Chapter 201 (1/2)

An Zou walked up to Cui Hao and looked at the Minister of Rites, who was clearly afraid, ””You want to tell me that you admit that you might have made a mistake in making the list of Rites Department's officials, but the rules cannot be broken. So I must continue fighting, otherwise, you will give up?””

Cui Hao subconsciously took a step back, swallowed his saliva and said, ””Of … of course!””

This was the rule of the imperial court. The laws of the country must not be compromised.

””If … if you have any thoughts, you can mention it to the imperial court after the compet.i.tion.””

An Zeng nodded, ””How many people will be partic.i.p.ating in this year's battle?””

Cui Hao said, ””126 people.””

””So, do I have to fight a hundred and twenty-five rounds?””

Cui Hao could not stand the look in her eyes as she looked at him. He took another step back, ””Um … how would I know that I did not make this list.””

An Zaiyue looked at Cui Hao and said, ””Since the beginning, you've called me three times, which means you have at least three notes with my name on them. Let me take a look.””

Cui Hao was stunned for a moment, ””None of your business.””

””Give me all the pieces of paper with my name on them.””

The entire area was silent. No one spoke a word.

Everyone sensed that something was amiss, but Cui Hao was an official of the imperial court, so they didn't dare to speak carelessly.

Even those who had started off shouting at him were now unwilling to speak.

After all, this was a very shameful matter. Even if they went through a round robin tournament like this, would it still be a glorious victory for one of them?

Cultivators valued their reputations.

Most of them wanted to defeat An Zuan in broad daylight. Before An Zhe revealed the time they didn't have, they also thought that An Zhe relied on luck. If they had that kind of luck, they would also become as famous as An Zou.

Now, however, there were few among them who still felt that they were better than An Jun.

Cui Hao was forced to retreat from An Ying's stare. He coughed a few times and said, ””You are making a fool of yourself!””

An Xuan said, ””I don't want to cause trouble, so you have to show me your reasonableness.””

Cui Hao subconsciously turned around to look at where Gao Yuan was standing, but realized that the lake was no longer there.

His heart turned cold as he suddenly thought of something. Had he been schemed against by someone?

He had heard of this person's temperament before. If something really happened to him, perhaps Gao Yuan would not make the decision for him.

Cui Hao smiled embarra.s.sedly, ””Maybe there really is some mistake. Otherwise, I'll just have to take another smoke if this compet.i.tion doesn't count.””

””Give me all the pieces of paper with my name on them.””

Cui Hao's expression was so bad that he seemed to be seriously ill. He turned around to look for Gao Yuan once again, but he still couldn't find him even after searching through the crowd.

An Zhan said slowly, ””You didn't give it to me because you didn't have it.””

If you don't want to say it, then let me say it … If someone told you to do this, you would only be a hound that uses money to do things.

You don't have three pieces of paper with my name on them at all, just one.

And what you don't know and don't react to is that you're in a hole now. ””

””Do you know what the purpose of the people who instruct you to do this is?

You think maybe the guy's trying to fool me, or maybe he's trying to knock me out of the race.

But you're wrong. His purpose is to provoke me.

””If I can beat you up on this occasion, I'd better be able to kill you.””

An Zeng pointed at Cui Hao's nose and said, ””You're an idiot, do you know that?””

If I do kill you in anger, then it will make you happy to do so.

No one can justify me killing you under these circ.u.mstances. After triggering the law of Great Yan, I will be locked up and executed.

As for you, after you died, this matter didn't even have a single witness, and the process ended cleanly … ””

Cui Hao's face turned as pale as paper. ””Sir An … are you serious?””

””Give me the note.””

Cui Hao placed the slip of paper in An Xuan's hands with trembling hands. ””Indeed … there is only this one.””

””It's true that someone told me to do this, but I was only coveting a few small amounts of money. I really didn't know that the consequences would be that severe.””

””What did you say?””

””You said that the Gao Clan wanted you to do this?””

Cui Hao's complexion changed once again. This time, it was the azure and violet color of an old man's liver. ””Master An …. Master An, don't harm me. I didn't say anything.””

An Zhan said loudly, ””Please say it out loud once again. It was the Gao Family's people who told you to do this.””

Cui Hao was so anxious that he almost kneeled down. ””I didn't say anything, Master An!””

””Thank you for telling me the truth.””

He turned around and looked at the people around him. ””Since this is a compet.i.tion that only those with power can control, the dignity of this country has been wiped clean.””

””Since that's the case, we might as well go straight to the point.””

He pointed at the men. ””Come up if any of you want to beat me!””

Come on up!

That roar was like the roar of a tiger.

The surrounding people let out an explosive shout that caused their ears to ring. A few people with weaker cultivations actually bled from the shock, and some even fainted from the shock.

The attention of everyone in the Golden Hall Square was attracted by An Zhe's roar.

Even those with extraordinary cultivations in Chu Xiong's battle were shaken by this scene.

It was only now that they truly understood how great the difference was between them and An Ying.

No one dared to step forward.

An Zeng's sharp gaze swept across the entire audience, ””I was only fighting helplessly against you guys.””

If I was allowed to go straight to the battle of Qui, how would I be in the mood to waste my time here with you guys?