Chapter 167: Chapter 167: Arriving One After Another
Provincial Martial Alliance branch, office of the Squad Leader.
After Jiang Ziman hung up the phone, a strange expression crossed his face.
He had just received a call from Qin Yanyang, reporting about the Life and Death Platform match between Yang Fei and Yan Zhongshan.
Since yesterday afternoon, after Li Zhengyi had reported to him, he had been trying to contact Qin Yanyang, but the number she had last used was unreachable.
Fortunately, she called back early this morning.
After expressing his concerns and asking if Qin Yanyang needed him to discuss with Yan Zhongshan to possibly suppress the matter, Jiang Ziman received a clear stance from her.
The Martial Alliance need not interfere too much.
Just ensure the fairness and justice of the Life and Death Platform.
Jiang Ziman couldn’t help but be secretly astonished; how much confidence did Miss Qin have in Yang Fei?
Yan Zhongshan was a long-established Energy Transformation Realm Fourth Grade master, who had recently broken through to the Fifth Grade. He was renowned for his prowess in life and death struggles, skilled in combat, with extraordinary battle strength.
Yang Fei was merely twenty-three years old. Although he had a glorious achievement of slaying Situ Xian before, Situ Xian was only at the Peak of Inner Strength Late Stage. How could he compare with someone of the Fifth Grade Energy Transformation?
With a great shock in his heart, Jiang Ziman dared not ask more, only assuring that he would personally attend to ensure the fairness and justice of the match.
"Arrange it right away; I’m heading to Binhai immediately," Jiang Ziman called a deputy leader.
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Binhai, Binjiang Garden Villa.
Yang Fei got up early as usual, had breakfast, and then leisurely went to work at Li Xuantong Medical Hall.
Yesterday evening, Xu Xingzhou had told him that the Yan Family had accepted his challenge, agreed to his terms, and sent him the location of the Life and Death Platform in the Binhai Martial Alliance, saying they would come to pick him up today.
Yang Fei simply acknowledged and then thought little of it.
He did not know that since the challenge letter was posted on the Martial Arts Forum last night, it had stirred up a sizable storm within the national Martial World, many curious about who this Yang Fei really was.
To the Martial World, Yan Zhongshan was a household name, widely recognized.
But to Hua Country’s Martial World, Yang Fei was extremely unfamiliar.
Seeing the post about Yang Fei claiming to have killed Situ Xian, many people didn’t believe it, thinking he was boasting.
After the Martial Alliance confirmed the situation was true, the Martial World was in an uproar.
To have slain the long-established Peak Inner Strength Master Situ Xian at only twenty-three, such capabilities could not be underestimated.
Since when did such an outstanding talent emerge in the Martial Arts World?
Soon, the entire Martial Arts Forum was buzzing, and Yang Fei’s background was quickly unearthed.
Everyone was even more shocked now.
An orphan, raised by his uncle since he was young, had grown into a Martial Arts expert; how did he manage to do it?
What fortunate encounter did he have, and who was his master?
In any case, discussions about the matter continued throughout the night.
Initially curious about who Yang Fei’s master was, the conversation soon became pessimistic, saying that with such a cultivation level at a young age, if he understood to restrain himself and cultivated diligently, he could potentially become a great master one day, even reaching the Grandmaster Realm. Why then was he seeking death now by challenging Yan Zhongshan?
In short, no one was optimistic about Yang Fei.
Everyone felt that Yan Zhongshan would win, and Yang Fei would undoubtedly die.
Betting had even begun.
Of course, many who loved excitement were thinking of witnessing the fight between the two Energy Transformation masters on site, eager to see who this youngster who had suddenly become famous in the Martial World overnight really was.
Xu Xingzhou learned about these matters through the Martial Arts Forum and reported them one by one to Yang Fei.
Initially, Yang Fei listened to some of it, but later feeling it uninteresting, he asked Xu Xingzhou not to disturb his rest.
Arriving at the medical hall, Yang Fei went about his workday as usual.
Li Xuantong and Zhou Cheng had no idea about these matters of the Martial World; the atmosphere in the medical hall was the same as usual.
Just busy for a while, it was barely past eight o’clock when Xu Xingzhou called, asking if Yang Fei was up and when he should pick him up.
Yang Fei was treating a patient at the time, and upon hearing this, he showed an expression of speechlessness and said it would only take half an hour to get there from here. He asked to be picked up at eleven-thirty and warned Xu Xingzhou not to disturb him at work again.
To him, it was merely about going to kill someone at noon; he found it hard to understand why Xu Xingzhou was so nervous.
Outside the main entrance of a combat club in Binhai, Li Zhengyi personally led over a dozen members of the Binhai Martial Alliance to stand guard.
Today, the club was to witness a thrilling duel on the Life and Death Platform, involving some significant figures from Binhai and even the Provincial City. As a steward of the Binhai Martial Alliance, Li Zhengyi had no choice but to be fully prepared.
Fortunately, he had received a call early in the morning saying that Sect Leader Jiang would personally come to oversee the situation, which secretly relieved him.
After all, the matter involved the Yan Family and the Wang Family. Although Li Zhengyi held some influence in the Binhai area, he seemed somewhat insufficient in the eyes of those two families.
The duel on the Life and Death Platform was scheduled to commence at noon. However, before nine in the morning, many martial artists from the surrounding area had already gathered, eager to witness the duel between the two Energy Transformation Realm masters.
A duel between masters of the Energy Transformation Realm was considered high-level in the Martial World and was very attractive.
This caused the members of the Binhai Martial Alliance to face enormous pressure at work.
The Martial World, a special existence, was unknown to ordinary people. All matters of the Martial World were also kept hidden from the public.
Such events as those on the Life and Death Platform were especially meant to be concealed from the public, not to be known by the outside world. Therefore, those who came to watch were subjected to strict checks and were not allowed to bring any photography equipment inside.
Fortunately, the authority of the Martial Alliance was substantial, and people of the Martial World dared not challenge its authority, cooperating well.
After ten o’clock, several luxury cars slowly made their way and parked in the open parking lot of the combat club.
Upon seeing these luxury cars with Provincial City license plates, Li Zhengyi felt a stir and went forward to meet them.
Although he had realized from Sect Leader Jiang’s demeanor the previous day that Yang Fei was extraordinarily powerful and probably had an exceptional background, he could not afford to offend the people from the Wang and Yan families who had now arrived.
Indeed, it was the Yan and Wang families who had come.
Li Zhengyi was a martial artist in the late stage of Inner Strength and was considered a ceiling-level master in a typical city-level area. However, as he approached, even before the car doors had opened, he felt several sharp gazes sweeping toward him from inside the vehicle.
That look, even though it was through the tinted car window glass, still gave Li Zhengyi a shiver of fear.
Wang Xiongying, Yan Cheng, and Xu Chou each alighted from their own vehicles.
After Yan Cheng got out of his car, he respectfully opened another door, carefully saying, "Father, we’ve arrived."
At this time, Wang Xiongying, Xu Chou, and others also gathered around, their expressions filled with a measure of respect.
"Hmm."
A deep voice came from inside the car, and a person stepped out.
Wang Xiongying, Xu Chou, and Yan Cheng were all men in their fifties or even sixties, but as wealthy individuals and martial artists, they were well-maintained and looked very imposing, almost like middle-aged men.
The person who emerged from the car was an old man.
To say he was an old man, he appeared ruddy-faced and in good spirits, not seeming at all like an elderly person. Instead, he exuded vitality, giving off a very strong sense of oppression.
This person was none other than the mainstay of the Yan Family, Yan Zhongshan.
"Mr. Yan, hello." Li Zhengyi stepped forward, clasping his hands in a fist, and gave Yan Zhongshan a traditional martial arts world greeting.
Yan Zhongshan looked at Li Zhengyi and nodded with a smile, "Deacon Li, it’s been a long time, and you still look impressive."
Li Zhengyi quickly replied with a smile, "Where can I compare with Mr. Yan? I heard Mr. Yan has made another breakthrough, now reaching the Energy Transformation Fifth Grade, truly enviable."
Yan Zhongshan smiled slightly and asked, "Has the other party arrived yet?"
Li Zhengyi answered, "It’s still early, he hasn’t arrived yet."
Yan Zhongshan slightly frowned.
Seeing that his father seemed somewhat displeased, Yan Cheng hurriedly said, "Dad, let’s go inside to rest first, after all, the journey has been tiring, it would be better to rest before proceeding."
Yan Zhongshan said indifferently, "It’s just about crushing a youngster in his early twenties, an easy task, why do we need to gather strength?"
Wang Xiongying said with a smile, "Elder Yan is very right, but since the time hasn’t come yet, let’s just wait a bit."
Xu Chou also said, "Yes, there’s no rush."
Li Zhengyi said with a smile, "Mr. Yan, friends, please come inside!"
Yan Zhongshan nodded, and a group of about a dozen people walked grandly into the club’s hall.