#201 - The most searched topic! The final battle on top of the Forbidden City?
“What’s the situation with the Zhao family?”
As soon as the call connected, Liu Qing went straight to the point.
Clearly, he was aware of his sister's little tricks against the Zhao family's company. One could even say that Liu Ruyan targeting Zhao's father's company had his approval.
From the other end of the phone came a lazy voice: “The Zhao family? Don't worry, they're just grasshoppers in autumn; they won't be hopping around for many days.”
“I'm asking you, what's the situation with the Zhao family!”
This time, Liu Qing emphasized his tone.
Liu Ruyan finally sensed something was wrong: “What do you mean?”
Liu Qing gritted his teeth: “Just now, a Transcendent named Chen Ye sent me a challenge, demanding a life-or-death battle with me in the Great Barren Mountains!”
“What? Who is Chen Ye?” Liu Ruyan asked in surprise.
“How would I know who he is? He represents the Zhao family!” Liu Qing was very angry: “How did you conduct your investigation before executing the project?”
Good heavens!
To describe the act of seizing someone else's foundation as executing a project!
“That's impossible!” Liu Ruyan on the other end of the phone also became anxious: “In the Zhao family's network of relationships that I investigated, there's no such person at all.”
“Give you one hour, I need to know all of Chen Ye's information!”
After uttering these words, Liu Qing hung up the phone in a fit of anger.
Liu Ruyan on the other end of the phone looked bewildered.
Subsequently, she immediately used her connections to inquire about Chen Ye's information.
Before long,
Chen Ye's relevant information was sent to her phone.
【Member of the Transcendent Association, registered strength in the Association is Fifth Order, actual strength is estimated to be at Sixth Order standard, once saved Lu'an City, suspected to have an unusual relationship with Chairman Song…】
The information consisted of only this.
Besides this, there was also a video.
Liu Ruyan opened the video and saw Zhao Zheng, disguised as Chen Ye, hunting monsters from the space-time rift!
Her eyes widened, and she finally remembered that she had once seen this news.
It's just that, with the Liu family's profit-above-all mentality, they were not interested in this kind of news…
After watching the video, Liu Ruyan thought for a moment and sent all the information and the video to Liu Qing.
Not long after,
Liu Qing called.
“This is what you found? You couldn't even find out this guy's background?”
Liu Ruyan frowned and said: “This guy is very mysterious, his origins are unknown, and there are almost no traces of him on various internal networks. If you don't believe me, you can have people check!”
After a pause, Liu Ruyan added: “But don't worry, when this guy took action in Lu'an City last year, the strength he displayed only barely reached the Sixth Order standard. Only half a year has passed, and his strength won't have increased too much. He's definitely not your opponent!”
“What do you know? If he wasn't confident, would he dare come here and challenge me?” Liu Qing scolded: “Keep investigating for me! If I fail this time, you won't have a good time either!”
The phone hung up.
Listening to the dial tone from the phone, Liu Ruyan gritted her teeth in anger…
…
On the other side.
Zhao Zheng had already restored his original appearance and returned home.
He deliberately chose to challenge Liu Qing in front of reporters today, his purpose being to make the matter big, to prevent Liu Qing from suddenly being cautious and refusing, or from going back on his word after agreeing.
Even if Liu Qing later used his connections to shut those reporters up, Zhao Zheng wasn't afraid.
At the time, he had a hidden camera on him, which captured the entire scene of him issuing the challenge.
Fortunately, Zhao Zheng's worries were unnecessary.
Or rather, the Liu family's influence wasn't actually that great…
In less than an hour, Zhao Zheng saw on the internet that the media was reporting about him challenging Liu Qing today!
By the evening,
This matter had become a trending topic!
After all, Liu Qing was a well-known expert. Among Seventh Order experts, he was not only very young, but his strength ranking was also very high, with great potential.
Gu Yuying of the Gu family also belonged to the young Seventh Order experts, but neither her potential nor her reputation could compare with Liu Qing.
It was only last time when she won the championship of the National Spiritual Realm that Gu Yuying's reputation greatly increased, and she faintly had a tendency to keep pace with Liu Qing…
When Zhao Zheng finished dinner, the news about his alias “Chen Ye” challenging Liu Qing had already become the top trending topic!!
Causing a huge sensation!
It had been a long time since Transcendent disputes had reached the point of issuing challenges like this!!
Zhao Zheng lay on the bed and opened the trending topic comments…
“Holy crap? People still issue challenges now? Is this news real or fake?”
“And it's a challenge to Liu Qing? Chen Ye? Whose subordinate is this? So brave!”
“Damn! You don't even know Chen Ye, bro? This big shot saved Lu'an City last year and is a hero of Lu'an City.”
“…I remember, but this big shot's strength…doesn't seem to be a match for Liu Qing, right?”
“Finally, someone can't stand the comprador family's behavior anymore? Chen Ye, I support you, kill Liu Qing!”
“Comprador families are indeed disgusting, but…having said that, this Liu Qing's strength is quite strong. To be able to steadily suppress him, you'd probably need a top expert. Chen Ye…is a bit risky!”
“Yeah! I heard that in the last National Spiritual Realm, the team formed by Liu Qing ultimately achieved fifth place. This result shows that he is also a top-tier master among Seventh Order experts. It's not easy to defeat him.”
“Chen Ye is so young and already a Sixth Order expert. He must be a genius with very strong talent abilities. Half a year has passed, and his strength may have also increased to the Seventh Order.”
“What are you dreaming about? Do you know how big the standard difference is between the Sixth Order and the Seventh Order? So far, no genius has ever been able to improve from the early Sixth Order to the Seventh Order in half a year…To take a step back, even if Chen Ye is a one-in-a-million genius and his strength has now reached the Seventh Order standard, he may not be able to defeat Liu Qing!”
“No matter what, I hope Chen Ye wins. Comprador families are too disgusting…”
“Upstairs +1, Chen Ye must win! It's best to kill a certain Qing!”
“The duel location is in the Great Barren Mountains? Why run so far? I really want to go and see.”
“If they didn't run far, you'd want them to duel in the city? Do you know the consequences of two Seventh Order big shots going all out in the city? They might destroy a small city!”
“Are there any friends going to watch the battle in three days? Let's go together!”
“Let's go, let's go, count me in.”
“Still watching the battle? Do you believe that the aftermath of the battle can easily kill you? You might as well stay at home and watch the live broadcast.”
“Will there be a live broadcast?”
“Don't worry! There definitely will be! Even if the official doesn't broadcast it, those internet celebrities will go there. They can't possibly not be tempted by such a large amount of traffic…”
…
As expected of news that hit the top trending topic.
This heat is indeed high!
The comments from netizens are endless…
Seeing that it had sparked such a huge buzz, Zhao Zheng was very happy.
Now there was no need to worry that Liu Qing would dare to go back on his word.
And this was exactly the result he wanted.
Afterward, Zhao Zheng suddenly realized that something seemed a little off.
Such explosive popularity was abnormal!
It seemed…
Someone was fueling the flames from behind?
It seemed that the Liu family had offended too many people, and there were quite a few people who wanted to see the Liu family fall!
A moment later.
A large number of posts began to appear online, accusing the Liu family of seizing other people's industries by trickery!
Even the shady deals that the Liu family had done in the past were exposed…
Seeing this, Zhao Zheng was even more convinced of his judgment: someone was pulling strings from behind, wanting to bring down the Liu family!
Just as he was thinking this.
His phone suddenly rang.
The call was from Chairman Song.
Zhao Zheng immediately answered the phone.
“Hello, Uncle Song?”
Zhao Zheng said with a smile, “I was just about to ask you, what's going on with the online army suddenly smearing the Liu family?”
Chairman Song: “What? Wasn't it you who hired them to do it?”
“Uncle Song, you're joking, how could I have that kind of power?”
“It seems that someone wants to take advantage of this popularity to bring down the Liu family!”
Chairman Song said with a smile, “No matter who is behind this, it's always beneficial to us.”
“Yes, Uncle Song.” Zhao Zheng said with a smile.
“Let's talk business!” Chairman Song suddenly said, “I've received quite a few calls today, all asking about you. They seem to have decided that Chen Ye has something to do with me.”
“Some people have even hinted that I should persuade you to give up the duel.”
Zhao Zheng laughed upon hearing this, but it was a cold laugh.
“The Liu family's network of connections is indeed very deep! Since they don't want to see the duel, why don't they go and persuade Liu Qing to admit defeat? Why ask me to bow my head instead?”
“Liu Qing is a big shot!” Chairman Song also said with a smile, “He has to maintain the dignity of a strong man, how can he easily admit defeat?”
“Uncle Song, what do you mean?” Zhao Zheng asked?
Of course, he would not easily bow his head.
Asking this question was entirely out of respect for Chairman Song.
“Just with empty words, they want you to bow your head? Even more impossible!”
Chairman Song said without hesitation, and then reminded, “However, you may need to be careful in the duel three days later. This Liu Qing's strength should not be underestimated. Since he can get so much support, there may be some trump cards…”
“Thank you for the reminder, Uncle Song, I understand!”
“Well! I'm still relieved about the way you do things, so let's leave it at that.”
Chairman Song's call had just ended.
His daughter's call came in again.
Song Haitang knew Chen Ye's identity, so she was inevitably a little worried, so she called to ask.
Chen Ye briefly explained the course of events, and at the same time told the girl not to worry.
The girl was easy to coax, and he dismissed her with a few words.
However.
The next person was not so easy to coax…
“Knock knock knock…”
A burst of rapid knocking on the door came.
As soon as Zhao Zheng heard it, he knew that his father must have come to his door.
Apart from Chairman Song and his daughter who knew Chen Ye's true identity, his grandfather and father also knew.
He had a bit of a headache.
But he had already anticipated this situation, so he quickly got up to open the door and face it calmly.
Opening the door.
Standing outside the door was indeed his father, Zhao Chenghua.
“Let's talk inside!”
Zhao Chenghua walked directly into his son's room with a dark face, and then closed the door behind him.
Obviously, he had always remembered the old man's instructions, and he was afraid that he hadn't even told his wife about Zhao Zheng's identity!
“Dad, my matter… you haven't told Mom yet, have you?”
“I told her part of it, telling her too much would only make her worry!”
Zhao Chenghua replied, and then asked with a serious expression, “Never mind that… what's going on with the news online? You're going to use Chen Ye's identity to duel with Liu Qing of the Liu family?”
“Yes!” Zhao Zheng nodded and said with a smile, “Your company is your hard work, how dare they plot against it? I have to fight back! Tell them that our Zhao family is not to be trifled with!”
“Nonsense!!”
Zhao Chenghua immediately shouted, “I know Liu Qing, he is a long-established strong man, how old are you? How dare you challenge him to a duel? Are you tired of living?”
“Dad, you have to believe me!” Zhao Zheng said confidently, “I am stronger than him now!”
It wasn't that he was arrogant, but that he had to show enough confidence to reassure his family.
“I'm too lazy to listen to your bragging, in short, I don't allow this matter, I don't care whether you take back the challenge or stand him up, anyway, you are not allowed to go to the appointment!”
“My broken company, it's gone if it's gone, you are the hope of our family!”
Zhao Chenghua said these words purely from a father's perspective, caring about his son.
Zhao Zheng smiled and said, “Dad, you really don't need to worry, if I wasn't sure, would I do this? And… Grandpa agreed!”
“What? Your grandfather agreed? Is he confused?”
“Hey hey hey… Dad, don't say bad things about Grandpa! Believe me, I am really strong now, I can definitely win the duel with Liu Qing!”
Zhao Zheng pleaded and pleaded, but Zhao Chenghua just didn't believe it and didn't approve!
In the end, Zhao Zheng was forced to have no choice but to bring out the old man and have the old man make a phone call to his son, which suppressed Zhao Chenghua's opposition…
…
At the same time.
This matter also attracted the attention of a foreign force.
South Korea!
In a luxurious villa.
Ma Dongwu was having a private uncensored party with a group of girl group members.
Suddenly, his phone rang.
Ma Dongwu was in the midst of excitement at this time, and simply did not answer.
After that tremor passed, he picked up the phone and called back.
“What's the matter?”
“President, the guy you asked me to pay attention to before has new news.”
“Oh?”
Ma Dongwu immediately perked up, waved his hand to tell the women on his body to get lost, sat up and asked, “Has he shown his face again?”
“Yes, President, he is in the country, and he has issued a challenge to a strong man, preparing to go to the Dahuang Ridge for a duel in three days!”
“Is there such a thing?” Ma Dongwu laughed: “Who did he issue the challenge to?”
The person on the other end of the phone replied: “It's Liu Qing of the Liu family!”
“Liu Qing?”
Ma Dongwu only thought for a moment before remembering who this person was.
As a seventh-order powerhouse, Ma Dongwu had also heard of Liu Qing's name, but the other party was not a threat to him, so he didn't pay much attention to him, he only remembered this person.
“Very good, send me the relevant information.”
After speaking, Ma Dongwu hung up the phone.
A moment later.
A document was sent to his phone.
Ma Dongwu opened the document and studied it, and quickly figured out what happened.
He thought for a moment, and suddenly showed a smile…
