Old Friend in Old Age, Forgetting Years; Strategic Deployment of the Peach Blossom Spring Team

"Old Swordsman, what's wrong with you? You won, so why are you still wearing such a sour face? Your temper is getting worse and worse."

Under the faint moonlight after the evening glow had faded, Chen Xin did not continue chatting after their sword duel. Instead, he walked toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect looking somewhat dazed.

Gu Rong called out to him several times from behind. Chen Xin turned around and looked at him speechlessly:

"Old Bone, stop calling me. Call me again and I’ll really get angry with you. With your cultivation, you couldn’t have failed to see that I lost this exchange of swords."

"You lost?"

Gu Rong froze for a moment. "It was clearly Dean Su's Peach Blossom Branch that you cut apart. How did that become your loss?"

"Did you even watch our sword duel seriously?"

Chen Xin gave Gu Rong a strange look.

Gu Rong chuckled awkwardly without answering.

Sorry, old friend. I was having too much fun chatting with those little fellows around Wang Sheng and neglected you for a while.

Seeing that Gu Rong remained silent, Chen Xin said irritably:

"Although I cut apart his Peach Blossom Branch, I did so instinctively when my Seven Kill Sword Qi was about to be completely neutralized by him. By the time I realized it, the Peach Wood Branch had already been cut apart. That counts as a violation, so naturally, I lost."

"Otherwise, relying solely on my Seven Kill Sword Technique, I wouldn't have been able to break through his Tai Chi Sword.

"Rongrong's teacher is so young, yet he possesses such a profound sword technique. From now on, if anyone says I'm the foremost swordsman, I'll truly be ashamed."

"Still, Dean Su has a broad mind. I was clearly the one who