A Journey of Ten Thousand Miles
Wu Yunfeng had suffered a loss, so he naturally had no desire to stay any longer.
"Governor Bi Fan, we'll be leaving tomorrow. Before we go, there's one more thing I need to tell you. In three years, Tianyun Prefecture will hold a martial arts tournament, and every governor must take part. Tianyun Prefecture originally had twelve provinces; now it has thirteen, each with a Golden Immortal Realm expert. Three more Golden Immortal Realm experts will also enter the tournament. The higher you place, the larger your territory will be. The bottom three will lose their positions as governors. The territories will be redistributed then. If you don't place in the top thirteen, all your territory will be taken away, and you'll be left with, at most, the position of a city lord," Wu Yunfeng said.
"Tianyun Prefecture has a rule like that?" Bi Fan asked in surprise. He truly hadn't known. It seemed becoming a governor didn't mean his position was secure after all.
"This rule has been around for a long time. The tournament is held once every hundred years, and you just happened to run into it. There's nothing you can do about it. It's not just governors who have to fight to determine their territories; the Prefect has to duel for his territory, too. But the Prefect's contest is held once every thousand years," Wu Yunfeng said coldly.
Seeing how ignorant Bi Fan was, Wu Yunfeng and Wu Yunchuan looked down on him even more.
Wu Yunfeng especially despised Bi Fan. Having just lost to him, he was consumed with hatred and hoped Bi Fan would lose the tournament and be stripped of his position as governor.
With three years to go, Wu Yunfeng resolved to grit his teeth and