Abandoned Princesses
Four Seasons Competition (4)

The two of them dodged each other, their eyes also clinging to each other.

Liu Liwei tried to dodge every whip of Qiao Rong. He was sure, if exposed just once, his fate would be the same as Princess Lan who was now being treated by royal healers. Qiao Rong's energy made the whip extremely violent. Liu Liwei had to admit that he was scared to avoid the canbuk like running for his life.

While on the same side, Qiao Rong also dodged every slash of Liu Liwei's sword. Even if he knew the slash of the sword would not incur an incision as severe as the whip. But Liu Liwei had a greater advantage, that of a protective spirit. Therefore, Qiao Rong tried to hit the man's body parts before he could bring out his protective spirit.

But they're both nimble. Qiao Rong himself was very curious as to what technique the man used to match his Thousand Feet Technique. They attack and dodge while maintaining their own distance.

The crowd cheers filled the entire stage, they were so stunned by the intensity of the fight. Before, there was no match as exciting as this one.

On the other hand, there are already many spectators who place their respective bets. Yet almost all of them placed bets on Liu Liwei. Because they all knew for sure Qiao Rong would lose once Liu Liwei took out his guardian spirit.

Due to their seemingly equal abilities, it was only a matter of time for one of them to run out of energy and lose. Therefore, Liu Liwei stopped playing around again and instantly took out his protective spirit.

"Jin Niu! Help me!" Jin Niu was the name Liu Liwei gave to his guardian spirit. Although his protective spirit was not high-level enough to be able to speak, they had quite a deep understanding relationship.

"Hm.. That Golden Buffalo does have the highest loyalty and spirit of all other spirits." Said Lan Long who was telepathic with Qiao Rong.

However, Qiao Rong had already prepared himself to face the buffalo.

Jin Niu dashed towards Qiao Rong and showed both of his horns. Qiao Rong immediately dodged. However, for a moment he lost track of Liu Liwei, who instantly slashed at him from behind. The slash gave an incision to Qiao Rong's back, although the wound was not very deep, but fresh blood still seeped from the girl's clothes. Qiao Rong immediately dodged and stopped at one corner of the stage.

Qiao Rong immediately combined the Thousand Feet Technique with the whip he had trained earlier. Little by little the whips hit Jin Niu's body which was too big to dodge. Qiao Rong was indeed unable to keep up with the two of them, so the whip had to be replaced with several incisions on his body.

But over time, the effects of the accelerations he presented began to be seen. Both sides of Jin Niu's body started to bleed. That was the usefulness of the practice Qiao Rong swung his whip many times to both sides of the wall in the waiting room earlier.

Realizing that, Liu Liwei did not remain silent, he directly attacked the wounded Qiao Rong aggressively. But seeing Jin Niu who had started to limp on the stage floor due to too much blood loss made him careless.

Liu Liwei did not calculate their distance so easily Qiao Rong whipped his body. But Liu Liwei still continued crashing, until he finally stopped.

The end of Qiao Rong's whip was already stopped next to his neck.

Liu Liwei finally surrendered and declared his defeat.

"What a thrilling match. I enjoyed it, Princess." Liu Liwei bowed to salute one last time and smiled at Qiao Rong before leaving and disappearing into the crowd of disappointed spectators as his money ran out due to the bet.

*****

"Princess Qiao Rong, rewarded with ten meters of silk cloth from the East! Royal bracelets and earrings! And a victory banquet by the Emperor!" Head Eunuch Zhu shouted the Emperor's decree in the palace hall.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qiao Rong accepted the decree and immediately stood up from his kneeling position.

Qiao Rong had a bit of trouble standing up because of his injuries which were still aching despite having been treated by the royal physician. He had complained many times while being treated in the Yun Pavilion earlier. Even Chu Yue grimaced as she looked at the injuries all over the girl's body.

The emperor was now looking at Qiao Rong curiously. "Why are you able to cultivate that fast?" The Emperor tapped his index finger to the throne. Fortunately, Qiao Rong had already prepared an answer to a question like this.

"Oh, a teacher? Can you tell me what his name is?" Emperor smiled. If it was true that the teacher Qiao Rong met was from one of the big sects, then it would certainly be an advantage for the Wen Kingdom.

"Unfortunately no. Master just passed by to Mount Shan and met me. He didn't give me his name and after teaching me, he left." Qiao Rong lowered his head and pretended to be sad.

The Emperor was disappointed at once. But at the very least, Qiao Rong's victory today over Liu Liwei had improved the Wen Kingdom's pride as the host of the competition. The Emperor smiled at his new daughter, making her proud. The label 'useless' or 'disgrace of the kingdom' has been removed since watching the game.

After being satisfied questioning Qiao Rong the Emperor finally allowed him to return to the Yun Pavilion.

He just opened the door and went inside. Suddenly Chu Yue who was behind him instantly cried. The bewildered Qiao Rong had to do what only gently stroked the girl's shoulders.

"Yan-His Majesty.. Hix.. It must be really painful, right?" Chu Yue who arrived to watch the Four Seasons Competition right at the time of the final round always screamed in horror whenever Liu Liwei's sword slash hit Qiao Rong's body.

"It's okay. I'm fine." Qiao Rong again stroked and hugged the girl. Yet secretly Qiao Rong smiled. He has no girlfriends since long ago, now suddenly have friends like this, somehow it feels very happy.

"Thankfully nothing hit your face.. Hix.. If not, how will you get married.. Hicks.." Chu Yue was already somewhat calm now.

Yet Chu Yue's words actually made Qiao Rong think hard. He never thought about it until then. His life from then on was only cultivating, cultivating, and cultivating for the rest of his life. Never thought of marriage, or heredity. Now it's not Li Wenhua anymore, it's Qiao Rong. It shouldn't be like that anymore, right?

*****

"Wounds?" Shen Haofeng turned his head towards Jiang Junwei. Seeing Jiang Junwei nod, it felt like there was a vortex of anger in his heart. But his carriage remained calm, completely unperturbed in the slightest.

"Aren't there still our spies in Yuan Kingdom?" Shen Haofeng asked, which was immediately followed by a nod of the man behind him.

"Then send my regards to the prime minister." Shen Haofeng's cold tone made Jiang Junwei shudder. He did not even have to ask anymore to understand what his master meant.

It seemed that meeting Qiao Rong did indeed make Shen Haofeng a little more heartless. Isn't this too extreme?

Jiang Junwei simply nodded and immediately carried out his task.

*****

In the Yuan Kingdom, many people now know how Prime Minister Liu was attacked by men in black who ambushed him while going to a brothel at night.

Now that he's injured, can't even get out of bed.

Prime Minister Liu continued to be the lips of the crowd, because right after that, one of his businesses went bankrupt overnight. They were all very curious as to who did it. But do not know who would dare to do such a bad thing to a prime minister?

Even the news reached the Wen Kingdom, the main suspect was Prime Minister Huang whose son had lost yesterday against Liu Liwei.

But they still doubt it because a prime minister cannot possibly do such a thing without leaving even the slightest trace. There were absolutely no clues, and the Emperors of the two kingdoms also did not want to prolong the matter to maintain the peace.

Poor Prime Minister Liu could only lie lamenting his unlucky fate.