Guhan had already guessed the current situation when he used his sword Qi to kill the Cerberus. He had also guessed that Liunian Ling would definitely flip out. The current situation was all within Guhan's grasp and expectations.
It wasn't that Guhan couldn't use other methods to deal with this Yuan Kou. Even if he didn't use his sword Qi and used the Five Forms of Fleeting Time that Liunian Ling had taught him, he could still kill the Cerberus. It would just take a little more effort.
Perhaps Guhan didn't even need to kill his opponent. He only needed to hold it back and wait for Liunian Ling to make a move. This way, he could hide the fact that he had practiced ancient martial arts for a long time and had extremely powerful swordsmanship.
However, Guhan didn't plan on hiding it. He understood that secrets could be hidden forever, but a person's strength couldn't be hidden forever. Unless Guhan decided to be an ordinary swordsman and live out his life normally … Unfortunately, Guhan didn't plan on being an ordinary person. As the main character of the story, he couldn't be an ordinary person either.
One day, Guhan would expose his strength to Liunian Ling due to various reasons. Rather than passively exposing it when it was out of his control, it was better for Guhan to take the initiative now. That way, the initiative would be in Guhan's hands.
This was because Guhan didn't plan on losing Liunian Ling as a friend or as a self-entertaining husband and wife. In other words, he didn't want to lose Liunian Ling, who was a good target for him to make use of.
The Liunian Family could help him reach the peak quickly. Guhan hoped that was the case.
Unlike most main characters who wanted to rely on their own strength to become strong, Guhan never objected to using their strength to achieve his goals.
Whether it was living off a woman or relying on his wife, it didn't matter. Actual strength was the most important. When he stood at the peak of the world with strength that could sweep through the peak, who would dare to use such words to describe him?
If it was necessary, Guhan didn't mind making his and Liunian Ling's joking title a reality. Although Liunian Ling wasn't good-looking, she was quite pleasing to the eye. Although she had the arrogance of a young miss, her heart was unexpectedly kind. If he could marry Liunian Ling, it would be a good ending. Liunian Ling would be a good wife.
The most fortunate thing for Guhan was that he didn't have a woman he liked. This way, he wouldn't have to struggle between profit and love … As for Qing Pin, King Yue … it didn't matter. Even if the sword bearer and his sword lady slept on the same bed, it wouldn't be a big deal.
The relationship between a sword-bearer and a swordmistress was a relationship that transcended love, and the relationship between a sword-bearer and a swordmistress was also a physical relationship that transcended ordinary physical relationships … In short, under the continuous guidance and indoctrination of the Sword Council for a thousand years, human wives could very naturally accept their sword-bearer and his swordmistress maintaining a negative distance … It was just like how women in ancient times perfectly accepted the feudal dregs of having multiple wives and concubines, and would feel ashamed if their husbands had fewer women.
Guhan had to maintain a good relationship with Liunian Ling. He had to ensure that this relationship would last for a long time. So, he had to reveal the problem of his swordsmanship as soon as possible.
The longer he held it in, the more troublesome it would be to deal with it.
Didn't you see those melodramatic love dramas? They were all because of a small matter, gradually going out of control, and finally breaking up … it was all like this.
So, Guhan decided to take the initiative to reveal this point. Guhan had plenty of methods to stitch up this small crack.
…
Guhan calmly let go of Qing Pin's sword. When she turned back into the cute Qing Pin, he took out two earplugs and stuffed them into Qing Pin's ears. He put her back into the pouch and patted Qing Pin's head. "Good girl, the adults are talking. Go to sleep."
After settling down Qing Pin, Guhan turned around and asked the furious Liunian Ling.
"Are you excited?
Your heart is in a mess!
Is my position in your heart really that important? "
Faced with Liunian Ling's questioning, Guhan was not ashamed, fearful, and did not retreat. Instead, he took a step forward and forced the aggressive Liunian Ling to take a step back.
In addition to that, he asked the question in Liunian Ling's heart. Liunian Ling's imposing manner weakened unknowingly.
"Then let me ask you, Miss Ao. What was our relationship back then?"
Guhan stared into Liunian Ling's eyes. "Please think about it seriously. What was our relationship back then?"
"We …" Liunian Ling wanted to say that they were friends, but she swallowed the words when they were at the tip of her tongue.
It was true that she was friends with Guhan now.
But at that time, he and Gu Han were complete rivals. For the sake of the Yi Immortal Sword, they almost fought each other to the death. How could they be considered friends?
"We were rivals back then, right?!"
Guhan smiled and took another step forward. Liunian Ling was forced to take another step back, and her imposing manner weakened again.
"Why can't I hide something from you, who is my rival?"
Guhan took another step forward, and Liunian Ling took another step back. "I didn't want to provoke you back then, my dear Miss Ao Lin. I can't handle your family background. I, Guhan, am not the kind of man who wants to rely on women to succeed. I want to rely on my own strength to stand at the peak of this world."
"I lied to you. I tried my best to pretend to be ordinary so that I wouldn't attract your interest. We were just strangers who met by chance, and we would never cross paths in this lifetime. So, I only lied to a stranger, Ao Lin, and not my good friend. Do you understand?"
"I …" Liunian Ling was at a loss for words. She started to accept Guhan's logic, and felt that Guhan was right. So, she took a step back instinctively, and Guhan took another step forward.
"But, you seem to be pestering me. You are the one who appeared by my side, the one who saved my life, the one who is with me, and the one who promised to be my husband and wife … Although I don't want to admit it, the truth is that we are already good friends. I feel that I can't hide it from you anymore."
Guhan stretched out a hand and placed it in front of Liunian Ling. Instantly, he smiled like a flower, and revealed a smile like the spring breeze. "So, Miss Ao Lin, from today onwards, let's be a pair of true friends, okay?"
"Okay …" Liunian Ling lowered her head. Facing Guhan's smile, Liunian Ling couldn't reject it. Moreover, she also acknowledged Guhan's words from the bottom of her heart. All the anger from before instantly vanished.
"Thank you for your understanding!"
Guhan took another step forward, and pressed Liunian Ling against the stone wall. His mouth slowly moved to Liunian Ling's ear, and said in a ticklish tone and tone, "As a witness of the beginning of our friendship, let me give you a gift, okay?"
"Gift?
What gift? "
Liunian Ling looked up in confusion, and saw that Guhan had already leaped away from her side, and jumped to the empty space in the mine cave. "Let me borrow your Yi Xian Sword!"
Only then did Liunian Ling realize that her Yi Xian Sword was already in Guhan's hands. At this moment, he was holding onto her Yi Xian Sword, and he was moving up and down in the air, like a willow fluttering in the wind, and also like a pine tree that wouldn't fall. His graceful bearing was even more beautiful than when Heaven's Inquisition was performing his sword dance.
"This is …" Liunian Ling's eyes widened. She suddenly realized that what Guhan was using seemed to be a very familiar sword technique. It seemed to be the Five Fleeting Time that she had taught Guhan. The movements and moves were all similar, but it had become a completely different sword technique.
The original Five Fleeting Time was just an ordinary beginner's basic sword technique. There was no subtlety or power to speak of, and it was a very simple sword technique that only beginners would practice.
But now, in the hands of Gu Han, the Five Forms of the Fleeting Time had become a sword technique that could kill without leaving a trace. It seemed ordinary, but each move contained a terrifying killing move. In the hands of Gu Han, the Five Forms of the Fleeting Time had been upgraded by who knew how many times. It had become a sword technique that could be passed down from generation to generation in a small aristocratic family. It was a peerless sword technique that could make an aristocratic family prosper and also destroy it. To put it simply, such a sword technique could cause a bloody storm in the Jianghu.
"Is this really the Five Fleeting Time that I taught Guhan?" Liunian Ling deeply doubted.
…
"This sword technique is my gift to you. Do you like it?
Can you forgive me now? "After demonstrating the sword technique, Guhan passed the Yi Xian Sword back to Liunian Ling.
Liunian Ling recalled the Five Fleeting Time that Guhan had just demonstrated. She discovered to her dismay that Liunian Ling might be able to improve the Five Fleeting Time in various ways, but it was impossible for her to improve it to Guhan's level. Perhaps only her uncles could do it.
"It's a very good gift. I forgive you!"
Liunian Ling gave Guhan a hard kick. This kick meant that she, Liunian Ling, had forgiven Guhan for hiding it from her, and their relationship had taken another step forward.
"Sour Popsicle, you've changed. I don't even recognize you anymore."
Song Hama, who had witnessed the whole process, suddenly sent a message to Guhan. Song Hama could not believe that this person who had flirted with Ao Lin and was so good at flirting with girls was his good brother of twelve years, Sour Popsicle.
"You should be happy for me, you stinky toad. I've officially put an end to my past since yesterday," Guhan replied to Song Hama.
When Song Hama saw this message, he immediately recalled the scene of Gu Han's parents' ashes exploding. He suddenly felt that the thing that had been troubling his brother for a long time had disappeared.
But was this really a good thing?
The three sword bearers present each had their own thoughts. None of them really cared about the modified Five Fleeting Time.
However, one of them had memorized the entire sword technique and tried his best to replay it in his mind over and over again.
Many years later, a sword bearer who claimed to be Guhan's in-name disciple rose to prominence in Yuzhang City and created another legend. Of course, this was another story altogether.