At Yancheng's city gate.
Xuan Su, steward of Ten Thousand Gold Commerce, was standing to one side of the city gate, seemingly waiting for someone.
Beside Xuan Su was a cool-faced young woman. It was Xia Zhilan, the young miss of Ten Thousand Gold Commerce, who had met Lin Fan once before.
On the other side of Xia Zhilan stood a young man in blue, his features somewhat effeminate.
Behind the three of them followed several Green-Clothed Servants.
The blue-clothed young man looked at Xia Zhilan and said, "Zhilan, I know you have a little misunderstanding and prejudice toward me, but the Immortal Pond Competition is no small matter to Ten Thousand Gold Commerce. You can't act on impulse."
"I, Song Qing, may not dare claim to be at the very top among Yancheng's younger generation, but I'm still better than some country brat you picked at random! I hope you won't damage Ten Thousand Gold Commerce's interests in a moment of pique."
Xia Zhilan said coldly, "Since you know your strength isn't at the top, you should go back and train properly instead of pestering us here!"
"Does my Ten Thousand Gold Commerce need your approval for whom we choose to send into battle?"
When Song Qing heard Xia Zhilan's words, his face could not help darkening, but immediately afterward, he suppressed the anger in his heart and said with a smile:
"Zhilan, I'm only thinking of you and Ten Thousand Gold Commerce. How about this? When that brat arrives, I'll challenge him. If I win, let me represent Ten Thousand Gold Commerce in battle. What do you say?"
Xuan Su, however, paid no attention to Xia Zhilan and Song Qing's quarrel. Her gaze remained fixed on the main road outside Yancheng, the one leading to Qingyang Town.
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