This is a tiny stop in the desert.
+It was a tiny stop in the desert.
300 years later, a caravan from Yan Kingdom passed this place.
+300 years later, a caravan from the Yan Kingdom passed this place.
The caravan carried jewelry, jade, cotton and silk brocade, accompanied by a diplomatic envoy.
-The value of this person was worth more than the sum of the caravan’s goods, because he shouldered the important mission of traveling to the Western Regions, communicating, and building alliances.
+The value of this person was worth more than the sum of the caravan’s goods, because he shouldered the important mission of traveling to the Western Regions, communicating and building alliances.
100 years later, the Huns came from the north. They swept the Banyu village, killed all the old and middle-aged men, took all the women and young children, and went to the remote Western Regions.
-……The oasis was left behind by the Huns, forgotten once more by the world.
+…The oasis was left behind by the Huns, forgotten once more by the world.
The man sighs again.
-The desert’s heat and desolation agitates him.
+The man sighed again.
+The desert’s heat and desolation were agitating him.
Looking around, everything in his vision remains the same;
-the sun, the sky, the yellow sand…… are all immobile and motionless.
-Even the air is stiff, there’s not a breeze around him.
+Looking around, everything in his vision remained the same;
+the sun, the sky, the yellow sand… were all immobile and motionless.
+Even the air was stiff, there was not a breeze around him.
The other man knew very well the man was just starting a conversation to alleviate his boredom.
-But in this desert like an oven, talking was a luxury.
+The other man knew very well that the man was just starting a conversation to alleviate his boredom.
+But in this desert, hot as an oven, talking was a luxury.
Opening his mouth would be a waste of saliva.
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Characters in the story may utter curse words due to factors such as their origins, environment, and education. However, in order to respect the characters' personalities, some of these words are hidden in the novel. We hope that you understand.
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@@ -138,24 +138,24 @@……He knew very well that the Boss didn’t take him lightly just because he’s new.
-Normally gang members take turns looking after their base, it just so happens today is his turn.
+…He knew very well that the Boss didn’t take him lightly just because he was new.
+Normally, gang members take turns looking after their base, it just so happened that today was his turn.
But- he is a fighter, a real killer.
-Robbing, looting, kidnapping, murdering…… These are what he signed up to do.
-The clashes of blades and the slicing of flesh…… Those are the real rewards he seeks.
+But- he was a fighter, a real killer.
+Robbing, looting, kidnapping, murdering… These were what he signed up to do.
+The clashes of blades and the slicing of flesh… Those were the real rewards he sought.
[em bold color=#ff0000]Battling[/em] and [em bold color=#ff0000]Killing[/em]; these are the things that the man values.[\s]
-No doubt about it, this man is the evil amongst the evil.[\s]
-Not only does he bear no shame in this, he prides himself with this as proof of who he really is.
+[em bold color=#ff0000]Battling[/em] and [em bold color=#ff0000]Killing[/em]; these were the things that the man valued.[\s]
+No doubt about it, this man was the evil amongst the evil.[\s]
+Not only did he bear no shame in this, he prided himself with this as proof of who he really was.
As such, being left out of such a 「Big Fish」 makes the man feel extremely
+As a result, being left out of such a 「Big Fish」 made the man feel extremely
humiliated and angry.[\s]
-It’s this anger that frustrates him and makes him talkative.
+It was this anger that frustrated him and made him talkative.
The man wasn’t hallucinating, this isn’t one of those "mirages" that appear in the desert.[\s]
-The girl…… she was walking slowly towards them from the other end of the desert.
+The girl… she was walking slowly towards them from the other end of the desert.
His whisper quickly dissipated in the heat.
-Without realizing, he already made several big mistakes.
+Without realizing, he had already made several big mistakes.
First: He lost his composure.
@@ -189,19 +189,19 @@If this was the Big Boss, he wouldn’t have made such a big deal out of this.
But, the Golden Sand Gang are the feared leaders of the Northern Desert.
-They have never met a girl that walks up to them like this.
+But, the 「Golden Sand Gang」 are the feared leaders of the Northern Desert.
+They had never met a girl that walked up to them like this.
She’s the young heiress of 「Issen Manor」 in Sichuan, the sole daughter of 「Ebonstyle」 Qin Suyi, the 7th Disciple of Empyrea Phoenix.
+She was the young heiress of 「Issen Manor」 in Sichuan, the sole daughter of 「Ebonstyle」 Qin Suyi and the 7th Disciple of Empyrea Phoenix.
Empyrea Phoenix, Ebonstyle, Issen Manor.[\s]
-In Shenzhou’s martial world, these are all famed and respectable names.
+In Shenzhou’s martial world, these were all famed and respectable names.
The desert is an honorless, lawless wilderness:[\s]
+The desert was an honorless, lawless wilderness:[\s]
「The strong live, the weak die.」
「Perhaps this is why,」 Sushang thought.
-「This was why Mother sent me to train here despite Father’s protests.」
+「This is why Mother sent me to train here despite Father’s protests.」
Her mother dotes on her a lot,
+Her mother doted on her a lot,
but she was also extremely strict when it came to her sword training.
Since then, Sushang doubled her efforts in practicing swordsmanship and her family’s twelve ways of 「Issin Mnemonics」 was thoroughly proficient.
+Since then, Sushang doubled her efforts in practicing swordmanship, and was thoroughly proficient in her family's twelve ways of Issin Mnemonics.
But when her mother took a look, she still shook her head.
「Fleeting Swallow and 13 Stances of the Diving Swift are amazing skills in the middle of Sichuan, but how about Master’s “Edge of Taixuan”?
I shouldn’t have listened to your nonsense and changed Issin Mnemonics.」
- -「My Blade Mantra has been damaged, yours can’t be cultivated, what can I say?[\s]
Tomorrow, I will head to the Northern Desert and ask the Fifth Senior Sister to take Sushang as her disciple.」
- +On the day of Sushang’s fifth birthday, her parents gave her a generous parting gift.
Bidding goodbye to Issen Manor, Sichuan and her "home".
-She went to the Northern Desert and learned the 「best swordsmanship」 for a whole decade.
+Bidding goddbye to Issen Manor, Sichuan, and her "home", she went to the Northern Desert and learned the 「best swordsmanship」 for a whole decade.
Ten years had suddenly passed.
-No longer did she yearn for her home, the only thing she still bears in her heart is her mother’s bidding.
+No longer did she yearn for her home, the only thing she still bore in her heart was her mother’s bidding.
Has her swordsmanship improved?
-Has her martial arts techniques improved?
-Does her current self finally meet her mother’s expectations?
+Had her swordsmanship improved?
+Had her martial arts techniques improved?
+Did her current self finally meet her mother’s expectations?
the girl’s first 『Sword Trial』, is today!
+the girl’s first 『Sword Trial』, was today!