That heavy spear ended up as "proof" that Halcyon had injured someone during a spar. She knew she'd held back.…
That heavy spear ended up as "proof" that Halcyon had injured someone during a spar. She knew she'd held back. The man she clipped was an insufferable creep, all fawning praise on his lips, and he seized on the incident to make trouble.
Worse still, his master had lost to Zhang Wanshi more than once, and now he had an excuse to drag the matter before the elders. After some deliberation, the elders decided to confine Halcyon to quarters for a few days.
Halcyon was ready to accept it, but Zhang Wanshi arrived and simply took her away.
"Your vitality's weak, and the problem's internal," he said. "I was just helping your qi move through the blockage. You should be thanking me."
Then he added, dead serious, "And you should take a few more hits to get your blood moving. Otherwise, you won't live long."
The master and disciple were stunned and suspicious, but they did not dare call his bluff. Whatever talk they had about taking down the "Three Paragons" vanished on the spot.
Outside, Raven was already waiting. The two juniors followed behind their senior brother.
"Senior Brother, were you telling the truth just now?" Halcyon asked.
"Raven fed me that line," Zhang Wanshi said.
Raven coughed, looking a little embarrassed. "Well... when Senior Brother says something, they have to think twice, don't they?"