Taihua Lord froze for a moment, then looked toward Lord Changjian. Lord Changjian laughed heartily and said, "What reward?"
"Lord Changjian, it's what we discussed before: if we defeated you, everything we had would become yours." Taihua Lord hesitated. Lord Changjian slapped his forehead and said, "Oh... I think we did say something like that... Then what should I give you?"
"Uh... give?" Taihua Lord asked uncertainly. Lord Changjian closed his eyes, then staggered toward the outside, and everyone prepared to follow. But Taihua Lord immediately raised a hand to stop us, as though he had already expected something.
Sure enough, Lord Changjian turned back again and said, "I forgot... my sword... Taihua Lord, get me the sword you used when you first made your name..."
"That one? Will it do?" Taihua Lord asked in surprise, seeming to think its grade was insufficient. This immediately made Li Poxiao look down on him even more. The quality of a sword directly affected the course of battle.
"Then let me fight one round first?" Xia Ruize gave a sly smile. Li Poxiao furrowed his brow and said, "I was the one who defeated Taihua Lord first. Shouldn't I be the one?"
"Anyone... all three together... is... fine... though it seems the spoils... will be hard to divide..." Lord Changjian was drunk beyond measure, yet his imposing air remained, making it impossible to underestimate him in the slightest. After all, this drunkard was drunk as a matter of course; perhaps he would be even fiercer once the sword fight began.
Xia Ruize and Li Poxiao wanted to take advantage of the situation, and why would I not? I said, "The three of us should fight him together. Then we can decide victory and divide the spoils afterward. How about it?"
"Urgh... you brat...