“You are really a weird person. I have some questions to ask you. Don’t worry, after I finished asking my questions I will give you the Wisdom Fruit and the Lustrous Branch of Life.” The Royal Swordswoman dropped her words and immediately went out of the door, the giant sword on her back clanging with her armour as she walked.
“Can you first give me the Lustrous Branch of Life? If I had that thing in my hands, my heart would be more at peace, and I could answer your questions even more smoothly.” Yue Yang hurriedly tried to catch up.
He thought that as long as he could get the Lustrous Branch of Life, he could immediately run away.
And leave this scary swordswoman far, far away.
He could think about the Wisdom Fruit next time. Otherwise, being interrogated by her…she might even guess his previous world.
It would be fine if she was an ordinary person, but alas, she was a swordswoman oneechan who could discern the truth from the lies. Then it would be easy for her to expose his secrets.
Before Yue yang could even finish his words, he suddenly saw the Royal Swordswoman who was standing not even three inches in front of him turn around and use those pitch black, ferocious tiger-like eyes to stare at him intently. Yue Yang couldn’t help but flinch in alarm. This Royal Swordswoman was really scary. She was his nemesis for having the ability to discern the truth from lies. If he couldn’t lie, or if he would be seen through every time he lied, he would lead a really miserable life.
The Royal Swordswoman only replied with a sentence in a huff, “Liar. You, you have never said a truthful word since we’ve met. Do you think I won’t be able to know it? If you intend to run away, I won’t give the Lustrous Branch of Life and the Wisdom Fruit to you. I would only give it if you answer my question honestly.”
“Yes, I guarantee that I would be even more honest than the coffin seller in the Black Stone City who always sell their coffins at 80% off and even offers buy one get one free” Yue Yang felt beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
“You lied again. There has never been such a person in the Black Stone City.” The Royal Swordswoman suddenly laughed. Her laughter was as fresh as the spring blossoms and morning sun.
“How do you know?” Yue Yang was bewildered. Could it be that he really couldn’t say a single lie in front of this girl?
“Because there are no coffin seller at all in the Black Stone City. They don’t have a custom of burying the dead, they were cremated instead.” The Royal Swordswoman said with a certain tone. “But I see that whenever you speak, although none of them was true, your words are a bit teasing. Do you usually use these words to tease girls? Forget it, all these were unimportant. I only wanted to know, what family are you from?”
“I am not from any clans, I am just a peasant. All eighteen generations of my family are farmers to the core. We had always been commoners, none of us has ever become an official.” Yue Yang then gave an example, “ Don’t you see how haggard I look? You could see from this that I didn’t have enough to eat and lead an arduous life, lacking in food and meat. You should also see my coarse hands, this shows the hard work I did everyday tilling the ground. In order to feed myself, I was always constantly working, from sunrise to sunset, even when I got drenched from the rain… If you don’t believe me, I could even compose a poem to proof myself. Listen well, ‘Farmers weeding at noon, sweat down the field soon, who knows food on a tray, thanks to their toiling day?’ You say, if I weren’t a farmer, how would I be able to understand the laborious hardships of the farmers?”
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The Royal Swordswoman quietly listened and couldn’t help but frown.
Yue Yang was doing this on purpose. He spoke a bunch of nonsense and even recited a poem, the purpose was to disrupt this girl’s ability to discern the truth.
If she was attracted to that poem, then her concentration would be dispersed. As long as he held her interest, he believed he could sway her easily later on.
Just when Yue Yang was pleased with himself secretly, the Royal Swordswoman suddenly said this, “That’s unexpected. I thought you were a spoilt brat from one of the Great Families. I didn’t know that you still knew that there are such a thing called farmers in this world. This poem, did you plagiarize it from someone? It was quite a good poem, but you recited it without feeling, you couldn’t even understand those pitiful farmers. Amongst the members from the great families, there are almost no one that I didn’t know. But why haven’t I seen you before? You couldn’t be from the smaller clans, because they wouldn’t have a good physical skill, and they would definitely not have the ability to raise you to such a level…So what’s your name actually?
“Titan.” Yue Yang definitely would not tell her his real name.
It was definitely not a good thing to be associated with this girl, he sh