March Seven Stars, Sky Wolf General Qin Jianyi had left.
Before the official start of the Princess’s coming of age ceremony, he took his brother and left the banquet.
He had intended to stand up for Qin Yuyang, whose face was swollen and bruised, and recover the Qin Family’s lost honor, but instead of picking it up, he lost even greater face.
No one had expected him to be defeated by a youth from the Old Land, sparking the first wave of controversy at the banquet.
"Have you heard? Qin Jianyi challenged Tang Fei and lost... Who is Tang Fei? Looks like you haven’t been paying attention to current events."
"How could Qin Jianyi lose? He is one of the Seven Stars, the most promising youth of the Qin Family... this might spell disaster for his future."
"Did Qin Jianyi deliberately throw the match? I watched that duel, and when Qin Jianyi struck with his sword, even standing nearby made it hard to breathe... But Tang Fei didn’t move an inch, then suddenly Qin Jianyi declared he’d lost..."
"Was it under pressure from the Princess? After all, it’s said that Tang Fei and the Princess..."
"Shush, quiet down, you want us to die?..."
Tang Fei knew that after this battle, he would inevitably become the focal point of people’s attention and discussion.
But once the arrow is on the bow, it must be shot.
Many times, he had made choices out of necessity.
Others might retreat, but he could not.
For others, a step back might open up new vistas, but for him, a step back meant spiritual and physical decay.
Others might act for profit or some plot, but he was only fighting to survive.
However, the effect of this sword strike had surprised even Tang Fei.
When Qin Jianyi attacked with his sword, the momentum was much stronger than Shen Qingping, who had just entered the Tongyou Realm. Tang Fei guessed that Qin Jianyi’s strength was between mid and high level in the Tongyou Realm.
At that moment, he felt his body was locked down, all his energies suppressed, unable to mobilize the Yin Yang Qi.
If it weren’t for the power of the first sword, he would have had to surrender and toss his sword.
But by chance, he had comprehended the Netherworld Scroll, and had been focusing intensely on mastering the first sword.
Persisting with ten thousand sword strikes a day, training until completely depleted, Little Fatty had to carry him out of the Training Room.
Hard work pays off; in that critical moment, this first sword helped him alleviate the pressure and danger brought by Qin Jianyi.
The items of Evil God are indeed fierce.
And now, Tang Fei didn’t feel that the Evil God was fierce at all, he even thought he was somewhat adorable...
Remembering how he had snatched the black cloak from him, exposing the chest of an Evil God sitting cross-legged on a boulder, Tang Fei felt a pang of guilt.
He should have thrown one of Little Fatty’s garments to him; at all costs, he couldn’t let his beloved Evil God mentor be exposed.
Yes, Tang Fei decided to take on another mentor.
Strictly speaking, the old man was his first mentor. But the old man refused to let him call him ’mentor,’ claiming he had not taught him.
The teacher was Tang Fei’s literary mentor, under whom he read many books and wrote many words.
As for the Evil God...
Although their first meeting wasn’t pleasant, the man eventually treated Tang Fei with sincerity. Not only did he give Little Fatty one of the Ten Great Divine Artifacts, the Skull Hammer, but he also gave Tang Fei a cloak and a Sword Manual...
Such selfless dedication, such noble integrity was akin to that of real parents.
Ancients say a one-word teacher; as Tang Fei had learned a sword technique from the Evil God, he surely was his mentor.
Besides, learning just one sword technique was so powerful that he could cut down one of the March Seven Stars; imagine what could happen when he masters the Nine Swords?
With that thought, Tang Fei was filled with hope for the future.
Tang Fei didn’t care what others were saying; in the end, he was the ultimate winner.
Little Fatty came over, concerned, and asked, "Brother, are you alright?"
"I’m fine," Tang Fei said with a smile.
Little Fatty looked at Tang Fei with admiration and said, "Brother, you are so incredible. There’s no opponent you can’t defeat... Even that mighty Qin Jianyi was taken down by your single sword."
Tang Fei shook his head and said, "It’s not exactly ’taken down.’ If we hadn’t had the agreement to fight with one sword only, I would definitely have lost if we continued... But with the agreement in place, he didn’t want to perish together with me, so he had to concede and save himself."
"Oh," Little Fatty nodded. He didn’t care about the nuances; he only saw that his brother had won again.
And he had won against the arrogant and invincible Qin Jianyi.
"Brother, what shall we do now?" Little Fatty asked.
Phoenix hadn’t come out yet, and the coming of age ceremony hadn’t started, so Tang Fei and Little Fatty couldn’t leave immediately.
Tang Fei looked at Little Fatty and asked, "Have you eaten enough?"
"No," Little Fatty shook his head.
He had just eaten to half-full when he was interrupted, which was why he was so angry earlier...
"Then let’s continue eating," Tang Fei said. "We’ll keep eating until you’re full."
In life, the most important thing is to be happy.
Don’t let some irrelevant people affect your mood, and definitely don’t let them affect your appetite.
"Brother..." Little Fatty pointed to the crowd gathered around them and said, "Others will be watching us..."