Strife and Wan Jianyi's Challenge!

The Abyss Pavilion.

At that moment, it blazed with lights, and the clamor of conversation rang on without end.

"It seems Inspector Jiang considers me beneath a fight!" Wan Jianyi said with a self-mocking smile.

"Glad you know it!" Ji Mingyue glanced at Jiang Ning and spoke at once.

"Little Seventeen, stop fooling around!" Ji Mingyuan glared at Ji Mingyue beside Jiang Ning and scolded her.

"Princess Seventeen certainly speaks her mind!" Wan Jianyi said, then sat down.

He knew that the more he said to Ji Mingyue, the more he would diminish himself and lose his composure.

"That's enough!" The Third Prince clapped his hands, and everyone fell silent.

He continued, "The Abyss Pavilion is too small for two peerless talents to fight without restraint. If they got serious, this five-hundred-year-old pavilion might well become a heap of rubble!"

"So it's perfectly natural for Inspector Jiang to refuse a fight here! Brother Wan will have plenty of chances at the martial examination in two days!"

At the Third Prince's words, which eased the tension, Wan Jianyi nodded. His gaze sharpened like a blade as he looked at Jiang Ning. "In two days, will Inspector Jiang make the same choice he made today?"

"We'll see in two days!" Jiang Ning swallowed his wine and answered casually.

"Fine. I'll wait two days for you!" Wan Jianyi said.

With that, he raised the cup before him and drained it in one gulp.

After that exchange, the crowd grew even more excited, discussing what the outcome might be in two days.

Jiang Ning, meanwhile, went on concentrating on the food before him, without the slightest ripple in his heart.

He had already reached the rank of second-grade grandmaster. No matter how outstanding Wan Jianyi was, a whole major realm still separated them.

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