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After all, while Hong Kong isn't as far as John Bull, it's still considerably farther than Qingdao.

"Honey, how long will you be gone?" Ding Qiunan asked Xiao Shan.

"Don't worry, it definitely won't take as long as the trip to John's!" Xiao Shan said to Ding Qiuna with a smile. "Last time we took a ship, crossing half the globe! This time we'll take a train to a port in the south, and then take a ship to Hong Kong. It should only take about a week!"

Ding Qiunan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this: "That is indeed much closer than the last time we went to John's!"

A week later, Xiao Shan prepared to go to Hong Kong with Tan Chengjia and others.

In addition to Tan Chengjia and Xiao Shan, the team participating in this unrestricted fighting competition also includes two competitors and five support staff.

Of course, these five support staff were unaware of the true purpose of their trip; their job was simply to ensure that the two competitors were in the best possible condition for the unrestricted combat match.

The two contestants didn't actually know much about the real purpose of this event.

Only Xiao Shan and Tan Chengjia had a complete understanding of the entire plan!

This no-holds-barred fighting tournament will last for twenty days in Hong Kong, divided into preliminary rounds, semi-finals, and finals.

The preliminary rounds lasted three days, mainly to eliminate some participants, followed by a two-day break.

The second round of the competition will then last for two days, followed by a three-day break.

Finally, the semi-finals and finals will be held.

The semi-finals and finals are both held on the same day, with a four-day break between each.

This allows both the participants to adjust their condition and the organizers to have extra time to summarize and adjust the competition schedule.

As far as Xiaoshan knows, this no-holds-barred fighting tournament held in Hong Kong is quite large in scale, attracting more than 300 athletes from over 50 countries.

The task for the two contestants this time is also very difficult. Tan Chengjia hopes that they can at least make it to the semi-finals.

This way they can stay in Hong Kong for a few more days.

If Tan Chengjia is eliminated in the preliminary round, he might have to go home before he even gets in touch with the patriots.

Tan Chengjia's mission to go to Hong Kong alone this time was extremely challenging.

They were responsible for contacting, meeting with, and handing over documents to patriots, as well as ensuring the safe return of the documents to China.

Therefore, the longer he stays in Hong Kong, the greater his chances of completing his mission.

However, from Xiao Shan's perspective, both of the contestants sent by the country are quite strong.

It was obvious that a lot of effort was put into finding these two people.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, these two should have no problem making it to the semifinals.

After all, the world of the courtyard is not a martial arts world, and the contestants in the fighting tournament are still within the category of normal humans.

Because at that time, the green trains did not have soft sleeper berths, so Xiao Shan and his group naturally traveled in hard sleeper berths.

Xiao Shan, Tan Chengjia, and two contestants shared a four-person room.

The other five support staff members lived in a six-person room with upper, middle, and lower bunks.

After the train started moving, looking at Ding Qiunan and the others who were still on the platform seeing Xiao Shan off, one of the contestants, Yang Tai, said with some envy, "Director Xiao, your family is really good to you!"

Yang Tai was an orphan from a young age and was adopted by the Taoist priests of Baiyun Temple, so he longed for family and kinship.

"Hey, it's all a burden of love!" Xiao Shan said with a wry smile, kicking the three large bags of luggage at his feet.

These were all prepared for him by Ding Qiunan, his parents-in-law, and his master and mistress.

"It's alright, I don't have much luggage. I'll help you carry it later!" Yang Tai said to Xiao Shan with a smile.

Another contestant, Zhang He, also smiled and said, "I can help you carry it later!"

Seeing the goodwill shown by the two contestants, Xiao Shan said cheerfully, "It's alright, I can carry it! You two just need to take your own luggage!"

When it was lunchtime, Tan Chengjia took his national food coupons to the dining car to buy a boxed lunch.

Tan Chengjia first delivered the boxed meals to five logistics staff members, and then took the four boxed meals back to their four-person room.

Seeing the boxed lunch Tan Chengjia brought back, Xiao Shan also took out the wild vegetable dumplings that Nan Yi had prepared from his bag.

This was specially made for Xiao Shan by Nan Yi when he learned that Xiao Shan was going to Hong Kong on a business trip.

The three of them were immediately impressed when they saw the light green dumplings that Xiao Shan had taken out.

Judging from its appearance, this dumpling must taste delicious.

Xiao Shan could not hide the look in Tan Chengjia and the other two's eyes. Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Come, come, everyone, eat together. These are wild vegetable dumplings made by Chef Nan Yi from our Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. Everyone who has tried them has said they are bad!"

"This isn't really appropriate!" Tan Chengjia wanted to try, but felt a little embarrassed.

The other two reacted similarly to Tan Chengjia.

Xiao Shan picked up a wild vegetable dumpling, took a bite, and said, "Don't be shy, these wild vegetable dumplings won't taste good if they're left overnight!"

Hearing Xiao Shan say this, Tan Chengjia and the other two felt no longer hesitant and each picked up a wild vegetable dumpling, eating it with relish.

After lunch, Xiao Shan casually chatted with Yang Tai and Zhang He about some things beyond martial arts.

Xiao Shan was talking about these things because he wanted to give Yang Tai and Zhang He some pointers so that they could achieve better results in the competition.

After all, this is the first time China has participated in such a world-class unrestricted combat competition. If they can achieve a good ranking, it will be a good thing for Yang Tai, Zhang He, and the country.

Yang Tai and Zhang He initially thought that Xiaoshan City was curious about martial arts, so they also chatted about some martial arts-related matters.

However, as the conversation deepened, Yang Tai and Zhang He were surprised to find that Xiao Shan's views and understanding of martial arts completely overturned their previous understanding.

Moreover, although it overturned their previous understanding, reason told them that Xiao Shan was right!

This made the way the two of them looked at Xiao Shan completely different!

"Xiaoshan, you're actually proficient in martial arts?" Tan Chengjia, who was sitting next to Xiaoshan on the lower bunk, quietly asked, looking at Yang Tai and Zhang He who were shocked by Xiaoshan.

Xiao Shan laughed and said, "I used to practice these things by reading some comic books from street vendors!"

"How could haphazard practice shock Yang Tai and Zhang He like this? I'm not well-educated, don't try to fool me!" Tan Chengjia didn't believe Xiao Shan's lies at all.

Seeing that Tan Chengjia didn't believe him, Xiao Shan didn't say anything more, just smiled.

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After their initial shock, Yang Tai and Zhang He approached their subsequent conversation with a learning attitude.

Just as the three were getting more and more into their conversation, a thin, middle-aged man entered Xiaoshan's hard sleeper carriage.

The middle-aged man seemed to have a sore throat and kept clearing it.

The four-person sleeper compartment was already small, so the middle-aged man's throat-clearing sound was particularly jarring.

Seeing Yang Tai and Zhang He start to frown, Tan Chengjia worried that they might do something out of line, so he quietly pulled the middle-aged man outside: "Comrade, could you go to the sleeper car to rest?"

The middle-aged man frowned: "Why should I? Do you own the train? What's it to you if I stand in the aisle to rest for a bit?"

"Here's the thing, did you see those three young men chatting? They're representing the country in a no-holds-barred fighting tournament in Hong Kong, and they're discussing some professional issues right now. I'm worried that you might be disturbing them, so I hope you can understand!"

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment after hearing Tan Chengjia's words, then his expression became eager: "Why didn't you say so earlier? I'll go rest in another part of the car now!"

Middle-aged men are actually aware that their habit of frequently clearing their throats can bother others.

However, being suddenly pulled outside by Tan Chengjia and spoken to so openly, he was initially somewhat embarrassed and angry.

However, upon learning that these people were participating in some kind of unrestricted fighting tournament to win glory for the country, their attitude immediately changed.

"Thank you so much!" Tan Chengjia shook hands with the middle-aged man with a grateful expression.

After the middle-aged man left, he asked Tan Chengjia to pass on a message to Xiao Shan and the other two, hoping that they could bring back a championship for the country!

Three days later, the train finally stopped at Guangzhou Railway Station.

The group from Xiaoshan got off the car with their luggage.

At this point, Xiao Shan's luggage was missing one bag.

Because of Xiaoshan's three bags of luggage, apart from a large bag of clothes, the other two bags were almost entirely filled with food.

The four of them ate one of the large bags of food on the train.

When they arrived in Guangzhou, it was already late at night. The group found a guesthouse near the train station to stay in, and planned to take a bus to the pier the next morning.

The next morning, the group from Xiaoshan went outside the guesthouse and each of them had a bowl of local seafood congee.

"This porridge is so delicious!" Yang Tai exclaimed, holding the bowl of porridge with a look of pure delight.

Xiao Shan and the others nodded in agreement.

After finishing breakfast, Tan Chengjia got up to pay the bill.

The group then returned to the guesthouse, returned the room key, and went to the station to take a bus to the pier.

After a few more hours on the bus, the three of them finally arrived at the pier bound for Hong Kong.

At that time, Hong Kong did not have particularly frequent contact with the mainland, and the two sides had only opened trade ports.

Therefore, Xiao Shan and his group underwent a series of strict inspections at the dock, and nearly half of Xiao Shan's food was confiscated before they were allowed to board the ship bound for Hong Kong.

"Hey Tan, why is the inspection here so strict?" Yang Tai asked, looking completely bewildered.

They not only conduct inspections, but they also confiscate things at the drop of a hat!

Yang Tai had never encountered anything like this before in his entire life!

Tan Chengjia looked around; they were on a cargo ship bound for Hong Kong.

There were no crew members on deck at the moment, so she explained to Yang Tai with relief: "This is nothing compared to what's happening at the Hong Kong border; the checks there are even stricter!"

Yang Tai, somewhat annoyed, said, "Entering our own country's territory and being treated like we're being investigated for spies is truly frustrating!"

"We leased Hong Kong to them, we didn't sell it to them!"

Xiao Shan lit a cigarette and smiled at Yang Tai: "Don't worry, it'll all be returned! Then we won't need to go through such strict screening!"

Although people in later generations who wanted to go to Hong Kong still needed to go through security and customs.

But later generations examined security issues, not conducted inspections with hostility like this.

The group stood on the deck chatting and smoking. The sea breeze tossed their hair and carried away the bad memories from before.

It takes about three hours to get to Hong Kong by boat from here, so no place to rest was arranged for Xiao Shan and his group.

Fortunately, it didn't take long, and the group chatted and smoked on the deck, so time passed quickly.

However, less than an hour later, three of the support staff began to hold onto the railing and dump their vomit into the sea.

Although Yang Tai and Zhang He tried to hold on for a while, they eventually couldn't help but join in vomiting.

Only Xiao Shan and Tan Chengjia seemed completely unaffected by the pressure.

Xiaoshan has the strength to back it up; it's impossible for them to be dizzy.

Tan Chengjia, on the other hand, has traveled overseas many times and has become accustomed to the storms of the open sea.

The others looked at the two people who were so calm and composed, and they were filled with envy.

They feel dizzy just from squatting on the ground.

After finally reaching the port of Hong Kong, the group disembarked from the cargo ship with their luggage.

Next, they were met by John Bull's prosecutor.

Xiao Shan handed the group's identification documents and customs clearance documents to the three prosecutors, and then explained to them in fluent English the purpose of their trip to Hong Kong.

After the three bearded prosecutors finished reading Xiao Shan's documents, they gestured for Xiao Shan and his team to follow them.

The group from Xiaoshan were led into a low-rise building.

Two of the three bearded prosecutors took his personal belongings and took them to another room for inspection.

The remaining prosecutor, a bearded man, led Xiao Shan and his group into an empty room with a stern face, and then said to them, "Take off all your clothes and stand with your backs against the wall for inspection."

Upon hearing this, Tan Chengjia's face immediately turned extremely ugly.

Although Yang Tai and Zhang He couldn't understand, seeing Tan Chengjia's face suddenly darken, they immediately realized something was wrong and instinctively assumed a defensive fighting stance.

Although Xiao Shan's expression wasn't good either, he simply looked at the prosecutor and said, "Sir, we were invited to Hong Kong to participate in an unrestricted fighting tournament. Isn't this kind of examination inappropriate?"

“People from the mainland are subject to this kind of inspection according to customs regulations!” A subtle glint flashed in the prosecutor’s eyes. “You mainlanders are always cunning. Who knows if you’re here to sabotage the relationship between Hong Kong and John Bull?”

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