Chapter 28

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Gu YiCheng wickedly smiled and pointed his sword towards his target, "You! Come down and have a fight with me. Let me humiliate you in front of all this people who are currently here."

The crowd fell into a long silence after that. All their gazes are pinned at the man who Gu Yicheng was pointing at.

Xiao Bai looked left and right, confused at what he got himself into.

"XuWei, am I the one he was pointing at? Or was he pointing at you?" Xiao Bai tugged at XuWei's sleeves with an awkward smile.

"I think it's you." XuWei glared at Gu Yicheng as if he was already a dead man in his eyes. How dare this nobody try to invite Xiao Bai in a duel? Is he courting death?

"Guess I don't have a choice then?" He sighed and stood up, the crowd's eyes are also following his every action.

"Young master it's not necessary for you to take him on. He's not worth of your sword nor your fist." Mingxue stood up and stopped him, his voice full of certainty that Gu Yicheng is just some low life that's not even worth of his eyes. Hearing this the crowd issued a gasp and this made Gu YiCheng even madder than before.

'Are you really worried for me or do you want to let them hurt me even more?' Xiao Bai grieved in his heart as he looked at the indifferent ming xue and the berserk Gu YiCheng.

"Are you gonna fight him?" Dingwu rushed to Mingxue's side and also stared at Xiao bai.

"Well..I don't really wanna figh—.."

"Of course! With young master bai's skills I'm sure that he will win." Before Xiao Bai could finish what he wanted to say Ruo Lan already butted in and with a very loud voice at that.

'Are you all really my friends?' Xiao Bai facepalmed.

There's no helping it. There seems to be no place to back down especially that the trio already boasted about it.

"Then I'll go."

The three immediately made way for him but before he could take a step, his shoulder was gently grabbed. And a deep and low voice whispered in his ears, "Be careful."

Xiao Bai looked back and nodded at XuWei, "Thanks, but there's really no need to worry."

Xiao Bai took his sword which he took from his study and brought with him to the academy. It was a double edged sword with a silver handle and a red tassel swaying from it's tip. It was paired with a white scabbard adorned by silver carvings and diamonds.

Xiao Bai took a deep breath and proceeded to head down from the platform. Earlier the majority of the people didn't get to see who Gu YiCheng challenged but now that he finally descended the crowd couldn't help but boil with excitement.

Xiao Bai was a top-notcher in the exams and even get to say the welcoming speech in the opening ceremony so many of the freshmen from the crowd knows.

In addition to that he also excelled yesterday in their musical performances that gained him another fame to the seniors. No wonder Gu YiCheng find him annoying, this fellow is so talented that every eyes will be on him. Even now, just seeing him makes the crowd go wild.

Especially the females, they were even shouting that he was their male god and squeall to theirs hearts content. The same goes with some males.

"Damn, are you sure he's a man? He's more prettier than the campus princess." One of the male audience said.

"Yes, he is a man." The one beside him answered.

"That's too bad." The man answered dejectedly.

"But if I could get him as a consort, it wouldn't matter if he's a male." His friend answered in a dreamy time that made the listening XuWei almost kill them on the spot.

Ruo lan felt that the air suddenly stagnated and a murderous auras spreaded out. He stiffly looked towards XuWei and couldn't help but shrink back and hide on mingxue.

The two men also felt the danger and shut their runny mouths.

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Going back to Xiao Bai.

"Master Gu, this is rather sudden. May I ask in what way did I offend you?" Xiao Bai asked.

"You dare to humiliate me then forget about my existence?" Gu YiCheng said through his grit teeth.

Xiao Bai couldn't help but think carefully, however after some time of thinking he still couldn't remember the man in front of him.

"I'm really sorry. I'm a forgetful person , can you please tell me what's going on?" Xiao Bai said with a smile plastered on his face. Gu YiCheng who was already on the verge of insanity thought that Xiao Bai is mocking him and attacked without rhymes or reason.

Good thing that Xiao Bai reacted fast enough and protected himself by blocking the other's sword with his sword. It was all of a sudden that Xiao Bai didn't even have the time to unsheathe his weapon.

That attack was obviously quite powerful, it even made a very loud sound and attracted the people's attention once again.

They stayed in that position for a good minute before Xiao Bai pushed the other and he jumped quite a few distance back to make some space between them.

"Look, I don't know why you're so angry with me and I really can't remember you. But if you really want a fight then I'll give it to you." Xiao Bai said in full seriousness, while saying so he slowly but gracefully unsheathed his sword. As the sword left it's scabbard the world witness it's cold glint as it reflected the light.

This time Xiao Bai was the first one to attack. His movements are very fast and before fhe crowd could see if, Xiao Bai was already behind Gu YiCheng.

Gu YiCheng immediately looked back and received the attack. They kept their pace for quite a while however Gu Yicheng never got the upper hand and was always forced to take a step back.

"Young master Bai truly is quite amazing in sword fighting." Ruo lan said with full astonishment.

"He is, however he is still holding back." XuWei answered. This earned a look of surprise from Ruo Lan and Dingwu and all the people around them who get to hear. They were already amaze at what they were seeing but then they'll know that he was still holding back.

"Ming-xiong why are you not surprised?" Ruo lan find that mingxue is still how he usually is so he asked.

"His highness— I mean Young master is right. Although Xiao Bai and I often have a tie in our training I could say that it was not his true potential. Xiao Bai tends to lower his skills just one level above his opponents when he fights." Mingxue explained.

"Then have you seen him fight for real?" Dingwu couldn't help but be curios.

"Yes, it was when he fights with General Zhao. When Xiao Bai is getting serious, he is awfully quite, like a calm before the storm." Mingxue couldn't help but think back about it.

 It was the last day of Xiao Bai' training. No one was currently the field since the soldiers were given a day off including mingxue.

However mingxue is not an outside person so he chose to idle around in the manor instead. He climed a tree near the field and fell asleep, however a few minutes later he heard the general's voice.

"Xiao Bai, today will be the last day of your training, no one is here today. Take me seriously and with all you've got." Fengsheng said seriously. Xiao Bai only nodded then went in position.

Mingxue was torn between letting them know his presence or just watch the show secretly. In the end, he chose the latter option.

And yes, he was startled and shaken to his core. He couldn't get his eyes off the youth, all his gentle and soft appearance turned into that of a ranging beast who was calmly eyeing his prey, watching it's every moves and waits for the perfect time to attack.

However since Xiao Bai had just started to trains weeks ago, it was only natural that he couldn't thoroughly beat a general who have hears of experience. But it was enough to let mingxue see him in a new light and let him appreciate his young master once again.

He could also tell that general zhao was quite satisfied at the speed of his nephews improvement which is in a quite terrifying pace. Xiao Bai is one of those you could call a genius. An inborn talent that just bloomed. It was overwhelming but it was beautiful.

Ruo lan, "That's quite amazing." He said but truthfully he couldn't picture out the scene on his mind. Dingwu was also silent and just kept watching the ongoing battle.

XuWei was of course listening to their conversation but he just couldn't get his eyes off of him.

The battle was turning one-sided. Gu YiCheng have countless wounds, just like a scratch and his robes are also torn in many areas. But Xiao Bai on the other hand was still the way he first went on the field. One couldn't even find a sweat on him.

Thus this made the people think that Xiao Bai was just toying with him and they couldn't help but scold Gu Yicheng for being all mighty. This made Gu YiCheng more aggressive than before and attacked with all his might.

Each attack was even more fiercer and more powerful than before. Xiao Bai was now the one one defense and was forced to step back.

Xiao Bai was slowly getting cornered and was stepping back a lot. However he suddenly smiled. With a light jump he leaped up and did a back flip, his white robes fluttering like wings and landed behind Gu YiCheng then hit the back of YiCheng's head with the hilt of his word.

It was all done as graceful as one could imagine the word graceful. And it akk happened too fast, like Xiao Bai was stepping back for quite a while and then it was all over in the next second.

Gu YiCheng has fainted and couldn't fight anymore so the teacher rushed to the field and announced the winner, as a teacher, even though his student lost he was still quite proud of Xiao Bai who was also a student in the academy he was working. Even though the teachers often compete with each other they are nor biased with the students, so he was genuine with congratulating the winner.

He asked some students from his class and asked them to get Gu YiCheng to the infirmary.

"Teacher, did I overdo it?" Xiao Bai worriedly asked.

"Don't worry. He just fainted, and his wounds are just like nail scratches. I could see that you were making sure not to inflict too much damage." The teacher patted Xiao bai's shoulder to reassure him. Xiao Bai also let a sigh of relief then bid his goodbye to the teacher.

Xiao Bai looked over to the crowd and smiled. This earned a lot of shouts and whistles and his fame has once again took another step forward.

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XuWei and the group descended from the platform to meet with Xiao Bai. The crowd has also dispersed and went to spread the news.

"Are you okay?" XuWei immediately asked as soon as he arrived and examined Xiao Bai from head to toe and from front to back, making sure that he was really okay.

Surprisingly Xiao Bai didn't find it annoying at all and even enjoyed it, he seem to remember that his childhood friend would also act this way towards him in the past.

"I'm fine. I'm not that vulnerable." Xiao Bai reassured the restless XuWei.

"Anyway, that Gu YiCheng said that I forgot about him, did we meet in the past?" Xiao Bai asked, his eyes inquiring the group if they remembered something.

"Well he really did look a little familiar." XuWei said while rubbing his chin.

Xiao Bai, "Please continue."

XuWei, "I think I remember him as your match at the entrance exam."

Xiao Bai, "Let's see, I fought with dingwu on the martial arts, then I fought with you on the archery..... Then in the sword fight?!"

Xiao Bai finally remembered. Gu YiCheng and he had a match in the exam, which obviously, Xiao Bai won. However it's only normal that there would be a loser and a winner why would Gu YiCheng accuse him of humiliating him.

"Oh I remember now! He's the one that tripped while fighting and dived to the floor head first right?" Ruo Lan said with a laugh.

Xiao Bai couldn't help but shrink back in guilt. He did tripped the man in their fight last time. It was also Gu YiCheng's fault. He mocked Xiao Bai for being a girly man and said that he don't have what it takes to beat him, he was even more unscrupulous than dingwu, who he fought with first.

So when Gu YiCheng ran towards him to attack, Xiao Bai took a side step and blocked his foot towards Gu YiCheng making him trip and fall down.

The people who are eyeing Xiao bai's match immediately laughed at him. That's why he said that Xiao Bai humiliated him, and now it seems like he wants to settle the scores but ended up getting beaten again.

Xiao Bai just sighed. This kind of hard-headed people is the ones he has the hardest time dealing with. He just doesn't have the energy to confront them so he just prayed that this Gu Yicheng will soon have a clear and open mind to hear him out.

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Author has something to say:

How was it? I'm not very well-versed at fight scenes but I did try my best to write this one. It was just for the sake of making the cannon fodder villain appear hahaha (oops is that a spoiler?)

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Gu YiCheng eventually woke up and messed the whole infirmary.

Gu YiCheng, "just you wait Wang Bai! I'm going to make my revenge!"

He shouted with a voice full of grievances.

"Don't you dare." A cold voice echoed from the door, Gu YiCheng glazed towards the man. He has a veil on so he didn't recognized him, he could only see his cold eyes.

"Huh, and who are you to stop me?" Gu yicheng sarcastically said.

"I'm someone who could make you drop dead in an instance." XuWei said with a smiling eyes, but this made him look more of a devil smiling towards his victim.

Gu YiCheng felt a lump on his throat and chills ran down his spine, "I—I'm the son of the Prime Minister Gu and the nephew of Emperor Gu, I suggest you don't dare to underestimate me."

"I don't care who you are or who your ancestors are, just don't you dare harm even a single strand of hair on Xiao bai's head or you'll regret it." And with that XuWei left.

However instead of wavering, Gu Yicheng felt his pride being trampled and promised to take down all the people who looks down on him.

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