Therefore, Chen Yuan's choice was to challenge with his life. If someone wanted to spar with him and use his fame to promote themselves, they had to pay the price.

Otherwise, wouldn't challengers come in an endless stream in the future?

Chen Yuan didn't want a reputation for benevolence and righteousness; he only wanted to improve his strength and status.

However, he couldn't actively damage his reputation. Tao Qingyuan had told him very clearly a couple of days ago that since he had entered the top 100 of the Hidden Dragon List, he had caught the eye of Lord Jin, the envoy of Qingzhou.

This meant that Chen Yuan had a backer, a backer no weaker than a famous sect, which was like a protective charm for Chen Yuan. And if he wanted the superiors to value him even more,

he had to improve his potential so that others could see it.

The Hidden Dragon List ranking was a good way to do that.

Although Chen Yuan's potential was superior, and he had already caught the eye of some people, he really didn't have any strong support himself. As for the Dao Divine Palace... Chen Yuan felt that they had probably forgotten about him, this backup member.

Chen Yuan had never placed his hopes on them.

"This subordinate has already spoken to the person, but they still presented the challenge letter. Oh... they are people sent by the Dengxian Tower," Li Dongshan said quickly.

If it weren't for the people from Dengxian Tower, Li Dongshan wouldn't have accepted such a challenge letter at all.

"People from Dengxian Tower?"

Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow, revealing a hint of surprise. This was the first time Dengxian Tower had presented him with a challenge letter, and generally, such challenges meant that Dengxian Tower acknowledged the challenger's qualifications.

Most likely, it was a genius from the Potential Ranking.

Intrigued, Chen Yuan picked up the challenge letter again and opened it, wanting to see which talented person was willing to fight him to the death.

Generally, even their own sect wouldn't allow such a thing.

The first sentence when the challenge letter was opened was:

"To Lord Chen in Person..."

This peculiar address made Chen Yuan's eyes narrow slightly. Continuing to read, Yagyu Shinichi introduced his background and expressed his admiration for Chen Yuan,

hoping to fight him as soon as possible, with Dengxian Tower judging the outcome... and was willing to comply with Chen Yuan's requirements, regardless of life or death, and stated that this was the Bushido spirit, and so on...

Putting away the challenge letter, Chen Yuan frowned slightly, looking thoughtful. He had thought it was some Jianghu genius trying to become famous by stepping on him, but unexpectedly it was a little Dongying *bagaya*...

Chen Yuan had learned about the country of Dongying when he read the Great Jin Geography Records before, knowing that it was a land composed of several small islands, but it was relatively small, probably at most comparable to one of the thirteen states of Great Jin.

It was similar to that country where the "little lives" were doing well in his previous life.

It was located east of the East Sea, and in the eyes of many people in the Central Plains, it was still a land of uncivilized barbarians. It was rumored that it was a remnant of a small country that moved across the sea during the chaotic period before the founding of the Great Chu Dynasty.

It had been around for over a thousand years so far.

And now, the small country of Dongying has been in communication with the Central Plains for many years. Martial arts geniuses from the island of Dongying mostly come to the Central Plains to make a name for themselves, and many have left a reputation.

As far as he knew, there were two Dongying martial artists in the top fifty of the current Dragon and Tiger List, with fierce saber techniques and profound cultivation.... This Yagyu Shinichi was probably planning the same thing as that top fifty master,

challenging geniuses on the Hidden Dragon List everywhere to make a name for himself.

Now he was being treated as an easy target!

A sharp look flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes. Although this Dongying had nothing to do with those people whose "little lives" were doing well in his previous life,

he still couldn't suppress his killing intent....

Moreover, Chen Yuan really couldn't refuse a challenge from a genius like Yagyu Shinichi. Besides official reasons, Chen Yuan couldn't tarnish his reputation as a genius,

because even if he refused, this Yagyu Shinichi would probably block his door and wait for him to accept the challenge. Unless he publicly declared that he was inferior to this Yagyu Shinichi, this battle was unavoidable.

Fighting was nothing, but Chen Yuan was still a little annoyed, because since this Yagyu Shinichi dared to challenge him, he must possess strength no less than that of the Blood Demon Elder.

His own Heavenly Astral cultivation could not be concealed.

Chen Yuan didn't expose his cultivation to Tao Qingyuan before because he wanted to give Tang Qian and others a surprise when he fought them, but that was now impossible...

"My lord, should we accept the challenge?"

Li Dongshan asked in a low voice, carefully watching the dangerous aura emanating from Chen Yuan's body.

"A mere Dongying swordsman dares to act presumptuously in the Central Plains. As a patrol envoy of the imperial court, how can this official allow such a person to be so arrogant? Go... send a reply to the people from Dengxian Tower, saying that this envoy agrees to accept the challenge. Set the location at Cloud River, and the time will be decided by Yagyu Shinichi."

Chen Yuan waved his hand, throwing the letter into Li Dongshan's hands.

Challenge letters given by Dengxian Tower could not be secretly dealt with. Instead, according to Dengxian Tower's rules, a fair and open fight would be held, and the strength of the two would be judged at the same time.

Chen Yuan thought to himself, "Fight if we have to. Perhaps the strength I reveal can make Tao Qingyuan make up his mind to take action against the Green Flood Dragon Society, and at the same time deter the villains."

"Yes, this subordinate obeys."

After receiving the letter, Li Dongshan was about to turn around and leave.

"Wait..."

Chen Yuan suddenly stopped him.

"My lord?"

"Buy a copy of information about this Yagyu Shinichi from Dengxian Tower." Although Chen Yuan wasn't afraid of these little *bagayas*, knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory. Chen Yuan also wanted to see what kind of skills this Yagyu Shinichi had that he dared to provoke him.

"Yes!"

Of course, Li Dongshan didn't know the deeper reason, which was that when Chen Yuan learned about Yagyu Shinichi's identity, he was guessing that perhaps the Child of Destiny he had been looking forward to for several days was this person.

Based on past experience, the possibility was extremely high.

Crossing the ocean to deliver destiny... tsk tsk tsk... what a kind person!

......

......

Inside Dengxian Tower, while Chen Yuan was asking for information about Yagyu Shinichi for reference, Yagyu Shinichi was also reading some in-depth information about Chen Yuan.

The more Yagyu Shinichi read, the more he felt that Chen Yuan was extraordinary and strange.

No wonder he was crowned with the name of Demon Blade.

He was previously unknown, working as a constable in a county under Nangling Prefecture. His talent was not obvious, and he seemed very ordinary, but since he came to the prefectural city, he was like a hidden dragon entering the sea. In just a few months, he had risen to the top 100 of the Hidden Dragon List.

If such a person hadn't been hiding his talent before, then his talent was truly terrifying, even he had to admit defeat. However, it was precisely facing such an opponent that made him even more excited and aroused his fighting spirit.

After the challenge letter was sent back, Yagyu Shinichi also learned that Chen Yuan had accepted the challenge, and the location was chosen on Cloud River north of Nangling City. He had no objection to this; any place was fine.

As for the time, after consulting with Ye Chenbai, the master of Dengxian Tower, he set it at noon the next day!

Dengxian Tower also officially spread this news throughout the four districts of Nangling Prefecture in a very short period of time. This battle was not only a contest between Chen Yuan and Yagyu Shinichi,

but also a battle to expand the influence of Dengxian Tower.

Under the powerful dissemination of Dengxian Tower, in just half a day, most of the Jianghu martial artists in Nangling Prefecture knew that a great battle would take place on Cloud River at noon the next day.

One was Chen Yuan, a famous figure in Nangling Prefecture and one of the top 100 on the Hidden Dragon List, and the other was a Dongying swordsman who came to the Central Plains to fight the geniuses on the Potential Ranking. Since entering the Central Plains, he had experienced a total of three battles, winning every time, and rising from the 300th place on the Hidden Dragon List to the top 100, but because Chen Yuan had taken the spot, he had been squeezed out.

But no matter what, he could be called a legend, an opponent at the same level as Chen Yuan.

The clash between these two can be said to have attracted enough attention, and many people were preparing to go to watch the battle tomorrow to see if the martial artists of the Central Plains were stronger, or the foreign barbarians were stronger.

Of course, most people were psychologically supporting Chen Yuan to win.

People from the same family help their own...

Tang Qian of the Green Flood Dragon Society, Shi Yunlong of the Chang Le Gang, Xu Lingtian of the Dragon and Tiger Gate, Fa Nan of the Jinshan Temple, and a group of Transcendence experts... even some officials in the prefecture were interested and decided to watch the fight.

The competition between the top 100 geniuses on the Hidden Dragon List was rare, even more eye-catching than the battles of ordinary Transcendence martial artists.

Chen Yuan's old acquaintances, Shen Yanshu and Yue Shan, also had their own reactions.

In short, under the promotion of Dengxian Tower, the battle between Chen Yuan and Yagyu Shinichi attracted countless people. Of course, the reason why it had such an effect was

not only because the Dongying martial artist Yagyu Shinichi was curious, but also because Chen Yuan had once said that if anyone wanted to challenge him, it had to be a deathmatch.

This was what attracted so many people to watch the battle.

While the outside world was noisy and full of discussions, Chen Yuan was not idle either. After Tao Qingyuan learned about this, he directly had someone call him to the Patrol Envoy Hall.

On the way, Chen Yuan recalled the information about his opponent, Yagyu Shinichi, and his face involuntarily showed some solemnity. Although he had not underestimated him before,

he was now even more vigilant towards him.

There were only a few battles in the information about Yagyu Shinichi, but they all showed how extraordinary his strength was. The three Hidden Dragon List martial artists he had encountered before were all defeated with three saber strikes.

Among them was also a martial artist with Heavenly Astral cultivation.

Three saber strikes were not strong, but the fact that it was always three saber strikes meant that this person had retained a lot of strength. No wonder he dared to challenge even after Chen Yuan had released the news of a deathmatch,

because he felt that his strength was superior and did not take Chen Yuan's threat to heart.

Although arrogant people were not necessarily very strong, since they dared to be arrogant, they must be extremely confident in their strength. Chen Yuan would not be careless in the slightest when facing such an opponent.

Chen Yuan had seen too many cases of people making mistakes, and naturally he would not make them himself.

After about a quarter of an hour, Chen Yuan arrived at the Patrol Envoy Hall. As soon as he came up, Tao Qingyuan looked at him very solemnly and said:

"You were impulsive."

Knowing what he was talking about, Chen Yuan immediately put on a righteous and solemn look, and said in a deep voice: "......"

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