"Everyone, this is Zhou Hong. What do you think we should do with him?" one of the young men said. This young man was the number one prodigy.
"Nonsense, just looking at this kind of person makes me sick. If we don't suppress him, he'll really think he's something," another young man said, who was the second prodigy.
"Then how should we suppress him?"
"Zhou Li, you're the third prodigy, and you're also at the ninety-seventh阶 of martial arts. Why don't you challenge him and see what his capabilities are?" Several young men looked at a woman named Zhou Li, who was the third-ranked provincial youth prodigy.
"Alright! Then I'll write him a challenge letter tomorrow and send someone to deliver it to Jinzhou City," the woman named Zhou Li nodded and said.
"No need to go through all that trouble. Just inform the provincial TV station and have them broadcast an urgent news item that you're challenging Zhou Hong. That way, all the major TV stations will quickly relay it, and that guy will know within half an hour."
"Okay, I'll call the TV station right now." Zhou Li immediately took out her phone and dialed a number, which was the hotline for the Jiangnan Province Martial Arts Channel.
"Hello, this is the Jiangnan Province Martial Arts Channel. How may I help you?" a kind voice responded after the call connected.
"Hello, my name is Zhou Li, the third-ranked provincial youth prodigy. I'd like to ask you to broadcast an urgent news item for me."
"Senior Zhou Li, hello. What kind of urgent news is it?"
"I want to issue a challenge to Zhou Hong of Jinzhou City."
"This? Could you send us a video, and then we can broadcast the video. That way, we can also verify its authenticity."
"Okay, I'll record the video and send it to your email immediately."
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Li immediately asked someone to help her record a video with her phone.
"Hello everyone, my name is Zhou Li, the third-ranked provincial youth prodigy. I hereby issue a challenge to Zhou Hong of Jinzhou City. I ask Zhou Hong to come to Shilijin Town tomorrow at noon for a duel. Whoever doesn't come is a dog."
After sending the video, Zhou Li immediately sent it to the TV station's email.
"Excellent, Zhou Li. We'll see your performance tomorrow. You're both at the ninety-seventh阶 of martial arts, so it's still uncertain who is stronger. You must absolutely crush him and see if he's still so arrogant." one of the young men said.
"Don't worry, we're both at the ninety-seventh阶, and it's not certain who will win. In any case, I have great confidence in myself."
At this moment, the provincial number one prodigy said to Zhou Li, "None of us will sleep tonight. We'll give you special training to enhance your strength."
"Okay." The second prodigy and the others also nodded in agreement.
Thus, they came to a sports field and began special training for Zhou Li, to help her win the duel tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the Provincial Martial Arts Channel immediately began broadcasting Zhou Li's video challenge as an urgent news item.
All the viewers watching the Jiangnan Province Channel were startled to see this video challenge, doubting if they were seeing things correctly.
Of course, other cities in Jiangnan Province also re-transmitted this video challenge, especially Jinzhou City, which was among the first to do so.
At this moment, at Zhou Hong's home, Zhou Hong was eating dinner, with the living room television on as usual.
Just then, the evening news anchor suddenly said, "Dear citizens, we will now interrupt with an urgent news report. Please see the details."
Following this, a video appeared on the screen, showing a woman.
This woman was Zhou Li.
Zhou Hong and the others, who were eating, were startled. Even Zhou Hong couldn't help but look at the television screen. Zhou Hong frowned slightly as he heard the woman on TV issuing a challenge to him.
A moment later, everyone in the Qiao family looked at Zhou Hong.
"Zhou Hong, the third prodigy Zhou Li has issued a challenge to you," Qiao Xiaoyu seemed to still be in shock.
"Heh heh, I saw it." Zhou Hong couldn't help but smile. He felt a bit annoyed because Zhou Li had said in the video that whoever didn't show up was a dog. A challenge is a challenge, but did she have to use such words to provoke Zhou Hong, making it seem like he was afraid of her?
"Zhou Hong, are you going to go?" Qiao Wanli also quickly asked.
"She already said that whoever doesn't go is a dog. How can I not go?"
"But do you have confidence in your own strength?"
"We're both at the ninety-seventh阶 of martial arts. Even if I'm not her opponent, it won't be so easy for her to hurt me. It seems I'll have to go to Shilijin Town tomorrow. I wonder what kind of place that is. Why would this lunatic choose Shilijin Town?"
Qiao Yannian said, "Shilijin Town is a small town located between us and the provincial capital. It takes about an hour and a half by highway from our Jinzhou City to get there."
"Alright then, I'll go tomorrow." Zhou Hong nodded and didn't say anything more, treating it as a casual trip to this small town tomorrow.
However, Zhou Hong was unaware that after this news was broadcast, the entire Jiangnan Province erupted. Countless people from the martial arts world immediately set off, heading to Shilijin Town that very night. They were afraid that the highway would be jammed tomorrow. There was no doubt that tomorrow, people from all cities in Jiangnan Province would be driving towards Shilijin Town, and the roads would definitely be congested.
The traffic police in Jiangnan Province also seemed to have foreseen this and immediately went out to manage the flow of traffic.
Indeed, in less than an hour, traffic on the highway leading to Shilijin Town began to increase.
After finishing dinner, Zhou Hong returned to Tianhe Residential Area. Although the entire province was in an uproar, it seemed like a trivial matter to him.
And so, the night passed without incident.
The next morning, after waking up, Zhou Hong turned on the TV at home while eating breakfast. The morning news was being broadcast.
After watching the news, Zhou Hong learned that the highway had been completely jammed since last night.
"Zhou Hong, the roads are so jammed, how are we going to get to Shilijin Town?" Qiao Xiaoyu asked worriedly. Even if they left now, they might not be able to reach Shilijin Town before noon.
"Sigh, so many idlers," Zhou Hong sighed as he saw the congested highway on the TV screen. These idle people really had nothing better to do, starting out since last night. Some people were still stuck in traffic now.
"It's all because you're going to have a duel."
"Do we really need to go to the scene to join the excitement for our duel? Besides, what's the point of such a trivial matter?" Zhou Hong seemed unable to understand. However, on second thought, he could perhaps understand. To ordinary people, even ordinary martial artists were like ceiling-level existences, let alone provincial youth prodigies.
Just then, Zhou Hong's phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was from Changsun Qinghe.
"Hello, Zhou Hong, have you set off yet?"
"Not yet. The road is blocked, and I don't know if I can make it," Zhou Hong said helplessly.
"You don't need to worry about that. I'll fly you there by helicopter."
"Oh." Zhou Hong's eyes immediately lit up.