Bab 43: Shen vs. Fa

My duel with Fa min was arranged for three days after I woke up.

As promised, I had invited General Bai who was slowly warming up to the idea of me being his son-in-law. Bai Fan was present, as were most of the Fa’s, even Min’s uncle had come to the estate to watch the duel.

We could probably have made a small fortune by selling tickets to the event, but I didn’t want to get Min in trouble, because he was about to break the taboo for harming a prince.

What a pain in the ass, that taboo.

I wore a yellow changshan with the Shen hanzi on the back, while Fa Min wore white with the Fa hanzi in black.

Master Fa began the ceremony by explaining “This duel is between Shen Mu and Fa Min for the Mastery of the Fa School of martial arts. It is a Martial Arts encounter, and only the baser form of elemental breathing will be permitted.”

That was news to me. I had thought we would forego the elemental breathing, but apparently, Min didn’t want that many handicaps.