#2917 - Martial Arts Showdown
“Emissaries of the Three Kingdoms, our Great Liang's Anping Princess has won the first round of符阵 (Fuzhen) competition.
I, the Emperor, deeply regret the death of Grand Zhen's Fuzhen Master Guan Cihu, but the competition has not yet ended and must continue.
For the next second round, I wonder which country, Great Yan or Northern Mang, will send their Fu Master?”
The Liang Emperor was in a great mood, as the Fuzhen Master of Great Zhen had died.
That was Guan Cihu, who had been a huge hidden danger.
Otherwise, with Guan Cihu's abilities, he would have greatly enhanced the combat capabilities of the Great Zhen army.
Hearing the Liang Emperor's words, the envoys of the Three Kingdoms looked grim.
Great Yan and Northern Mang were even more silent.
The envoys of both countries simultaneously looked at the Fuzhen Masters beside them.
Could they still let their Fuzhen Masters go on stage?
That would be purely courting death. Guan Cihu had died inside after only two hours.
Under such circumstances, they were unwilling to let their Fuzhen Masters go on stage, as they had brought the strongest Fuzhen Masters of their respective dynasties.
The status of Fuzhen Masters was very high. Under such circumstances, even princes would not dare to continue to send them on stage.
If the Fuzhen Masters disagreed, the princes would not have the power to order them, as these were existences that even the Emperor had to respect.
There was no other way, the army had to rely on Fuzhen Masters.
“Great Yan, Northern Mang, who will participate in the second round of the Fuzhen competition?”
Qin Keqing's gaze swept over the Great Yan and Northern Mang delegations.
The people from the Northern Mang and Great Yan delegations clenched their fists, furious.
Arrogant, too arrogant!
“This Princess's formation can fight three rounds, you can come as you please.
If one person is not confident and dares not come on stage, it doesn't matter, but this Princess doesn't mind if the Fuzhen Masters of both countries come on stage together.
My Great Liang is strong, and as the strongest dynasty among the four countries, it naturally has the demeanor of a great power.”
“Princess Anping, don't go too far!”
The Northern Mang envoy's face was extremely ugly, as the other party's words were becoming more and more arrogant.
Knowing that they would not send anyone on stage, she deliberately said that she would allow the Fuzhen Masters of both countries to come on together.
This was a blatant humiliation!
“What do you mean by that, Envoy?
Today's competition was initiated by you three countries, and my Great Liang is only responding to the challenge.
Now, the Fu Dao competition has only been held for one round out of three, and there are still two rounds left.
You have been slow to act. Shouldn't this Princess ask you?
This Princess is promoting the demeanor of our great power, and specially allows the Fuzhen Masters of your two countries to come together, allowing you to take advantage of a two-on-one situation, yet you say that this Princess is going too far?”
“You…”
The envoys of Great Yan and Northern Mang felt extremely frustrated in the face of Qin Keqing's airtight and irrefutable words.
“Your Majesty, Emperor Liang, we are superficial in the way of Fuzhen, and we do not know that Great Liang is a land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers.
Now that we have witnessed the way of Fuzhen in Great Liang, we deeply feel that we are no match. Our Fuzhen Masters still have much to learn, so we admit defeat and there is no need to compete…”
The envoys of Great Yan and Northern Mang struggled for a long time, and after secretly obtaining the consent of the Fuzhen Masters, they opened their mouths to admit defeat to Emperor Liang.
Hua!
The people around the square suddenly boiled over, with a burst of uproar.
Instantly, discussions arose, and it was very noisy.
The content of the people's discussions was nothing more than how cowardly the Fuzhen Masters of Great Yan and Northern Mang were, and that they did not even dare to go on stage, and were so frightened that their legs were weak, and were really unbearable.
The envoys and Fuzhen Masters of Great Yan and Northern Mang trembled all over when they heard this, and were almost blown away.
It was too humiliating, their faces were burning hot, as if they had been slapped a few times.
These lowly people of the Great Liang Imperial City were too hateful!
They clearly knew how terrifying Princess Anping's Fuzhen was, and could foresee that their two countries' Fuzhen Masters would no longer go on stage to compete, which was tantamount to sending them to their deaths.
However, even though the people of Great Liang knew this very well and had expected it, they still deliberately made an uproar, using this method to severely attack and humiliate them, which was extremely hateful!
“Since you, Great Yan and Northern Mang, have admitted defeat, then the Fu Dao competition will end here.”
Emperor Liang was unwilling, but there was no way, he couldn't force their Fu Masters to go on stage, right?
Great Yan and Northern Mang had already made a decision, and it was impossible to change it no matter what.
After all, everyone knew what Fuzhen Masters meant, and it was impossible to let their own Fuzhen Masters come up and sacrifice their lives for nothing.
“Now that the Fuzhen competition is over, let's proceed to the second round of martial arts duels.
Do you three countries have any detailed rules to say?”
“Of course!”
The Great Zhen envoy knew that Emperor Liang was reminding himself.
Emperor Liang should have guessed that Yuan Chu might have martial arts treasures on him.
The Great Zhen envoy said: “Since it is a martial arts competition, the purpose is for our three countries and Great Liang to verify martial arts.
Therefore, whether it is the person we send or the person you send from Great Liang, they must only rely on their own strength to duel, and must not use external force, and must not use anything like secret treasures and immortal Dao magic weapons.
In order to ensure the fairness of the duel, only the younger generation can come on stage to duel.
Our three countries will each send one person to participate in three competitions, and your Great Liang will do the same.
Your Majesty, Emperor Liang, do you have any objections to this rule?”
“This rule is very fair, and I naturally have no objections.”
Emperor Liang nodded, indicating his agreement.
“The rules are not a problem, but they are not complete, and there are still details that need to be added.”
Qin Keqing spoke at Jun Wuxie's signal.
“Princess Anping, what do you want to say? Tell the envoys of the Three Kingdoms.
It is necessary to set the rules in advance before the duel.”
Emperor Liang said, looking at the envoys of the Three Kingdoms.
“What this Princess wants to say is that the rules should include the stipulation of whether to fight a full match.
It is known that my Great Liang has won three consecutive matches in the Fuzhen competition.
In the martial arts duel, as long as my Great Liang wins one more match, it means that the outcome of the competition between my Great Liang and your three countries has been decided.
If we win the first match in this martial arts duel, will it end here, and the remaining two matches will not be held, or will you continue to send people on stage to compete with us until all three matches are played?”
“Since it is a martial arts duel, of course all three matches will be played, and no surrender is allowed.
After all, our four countries are all cultivating dynasties, and we establish our countries with martial arts, so we cannot lose our integrity in martial arts.
Princess Anping, what do you think?”
The Northern Mang envoy stared straight ahead.
What a joke, how could they allow surrender?
Not to mention anything else, just Princess Anping and Yuan Chu are two people, and it will take at least two matches to deal with them.
If only one match is fought, and surrender is allowed in the last two matches.
Then, if the martial arts duel ends, no matter who comes from Prince Qin's mansion, if they directly surrender afterwards, wouldn't there be no chance to kill Yuan Chu or Princess Anping?
Having suffered a great loss in the Fuzhen competition, they must take it back several times in the martial arts duel!
“This Princess thinks that what the Northern Mang envoy said is reasonable. Since we establish our country with martial arts, we must not lose our martial arts integrity. How can we surrender? We must fight all three matches.”
Qin Keqing said here, turned to look at Emperor Liang, “Your Majesty, what do you think?”
“The Princess is a meritorious minister of my Great Liang today. I am very pleased, and I naturally support the Princess.
Since the Princess and the Northern Mang envoy both think that all three matches must be played and no surrender is allowed, I will certainly agree.
I wonder what the envoys of Great Zhen and Great Yan think?”
The envoys of Great Zhen and Great Yan both sneered inwardly. This Qin Keqing is really courting death.
Who gave her the courage, Yuan Chu?
She actually dared to agree to fight all three matches without allowing surrender.
This time, what they are here for is to kill the target in the martial arts duel.
Therefore, they have made full preparations for the martial arts duel.
The princes of their three countries are all the strongest kings of geniuses in their respective dynasties.
However, outsiders do not know how strong they are, and they have never publicly demonstrated their strength in these years.
The world only knows that the three princes have broken through to the Creation Realm, but they do not know how terrifying their strength is.
Yuan Chu used to be just a casual cultivator, how long has it been since he became a direct disciple of Jinyun?
Even if he has peerless celestial beauty and powerful secret techniques, without using secret treasures and immortal artifacts, it is absolutely impossible for him to be a match for the three princes.
“Since this is the case, for the martial arts duel, I, Great Liang, am choosing people. I wonder if you ministers have any candidates?”
Emperor Liang pretended to be.
“Your Majesty, I believe that the candidates must be from Prince Qin's Mansion.
The dynasty knows that Prince Qin is the God of War and the strongest person in my Great Liang.
The reason why Prince Qin has so many strong people under his command is one of the reasons why he can guard the border and protect my Great Liang's mountains and rivers.
Prince Qin is so brave, and the people of Prince Qin's Mansion must also be so.
I believe that Princess Anping, who mainly cultivates martial arts, has amazing talent and must not be weaker than the kings of geniuses of the Three Kingdoms.
The Princess only uses her spare time to cultivate the way of Fu, and she can make Guan Cihu, who is half-step into the Fifth Realm, die in the formation. In martial arts, the Princess is probably even more amazing.
Therefore, Princess Anping is one of the best candidates to duel with the Three Kingdoms in martial arts.”
“Well, what the Prime Minister said is not without reason.”
Emperor Liang nodded, expressing his approval.
“We agree, Princess Anping is the best candidate!”
All the ministers agreed.
“Princess, all the ministers strongly recommend you, what do you think?
Of course, if the Princess is not confident that she can defeat the kings of geniuses of the Three Kingdoms, I will never force her.”
“Your Majesty, this subject will not give way and is willing to be a member of the martial arts duel.”
“Very good, the Princess is worthy of being the daughter of Prince Qin, a woman does not give way to men!
For the remaining two people, I wonder if the Princess has any recommended candidates.”
“Your Majesty, for the remaining two people, this subject recommends Yuan Chu and Qin Yu.”
“Oh? The candidates recommended by the Princess are very good. Young Master Yuan Chu is a direct disciple of Jinyun and has peerless beauty. He must be amazingly talented. Qin Yu is in the Creation Realm and has no weak talent. He can still fight.”
Emperor Liang was very satisfied.
“Your Majesty, this subject has a memorial!”
A white-haired minister stepped forward.
"Prime Minister, what do you have to report?"
"Your Majesty, I submit that recommending Yuan Chu, the Anping Princess' choice, is inappropriate!
Today's competition concerns our Great Liang and the Three Kingdoms. Young Master Yuan Chu is a direct disciple of the Southwest and Jinyun Sect, and not a person of Great Liang.
Although Young Master Yuan Chu has a friendship with Prince Qin's Mansion, it is merely a friendship, insufficient to support his standing to fight for Great Liang!"
Upon hearing this, the Liang Emperor revealed a hint of difficulty on his face, showing no other emotion, but inwardly he wanted to kick the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet flying.
The envoys from the Three Kingdoms had no objections, and he himself had agreed. Yet the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet dared to stand out and object, the scoundrel!
As the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, he couldn't even see through the thoughts of this Emperor!
"Grand Secretary, you are mistaken. Who says Yuan Chu cannot compete for Great Liang?
The Grand Secretary merely feels that his identity is unrelated to Great Liang.
But I, the Princess, must tell everyone present that Yuan Chu is the betrothed husband of Qin Keqing.
I, Qin Keqing, have long been engaged to Yuan Chu.
Grand Secretary, tell me, can Yuan Chu compete?"
"What?"
For a moment, the entire audience was shocked, staring in astonishment at Qin Keqing and Yuan Chu.
When did the Anping Princess become engaged to Yuan Chu?
There hadn't been a single word of this before.
No wonder Yuan Chu suddenly came to Great Liang to help Prince Qin's Mansion, so that's how it is!
"Princess, are you joking?"
The muscles on the Grand Secretary's face twitched a few times.
His objection to Jun Wuxie's participation was not out of goodwill, but because he felt that he had joined Jinyun Sect for too short a time, and his cultivation level was still low.
If something unfortunate were to happen during the duel, Great Liang might be implicated.
He also knew the Liang Emperor's intentions, wanting to use a borrowed knife to kill.
But the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet did not approve of doing so, it was too dangerous.
"Grand Secretary, do you think I, the Princess, am joking?
Which woman would joke about her own reputation!"
"Princess, can you prove it? Is there a marriage contract that you can show..."
"What qualifications do you have?"
Before the Grand Secretary could finish speaking, Jun Wuxie interrupted him, "My identity, whether my Princess is my fiancée, needs to be proven to you?
Have you considered your own identity, do you even know what you are saying?"
"Grand Secretary, our Three Kingdoms delegation believes the Princess' words.
Yuan Chu is indeed qualified to participate in the duel, Grand Secretary, please stop being unreasonable."
"Prime Minister, step down!"
The Liang Emperor said coldly, "How do you want the Princess to prove it? Are you out of your mind to say such a thing?
I trust the Princess and believe that Yuan Chu is her fiancé, there is no need to argue about this.
Now that the candidates have been decided, the martial arts competition can begin."
"Your Majesty!"
The Grand Secretary of the Cabinet was still unwilling to give up.
"Silence!" The Liang Emperor's eyes turned cold, "Are my words no longer effective?"
"No, this minister dares not, this minister does not mean that, but..."
"Since that is not the case, then please watch the battle quietly, Grand Secretary, and do not say any more!"
The Liang Emperor gave the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet a warning with his eyes.
The Grand Secretary of the Cabinet sighed inwardly, it seemed that nothing could be changed, so he stopped speaking.
"For the first martial arts duel, who among you three will come forward?"
The envoy of Great Zhen looked towards Qin Keqing and Jun Wuxie.
The Great Zhen Crown Prince beside him had extremely cold eyes, already eager to move, with killing intent barely suppressed.
At this moment, his heart was beating fast, uncontrollably excited.
He had been suppressed for too long, reaping humiliation and suffering unimaginable heavy losses.
Now, it was finally time to make the other party pay back several times over!
"The first match..."
"Keqing, come back."
Jun Wuxie interrupted Qin Keqing's words.
Qin Keqing had already announced in public that he was her fiancé, so Jun Wuxie would no longer address her as Princess in public, otherwise, it would be inappropriate.
Qin Keqing nodded and sat down beside him.
At this time, Jun Wuxie put down the teacup in his hand, stood up, and walked towards the duel arena.
"For the martial arts duel, I will face the king of the geniuses from the Three Kingdoms in the first match.
If I win the first match, I will continue to the second match, without withdrawing midway, until I am defeated, or the three matches are over."
"Hahaha! Young Master Yuan Chu is indeed worthy of being a direct disciple of the top Dao lineage Jinyun Immortal Sect, I admire this confidence!
Since Young Master Yuan Chu is so confident, coincidentally, I am also confident, perhaps even more confident than Young Master Yuan Chu, and also want to test how capable the direct disciple of the Jinyun Supreme Elder is!
The Great Zhen Crown Prince, who had been holding back for a long time, walked towards the duel arena, his eyes sharp as knives, his pupils contracting with cold light like sword energy, "I only hope that Young Master Yuan Chu will not disappoint me.
I have long heard that you, Young Master Yuan Chu, have peerless immortal talent, being of the sixteenth grade.
But I believe that the grade of immortal talent is not the only standard for measuring strength.
Therefore, today I will suppress you, making you, the direct disciple of Jinyun, crawl under my feet and tremble!"
The Great Zhen Crown Prince, who had been holding back for a long time, was extremely arrogant and domineering at this time, with an attitude of 'I alone soar above the world, and all the geniuses in the world are trash'.
