Martial Cultivator

After thinking for a moment, Chen Chao said, "Even now, if this official does not wish to fight you, what can you do about it?"

The thin young man hugged the horizontal saber and looked at Chen Chao with curious surprise, "Then I'll kill you. You're not telling me you won't fight back, are you?"

Chen Chao laughed despite himself and then looked toward the two daoists, "So, the two Daoist Sages have decided you are not in a hurry to take action?"

The daoist in the green robe said calmly, "Since he wishes to fight Lord Warden Commander, it does no harm for us to wait a while. In any case, Lord Warden Commander is here. He isn't going anywhere. If Lord Warden Commander is unlucky, this penniless daoist won't need to shoulder the crime of killing the Lord Warden Commander."

Chen Chao raised his hand and applauded with a smile. "Good, good. As expected of a Sage. Those words were truly sincere. Even this official cannot find anything to refute."

The thin young man cast a disdainful glance at the two daoists. "If they weren't determined to kill you, I definitely wouldn't have come at a time like this. But since they insist on killing you, if I don't fight you now, there won't be another chance in the future."

Chen Chao shook his head and smiled. "No matter. If I really have to die, dying at your hands is still better than dying at the hands of those guys."

After a moment of silence, Chen Chao looked at the young man. "I was going to ask your name, but since you've come to kill this official, it's probably better not to ask, lest the imperial court trace things back to you afterward."

The thin young man sneered. "Lord Warden Commander, at a time like this, what's the point of all these scheming to say these words? I may not have any enmity against you, but I don't like you one bit. You've heard the saying, haven't you? In the arts there is no first place, but in martial arts there is no second place. If you don't die, how are the rest of us supposed to make a name for ourselves?"