After eating and drinking their fill.
Xi Que Er said with a smile, "At most, two more hours, and my people will arrive."
"Then we'll lay ambushes on all sides and strike from every direction."
"As long as Chu Qing dares to come, we'll beat him to death in minutes."
Gu Du Shao Shang laughed. "Chu Qing, a country bumpkin."
"Though I don't know what method he used to kill Guest Official Situ."
"But he is absolutely no match for me."
"Guards, bring this lord's Thunderbolt Bow!"
Thunderbolt Bow was a name he had given it himself, taken from the meaning: the bow like thunder, the strings startling.
His thick, stubby fingers slid across the longbow.
Gu Du Shao Shang sneered. "Though this bow is incomplete, its power is immense."
"The moment he appears, I'll draw my bow and nock an arrow, shoot him dead in three to five moves, and let him know what it means to have his heart pierced and his soul take flight!"
Xi Que Er smiled. "It's good that you're so confident."
"Now, all we need to do is wait for Chu Qing to come knocking."
Gu Du Shao Shang laughed. "But I don't think he'll come."
"He slaughtered Tianxiang Tower and Rouge Pavilion. Unless he's a fool, he definitely won't come here."
Xi Que Er said worriedly, "Chu Qing is extraordinary."
"He often does things ordinary people could never do."
"Perhaps he will come."
Gu Du Shao Shang threw back his head and laughed. "I'll wager he doesn't dare come."
Xi Que Er said nothing, but the unease in her heart only grew stronger.
As a woman, her sixth sense was sharper than anyone else's.
"I feel uneasy. It feels like... a Great Terror is sweeping in from afar."
Gu Du Shao Shang laughed.