Cohabitation with Sword Spirit-Chapter 204 - 171: Long-Term Planning Is Key to Married Life

December 25, 2017

After the match, Li Junyi had just finished a routine check-up and came out of the players' passage, only to see Li Wanqing and others waiting outside.

The young girl curled her lips, "Don't worry about me, I expected this result anyway... but I really didn't expect it to be this bad."

Saying that, the corners of her lips that had barely curled up drooped again.

In the previous battle with Lu Fangchen, Li Junyi knew that her True Essence Realm and Cultivation Technique levels were far inferior to her opponent's. She was already expecting to be defeated, but she didn't anticipate the scene to be even more brutal than imagined.

After the referee announced the start of the match, Li Junyi immediately summoned her Spirit Sword and used the Heart Sword Technique, which she hadn't fully mastered yet but already had great power, to attach it to the Spirit Sword. In an instant, she unleashed a rain of swords across the sky, creating a dazzling display.

The next moment, Lu Fangchen raised his right hand, snapped his fingers with a loud sound, and a Golden Crow True Flame passed through Li Junyi's sword rain, directly igniting her right hand.

The Golden Crow Flame was just a small cluster, neither able to incinerate mountains nor boil seas, nor melt gold or iron, yet it happened to sever the thread of Divine Sense that Li Junyi relied on to maintain the sword rain.

Thus, the rain of swords across the sky lost control instantly, with more than half of the Spirit Sword shadows reversing their direction, showing signs of backlash.

Fortunately, as Lu Fangchen snapped his fingers with his right hand, his left hand had already given a gesture to the referee indicating that the match was about to end. As a Peak Rain Cover Realm expert, the referee showed enough judgment ability. Seeing that Li Junyi's Sword Stance had lost control, he immediately declared the match over and used immense Mana to stabilize all the Flying Swords, helping Li Junyi avert a crisis.

However, from the start of the match to the end, Li Junyi didn't even have time to react. The technique she used to fuse her Heart Sword and Spirit Sword, which was about to bloom brilliantly, came to an abrupt halt. The heroic and dazzling defeat she had anticipated did not materialize, and her entire display of sword shadows ended up as a mere foil to Lu Fangchen's Golden Crow Flame.

Lu Fangchen's True Essence Realm, along with his Immortal Techniques, far exceeded hers, yet he won the match effortlessly, using less than one-tenth of the force he possessed.

It was almost like an adult easily beating a child, the gap in disparity was that wide.

This outcome was something that Li Junyi had really not anticipated and felt somewhat... not very good about.

Just as Li Wanqing wanted to comfort her, Wang Jiu spoke up from behind with a frown.

"Didn't see it coming? But this result should be the most normal. Facing an opponent with Yin Yang Pupils, recklessly using full force, especially when you can't fully control it, getting outmaneuvered is to be expected. In fact, I thought you colluded with Lu Fangchen."

Li Junyi was stunned, "How, how could I possibly collude on something like this!?"

"But your behavior undoubtedly helped the opponent win the match with minimal effort. So, is this one of those cases where you say 'no' but your body is honest?"

Li Wanqing sighed, "No matter where you learned that saying, it definitely wasn't meant to be used here."

"Was it?" Wang Jiu furrowed his brows even more, "Moreover, I remember telling you all in the Inner Sect, never to use powers you can't fully control in real combat, you were there when I said it."

Li Junyi pursed her lips, speaking a bit unwillingly, "But apart from the Spirit Sword, I don't have any moves that could threaten the opponent. And besides, wasn't Lu Fangchen closing his eyes at the time, I thought if he didn't use his Yin Yang Pupils, I might have a slight chance..."

"He was just closing his eyes, not blind. You can't assume that because Yin Yang Pupils are called different eyes, they only involve the eyes," Wang Jiu was amazed by Li Junyi's thought process, "Just like Shen Qingming, her weight is way beyond average for her age and height, and she doesn't even like tea, but she still uses the name Qingming without qualms."

The wounded person in the wheelchair was so indignant, she almost wanted to stand up right then and duel with Wang Jiu.

"My weight is due to Physical Divine Techniques, okay! Completely not because of being fat!"

Wang Jiu was curious, "Of course it's not because of fatness, fat and overweight are two different things, with your slender figure, where's the room for fat?"

"You're the one who's slender!"

——

Li Wanqing listened to this completely off-topic conversation, sighed, and patted Li Junyi's head, "About that Yilan banquet we talked about, how about tonight?"

Li Junyi's eyes lit up, "Really? Didn't you say it needed to be booked well in advance?"

Li Wanqing said, "No worries, the head chef responsible for the Yilan banquet is a friend of mine, I can get us an extra table."

"Thank you, Sister Wanqing!"

Loudly bantering, they walked out together. Along the way, they could hear spectators discussing the matches they watched. Some were amazed, some were disappointed, and some, having lost their bets, were asking for directions to the rooftop, a blend of emotions.

Shen Qingming listened to the surrounding discussions and soon forgot about her banter with Wang Jiu, looking up as she asked, "By the way, Sister Wanqing, did you watch Qian Ye's match?"

"Watched halfway, then got called for a roll call. But there wasn't much to see, that guy was holding back so much. Facing a lower-ranked opponent, he dragged it out for half a day without wanting to end it, as if not lasting long doesn't make you a real man."

Shen Qingming blushed as she listened, "You're talking nonsense again."

"Yes, just kidding. That guy was taking the chance to adapt to his Golden Bloodline, much like how Lu Fangchen was fighting with closed eyes. They both forcibly awakened their bloodlines through external stimuli, and there are still many shortcomings in bodily adaptation. They must fine-tune through repeated real combat to achieve the best state for a decisive battle. But on the other hand, before the decisive battle, there's nothing much exciting to see."

After saying that, Li Wanqing flipped through the schedule, "The championship favorites have all finished, there shouldn't be anything too noteworthy today. Eh, wait, this group situation seems... hahaha, let's quickly head to arena five, there's going to be a good show!"

Saying so, Li Wanqing took the lead and rushed toward arena five.

Li Junyi and Shen Qingming looked at each other, both a bit puzzled. Though Li Wanqing was flamboyant and lively, she was different from typical rash teenagers, so people rarely saw her so excited.

"Whose match is in arena five?"

The two young women didn't have the schedule, but fortunately, Wang Jiu was always prepared and took out his schedule to check, "Li Chaolu versus Qian Yue."

"... hahahahaha!"

After a momentary silence, Li Junyi and Shen Qingming couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Those two arch-nemeses, meeting each other in the second round! The person responsible for arranging the schedule must be really wicked! No wonder Li Wanqing was so joyful.

——

When the group arrived at arena five, both Li Chaolu and Qian Yue were already at the registration point, waiting for the referee's signal to start the match.

Before taking the stage, the two were already engaged in fierce verbal sparring.

"Oh, your father finally let you out? I thought he'd directly pack you off to Feiyan Mountain after you caused a ruckus in the Qian Family Mansion."

"If Mr. Wang Jiu were to settle at Feiyan Mountain, I wouldn't mind marrying far away. Just a few years ago, when Heaven-Reaching City called for the development of the Northwest, I bought several gardens at the foot of Feiyan Mountain as an investment. By the time I'm ready, I'll redecorate it, and when we marry, we'll move in directly. The land there is cheap, so I'll have the craftsmen make the garden large, and if you come, you can have first pick of the dozens of concubine rooms."

"C-Conconcubine..."

"Of course, a man as outstanding as Mr. Wang Jiu having many women isn't surprising, right? As the primary wife, it's only right to plan ahead. But rest assured, in honor of our long-standing acquaintance, I'll make you the chief concubine."

"Go see a ghost! Mr. Wang Jiu wouldn't possibly marry you!"

"Wow, saying such things, if Mr. Wang Jiu doesn't marry me, how can you become the chief concubine?"

"What a joke! Someone who can't see Mr. Wang Jiu more than once in half a month fantasizing about being the main wife, while putting me, who sees him every day, as a concubine!"

"What good is seeing him every day? Mr. Wang Jiu stays every night at Shen Garden; do you think he will marry Shen Qingming?"

"Shen Qingming? Hahaha!"

The two simultaneously burst into laughter.

In the audience, Shen Qingming stood up from her wheelchair, "Those two shameless scoundrels! Wang Jiu, does the Cyan Cloud tournament rules allow me to designate opponents for the third round? I want to duel them!"

Wang Jiu replied, "According to the tournament rules, you need to simultaneously bribe the thirteen cultivators responsible for match grouping from the three big families and five major sects, and ensure that the Saint Sect Envoy doesn't find out."

"...Damn it!" Shen Qingming gritted her teeth and sat back down - half of it was due to pain - but she resolved to mark this on her notebook for payback later!

Luckily, the shameless conversation didn't last long. The referee in the arena really couldn't listen to the increasingly outrageous content any longer and announced the start of the match early.