nownovels Chapter 223 Complete Loss of Prestige
Chapter 223 Complete Loss of Prestige
Chapter 223 Complete Loss of Prestige
Faced with the questioning from the members of the Yunnan Province's genius team, Cui Jinyang mustered his courage and said, "Who are you? Why should I go up to the fighting stage with you?"
"You dare to harass us, the second-ranked team in the Yun Chuan Martial Arts Competition, and you don't even dare to step onto the fighting stage?"
"What harassment? My uncle has a good relationship with Shen Miaowei's elders, and he asked me to have more contact with Shen Miaowei. That's what both of our elders wanted!" Cui Jinyang said.
"Go to hell, who the hell do you think you are?"
"You're too scared to step onto the battle stage, and you don't even dare to announce your name. Are all the people from Dongchuan cowards like you?"
Cui Jinyang immediately retorted angrily, "Who said I'm afraid to give my name? My name is Cui Jinyang!"
The member of the Yunnan Province genius team turned around and looked at the people behind him, asking, "Has anyone heard of this Cui Jinyang?"
Someone raised their hand and said, "I've seen the profiles of the members of the Dongchuan Province Genius Team. This Cui Jinyang seems to be a Grandmaster seed member of the Dongchuan Province Genius Team?"
"A Grandmaster seed member? Most of the Grandmaster seeds in our province have already reached the Qi and Blood Extreme Realm. Where does Cui Jinyang rank in the Dongchuan Martial Arts Competition?"
"Out of the top fifteen."
"What? This is the quality of Grandmaster seeds from Dongchuan Province?"
The group of geniuses from Yunnan Province found it strange.
Shen Miaowei then spoke up, saying, "Cui Jinyang, you should go back to the Dongchuan Genius Group members."
Someone nearby chimed in, "Yeah, get out of here!"
"Someone ranked outside the top fifteen in the Dongchuan Province martial arts competition probably doesn't have much stronger Qi and Blood than the bottom member of our Yunchuan Province's genius team, yet they dare to harass our Yunchuan martial arts competition's second-place winner?"
Since joining the Dongchuan Provincial Youth Prodigy Team, Cui Jinyang had never suffered such humiliation. He finally couldn't hold back any longer and exploded: "Enough! Whether I leave or not is none of your business!"
"Oh? You mean you're willing to go up to the battle stage and fight to the death?"
We won't bully you. You can choose any one of these people here.
The leader of the Yunchuan Province genius group looked at Cui Jinyang with disdain.
The top fifteen martial arts contestants from Dongchuan Province would be among the weakest in Yunchuan.
They didn't believe that the top ten martial arts competitors from Dongchuan Province could be compared to the top ten from their Yunchuan Province on the second-floor fighting stage.
Cui Jinyang suddenly felt caught in a dilemma, because his strength and combat experience were not very good.
Although he has 1400 calories of health points, his strength is only 3.7 times that of his opponent, and he is not good at using his skills. His martial arts skills are also average. If his opponent is someone with rich combat experience and has mastered a powerful martial art, he could probably be defeated with only 1300 calories of health points.
Luo Zhixun saw this and said, "Chen Lie, look!"
"Yes, I saw it!" Chen Lie nodded.
"Look over there!"
Luo Zhixun pointed in another direction.
Chen Lie looked in the direction Luo Zhixun was looking and saw a group of people who looked like reporters and several TV station staff filming the scene from a distance.
Luo Zhixun added, "Those people should be second-rate media in Sichuan."
Although Cui Jinyang is a Grandmaster seed, he was selected as a Grandmaster seed because of his Divine Sense Master status; his martial arts strength is only average.
Chen Lie, you are now the team leader of the Dongchuan Province Genius Team, and you have an obligation to uphold the reputation of Dongchuan Province.
If Cui Jinyang were to clash with or be humiliated by members of the Yunnan Province's "Genius Group," and this were reported by these second-tier media outlets, it would certainly damage Dongchuan's image.
Should we look into it?
"Let's go take a look!" Chen Lie said.
He is a native of Dongchuan Province and has enjoyed so many of Dongchuan Province's resources, so it is only right that he contributes to Dongchuan Province.
As he spoke, Chen Lie walked over with Tang Jiu'er, Luo Zhixun, and several other members of the Dongchuan Province Genius Group.
"Cui Jinyang, what's wrong with you?"
Before Tang Jiu'er even arrived, her voice preceded her: "Don't you know there are many media reporters here today? What are you doing here in Yunchuan?"
At this moment, the leader of the Yunchuan Province genius team said, "Your Grandmaster seed member named Cui Jinyang openly harassed the girls of our Yunchuan genius team, and you're such a coward, you don't even dare to step onto the dueling stage!"
Tang Jiu'er looked at Cui Jinyang and said, "Cui Jinyang, have you lost your mind? What kind of occasion is this? How could you do something like this?"
"They're talking nonsense. When did I harass Shen? I was just following the instructions of my elders—"
"Alright, I'm saying you don't know the occasion. Why are you bringing this up with me?" Tang Jiu'er said.
Shen Miaowei nodded slightly to Chen Lie and said, "Mr. Chen Lie—"
Chen Lie also said, "Cui Jinyang was indeed a bit abrupt, but he meant no harm. How about we let it go?"
"Okay, I never meant to make a fuss about it," Shen Miaowei said.
"Okay, let's go then!"
Chen Lie glanced at Cui Jinyang and said something.
Shen Miaowei smiled and said, "Mr. Chen Lie, you must visit the Shen family next time you have time."
"Okay!" Chen Lie nodded, then said to Cui Jinyang, "Let's go!"
"etc----"
Several members of the Yunnan Province genius team tried to stop them, but Shen Miaowei glared at them, and they all swallowed their words.
Seeing Shen Miaowei's coldness towards him but her gentleness towards Chen Lie, Cui Jinyang felt inexplicably displeased. He snorted and said, "Chen Lie, don't think you're so great just because you won the martial arts championship. You're nothing."
Do I need you meddling in my business? I don't appreciate your help!
Upon hearing Cui Jinyang's words, Luo Zhixun and Wei Ranran both frowned.
Tang Jiu'er went even further, saying, "Cui Jinyang? Are you mentally challenged?"
You were so cowardly when facing Yun Chuan and the others, but why were you so fierce towards Chen Lie?
In front of everyone, don't they know how to maintain the dignity of the martial arts leader?
"What's it to you?" Cui Jinyang sneered.
At that moment, Chen Lie suddenly struck out and slapped Cui Jinyang hard across the face.
With a "snap".
Cui Jinyang was sent tumbling through the air several times by the force of the slap before falling to the ground.
"You son of a bitch—"
Cui Jinyang got up from the ground, looking at Chen Lie with a face full of anger, his teeth bared as if about to explode.
Chen Lie simply said, "Cui Jinyang, if you don't want to spend the next two weeks in bed, I advise you to watch your words!"
Cui Jinyang was filled with resentment, but he could only suppress it: "Fine, you'll remember this!"
He never expected that Chen Lie would actually dare to attack him in public.
This scene surprised Shen Miaowei.
A burst of laughter came from a group of members from Yunnan Province nearby.
"What's the point of being the martial arts champion of Dongchuan Province!"
"Yes, look at our Captain Ji Lingxuan. In Yunchuan, her word is law. When she speaks, who among the members dares to disobey? Who dares to offend her? Dongchuan Province is really something, tsk tsk————"
"Gu Yang from Xichuan was able to subdue the members of the Xichuan Province Genius Team. How did Chen Lie manage to do this? He's a member who's ranked outside the top fifteen in the martial arts competition, yet he can directly confront the team leader of his own province in this kind of situation."
Is Chen Lie perhaps unworthy of his position, and did he seize the title of Dongchuan Martial Arts Champion through trickery?
Amidst the discussions in the other two provinces, Chen Lie went down to the third-floor restaurant.
Once they reached the second floor, Wei Ranran couldn't help but say, "That Cui Jinyang is so ungrateful!"
He was so cowardly that he didn't even dare to step onto the battle stage, yet he openly contradicted his brother Chen Lie.
"Which of those people was stronger than Brother Chen Lie?"
"He probably thought Chen Lie was a member of the province's genius team and wouldn't do anything to him, while those people from Yun Chuan would really beat him up on the dueling stage," Tang Jiu'er chimed in.
Luo Zhixun said, "Ultimately, it's because Chen Lie's time from joining the Genius Group to becoming the Martial Champion was too short, and he didn't have enough time to build up his personal prestige."
In the history of martial arts in Dongchuan Province, I have never heard of anyone rising from an ordinary new member to become the provincial martial arts champion in such a short time.
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Seeing that Chen Lie remained silent, Wei Ranran said, "I just saw several reporters secretly taking pictures nearby."
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"In this situation, Cui Jinyang showed no regard for upholding the prestige of Chief Wu."
The champion of a province's martial arts competition, to a certain extent, especially on such an important occasion, represents the face of the province.
"Even if there are any conflicts, they can be resolved privately, not in this kind of public setting. Cui Jinyang's actions will definitely have a particularly bad impact," Luo Zhixun said.
"He's completely insane! Brother Chen Lie went to help him, and he treats him like this!"
Wei Ranran felt indignant on behalf of Chen Lie.
About half an hour later, all the members arrived on the first floor.
The receptionist from the Yunchuan Provincial Martial Arts Association walked to the center and announced, "Distinguished members of the genius groups from the three provinces, our tri-province gathering has officially come to an end."
The martial arts competition of the three provinces will take place in ten days, on the 20th of this month.
During this time, everyone has been practicing martial arts intensively. I wish you all the best in achieving a satisfactory ranking in the Three Provinces Martial Arts Competition.
After the Yun Chuan reception steward finished his announcement, Jiang Xiaodong, the steward leading the Dong Chuan genius team, came over.
"Students, the gathering of the three provinces has concluded, and our Dongchuan Province's airship is already waiting outside."
If there's nothing else, everyone come with me outside and we'll take the airship back to Dongchuan. Our airship is waiting outside.
After Jiang Xiaodong finished speaking, he led the three thousand members of the genius team out of the reception hall and to the plaza in front of the reception hall, where they boarded the airship one by one.
After all the members were on board the airship, Jiang Xiaodong counted the people three times to make sure no one was missing before ordering the airship to take off and head towards Dongchuan Province.
"Students, I watched your performance today. It was excellent. We won two and drew one against the provocation from Yunchuan. Not only were we not humiliated, but we also dealt a heavy blow to Yunchuan's morale. This is something that has never happened in the past ten years of the three-province gathering."
However, the reason for this situation is that Ji Lingxuan, the martial arts champion of Yunchuan Province, did not make a move, and even the runner-up of the Yunchuan Province genius team did not show up.
"So I must warn everyone, the martial arts of Yunchuan far surpass those of Dongchuan and Xichuan, so please don't underestimate Yunchuan." said the leader of the martial arts association.
Wei Ranran knew perfectly well that the reason why the top two from Yunchuan didn't make a move was because they had a personal relationship with Chen Lie. Wasn't the second-place Shen Miaowei the one who went to Xichuan Province with the members of the Yunchuan Province Genius Group to cause trouble?
The meeting between the three provinces had just ended when news about it flooded the media.
"The date for the Three Provinces Military Assembly in the Galactic Calendar 7365 has been set for May 20th."
"The martial arts champions from the three provinces of Sichuan successfully met, and the martial arts inspectors gave their evaluations of the champions from each province."
"Chuandong Times: Reports of internal discord among members of the Dongchuan Province Genius Group; members of the Dongchuan Genius Group publicly confronted the leader of Dongchuan Martial Arts Club and engaged in a physical fight at a meeting!"
"It is suspected that the internal system of the Dongchuan Province Genius Group is corrupt, and the martial arts leader has no authority. A conflict broke out between him and an ordinary member during the meal. Video of the incident is attached."
Before the members of the Dongchuan Province genius team even disembarked from the airship, numerous news topics had already flooded various media outlets.
The airship flew for about an hour and landed outside the Dongchuan Provincial Martial Arts Association.
Chen Lie was at the very front and was the first to step off the airship.
Wei Ranran quickly followed.
"Brother Chen Lie, have you seen the news in Sichuan? The mainstream media praised you, Ji Lingxuan (the martial arts champion of Yunnan Province), and Gu Yang (the martial arts champion of Sichuan Province) as the three giants of martial arts in Sichuan."
"I didn't notice."
"Then take a look!"
As she spoke, Wei Ranran handed her communicator to Chen Lie, who glanced at it and then returned it to her.
"Wrong? There's another one. It's from a second-tier media outlet, Chuanjiang News. They say you have a powerful background, that your victory in the martial arts championship was a rigged operation, that you faked the fight in the open all-member martial arts competition, that you stole martial arts resources, and that the members of the genius team are all dissatisfied with you. They also accused the Dongchuan Provincial Martial Arts Association of being corrupt."
The reason is—wait, isn't this the video of you slapping Cui Jinyang just now?
Wei Ranran was somewhat surprised, then said, "This is outrageous! These unscrupulous media outlets are simply making things up!"
"Why bother with them? The Martial Arts Association will handle it," Chen Lie said.
"This Cui Jinyang is supposed to be a Grandmaster Seed? He doesn't know the importance of things at all. I looked around again and found that many second-tier media outlets are talking about this!" Wei Ranran said.
At this moment, all thirty members of the Dongchuan Province Genius Team disembarked from the airship.
"Dear students, there are only ten days left until the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament. During this time, seize the opportunity to improve your strength. The martial arts resources you applied for should be found in the next day or two. At that time, Gu Lao will notify you in the Genius Group group."
"Every second counts in martial arts practice, so I won't keep you any longer. Everyone, you can all disperse!"
After Jiang Xiaodong finished speaking, he told all the members to disperse and leave.
"Brother Chen Lie, where are you going?"
As soon as the people dispersed, Wei Ranran immediately went to Chen Lie's side.
"It's afternoon, I'm going home!"
"My dad's here to pick me up. Want to come with me? I'll have him take you home."
"No, my family bought an airship, I can go back by myself."
"Oh, okay then."
Wei Ranran could only nod and watch Chen Lie leave.
At that moment, a voice suddenly rang out behind her, startling her.
"Ranran, let's go!"
When Wei Ranran turned around, she saw that it was her father, Wei Hongye, who had called out to her.
"Dad, you scared me to death!"
Wei Ranran gave her father a reproachful look.
"What are you looking at so intently?" Wei Hongye asked.
"It's nothing!" Wei Ranran shook her head.