Chapter 33 - 33. Sword Dance

Third person POV

Hong er went to the changing room, but she felt like her dress was more suitable for the dance that she will perform. She looked around the changing room, she had to find the thing. After searching for a while, she finally found it. She took it and went back to the hall.

When she entered, the girls was giggling and mocking at her. " Why is she holding a sword? Is she a boy or a girl?" Hong er just walked passed them without giving any reaction. They were annoyed by Hong er, they thought that Hong er was being arrogant for ignoring them. They looked at each other with evil smile on their face, they will definitely will make her lose face.

Beneath the mask, Hong er was dissatisfied. She felt that the fake sword is too light for her, the usual swords she used were 10 times heavier than this. She started to feel helpless, she was nervous that the sword will break in the middle of the dance. She bowed to the emperor and the guards came to her, they checked the sword. They nodded their head after confirming that it was a fake sword.

Hong er stood in the middle of the hall, she closed her eyes, she inhaled. The guqin played, the music started with a calming flow. Hong er followed the music with slowly moving her sword. The drum slowly build up the intensity of the music, Hong er's movements started to move faster. The on looker were amazed by the fierceness yet graceful movements, they saw Hong er span the sword with one hand. They became silent as they emerged into the dance.

When the music enters its peak, an aura suddenly shoot towards Hong er. Hong er gracefully blocked it with her fake sword, no one noticed the aura except Xu Tingfeng, Bai Huiqing,and Liu Weisheng. They clenched their fist,' How dare they scheme Hong er?!'

Hong er noticed there was a crack on the sword, she frowned. ' The sword will break with the second attack'. Just as she thought, the second attack came and this time it was stronger than the first one. Hong er span and slash the attack with her sword, the sword broke into pieces. But suddenly a black sword appeared in front of her. She throw the broken sword and grabbed the black sword. She felt a strong aura flow through her body. The sword is heavy, but she likes it. She look at Liu Weisheng and lightly nodded.

Liu Weisheng noticed the crack on her sword and as soon as her sword broke, he summoned his sword and throw it to her. At first, he was concerned that she won't be able to dance with the sword because it was really heavy. But after he remembered how she carried a pot of soup when she was younger, his worries disappeared like a dust. But he never imagined that her dance got better after she used the heavy sword.

The audience was flabbergasted, every warrior had their own personal sword and they won't let anyone use it. The same as the sword, it has a soul in it, it won't let anyone use them as they want. But right now, the Da Qi crown prince just took out his personal sword and gave it to her like nothing. And to make it worse, the sword allowed her to use it.

Everyone can see how big and heavy the sword is. The sword is even bigger than her body but she waved it around like a piece of paper. They starts to admire her power a little bit.

Hong er's movements were really fast and strong that its create a strong wind with every swing. The dance and music was making every fighter's blood boils with passion. They reminisced their past when they fight in the battlefield. Hong er didn't even sweat, she was having fun playing with the sword.

She spun the sword with one hand and creates a tiny tornado outside the hall. She somersaulted 3 times in the air before landing with her left hand. Her right hand was spinning the sword, making the tornado bigger. As the music got calmer again, Hong er slowed her movements and this made the audience anticipate with what was coming.

Hong er kneeled on the floor with one knee and held the sword with both of her hands. She rested her forehead on the sword, like praying. She touched and caressed the floor, then she used the same hand to caress the sword. She slowly stood up and slid her hand across the sword. The sword glowed and startes to throb following the drum beat.

Hong er stood with her eyes closed, she didn't move. She was feeling the throbbing sword, the sword throbbed even faster and faster. And as the music reached it's peak again, Hong er took a deep breath and opened her eyes. Her movements this time were fiercer and faster than before. She backflipped and span the sword across her back to her left hand. And now she swung the sword with her left hand fiercely.

When the music was going to end, the drum beat was getting faster and faster. Hong er spun her body like a ballerina and with the sword pointing to the sky. The audience could feel the tornado was getting stronger. But they couldn't take their eyes off Hong er. She was like a god that controls the world with her sword.

Her white gold dress fluttered in the air as she spun. At the last beat, she stopped and slashed the air. The tornado disappeared like nothing, the sun shone through the hall, illuminating Hong er's figure. She proudly looked at the emperor, making him tremble in fear.

At that time, everyone had the same thought.

' She is like the God of Light Sheng Jie.'