Chapter 564: Duel
On the side of the lake, two women were huddled together.
One of the women was Grandmaster Xue Ling and the other was her cousin, Xue Hua.
Xue Hua was also a beautiful young woman but compared to her cousin, she was inferior and her martial arts were only at the innate stage.
At this time, Xue Hua was whispering while looking at the two men sitting in the middle of the lake.
"Cousin, are you sure you don’t like either of them?"
Hearing the question, Xue Ling looked at Tang Xiao and Qian Chen and then shook her head.
In her opinion, Tang Xiao and Qian Chen were inferior to her.
After all, they were more than five years older than her but their martial arts stage was equal to hers.
When she thought of that, she couldn’t summon the desire to marry either.
Knowing her cousin’s thoughts, Xue Hua frowned and forcibly suppressed the discomfort in her heart.
Xue Hua belonged to the same generation as Tang Xiao and Qian Chen.
As kids, they played together and could be considered good friends.
Unfortunately, her talent was inferior to theirs and she fell behind.
However, the two still treated her as a good friend.
Considering that, Xue Hua felt very sorry for her two friends.
In her heart, she felt Xue Ling was not worthy of either Tang Xiao or Qian Chen.
Unfortunately, her opinion was irrelevant and not even her two friends would listen to her on this matter.
"Since you don’t like them, you shouldn’t have let them duel." She said.
"What does their duel have to do with me?" Xue Ling sneered and her eyes narrowed into slits.
"I didn’t agree to let the winner marry me. I only agreed to them pursue me."
Xue Hua sighed when she heard that.
’My cousin is their disaster.’ Xue Hua thought and looked at her friends.
A moment later, she turned to speak to Xue Ling.
"Cousin, Tang Xiao and Qian Chen are the most talented martial artists in the last two hundred years. If you don’t choose one of them, who do you want to marry?" She asked.
"The most talented in two hundred years?" Xue Ling said and chuckled in amusement.
However, she didn’t answer her cousin’s question.
Instead, she looked into the distance and the smile in her eyes deepened.
Seeing this, Xue Hua was confused.
As far as she knew, Tang Xiao and Qian Chen were the most talented young men of their generation.
However, from her cousin’s reaction, Xue Hua felt she had encountered a hidden secret.
’Is there another young genius in our hidden world?’ She wondered.
However, she didn’t have time to dwell on the matter because the duel was about to begin.
With an uneasy heart, Xue Hua turned to the lake to watch the duel.
"It’s eleven. Let the duel begin." Ancestor Xue said and the spectators all turned to the lake.
At this time, Tang Xiao and Qian Chen had already stood up.
In his hand, Tang Xiao held a long sword with a black hilt and a silver blade.
On the other hand, Qian Chen also held a long sword with a silver blade but its hilt was blue.
Seeing the swords, Jiang Yue turned to his lover and raised his eyebrows in question.
"Good swords." Yu Nianzhen said.
Of course, compared to his Shanjiang, the two swords were worse than rubbish.
However, compared to other mortal weapons, the two swords were top-tier treasures.
"Is the beautiful lady a swordswoman?" Blue hair asked after he heard the two’s conversation.
"Mmmm." Yu Nianzhen nodded.
"Grandmaster Xue is the best swordswoman in our hidden world." Blue hair said, his voice filled with admiration.
"She is not as good as my wife." Jiang Yue immediately refuted.
Hearing this, blue hair showed a helpless smile.
In terms of beauty, the beautiful lady was not inferior to Grandmaster Xue.
However, she was only an acquired stage martial artist.
How could an acquired stage swordswoman compare to a grandmaster stage swordswoman?
Shaking his head, blue hair looked at Jiang Yue with a solemn look in his eyes before he spoke.
"In your eyes, your wife is naturally the best. However, you can let others hear you. If someone hears you, you may end up in trouble." He reminded.
"If the admirers of Grandmaster Xue hear you, they will without a doubt challenge you."
"What about you? Aren’t you also her admirer? Are you going to challenge my wife?" Jiang Yue asked.
When he heard the question, blue hair blushed and immediately looked away.
"The duel is about to begin." He mumbled and Jiang Yue chuckled.
’As expected, beautiful people can get away with anything.’ He thought and squeezed his lover’s hand.
At this time, Tang Xiao and Qian Chen had already met in the middle of the lake.
A moment later, a wave of water rose in the sky and the two young men retreated backwards.
"Their foundation is not bad." Yu Nianzhen said and blue hair looked at him in disbelief.
’Why is she pretending to be a master?’ He complained but didn’t say anything.
Instead, he continued to watch the fight.
Soon after, Tang Xiao and Qian Chen met again.
In the blink of an eye, their swords clashed more than fifty times but neither had the upper hand.
"This duel will end in a draw." Yu Nianzhen said as soon as the two separated.
"Why do think so?" Blue hair asked with an interested look in his eyes.
"Grandmaster Qian is extremely agile and has a speed advantage. However, Grandmaster Tang is superior in technique and can see through Grandmaster Qian’s seemingly chaotic swordsmanship. Neither can defeat the other."
Hearing this, blue hair couldn’t help but be surprised.
Originally, he thought the beautiful lady was an ordinary swordswoman.
However, the woman was able to see through the two people’s swordsmanship after only a few moves.
Considering that the two fighters were grandmasters, blue hair couldn’t help but be curious about the beautiful lady’s origins.
However, he didn’t ask.
In the martial arts circle, everyone needed to be careful not to casually offend others.
"As expected of my wife. When it comes to swordsmanship, no one can compare to you." Jiang Yue praised and looked at his lover with a soft look in his eyes.
"When it comes to swordsmanship? What about other things?"
At that, Jiang Yue burst into laughter and leaned to whisper into Yu Nianzhen’s ear.
"You are also the best when it comes to that." He said and lightly bit his lover’s ear lobe.
As if that was not enough, he sucked the lobe and Yu Nianzhen involuntarily trembled in desire.
"Don’t mess around." He whispered in a hoarse voice.
When he heard the voice, Jiang Yue chuckled which further stimulated his lover.
However, Jiang Yue didn’t go too far.
After having his fun, he released the red ear lobe but placed his arm around Yu Nianzhen’s shoulders.
"You..." Blue hair stuttered; his eyes wide open.
"How can you do this kind of thing in public?" He questioned.
"What kind of thing did we do?" Jiang Yue asked with a playful smile.
"You..." Blue hair snorted and turned to watch the fight.
Seeing this, Jiang Yue laughed and even Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help the smile on his lips.
"Grandmaster Qian has the upper hand." Someone shouted and Yu Nianzhen focused on the game.
As the person said, Qian Chen temporarily had the upper hand.
While they were not paying attention, Tang Xiao had circled behind Tang Xiao and had just swung his sword downwards.
Instantaneously, a water-coloured sword-shaped qi flew from his sword and rushed towards his opponent’s back.
At the same time, Tang Xiao turned around to block the sword qi.
Unfortunately, his block was too late.
Although he blocked most of the qi, he was still a little injured.
However, the injury was not severe and he immediately reacted.
In less than a breath, he swung his sword to the right while moving towards the left.
Soon after, Grandmaster Qian fell failed to avoid the sword attack and was also injured.
"Grandmaster Tang has very good predictive ability." Jiang Yue couldn’t help but praise.
Although the person was injured, he correctly predicted Grandmaster Qian’s retreat path and unleashed an attack there.
By the time Grandmaster Qian saw the attack, he couldn’t retreat because Tang Xiao was already blocking his escape path.
In that case, Qian Chen had no choice but to directly confront the attack.
"With some training, they could become excellent swordsmen." Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue couldn’t help but look at the person with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
However, before Jiang Yue could ask the question in his mind, a panicked scream echoed in the surroundings.
When he turned to look, he saw a terrifying wave rushing towards the shore.
At the same time, his skin began to tingle and he saw drops of blood appearing on the skin of those around them, including blue hair.
