How Did Zhang Xiaofan Win Tian Ling'er Over?

Boom!

Just as Hao Shuai and Tian Buyi were busy praising each other, Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu clashed head-on in the middle of the courtyard. In an instant, a gale-force wind swept across the entire back courtyard, radiating out from the two combatants.

"Xiao Fan, Jingyu, that's enough!" Hao Shuai called out, stopping the pair just as they were about to continue fighting.

Of the people present, Qi Hao and Song Daren weren't in a suitable position to intervene, while Tian Buyi and his wife were a generation older. That left Hao Shuai, the two boys' senior big brother, as the right person to call a halt.

"Brother Hao!" they both cried.

Only then did the two, who had been so absorbed in their fight, notice Hao Shuai standing to one side. They quickly sheathed their swords and went over to greet him.

"You two are doing great. One of you has reached the Yuqing Seventh Layer, and the other the Yuqing Fifth Layer." Hao Shuai patted their shoulders, deeply gratified. All the effort he'd put into them had paid off.

Zhang Xiaofan's cultivation might be a little lower, but Hao Shuai knew that he practiced dual cultivation of Buddhism and Daoism. In terms of combat prowess, he was in no way inferior to someone at the Yuqing Seventh Layer.

Since Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu had fought to a draw, the battle between Tian Ling'er and Lin Jingyu from the original story never happened.

As for Qi Hao, was he hoping to use the opportunity to strike up a conversation with Tian Ling'er?

Hao Shuai glanced at Tian Ling'er, who was holding Zhang Xiaofan and asking him all sorts of concerned questions, then at Song Daren and the others, whose expressions suggested they were used to this. Su