Ten Thousand Sword Masters

Chapter Sixty-Four: Crimson Flame Blade

After toasting with Tang Guanshan, Xiao Fan quickly filled his glass and raised it to Zhang Jianyun.

"Lord Zhang, you are welcome to visit my Qingya Gang sometime. I will certainly treat you to the best wine and meat."

Zhang Jianyun also raised his glass: "With Chief Xiao's words, I must visit the Green Fang Gang someday."

"Okay, it's a deal." Xiao Fan said, downing the wine in his glass in one gulp.

Seeing Zhang Jianyun and Xiao Fan exchanging glances, Tang Guanshan instantly tensed up and hurriedly raised his wine cup to toast Zhang Jianyun: "Lord Zhang, Baihu and I will come to visit you more often. Not to mention anything else, we will provide you with fine wine, delicious food, and even beautiful women."

Seeing Tang Guanshan's somewhat nervous expression, Zhang Jianyun smiled gently: "Chief Tang, you're too kind~"

At this moment, Xiao Fan interjected, "Speaking of beauties, I'm afraid the Red Sleeve Pavilion under my Green Fang Gang has the most beauties. If you go to the Red Sleeve Pavilion next time, Lord Zhang, just mention my name and I'll waive all your fees."

"Xiao Fan!" Tang Guanshan roared, "Isn't it inappropriate for you to try and win over Lord Zhang like this in front of me?"

"Hahaha~" Xiao Fan laughed loudly: "Brother Tang, you're being too sensitive. I just admire Lord Zhang and want to make friends with him."

"Xiao Fan, today is a gathering of my White Tiger Gang. Your uninvited arrival is quite a disturbance. If you have nothing else to do, please leave." Tang Guanshan said coldly.

Despite being ordered to leave by Tang Guanshan, Xiao Fan was not annoyed and stood up directly: "Since Brother Tang finds me a bit of an eyesore, I will take my leave first and invite Brother Tang to have a private chat another day."

As he spoke, Xiao Fan strode out of the council hall.

As soon as Xiao Fan left, the atmosphere in the room became lively, and people kept toasting Zhang Jianyun.

Before long, Zhang Jianyun got drunk and took his leave.

Tang Guanshan arranged for a carriage to take Zhang Jianyun home and gave him 100 taels of silver as compensation for his hard work that night.

The next morning, Zhang Jianyun, still not fully sober, arrived at the Cangxi Pavilion martial arts arena and saw Liu Fei already practicing his boxing on the stage.

"Liu Fei has been working really hard these past few days, coming to the training ground to practice his boxing so early every day."

Zhang Jianyun thought for a moment and then climbed onto the training platform where Liu Fei was.

"Liu Fei, what's wrong with you these past few days? What triggered you? Why are you coming to practice your boxing so early every day?"

Hearing Zhang Jianyun's question, Liu Fei replied while practicing his punches, "I wasn't stimulated by anything. It's just that Boss Yang bestowed the Frost Blossom Fruit upon me, allowing me to defy fate and become a leader among ordinary martial artists. I need to seize the time to master this power so that I can repay Boss Yang."

"I see," Zhang Jianyun nodded.

"Jianyun, let's spar a few more times," Liu Fei said enthusiastically.

Seeing this, Zhang Jianyun laughed: "As long as losing to me repeatedly doesn't discourage you, I'll play with you."

"What a joke! I, Liu Fei, am an adult. I won't be easily defeated. Come on, take this punch, heh!" Liu Fei said, letting out a loud "heh" as he spoke to Zhang Jianyun.

Snapped!

Zhang Jianyun reached out and caught Liu Fei's punch.

what!

Liu Fei's right fist was grabbed by Zhang Jianyun, and he threw a punch at Zhang Jianyun with his left hand.

call out!

Zhang Jianyun dodged backward, avoiding Liu Fei's attack.

Snapped!

After blocking Liu Fei's attack again, Zhang Jianyun said, "Now that we've finished our boxing match, you have to teach me the Crimson Flame Blade."

"No problem, I'll teach you in a bit," Liu Fei said.

Hey!

Ee-ee-ee!

Hahaha!

The two exchanged blows on the martial arts stage, thoroughly enjoying themselves.

Zhou Wei and Peng Zhong arrived at the martial arts arena and saw Zhang and Liu practicing boxing.

"These two are always the first ones to arrive at the pavilion every day," Peng Zhong said with some admiration.

"After all, both of them have consumed the Frost Blossom Fruit, and they are young with great potential for the future, so they naturally need to work harder now," Zhou Wei said.

Upon hearing Zhou Wei mention the Frostflower Fruit, Peng Zhong felt a pang of jealousy: "If Boss Yang were to bestow the Frostflower Fruit upon me, I guarantee I would have gotten it even before the other two."

Seeing Peng Zhong's sour look, Zhou Wei comforted him, "You're still young, don't be discouraged. Maybe in the future, if there's some treasure that can increase your power, Boss Yang will bestow it upon you."

"I hope so," Peng Zhong said weakly.

Bang bang bang!

Liu Fei's punches became increasingly fierce, and Zhang Jianyun struggled to keep up. So, with a determined heart, he also began to exert his strength.

Puff puff!

He exchanged several punches with Liu Fei, knocking Liu Fei back each time.

"Great punch!"

Liu Fei was not discouraged; on the contrary, he became even more excited and his attacks became even more ferocious.

"Damn it, this is practice, not a fight to the death." Zhang Jianyun was speechless, and had no choice but to become more ferocious in his moves.

Zhou Wei and Peng Zhong were quite surprised to see this.

"Aren't these two neighbors? Why are they fighting so fiercely, like they're enemies?" Peng Zhong exclaimed in surprise.

"These two are really ruthless when they box; their moves are even a bit vicious," Zhou Wei said, equally astonished.

Snapped!

Just then, Zhang Jianyun punched Liu Fei in the shoulder, knocking Liu Fei to the ground.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Wei and Peng Zhong rushed to the martial arts stage and grabbed Zhang Jianyun, worried that Zhang and Liu would actually start fighting.

"Why are you hugging me?" Zhang Jianyun asked in surprise.

"We're all colleagues, there's no need to be so fierce during practice," Zhou Wei said in a very gentle tone.

Zhang Jianyun felt a headache coming on when he heard this, and said helplessly, "He's the one who's punching too hard. I didn't want to do it like that. It's just practice."

"Is that so?"

Zhou Wei and Peng Zhong asked in unison.

"Let me go! Liu Fei and I are neighbors. Would I deliberately embarrass him?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Wei and Peng Zhong quickly released Zhang Jianyun and rushed towards Liu Fei, who was lying on the ground.

At this moment, Liu Fei lay on the ground, grinning foolishly. "This is so refreshing! This kind of power is really exhilarating."

"Liu Fei, are you alright?"

Zhou Wei and Peng Zhong quickly helped Liu Fei up.

"Haha, it's nothing, what could possibly happen to me?" Liu Fei said cheerfully after getting up.

"Liu Fei, did Zhang Jianyun do something to offend you? Why did you throw such a fierce punch?" Peng Zhong asked in a low voice.

Liu Fei laughed loudly upon hearing this: "He didn't do anything to offend me. I knew he could catch my punches. The reason he fought so haphazardly was because I wanted to experience the power I have now."

Upon hearing Liu Fei's answer, Peng Zhong's expression froze. He immediately released his grip on Liu Fei, his expression turning ugly. Then, he turned and strode away from the martial arts stage.

Watching Peng Zhong's desolate departing figure, Zhou Wei looked at Liu Fei with some helplessness and released his hand from supporting Liu Fei.

"Jianyun, I will now teach you the Crimson Flame Blade."

Swish!

As Liu Fei spoke, he drew the fish-patterned knife from his waist.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jianyun was overjoyed and hurriedly walked up to Liu Fei, saying, "You must teach him well and not hold anything back."

"Don't worry, I will definitely teach you everything I know."

"This Crimson Flame Blade has a total of nine moves. I have learned six of them. In the pavilion, besides Boss Yang and Counselor Zhu, Sun Dang has also learned all of them. When you have the chance in the future, you can ask one of the three of them to teach you the rest of the sword techniques."