I bought a secret manual of the Hehuan Sect for ten yuan.

"I'm not familiar with Jiang Chaoning..."

"Okay, actually it's my brother. He likes Jiang Chaoning, that's how I met her, but I'm really not that close to her."

Zheng Qiuyi's gaze shifted back to Jiang Chaoning. "Jiang Chaoning doesn't seem interested in my brother. I heard she's recently become obsessed with martial arts, and I didn't expect it to be true—she even participated in a competition like this!"

"Zheng Shaoqing?" Qin Ge glanced at Zheng Qiuyi sideways. "Your brother is really unlucky!"

Zheng Qiuyi asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Qin Ge didn't answer. He always tries to steal my woman. If he's not unlucky, who is?

The fight has begun on the stage.

Facing Jiang Chaoning was Miao Rui, a veteran fighter who had been active in the combat sports arena for many years.

Miao Rui is tall and sturdy, experienced, and has a fierce fighting style with sharp and powerful punches and kicks.

Zheng Qiuyi watched in horror, "I really don't understand what Jiang Chaoning is thinking. What's wrong with a perfectly good girl learning to fight?!"

"With such a formidable opponent, if I accidentally hit them in the face, I could be disfigured at best, or even worse, ruined. What's the point?"

"Jiang Chaoning can't lose." Qin Ge had already figured it out; Jiang Chaoning possessed the strength of the Great Perfection of the Yellow Realm.

It's not considered strong for martial artists, but it's a devastating blow to ordinary people!

Jiang Chaoning's opponents were experienced and skilled, but at most they were only slightly stronger than ordinary people. They had no chance of winning against martial artists.

Therefore, as Su Wenxi said, martial artists usually do not participate in such competitions.

Winning would be meaningless; it would only lower one's status.

However, Jiang Chaoning's aptitude seems to be quite average. Although he started learning late, he shouldn't only be at the Great Perfection of the Yellow Realm, right?

Yang Xiaomeng started learning even later, but she's already reached the Profound Realm!

"How do you know?" Zheng Qiuyi knew nothing about martial arts. She didn't even have a concept of Qin Ge's strength. She just knew that he seemed to be quite powerful, more powerful than her bodyguard.

She knew that Qin Ge was the head of the Jiangcheng branch of the Shadow Martial Hall, and that he was at least at the Heavenly Realm level, but she had no concrete concept of the Heavenly Realm.

It's like a primary school student not being able to understand the extent of a mathematician's mathematical knowledge; they just know that the mathematician is quite impressive.

"Didn't you see?"

"Jiang Chaoning was forced into a corner and had no chance to fight back. How could she win?"

"I'm not her, how would I know how she wants to win!" Qin Ge kept staring at Jiang Chaoning, feeling that something was off.

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Chaoning suddenly stopped dodging Miao Rui's fierce attack, and his internal energy surged.

Jiang Chaoning remained calm and delivered a simple, clean straight punch, without any fancy moves.

"boom--"

The two fists collided, and a muffled thud exploded on the ring.

Miao Rui felt a powerful and fierce force suddenly strike him, instantly penetrating his entire body. His blood and qi surged, and he felt a piercing pain in his arm, as if his bones had been cracked!

He was sent flying uncontrollably backward, crashing heavily onto the edge of the ring. He struggled several times but was unable to get up.

Defeating the enemy in one move?!

After a moment of silence, the entire hall erupted in cheers and thunderous applause.

"R-Really won?!" Zheng Qiuyi excitedly grabbed Qin Ge's arm and shook it, then blushed and sheepishly withdrew her hand. "How did you know she would definitely win? Teach me!"

Qin Ge remained unmoved, his eyes fixed on Jiang Chaoning on the stage, his heart churning with turmoil.

Did I just see that right? Jiang Chaoning... seems to have spiritual roots!

The Hehuan Sect's tradition contains descriptions of spiritual roots, but Qin Ge doesn't quite understand them, and he has never encountered anyone with spiritual roots.

He had previously taught Yang Xiaomeng and Su Wenxi cultivation techniques, but neither of them could cultivate them, and they thought Qin Ge was just playing a prank on them.

Qin Ge had pondered the reason. He thought it was very likely that Su Wenxi and the others were unable to cultivate because they did not have spiritual roots. However, only those who had seen people with spiritual roots would know for sure.

If Jiang Chaoning truly possesses spiritual roots, then to Qin Ge, she herself is far more important than the entire Jiang family.

Ten Jiang families couldn't compare to one Jiang Chaoning!

"Miss Jiang is awesome!"

"Women are just as capable as men!"

One person in the crowd raised his fist and shouted, standing out prominently.

"Jiang Chaoning has quite a few ardent suitors. Your rival has appeared!" Zheng Qiuyi recognized the voice and looked in the direction of the voice, then froze.

"elder brother?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Ge turned her head and saw Zheng Shaoqing waving at Jiang Chaoning on the stage, with bodyguard Yun Yichuan beside him.

Beside Yun Yichuan was another man with a round face and a full beard.

"You know what, she really is a love rival!"

Qin Ge patted Zheng Qiuyi on the shoulder. "Does Zheng Shaoqing know I'm in Beidu?"

He had always wondered why Zheng Shaoqing hadn't sought revenge on him for so long. Had he really swallowed his anger?

Are those videos really that intimidating that they made Zheng Shaoqing lose the courage to even try them out?

"How would I know!" Zheng Qiuyi exclaimed, completely bewildered. "I had no idea you two knew each other!"

"How did you and my brother meet? Were you friends?"

On stage, Jiang Chaoning seemed oblivious to the cheers from the audience.

She walked calmly toward Miao Rui and helped him up. "I'm sorry, I didn't control my strength very well just now. I didn't quite get the hang of it."

With Jiang Chaoning and Miao Rui leaving the stage, two other contestants stepped onto the ring.

Next up is the duel between these two, with the winner advancing to the finals to face Jiang Chaoning.

As the two appeared on stage, the crowd below erupted in excitement.

Two women came on stage, one of whom was about the same age as Jiang Chaoning and was extremely beautiful.

Many of the spectators weren't actually interested in the match; what they were interested in was Jiang Chaoning's good looks!

Fighting might not be very interesting or entertaining, but watching beautiful women fight is a different story; you have to be on your toes to watch that.

They originally thought Jiang Chaoning was beautiful enough, but who would have thought that another one would come along who was just as beautiful as Jiang Chaoning!

If this stunningly beautiful woman wins this match, then the final will be a battle between two "fairies"—just thinking about it is exciting.

Even Qin Ge was dumbfounded, but not because of the woman's beauty on stage, but because of her name!

Misako, Misako Amamiya!

Qin Ge glanced at everyone present. Am I the only one who thinks there's something wrong with this name?

"His eyes are practically popping out!" Zheng Qiuyi noticed Qin Ge staring intently at Misako on the stage and couldn't help but nudge him in the waist with her elbow.

Is it really that good-looking?

I'm not worse than her or Jiang Chaoning, am I?

Qin Ge snapped out of her reverie. "Don't you think there's anything wrong with that person's name?"

"Name? What's the problem? Didn't I just introduce her? She's from Dongyang. Aren't people from Dongyang supposed to have names like that?"

"That's the problem—she's from Dongyang!"