Everyone knew what Xiahou Changqing was thinking. He wanted nothing more than to make a name for himself in one stroke at the Jiangnan Assembly.
So after losing to Shen Jin the first time and realizing he could not handle someone in the top twenty of the Human Ranking, he settled for the twenty-second-ranked Su Xin instead.
But what if he still could not beat Su Xin? Was he going to choose Liu Xiao or someone else next? What did he take the Human Ranking's experts for—stepping stones beneath his feet?
Everyone possessed ambition and self-interest. The only difference was that some hid it well, while others did not.
Take Shen Jin, for instance. Of course he wanted to leap straight into the number one position on the Human Ranking, yet anyone who met him would call Shen Jin humble and courteous.
Xiahou Changqing's manner of eating was simply too ugly. One could even say that he had thoroughly treated the Human Ranking as a stepping stone for his advancement. The expressions of every Human Ranking martial artist present darkened, and even Xiao Huang, who had maintained a flawless bearing all along, looked rather displeased.
If you could not beat one person, you switched to another. Did you take the Jiangnan Assembly for some child's game?
Xiahou Changqing also knew this was improper, but he had no other choice now. If he wanted to make a name for himself at the Jiangnan Assembly, he had to defeat a Human Ranking martial artist.
Thus, Xiahou Changqing looked to Xiao Huang and said, "Young Master Xiao, the Jiangnan Assembly rules do not seem to say that one is only allowed to issue a single challenge, do they?"
Xiao Huang's expression was somewhat ugly. Naturally, there was no such rule in the Jiangnan