Great Creator

Chapter 169 Swordsmanship (34)

"Miss, someone is looking for you at the door." Someone announced from a distance.

"okay!"

Zhou Xia trotted all the way to the gate of the manor, but when she saw who was at the gate, she looked disappointed and stopped.

The woman at the door hurriedly said: "Xia Xia, you don't even invite me in?"

Zhou Xia looked up at the sky with her small face up, with a bored expression on her face, and she didn't even bother to talk to her: "You must be persuading me to go to this meeting or that meeting again this time. Or you are training me for not dressing well and being rude." Yes, it's boring..."

Tao Cui said helplessly: "I did it for your own good! This time, Zhibei City is going to hold a flower viewing party again. There are so many young talents at the meeting. I heard that there will be people from the royal family coming? Don't you follow me?" Shall we meet a few together?"

Zhou Xia rolled her eyes: "No, I have to behave better recently. Everywhere, no, go!"

Tao Cui stomped her feet and said, "You! I only mentioned you because of the friendship we have known since we were young. Instead of playing in this villa, you might as well go out with me and meet more good men. You Look at your disheveled appearance, have you climbed the tree again? You even pulled up your skirt and tied it around your waist, revealing your thighs!"

This Tao Cui is the daughter of Zhou Xia's wet nurse, only two years older than Zhou Xia, and her family background is just a commoner, but because her parents are both servants in the Zhou family and have a close relationship with the master's family, Tao Cui has also gotten in touch with the upper class. opportunities for society.

She is actually not eligible to participate in this flower viewing party, but Zhou Xia can take her there, so she wants to persuade Zhou Xia to take her to the flower viewing party.

Tao Cui didn't like Zhou Xia very much, mainly because she always talked about Zhou Xia as a sister in a serious way. This is also her way of maintaining a good image in front of the master's family, but unfortunately Zhou Xia doesn't buy it at all.

When I was a child, and when I was a little older, Zhou Xia and Tao Cui were still good sisters who played together. But then Zhou Xia had to go to class and learn a lot, so she didn't have much time to play with Tao Cui. Naturally, Tao Cui's family would not send Tao Cui to school, so they asked her to help with housework at home and learn some female celebrities.

This made the gap between the two bigger and bigger.

Zhou Xia's qualifications are very high, and he learns things very quickly. Every one of her teachers praised her for her quick thinking and comprehension by analogy, she is really a genius.

And Zhou Xia also has a wide range of interests, and has followed many teachers, whether it is the orthodox knowledge of Ge's Academy, or various kinds of side knowledge, she is interested.

But among them, Zhou Xia's favorite is martial arts, especially swordsmanship.

She practiced some rough martial arts to strengthen her body, and then quickly focused on fencing. The swordsmanship of the human race was passed down by the great sword master Kong Yu 30 years ago. After years of inheritance and evolution, it has evolved into a small school now.

Although the spread of swordsmanship is far less widespread than Linmeng's Wushouxi, its advantage lies in the use of metal weapons, so it is very lethal. But because of the need to use metal weapons, ordinary people absolutely cannot afford them. Generally, only noble families are eligible to learn.

Knowing that Beicheng is the capital of Zhuang Kingdom, and Zhuang Kingdom is the most powerful vassal state today, there are quite a few masters of swordsmanship in the city. Zhou Xia begged her father to invite the most famous swordsman to teach her.

When the swordsmanship teacher first came to Zhou's house, he thought it was an easy and boring job. It was nothing more than collecting a lot of money to teach little girls how to play swords. It was a waste of his great talent.

In the end, after actually teaching Zhou Xia, he realized that this young girl also had superb talent in martial arts.

Zhou Xia studied with her swordsmanship teacher for three years. After three years, her swordsmanship has achieved some success. Hitting peers is like chopping melons and vegetables.

You must know that Zhou Xia, as a woman, is originally weaker than a man, not to mention she is only 16 years old.

The swordsmanship teacher praised Zhou Xia highly, saying that she is a swordsmanship genius rarely seen in a hundred years.

However, Zhou Xia was not famous for her cleverness and swordsmanship. Her reputation on the other hand far outweighed her other advantages, that is, her appearance.

Zhou Xia's appearance is very beautiful. When she was a child, her father's colleagues occasionally saw her at home, and they were all surprised and praised her cuteness. When she was thirteen or fourteen years old, before she fully matured, the reputation of Zhou's daughter's beauty spread throughout Zhibei City, and even other places in Zhuang Kingdom.

Some so-called famous experts even commented that when Zhou Xia grows up, she will definitely be a peerless beauty.

Since she had such an evaluation, even people from abroad would come to see her in admiration.

And those who saw her were all convinced and praised her appearance.

But Zhou Xia didn't like such a reputation very much.

Zhou Xia grew up in a superior family, and her talent far exceeded that of ordinary people, so she was somewhat arrogant. She despised none of those suitors who came because of their fame and beauty, but found them particularly annoying.

All she wants to do is how to do what she thinks is interesting, not to deal with all kinds of boring people.

Once, Zhou's mother complained that she practiced martial arts every day, and Zhou Xia said this to her.

She said: "Mom, do you know why I want to learn swordsmanship? Because I want to become stronger."

"I am not free anywhere now, and I need to be protected everywhere, and I am troubled by others every day. These are all because I am weak, so I am influenced by others everywhere. Therefore, I want to become a strong person, stronger than everyone else. Be strong so that I can be free and live the life I want to live."

Zhou's mother just smiled, thinking it was just a child's innocent words.

But Zhou Xia is serious. When she learns other knowledge, her interest often fluctuates, because it is too easy for her to learn something, which makes her interest constantly shift. But in sword practice, she is very able to endure hardships, even if it is a very basic sword swing, as long as the teacher asks her to do it a thousand times, she can really grit her teeth and do it a thousand times.

It is precisely because Zhou Xia has achieved more and more achievements in orthodox education, miscellaneous studies, or swordsmanship, the gap between her and Tao Cui is getting wider and wider.

Although Tao Cui is only two years older than her, Tao Cui usually talks about who is richer, which man is better and suitable for marriage, or that a woman should be virtuous and pleasing to others. What's worse is that Tao Cui always wants to drag Zhou Xia to some places that she is not interested in.

After coming and going, Zhou Xia didn't want to be friends with Tao Cui anymore.

If it weren't for the fact that she had known her since childhood and that she was the daughter of a wet nurse, Zhou Xia would have never wanted to see her.

Tao Cui also knew that Zhou Xia didn't like her anymore, but Zhou Xia was still very valuable to her.

For Tao Cui, Zhou Xia's peerless beauty and her disdainful attitude of rejecting all suitors are also her own advancement. As long as he finds a way to rely on Zhou Xia, those men who come for Zhou Xia's beauty can give her a piece of the pie after they fail.

Tao Cui approached Zhou Xia with an old face many times. Although Zhou Xia was young and didn't like these things, she was smart, and Zhou Xia probably guessed Tao Cui's twists and turns.

This made her even more tolerant towards Tao Cui. She is not someone who likes to be used, so why should she be used?

After hearing Zhou Xia's disdainful words, Tao Cui said angrily: "Xia Xia, you are not too young anymore, you are already 16 years old, you should get married if you are an ordinary family, you should find a good one sooner..."

As a result, before she finished speaking, Zhou Xia had already disappeared.