Unsheathed

The commotion in the bamboo building was so loud that Pei Qian was roused from her slumber, and she immediately put on her clothes and her Saber Sword Cross, then rushed out the door with her hiking pole in hand.

The little girl in pink also emerged from her room a second behind Pei Qian, and the latter was already rushing out of the courtyard. The little girl in pink hurriedly ran after her, and upon catching up to Pei Qian, she discovered that there was a look of intense killing intent on her face, and that she was grumbling under her breath as she rushed along.

The little girl in pink was aware of Pei Qian's temper, and she hurriedly said, "Don't do anything rash! This is how it's always been for Master training under Senior Cui."

It wasn't that the little girl in pink had no sympathy for her master. Instead, she simply knew that nothing good could come out of this situation for Pei Qian, and on top of that, she also knew that Cui Chan's grandfather bore no ill will toward her master.

However, Pei Qian refused to be dissuaded as she continued to rush toward the bamboo building in a fit of fury.

"Who the hell does that old bastard think he is? This mountain belongs to my master, as does that bamboo building! Not only is he shamelessly occupying the second floor, he beat my master to unconsciousness as soon as he came back! He's only just woken up, yet he's being beaten again! Master has come home from his ordeal in Bamboo Scroll Lake to relax and enjoy himself, not to be bullied by that old fart!"

The more Pei Qian spoke, the more incensed she became.

As a fire python spirit of the Middle Five Tiers, the little girl in pink was able to easily keep up with Pei Qian, and she drifted along beside her in a graceful manner as she said in a fearful manner, "But what can we do? It's not like we can beat Senior Cui in a fight."

Pei Qian continued to rush along as she spat through gritted teeth, "If we can't beat him in a fight, then we'll just have to reason with him! I can't believe there can exist such an ungrateful guest in this world! Is he taking advantage of my master because he's kind and easygoing? Well, I'm not going to stand for that! I am my master's first-ever disciple and Cui Dongshan's senior sister!"

The little girl in pink drifted along backward beside Pei Qian, and she took a glance at her hiking pole and her bamboo sword and saber, and she opened her mouth to say something, but decided against it in the end.

Near the courtyard that Pei Qian was staying in, the little boy in azure was sitting on the rooftop, yawning lazily to himself. This minor scuffle was hardly worthy of note. Compared with back when he had to carry a blood-soaked Chen Ping'an down from the second floor of the bamboo building day after day, this "sparring match" may as well have been nothing more than a friendly contest.