The sect master gave the master and disciple a strange look. He cleared his throat and said: “Yuki you can go and rest. Sadly there is no place to clean up here on this mountain peak.”

    “It’s fine.” Yuki did not mind in the slightest. She looked down at herself and wiggled her toes in the pool of blood at her feet. It was as if she was saying that blood was no different than water to her. 

 “Mmm… This is the way a cultivator should be. Now then. Let’s continue!” The sect master waved his hands and allowed the fights to start up once more. Nana had long finished her battle with a single stroke of her sword. She had already rushed over to Yuki’s battle stage to watch what was going on. 

Elder Nishikawa rubbed Yuki’s hair as she said: “Go have Nana clean your face. A girl should at least try to look pretty at all times.”

“I am not trying to impress anyone. I already got Nana.” Yuki pursed her lips. She did not need to look pretty! She had Nana. That was enough!

“Alright, Alright. Just go keep her company since you both are slated to fight just before the semi finals.” Elder Nishikawa smiled. She found Yuki to be cute when she talked about Nana. She always had a slight blush in her cheeks and actually looked like a maiden instead of a little demon fox.

Yuki bowed her head before jumping off stage right at Nana, who was forced to catch her. “Hehe! Did you see!”

“Mmm… Very well done.” Nana knew Yuki loved to cause pain and suffering to her enemies. Seeing her proud smile on a face covered in blood she couldn’t help but smile back. She leaned up and kissed Yuki’s lips, not caring for the blood. “Come, let’s go sit down.”

“Mmm…” Yuki held Nana’s hand as the two walked over to the seating area. 

Not far away on her battle stage, Rin had just finished her fight. She had a feeling she would end up fighting her junior sister. It was just that…. “When did she get that powerful!?” Rin felt like she was being left behind!

On another battle stage, Fatty was gritting his teeth as he looked at Takeichi. “Senior Brother, do you need to do this!?”

“Hmmm? I am not doing anything.” Takeichi replied with a smile.

“You are just toying with me! Is it because I told a few people about your weakness? Is it because of this!?” Fatty knew mostly everyone’s weaknesses in the outer and inner sects. People paid a pretty penny in resources to get this information. A few people paid a handsome price for information on Takeichi.

“No? Why would I care about that, I mean, there are very few people who can beat Rin. It is not the information that is the problem. It is the fact that it was you who had told them the information. Just think of this as a bit of punishment. You just need to take it like a man. Don’t worry, I will not hurt you too much.” Takeichi smiled as he finally took a step forward. 

Fatty looked at Takeichi, shivered, took a step back, and then turned and ran off stage! “This fat man has already been punished enough the past few days! This fatty needs to rest. Have fun!”  

Takeichi stood there dumbfounded. He had never met someone so shameless! But he couldn’t help but laugh. Even though Fatty was someone who sold information to others, he still couldn’t bring himself to hate the guy. Especially since his junior sister was friends with him, and he knew his Junior sister was not someone who would befriend just anyone.

Maiko, who had also lost her match, looked at Fatty running over and rolled her eyes at him. She pulled out a handkerchief and handed it to him. “So much for showing him whose boss!”

    “Hey, this fat man tried his best. Who knew senior brother was only playing around!? Little Maimai, you won’t hate me, will you?” Fatty was trying to act all innocent, which only got him another eye roll. But Maiko had to admit she liked this side of Fatty too. 

“Just wipe your sweat and sit. We got time before the matches are over.” Maiko patted the seat next to her. Fatty grinned and sat down. 

Yuki was currently sitting in Nana’s lap now while Nana did her best to get the blood out of Yuki’s hair. Yuki might not mind, but to her, her Yuki needed to be perfect at all times, and since Yuki did not want to do it herself, Nana would do it for her. 

“So it turned out the powder was much stronger than you had thought, Nana,” Yuki spoke up.

“Mmm… I am glad you were able to take care of that idiot.” Nana wanted to run him through with her sword, but she knew she could not do that within the sect.

“It’s okay. I only handed over half the bottle. The real culprit who put Hiro up to this will be the one who will experience the wonders of this powder. No one is allowed to plot against us and get away with it. I will not allow any harm to come to you nor I.” Yuki’s eyes swept through the crowd of disciples and noticed a figure trying to act invisible in the corner of the inner sect area. She sneered and licked her lips. “I can not wait to watch the show.”