The Birth of Sword God-Chapter 34 - 33: Xu Ziqing’s Metamorphosis
Early this morning, the new servant Xu Ziqing got up to work.
Liu Tianfeng’s courtyard is different from Niu Yuanshan’s small yard; it is larger and more luxurious.
Niu Yuanshan’s elegant yard is attended by only four servants, while the Liu family’s courtyard has as many as 15 servants!
Yesterday, the steward recruited three new people.
Xu Ziqing is among these three.
Since he is new, he naturally has to do the hardest, most tiring, and dirtiest jobs.
All the residences in the Daoist Sect have small Dust-Removal Arrays.
This means that even if you go out for a long time, you won’t find dust when you return home.
Other than that, there isn’t much need for cleaning in daily circumstances.
However, this is limited to dust removal.
It can be imagined that the area Xu Ziqing, the new servant, is responsible for, must include the main family’s latrine.
"I hate it!" The handsome youth, covering his mouth and nose with a cloth strip, cursed fiercely in his heart while working hard.
He utterly despised the storyteller who toyed with his emotions.
"I was so foolish, really."
"I actually believed that if I went to Biyou Plateau in Wumeng Mountain, a great master would indeed descend to meet me."
"Heh, I was truly naive, really." He began to wallow in self-pity.
On that night when the rain poured like a torrent, he had been drenched at the foot of Wumeng Mountain for so long, losing his spirit.
Xu Ziqing, oh Xu Ziqing, although the Profound Yellow Realm is rife with legends of mysterious encounters and fortunes, how could you be so foolish to think that such a great fortune would suddenly come to you?
You’re just a mere Pseudo Spiritual Embryo!
What do you have to show for it?
Just because you’re a genius in swordsmanship since childhood, mastering every Mortal Martial Arts sword technique at a glance, you arrogantly believe you can become a peerless Sword Cultivator?
"Wake up! Wake up!" He gave a sorrowful smile that night.
Mastering every sword technique in Mortal Martial Arts, so what?
Still, before real cultivators, he was vulnerable.
"Father, Mother, Grandma, little sister, when can I avenge you?" Xu Ziqing looked at the sky after the rain stopped, muttering to himself at the foot of Wumeng Mountain.
Despite his delicate features and being born with a male body but feminine appearance, he had studied the sword since childhood, making his physical condition better than ordinary people.
Thus, after being in the rain for so long, he only had pale lips without any real harm.
His body trembled only due to his agitated emotions.
Xu Ziqing, with his parents deceased and bearing deep-seated enmity, fits perfectly into the classic protagonist mold.
The image of the storyteller once again surfaced in his mind.
The man was so ordinary in looks yet flamboyant in demeanor.
Initially, when Xu Ziqing saw the man vanish into thin air after his words, he believed it to be the act of an extraordinary master roaming the human world.
But now, sure that the storyteller treated him as a toy in his worldly games, Xu Ziqing saw him as nothing but devilish scum!
On this night after the rain stopped, he screamed to vent his emotions and then bit his lip so hard it almost bled.
He instantly sobered up, looking towards the mist-shrouded Beyond the Mountain.
The young man swore to himself that since he was here, he would go to any lengths, even at the cost of his life, to enter the Daoist Sect!
At daybreak, he began to take action.
To his surprise, he found a way through sheer chance.
The steward of Liu Tianfeng’s household planned to recruit three new servants.
"How convenient! Recruiting servants today?" Xu Ziqing became excited.
No matter, a servant is a servant—first get into the Daoist Sect!
But in reality, was it really just a coincidence?
Don’t forget, someone from the organization was also dispatched here at this time, specifically to let him go up the mountain as a servant!
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And so, Xu Ziqing’s "Metamorphosis" began.
Because of his overly delicate features, entirely unlike tall, handsome men, being typically of a male body with a feminine appearance and full of zero charisma, the steward of the Liu family looked at him with an unusual gaze.
——What a boy, as if a delicate maiden!
Who cares if you’re a bit perverse in middle age?
Xu Ziqing, insightful and perceptive, understood the meaning behind that gaze, didn’t he?
He never expected that coming to the Daoist Sect as a servant would be so... full of hidden dangers!
Today, after finishing a heap of work, he was called by the steward to a gathering place.
The group of servants began to move gifts, accompanying the Master and Young Master of the Liu family towards a small bamboo hut. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
Along the way, many Outer Sect Disciples respectfully greeted Steward Liu, then looked at this pile of gifts with sidelong glances.
Xu Ziqing looked at their robes and the Outer Sect Tokens hanging from their waists, filled with envy.
Involuntarily, he looked down at the servant’s attire he wore. Though no one knew him, the sensitive young man’s pride made him walk with his head stubbornly lowered the whole way.
Arriving at the bamboo hut, he still kept his head down.
Only during one interval did he faintly hear the master’s conversation with a young man, prompting him to glance up.
The sight was of someone strikingly handsome and extraordinarily charming.
He belonged to the category of typical good-looking men with distinct bone structure.
His brow ridge was slightly high with the ends raised subtly, having the famed effect of brow bones shading the eyes, making those dark eyes look even deeper.
His nose was high and chiseled, his facial lines distinct, with a strongly defined jawline.
A few stray strands of unbound hair fell across his forehead, adding a touch of wildness.
Moreover, Chu Huaixu’s broad shoulders and narrow waist filled out his robe attractively, devoid of any fragile paper-like softness.
In terms of demeanor or aura, not the slightest flaw was to be found.
As the sunlight spilled over him, Xu Ziqing couldn’t help but be mesmerized.
Since childhood, he had looked like a girl and was often ridiculed by peers for his feminine appearance as he grew older. Thus, he inexplicably found himself drawn to tall, handsome men, admiring and yearning for them.
Gradually, he found himself more focused on such individuals than on the opposite sex.
For this reason, even though Chu Huaixu and the stunningly beautiful Han Shuangjiang stood together, his attention was drawn to the former first.
Xu Ziqing couldn’t comprehend how there could be such an alluring man in the world.
Watching him speak calmly with a smile on his face and converse effortlessly with the Lord Steward, his demeanor was indeed exquisite.
After a few dazed seconds, the sensitive youth lowered his head again, deeply due to his pride.
Subsequently, the events took an utterly inexplicable turn.
Liu Tianfeng was quite certain that initially, when he asked Chu Huaixu whether he needed a servant, judging by his expression and his already raised right hand, the man’s intent was clearly a polite refusal.
It’s understandable—with such a peerless beauty for company, an extra person would only add to the nuisance.
The elder was no stranger to such youthful feelings.
But a strange scene unfolded.
Chu Huaixu casually glanced around, and his gaze became entirely fixed on the delicate-looking, short-statured servant.
He suddenly shouted, "I want him!"
And seemed somewhat... eager?
Everyone, including Han Shuangjiang, shifted their focus to Xu Ziqing.
Xu Ziqing was instantly a bit flustered, nearly dropping the gifts he held.
"Ah? Me?" He hadn’t expected the extraordinarily handsome man to be pointing at him.
His gaze was so resolute!
——I’ve set my sights on you!
Xu Ziqing’s heartbeat began to race uncontrollably, unable to fathom why his life’s happenings were so unpredictably volatile.
Then, a familiar scene he had experienced numerous times occurred once more.
Xu Ziqing distinctly sensed that everyone’s gaze shifted from his face to his Adam’s apple and finally to his chest...
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