Provocation from the Eastern Japanese Island Nation
Jiang Liu stared blankly at the newcomers. Why did these people look so much like Wokou Pirates? They were short, with pigtails sticking up in the air, their hair shaved on the sides, and they carried several strangely shaped knives of different lengths.
The clothes must have been changed after arriving in Daqian, as they were clearly Daqian style. However, she was still wearing straw sandals, probably because she wasn't used to Daqian's cloth shoes.
And their strange accents made Jiang Liu immediately certain that these people weren't from the Great Qian Kingdom. As for whether they were Wokou Pirates, that remained to be confirmed.
Old Man Luo spoke first, "You Wo Slaves have quite the audacity to dare to act so presumptuously here?" He had been keeping an eye on intelligence from various places and knew long ago that a group of Wo Slaves had entered Daqian, but he had never known what they wanted to do.
Now that they dared to cause trouble here, he was furious.
"Your Excellencies, please calm your anger. We are merely traveling and studying here. We heard that your country is holding a national Martial Arts Tournament, and my two disciples, seeing this opportunity, wished to come and witness it," the Japanese Grandmaster quickly explained.
He was also afraid of being ganged up on. Although he could escape, his two attendants and two disciples would likely not get away. Moreover, as the national advisor of the prestigious East Wo Country, if he were to flee like this, he would have a hard time explaining himself when he returned.
Especially since he hasn't achieved his goal in coming to the Great Qian Dynasty, if he had known there were so Grandmaster here, he wouldn't have shown himself. Now that he's appeared, it's likely to arouse the Great Qian Dynasty's vigilance.
Thinking of this, he turned and gave his two apprentices a reproachful look, blaming them for encouraging him to come.
He didn't even consider that if he hadn't given his consent, would his two disciples' encouragement have been effective?
Elder Nangong looked at the Grandmaster of Japan and said calmly, "Since your Japan wants to see what's going on, you can simply send a letter of invitation. There's no need for you to suddenly appear and disturb us. Does your tiny island nation really not understand etiquette?"
"Please forgive us, we were truly ignorant of etiquette, please forgive us." The Japanese Grandmaster hurriedly bowed and apologized.
"Alright, let's let it go this time. Now, tell me! What brings you here?" Tianming waved his hand and said.
"I am Koinu Jun'ichirō, the East Wa Country Preceptor. I have brought my two disciples to learn a few moves from the younger generation of your country," Koinu Jun'ichirō said, straightening his posture.
The Ghost School Gate Master, Feng, said in a sinister tone, "What a joke! What kind of experts could your tiny island nation possibly have? Your martial arts were even stolen from our country. How come you think you're all grown up now?"
Koinu Jun'ichirō, barely suppressing his anger, said, "Your Excellency, although our martial arts were introduced from your country, through countless efforts of our people to travel and learn from other countries, we have created our own style, and therefore it is now unique to our country."
Everyone rolled their eyes. This Wo Slaves was shameless enough to talk about stealing knowledge so openly and brazenly.
"I've come with my disciple to seek guidance from the geniuses of your country. What? No one dares to accept the challenge?" Koinu Jun'ichirō said disdainfully.
Dao Yan, the sect leader of the Daoist sect, said calmly, "You think you can just call anyone to ask our country's genius for advice? You're giving yourselves far too much credit."
A young man standing next to Koinu Jun'ichirō arrogantly said, "I am Junichiro Koizumi, the number one young master in our East Wo Country. I just won the title of number one Koinu Jiro the world from the martial arts tournament. So, who dares to challenge me?"
After saying that, he revealed his aura, emanating the presence of a Minor Grandmaster, and then continued arrogantly, "Aren't you having a martial arts competition? Has the first match been decided yet? Do you dare to challenge me?"
"Are you sure you want to duel with our country's genius? Life and death are at stake on the arena." Elder Nangong suddenly said at this moment.
The Koinu Jiro raised its head arrogantly and said, "What's there to be afraid of? I'm not interested in anything other than a fight to the death."
Elder Nangong turned to look at the top ten in this martial arts tournament and said, "Which of you will go and deal with these Wo Slaves? I have only one request: don't disgrace my Great Qian Dynasty."
Just as the Buddha was about to speak, Jiang Liu jumped onto the arena, stretched out his hand, palm up, and hooked his middle finger back, and said, "Wo Slaves, come up here to die. I am the champion of this martial arts tournament."
Jiang Liu had long wanted to teach these Wo Slaves a lesson after hearing their shameless remarks, and since this little Wo Slaves wanted to die, it was exactly what he wanted.
Although Koinu Jiro didn't understand the meaning of Jiang Liu's gestures, he understood the words. He was immediately filled with anger, leaped onto the arena, and even showed off his agility in the air.
Unfortunately, his clumsy movements meant no one paid him any attention; everyone was watching Jiang Liu.
Mo Han and Old Man Luo anxiously sent a telepathic message to Jiang Liu, asking him if he was confident.
Jiang Liu nodded to them without saying anything more, simply focusing his mind and spirit.
Koinu Jiro leaped onto the arena, he looked at Jiang Liu with a mocking expression and said, "You're the champion of the Great Qian Martial Arts Tournament? Is there no one else in Great Qian? How could you, a mere child, win first place?"
Jiang Liu stared at him as if he were already dead, without saying a word. But in his heart, he thought, "Considering he's about to die, let him live a few more seconds!"
Koinu Jiro rambled on for a few more minutes, but seeing that he couldn't provoke Jiang Liu's anger, he suddenly drew the first short sword on his left and casually flicked it, sending it spinning towards Jiang Liu.
Jiang Liu struck out with his palm, Control Heaven and Earth. The spinning dagger instantly landed in Jiang Liu's hand. Then, Jiang Liu felt something on the dagger. He released his energy and pressed down forcefully, and it immediately stopped moving.
Koinu Jiro saw Jiang Liu catch the dagger with his bare hands, his face initially lit up with joy. However, when he saw his own dagger fall into Jiang Liu's hand without him even reacting, his expression immediately changed.
This was the first time he had encountered his own boomerang dagger, unable to return to his hand, and the mechanism within the dagger was also malfunctioning.
Koinu Jiro howled and drew his long sword from his right hand, raising it with both hands to slash at Jiang Liu. A gust of energy emanated from the long sword.
Koinu Jun'ichirō was below the arena, was initially delighted to see Jiang Liu catch the short sword with his bare hands, because he knew that his disciple's short sword was hiding a deadly intent. However, when the short sword landed in Jiang Liu's hands without any reaction, he immediately felt that something was wrong.
The Grandmaster of the Great Qian Dynasty were completely unaware of this, and all thought it was a matter of course. They reasoned that Jiang Liu had already achieved consecutive victories, so wasn't it normal for him to receive a short sword?
Little did they know that the dagger held a hidden secret. Given the despicable nature of these Wo Slaves, it would be an overestimation to think they wouldn't resort to scheming and trickery.
Jiang Liu had no idea about their complicated thoughts. Seeing Koinu Jiro's longsword attack coming, he dodged to the side and used his Instant Thousand Miles technique, flashing to Koinu Jiro's left side.
P. S.: Do you all enjoy watching the battle against the Wo Slaves?