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Previously, he said that Yue Xingchen was begging the Emperor for her junior sister Gui Xuerou to exchange blows with a certain expert on the scene. Then, Gui Xuerou picked one person.

Gui Xuerou pointed to the person and requested the Emperor: "Your majesty, I would like to compete in martial arts with this young master. The Emperor looked in the direction of her finger and couldn't help but laugh: "This little girl sure knows how to pick. There are so many people, yet you choose to be the son of the Prime Minister Liu." Gui Xuerou said gently, "Your majesty, you can't go back on your words?" The emperor lightly shook his head and said with a smile, "Since This Emperor has opened his golden mouth, how can I go back on my word? Ruo Han, you can go and fight with this young lady for a while! " Young Master Liu stepped forward respectfully and said: "This subject obeys the decree!" Young Master Liu's steps were filled with the aura of nobility, causing all the martial artists present to feel that they were inferior. Liu Shichen reminded her, "Ruo Han, you have to be careful, you can't hurt this lady." Jiang Feng saw that the man was talking to Young Master Liu with a tone of concern and couldn't help but be shocked in his heart: Could it be that he's my archenemy, Liu Shichen? At this moment, he really wanted to rush forward and kill Liu Shichen in one shot, so that he could take revenge for everyone in Jiang's Mansion. He forced himself to calm down because he knew that with the current situation, even if he gave up his life, it would be difficult to harm a single hair on Liu Shichen's body. If he did that, he would definitely die. Thus, at this moment, he could only choose to continue waiting for the right moment to save his useful body.

Young Master Liu promised his father, and walked forward without saying a word. Gui Xuerou moved the hair in front of her back, seeing such a noble and elegant man, she could not help but be captivated by him, and said with an enchanting smile: "This little girl's martial arts are low, I hope young master can be merciful!" The Young Master Liu returned the greeting, then stood up straight with the sword and said: "Then, this one will exchange a few moves with the young lady empty-handed!" Gui Xuerou shook her head and said, "That's boring." With that, she pulled out the jade green sword from her waist and pointed it at Young Master Liu: "Please pull out the sword, Young Noble." Young Master Liu did not do anything, he was just standing there quietly. Gui Xuerou said: "If Young Noble does not use your sword, then I will not hold anything back and ask for Young Noble's permission." The Young Master Liu blinked his eyes as he unsheathed the sword in his left hand. This sword was about three feet long, and cold Qi leaked out from the sword, the sunlight reflecting off of the sword blade onto Young Master Liu's body, causing him to look even more handsome. This treasure sword was the Young Master Liu's personal sword, the Rain-cold Sword.

When Gui Xuerou saw the Rain-cold Sword, he could not help but frown and ask: "Is the Young Noble's sword the most precious treasure for the Heavenly Sect of the Four Major Sects — — the Rain-cold Sword s?" Young Master Liu smiled and looked ahead, and said: "Miss has good eyesight, our blades are also one of the 'Eight Treasures' outside of the pass, I wonder who will be the better one in the competition?" Gui Xuerou laughed, and used her graceful figure to dance her sword at him.

Gui Xuerou then stabbed his sword straight at Young Master Liu's face, Young Master Liu used his right index finger and middle finger to catch his cold jade sword, he turned his body to the side slightly, at the same time, Gui Xuerou flipped her left palm and struck at Young Master Liu's right hand. Young Master Liu retracted his hand and made a small jump to the right. The Rain-cold Sword on his left hand was suddenly filled with a threatening coldness, and he could clearly hear the ringing of a sword as he slashed horizontally towards his opponent. The emerald green on Gui Xuerou's cold jade sword became thicker and thicker, she used her sword to block and immediately pulled out her sword to stab back at Young Master Liu. Young Master Liu's left hand trembled, the Rain-cold Sword lightly tapped on the cold jade sword, causing the two swords to seem to have an attraction, tightly intertwining together. Gui Xuerou was shocked. Young Master Liu had used a soft sword technique, using his movement skills and Qi to keep his opponent's weapon in check. Although Gui Xuerou reacted and tried her best to spread them out, she didn't expect the Young Master Liu to spin around, leading the way left and right, as if they were dancing swords. The Rain-cold Sword stuck to the cold jade sword and refused to let go. Gui Xuerou could only follow the opponent's footsteps and dance with him. Suddenly, Young Master Liu channeled his energy into the Rain-cold Sword and used his internal energy to incite the cold energy in the sword body. Gui Xuerou could not help but shiver in fear, she quickly transferred the Rain-cold Sword to his right hand and with a huge force, the cold jade sword fell to the ground with a "whoosh". Just as Gui Xuerou was about to take out a silver needle from her waist, the Young Master Liu noticed something and flew over and caught him. At the moment, Young Master Liu's left hand was holding down Gui Xuerou's hands, preventing him from moving. Gui Xuerou's eyes were agile, her charming eyes were slightly raised, and she said: "Young Noble's swordsmanship is indeed strange, I lost before even making a move, this is something that has never happened before." Young Master Liu just smiled indifferently. Suddenly, Gui Xuerou somersaulted backwards, and Young Master Liu was afraid of hurting her, so he immediately retracted his left hand, causing Gui Xuerou to spin in the air, two silver needles were instantly shot out, and the "Frostfly Sword Shadow" from Young Master Liu's technique cut the silver needles in half.

Jiang Feng thought to himself: So Liu Ruo Han's martial arts was actually this strong, and it was already difficult for him to block the silver needles, but he actually managed to cut through such a thin object at the same time. His sword arts are truly extraordinary. Xu Yuan clapped his hands and said, "So powerful!" Yan Kuo coldly snorted, and said with disdain: "Martial arts are indeed nothing, but that sword is also a divine weapon, it cannot be underestimated!" Gui Xuerou was unconvinced. He had wanted to fight for the second round, but she was stopped by her senior brother Yue Xingchen. Gui Xuerou's face was filled with displeasure, she struggled out of Senior Brother's grasp, walked in front of Young Master Liu, and suddenly laughed: "Young Noble's swordsmanship is truly worthy of this little girl's admiration." Young Master Liu looked straight at her, and said: "I can't wait for senior brother Lin's Qian Sect sword technique, I'm sorry for the ridicule!" He picked up the cold jade sword and returned it to Gui Xuerou, saying: "Miss, please keep this sword." Gui Xuerou held onto the treasure sword and sheathed it back into the sword sheath. She suddenly wanted to use his right hand to point at Young Master Liu's right cheek, but unexpectedly, Young Master Liu raised his left hand and grabbed her hand, and said softly: Lady Gui, our competition is already over. After saying that, he shook off her hand and walked back to his original position. Gui Xuerou pouted and muttered: "Hmph, how boring, I can't even joke around with you!" Yue Xingchen pulled Gui Xuerou to the side.

Yue Xingchen asked with concern: "Junior Sister, was the battle just now satisfactory? You're not hurt, right? " Gui Xuerou's face changed slightly, and said: "I'm fine, it's just that that Young Noble is too cold, he doesn't have any sense of humor, I don't like people like him. It's still the same humorous I met the last time, next time I have a chance, I will go find him at Qing Xu Sect. " Yue Xingchen shook his head, and said: "Alright, stop being so mischievous, and focus on the battle!" Gui Xuerou replied with an "oh" in a much more honest manner.

The Emperor stood up and said: "We are very satisfied with the previous competition. Chiang Feng, Yan Kuo, the two of you go forward and listen to my orders." The two of them hurriedly knelt down, not daring to raise their heads. The Emperor continued, "The two of you possess outstanding martial arts and extraordinary strength. You've passed this test. I will keep my promise and bestow upon you a great gift. The Virtuous Talent Gathering Hall in the west of the city was built by people whom we have spent more than a year of our lives to build. We have given Chiang Feng the position of and Yan Kuo the position of Deputy Master, the two of you need to help me recruit the experts of the martial arts world. When the emperor had finished speaking, the two paused in shock and looked at each other. Then they said in unison, "This commoner thanks the emperor for his grace. We will do our best to serve the imperial government and will not disappoint your majesty!" When Liu Shichen heard the emperor's command, his face turned ugly. He slowly retreated behind the emperor. When Xu Yuan heard this, he felt very displeased. He rushed forward and respectfully asked, "Your Majesty, the two of them already have their own rewards, so what about me?" Lu Jianfei glared at him. Xu Yuan also pretended not to see it. The Emperor said with a smile, "Little brother, you're still young but your martial arts are already this strong. This is really rare. We have personally invited you to join our Virtuous Talent Gathering Hall of Capital. Are you willing?" Seeing such a cordial invitation, Xu Yuan felt that the Emperor was very friendly. He then remembered that there would definitely be many experts in the martial arts world in the Virtuous Talent Gathering Hall, so he could spar with different experts every day. He was very happy and happily agreed to thank the Emperor.

The Emperor sat back onto the Dragon Throne in satisfaction. In place of Lu Jianfei, he went forward and continued, "The Emperor has decreed that Yue Xingchen, Kuang Mofann and Zhao Pingtong are to be conferred the title of members of the Virtuous Talent Gathering Hall of Capital." Yue Xingchen and Kuang Mofann also quickly thanked the Emperor. Only Zhao Pingtong pleaded: "Reporting to your majesty, this one is not willing to enter the Virtuous Talent Gathering Hall. I hope to become Master Liu's personal guard. The emperor looked at Liu Shichen and asked: "Liu Aiqing, are you willing to accept this person?" Liu Shichen lowered his head and bowed, then said: "Thank you for your grace, Master!" The Emperor asked Zhao Pingtong: "This brother, why is it that you are not willing to enter the Virtuous Talent Gathering Hall and want to follow Prime Minister Liu? Can you tell me the reason behind this? " Zhao Pingtong said with a serious expression: "My greatest wish is to become the emperor's personal guard, but seeing that the emperor has so many experts by his side, it is obvious that I do not need to, so I could only take a step back and become the Prime Minister's personal guard!" After the emperor heard this, he smiled and said, "You're quite ambitious. You're allowed to play!" Zhao Pingtong knelt down and kowtowed in gratitude, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

What about later?

And then we'll see how it breaks down in the next round.