The incident had caused an uproar in Tianjun City, the Imperial Capital.
In the end, it was the Four Great Departments who stepped in and got to the bottom of things, and the matter was finally left unresolved.
Since the Central Province martial artists had struck first, the two martial artists from West Buddha Province were not directly responsible, so the Imperial Court did not take action against them.
But their remarks had undoubtedly angered many Central Province martial artists.
For the next several days, challenges came one after another.
The two great monks simply set up a ring in the city, accepting challenges from the younger generation of Central Province martial artists.
However, the two had come prepared, and their strength was formidable.
The younger generation of Central Province martial artists challenged them dozens of times in succession, only to suffer defeat every time.
As a result, the entire younger generation of Central Province was so thoroughly suppressed by those two arrogant great monks that they could barely hold their heads up.
Among the common people, the matter was a source of heated debate.
Yet the Imperial Court's attitude was remarkably calm.
In fact, it seemed they had not taken the matter to heart at all.
Neither the emperor himself, nor the Grand Commandant's residence or the Prime Minister's residence, made any response.
In truth, the Imperial Court's upper ranks did not think much of these two monks from West Buddha Province, who had recently risen to fame. They could even be said to look down on them.
There was only one reason: the timing of the pair's provocation was far too exquisite.
At this point, all the young talents of Central Province—and indeed, of the entire Great Jun Dynasty—had gathered in Xuan Cang Cave Heaven to compete. Those