Vol 7 Chapter 10 (2/2)

“Alright, I’m full.”

“I’m full.”

Just then, 2 clear sounds rang out from plates being placed on the table. I looked over and saw Ma Zhong and Pan Zhang walk over with big steps. Ma Zhong grabbed Yun Chang’s hands, making her drop her chop sticks.

“Lord Guan Yu! Please have another duel with me!” Ma Zhong bowed deeply as she cried out.

“Like I said, you can train yourself first… Looking for me several times a day is really troubling…”

“No, please let me spar with you once more!”

Un? What’s going on?

I looked over at Yun Chang with curiosity and saw that she was extremely troubled and didn’t have the energy to look at me so I looked at Wen Yuan who was sitting on my right.

Wen Yuan had a look that said ‘not this again’ and when she saw that I was looking at her, she shrugged and smiled stiffly.

“Imperial Uncle.”

“Eh?”

Just then, Pan Zhang who had been silent all this while grabbed my hand.

“Please let Lord Guan Yu duel with Ma Zhong one more time. Don’t let our efforts to come here late at night go to waste.” Pan Zhang didn’t seem like she was asking me as she said so. I don’t know if it’s just me, but it feels like the braids behind her were jumping about and were ready to capture me and use me as a hostage to get Yun Chang to yield to their demands.

“Hai… Alright. stop bothering my big brother. I don’t think he can stop you all.” Yun Chang sighed and got up as she headed to the courtyard.

“Ah! Thank you Lord Guan Yu!” Ma Zhong seemed to understand what Yun Chang meant and caught up to her. Pan Zhang over here relented as well and followed behind Ma Zhong.

“What’s up with those 2?” I bent down and asked Wen Yuan when I saw that those 2 had left.

“Don’t mind them too much, my lord. They’re both Sun Quan’s subordinate generals.” She lowered her volume as she continued, “We met them before in the training grounds and after she crossed swords with Yun Chang, she began to bother Yun Chang…”

I see.

“But isn’t sparring a good thing? Why is Yun Chang so irritated?”

“That huh…” Wen Yuan paused and thought for a moment before coming to the conclusion that it would be fine before she continued, “Ma Zhong and Pan Zhang often take bets on fights in the training grounds so her motive for training is just to earn money.”

“To put it simple, she has impure motives,” Wen Yuan added.

No wonder Yun Chang seems so irritated about duelling.

Just then, I remembered the other 2 weirdos which Feng Xian talked about, the octopus girl and the battle maniac. Could she be referring to these 2? They really are weird now that I’ve met them.

“Ah!!, Just then, a cry of pain came from the outside, and a sword fell to the ground with a *dingdang*.

Wen Yuan and I looked outside and found that Ma Zhong had fallen to the ground while Yun Chang was walking up to her to help her up.

“As expected of Lord Guan Yu, your skill with blades is as impeccable as ever…” Ma Zhong’s impressed voice could be heard from inside. She was smiling bitterly, probably out of dissatisfaction with her own skill.

Pan Zhang was standing at the doorway to the courtyard and held her chin as she stared at the 2 of them in courtyard in deep thought.

“That was fast though. She got defeated pretty quickly.”

By my estimate, that should have only been 7-8 bouts. I must say, Yun Chang’s martial prowess is really impressive. When we first met in Zhuo county, she still said she didn’t know martial arts but looks like Guan Yu is Guan Yu after all.

“Not really.” Wen Yuan did not seem to agree with my a.s.sessment, “You must know that just 3 days ago when Ma Zhong first dueled with Yun Chang, Ma Zhong got defeated in just 1 bout so if there’s 1 thing to be impressed about, it’s Ma Zhong’s talent…”

Eh? So she’s actually pretty strong? Could it be that Ma Zhong is actually a really famous general? But I can’t recall hearing that name…

Honestly, I’m not too clear on the events after Red Cliff so if Ma Zhong is supposed to be a formidable person, he should have s.h.i.+ned after Red Cliff right?

“Is Imperial Uncle there? Is Imperial Uncle there?!” All of a sudden, an anxious voice could be heard. Seems like it’s calling me.

“Oi, how can you just barge in like that?” Yun Chang who was outside said angrily.

“Eh? Chen Wu?” Ma Zhong called out.

Chen Wu? My heart shook as I felt like her appearance was an ominous premonition and got up to find her.

“Chen Wu, what’s the matter?”

“Imperial Uncle!” Just as I left the dining room, the sight of Chen Wu’s anxious face greeted me as she walked over, “My lord Sun Ce, she…”

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