"Wait, Brother Chen. That sounds easy enough."
"But would the lord of Flowing Light City agree to let you do that?"
"I could run over there and issue a challenge, but if the lord of Flowing Light City doesn't agree, wouldn't that all be for nothing?" Ren Xuan said, glancing helplessly at Chen Changan.
"Your brain really isn't much to write home about." Chen Changan looked at Ren Xuan with equal exasperation.
"What do you mean?" Ren Xuan asked, confused.
"What do I mean? With that brain of yours, sticking by my big brother is dragging down our average intelligence."
"Who are you? What are you worth? Who even knows you?"
"If you just run over there and issue a challenge, who's going to pay you any attention?"
"But if you set the location in Flowing Light City, that changes things."
"You said it yourself: Flowing Light City is no ordinary place. Tell me, when those people receive the challenge and see that the location is Flowing Light City, what are they going to think?"
"Won't they wonder if my big brother has some sort of connection with the lord of Flowing Light City?"
"That'll make them take this challenge seriously. That's the first thing."
"Second, who gives a damn whether the lord of Flowing Light City agrees? Get them here first, then worry about the rest."
"Once they're here, does it matter whether he agrees? We'll still have to fight them, won't we? Get it?"
Da Huang's words made Ren Xuan see the light. He hadn't realized that even a simple challenge could involve so many tricks.
"Brilliant."
"Da Huang, you've got a good head on your shoulders."
"It's not that I've got a good head. It's that yours is hopeless."
"From now on, stop standing watch so much