Chu Lingguang was inwardly ecstatic.
On the outside, however, he wore a shocked expression as he retracted his Long Spear. "Hall Master Li," he said awkwardly, "just now, I..."
"You're lying to me!"
Li Yishan interrupted, his face dark.
"No, I didn't lie to you."
Chu Lingguang shook his head.
"Still trying to argue... Ah!"
Furious, Li Yishan tried to raise his saber to teach Chu Lingguang a lesson, but his right arm was too sore to lift. He could barely even grip the blade.
Both of his hands were trembling. He had barely been able to block that last spear thrust, and his left shoulder felt like Chu Lingguang had nearly snapped it. Now, both his arms were sore, numb, and powerless; he couldn't lift them at all.
He realized with a sense of despair that if even Chu Lingguang admitted his Spear Technique was inferior to Liu Quan's, then challenging Liu Quan would be nothing but self-humiliation.
