Romance Always Starts When You're Off-Guard

　　"The victor has been decided. Winner, Su Xiao from Liu Shan Men!"

　　Su Xiao suavely twirled his steel sabre and sheathed it into its scabbard. Weapons used in the imperial martial arts tournament were provided by the imperial court, so Su Xiao used a steel sabre.

　　Su Xiao's martial arts had improved by leaps and bounds the past month because he was innately intelligent to begin with, but also because he was diligent. However, he also had a top-level experienced and skilled but terrible friend who taught him.

　　Just sheathing his blade was enough to attract the eyes of all the females below the ring while the women from n.o.ble families screamed non-stop. His tall and lean physique, ethereal face, handsome facial features, and bright and approachable att.i.tude as well as his yet to mature demeanour like that in dreams struck the hearts of all the females present on the day, just as Shen Yiren predicted.

　　Su Xiao had three matches on the ring and he had already no less than a hundred girls become his die-hard fans. The cheers for him below the ring were deafening. Su Xiao needed to win three matches to pa.s.s the preliminaries. He won two bouts, but then lost the third bout due to not being used to the sabre. Thus, he needed to fight a fourth bout to determine if he could pa.s.s the preliminaries.

　　The extra bout only served to win him more fans.

　　And thus, he acquired an exaggerated nickname: A young girl that causes women to scream non-stop.

　　Su Xiao pouted his lips as he unhappily replied to the rumours Tang Ye heard: "Get lost! Who are you calling a young girl? I'm a guy, alright?"

　　Tang Ye shrugged: "That means everybody from Liu Shan Men won except big bro. We at least have something to show the vice-captain then."

　　"That's really unlike you." Su Xiao tilted his head and looked at Tang Ye, puzzled, "I always thought you didn't like interacting with people. It was like n.o.body dared to say much to you, yet you're concerned about what the vice-captain thinks."

　　"The vice-captain is different. She's like big bro. She's one of the people I care about most at Liu Shan Men."

　　"Hmm… People you care about, huh?" Su Xiao looked at the blue sky. Sharing the same feeling, he chuckled and said: "I think the same way too. The both of them treat me very well."

　　Tang Ye easily won three bouts today and pa.s.sed the preliminaries, so he was waiting for Su Xiao's results to come out before going back to guarding the gates.

　　"Oh right, what about big bro? It's soon his turn, isn't it?"

　　"I don't know. I'll go and see if he's arrived yet."

　　Just as Su Xiao was about to stand up, the scabbard of his sabre hit the table. Su Xiao angrily exclaimed: "This c.r.a.ppy sabre caused me to lose before." Su Xiao removed it and tossed it aside, allowing him to feel much lighter after. Just as he was about to head off to search for Ming Feizhen, Tang Ye called out to stop him.

　　"Su Xiao, you better take your weapon with you since it hasn't been too peaceful recently."

　　"Are you talking about the Black Winds Thirteen Wings?" Su Xiao stopped in his tracks, turned around and with a chuckle said: "I'll be fine, it's daytime right now." Su Xiao then ran off like the wind.