13 Just Watch

Year 198 of the Dragon, Plutarch

Everyone's eyes were on Yi Lan, who looked carefree. Yi Chen who was beside her, coughed in embarrassment on feeling their heated gazes.

"Look who's talking." sneered a girl wearing noble clothing.

"I know. It's just the trash who has opened it's mouth. Better keep it shut or the bad smell will make me puke." A man beside her smirked.

"You sure you want to say that? You currently smell worse than a trash bin. " To make her point, Yi Lan held her nose and stepped back.

The man's face became red in embarrassment as the people there unwillingly let out a few laughs.

"Shut up, you don't have the right to tell me when you can't even fight against a rat." The man shouted, his spit flying everywhere.

Yi Lan made a face of disgust on seeing the spit. "Who said I can't fight?" She said calmly.

"Looks like someone grew quite cocky after being engaged to the Prince. I know! Brother, how about you challenge her to a fight?" The same girl asked her Brother excitedly.

A proud look came on the man's face. He was well known for his fighting skills in the clan." I don't know Chi-er. She might become too hurt after fighting with me." He said.

Yi Lan only replies" No worries. I won't complain even if I get hurt."

Just as she was moving forward, her hand was pulled back by Yi Chen." Yi Meng-I mean Yi Lan, what are you doing? You've not recovered and nor do you know any fighting skills!"

Yi Lan only said" This fight doesn't use any Qi right? Then I'm alright. Just watch Brother Chen."

With that, she moves her hand away and steps into the ring.

The people were already laughing and smiling at the thought of watching an embarrased Yi Lan.

'Che, dirty lowlife.' Thinks Yi Chi on seeing Yi Lan.

As if she could hear what Yi Chi was thinking, Yi Lan turned back her head and looked at her with intense eyes. Yi Chi immediately looked away.

Yi Lan stares at her for a while, before turning again. A man had been standing there as a referee.

"I'll explain the rules. No weapons and Qi should be used. You can only use fighting skills. Is it clear?" The man says with a straight face.

Yi Lan was satisfied with having such a referee. At least he won't cheat. Meanwhile, the Yi Chi's brother had already removed his weapon. " There's no need to use weapons to fight her." He sneers.

The referee ignored him and nodded at Yi Lan, who took out the dagger given to her by Che Ling. She gave it to the referee and tightened her hair.

Both people took opposite ends of the court. Yi Chi's brother steadied himself and squatted a bit, with his arm in front of him.

Yi Lan on the other hand, looked relaxed. She recollected the points that could injure a human being when hit on them.

She ignored the catcalls and boos from the audience. Years of training had increased her resistance to depression over small matters like this.

"The duel between Yi Meng and Yi Lu now begins." shouts the referee.

In a swift move, Yi Lu comes face to face with Yi Lan. His hand closes in a fist and rushes to hit Yi Lan's face.

His hand is stopped in a move by Yi Lan. She applies pressure on his wrist and he groans in pain. The wrist is a sensitive part with no protection. On squeezing a point where the thumb and wrist meet, the blood flow changes in the body.

Yi Lu hits Yi Lan with his other hand, making her drop his hand. He backs away quickly.

Everyone in the audience was silent. This was the first time they had seen Yi Lu back away in a fight. They were in disbelief that a trash like Yi Lan was able to make him do it.

Yi Lan remained relaxed. A slightly annoyed look came up on Yi Lu's face and he once again appeared in front of her, in an unimaginable speed.

Yi Lan was unable to keep her eyes on the man because of his speed. 'Must be using some technique. Hmph, if I was in my previous body, I would have finished him off by now.'

Her eyesight may have deteriorated but her instincts were as good as before. She once again caught Yi Lu's leg that came towards her from her back.

Some people gasped in shock.

In retaliation, Yi Lu kicked her face, but she protected it with her other hand. Yi Lu managed to escape again.

Yi Lu was feeling frustrated. 'How is it that I'm not even able to hit her once?!' Angrily, he stomped over and tried to punch her stomach.

Yi Lan's hands immediately stopped those hands and she twisted them, making Yi Lu cry out in pain. His back twisted and faced her. Just as his legs were trying to kick her, she slammed her toes against his shin, making him gasp.

The shins were another point where one could easily injure a human. Yi Lan knew these points but didn't use them as she enjoyed using brute strength. She would only use the points in emergency.

Currently, she did not possess any monstrous strength like before, so she had to rely on her knowledge.

Without giving him the chance to move any further, she kicked him in the knees, making him collapse to the floor. Yi Lu now lay on the floor, groaning in pain. Yi Lan stood with one foot on his back and the other on ground.

The crowd was stunned and everyone let out whispers and protests that Yi Lan must have cheated. How could they easily believe that their clan's one of the best fighters was defeated by the hands of a trash?!

Yi Lan only ignored them and looked at the referee. Unexpectedly, the referee let out a smile and was just about to say something, when suddenly a bright green light surrounded Yi Lu.

Yi Lu had started using his Qi to fight. He could not accept the fact that he was defeated by a trash, and that too a woman. Even if he had to use his Qi abilities, he would use them to defeat her and regain his pride.

Yi Lan, who was unfamiliar with Qi, felt uncomfortable and her foot lifted from his back.

Her body felt hot and her skin became dry. 'Is this the effect of Qi trying to force itself in my body?' thinks Yi Lan, her skin becoming red because of the energy being released.

Before anyone could do anything, Yi Lu had launched an attack on Yi Lan. Sharp, needle like Qi shots, approached her at a high speed. They cut through her skin, making her body bleed in many parts. She had somehow managed to escape the ones that had been close to her vital organs.

"Yi Lu stop immediately! Have you gone mad?!" yells Yi Chen, but he is just pushed backward by the audience and his head hits a pillar, making him unconscious.

"Stop it Yi Lu." the referee says, his hands start glowing a deep blue.

"Wait old mister." says Yi Lan.

"What? This isn't the time to play, Meng girl." the referee says seriously.

"It's fine, it's fine." she says carelessly.

A look of amusement shows on her face, as she wonders how to deal with such a situation.

She runs towards the referee and takes back the dagger she had left. By this time, Yi Lu had started another attack and the Qi needles approached her.

This time, she deflected most needles with her dagger. She managed to twist her hands quickly. Strange enough, her hands were prettu flexible.

Yi Lu grew more angry and his face grew purple in anger. "You trash! Take this attack of mine.[Needle Tornado]" He yells.

A tornado of needles approach Yi Lan. Tje referee hurries to stop it, but halts when he sees Yi Lan's carefree look.

Yi Lan once again deflects the needles, but surprisingly the needle plunge into the dagger, making it melt.

Both the needles and dagger melt into nothing.

Yi Lan was slightly angry. She had finally got a weapon only for it to disappear. Having no choice, she grumbled and took out the hairpin she was wearing.

Before, Yi Lu could gather up all his Qi, she crept behind him and pierced the sharp hairpin through the right side of his chest. When he cried out in pain and blood flowed from his wound, Yi Lan had a sadistic smile on her face. Her face looked even more beautiful than before, but it had a certain sinister look that she didn't usually have.

The audience there shivered on seeing this incident. After such an incident, they would be too scared to even see Yi Lan. Yi Chi was also quiet, but fat tears kept rolling from her eyes.

"That's enough, Meng girl." The referee says gruffly. His expression wasn't one of surprise.

It was one of admiration and respect. This hadn't been his first time seeing someone fight without Qi, but it was his first time seeing someone succeed in doing so.

Yi Lan snapped out of her bloodlust and looked with hazy eyes at the referee. "Don't worry. I didn't kill him. Only wounded him in the right side of his chest. Next time, he won't get off so easily." She says smirking.

Yi Lu lay unconscious on the hard ground. The referee ended the match by declaring Yi Lan as the victor.

Yi Lan went to search Yi Chen, only to see him unconscious. 'The mob characters are seriously too dangerous." Thinks Yi Lan shrewdly.

She asked the referee for help and lead him to the healer. The healer told that it was nothing too serious and he would wake up by night. She offered to heal Yi Lan' s wounds, but Yi Lan refused. She didn't want anyone to see her injured body.

Yi Lan shrugged and with a nod of respect to the referee, she took off to the palace.

'Man, I'm tired. Looks like I have to practice again.' grumbles Yi Lan.

Yi Lan had just reached the the Palace and had opened the doors, when she felt a Qi stronger than anyone she had met before. The strong Qi made her breath fast, blood pressure high and dizzy.

She managed to find where the person using it was, to ask him to stop using it.

She heard a loud crash from the room.

"Where is she!?!? How dare you do this to her!? I had gone back for a few years, leaving her in your trust, but what happened?! She died. How could you have let this happen?! Answer me Che Ling!"

Yi Lan heard an angry voice from the room. It was raw with emotion and close to the verge of tears. She could taste the despair of the person.

She immediately threw open the door. Both men, one in a bloody state and the other in a noble's clothes,looked at her.

The noble man's eyes brightened on seeing her and he immediately leapt towards her.

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