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    1Chapter 40


    Chapter 40 Huang Chang’s Challenge


    Long Chen raised his head to look and saw a powerful man standing atop the center of the martial arena and cupping his fist in all directions .


    He didn’t recognize this young man . But as soon as he had got on the stage, the crowd had cheered . It appeared he was somewhat famous .


    At this time, Long Chen noticed that even outside the za there were countless people . Back before thenterns were lit there had been an area reserved only for the nobility, but now it was open to everyone .


    There were no restrictions on status for the battle over the number one junior warrior . Looking at where the Empress Dowager was watching the battles, he noticed there were many more people over there as well . Amongst them was Manhuang Hou .


    Those people tended to be on the older side, but their bodies were still surging with strength . They were Blood Condensation cultivators and faint killing intent came from their bodies . They were clearly true experts .


    Long Chen was sizing those people up when another burst of cheering rang out . A man jumped up tens of meters and lightlynded on the martial arena, his figure appearing extremely at ease and confident .


    “So it’s Feng Yang!” Shi Feng was somewhat amazed when he saw that person .


    “What, do you know him?” asked Long Chen .


    “Yup, he’s the same age as me . He joined the army two years ago . At that time he was just at the third Heavenstage of Qi Condensation, but now he’s at the eighth Heavenstage . ”


    To jump five minor realms in just a short two years truly was shocking to people .


    “It’s not surprising . After joining the army, he must have gone through several missions and survived many life and death situations . This kind of speed is normal under those circumstances . ” Long Chen nodded .


    “This Feng Yang is really not bad . Although his cultivation base isn’t high, that trace of killing intent on his body isn’t something those people who grew up coddled can handle . ”


    While Long Chen and Shi Feng were talking, Feng Yang had already took action and it truly was just as Long Chen said it would be .


    Although the person who hade up ahead of him looked strong and had a simr cultivation base to Feng Yang, his truebat ability was a far cry from Feng Yang’s, and he was defeated in less than ten exchanges .


    “On the martial path, just having a higher cultivation base doesn’t mean you have a higherbat ability . Sometimes just an unstoppable attitude will make the opponent afraid of you and lose confidence . This will lead to their battle strength going down . That’s why the further you walk along the martial path, the more you require a strong martial heart . This will allow you to ovee your obstacles and be undaunted by setbacks . ” Long Chen patted Shi Feng’s shoulder .


    “I know . I can die, but I cannot surrender . ” Shi Feng nodded .


    Long Chen smiled . Shi Feng’s talent was limited and his cultivation path would be rough . But if he kept a steadfast heart, he really might be able to pull off a miracle one day .


    Feng Yang consecutively beat three strong opponents before finally ending up exhausted . In the end he was sent flying by someone and had no choice but to concede .


    “I’m going up now . ”


    “Oh, this early? Are you going to be able to handle it?” Long Chen was a bit bbergasted .


    “I consider this contest a kind of training for myself . The results aren’t important . Instead I need to firm my martial heart,” smiled Shi Feng .


    “Nice brother Shi . We’ll all be rooting for you from here!” Fatty Yu was especially excited and the rest of them all wanted to see Shi Feng win .


    “You got this!” Long Chen patted his shoulders .


    “Shi Feng hase to ask advice!”


    Following Shi Feng’s shout, it was like thunder had pped through the za and the entire crowd emitted a huge cheer . Obviously Shi Feng was pretty famous within the younger generation of the capital .


    Fatty Yu and the others’ yells were drowned out by a flood of cheering . It was so loud that they couldn’t even hear their own voices . They looked at each other in dismay and awkwardness .


    Shi Feng’s face was dark and reserved . As he stood atop the stage, he gave people a sensation of being arge mountain that no man could shake .


    He was fighting a ninth Heavenstage Qi Condensation expert, but when that person saw Shi Feng, he immediately turned into a statue .


    “Come at me; I’ll only use the power of the ninth Heavenstage of Qi Condensation . ” Shi Feng smiled slightly .


    That person naturally couldn’t help bing angry at that provocation . Everyone was watching them, which put him on the spot .


    “Hmph, who asked for your help!”


    That person stamped on the ground and a punch came smashing towards Shi Feng . But Shi Feng didn’t even deign to look at it .


    “Isn’t this Shi Feng too arrogant?”


    Just as people thought Shi Feng had a huge ego, that person suddenly sent out a second punch towards his lower abdomen; the first one had actually been just a feint .


    Arge palm met that punch . Shi Feng grabbed onto that person’s fist and started to apply some force .


    “Time for you to go . ”


    That person let out a startled cry as his body flew a dozen meters through the air . Eventually he fell t on his face .


    Afternding, he spit out some dirt and cursed a couple times . He turned to leave, deciding to not even look at the rest of the battles .


    “Brother Shi is formidable!”


    Fatty Yu and the others took advantage of this time and shouted out this slogan . Following their shout, the crowd loudly cheered .


    These cheers contained countless young maidens’ cries as well . Long Chen smiled; no wonder so many people wanted to go up to fight . This was the best way for men to attract women .


    Suddenly Long Chen sensed a gazeing at him from the seats above . Looking up, he saw that Chu Yao was staring at him .


    He smiled and winked at her, causing her to immediately turn red and quickly lower her head . But joy filled her eyes .


    But neither Long Chen nor Chu Yao noticed that these small movements of theirs had been noticed by another person .


    Xia Changfeng’s face was ashen, and he suddenly whispered to a person beside him, “How was your scouting? Did you find his bottom line?”


    “Your servant tested him . His cultivation base is extremely strange and his true level could not be found . However in terms ofbat ability, he does not surpass early Blood Condensation,” whispered that person .


    If Long Chen were there, he would have immediately recognized this person’s voice as being the person who had fake attempted to assassinate him .


    “Hmph, that’s good . Huang Chang, you must kill him today . Do your best not to disclose too much hidden strength,” coldly ordered Xia Changfeng .


    This Huang Chang was one of his bodyguards, the man with the scar on his face . Huang Chang cruelly smiled, “Don’t worry master; he definitely won’t survive the night . ”


    Bang!


    It went without saying that Shi Feng who had reached the Blood Condensation realm was unstoppable . He defeated eighteen people in a row, filling the crowd with excitement .


    Thest two people were also Blood Condensation experts, but in terms ofbat strength, they were quite a bit weaker than him .


    After all, Shi Feng had received Long Chen’s assistance when breaking through to Blood Condensation, so his foundation was much firmer than the others, giving him a great advantage .


    After defeating thest Blood Condensation expert, Shi Feng shouted out three times, but no one further came up .


    ording to the rules of the battle, the title of the Phoenix Cry’s number one junior warrior had alreadynded within Shi Feng’sp .


    Under the enthusiastic cries of the entire crowd, Shi Feng walked over to the Empress Dowager and kneeled . The Empress Dowager bestowed upon him a jade medal and gave him a few encouraging words .


    When he returned back down to the martial stage, the crowd became even more impassioned, and countless maidens surged over there, throwing flower loops over to Shi Feng’s neck .


    Each of those flower loops had been personally made by those maidens . It was a token for men they admired . If that man picked it up, then it meant the man epted the maiden’s heart .


    Each flower loop had the maiden’s name sewn onto it, so the man could easily figure out whose it was . The stronger a man was within the Phoenix Cry Empire, the more wives and concubines he would have . So a great deal of maidens would prefer to marry a man who had many wives rather than be the first wife of a mediocre man .


    When Shi Feng returned, his body was covered with flower loops and only his head could be seen . He could barely see where he was going .


    “Haha, congrattions Shi Feng!” Long Chen couldn’t helpughing at thatical sight .


    “This time you’ve struck rich Shi Feng!” Shou Hou was filled with admiration .


    “Hmph, what riches . Shi Feng isn’t some peddler . But brother Shi, make sure to get your affairs in order when you go back . No matter what, you have to pick a couple good wives,”ughed Fatty Yu .


    By giving those flower loops to him, those maidens had all expressed their willingness to marry him . As long as he assented and he gave them a betrothal gift, they could immediately proceed to the wedding . It was extremely convenient .


    Shi Feng turned red and said, “I was only able to do this because of Long Chen’s assistance . How about we split these flower rings between us?”


    Everyone choked when they heard that . Only Shi Feng would think of trying to divvy up such a thing .


    Seeing everyoneugh, Shi Feng also realized what he had said . He yed dumb, causing people tough even harder .


    Normally this would signify the end of thentern festival, but just as people were preparing to leave, Xia Changfeng suddenlyughed:


    “That battle just now truly was marvelous . But I still feel as if we haven’t had our fill yet . I have a proposal, but I don’t know whether it’s appropriate . ”


    The Empress Dowager frowned slightly . Too many things had urred today, and she didn’t want new ones . But Xia Changfeng was a guest, so the Empress Dowager could not easily contradict him . “You can say what you want prince Xia . ”


    “In order to add more fun, I’ll also send a youngster from my side to exchange blows with your Phoenix Cry’s top talent . Let’spare and see which is stronger,”ughed Xia Changfeng .


    Before the Empress Dowager could say anything, Wei Cang interrupted, “The Grand Xia and the Phoenix Cry Empire are like a family and it’s just a friendlypetition . I doubt the Empress Dowager would refuse . ”


    The Empress Dowager only sighed in anger . They were clearly using their words to trap her . If she didn’t agree, that would offend Wei Cang .


    “Then we’ll listen to grandmaster so we can see the grace of the Grand Xia’s men . But I still don’t know who is going on to the stage?”


    “Huang Chang, you go . Remember to go easy and not ruin our friendship . ” Xia Changfeng waved his hand .


    “Yes . ”


    Huang Chang stepped lightly on the ground and he shot through the air like a huge bird, gentlynding on the stage .


    “Grand Xia’s Huang Chang inviting any Phoenix Cry geniuses to exchange pointers . ” Huang Chang cupped his hands .


    “Is this a mistake? You already look so old, yet you act like a youth? Isn’t your skin a bit too thick?” Long Chen fed some words to Shou Hou who shouted them out .


    Huang Chang smiled . “I’m only neen this year . I have official documents that confirm this, and everyone from the Grand Xia knows this . ”


    The crowd rxed at his words . Some people simply did age a bit faster .


    “Young master Long, I’ve heard rumors of your strength since arriving at the capital . I truly admire you . Do I have the qualifications to swap pointers with young master?” Huang Chang cupped his hands towards Long Chen .


    Everyone’s gaze lit up at his words, and the crowd immediately began to cheer .


    “Long Chen!”


    “Long Chen!”


    “Long Chen!”


    Their shouts were surging waves thatpletely impassioned everyone’s blood and countless fervent ncesnded on Long Chen .


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