This was the first time Wei Changying had seen Shen Cangfeng fight with someone. Although it was only a practice session, the spear hit hard and the lance moved fast, the courtyard was filled with danger. In the middle of summer, the leaves of the phoenix trees in the courtyard were falling, as if it was in late autumn!

Wei Changying was not an ordinary young lady. Her martial arts instructor, Jiang Zheng, was an armed escort who had traveled far and wide and seen the world, so even if the disciple he taught had never been on a battlefield, she could still figure out what was going on. Seeing the fight, she knew even though it was only a practice session, each of them was using their true skills. Wei Changying looked serious and unconsciously stood still, holding her breath and watching the fight intently.

The two of them had been fighting for a long time. The summer sun was scorching. The moon-white outfit Shen Cangfeng wore already showed several damp marks, and there were also several beads of sweat near his temples, but he still looked perky. The way he played the spear was sometimes forceful like a mountain crashing down from above, and sometimes gentle like a weightless feather floating in the air. Every movement was different. "Split", "cover", "intercept", "block", "turn", "dash", "hold", "stir", he mastered all these skills. Each movement flowed naturally to another and the whole play was like the finest art.

The man who fought him was not an ordinary person either. His plum blossom silver lance was like a snake spirit coming out of its nest, mysterious and unpredictable. The beautiful red tassel tied on the tip of his lance could have been dyed by the Devil's Snare flower, blooming as he moved, hard to grasp. Seeing this, an ordinary person like Mrs. Huang would have already felt dazzled and been totally confused.

Even Wei Changying, Qin'ge and other people had to stare at them so they could see where the lance went. Wei Changying let a breath out. The plum blossom silver lance moved unpredictably, but actually, Shen Cangfeng was winning. What surprised Wei Changying was that the one who used the lance was Gu Yiran.

Gu Yiran was a Standby Guard, the lowest position in the Three Capital Guards. Although the Three Capital Guards were chosen according to their fathers' achievements, if the person was outstanding, he would have a chance to be promoted.

On his way back home with Wei Changying, Shen Cangfeng had met Gu Yiran and Gu Wei of the Gu Family in Hongzhou. Shen Cangfeng had mentioned that Gu Yiran was very popular in the Three Capital Guards and those who often ranked high in the imperial martial arts competition got along well with each other. Gu Yiran, in particular, got along very well with everyone.

At that time, Wei Changying teased her husband, asking if he was popular. She thought that Shen Cangfeng had come first in the martial arts competition every year, so he should have many close friends and someone jealous of him. Shen Cangfeng joked around and avoided the question, which confirmed Wei Changying's guess.

No matter how she judged Gu Yiran, by his being a Standby Guard or his being popular, Gu Yiran might be a good person. But his ranking in the imperial martial arts competition was only average, at least those who were small-minded would not be jealous of him.

Now she could tell that although Gu Yiran had fallen behind, he was still calm. And from an amateur's viewpoint, they were enjoying fighting and it was hard to see who was winning.

Wei Changying was wondering how the Wushu ranking was decided in the imperial guards, but then she heard Gu Yiran shouting. His plum blossom silver lance moved fast and fiercely, the red tassel on the lance tip became like seven flowers, and the body of the lance was like a python, outrageously heading straight for Shen Cangfeng's chest! Shen Cangfeng blocked it with his spear straightaway. The tip of the lance was about to get knocked away by the spear, but then it suddenly clicked and cracked, and a bunch of thin pyonex needles flew out, dense as rain. Some of them were blocked by Shen Cangfeng's spear in front of his chest, but more of them split up into two lots and went straight for Shen Cangfeng's neck and abdomen!

Wei Changying hadn't expected such a change, so she cried out and instinctively ran to save him.

She had just lifted her dress a bit but already the pyonex had almost reached Shen Cangfeng's body. However, he did not dodge aside and his outfit inflated without the wind's assistance. The fine needles that had just reached his clothes were deflected to the ground. Needles kept on falling onto the bricks, with the slight clinking sound going for a long while. It showed clearly how enormous was the number of needles hidden inside the lance.

Wei Changying pressed her hand on her chest. Looking at Shen Cangfeng, who was safe and slowly withdrawing his spear, she felt her heart beating incredibly fast and couldn't get a word out.

At that moment, there burst out loud applause from the people on the side, "Fantastic! Brother Ziming's Flying Sleet lance play is getting more spectacular! He was able to fight Brother Yaoye until this point and then showed his 'Furious Rain Flying Sleet' trick!"

"It was a pity that the needles hidden in the lance were still too thin and light, and the spring was not strong enough. The 'Furious rain Flying sleet' is certainly surprising, but when it meets someone with a strong inner force like Brother Yaoye, who can gather his inner force immediately to strike, the needles will fall to the ground easily. He couldn't succeed with a single blow. " Someone else also commented sadly.

These people were not at all surprised by the sudden change of Gu Yiran's plum blossom silver lance during the practice session but thought it was supposed to happen. Apparently, this ploy was Gu Yiran's deadly trick and it had been used in public several times. As for Gu Yiran's defeat by Shen Cangfeng, it couldn't be more routine, so they commented casually to each other but then were attracted by Wei Changying, who had cried out.

Even though Gu Yiran had used his deadly trick in the fight, he could still do nothing about Shen Cangfeng. He put away his lance with a wry smile and clasped his hands in a salute to Shen Cangfeng, who had just knocked down the pyonex and now put away his spear, and then they left the field together. At that moment, the two of them looked in the direction of the rear courtyard. The maidservants in their colorful clothes were all astonished. Wei Changying in her fancy clothes and with her fine hairpin looked very pale. Her one hand was pressing on her chest, the other one lifted her dress up slightly. She was two steps away from the maidservants behind her. Apparently, she had run a fraction when she thought he was in danger but seeing Shen Cangfeng was safe again, she stopped.

Shen Cangfeng quickly whispered a few words to Gu Yiran, but without waiting for his reply, he strode towards his wife. Behind him, Gu Yiran apologetically clasped his hands in a salute to Wei Changying distantly and walked away to where his companions were standing.

When he got to her, she could clearly see that Shen Cangfeng's moon-white outfit was already soaked, and there were even a few places on his clothes with white salt coming out. The sweat was dripping from his face. He was like a person who had just got out of the water. The hair on the temples looked even darker when it was soaked with sweat, and his expression seemed even more serious. However, when he got to his wife, his serious look became very gentle, saying lovingly, "Were you scared then? I'm fine. I have stopped Brother Ziming's 'Furious Rain Flying Sleet' trick many times, and I always know that he will end with this trick."

Wei Changying's heart was still thumping. Her face still looked pale and couldn't get its normal color back immediately, but she gradually calmed down. She said with an almost imperceptible tremble, "Your arm was injured before..."

Liu Youzhao was able to pretend that he made a mistake and almost killed Pei Kai. Who knew if Gu Yiran would do the same thing?

Shen Cangfeng reached his fingers out to put the wind-blown hair back behind her ears and smiled, "That was really an accident. I'll tell you tonight. Look, I'm fine now. Stop worrying, ok?"

And he said, "Today not only Brother Ziming, but also some of my close friends from the palace, and some of our future relatives have come over. They had thought I was sick, so they specially came to visit, but it happened to be the time when my new spear arrived, so they stayed and practiced with me to help me try it. Since you're here, why don't you go over and meet them?"

Wei Changying knew that he said this because he was worried that she was still panicky. Going back to the rear courtyard alone like this would make it difficult to calm herself down, so why not go and greet the people to get to know about them? This would make it easier to put her mind at ease. She had been totally focused on Shen Cangfeng on the field, so she hadn't even noticed there were people watching from the side. She had time now to take a look around and saw there were many people. Even if she didn't include their manservants and servants, there were still nearly ten people.

Thinking how she had cried out earlier, of the moment Shen Cangfeng left his companions and came over to comfort her, and seeing how the people on the other side were pointing at them, seemingly laughing at them, Wei Changying's face turned red, so she tidied her dress, saying, "I thought you were the only one who would be checking the spear in the front courtyard, so I didn't change my clothes and came out. Is it good to see them like this?"

Shen Cangfeng smiled, "Changying, you are born beautiful. No matter what you wear, you won't be embarrassing."

Then he took her to them. When she got there, Wei Changying saw a man in red among the crowd, who was shaking his fan hard to get a large space to his right. She felt sick, "Why is Gu Naizheng here as well?"

But Gu Naizheng didn't realize that Wei Changying disliked him. Seeing her being brought closer by Shen Cangfeng, he cheerfully put his fan away, greeting her as if he knew her well, "Our sister-in-law is here? Duanmu Wuyou was saying you must be scared, wanting to go back to the rear courtyard! But I knew, last time on the Spring Grass Lake, our sister-in-law was able to protect Yaoye, the pretty boy, to get to the Furong Islet safely, from which we can see she is good at kungfu and bold! Why would she be frightened by such a small change today? Duanmu Wuyou always looks down on women. If you see him coming over in the future, don't even give him a sip of tea!"

Not far from him, Duanmu Wuyou, who had recently become Wei Changying's cousin-in-law, looked furious, staring at him as if there would be fire coming out of his eyes, and said gloomily, "I only said 'Our sister-in-law Wei seems to be in shock', the rest is all from you!"

"Isn't that what I was talking about?" In terms of arguing, Duanmu Wuyou couldn't even win an argument with Wei Changfeng who always talked sense, let alone Gu Naizheng, who Wei Changying, the person had been bullying Wei Changfeng for years, tried hard to avoid. Gu Naizheng opened his fan, waved it hard, raising his head up and sneering, "I despise people like you, who say half of what they mean. Even the deaf could tell what the other half which you haven't said means. When I ask you, you just deny it! You have the guts to say it but don't want to admit it. Duanmu, you look like a virgin, and after all, how you look depends on how you think, so inside of you is actually a whore."

"Gu Naizheng!" Duanmu Wuyou was a bad-tempered man. After being insulted by Gu Naizheng, there were only brothers from the Huo Family, who could tolerate it. On hearing it, he became furious and kept ordering people to bring his usual weapons, "You dared to insult me! Today, you and I must fight here. Fight until one of us is dead!"

Seeing that it was about to turn into a life and death grudge, as the masters, Shen Cangfeng and Wei Changying went to calm them down. Wei Changying hated it. She had been completely frightened by Gu Yiran's "Furious Rain Flying Sleet", but she calmed herself down a lot. However, now she met Gu Naizheng!

Thinking of how she was wronged by Ji Qubing in the Ji mansion and the promise that she had made to Duanmu Xinmiao in the morning, Wei Changying really thought that Gu Naizheng was the real successor of Ji Qubing, but the world didn't know about it. He must have been sent by his master Ji Qubing and his fellow disciple Duanmu Xinmiao here to make trouble for her! Did she and people from Miracle Doctor Ji's side bear ancient grudges?!