Chapter 55 It''s Him
While Darren was in his quiet reverie, several people appeared on the tform of the training ground.
They were elders of the Chu n. Besides them, Toby, the Captain from the Governor''s Office, was
seated in the middle of the tform.
"Everyone, silence," one elder announced, gesturing for the crowd to be quiet.
The noisy din died down quickly.
"Thank you foring here. As you know, today we are going to elect our chief. Please allow me to
introduce our honored guests. The Elder of the Yun n—Will Yun; the coach of the Wen n—Cary
Wen...
Of course, the Captain of Governor''s Office, Toby Yun honors us with his presence."
After introducing these important guests, the elder announced the rules for the election. "There are
three battle rings on the training ground. Anyone from our n who thinks himself a perfect candidate
for the chief can walk onto the stage and receive other people''s challenges. As for our young
generation, they can get one helper from their rtives considering their age."
The rules were simple. The wives of the former chief had invited strong cultivators from their maiden
families to assist their children who intended to join the selection.
For such elections, young people usually went onto the stage first. To avoid exposing their real
strength, the powerful cultivators would wait to show up as the election was about to close.
"I''m Nichs. Who dares to challenge me?" Nichs asked, ncing around.
He was the first to head onto the ring battle. ''If a respectable elderes onto the field, I will graciously
surrender. But if weak young cultivators want to challenge me, I will teach them a lesson, '' he mused.
"ke, go teach that guy a lesson."
"Got it!" ke replied, springing into action.
But suddenly, a maiden walked through the crowd, heading towards the field.
"It turns out the genius of the Chu n is a ridiculous clown," she said defiantly, an expression of
fierceness on her face.
"Who are you? How dare you stir up trouble here?" an elder of the Chu n shouted at the girl with a
stern expression.
"Good question!" the girl took another step forward and threw a token at him. She nonchntly replied,
"As a part of the Chu n, I''m qualified to run for the chief!"
The elder took the token, and his face changed instantly as he saw the characters on it. Hurriedly, he
handed it to the Chief Elder.
"This is Gavin''s token. He mentioned her and her mother before. She is his illegitimate child," the Chief
Elder confirmed, displeasure written all over his face.
"Even though you have the blood of our n, you''re not qualified to attend the election. Your mother is
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an unvirtuous woman and she brought shame on our n. You have been exiled. Just leave," the Chief
Elder said gravely, staring sternly at the girl.
When she heard this, the maiden''s face darkened with rage. ''How dare he have the nerve to call my
mother an unvirtuous woman!''
"Old man, how dare you insult my mother?" she said menacingly, ring at the Chief Elder.
The Chief Elder snorted, dismissing her with a wave of his hand. "You best behave yourself here. That
woman was caught sleeping with a servant in the storage room soon after she was married into our
family. If Gavin hadn''t shown her any mercy, we would have already thrown her into theke. You
should be grateful that we only exiled you and your mother. If you don''t want to get in trouble, get lost
right now."
"Screw you! You''re a liar. You''re cowards. You''re afraid I will take the chief''s ce, so you''re making up
lies to fool everyone! Are you blind? Look at that loser on the stage. You even call him the most
promising cultivator in the young generation! That''s ridiculous!" the maiden screamed, a resentful sneer
on her face.
Her remarks made Nichs lose his temper. His face turned dark in an instant.
"How do you have the guts to scold me, you little bitch?" Nichs said, ring at the maiden. With his
chest rising and falling, he turned to the elders and demanded, "Please allow this pathetic bitch to fight
with me on the field. I will end my life myself if I fail to defeat her!"
Nichs had made up his mind to murder that arrogant maiden. His pride had been wounded.
"Your mother is a whore and so is your grandmother!" the maiden retorted, as she took a leap onto the
battle ring.
The elders of the Chu family remained silent, granting Nichs'' request. ''This girl is about twelve years
old. There is no way she will evene close to matching Nichs. We should let Nichs teach her
a lesson so that she will leave here obediently, '' they reasoned.
"Your mother is an unvirtuous woman. I''ll beat you to death," Nichs dered angrily.
Once he had lobbed this insult, the maiden suddenly vanished into thin air.
He looked around but saw no sign of his opponent.
Out of the blue, he got pped. Before he could realize what was going on, someone hadnded
dozens of ps on his face. He was stunned, for the maiden was still nowhere to be seen.
"How could it be? She has reached the Spirit Realm!" the Chief Elder eximed in disbelief, narrowing
his eyes. He rose from his seat instantly and shouted hurriedly at Nichs, "Get out of the battle ring!"
"Get out of here? It''s toote!"
The maiden''s voice resounded, before she reappeared and chopped off Nichs'' head with her sword.
Everyone present was taken aback by her actions. ''She murdered Nichs in public! What will happen
to her next? She is done for!'' they thought.
Before the crowd could recover from their shock, the maiden leaped onto another field and beheaded
two other young men.
Three young geniuses of the Chu n were dead in a sh.
"How dare you?" With indignant shouts, several Spirit Realm masters rushed towards the maiden.
As they nearly reached the battlefield, they were forced to stagger backwards by a strong vital energy.
An old man appeared in front of the maiden.
They growled, leaping towards him and gathered all their vital energy to attack.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
All of them, including the Chief Elder, spat out blood as they were flung backwards into the air!
"He has reached the ninth stage of the Spirit Realm," the Chief Elder gasped in astonishment as he
steadied himself.
"Sir, please help us bring him to justice!" The Chief Elder turned to Toby for help, running out of options.
Like the Chief Elder, Toby was also at the sixth stage of the Spirit Realm. If he stood up and battled that
mysterious old man, he knew he would meet the same fate.
"Humph! What are you doing? Who are you? I''m from the Governor''s Office. How dare you defy me?"
Toby revealed his identity in an attempt to intimidate the old man. After all, Governor''s Office was a
government agency. If that old man continued to cause trouble there, he nned to turn to the local
government for backup.
"So what? I didn''t do anything wrong. What can you do to me?" the old man responded calmly.
"You killed people in front of me, how dare you im that you didn''t break thew?"
"Is that so? Have you seen me murder anybody?"
"Your girl murdered three people. You''re her aplice. Do you think you can get away with this?"
cing his hands behind his back, the old man replied casually, "ording to the rules, officials are
not allowed to get involved in the internal strives within a n. Even if people get killed, the n
reserves the right to take care of it. My disciple is a member of the Chu n. She identally killed
people during the election for chief. Does that have anything to do with the Governor''s Office?"
"You''re twisting logic!" Toby growled, knowing that the old man had found viable loopholes.
"Ina, you can continue your business," the elder said to the maiden.
The girl cracked an evil smile. Pointing at a young man with a high cultivation base, she said coldly,
"You,e fight with me."
Thed at the seventh stage of the Primary Realm stepped back in a panic. Shaking his head, he cried
out, "No, no! I didn''t n onpeting for that ce!"
"It''s not up to you," she snorted, and dashed off the stage. She grabbed the young man by the cor
and dragged him onto the battle ring. She kicked him onto the floor, then swung her sword and cut his
head.
''She has gone too far!'' Darren thought.
With his eyes on the field, he walked slowly to the stage.
Toby was feeling terribly helpless at the sudden turn of events. But he spotted Darren among the crowd
and his face lit up.
"Old man, don''t be too sure of yourself. My distinguished guest is here. Don''t think you can run away!"
Toby said loudly. Having witnessed him y a diabolic beast with Demonic Blood Skill, he was
confident that Darren could easily handle that old man.
Keeping his eyes on Darren, Toby said respectfully, "Sir, please uphold justice and help the Chu n
out."
When the elders heard this, hope rekindled within them. They followed Toby''s gaze immediately,
searching for this guest.
''Who is he referring to? I don''t see any strong cultivator?'' they pondered, perplexed.
"You''ve already taught them a lesson. Just stop!" Darren''s distant voice came, surprising all the Chu
n members.
"What''s going on? It''s him!" Several elders of the Chu n eximed, looking at each other with
amazement. They had certainly never expected him!