The Immortal Fire

17. Chapter 17: The Duel

"It's not about to refuse, Mr. Song. I think this is too soon to talk about, after all Liu'er is still too small." Xi Guan's alibi.

When Liu Ying was almost 16 years old, how could he be said to be a child? But Liu Ying doesn't care, no matter what happens he won't.

One of the reasons Xi Guan would not allow it was because he would be sending Liu Ying to the An Ming temple in the near future. Also unwilling for Liu Ying to have any relations with many people, Liu Ying's true identity was at great risk if he had social status.

"You don't have to misunderstand that. I'm just suggesting that Miss Cheng could have signed up as a candidate, and I really hope."

"... But if Chairman Cheng is not pleased, I will not impose." continued Song Fan.

Song Jun's countenance looked disappointed, he was actually quite interested in Liu Ying, but it seemed that the girl was not interested in him at all.

"Miss Cheng, I am indeed a little disappointed by this rejection. But I'm very curious about your martial skills" Song Jun chimed in.

"Will Miss accept my challenge, to duel?" continue the young man while looking at Liu Ying.

Xi Guan squeezed the handle of the bench, of course it was even more dangerous, Liu Ying should not fight.

"All right!" liu Ying replied loudly, before Xi Guan could stop him.

Song Jun smiled meaningfully upon finding an answer from Liu Ying.

"Can't!!" refute Xi Guan.

Everyone there was suddenly astonished, the mayor of Wen asked him why. Somehow this Chairman Cheng strongly refused something related to his grandson.

Xi Guan rejected that absolutely, "This grandson cannot fight, there are many special reasons that make him not allowed to use martial arts."

Wen Chen snatched away, Xi Guan had never discussed this before while conversing.

"There's no harm, Chairman Cheng. Isn't this gonna make the celebration even more exciting?" wen Chen.

Liu Ying also did not accept, it risked his pride, "Right, Chairman. I don't mind, it's not a serious fight anyway."

Xi Guan continued to resist and continued to be persuaded by the important guests there, they were very curious about the duel.

Xi Guan simply nodded his head resignedly while hoping that Liu Ying would not get out of control, it was the most fatal risk.

Liu Ying and Song Jun climbed onto the altar while carrying their respective weapons, after which they bowed to each other and saluted.

"Miss Cheng, are you ready?" Song Jun asked excitedly and was replied with a smirk by Liu Ying.

"You go first" Liu Ying said as he took the horses.

Song Jun slightly retreated and pulled out his sword from the scabbard. Song Jun's sword was a kind of longsword, thus allowing him to surrender opponents from a distance. While Liu Ying's sword was a slightly bent short sword, it could only be used to attack from close range.

Song Jun launched his first attack but was successfully averted, Liu Ying was still not willing to draw his sword.

With a twisting and quick movement, Liu Ying was able to dodge as well as read every single attack of Song Jun easily.

Feeling that his attack pattern was known, Song Jun accelerated his sword swing with a random tempo to create a greater distance.

Liu Ying was slightly startled by the sudden change but still managed to keep his balance, he passed through the bottom of the sword and narrowed the distance so that their positions became face to face.

Seeing that, Liu Ying took the opportunity by holding back the part of Song Jun's arm that was holding the sword, twisting the man's arm to his back.

Song Jun's attacks became so uncontrollable that he used his next arm to attack Liu Ying.

Liu Ying smiled obliquely, he began to play his mainstay style of the Lotus Flower Dance, one of the moves of the Ten Strongest Steps of the Golden Lotus sect.

Both Liu Ying's hands moved flexibly holding Song Jun's sword eyes, his legs advancing with regular and extremely gentle strides, a moment later he pressed Song Jun's arms hard so as to make the man screech. Pulling both of the man's arms and positioning himself behind Song Jun.

The young man looked extremely shocked and stunned when he realized that both of his hands were already held behind his back with a short sword stuck to his neck.

"Great! Give a round of applause to this Swordsman Cheng," Shouted Song Fan excitedly.

Everyone watching was amazed and echoed the applause.

Liu Ying lowered his sword and released his grip on Song Jun's arm. They saluted each other.

Honestly speaking, Xi Guan also felt admiration for Liu Ying. He just found out that the girl had mastered the very difficult style perfectly.

It turned out that Xi Guan had very rarely observed Liu Ying's development, or in other words 'No Matter'. That was what shocked him when Liu Ying performed his performance.

Don't forget Gu Xiulei's reaction when he saw Liu Ying's appearance earlier, he had been annoyed at the fact that the son of the Song family suggested Liu Ying as a candidate for a wife, he felt rivaled. Long Feiye was stunned, while Jia Li was cheering from his chair earlier.

"Wahh! Unexpectedly, Chairman Cheng's grandson was extremely talented in martial arts. How could this talented girl not appear in the martial world? What a talent that cannot be wasted."

Said Lei Dang, one of the important guests at the event. He was a wealthy merchant from Yang Zi, quite influential in the Wei empire.

"Master was too complimentary,"

Xi Guan chuckled as he looked at Liu Ying, hinting at Liu Ying to leave the stage immediately.

But the girl doesn't seem to care, she likes to be in the spotlight.

Song Jun smiled at Liu Ying, "Miss Cheng, will you share a little about the trick you used? How can you guess my every attack?"

The guests agreed to tell the young man, many curious about the girl's ability, that he could even defeat the Song family's first son who was said to have a high Wu Gong.

*Wu Gong: Martial Arts.

Liu Ying cleared his throat, "To kill a tree, it must start from its roots. To break a sword, it must strike the hand of its owner."

"... So the point of victory is also not in strength, ninety percent of it is in intelligence" Liu Ying continued, pointing at his head.

Song Jun stared in admiration, "Well! Should I call you Master? Your abilities are far ahead of me."

"No need to hesitate, I'm retreating."

Liu Ying did not return to his seat but rather walked outside the hall, unwillingly Jia Li followed him. Jia Li still wanted to watch the next show, but he was forced to miss it.

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