"How… how did this happen…?!" Chen Han asked with a shocked look on his pale face that was still dripping from the water in the spring. He walked towards Fan Wen. "Elder Fan… please tell us all that happened!" he told him and bowed.
Fan Wen sighed as he looked at Chen Han with pity. He glanced at Li Tian and Feng Mo before he turned to Lei Ling. "Give them a change of clothes first. Then, meet me in the Bamboo Pavilion." He told them and turned.
"Shifu!" Li Tian and Feng Mo cried and were about to run after Fan Wen, but You Rou and Lei Qing stopped them.
"Li-shixiong… Feng-shixiong…" Lei Ling's eyes reddened and he turned to Chen Han and Sun Yi whose face are dark. "Chen-shixiong, and Sun-shixiong… let me tell you some details that I know while I lead you to change. As for the rest after that… you can meet with our shifu." He told them and bowed.
"Lei-shidi…" Li Tian and Feng Mo sighed. They looked at each other before they turned to Chen Han and Sun Yi who were forced to nod and followed Lei Ling. Li Tian and Feng Mo knew they have to be patient for the answers, since that's what their shifu is.
"Li-shixiong, Feng-shixiong." You Rou called as she and Lei Qing handed them towels.
"Yes, shimei?"
"I wanted to ask…" You Rou looked like she was hesitating.
"What is it?" Li Tian asked as he and Feng Mo wiped their face, neck and arms.
However, it was Lei Qing who answered. "Where's Cheng-shidi – " she said. " – and Fei Yin?" she added.
"Ah – " Li Tian and Feng Mo froze before they looked around. If not for Lei Qing and You Rou asking them, they wouldn't remember that Yu Sheng blown them away along with Fei Yin into the spring, leaving Cheng Sheng with him after he stabbed Cheng Sheng.
When they didn't see Fei Yin's figure, they were shocked. It seems that – " – da shixiong was left in the Cave of Retribution?!"
Feng Hua Palace, Cave of Retribution.
All that was left in the cave are Cheng Sheng and Yu Sheng… and Fei Yin.
Yu Sheng grinned when he saw Fei Yin crouching behind a rock that blocked the gale he made to blow them away. "I knew you'd avoid it." He said.
Cheng Sheng's pupils shrank when he saw Fei Yin. "Yin!" he called and was about to run towards Fei Yin but Yu Sheng holding his shoulder tightened his grip on his right shoulder which made him cry in pain. "AAAH!" his scream echoed in the cave along with the sound of his bone breaking.
"SHENG!" Fei Yin cried and he leapt, his sword lunged at Yu Sheng with a murderous expression on his face.
However, Yu Sheng suddenly pulled Cheng Sheng in front of him to block Fei Yin's attack! Fei Yin's eyes widened and he dropped his sword while mid-air, then narrowed his eyes as he grabbed Cheng Sheng's shoulder, pulling him away from Yu Sheng's grasp before he used his other hand to send a punch to Yu Sheng. However, Yu Sheng caught his fist and swung Fei Yin to the wall.
"Ugh!" Fei Yin groaned when his back hit the wall and he fell to the ground where he had thrown Cheng Sheng.
"Yin!" Cheng Sheng cried as he crawled towards Fei Yin. "Yin! Are you alright?!" he asked as he used his left hand and checked Fei Yin's meridians through his pulse.
"I'm… okay." Fei Yin groaned when he tried to move. Yu Sheng was merciless when he thrown him.
"Ah… lovebirds." Yu Sheng smiled as he sat on a rock and watched them two. "This makes me miss my Zhe." He said.
"Yu Sheng!" Cheng Sheng yelled when he saw the blood trickled out of the corner of Fei Yin's lips. He turned to glare at Yu Sheng. "What the heck are you playing at?!" he asked through his gritted teeth as he slowly stood, facing him while holding his broken right shoulder.
Yu Sheng knows how to render his opponent disable. He had watched Cheng Sheng for a long time to know Cheng Sheng is right-handed, thus he broke his right shoulder. Even if Cheng Sheng is ambidextrous, but Cheng Sheng's dominant hand is his right hand.
Not to mention fighting with only one hand already lowers his performance, and fighting a high-level expert like Yu Sheng is akin to an ant pushing an elephant, fighting using a left hand which isn't your dominant hand lowers your performance more.
Cheng Sheng hatefully glared at Yu Sheng. "Not only did you stab me, but also harmed my friends." He said.
"Is sending them back home harming them?" Yu Sheng asked.
"Oh." Cheng Sheng muttered as if he had just realized it, but the next second his expression changed. "Then what about Yin?" he asked.
Yu Sheng raised his hands. "He harmed me first, so how can I not harm him back?" he asked back.
"… oh." Cheng Sheng muttered with a profound expression. "You think I'm a three-year old kid?" he asked as he flashed a harmless smile.
Yu Sheng still hasn't reacted when Cheng Sheng suddenly flashed in front of him with his sword raised. Yu Sheng immediately moved his upper-body backward, but Cheng Sheng is faster. Yu Sheng's chest was slashed!
Yet, it's as if Yu Sheng can't feel the pain as he smiled when he noticed Cheng Sheng's speed increased. He raised his leg to kick Cheng Sheng's arm to propel himself backwards, away from Cheng Sheng. "I almost forgot you can use the qi in the surroundings because of your cultivation method, which was given by me." He said as he stood while Cheng Sheng's left arm was trembling because it felt numb from Yu Sheng's kick.
If Cheng Sheng didn't focus his qi on his left arm for that attack, he could kiss his left arm goodbye. "Well, thank you." He told Yu Sheng as he lowered his left arm to hide it in his sleeve. He almost dropped his sword earlier had he not gripped it tight.
Yet, it was a mistake. He should've just dropped it, since he was now holding it, then it also was trembling along with his hand. And Yu Sheng isn't blind to not notice such an obvious weakness.