Sparring 2.0

Wang Dong stared at Lou Lan with a stiff look before breaking out into howling laughter.

Slapping his knees as if he heard the funniest joke the in world, Wang Dong wiped the tears out of his eyes as a frightful expression covered his face.

"And if I refuse?"

"Huh?"

"I refuse! Frankly speaking, you broke into my house, hurt my people, and then accuse me of theft! Do you have evidence? Where is the proof? If you have none then why must I accept this challenge. Better yet, what is stopping me from just gathering my men and pummeling you to the ground?!"

Lou Lan was completely stumped by this. Thus far he had only been doing what Xue Chang had told him to do. He never expected it to turn out this way.

Just as he was about to turn around and ask for help, a small palm was placed on his back. Keeping him from turning.

"Just say what I'm about to say."

Xue Chang's thin voice softly traveled into his ears.

Taking in a deep breath, Lou Lan calmed himself as he listened to what Xue Chang said next.

"So you refuse me huh? Quite the brave words you're speaking there. Not even your father would speak to me in such a way!"

This caused the already angry Wang Dong to become completely enraged.

"Who are you to even dare mention my father! Don't try to bluff your way out of this, I already did a background search on you. You're nothing but a visitor of this city, if you have the balls to give me such a challenge then why don't you show me what qualifications you have right now!"

Wang Dong jumped over from his spot threw out a single punch.

Unlike what most people would expect, he was an expert in hand to hand combat. He didn't like using weapons as he felt they weren't a part of his "own power".

A devastating force was launched from his fist and flew toward the unsuspecting Lou Lan.

Just as he was about to counter it though, a flimsy piece of wood flew out from behind him and blocked the strike.

It even flew passed the attack and headed straight toward Wang Dong who caught it in mid air.

Landing onto the ground, he looked down at the wood, which turned out to be some sort of badge.

Wang Dong's eyes flew from the badge up to Lou Lan and back down to the badge.

Looking back and forth between the two, he grumbled out.

"Is this real?"

Lou Lan who had no idea what was happening wait for Xue Chang to advise him before giving an answer, "It is, now am I worthy of challenging you? And don't try to pull any tricks on me!"

Angrily growling out, he crushed the wooden badge within his hands and stomped back toward his mansion leaving only one sentence left behind, "HALF A MONTH LATER, we will face off in half a month!"

Slamming the doors to his house shut, the broken courtyard returned to silence once more.

Facing those doors one last time, Lou Lan turned around and left the area calmly.

Once all of them were a good distance away from the mansion, Lou Lan immediately fell onto his back and heaved out a sigh of relief.

"Why?! Why did I even have to do that? What is the point of me challenging him?" Lou Lan turned his head around and faced Xue Chang, the creator of this plot.

Xue Chang sniggered as he said, "If you didn't bring any intimidation, then wouldn't this happen again? Plus you've been cultivating all this time and yet haven't been able to break through to the second level of Qi refinement."

"We aren't monsters like you, we can't just make a breakthrough within just a few months. We spent a long time getting to where we are now, how do you expect us to just suddenly make a breakthrough?!"

Xue Chang just shrugged as he continued, "Anyway, this is a good chance for you to get some experience and make a breakthrough."

Hearing up to this point, Lou Lan was surprised by how far ahead Xue Chang had thought of this. But even so he still had a problem with the plan.

"But how do we know I can even take him on?"

For a split second, Lou Lan could've swore he saw a devilish glint in his eyes.

Finally he got a response, "Half a month huh? Much longer than I thought you'd get. Plenty of time."

"Ummm plenty of time for what?" This time it was Lou Ning who questioned him.

Xue Chang's face broke into a wide grin as he said, "Plenty of time for training and sparring!"