Duel!
In the hall, everyone was stunned!
No one had expected this Ye Guan from South Province to be so arrogant!
Disagreeing and immediately challenging to a duel?
Lu Ke’s expression looked somewhat ugly. He had not expected Ye Guan to pull such a move directly!
Damn it!
Are you a reckless brute?
Always challenging to duels!
Actually, he had not intended to clash directly with Ye Guan. He just wanted an excuse to make Ye Guan and the others enemies of the crowd!
Because it was not only him, Lu Ke, who was dissatisfied. Everyone in the hall was dissatisfied!
Why should South Province sit in the second row?
Therefore, he decided to take the lead and incite public anger against South Province!
However, he had not expected Ye Guan to counter him like this!
This was equivalent to checkmating him!
And in the hall, everyone was watching him!
Dissatisfied?
Then duel!
Such a simple matter!
Luo Zhaoqi glanced at Ye Guan, a hint of curiosity in her eyes. Originally, South Province had no qualification to attend this welcome banquet, but she had suddenly received orders from above to invite South Province without fail, and moreover, to give them second-row seats!
Therefore, she was also very curious about Ye Guan and the others.
And now seeing Ye Guan being so direct, she could not help becoming even more curious.
At this moment, amid the crowd’s gazes, Ye Guan slowly walked up to Lu Ke. “You are dissatisfied, right? Duel! If you feel it is not stimulating enough, we can go to the life-and-death platform. One battle to decide life and death!”
Life-and-death platform!
Everyone looked at Ye Guan, all somewhat shocked!
Playing so big?
Lu Ke’s expression became extremely ugly.
The more arrogant Ye Guan was, the more uneasy he felt in his heart.
But at this moment, he was in a dilemma!
If he did not agree, where would he put his face in the future?
If he agreed, the opponent must have some trump card. Otherwise, he would not dare to be so arrogant!
What to do?
Lu Ke looked up at Luo Zhaoqi on the platform. At this time, only this chief of the Guanxuan Academy could step in to stop it!
Luo Zhaoqi smiled. “Lu Ke, if you agree, the Guanxuan Academy can provide the venue for free!”
Upon hearing this, Lu Ke’s expression immediately became ugly.
In the hall, everyone was watching Lu Ke!
Although they were also dissatisfied, they did not say it.
After a moment, Lu Ke suddenly smiled. “It was my recklessness! Since it is arranged by the Academy, naturally the Academy has its reasons…”
With that, he looked at Ye Guan and cupped his fists. “Sorry, I had no malicious intent. Please forgive me, Brother Ye!”
Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall looked at Lu Ke. There was no mockery, on the contrary, only admiration!
Able to yield and stand tall!
A man capable of great things!
Ye Guan glanced at Lu Ke, then said, “I forgive you! Do not make this kind of low-level mistake again next time! Be good!”
With that, he turned and walked back to his seat!
And Lu Ke’s expression immediately became as ugly as if his parents had died!
Everyone in the hall could not help chuckling.
After Ye Guan returned to his seat, Xiao Ge said solemnly, “This guy will definitely play dirty tricks later!”
Ye Guan said calmly, “No problem!”
Xiao Ge looked at Ye Guan and smiled. “Brother Ye, you are really confident, haha!”
Ye Guan shook his head with a smile. He had never thought himself invincible, because he knew there were people beyond people, mountains beyond mountains. One should still be humble!
However, his personality was just like this!
If you mess with me, I will hit you!
Whether I can beat you or not is another matter. In any case, he dared to hit!
If he could win, naturally good. If not, he did not feel it was shameful!
Not even daring to hit, that was shameful!
Life is already hard enough. Why suffer indignities?
At this moment, Luo Zhaoqi suddenly smiled. “Everyone, starting tomorrow, the Guanxuan Academy will open cultivation grounds for you all. Our Guanxuan Academy has thirty-six trial peaks, each with different trials. You can choose one type of trial to cultivate in. Of course, a small amount of gold crystals is required.”
Opening cultivation grounds!
Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall was extremely excited!
After coming to this Upper City, they had no place to cultivate, which had worried them greatly!
You see, there were nearly two months until the martial examination. For ordinary people, two months might mean nothing, but for these genius monsters, two months could allow them to do so much!
Moreover, these were cultivation grounds in the Upper Realm, incomparable to those in ordinary provinces!
Ye Guan was also somewhat happy. During this time, he had been worrying because the Xiao residence also lacked good cultivation rooms!
And now, with the Guanxuan Academy opening cultivation grounds, it was truly perfect!
Luo Zhaoqi continued, “There is also good news to tell everyone. The rewards for the top three in this martial examination have all been increased. Not only that, the first place winner will have a mysterious reward!”
Mysterious reward!
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately became interested!
Luo Zhaoqi glanced at the crowd and smiled. “Cultivate for twenty years, become famous throughout the world in one morning. This time, on behalf of the Guanxuan Academy, I wish all of you to achieve a good ranking in the martial examination, bring glory to yourselves, to your families, to your provinces!”
With that, music suddenly played in the hall.
Then, a group of attendants brought in plates of delicious delicacies.
In addition, as Luo Zhaoqi stepped down, a group of glamorous women suddenly walked onto the stage and began dancing gracefully…
Ye Guan shook his head with a smile. This Guanxuan Academy knew how to entertain!
At this time, some men in the hall began inviting women to dance.
Xiao Ge also ran out. He found a woman, invited her, and she did not refuse. Thus, the two began dancing!
At this moment, a man suddenly came before Nalan Jia. He gave a slight bow and smiled. “Young lady, may I…”
Nalan Jia shook her head, then looked at Ye Guan and smiled. “I am his fiancée!”
The man smiled. “Just a dance!”
Ye Guan suddenly said, “How about I dance with you!”
The man’s expression froze.
Ye Guan looked at the man. “Do not be so rigid about gender!”
The man glanced at Ye Guan, then turned and left.
Ye Guan looked at Nalan Jia. “Do you know how to dance?”
Nalan Jia shook her head.
Ye Guan smiled. “Then shall we go for a walk?”
Nalan Jia nodded. “Good!”
The two stood up. Just as they were about to leave, a man suddenly walked up to Mu Yunhan. He was about to speak when Mu Yunhan glanced at him. “Get lost!”
The man’s expression froze, then without any nonsense, he turned and left.
This was Qing Province!
Could not afford to provoke!
Not to mention him, actually even the Upper Realm could not provoke them. Even the Central Divine Continent had to give face to Qing Province!
Because that was the birthplace of the Human Sword Master!
Ye Guan and Nalan Jia exchanged a glance, then the two walked outside!
Lu Ke watched the two leaving in the distance, thinking unknown thoughts.
After coming outside, it was already dark, stars filling the sky, a bright moon hanging high.
The two slowly walked into the distance. A cool breeze blew, refreshing and comfortable.
Nalan Jia suddenly said, “That Zuo Fu is not simple!”
Ye Guan nodded. He had been paying attention to Zuo Fu earlier. This person had not looked at anyone the whole time, just focusing on eating his flatbread.
Seemed very aloof!
And often, such aloof people were very terrifying!
Nalan Jia continued, “That Mu Yunhan is a blade cultivator. Her entire aura is restrained. The blade contains powerful blade momentum. Though not unsheathed, it already gives a sense of oppression.”
With a pause, she added, “Very strong!”
Ye Guan nodded. “Indeed very strong!”
Nalan Jia went on, “That Ao Han might be a body cultivator. In the world, only body cultivators and sword cultivators are the most troublesome. Sword cultivators: one sword breaks ten thousand laws, combat power far exceeding peers. And body cultivators… if you cannot break their defence, they are even more terrifying than sword cultivators, forever undefeated!”
Ye Guan smiled but said nothing.
Nalan Jia added, “And Qing Province still has one person who has not appeared. That person’s strength, I guess, should be above those two.”
At this point, she looked at Ye Guan. “Do you still want to take first place?”
Ye Guan nodded.
Nalan Jia looked at Ye Guan without speaking.
Ye Guan smiled faintly. “If I do not compete, fine. But if I compete, I must compete for first! I never think myself invincible, but I also never think myself inferior to others!”
Nalan Jia looked at Ye Guan for a moment, then smiled beautifully. “I will compete with you!”
Ye Guan smiled. “Good!”
The two slowly walked into the distance!
At this moment, Ye Guan suddenly said, “Little Jia, I have always had a question. With your Holy Spirit Physique, is there really no obstacle in early cultivation?”
Nalan Jia nodded. “Yes!”
Ye Guan said solemnly, “So, you can improve however you want?”
Nalan Jia smiled. “It was like that before, but now, I have started suppressing my own realm!”
Ye Guan was puzzled. “Why?”
Nalan Jia said, “The cultivation method you gave me made me understand that a realm must be thorough. Otherwise, improving like this will lead to an unstable foundation in the end. For example, me and you. Before, my realm was higher than yours, but I have no confidence in defeating you!”
Ye Guan fell silent.
Nalan Jia said, “Must proceed step by step steadily!”
Ye Guan nodded. “Indeed! In our cultivation, we must proceed steadily. If we improve too fast, it is instead not good.”
Nalan Jia smiled. “This thanks to that cultivation method you gave me. Otherwise, I might still be immersed in the pleasure of improving realms, then unscrupulously raising my own realm. Although in the short term strength can greatly increase, in the long run, the drawbacks are too great!”
Ye Guan smiled. “Let us work hard together!”
Nalan Jia’s lips curved slightly. “Work hard together!”
Under the moonlight, the two just slowly walked into the distance, very quiet, very warm.
At this moment, Sun Xiong suddenly ran over quickly. “Ye Guan!”
Ye Guan and Nalan Jia stopped. Sun Xiong ran up to Ye Guan and said solemnly, “Hurry to the ritual hall. Xiao Ge is going to the life-and-death platform with that Lu Ke!”
Upon hearing this, Ye Guan was slightly stunned, then said, “Why?”
Sun Xiong’s expression looked somewhat ugly. “Lu Ke snatched his dance partner in front of Xiao Ge, and that woman chose to follow Lu Ke in front of Xiao Ge, even deliberately insulting him… damn it, this is obviously a trap, a trap set by that dog Lu Ke!”
Ye Guan said solemnly, “Have they gone to the life-and-death platform?”
Sun Xiong said, “They are about to go now!”
Ye Guan’s eyes narrowed slightly. “Let us go!”
With that, he walked into the distance!
Nalan Jia said nothing and directly followed.
When the three arrived at the ritual hall, Xiao Ge and Lu Ke were about to go to the life-and-death platform, and beside Lu Ke was the previous dance partner of Xiao Ge.
Lu Ke also smiled faintly. “Young Master Ye, we are going for a fair duel! You would not want to interfere…”
Ye Guan suddenly disappeared from the spot!
Lu Ke’s expression changed dramatically. He had not expected Ye Guan to attack directly. Caught off guard, he could only defend passively!
However, his speed was much slower than Ye Guan’s!
Slap!
Before the crowd could react, a crisp slap sound suddenly rang out in the hall. Then, Lu Ke flew several zhang away!
Everyone was stunned!
“Ye Guan!”
After Lu Ke got up, his expression was extremely ferocious.
Ye Guan glanced at Lu Ke. “No other meaning, just cannot stand the sight of you. If you are dissatisfied, hit me!”
Everyone: “……”
At this moment, the woman following Lu Ke suddenly said coldly, “Ye Guan, who do you think you are? This is the ritual hall. Attacking here is despising Miss Luo, despising the Guanxuan Academy. You…”
Before she finished, Nalan Jia suddenly disappeared from the spot, extremely fast!
Slap!
With a crisp slap sound resounding, that woman flew several zhang away.
Nalan Jia glanced at the flying woman. “No other meaning, just cannot stand the sight of you. If you are dissatisfied, hit me!”
Everyone: “……”
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