Chapter 9
“Explain yourself,” Ling demanded. “Why have you taken yourself out of the tournament?”
Cheng blinked several times before answering the women. He was aware of their vindictive tempers and their bloodlust for the chancellery. He knew that to disappoint the Mang sisters was often tantamount to signing your own death warrant.
“You could have warned me about Liao’s prowess with the Dao,” he countered after carefully considering his words. “I had expected that he would have been easier to dispatch than what I encountered. He was...tenacious, to say the least. I had no idea that he was so skilled.”
“Perhaps our faith in your abilities was overrated,” Mei countered.
“Silence, Sister,” Ling answered, holding her hand up. Mei started to object to being dismissed so readily but thoug
