readytorunbook Chapter 19 Sword Immortal? Poet Immortal!
Chapter 19 Sword Immortal? Poet Immortal!
After Su Fan finished speaking, he deliberately paused for a moment, his expression meaningful.
This move successfully piqued the interest of everyone in the live stream, as well as Shen Jianyi and Shen Shuang.
The two looked at Su Fan expectantly, but Su Fan remained silent.
Shen Shuang gritted her teeth, wishing she could pounce on Su Fan and bite him.
Shen Jianyi spoke up immediately: "Brother Su Fan, just tell me already!"
Seeing that their appetites had been whetted enough, Su Fan slowly began to speak.
"This is a young man whose career is truly legendary! He single-handedly suppressed an era's prodigies in a particular field!"
Su Fan paused after speaking, and then continued speaking to Shen Shuang:
"You know the Tang Dynasty, right?"
Shen Shuang nodded: "I know, the Tang Dynasty was an extremely glorious dynasty in the history of China."
That's all I know; I don't know anything more specific.
Su Fan nodded. The historical mythology of China is severely fragmented, and it's already quite remarkable that Shen Shuang knows about the Tang Dynasty.
"To be precise, the early Tang Dynasty was an extremely glorious period, which can be described as..."
"The palace gates open to the heavens, and the officials of all nations bow before the emperor!"
Su Fan read the poem aloud word by word, and Shen Shuang, Shen Jianyi, and the viewers in the live broadcast room immediately felt the vibrant atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty.
Everyone instinctively opened their mouths wide and stared with wide eyes, imagining the scene of all nations paying homage!
……
Tang Dynasty History Research Institute!
An elderly man with white hair, who was watching Su Fan's live stream in the office, jumped up from his chair upon hearing Su Fan's words.
He shouted excitedly towards the door, "Xiao Lin, quick... quick, go get a pen and paper! Hurry!"
Xiao Lin, who was guarding the door, didn't know what had happened, but seeing how excited Professor Zhou was, it must have been something very important.
So Xiaolin hurriedly ran downstairs, and in a moment, she came back up with several pens and a stack of notebooks.
After receiving the items, Professor Zhou couldn't wait to start writing them down on paper.
"Tang Dynasty history! This is Tang Dynasty history, you must remember it!"
Professor Zhou wrote down the famous line of Wang Wei's poem that Su Fan mentioned, and then stared intently at Su Fan on his phone screen.
Xiao Lin, standing next to him, touched his nose, looking somewhat incredulous.
Professor Zhou is looking at...
live streaming?
……
While everyone was still immersed in the poem that offered a glimpse into the grandeur of the Tang Dynasty, Su Fan continued to speak.
"During that period, the Tang Dynasty was unrivaled, with all nations paying tribute and producing a wealth of talented individuals. It was one of the most prosperous periods in the history of China."
"The Chinatowns named after Tang Dynasty that you see in countries like the US and Japan today are because the Tang Dynasty was invincible and left a deep impression on foreigners!"
Shen Jianyi suddenly realized: "When I was on a business trip to Japan, I was wondering why the area in Japan where Chinese people congregate is called Chinatown. Now I know why!"
Su Fan nodded.
"The young god before you was born in that era."
As soon as Su Fan finished speaking, the audience in the live stream started discussing it!
"In such a powerful era, to be able to suppress the geniuses of an entire generation in a certain field, just how powerful must this young god be?!"
"Seriously, could this young god be another SSS-level god?!"
"Holy crap!!! That's very possible, if the streamer says so!"
"Is China about to produce two SSS-level gods in a row today?!"
"Doesn't anyone care about which field he dominated an era of geniuses?"
"Upstairs, you just don't understand, do you? Look at the 'Azure Lotus Sword' that young god is holding! I reckon he completely crushes all the other geniuses in swordsmanship!!!"
"That's right. And looking at the poem on the bamboo scroll at his feet, the swordsmanship is most likely..."
Shen Shuang and Shen Jianyi looked intently at the statue of the young god!
Shen Jianyi, in particular, had such an urge in his eyes to do something bad to the statue of the young god!
If this is true, and this young god's swordsmanship surpasses that of an entire generation of geniuses, then their Shen family will most likely produce a God Master who contracts with an SSS-level god.
At the very least, this young god should be an S-rank god, right?
Su Fan, however, looked at the lively chat in the live stream and shook his head almost imperceptibly.
It seems we'll have to disappoint Shen Jianyi and his daughter, as well as everyone in the live stream. While Li Taibai's swordsmanship is impressive, his greatest skill lies in...
poetry!
Su Fan did not tell them the truth immediately, but continued to tell the story of Li Bai.
"Born into a merchant family, the young man read extensively from a young age, displaying an astonishing talent for reading, especially in poetry!"
"..."
"When the boy was ten years old, he began practicing swordsmanship, taking swordsmanship and poetry as his two paths of cultivation!"
Professor Zhou at the Tang Dynasty History Research Institute listened with great excitement, scribbling furiously as he looked at Su Fan with shining eyes, muttering to himself:
"If only he could come to my Tang Dynasty History Research Institute..."
"Because of his long-term practice of swordsmanship, his swordsmanship has reached a superb level." Su Fan paused for a moment and continued, "Legend has it that the young man once fought against Pei Min, the 'Sword Saint' who was recognized as the world's number one swordsman at the time, but the outcome is unknown."
"After this battle, out of respect, the young man was revered as the 'Sword Immortal' by later generations!"
The audience listened with rapt attention, their minds automatically conjuring up a scene of the young Li Bai battling Pei Min, the "Sword Saint," who was then the world's greatest swordsman.
It felt like being there in person, and it ignited the passion in everyone!
"However, while the boy's swordsmanship is powerful, it is far from being His forte, nor His most powerful ability..."
Before Su Fan could finish speaking, the live stream chat erupted into an argument!
"Damn it!!! He fought against the world's number one swordsman at the time, and his swordsmanship isn't the best?!"
"Dude upstairs, pay attention to the question! The streamer already said that the young god suppresses the geniuses of an era in a certain field! His swordsmanship hasn't even defeated 'Sword Saint' Pei Min, so how can he be the strongest?"
"Yeah, yeah! Verdict: the person who just said that was an idiot!"
"Seriously, I'm so excited! What will be the most powerful ability of this young god?!"
"Looking forward to it too!"
Su Fan didn't keep anyone in suspense; his voice was firm and resolute!
"His most powerful ability is..."
"Poetry!!!"
The viewers in the live stream had initially gotten excited by Su Fan, but as he finished speaking, they all started cursing him.
"Damn it!!! I thought it was some kind of amazing ability, but the streamer just rambled on for ages! Turns out it's just the most useless poetry!!!"
"Damn it!!! I was already getting all hot from the streamer, thinking it would get even better later, and you suddenly tell me this young god's most powerful ability is poetry? What's the difference between that and taking off your pants and not doing anything?!?"
"Damn it!!! The streamer made us so excited, I was even thinking that China might produce another S-class god? And you tell me, this is it?!?"
"Reported and unfollowed!!!"
"Add one!"