At a little past ten in the morning, several ultra-luxury cars slowly drove into the vast courtyard of the Jiang Residence.
Jiang Feijiao hurried forward with his entourage. As the car doors opened one after another, Sakai Kouzi alighted, and the others immediately crowded around him.
Sakai Kouzi was tall and thin, with a pale complexion that seemed devoid of blood, like someone who had just recovered from a serious illness.
However, everyone familiar with Sakai Kouzi in Sakura Country knew that he was a formidable fighter.
The people crowding around him were all burly and dressed in black suits. An observant eye would immediately recognize them as Sakai Kouzi's bodyguards.
Even the most skilled individuals enjoyed having bodyguards to display their status.
"Mr. Sakai, welcome!"
Jiang Feijiao quickly stepped forward, a wide smile plastered on his face, and said.
Sakai Kouzi's gaze swept over Jiang Feijiao and those beside him, and he asked with some displeasure, "Uncle Jiang, why don't I see Miss Xueyan?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Feijiao's heart sank.
He turned his head and said coldly to a woman beside him, "Go, tell the young lady that Mr. Sakai has arrived and ask her to come quickly."
"Reporting to the master, the young lady is ill in bed and cannot come to greet Mr. Sakai!" the woman said fearfully.
Sakai Kouzi heard this and quickly waved his hand, saying, "Since Miss Xueyan is unwell, there is no need to disturb her further!"
In reality, Jiang Feijiao knew very well that his daughter had no desire to see Sakai Kouzi.
Ever since Jiang Feijiao had verbally confirmed the marriage with Sakai Kouzi over the phone, Jiang Xueyan had been unhappy, adamantly refusing to marry into Sakura Country.
However, Jiang Feijiao, eager to leverage the formidable power of the Sakai family for his future grand ambitions in both the business world and the ancient martial arts realm, paid no heed to his daughter's feelings.
"Indeed, Mr. Sakai, you are truly from a prominent family in Sakura Country, possessing an extraordinary demeanor!"
Jiang Feijiao, like a fawning sycophant, said with a smiling face, "Quick, please come in and be seated!"
As the group entered the villa's reception hall and took their seats, someone rushed in from outside and reported to Jiang Feijiao, "Master Jiang, Long Xiaotian of the Long family has sent us a challenge!"
"Preposterous, Long Xiaotian challenges my Jiang family?"
Jiang Feijiao's brow furrowed. "Present the challenge letter, let me see it!"
The man immediately and cautiously handed the challenge letter to him.
Jiang Feijiao took the letter, opened the cover, and unfolded the paper inside. Before him lay lines of bold and vigorous brushwork.
It read: "Jiang brat, *hehe*, open your dog eyes and look closely. I, Long Xiaotian, formally challenge you today."
"Twenty years ago, I was ambushed by you at Tianchi Peak and deprived of the position of Northern Branch Master; tomorrow, twenty years later, I will fight you again at Tianchi Peak!"
"This time, I will not only reclaim the position of Branch Master, but I will also permanently expel you from the Hidden Aristocratic Families!"
"Furthermore, according to the rules of the Hidden Aristocratic Families, my grandson, Long Xingyun, will then face your esteemed daughter, Jiang Xueyan. If she is defeated by Xingyun, she will be taken as Xingyun's wife!"
"Additionally, before you are expelled from Snow City, you must hand over the three thousand-year-old ginseng roots you extorted from others back then to me."
"As for any other conditions, forget it, I'm afraid it might make you cough up blood and be unable to fight me. I'll talk to you after I've beaten you spitting blood!"
"Bastard!"
Before finishing the challenge letter, Jiang Feijiao slammed the table in anger and shouted, "Who gave this Long Xiaotian the nerve to challenge me?"
"Shameless to the extreme. His Long family challenging my Jiang family is like an ant trying to shake a tree, utterly ignorant!"
He then thought of Long Xingyun being crippled into nothingness and still daring to challenge his daughter, Jiang Feijiao couldn't help but burst into laughter.
He immediately recalled that Long Xiaotian had gone mad. A madman daring to challenge him, and judging by the content of the letter, he had even enlisted the Martial Affairs Bureau as a witness.
Truly, one courts disaster by their own actions. If they seek death, let him fulfill the Long family's wish!
"Uncle Jiang, what's happening?" Sakai Kouzi asked.
Jiang Feijiao roared with laughter, "Someone wants to duel me tomorrow, *hahaha*, it's hilarious, truly hilarious!"
He casually handed the challenge letter to Sakai Kouzi, saying, "Mr. Sakai, take a look. Isn't it too funny!"
Sakai Kouzi took the letter and scanned it quickly.
"Uncle Jiang, I don't think this is funny at all; in fact, it's a very significant matter!"
After reading the letter, he said with a sinister smile, "Especially the part about Long Xingyun challenging Xueyan. *Heh heh*, at that time, why let Xueyan fight? Just hand him over to me directly!"
"I see there's also a note at the end of the challenge letter stating that accepting this challenge is equivalent to signing a death contract. Why don't I just kill that Long Xingyun myself? Consider it my betrothal gift to Xueyan!"
Jiang Feijiao heard this and burst into laughter. "Mr. Sakai, your proposal is excellent. Alright, it's settled!"
He then signed his name on the challenge letter and had a copy made to be returned to Long Xiaotian.
This was equivalent to fully accepting Long Xiaotian's challenge.
In his opinion, Long Xiaotian was seriously delusional this time. No one in the entire North had the strength to challenge him.
Moreover, he had already crippled Long Xiaotian twenty years ago.
"Tomorrow, I will make the Long clan disappear completely from Snow City!"
Jiang Feijiao had long coveted the Long family's villa but had never found a legitimate excuse to seize it.
Now, Long Xiaotian had taken the initiative to provoke him, which was precisely what he wanted.
That afternoon, just as Long Xiaotian received the copy of the challenge letter from Jiang Feijiao, Uncle Zhong arrived before him with a beaming smile, saying, "Sect Leader Long, I have been to the Martial Affairs Bureau. Director Lu Shengming has agreed to personally come and preside over the event tomorrow. He also said that if Sect Leader Long can truly eliminate Jiang Feijiao, it would be a cause for great rejoicing in the martial world!"
The so-called Martial Affairs Bureau was a government-established department that typically mediated disputes between hidden aristocratic families.
Lu Shengming was the director of the Northern Branch of the Martial Affairs Bureau. For him to say such a thing indicated that he had long harbored dissatisfaction with Jiang Feijiao and wished to eliminate him.
Jiang Feijiao had always been arrogant, overbearing, and tyrannical, accumulating a great deal of animosity in the martial world. However, the Martial Affairs Bureau could not interfere too deeply and could only turn a blind eye, allowing him to do as he pleased.
"Ah Zhong, did you show my challenge letter to Director Lu?" Long Xiaotian worried that his demands to the Jiang family might be too outrageous for the authorities to approve.
Uncle Zhong smiled slightly and said, "Director Lu stated that martial affairs are to be handled by the martial world. As long as the public is not endangered, they will not interfere!"
Upon hearing this, Long Xiaotian smiled.
It seemed that Jiang Feijiao was truly unpopular, to the point that even the Martial Affairs Bureau wished for his demise.
He felt that as a disciple of an unparalleled master, he should report to Cheng Xiaofan before his battle with Jiang Feijiao tomorrow.
This was also a sign of respect for his master.
After all, without his master's guidance, he would not have dared to challenge Jiang Feijiao.