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Across the table Yuan Zongzi spoke up. “Eaten and drunk enough, shall we test our mettle?”
“When I was little,” Li Yuan replied solemnly, “my ma said you need a nap after a good meal or you’ll upset your stomach.”
“You’re fifth rank,” Yuan Zongzi snorted. “Your stomach’s fine. Don’t you lie to me.”
“I’m not lying.”
“Then let’s duel!”
Eyes bright with glee, Li Yuan snatched up his long blade and rocketed into the open sky.
A streak of violet flame shot up after him. With no warning, Yuan Zongzi’s fire-kissed blade lunged like a viper.
In any polite match, that first slash would have been called a cheap shot. For Yuan Zongzi, it was simply how you fought.
The crescent of red light whipped pas...



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