Chapter124:EnemiesForever

NoonewoulddenythatYunXi’shand-madebreadwasoneofthebestfoodsintheworld,fromboththemeaningoftofillthebellyandtosatisfythedesireofmouth.EvenHuaYuewhowasbornanaristocraticmissandhadlivedanextravagantlifesinceherchildhood,wasfullofpraiseforYunXi’sbread.

Inthatcase,therewasaproblem.

"Gee?"Mumulookedatthelastpieceofbutterbreadwithdesire.ShelickedherlipsandgraspedYunXi’shand,actinglikeaspoiledchild.

"Ah?"XiaoCaohurriedlyfinishedeatingherpieceofbutterbreadandstoodup,notevenwipingoffthewhitecreamonherlips.

"Nomorebutterbread?"HuaYuedrewouthersilkscarf.Shegracefullywipedoffthewhitecreamfromthecornersofhermouthandalsogazedatthelastbutterbread.

Well,undoubtedly,theownerofthelastpieceofbutterbreadwasYunXi.Hehelditinhishand,speechlesslylookingatthethreegirlsaroundhim.

Mumuwasstillachild,soherbehaviorwasunderstandable.ButwhywereXiaoCaoandHuaYuealsolookingathimwithlongingandstronghintsintheireyes?

XiaoCao,aren’tyouagirlwhodidn’tmindyourfood闁炽儲鐛╰asteandwillfeelsatisfiedaslongasthefoodcanfillyourbelly?

HuaYue,yourfamilyshouldhavemuchbettertastingfoodthanmybutterbread!

Whyareyoulookingatmelikethat?I’mhungry,too!

"Zizzy!"XiaoCaoandHuaYueignoredMumu,whowasshakingYunXi’shand.Theylookedateachotherlikediamondstrikingdiamond.

"Well,Istillwantit."XiaoCaosighed.Shewipedoffthecreamfromhermouth,thenstoodupandclaimed,"Mei’slastpieceofbutterbreadismine!"

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"Whatacoincidence.Ithinksotoo!"HuaYuealsostoodup.Withheraction,hertwo"mountains",whichwerewrappedbybandagesonherchestandhalfexposedtotheair,madeYunXialmostexposehistrueidentityinan"unmentionablemethod".

"Thebestshouldbelongtothestrongestleader!"XiaoCaomovedherhandsandlegs,warmingupherbody.Herleaf-madeclotheswerefitforbattleandwouldn’timpedehermotionsatall.

"Iagreewithyou.It’sthetimetodecidewhoistheleaderagain.Otherwise,Meiwillbebothered."HuaYueusednewbandagestobindherhalfexposedbreastsagain.

Withthehelpofherbloodline,thewoundsonherribshadalreadyrecoveredataspeedthatwaswayfasterthanherestimation.Notonlyso,afterseeingthatterriblepresence,herWhiteGoldRoseBloodlinehadsomeunknownnewchanges.HuaYuedidn’tknowthereasonwhy,butsheguessedthatitwasduetoMei.

"Hence,let’sstartthesecondroundofduels!"

XiaoCaodidn’tknowtoomuchaboutthenoblefamily’srules.Asagirlfromasmallvillage,shetrustedinherstrengthmorethananyone.

"Ohohohoh,bigsistersaregoingtofightagain!"

"Whowillbethewinner?IguessitwillbeBigSisterHuaYue!"

"No,XiaoCaoisn’tinferiortoHuaYue.Ifshehadabetterweapon,shewouldn’tbedefeatedsoeasily."

"Yes.Ithinkthattheirwinningpercentageishalf-half."

AfterthegirlssawthatHuaYueandXiaoCaoweregoingtofightagain,regardlessofthereason,theirduelhadnaturallydrawneveryone闁炽儲鐛╝ttention.

Asthenoblegirls’representative,HuaYue’sleadershipandprestigewererecognizedbyallthefemaleswordsmaidensinthegroup.Astheciviliangirls’representative,XiaoCaolearnedperfectswordskillsbypracticingonherown.Shewasrespectedbyallthefemaleswordsmaidensinthegroup.

Thisfemaleswordsmaidensgroupcenteredaround"Mei"asitscore,formedimperceptiblybyHuaYueandXiaoCao.

HuaYue’snaturalnoblestyleandnoblegoldenhairleteverybodyacceptherleadership.However,XiaoCao’sswordskillthatwasself-taughtalsoshockedtheirheartsandmadethemadmireher.

Thetwopeoplestoodfortwodifferentstyles.Thewhitegoldenrose.Thetoughlittlegrass.

HuaYuehadwonthefirstbattle,andthislaidthefoundationforherleadershipwithinthefemaleswordsmaidengroup.Butnow,the2ndroundofthebattlewasgoingtostart.XiaoCaothrewdownthechallengetothecurrentleader,HuaYue,asabravechallenger.

"Don’tfight...Ifyouwanttoeatbutterbread,Icanimmediatelymakemorenow!"YunXilookedatXiaoCaoandHuaYuewithadumbfoundedlook.Hedidn’texpectthattheyweregoingtoduelsimplybecauseofapieceofbutterbread.

"No.That’snotthepoint."XiaoCaosaidandshookherhead.

"Yes.Thisisaduelbetweenusgirls!"HuaYuesaidwithaseriousandholylook.

"Forbread."

"Let’sfight!"

Asiftheirbattlefromtheentrancetesthadreappearedagain,HuaYuewasstillholdinghergorgeouswhitegoldcrossedswordinherhand,XiaoCaowasstillholdinganironswordthatwasreforgedbyusingthefragmentsofherbrokensword.

Comparedtotheirlastbattle,therewasstillagreatgapbetweentheirweapons.However,XiaoCao’sswordwouldn’tbebrokensoeasilyagain.Thereforgedblackironswordwasmuchheavierandharderbecauseithadbeenmixedwithmorehardmaterials.

"Iknow.Youhavereachedthe3rdrank."HuaYuetookadeepbreath.

Hereyesinstantlybecomeclearandpure.Shehaddisregardedallherdistractingthoughts.XiaoCaowasn’tarivalshecouldletherguarddownagainst.Ifshewantedtowin,shemustdoherbest.

"Thesameasyou."XiaoCaosaid.

ShehadfiguredoutHuaYue’struestrength,onlyastepawayfromreachingthepeakofthe3rdrank.Theykneweachotherverywell,asiftherewasaninvisiblestringlinkingthem,makingtheminseparable.Ofcourse,notonlythem,allthemembersofthefemaleswordsmaidensgroup,includingMumu,hadthesamefeelingintheirhearts.

Theywereonthesameinvisibleweb,linkingtheirsoulsandbloodthroughoneinvisiblethreadafteranother,andatthecenterofthatwebwasthemysteriousblack-hairedgirl.

XiaoCaoandHuaYuewerelikeabinarystarsystem,closelyrotatingaroundthecenteroftheweb.Theywerebeautiful,strong,healthy,andenergetic,bothhavingthesamegreattalent.Thiswasaninevitablebattlebetweenthem.

"Mei’sbreadismine!"

"Noway!Iwasthefirsttoclaimit!"

Withaglintandflashoftheirswords,theirbattlestarted.

Thatwasasword’ssong,gorgeousandbeautiful.Itnotonlysymbolizedtheiryouthandfriendship,butalsosymbolizedtheirenvyandglory.

Theheavywhitegoldcrossedswordcutandslashedagainsttheaustereblackironswordagainandagain,generatingdazzlingsparksbetweenthem.

HuaYue’sholycrossedswordskillwasoneofthemostdirectswordskills.InHuaYue’shand,herswordskillwasnotonlygorgeous,butalsopowerful.Incontrast,XiaoCao’sswordskillhadbecometougherwiththesea’sboundlessartisticconceptioninit.Ithadreducedalittlehardness,butalsohadincreasedalittlesoftnessatthesametime.