"Clap, clap, clap-"
Everyone applauded.
Tuoyan Rogue Person also came back to herself. Neither embarrassed nor annoyed, she looked at Cheng Xinzhan with a smile.
"Fellow Daoist Yunlai, you really are a true master who keeps his talents hidden. I concede wholeheartedly and will drink three cups as my penalty."
Cheng Xinzhan waved his hands repeatedly and said,
"Fellow Daoist Tuoyan, your sword intent is like a red sun rising over the sea, its morning glow spanning a thousand miles in an instant, veiling the heavens and penetrating the ocean. It is a style meant to overwhelm enemies like a tide and send entire armies fleeing. How could you possibly unleash it at this tiny drinking table? If we were sweeping away hordes of demons, my results would certainly fall short of yours."
"Hahaha-"
Tuoyan Rogue Person laughed heartily, raised another toast to Cheng Xinzhan, and said,
"I know you're being modest, Yunlai, but it still makes me happy."
Cheng Xinzhan clinked cups with Tuoyan Rogue Person. He found this female rogue person's temperament truly likable, unlike that of any woman he had met before. Draining his cup in one gulp, he said,
"That wasn't modesty, but the truth."
Smiling, Tuoyan Rogue Person said reflectively,
"In the end, I simply can't gather and release my Sword Radiance at will. But I know someone whose Sword Radiance is truly formidable-gathered, it is as dazzling as a golden sun; released, as vast and surging as an emerald sea."
Curious, Cheng Xinzhan asked,
"And who might this remarkable person be?"
Tuoyan Rogue Person said with a smile,
"Allow me to keep you guessing. She's very famous in the Shu Central Region. Among the younger generation, no one surpasses her in Sword Radiance. If fate lets you meet her someday, Yunlai, you'll naturally know."