Chapter 53 (1/2)

Slash-slash-slash - there was a light sound of shredding followed by the falling strips of cloth fro Chu Yu by his side, Yue Jiefei's face turned ghastly at the sudden thought of an unwelcoh he could faintly make out the words ”old and waving a hand at him

His body was not for sale, really!

Another two blows from a dazed Hua Cuo, and two pieces of fabric were cut off fro behind a cool sensation on his bare legs The words 'ht was just getting entertaining when a syh could be heard frouards, several palace maids had sneaked in on the action as well They covered their eyes with their hands, but stole aders

Yue Jiefei's and Hua Cuo's ht and shadow Feeling worried, Chu Yu turned to Rong Zhi ”Do you have any way of stopping theood outcoht What if someone was hurt by accident?

The words had just left herZhi did not know martial arts If he had, he wouldn't have been beaten so badly by Yue Jiefei that time Who was he to stop these two skilled swords Zhi lifted a hand to wipe his brow His eyes were filled with carefree amusement as he replied ”No need to worry, princess Hua Cuo won't harm Yue Jiefei He'll merely pluck off all his clothes It'll be over once he's done throwing his drunken fit”

Chu Yu scrutinized the two sparring figures in the distance ”Is Hua Cuo really drunk or pretending to be?”

Thrown off by her unexpected question, Rong Zhi al in his throat An i at Chu Yu with a vague smile, he slowly continued what he had paused halfway ”Really drunk”

Hua Cuo was indeed, drunk Given his sword skills, if he were sober, he would have scrapped off a layer of Yue Jiefei's skin by now besides his clothes

The duo had hated each other at first sight since two years ago If it weren't for Rong Zhi's interference on several occasions, they would have battled to the death countless times

Nainally a thing of elegant beauty, not eance in his youth and a penchant for violence, Hua Cuo had stripped awaythe bare essentials and adding on fatal techniques, even swopping his sword for a longer, narrower blade Hence, although the current Hua Cuo excelled in deadly technique, he fell short of e inal Thousand Blossoms

Only when he was drunk, when he was free of all burden and frustrations, could the beauty of Thousand Blossoain in his sword… Naturally, with his inhibitions thrown caution to the wind once drunk, his de Zhi kne he had developed such a habit of stripping off people's clothes

Chu Yu glanced at Rong Zhi with a s Zhi sive it a shot” He tested the taped splint on his arm, ensured its sturdiness, and slowly aht of his approach, the crowd iave way It mattered not that he was rumored to have fallen out of favour with the princess, with Huang Yuan and the other t additions being his replacement Under his past influence, not a person dared to spurn hih to feel the slashi+ng gust of swordplay, he re up a branch that had been severed by God knoho, he tossed it in the direction of the dueling figures without a care in the world

Entering vicinity of the flashi+ng swords, the branch was reduced to pieces within seconds on the floor Surprisingly, the fighting duo stopped when they noticed the fallen branch