Shi Longgu and Bai Guanhong went to the Southern Border together, storming toward the Five Poisons Cult's headquarters.
Yan Hu stayed behind. Although Shi Longgu had soothed him, he was still consumed by jealousy.
He kept stealing glances at Shi Feiyang and comparing himself to him, weighing their strengths and weaknesses, wondering which of them Shi Longgu preferred and who would ultimately stand by her side.
Shi Feiyang could see into people's hearts. He had long since taken in Yan Hu's every movement, every thought.
The situation with Shi Longgu would ultimately have to be resolved through this young man. Shi Feiyang felt no dislike for him at all. Instead, he took the initiative to chat with him and even arranged for him to try Yellow Mountain's local delicacies, having martial artists use their lightness skills to bring an endless stream of pastries and snacks up from the foot of the mountain.
Yan Hu merely thought he was hiding treachery beneath a righteous exterior, deliberately putting on this act to win Shi Longgu's favor.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he grew. Every delicacy tasted like chewed wax in his mouth.
Young and hotheaded, with a woman at stake, he finally could not restrain himself. He asked Shi Feiyang, "Have you refined a flying sword?"
Shi Feiyang nodded. "I recently finished refining a Blue Wind Sword."
"Is it powerful?"
"It serves well enough."
"Good! Then let's spar and see who's better!" Yan Hu had compared himself to Shi Feiyang countless times in his mind. He always felt that the other man's looks and build were inferior to his own, but Shi Longgu simply liked that type. In that case, they would settle the matter through Swordsmanship. Women all liked strong men. What woman would fancy a useless weakling?