"You didn't drive them away?"
Lu Feng had only just returned to the mountain when Qi Wansu's resentful voice drifted over.
His gaze swept over and found Qi Wansu wearing a deeply aggrieved expression, her lips slightly pursed, looking pitiably as though she had been bullied.
"Don't worry. They lost the duel, so they won't have the nerve to come up the mountain again," Lu Feng said with a calm smile, comforting her. "You can enjoy peace and quiet on this mountain. When you want to leave, there is another path behind the mountain."
Qi Wansu felt somewhat reassured at his words, but the resentment in her eyes and grievance on her face did not lessen much. In a soft, timid voice, she said, "I thought you would make them give up completely, just like you did back then."
Thinking of that winter day, in that place, and those words—"If you want to get close to her, first ask the sword in my hand"—Qi Wansu's heart still felt warm.
Lu Feng smiled helplessly. "Our identities are different now. If I acted as I did before, I would bring trouble to the Azure Mountain Sword Sect."
Jun Ziyi had originally been waiting some distance away, but seeing Lu Feng and Qi Wansu stop to talk, she gathered her courage and moved closer.
Her voice carried the same hint of grievance. "Master~ Are you really going to make me duel them?"
Lu Feng shook his head. "It isn't a duel."
Jun Ziyi was immediately delighted.
Lu Feng added, "You are to defeat them."
Jun Ziyi's expression instantly stiffened, and she pulled a long face. "But I've only just begun practicing Night Feather Swordplay."
Lu Feng said sternly, "Night Feather Swordplay isn't the only swordsmanship you know."
Qi Wansu said to Jun Ziyi