185: Rookie King Lu Ze?

Xiong Lu meekly said, “Hmm… there are still several promises.”

Xiong Hao blew his beard and glared. He had thought his granddaughter had been deceived and tricked, but he never expected Lu Ze, that brat, to be so cunning?

He wouldn't stop until he had completely tricked Xiong Lu!

What a Lu Ze!

What a Disciple of Venerable Cheng!

“Grandpa, should I, should I still fulfill the promises I made with Lu Ze?”

“Fulfill what? That brat has been playing you from beginning to end!”

“But…”

Xiong Lu was still hesitant, “I’ve already made the promises, wouldn’t it be bad not to fulfill them?”

Looking at his simple and trustworthy granddaughter, Xiong Hao felt even more heartbroken.

That brat Lu Ze!

If you hadn't come to Shennong City, I wouldn't have been able to do anything to you, but since you've come, just you wait!

...The next day.

Lu Ze woke up early and went to the hotel lobby for breakfast.

Cheng Ran also came out shortly after, but unlike yesterday's white dress, today Cheng Ran was wearing the Demon Subduing Division's exclusive combat uniform, and also wore the Demon Subduing Division Headquarters' badge.

Those who saw her badge in passing were all in awe.

Cheng Ran sat opposite Lu Ze, and soon someone brought delicious breakfast and placed it in front of her.

After the attendant left, Cheng Ran asked, “So, have you decided to participate in the Rookie Competition?”

Lu Ze shook his head.

He had long ago asked Cheng Ran about the rewards for the Rookie Competition. After all, it was a China-level competition, so there should be something particularly attractive, right?

But the reward was surprisingly an Honor Medal.

What use could that thing have?

He would rather use that time to go out and kill a couple of demons.

Lu Ze decisively gave up on this Rookie Competition.

Seeing this, Cheng Ran didn't insist.

The two ate quietly. Lu Ze had just swallowed a bun when he heard a noisy commotion not far away.

He looked up and saw a man of about twenty, wearing an orange and white tracksuit, with short hair but a long braid at the back of his head.

The man looked furious, and behind him followed an orange-haired girl, who looked about eighteen, tugging at the man, trying to drag him out.

But unfortunately, the man's strength was too great. No matter how hard the orange-haired girl pulled, she was instead pulled back into the lobby.

Several attendants with decent cultivation noticed this, put down what they were doing, and began to approach the man and the woman.

One of the attendants narrowed his eyes, his Spiritual Qi fluctuating around him. “Sirs, this is not a place where you can act presumptuously. Will you leave on your own now, or shall I break your legs and throw you out?”

The man stopped and handed something to the attendant. After reading it, the attendant apologized repeatedly, and the Spiritual Qi on his body instantly disappeared.

Lu Ze vaguely heard the man ask, “Where is Venerable Cheng Ran?”

The attendant immediately pointed to where Lu Ze and Cheng Ran were.

The man, with the girl, took three steps in two and arrived at Cheng Ran and Lu Ze's table.

The man first stood straight, glanced at Cheng Ran's badge, and respectfully bowed to Cheng Ran, “Junior Qu Hongxi from Zhu Lu Qu Family, greetings, Venerable Cheng!”

The girl behind him also respectfully bowed, but she seemed somewhat afraid, her voice trembling slightly, “Junior Qu Hongqing, greetings, Venerable Cheng.”

Cheng Ran swallowed her food and nodded slightly.

Cheng Ran had heard of the Zhu Lu Qu Family.

This Family's Legacy was quite peculiar; their entire Family jointly Cultivated a strange Cultivation Technique. As long as someone in their Family died, the deceased's Cultivation Technique would be equally distributed among the others Cultivating it.

After several generations of accumulation like this, their younger generation was stronger than ordinary people.

For example, the current Qu Hongxi already had a Major Achievement in the fifth rank, yet he was only in his twenties.

Looking at the Spiritual Qi fluctuations around him, it seemed that if a few more people died in his Family, he might be able to Breakthrough to the sixth rank in one go.

Cheng Ran speculated about the reason for their aggressive arrival and couldn't help but ask, “I don't seem to have any personal ties with the Zhu Lu Qu Family. Are you here today because an elder in your Family has something they need me to convey to Headquarters?”

Qu Hongxi shook his head, “Junior is not here for Venerable Cheng!”

Qu Hongxi slowly turned his head, his gaze intensely fixed on Lu Ze, with even a hint of resentment in his eyes, “Junior is here for this one who calls himself the new talent king of China, Lu Ze!”

Lu Ze looked at Qu Hongxi, feeling utterly bewildered.

Qu Hongxi took out a stack of folded envelopes from his Spiritual Artifact and placed them on Lu Ze's table, saying through gritted teeth, “Lu Ze, I, Qu Hongxi, now represent the Gengsi Class personnel from Zhuolu, Shennong, Fuxi, and thirteen other Municipal Demon Subduing Divisions, to challenge you!”

Lu Ze casually picked up one and glanced at it. It was flowery in language, but the core message was that Lu Ze was spouting nonsense, was not worthy of calling himself the new talent king, and they wanted to duel him and utterly defeat him.

Putting the letter down, Lu Ze said, “Where did you hear that I call myself the new talent king?”

Qu Hongxi pointed outside the lobby and sneered, “I'm not blind!”

Lu Ze followed the direction of his finger, and his Spirit Eye directly removed any obstacles for him.

He saw a huge banner, over twenty meters long, hanging from the top of a building opposite.

The banner read: “Within China, the new talent king is only I, Lu Ze. If you disagree, come challenge me!”

Even the bottom part of the banner thoughtfully included Lu Ze's residential address.

It was truly well-intentioned.

The Spirit Eye blurred the building, and further ahead, the scrolling text on the supermarket also displayed the same line, and the paper advertisements printed in the streets and alleys all carried this phrase.

To achieve such a feat overnight, Lu Ze knew who it was with his toes.

It seemed Xiong Hao had discovered the matter with Xiong Lu.

Lu Ze picked up his soy milk and took a sip. Being discovered by Xiong Hao was within Lu Ze's expectations.

After all, whether there was a second type of exotic flame, Xiong Hao, as the Director of the Shennong City Demon Subduing Division, would know with a single investigation.

However, Lu Ze hadn't expected Director Xiong to retaliate against him in this way.

Beside him, Qu Hongxi, watching Lu Ze calmly drink his soy milk, was so angry he was almost trembling.

This brat was so arrogant?!

With merely an Early Stage fifth-rank Cultivation, he dared to presumptuously call himself the new talent king in front of him?!

This position of new talent king clearly belonged to him!

“Hey!”

Qu Hongxi slammed his hand on the table in front of Lu Ze, “You brat, come out and fight me now, otherwise, I'll immediately call up friends from various cities and we'll gang up on you!”

Lu Ze glanced over, about to say something, but then he saw a small bead on the wrist of the girl behind him.

This small bead shimmered with black light under the white light, yet contained infinite power!

Under Lu Ze's Spirit Eye, this bead was even more dominated by brilliant starlight, and this light was restless, as if it was about to break out of the bead at any moment and shine brightly!

“You want to compete? All right.”

Lu Ze chuckled softly, “However, I want the bead on her hand as the stake.”