Yangzhou Lingtun Bureau.
On the competition ground, two groups of people faced off from a distance. On one side were many people from the Yang Province branch headed by Chen Yi, and on the other side were people from the He province branch headed by a man with a square face. They were estimated to number thirty or forty people.
Although there were only a few dozen people in He Province, as the party that came to challenge them, they were quite powerful. On the other hand, the faces of Zhao Kun and the others were more or less ugly. After all, people have come to their homes to declare war, so it would be strange if their faces look better.
"Sun Haiqiang, with so many people here, do you want to cause trouble?" Chen Yi frowned slightly as he looked at the menacing people in He Province opposite.
Sun Haiqiang is the man with the square face. He is now the deputy director of the He Province Spiritual Investigation Bureau, and his strength is also in the late two-star stage. This time he led a team here, which was said to be for exchange, and he was accompanied by the younger generation from He Province.
Every now and then, the He Province Branch would send a group of people over to show off their power, saying it was for exchanges, but they would usually make Yang Province look disgraced, and their purpose was the same this time.
Speaking of the grievances between the two provincial bureaus, this goes back more than ten years.
The previous bureau chiefs of He Province and Yang Province had always refused to deal with each other, so the relationship between the two provincial bureaus was naturally not good. For resources, reputation, and status, the two sides fought many times, and the relationship became increasingly tense.
Now, even if the directors have been replaced, the relationship between the two parties has not been eased in any way. Instead, it has become more and more intense, gradually spreading from the two bureaus to the cultivation circles of the two provinces.
"Chen Yi, what are you talking about? I asked the young talents from the two provinces to compete and communicate with each other to enhance each other's strength. Is this wrong?" Sun Haiqiang glanced at Chen Yi and was not angry. He said with a smile: "Stop talking nonsense, I will ask you if you answer. If you don't answer, we will leave immediately without saying a word!"
Hearing this, Chen Yi's face turned a little ugly. In terms of overall strength, He Province is indeed much stronger than Yang Province, otherwise the other party would not dare to mess up the situation unscrupulously.
Looking back, the young people around Sun Haiqiang have basically entered the realm of perfection. If they really fight, Yang Province will basically lose 100%.
Now Chen Yi is in a dilemma.
If so, He Province would most likely be disgraced. There is indeed a slight gap in strength between the two provinces, otherwise He Province would not come to cause trouble.
If you don't accept it, not only will your morale plummet, but you will also gain the reputation of being afraid of the other party. In short, no matter which one you choose, it will damage the reputation of the Yang Province branch and even the entire Yang Province cultivation community.
"Director, let's take it!"
"Director, we've already issued a challenge, so what are you waiting for?"
"Director"
Before Chen Yi had time to speak, many of the younger generation in Yang Province couldn't help it and started asking for a fight.
The other party is knocking on the doorstep. How can these young people in their youth be able to swallow this breath? If Chen Yi and other high-level officials hadn't stopped him, and if they didn't care about face, many young members who couldn't hold themselves back would have rushed forward.
"There is no other way. Just agree and see how the other party wants to compare." Zhao Kun said.
Hearing this, Chen Yi knew that this battle was inevitable, so he looked at Sun Haiqiang and slowly asked: "Tell me, how do you want to compete?"
"The Spirit Bureau Competition is coming soon, so naturally it will be contested by the contestants of the Spirit Bureau Competition! They are all young people, and learning from each other will also help improve their strength." Sun Haiqiang said with a smile on his face: "Let's let the two The top ten in the Provincial Martial Arts Competition will compete to see which of us wins more games. Director Chen, Deputy Director Zhao, what do you think?"
The tournament is a requirement issued by the General Administration, and all branches across the country must hold it. Therefore, not only Yang Province has martial arts competitions, but other provinces also have competitions, and they are all held at the same time. The purpose is to select talents to participate in the Lingju Competition, and it can also be regarded as providing a good platform for some grassroots.
"Can!"
Chen Yi gritted his teeth. The opponent had forced him to this point, so he had no choice but to take it. Losing was better than giving up!
"Okay!" Sun Haiqiang smiled and nodded, then raised his head towards a tall and thin man behind him and said, "Shen Qing, you come first!"
"Yes." In the crowd, a lean man nodded, then jumped directly onto the ring, holding an iron rod in his hand, and said: "Tenth in the He Province Conference, Shen Qing!"
Looking at Shen Qing, Chen Yi frowned slightly. Even Shen Qing, who was ranked tenth, was at the perfection level. That being said, the top ten in He Province should all be in the Perfection Realm.
There are only three players in the top ten in Yang Province who have reached the perfection level. Even including Zhou Da, there are only four in Yang Province. Just judging from the gold content of the top ten in the tournament, He Province is one level better than Yang Province.
"Damn, how can we fight like this?" Zhao Kun's face looked a little ugly. He originally thought that the gap in strength was not that big, but he didn't expect that the gap was so big.
"Don't worry, it's more than twenty days before the end of the martial arts tournament. It's not like there's no chance of fighting. Maybe everyone's strength has improved to perfection during this period." Chen Yi used his mental power to transmit the message. Only a few people around him His voice is heard by higher-ups.
After reaching the second star, you can communicate through mental power. Not only is the transmission speed fast, but it is also more secretive. Two-star strong people often use mental power to transmit messages in some situations where they need to avoid outsiders.
Hearing what Chen Yi said, Zhao Kun's expression improved a lot, but he still snorted coldly: "Hu Cheng, are all the top ten here?" He also used his mental power to transmit his voice.
"This" Hu Cheng hesitated and said, "Except for the top three, all the others are here."
"Nonsense!" Hearing this, Zhao Kun, whose expression had just softened, angrily said: "I have long said that Ye Yan and those people are unreliable. People from He Province are knocking on the door, but they haven't arrived yet. I see , they don’t have any thoughts at all!”
"Ye Yan and the others have been staying in Yangcheng recently. It's normal to be late. Sun Wei has already notified them and they will be there soon." Chen Yi lowered his voice and said, "Let the others play first. You can't let the top three Let’s go to Dahe Province to be named No. 10, that’s too cheap.”
"Are your people here? My players can't wait!" Sun Haiqiang said with a faint smile: "You can't choose anyone to play, right?"
Hearing this, everyone in Yang Province had a look of anger on their faces, and then a young man among the crowd suddenly flew into the sky, and the outline of a door vaguely appeared behind him.
This person is none other than Wang Haochen, who made it into the top ten of the Wang family.
Wang Haochen looked at Chen Yi and others and said in a high-spirited tone: "Director, I also broke through to the perfection state a few days ago. Can you let me participate in the first game?"
Seeing that Wang Haochen had reached the realm of perfection, Chen Yi pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Haochen landed firmly on the ring, stared at Shen Qing opposite him, and said in a deep voice: "The eighth in the Yang Province Conference, Wang Haochen!"
"Okay!" Feeling the fluctuations of ghost energy emanating from Wang Haochen's body, Zhao Kun's expression softened slightly. It seems that these twenty days have not been in vain. Since Wang Haochen, who is ranked eighth, has reached the perfection state, the first seven days will probably not be in vain. They are all in a state of perfection.
There are still fights!
"The eighth place is the perfection state?" Seeing Wang Haochen come on the stage, Sun Haiqiang narrowed his eyes slightly. He did not expect that the younger generation of Yang Province would come out with so many strong people this year, and even the eighth place had reached the perfection state. You know, in previous years, it was pretty good if Yang Province could achieve three or four perfection states a year.
Although the strength of the younger generation in Yang Province is stronger than Sun Haiqiang imagined, this does not hinder his confidence in winning. At that moment, he said to Shen Qing: "Fight hard and let the opponent see the strength of the tenth in He Province!"
Shen Qing nodded towards Sun Haiqiang, then gave Wang Haochen a fist and said, "Please enlighten me!"
"Please enlighten me!" Wang Haochen also clasped his fists.
"I'm the referee. Start when you say start." Hu Cheng raised his hand, held it in the air for a few seconds, and then suddenly put it down: "Start!"
As soon as the words fell, the two people on the ring rushed towards each other. Ordinary people only saw two afterimages flashing by, and then heard the sound of a series of weapons clashing with gold and iron, as well as the sound of explosions from time to time.
Accompanying the sound of explosions were wave after wave of ghost energy. The two were evenly matched, and for a while they couldn't tell the winner. The fight was so intense that the sky was dark and the earth was dark.
If this battle were placed in a martial arts competition, it would definitely be among the top three in terms of excitement, and it would be talked about by countless members of the Spirit Bureau.
But now, here is just the first scene, just an appetizer.
After fighting like this for nearly a minute, Wang Haochen gradually came into a disadvantage. From a close match at the beginning, he gradually turned into a passive defense. After fighting for hundreds of rounds, Shen Qing endured a hard whip after being whipped. Feeling the pain, he punched Wang Haochen and sent him flying. Then, while the opponent was being knocked away, he kicked him hard and kicked him out of the ring.
In the first round, He Province Shen Qing won.
