Li Chuan opened the door:
"What's wrong?"
Zhuang Beiwang panted heavily:
"Zhang Chengfeng from Tianyi Martial Hall—the Zhang Chengfeng who ranked first in the Martial Exam and first in the Gathering of Heroes."
"He said you're pretty strong, and he wants to challenge you publicly!"
Zhang Chengfeng wants to challenge me publicly?
Li Chuan furrowed his brow and said coldly:
"Turn him down for me."
Zhang Chengfeng wants to fight, so he expects me to accept?
He had no desire to fight for an empty reputation.
Why go to all that trouble and risk life and limb?
Did he have nothing better to do?
Wouldn't it be better to spend that time practicing martial arts?
Besides...
Li Chuan narrowed his eyes. He had thought of something else.
As the Gathering of Heroes' star, Zhang Chengfeng was the reason the event carried so much weight.
After all, if the widely acknowledged number-one Dark Force practitioner hadn't even entered the Gathering of Heroes, what would the rankings mean?
With the Gathering of Heroes' reputation under fire, Zhang Chengfeng had suddenly stepped forward to challenge him.
This was probably the County Magistrate and the Wang Family's doing.
They wanted Zhang Chengfeng to crush him and thereby erase the fallout from Li Danyi's death.
If that was the case, he certainly wouldn't play along!
But after Li Chuan finished speaking, he saw that the worry on Zhuang Beiwang's face hadn't faded. If anything, it had grown more pronounced.
Zhuang Beiwang swallowed:
"He said he knew you wouldn't dare accept."
"So he came straight here to find you..."
Li Chuan was surprised:
"Isn't he afraid of Master Liang?"
Zhuang Beiwang said slowly, one word at a time:
"Master Liang was summoned by the owner of Tianyi Martial Hall not long ago..."
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