"No, it's true!"
Jiang Xiaobai smiled at Jiang Jingcheng as he rose to his feet, then gave Tang Ningshuang a meaningful look.
Tang Ningshuang understood at once. She turned and left the main hall, hurrying toward Jiang Xiaobai's quarters.
Jiang Jingcheng frowned, still finding it hard to believe.
These were the Twenty-Four Hidden Edge Tokens, not twenty-four worthless scraps.
Countless people in the Martial World had fought until their heads were split and blood flowed over a single Hidden Edge Token.
Yet this brat had opened his mouth and claimed to have twenty-four?!
Anyone would have thought he was joking.
Zhongli Chen looked equally astonished and doubtful. The young man and woman exchanged a glance, finding it just as hard to believe.
Before long, Tang Ningshuang returned with a small, heavy bundle in her hand.
Jiang Xiaobai took it, set it on the table beside him, and opened it.
Clatter!
A crisp series of clinks rang out.
Hidden Edge Tokens slid out of the bundle and piled onto the tabletop-all twenty-four of them!
Gasp!
Jiang Jingcheng sucked in a sharp breath. The doubt on his face instantly turned to disbelief.
Zhongli Chen rose to his feet as well, his eyes wide. For a long moment, he could not utter a word.
As for the young man and woman, they stared fixedly at the Hidden Edge Tokens on the table, their faces full of shock.
There really were... twenty-four!!
"So..."
Jiang Xiaobai glanced over the stunned group before settling his gaze on Zhongli Chen. The corners of his mouth lifted. "There shouldn't be any problem with me going in my father's place, should there?!"
"Well..."
Zhongli Chen came back to his senses, but his expression remained hesitant.
What he truly valued was Jiang Jingcheng's current standing as the Duke of the