriage and walked towards the other carriage with Sang Sang.

    The curtain was lifted, the dim candle shined its light around the carriage. The psychic master Lu Qing Chen looked at Ning Que and the young maid bowed towards him respectfully. He was surprised, he expected the youngster to understand the reason that he invited him to his carriage. Wouldn't Ning Que be worried that he won’t enlighten him when there was a third person present?

    Then the elder remembered the story he heard around the campfire at the entrance to North Mountain. The story that he wanted to listen to even when he was meditating.... the story of a boy and girl struggling to survive in the vast and dangerous Min Mountain. Lu Qing Chen thought he realized the reason Ning Que brought Sang Sang along with him, therefore he was pleased and favored Ning Que even more.

    In reality, Ning Que wasn't really thinking. Bringing Sang Sang along with him to anywhere was just a deep-rooted habit of his.

    The two hands of the elder crossed each other above his knees. He spoke warmly, “You know the reason I wanted you here.”

    Ning Que was silent. he pressed his left hand onto his right hand’s back, and put them both onto the ground. His two knees were on the ground, and he bowed slowly until his forehead touched the back of his left hand. It was the most sincere gesture in Tang Empire.

    A sincere gesture only came after a great favor. Although Lu Qing Chen did not do anything yet, and most likely wasn't able to help him because xiuxing was a world only those who were qualified can enter, Ning Que still thanked him. Only people like Ning Que who memorized the entire Extreme Sense but still couldn't find the Way can realize the sympathy and grace of a xiuxingist to help enlighten a regular person who did not have the quality to xiuxing.

    Sang Sang did not understand the action of her young master, but after watching Ning Que bowed the sincere gesture, she also followed his actions and kneel before the elder.

    Lu Qing Chen observed this scene and smiled while brushing his beard. He lifted Ning Que up and concentrated his mind. The elder closed his eyes and place his two hands against Ning Que’s chest and back of the waist. A moment later, the warm candle light in the carriage became blurry, almost like countless dust started to swirl around in the air swiftly.

    There was a dead silence, and time past without people realizing.

    The dim and blurry candle light started to become clear and strong again. The elder gradually took back his hands and looked at Ning Que, whose hands were shaking because he was trying to suppress his expectations and wonderment, then sighed lightly.

    “There is a breath between heaven and earth, and that breath is the so-called ki. Xiuxingist are able to detect the presence of ki because they have a strong mind that can sense it. Therefore the ability to xiuxing all depends on your strength of mind, and whether or not you can detect the presence of ki.”

    “I observed you back in Wei city, and discovered that there is not a single motion of ki in your body. Today I throughly checked inside your body, and I was right, your Mountain of Ki and Sea of Soul is empty.”

    “...............There is nothing in it.”
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    Thanks for the chapter. One thing I noticed:
    contemptation
    Isn't an English word. Given the context I think you just want contempt?

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    Thank you for the chapter.

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    Thanks a lot.

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    Thanks for the chapter!

    Also: “...............There is nothing it it.” ->“...............There is nothing in it.”

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    Thanks for the translation..

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    "...............There is nothing in it"
    Nothing?? Really nothing? Not even a tiny bit? Teeny weeny amount of ki??
    Will he be training in external techniques now??

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    Empty... uh oh, I know where this is going. Thank you for the chapter!!!!!!!!!!
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