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He stood on the back child brandishing the sword, each time the movement became smoother. This technique focused on making the sword invisible to the opponent. It was not only about speed, but also about the angle of movement. It was also important that the opponent did not see you reach for the sword, so Yangyou pulled out, made a move according to the technique, and then tried to hide the sword unnoticed in the scabbard. At first he was not very successful, either the movement was too slow or he did not manage to get the sword into the sheath. The technique itself was easy for him to understand, but harder to master. After an hour of practice, full of sweat, he returned home to cultivate and bathed before work. Ma fang was sitting at the table with his daughter.

- How did you manage to master the movement? - He asked with a laugh.

- No, I understand what you mean, but I don't do the movement perfectly yet," he said with a sad expression on his face.

- Don't worry, I practiced it for two years before I did it the way I did it.- she said with nostalgia in her eyes.

- Thank you for your advice - he nodded

After sitting down he went to work then started to make pills and again in the evening he practiced the art of the shadow sword and cultivated. This was how his training continued for the next two weeks until the promised arena fight.

Mr. Li Tang returned home after his meeting with Ma feng and called his son into his office.

- Sit down," he said showing him a chair.

- Yes, father, is something wrong? - he asked

- I heard that you are going to duel Ma feng in the arena next month. Tell this old man why you challenged him to a fight? - he asked curiously

- Father, this boy lives with Ma Xianmei in the same house and I met them on my way home. This boy gets on my nerves, so I asked him to spar with me, but he turned me down right away, when I asked him why, he said that he only fights to kill. - he replied in one breath

- Is that why you challenged him in the arena? All right, but you have to be careful this boy is a cold killer and he won't hold back to kill you, so either back down or you have to be ready to die. - said Li Tang

- Father, I won't let you down and I'll kill that pretty boy," he said with a smile

- What's the matter with that girl? He is so cold in his behavior my stupid son, he avoids interacting with people let alone this girl, so why are you so jealous?

- I didn't know they were even talking - he tilted his head down and muttered

- What's done is done, but remember one thing if you kill him no one can stop you and the same goes for him, so don't embarrass me even if you have to die die with dignity son and I will avenge you.

From that day on, the boy practiced hard every day, trying his best, because he knew that if his father told him so, it meant that he was not sure of his victory. After three weeks of practice, he managed to advance to the fourth stage of body hardening. Now he thought the boy had no chance. For another week he slowed down with his training.

On the day of the fight, many people gathered in the arena of death, at the entrance there were stalls with food and for betting. People were betting 20:1 on Li Meng and some who were a little crazier seeing the opportunity bet on the boy who was called a beauty.

On that day Yangyou got up like every day, only today he didn't train anymore to be one hundred percent ready for the fight.

- Mr. Feng, may I have a request? - he asked

- Yes, but I'm not going to save you if you lose - he answered with dissatisfaction

- I'm not worried about that, but I wonder if you could bet the money on me. - He handed the bag containing the money he had earned for the whole month and about two hundred silver coins.

- That's a lot of money, but if you die you won't need it anyway, fine, I'll do it for you for 10% commission. - he replied with a smile.

Yangyou had to pay about 500 coins for the sword he bought from Ma feng, and he would need more money to buy cultivation pills since he couldn't make them himself yet. The odds were 20:1 so if he won he would have about 4,000 silver coins.

Ma feng also thought about it and decided to bet a thousand coins on the boy he had never once been disappointed with and believed it would be the same this time.

Yangyou along with Ma feng and Xianmei rode the carriage around the arena more than a thousand people gathered because everyone loved to see blood being spilled. Among them was a merchant who happened to be coming and going back to Xiang city.

When Li meng arrived and got out of the carriage the audience went wild because I would be the son of a powerful land lord. People shouted his name and clapped. For many people, fighting in the arena of death was a rare occurrence in such a small city, so people came as if it was some kind of holiday.

After a while, Li Meng entered the arena and waited for the arrival of his opponent. When Yangyou reached the arena, he could hear people cheering and it did not bother him at all, he just did not care. When he got off he paid no attention to the crowd and walked towards the arena. People couldn't believe that such a pretty boy would fight and shouted for him to give up.

When Yangyou entered the arena he noticed that the boy was upset so he went to him.

- Li meng I know you challenged me, but you can surrender you have a future ahead of you you haven't done anything to me so I won't insist on fighting but if you stay I will kill you without mercy.†he said quietly so no one would hear while looking into the boy's eyes.

The boy thought for a moment, but after a while, he just shook his head. Although Li meng was one level higher Yangyou wasn't afraid and knew that his sword technique could kill undetected at least two ranks on top of each other, but he wanted to use this fight to temper himself. When they were facing each other Li meng got even more annoyed for the boy not taking him seriously as he didn't draw his sword.

- Yangyou, today will be your last day and if I win with you, I'll take Ma Xianmei and enjoy myself all night long.

Li tang just shook his head while Ma feng got so mad that foam came out of his mouth. Ma Xianmei just blushed and lowered her head.

- I see that you're still a child fighting over girls, have you even seen a naked woman besides your dirty mother?

When the boy heard that he thought he was going to explode he turned red and started running towards Yangyou shouting, "I'll kill you motherfucker".

Yangyou specially provoked him because he wanted the boy not to hesitate to kill him, because only under such conditions can you temper yourself.

The boy started attacking him with his sword without any technique and Yangyou only dodged sideways and backwards. The audience was shocked that the boy could be provoked so easily and hit him with his sword without using techniques. The people in the audience immediately liked the "beauty". Li Meng's father only shook his head and knew that the boy was too impulsive but what surprised him even more was that Yangyou only dodged when he had the best chance of a deadly attack.