1460 Sparring With Bai Lianhua
"Whenever you are ready," Yuan said as he casually stood on the stage with a calm smile on his face.
Bai Lianhua readied her sword and took a deep breath before dashing at Yuan at full speed.
"Hah!" Bai Lianhua began their confrontation with a quick sword thrust that aimed straight at the spot between Yuan's eyebrows.
She expected Yuan to easily dodge her strike, and he did, so without delay, she immediately raised her right leg to kick his waist, aiming for his badge.
However, right as her feet reached his badge, Yuan's hand appeared out of thin air and grabbed onto her leg.
Seeing that she had been caught, Bai Lianhua hastily pulled her feet back but quickly realized that she did not have the strength to break out of Yuan's hold. Yet, she did not panic and swung her sword at his face for a second time.
However, she was forced to stop midswing when Yuan abruptly lifted her into the air and swung her around like a cowboy with a rope.
"W-wha?! Yuan?!"
Bai Lianhua cried out loud.
A few more circles later, Yuan tossed her to the other side of the stage.
After barely landing on her feet, Bai Lianhua looked at Yuan with wide eyes, seemingly in disbelief about what had just transpired.
The spectators also couldn't believe their eyes.
"Yuan… can you treat our fight more seriously?" Bai Lianhua asked with a sigh.
"Hm? But I am," he said with a nonchalant expression.
"..." Bai Lianhua was speechless.
After a moment of silence, she clenched her sword and charged at him again.
This time, she kept her distance and used a martial technique.
"Illusion Sword Arts!"
Bai Lianhua propelled her sword in a stabbing motion, aimed at Yuan's forehead again.
However, from the spectators' view, there were several swords flying at Yuan, almost as though Bai Lianhua grew a few extra arms.
"There it is! Senior Sister's Illusion Sword Art!"
"Wow! She's managed to create seven illusions!"
Yuan raised an eyebrow at the crowd's mumbling.
'Seven illusions? What are they talking about?' he wondered inwardly, as he couldn't see any illusions.
Once Bai Lianhua's sword almost reached him, Yuan casually swung his sword, deflecting the strike.
"He saw through it so easily!"
"As expected of Yuan, not even Senior Sister can fool him!"
"Something like that."
He then swept the crowd with a calm gaze and asked, "Does anyone else want to spar?"
"You should get some rest, Yuan. After all, the Faction War between Demon Sealing Faction and Fiery Locust Swarm is tomorrow."
"I will rest as soon as everyone gets their chance to spar with me."
After sparring for a few more hours, Yuan spent the rest of the day teaching Yu Rou how to wield her fan properly.
"Since when did you learn to use the fan, brother? I thought you only learned to use the sword and dagger." Yu Rou asked him after seeing how perfectly he handled the fan.
He casually lied, "I trained with several other weapons during my spare time, such as the fan and spear."
In reality, the God of War had complete mastery over every weapon in existence, and Yuan merely remembered how to use them after regaining Tian Xian's memories.
Later that night, Yuan left the headquarters of Eternal Lotuses with Yu Rou, Bai Lianhua, and Xia Jingyi, Yu Rou's friend, who joined the Eternal Lotuses at the same time.
"Good luck, Yuan!"
"Give those bastards a good beating! I know you can do it!"
Sometime later.
"It's been a while, Yuan. Sorry, I didn't spar with you. As a Zither Cultivator, I have a mostly support role, so it would be a waste of time to spar with you…" Xia Jingyi said to him as they made their way to the airport.
Yuan casually waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I understand your special position. Zither Cultivators are not suited for one-on-one until you have a high enough cultivation, after all."
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