bookandnovel Chapter 232 The Martial Arts Competition Begins
Chapter 232 The Martial Arts Competition Begins
Chapter 232 The Martial Arts Competition Begins
Ruan Liusu burst out laughing: "Come on, according to your logic, the title of Martial Arts Champion is indeed more prestigious, but the members of the Genius Group have become as common as cabbages!"
Isn't it still the same?
"Impoverished provinces certainly have their own difficulties."
Members of the Dongchuan Province Genius Group may not even have as many resources as those in our Southern Jiangsu Province Genius Training Camp.
The reason for having more members in the genius group is to cultivate true martial arts geniuses.
Ruan Liusu nodded slightly and said nothing more.
On the fighting stage, the martial arts host Zhang Qingqing continued, "The martial arts competition will officially begin at 9:30 in thirty minutes!"
The three TV stations, Yunchuan TV, Dongchuan TV, and Xichuan TV, will broadcast the event live.
You can also watch the live broadcast directly on the official media accounts of the three provinces.
Please, audience members, remain calm and refrain from loud noise. Let's create a peaceful environment for the martial arts competition.
After Zhang Qingqing finished speaking, she stepped off the battle platform.
"Why is this martial arts competition between the three provinces in Sichuan taking so long?"
Below the arena, Ruan Liusu frowned slightly.
"It's alright, it starts at 9:30, not too late."
"I wonder what level of martial arts this martial arts champion from Dongchuan Province has reached," Ruan Liusu murmured.
"Didn't my uncle say that he comes from an ordinary family, yet he has the ability to outshine all the sons of the powerful and wealthy? He must be an extraordinary person."
"It's too early to say anything now. I'll wait and see how the members of the Dongchuan Province's genius team perform on the fighting stage, and then I'll be able to guess the true quality of this so-called martial arts champion."
The woman next to Ruan Liusu nodded slightly.
At that moment, the woman next to Ruan Liusu suddenly exclaimed in surprise, pointing towards the waiting room behind the battle arena, "Liusu, look over there!"
"What's wrong?"
Ruan Liusu looked in the direction the woman was pointing with her pretty eyes.
"Was that person Xie Dongfeng?"
"Xie Dongfeng? What's he doing here?" Ruan Liusu asked curiously.
"It's possible that news of your secret meeting with your fiancé at the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament in Yunnan Province leaked out, which is why Xie Dongfeng came looking for you."
"I'm just following my father's instructions to see what this martial arts champion from Dongchuan Province is like. What secret meeting with his betrothed?" Ruan Liusu couldn't help but ask.
"That's what everyone in the genius group in Southern Jiangsu Province is saying. Xie Dongfeng and your family are old friends. He's always liked you. Knowing that you're getting engaged, he definitely won't just sit idly by."
Ruan Liusu frowned: "What is he going to do?"
"What else could you be doing? You've come all this way, you're definitely going to cause trouble for the marriage prospect that Grandpa introduced you to."
"Is he crazy? In a martial arts tournament like the Three Provinces Tournament, going straight backstage to cause trouble for the champion of one province—is that the thinking of a normal person?"
"It's not his fault. After all, Xie Dongfeng has liked you for so many years. If you suddenly want to get engaged to someone else, no man could remain unmoved."
"Xie Dongfeng's father and my father are indeed on good terms, but I don't even exchange twenty words with Xie Dongfeng all year round. Let's not even talk about me just coming to Yunchuan to take a look. Even if I really came to get engaged, what business is it of his?" Ruan Liusu said.
"You're usually so engrossed in martial arts that you probably don't pay attention to these things. As your cousin, I see things much more clearly than you do."
Xie Dongfeng's affection for you is absolutely genuine.
Ruan Liusu said, "No wonder he has never been able to make it into the genius group. It turns out he has not been focusing on martial arts."
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"His martial arts strength is still quite strong, even though his strength has never reached 4.5 times and he is a bit too old."
"I think we should go and take a look. Xie Dongfeng has completed his Bone Refining stage training, and his Qi and Blood value is almost 4000 calories. If he gets impulsive and starts fighting with that martial arts champion from Dongchuan Province offstage, injuring him and affecting the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament, Dongchuan Province will definitely not let him off easily."
"Ugh, I really don't want to deal with him!"
Ruan Liusu shook her head, but still followed the woman to the backstage of the battle arena.
Upon arriving at the waiting room behind the battle arena, they were immediately stopped by someone.
"This is the waiting room for the Three Provinces Genius Team. Audiences are not allowed to enter."
The woman stepped forward and said, "We are from the Southern Jiangsu Province. My name is Ruan Liuyun, and I am a student at Blue Star University."
This is my cousin, Ruan Liusu, a member of the Jiangsu Province Genius Group.
Here are our identification documents. We're here today to visit a friend from the Three Provinces Genius Group.
The guard took the identification card, glanced at it, and said, "Please wait a moment."
After saying that, he took his identification and went to get it checked.
A short while later, a deacon from the Yunchuan Martial Arts Association arrived: "Hello, fellow students from Southern Jiangsu Province. Welcome to Yunchuan."
You can go in, but you must be quick so as not to disturb the students who are about to participate in the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament.
"OK, thanks!"
Ruan Liuyun accepted the identification document and walked into the backstage waiting room with Ruan Liusu.
Inside the waiting room, Chen Lie sat in a chair with his eyes closed, resting and waiting for the martial arts competition to begin.
Suddenly, he heard a very arrogant voice.
"Which of you is the martial arts leader? Step forward!"
Chen Lie opened his eyes and looked behind him.
"It seems someone is looking for Martial Arts Leader, Chen Lie, do you want to go check it out?"
"Next to Chen Lie," Luo Zhixun said.
"They probably won't contact me."
He's in an unfamiliar place here, so it's impossible for anyone to come looking for him.
At that moment, the same voice rang out again: "Is Wu Kui, the top martial arts champion of the three provinces' genius group, a coward? Too afraid to show his face?"
Luo Zhixun looked puzzled and said to Chen Lie, "Chen Lie, you should go and take a look."
"Okay, let's go take a look!"
Chen Lie got up and went to the center of the waiting room, to the source of the sound.
As soon as he set off, many members of the Dongchuan Province Genius Group followed behind him.
A young man, not yet twenty years old, stood in the waiting room with a cold expression.
Before him stood Ji Lingxuan and Gu Yang, each accompanied by a large group of geniuses from their respective provinces. Chen Lie was the last to arrive.
Behind him were also a dozen or so members of the Dongchuan Province Genius Group.
The young man's sharp gaze swept over Gu Yang, Chen Lie, and Ji Lingxuan, who had stepped forward, and he said coldly, "You are the martial arts champions of the three provinces of Sichuan?"
Ji Lingxuan, as the top martial arts champion of Yunchuan Province, the leader of the three rivers region, was the first to speak, asking, "Who are you? What do you want with us?"
"You're a girl, this is none of your business!"
The young man introduced himself: "I am Xie Dongfeng from Southern Jiangsu Province, and I am currently a student at Blue Star University."
He looked coldly at Chen Lie and Gu Yang and said, "You two are both martial arts champions from the three provinces of Sichuan?"
Ji Lingxuan looked puzzled, but since the person in front of her wasn't looking for her, she didn't ask any further questions.
Chen Lie and Gu Yang both nodded and asked, "Is there something you need?"
"Something wrong? Hehe, I'll say it. I'm from the Southern Jiangsu Province, the Ruan family of Southern Jiangsu Province. You two should have heard of them, right?" Xie Dongfeng said.
"Never heard of it!" Gu Yang and Chen Lie both shook their heads.
Gu Yang then asked, "Just tell us who you want to find. We don't have time to stand here and argue with you."
"Who I'm looking for knows perfectly well. If you want to climb the social ladder by marrying into the Ruan family of southern Jiangsu, don't be a coward at a time like this. I advise you to step forward."
"Are you crazy? Just say who you're looking for, why are you playing guessing games here?" Chen Lie said.
"What's your name?" Xie Dongfeng asked Chen Lie coldly.
Chen Lie remained unfazed: "Chen Lie of Dongchuan Province!"
Xie Dongfeng's gaze then fell on Gu Yang.
Gu Yang simply replied, "Sichuan Province, Gu Yang."
"One of you is the one I'm looking for today. If you're a man, step forward now!"
Xie Dongfeng glanced at Chen Lie and Gu Yang.
He didn't actually know who the so-called martial arts leader who was going to get engaged to his sweetheart was, but it was definitely one of the two people.
Chen Lie was filled with doubt. He exchanged a glance with Gu Yang, who said directly, "Are you an idiot? Just tell me who you want to talk to!"
Chen Lie immediately summoned a member of the Dongchuan Province Genius Group and said, "Go tell the guards outside who are maintaining order that there are people causing trouble here, and just kick them out."
After the member of the Dongchuan Province genius team responded with "Yes," he was about to go out to find more people when Xie Dongfeng blocked his way.
"Damn it, which of you two is trying to climb the social ladder by marrying into the Ruan family of Southern Jiangsu? You dare to do it but not admit it?"
Xie Dongfeng roared angrily.
Chen Lie was completely unaware of this and naturally did not respond, while Gu Yang looked at Chen Lie with a puzzled expression and a strange look on his face.
"One of you must be the person I'm looking for. Since neither of you admits it, then both of you come at me together."
The hatred of having one's wife stolen is irreconcilable. Today, the three of us will determine who is superior and who is inferior, and we will fight to the death!
The members of the Three Provinces Genius Group perked up instantly upon hearing the words "the hatred of having one's wife stolen".
He looked at Chen Lie and Gu Yang with a meaningful expression.
"Wait, it's not like I have a grudge against you for stealing your wife. If it's a proper sparring match, I can join, but please don't come looking for me to duel over something like this!"
Gu Yang waved his hand and stepped behind the crowd.
"Kid, it's you!"
Xie Dongfeng stared at Chen Lie with a look that seemed to want to devour him.
"This has nothing to do with me. Please make sure you understand what you're talking about before you come back!"
Chen Lie shook his head, his expression unchanged.
At that moment, a clear, cold voice rang out.
"Xie Dongfeng, are you out of your mind? What are you doing causing trouble at the Three Provinces Assembly's martial arts training base?"
Ruan Liusu arrived with her voice before she did, and she and Ruan Liuyun came to the front of the crowd.
Upon seeing the pretty young woman, Xie Dongfeng immediately said, "Liusu, look, I called out to everyone just now, but neither of these two dared to admit it."
Such a timid and cowardly person, how could she be a suitable match?
"Shut up!"
Ruan Liusu had only wanted to quietly see what her grandfather's old friend's grandson looked like, but now that Xie Dongfeng had revealed his identity, she was naturally annoyed.
Ruan Liuyun stepped forward and said, "Xie Dongfeng, you're really too ignorant of your place. The Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament is such a grand event, and you're here to cause trouble?"
"I just wanted to see if that person was someone Liusu could entrust with her affairs."
"Whether it's worth it or not is none of your business," Ruan Liuyun glared at Xie Dongfeng.
"Sister Yun, both of them just denied having any relationship with Liu Su, which shows that they are cowardly and afraid of taking responsibility."
You definitely know whether that person is from Dongchuan or Xichuan, so please tell me!
"Alright, Liusu and the other person are just talking amongst themselves, it's still a long way from being finalized."
The military competition among the three provinces is about to begin. It's perfectly normal that they don't want any unforeseen complications at this time.
"Since the matter is still far off, why did Liusu travel all this way here?"
Ruan Liusu glanced at Xie Dongfeng and said indifferently, "What's it to you?"
Immediately afterwards, Ruan Liusu said to Ruan Liuyun, "Sister, take Xie Dongfeng out first, don't let him cause trouble here."
"good!"
Ruan Liuyun nodded and asked Xie Dongfeng to leave, but Xie Dongfeng refused. So she promised that if Xie Dongfeng went out with her, she would tell him who Ruan Liusu had come to see that day. Only then did Xie Dongfeng leave with Ruan Liusu.
After Ruan Liuyun took Xie Dongfeng away, Ruan Liusu glanced at the group of geniuses from the three provinces.
Her gaze instantly fell upon the members wearing the Dongchuan Province Genius Team uniforms, and she saw Chen Lie at the very front.
"Are you Chen Lie?"
Ruan Liusu looked Chen Lie up and down.
She has a good temperament and looks alright, but I don't know how good she is at martial arts.
Chen Lie looked at Ruan Liusu and nodded.
"I am Ruan Liusu."
Chen Lie hummed in agreement and asked, "Is there something you need?"
Ruan Liusu quickly explained, "Chen Lie, please don't misunderstand. I came to Yunchuan just to relax because of the pressure of martial arts."
"What does this have to do with me?"
"What I mean is, it has nothing to do with you. I just came to Yunchuan to relax, not specifically to see you!"
Ruan Liusu's words filled Chen Lie with doubt. He couldn't remember when he had ever seen this person before.
"Alright, I won't disturb your martial arts competition anymore. Goodbye!"
After finishing her sentence, Ruan Liusu turned and left without waiting for Chen Lie's reply.
At this moment, Wei Ranran came up.
"Brother Chen Lie, who is this person?"
"I don't know either, it's so inexplicable!"
Chen Lie shook his head, not delving into the matter, and returned to his seat, closing his eyes to rest.
It was 9:30 a.m.
Zhang Qingqing from Yunnan Provincial Television stepped onto the stage.
"Hello everyone, the 7365th edition of the Galaxy Calendar, the Sichuan Three Provinces Martial Arts Competition, is officially starting."
Please look at the large screen above the arena; the opponents have been automatically matched by the computer.
On the large screen high up behind the battle arena, the names of the two teams began to flash.
First matchup: Yan Rumeng from Yunchuan Province vs. Zhao Jingchen from Dongchuan Province.
Second match: Chang Feiyang from Xichuan Province vs. Lu Qingying from Dongchuan Province.
"Please invite Yan Rumeng from Yunchuan Province and Zhao Jingchen from Dongchuan Province to step onto the fighting stage and compete in martial arts."
Chang Feiyang from Xichuan Province and Lu Qingying from Dongchuan Province, get ready.
The arena's loudspeaker announced the names of the two teams facing off, and then a countdown began.
Before long, Yan Rumeng from Yunchuan Province and Zhao Jingchen from Dongchuan Province stepped onto the battle stage.
On the fighting stage, Yan Rumeng and Zhao Jingchen stood opposite each other. After the announcement "The martial arts competition begins" was broadcast, the two rushed towards each other and began to fight.