Chapter Thirty-Eight: Fighting for a Spot

  "Qin Shou, you want a martial artist of the Extreme Realm to fight against one of the Earthly Realm, is that not shameful?" said Shangguan Jinghong in a low voice.

  Qin Shou glanced at Shangguan Jinghong, then looked back at him with a strong gaze. He jumped up and down several times, his peach blossom eyes filled with curiosity, and even his face was full of anxiety.

  "What are you looking at? Is there something good-looking behind me?" Looking at Qin Shou's movements, the face of Shangguan Jinghong gradually darkened.

  "You've hit a small one and now an old one has come. I don't know if there's an even older one standing behind you." Qin Shou called out in a gloomy and eerie tone.

  "Haha……" Wei Wu Wang and Wu Chong Xiao burst out laughing, while the other officials struggled to hold back their smiles. Shang Guan Xing, as the Left General of the Fei Yu Dynasty, was not someone who could be easily offended.

  "Well said, you little rascal, you're to my taste. If Shangguan Xinghong wants to kill you to silence you, I'll definitely protect you!" Wu Chongxiao burst out laughing and ridiculed Shangguan Xinghong with his big, copper-bell-like eyes.

  Shangguan Xinghong's face turned gloomy as he stared at Qin Shou, his eyes blazing with fury. "Very well, Qin Shou, you're very good. I won't deal with you now. Once we arrive at Zhenwu Gate, you'll know the consequences of offending the Shangguan family."

  Qin Shou was perplexed, did Upper Official Xing Hong still have any authority in the Zhen Wu Men? Not to mention that it was almost impossible, even if it were true, what would it have to do with him? He wouldn't care about it anyway. The Upper Official's family had wronged Xiao Yu so badly, he had long since lost his temper.

  "The five places initially set by the Emperor are Li Ruolan, Qin Shou, Xiang Tianlang, Li Wei, and Shangguan Jiansheng. If you don't accept it, you can challenge them." Wuwu Wang walked out and said to the remaining people.

  In the arena, apart from these five people, there were only four others left: Lu Zhantou, Wang Yifan, Wu Ziming, and Zhang Dou. As for Shangguan Yu, most people had already thought he was dead. The strength of these four was at the Earth Soldier boundary, wanting to challenge Qin Shou and Li Ruolan would be completely impossible. As for Xiang Tianlang, it seemed that he should be at the Heaven Soldier boundary, and the four also didn't have any chance at all.

  The four of them could only focus on Shangguan Jiancheng and Li Wei, these two were just ordinary soldiers, but they still had a chance. Wu Ziming directly recognized Shangguan Jiancheng, although he didn't know who was stronger between Shangguan Jiancheng and Li Wei, but he also had no choice. Wu Chongshuang had ordered him to defeat Shangguan Jiancheng when he was at home, how could he dare disobey his father's command?

  "Shangguan Jiancheng, you didn't dare to compete with Qin Shou, do you dare to compete with me?" Wu Ziming walked up to Shangguan Jiancheng's side, the special training Wu Chongxiang had given him over the past few days had greatly increased his confidence.

  "Hmph, what's there to be afraid of? I'm not going to be intimidated by you!" Shang Guan Jian Cheng had long been unable to hold back, he wasn't afraid of Shang Qin Shou, but Wu Zi Ming was a different story.

  "Oh......" Wu Ziming deliberately dragged out a very long tone, "So you're actually afraid of Qin Shou!"

  "You! I let you talk nonsense!" Shangguan Jiancheng rushed over and started fighting with Wuzi Ming.

  On the other hand, Wang Yifan and Zhang Dou looked at each other in dismay. Wang Yifan had no background to speak of, and winning would only bring trouble, not benefits. Zhang Dou was too weak, as evidenced by his being eliminated first. Only Lu Zhantou had some confidence, although his background couldn't compare to Li Wei's, but the mighty King Wu couldn't casually eliminate the Lu family either.

  "Li Wei, dare you fight me?" Lu Zhan Tu stepped forward and shouted loudly.

  "What's there to be afraid of? Come on!" Li Wei didn't have any extra nonsense either, and the two stood together.

  Emperor Li Fei sat on the dragon throne, looking down at the four people fighting. Another person sitting in the field was Zhi Jue Wang, and everyone else was also used to it. The ministers watched with relish, as it was rare to see such a fight in the imperial palace. The realm of the four young men was not high, but they could see their father's shadow. The martial arts moves of these children were all taught by their fathers, and careful observers would naturally get what they wanted.

  "Wu Ziming, aren't you supposed to be very fierce? How come your kung fu is so poor?" Shangguan Jiancheng's triumphant voice rang out. For the past few days, Shangguan Xinghong had been training him intensively.

  "It's over, unity of heaven and earth!" Shangguan Jiancheng's voice rang out again, but Wuzi Ming was knocked to the ground.

  The battle on the other side also ended quickly, and Lu Zhantuo was no match for Li Wei. From start to finish, Lu Zhantuo was suppressed by Li Wei, and at this time everyone discovered that Li Wei had unknowingly broken through to the Tianbing realm.

  Take another look at Weiwu Wang, no wonder he has a confident appearance, it turns out that his son had already broken through to the Tianbing realm. It makes sense, how could a Tianbing realm warrior be afraid of challenges from other Diying realm warriors? Such an existence with reverse heavenly combat power seems to have not appeared in the Feiyu Wang Dynasty yet.

  "Wu Chongxiao, have you seen? How can your Wu family compare to my Shangguan family?" Shangguan Jinghong saw the victory of Shangguan Jiancheng and couldn't help but mock Wu Chongxiao. "Your Wu family's goods are not only brainless, but also far inferior to my Shangguan family in terms of martial arts!"

  "You! What can be seen on the child's body? If you have the ability, let's fight and see how it goes?" Wu Chong was furious, his face red and his neck thick, glaring fiercely at Wu Ziming. Wu Ziming understood that his father's glare meant he would be in for a good scolding when they got home.

  "Stop arguing, does the emperor not exist?" Li Fei said quietly, but his voice was full of majesty. Wu Chong and Shangguan Jinghong were shocked to the point of almost falling over, they also knew that Emperor Li Fei was just giving them a warning.

  "Your Majesty, I don't know if my son Shangguan Jiancheng is qualified to get that quota?" Shangguan Xinghong glanced at Wu Chongxiao with a slanted eye, the meaning of which was self-evident.

  "Your Majesty, there is still one person who has not arrived yet. If Shangguan Jiancheng wants to get this quota, he may have to fight another round." Zhi Jue Wang stood up, and everyone's eyes focused on him.

  "Is the King of Wisdom talking about Shangguan Yu? Isn't it said that he's already dead in the mountains?" Li Fei also had some impression of Shangguan Yu. Moreover, his daughter Li Ruolan had been pestering him for days, wasn't she trying to avenge Shangguan Yu? If Shangguan Yu wasn't dead, what was Li Ruolan making a fuss about?

  "That's just a rumor, once the official finishes building the city and takes a rest, Official Yu can take the stage. At this moment, he is standing outside the palace, and as soon as the emperor summons him, it will be done." Zhuge Yuan continued to speak slowly and calmly, as if nothing could make him flustered.

  "Alright, bring in Upper Officer Uo for me."

  Qin Shou looked out eagerly, knowing that Shangguan Yu hadn't died, but he hadn't expected to meet him so soon. Li Ruolan also looked out expectantly, still having a certain good impression of Shangguan Yu.

  Shangguan Hong was surprised, but he didn't lose his composure. He had also suspected that Shangguan Yu wasn't dead, but there was no evidence. To him, whether this useless Shangguan Yu was dead or not made little difference; at most, he would just have to kill him again.

  Wu Ziming was also shocked, Shangguan Yu was killed in front of him, how could he still be alive? And the one who had the same idea as him was Shangguan Jiancheng. The two of them were the ones who most wanted Shangguan Yu to die.

  As for Lu Zhan and others, they were at most a little surprised, but there was no special reaction. What does it have to do with them whether Shangguan Yu is dead or not?

  But what the various ministers were interested in was why Zhi Jue Wang would stick his neck out for Shang Guan Yu. Did Shang Guan Yu and Zhi Jue Wang have some kind of relationship? If that was the case, then they should consider how to treat Shang Guan Yu. In the Fei Yu dynasty, who didn't know about Zhi Jue Wang's special status? Even now, only the Emperor and Zhi Jue Wang were seated, while everyone else stood.

  Shangguan Yu finally appeared in everyone's line of sight, still with the same appearance. He naturally also saw everyone and smiled at Qin Shou and Li Ruolan. He didn't bother with the current emperor, but instead walked towards Qin Shou. Qin Shou directly rushed over to give him a hug, and both were extremely delighted to see each other again.

  "Xiao Yu, I've eaten your Lingguo fruit, what are you going to do?" Qin Shou said to Shangguan Yu with a shameful expression.

  Shangguan Yu shook his head and said in a low voice, "I'll tell you some good news. I can already cultivate martial arts, and the Tongling fruit is no longer useful to me."

  "Really? Xiao Yu, that's great! We'll enter the Zhen Wu Gate together and be good brothers for life!" Qin Shou suppressed his excitement and patted Ou Yang Feng heavily on the back.

  "How dare you, the Emperor is here, yet you're so careless. You only care about talking to Qin Shou, do you even consider the Emperor? Quickly kneel down for the Emperor!" Shangguan Jinghong pointed at Shangguan Yu and shouted.

  "The emperor hasn't even spoken, what are you shouting about? Do you think you're the emperor yourself?" Shangguan Yu had long since let go, ever since he knew the cause and effect of things. He no longer had any feelings for Shangguan Jinghong. The Shangguan family owed his imperial family, but his imperial family didn't owe the Shangguan family anything.

  "Alright, alright, stop arguing. I'm fed up with all of you today. General Li is also at fault, what's the point of quarreling with a young man?" As Emperor Li Fei, he had known Shangguan Yinghong for many years and naturally understood him well. However, in order to maintain balance in the imperial court, he could only continue to indulge Shangguan Yinghong.

  One hour later.

  Shangguan Jian walked out of the city, after resting for so long he had already recovered to his peak state. The current situation was different from before, and he was much more formidable than during the previous martial arts competition. Moreover, if it wasn't for his impatience and desire for quick success last time, he wouldn't have lost. He suddenly realized that Shangguan Yu not being dead wasn't such a bad thing after all, at least now he could humiliate Shangguan Yu in front of everyone. If Shangguan Yu had died, where would this opportunity come from?

  "Trash, dare you fight me?" Shangguan Jiancheng shouted confidently, he couldn't wait to trample Shangguan Yu.

  Shangguan Yu walked away with a calm and confident expression, "A defeated general has nothing to be arrogant about. If you want to fight, then let's fight!"