200 The Twins (1/2)

Shangguan Fei did not understand how things turned out this way.

The six men outside the peach forest should have been unimportant characters. In the peach forest, the soldiers of the Horned Dragon Society were split into two teams. The first team was pawns, and only after when the Kun Society had sent the same pawns to encircle their rivals would Shangguan Fei send the second team of machetemen to appear suddenly. The latter would have encircled the enemy easily. Only after when everything was over would he be able to brag that he had appeared on the battlefield himself. Who would have dared to say that he didn't have any courage?

His younger sister, Slave Huan, and Tuo Nengya; these three people should have been far away on the corner of the South City. They should have fallen into the trap and been killed by that fool, Guan Houlin. If his mother had chided him, he would be able to put all blame on the military counselor, or have brought the head of the military counselor to ask his mother for forgiveness. The big man might have been good in the past. Though he had been able to give Shangguan Fei the security that Shangguan Fei needed most; lately, Guan Houlin revealed more and more of his stupidity and could not be trusted anymore.

This was actually a perfect plan. It was as perfect as the plans of assassinating Master Yu and usurping the authority of the two societies. However, he had fallen into a trap.

Of the six negotiators, there were his sister Shangguan Ru and the old macheteman Tuo Nengya. Those people were not pawns either. They were the skilled experts of Kun Society led by Wildhorse and there was also the elite machetemen whom Tuo Nengya had hidden deep in the peach forest.

Shangguan Fei and the small number of machetemen that he led were not their match. They surrendered almost immediately at the moment when both sides clashed.

Shangguan Fei was shocked when he saw the coffin.

”I apologize to Master Yu.” Shangguan Ru's saber was placed on her brother's neck. She did not know the feeling in her heart. There was no joy of revenge and neither was there the slightest mercy.

”I'm sorry,” Shangguan Fei's head was in complete chaos. He did not know how he had been seen through and neither could he foresee how his sister was going to deal with him. ”I didn't think of killing her. We were just playing. As always, I would never have thought that anyone would die. It's those machetemen who didn't take my advice. My sister, please spare me. I'm your twin brother. Mother will be angry. Please don't kill me...”

Shangguan Fei pleaded while bursting into tears.

Shangguan Ru raised her head and looked at the people crowded around them. The masked Wildhorse had a glimmer of the desire to kill in his eyes. The old macheteman Tuo Nengya's eyes were sharp and he nodded encouragingly.

They were all waiting for her to kill Shangguan Fei. Only she had the qualifications to kill a son of the Supreme King.

hangguan Ru raised her dagger but did not let it fall. Instead, she took several steps backwards and took another saber from Maid Lotus' hands. She threw it to her brother. ”Don't say that I didn't give you a chance. Let's duel. The loser will die and the winner will live.”

The circle of onlookers widened and made space for the twins.

Shangguan Fei looked at the blade on the floor. His body shivered, as if that blade was a poisonous snake at his feet. He rushed to the side of the coffin and clung tightly onto one corner. ”I won't duel. I won't duel. Spare me, my sister. I'll not fight with you. Master Yu, my sister wants to kill me. Please talk to her...”

Shangguan Fei rested his head on the coffin and buried his head in his arms. Before, in the Stone Castle, although Shangguan Yushi and his sister had often bullied him, when the bullying went overboard, it was Yushi who had always persuaded his sister.

Shangguan Fei was so flustered that he sobbed out the words: ”Master Yu”. This did not arouse sympathy in his sister but instead it angered her even further.

Shangguan Ru waved her knife the second time, and spoke sharply. ”Shangguan Fei, go ask Master Yu for help in Hell!”

The saber swung downwards and Shangguan Fei fell.

Wildhorse appeared very shocked. Tuo Nengya sighed softly. Maid Lotus held the Tenth Young Master and wished that Slave Huan could arrive as soon as possible. Without him, no one could calm down Shangguan Ru's killing desire.

Shangguan Fei did not die. He only fainted in shock. When he opened his eyes, he saw that his sister was in tears.

”Oh, did you know? I'd never kill you! You actually hate me because of such a matter?” Shangguan Ru's tears flowed more rapidly.

The hatred between the two siblings had naturally accumulated over a very long time. It only exploded because of how Shangguan Ru had once held the blade of her saber against her brother's neck, threatening Mister Guo in order to protect Slave Huan and Master Yu.

Shangguan Fei was unaware of whether he was alive or dead. The words of his sister that entered his ears were as meaningless as the leaves on the trees that blew in the wind. ”Sister, you've killed me. I 'm going to tell mother. She'll avenge me. Sister, you're always bullying me. This time, you won't be able to do that.”

Shangguan Ru cried even louder. She wanted to appear stronger and people who watched her included not only the killers of Stone Castle, it was also the machetemen of Kun Society, and outsiders like Tuo Nengya. All the education that she had received told her that she had to appear cold and heartless at this moment. Any moment of weakness would have encouraged her enemies and would bring misfortune upon herself. However, she could not bear it any longer. She didn't have the heart to kill her own brother with her saber either.

At this moment, Shangguan Fei finally realised that he hadn't died. There was also not a single wound on his body.

”Sister,” he simply couldn't stand up. He hugged the leg of his sister and cried loudly in tears. He was also so tongue-tied that he couldn't even plead for mercy.

Maid Lotus supported the Tenth Young Master and cast a glance at Wildhorse. Wildhorse's eyes were burning with fire and he loosened and unloosened his grip on the handle of his saber. After repeating the action thrice, he finally hung his head to avoid the gaze of Maid Lotus.

The second person who she looked at was Tuo Nengya. Slave Huan anticipated that the Tenth Young Master might not be hardened enough to kill her brother. Thus, he insisted on letting Tuo Nengya join in this action in the peach forest. Within this circle of people, only this old macheteman would dare to kill the son of the Supreme King.

Tuo Nengya's expression was rigid. He gripped his saber tightly.

Gu Shenwei was advancing extremely rapidly. However, as he was leading a group of machetemen while also carrying Guan Houlin who was as inert as a zombie, he simply could not quicken his pace.