298 Staged Fights (2/2)

Since the Dragon King had been spotted shortly after he entered the Rouge Forest, he did not have the chance to search for the Joy Pavilion's disciples by himself. However, when he announced his participation in the Machete God Contest, he already had a plan in his head.

Ordered by the Dragon King, Xu Xiaoyi and Lin Xiaoshan motivated all their people to investigate the other participants of the event. Just as the Dragon King had expected, they discovered several people backed by the Joy Pavilion among the ones who had registered as contestants in the afternoon after the news that the Dragon King would partake in the contest spread around.

Upon knowing this, Gu Shenwei became more confident about his plan.

When he returned to his bedroom, he found it spotlessly clean, but several ceramic art works were gone. Jiang blushed while admitting that she had accidentally smashed those ceramics when she was cleaning up the room. Her face was extremely red. It looked as if her complexion would never be able to return to its normal tone in the future.

She set up a small bed near the entrance of the room, planning to serve the Dragon King day and night. Gu Shenwei did not raise any objection upon seeing it. Neither did he refuse Jiang when she came to assist him in taking off his coat. Nevertheless, when she was about to take hold of his saber and sword, he said in a crisp and authoritative tone, ”Don't ever touch my saber and sword.”

Jiang nervously nodded her head and retreated to her bedside in a flustered manner, but she dared not to sit down when the Dragon King was inside the room.

Gu Shenwei did not say anything to comfort her, since this was a part of her job as a maid and she had no choice but to gradually get used to it.

Right at this moment, Xu Yanwei stepped into the room without being called upon. Upon seeing the small bed and the bewildered look on Jiang's face, she twitched her mouth, revealing a knowing expression.

Gu Shenwei earnestly wished that she would misunderstand the relationship between Jiang and him and leave his room as soon as possible, so he did not even bother to explain the situation to her before asking, ”Do you want to see me about something important?”

”No. I just come here to chat with you. It's just that I haven't seen you for a long time. Where's Maid Lotus? She's been with you all the time, hasn't she?” asked Xu Yanwei.

She did not know that Gu Shenwei had already parted ways with Maid Lotus a few years ago, for Gu Shenwei had never divulged any information regarding his relations with Maid Lotus to third parties.

”I can't tell you,” replied Gu Shenwei.

”You're still so secretive just like before.” Xu Yanwei did not care much about Maid Lotus, so she quickly changed the subject to keep the conversation going. ”I heard that you're going to fight in the Machete God Contest.”

”Yes,” replied Gu Shenwei.

”Do you think you'll definitely win?”

”Yes.”

”You just like kung fu competition, don't you? Someone told me lots of stories about how you liked to participate in such kind of competitions in the past.”

”Get out,” said Gu Shenwei, sharply.

”You really have a heart of stone,” Xu Yanwei said bitterly. She turned around and prepared to take her leave, while adding, ”I've never seen anyone like her. She's completely infatuated with the man she loves. During the past three years, she seldom spoke to her family. She could only share her feelings with me. Most of the time, she just kept telling me stories about a silly little boy.”

Gu Shenwei drew out his Five Peaks Saber. Upon seeing that, Xu Yanwei swiftly ran away.

He hoped to be alone for some time, but he could not drive Jiang out, since he feared that it would cause dissatisfaction among the people from the Great Snowmountain. In the end, he just lay on his bed, fully clothed, while trying to calm himself down by gripping his saber shaft.

”Even if the Golden Roc Fort hadn't slaughtered my family, I still can't forgive her, for she caused the death of the two giant golden-crowned rocs.” Gu Shenwei knew that his reasoning sounded quite childish, but it worked. By thinking about the giant golden-crowned rocs, he quickly forgot about Shangguan Ru.

Upon seeing that the Dragon King fell asleep, Jiang slowly slid down into a side-lying position on her small bed. She could vaguely see one side of the Dragon King's face while lying in her bed, and her face, which had just returned to its normal color, became red again.

”She must be as pretty as a fairy,” Jiang closed her eyes and thought. While picturing a beautiful fairy in her head, she fell into sleep with a sweet smile on her face.

Jiang only had good dreams.

The next day, Tie Linglong dragged Chu Nanping out, making him accompany her to the contest inside the Rouge Forest. Just like yesterday, she won all the three matches, which gave her a thrill. The moment she met the Dragon King, she began boasting about her performance in the matches. ”Today I fought an opponent, who's at least 150 kilograms! I kept beating him with my wooden saber, and he ended up begging for mercy with his head buried in his arms. The audience nearly died laughing. Hahaha, Little Chu, do you remember?”

”Yes, some of the audience laughed, but I didn't,” replied Chu Nanping.

On the third day of the contest, Tie Linglong's winning streak came to an end. She deemed it terribly embarrassing to lose to this opponent, since he defeated her with bare hands. He did not even use a wooden saber.

Before anyone asked her about the match, she started complaining with indignation, ”He cheated. He used... evil tricks. This is a Machete God Contest. How could he… not use any weapon?”

That being said, Tie Linglong knew in her heart that the man's kung fu would not be weakened if he had used a weapon. ”Dragon King, teach him a lesson tomorrow. Only you can defeat him,” said Tie Linglong.

Before Tie Linglong and Chu Nanping came back, Gu Shenwei had already received an intelligence report, which informed him that the opponent that he was going to fight tomorrow would be a monk from Four Truths Temple and this monk was named Lianye.

Although the Dragon King had shifted all blame for the murders in Jade City on Wildhorse, Lianye still firmly believed that it was Yang Huan who had assassinated Lianhua.

”Lianye has superb kung fu, and his Internal Strength is exceptionally strong.” With this in mind, Gu Shenwei believed that a wooden saber would be far from enough for tomorrow's match against the monk.