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Chapter 152 A Letter of Challenge Stirs Up a Wave

The next day, the city lord's men sent a challenge to the Ma Yi Guards across the street and made the matter public.

Lin Feng received the challenge letter and opened it to read it.

The reasons given in the challenge were all high-sounding, condemning Lin Feng for repeatedly provoking the three major forces under the City Lord's Mansion and wantonly harming his colleagues.

In truth, both of them knew that this was simply because Lin Feng was blocking Zheng Tiejun's way.

Zheng Tiejun was not involved with the Hungry Wolf Gang.

The Hungry Wolf Gang is merely Zheng Tiejun's lackey; if Zheng Tiejun wants something, other gangs will come to join him.

However, as long as Lin Feng is around, he can wipe out any number of these gangs, no matter how many come.

After Lin Feng finished reading the challenge letter, several veterans of the Ma Yi Guard, including Zhang Xiaoyu, Sun Yu, Lin Hu, Zhou Haitao, and Song Dahu, came to Lin Feng's room.

Zhang Xiaoyu's face showed worry. "It still came to this."

Everyone knows that Zheng Tiejun brought Lin Feng into the Ma Yi Wei (a secret police unit), and Lin Feng has always been grateful to Zheng Tiejun.

Lin Feng used to tell them that without General Zheng, they wouldn't have been able to get into the government; General Zheng was their benefactor.

Unexpectedly, the two of them reached the point of life and death confrontation so quickly.

Lin Feng looked up at the crowd.

He sighed and said, "Alas, it was bound to happen sooner or later. The dragon slayer will eventually become the dragon."

"Zheng Tiejun insists on going down this path, and there's nothing we can do about it."

Sun Yu, with a blade of grass dangling from his mouth, kept grinding his teeth. "Big brother, don't overthink it. Since Zheng Tiejun is ruthless, don't blame us for being unjust. I'll lead my men to wipe out the Hungry Wolf Gang right now."

After he finished speaking, he walked out, but as he reached the door, he turned back and added, "Brother, we can't accept this challenge."

Lin Feng smiled and waved his hand, signaling him to go out and take care of his business.

At this point, they could only catch a few small fry; the big fish of the Hungry Wolf Gang must have all hidden in the city lord's mansion.

Taking action is merely a statement of intent.

Zhou Haitao said, "Brother-in-law, let's not take the challenge seriously. No matter how much Zheng Tiejun makes a fuss, we'll just ignore him."

No one believed that Lin Feng could defeat Zheng Tiejun, who came from the outer sect of the Sword Sect.

Zheng Tiejun had been practicing martial arts for many years into his middle age, while Lin Feng was just a rising star in his early twenties.

Lin Hu chimed in, "Yeah, brother. Zheng Tiejun has been practicing kung fu for so many years, while you've only been practicing for a few years. How dare he challenge you?"

Lin Feng knew his brothers cared about him and were afraid he would impulsively accept Zheng Tiejun's challenge.

In fact, Lin Feng knew that he had no choice but to accept the challenge.

From the moment Zheng Tiejun issued the challenge, this matter was no longer just between the two of them, but concerned the reputation of the Ma Yi Guard and the City Lord's Mansion.

To save face for the Imperial Guards, he had no choice but to accept the challenge.

Lin Feng glanced at everyone and said with a smile, "Everyone, go out and do your own thing. I know what I'm doing."

……

Zheng Tiejun intentionally let this matter escalate.

Before noon, the news had spread throughout the streets and alleys of Qinghe County.

Everyone knows that City Lord Zheng Tiejun is going to challenge General Lin Feng of the Hemp-Clad Guard.

Whether they were government officials, peddlers, farmers, or hunters, everyone was talking about it.

A group of city guards were loudly discussing the matter in a restaurant in the city.

"Have you heard? Our city lord Zheng Tiejun is going to challenge that Lin Feng."

"I've heard about it; everyone knows about it."

"I reckon General Lin Feng of the Hemp-Clad Guard wouldn't dare accept the challenge."

“If he doesn’t accept, wouldn’t he lose face? It’s not just Lin Feng who loses face, but also the face of the Hemp Guard.”

"What's the point of saving face compared to your life?"

"That's right. Lin Feng was just a poor boy from a hunter's family. He was promoted to the Ma Yi Guard by our city lord because he was a bit more talented and lucky."

His kung fu skills are definitely not as amazing as the rumors suggest.

Our city lord, Zheng Tiejun, is a disciple from the outer circle of the Sword Sect, with impeccable lineage.

To be accepted as an outer disciple by the Sword Sect, one's talent must be one in a million. Our city lord has also trained for so many years and has already joined the ranks of top-tier experts.

That Lin Feng is definitely no match for our city lord.

If he dares to step into the ring, he's doomed.

"According to what you're saying, Lin Feng definitely wouldn't dare accept the challenge."

"He absolutely wouldn't dare to accept it."

"This is a dead end for Lin Feng. If he accepts the challenge and goes into the arena, he will be beaten to death."

If he doesn't accept the challenge, he will lose face for the Ma Yi Wei, and the higher-ups of the Ma Yi Wei will punish him.

Even if we don't kill him, we have to expel him from the Hemp-Clad Guard.

"According to you, Lin Feng is in real trouble this time."

"Of course, who told him to offend our city lord?"

"The more arrogant he was before, the worse he'll be later."

These aren't the only people who think this way.

The other people in the city thought so too.

Lin Feng was in no hurry to accept the challenge.

He wanted to wait for the matter to develop and for everyone's reaction.

Let's see how much importance the higher-ups attach to this matter.

With so many martial arts skills waiting for him to cultivate and integrate on his attribute panel, he wanted to take this opportunity to earn some cultivation resources.

The news reached the county seat in the afternoon and the prefectural seat in the evening.

The higher-ups attached great importance to this matter.

Early the next morning, the city lord's mansion sent an envoy to Qinghe County to deliver a batch of cultivation resources to Zheng Tiejun.

Hopefully, Zheng Tiejun can make further progress and easily win this life-or-death duel.

This was exactly what Zheng Tiejun wanted to do.

Zheng Tiejun was shrewd and calculating, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to make a name for himself and gain some resources.

Soon, Zheng Tiejun's glorious achievements began to circulate throughout the streets and alleys of Qinghe County.

Before becoming a general of the Hemp-Clad Guard, Zheng Tiejun had killed a top-tier expert from the Demonic Sect. He himself was also a top-tier expert in the Bone Refining Realm.

It is absolutely impossible for a martial artist to reach the Bone Refinement Realm without decades of arduous training.

Therefore, the young Lin Feng is definitely no match for Zheng Tiejun.

Lin Feng was not in a hurry at all, letting the rumors fly.

It was evening when the messengers from the Ma Yi Wei arrived in Qinghe County.

Lin Feng welcomed the envoy into his room, dismissed his attendants, and spoke with the envoy alone.

The envoy looked at Lin Feng with a very complicated expression. He had thought that Lin Feng would gradually grow stronger, but he never expected that Lin Feng would encounter such a thing.

The relationship between the Ma Yi Guards and the other major forces in the city was already tense; currently, they were only able to gain the upper hand by relying on the power granted to them by the Sword Sect.

In terms of military strength, the Hemp-Clad Guards were actually inferior to the other forces in the city.

However, the Ma Yi Guards could not show weakness, otherwise they would lose the prestige they had painstakingly built up.

The fiercest struggle between the Ma Yi Guards and the City Lord's faction took place in this small Qinghe County.

Unexpectedly, the lord of Qinghe County dared to openly challenge the general of the Hemp-Clad Guard.

Although it was a case of the strong bullying the weak, the Ma Yi Guards could not back down.

He came here to persuade Lin Feng to accept the challenge.

Lin Feng asked directly, "Your Excellency has come from afar. May I ask what brings you here?"

The messenger from the Hemp-Clad Guard didn't waste any words and directly stated his purpose.

"I'm here this time with instructions from above."

The higher-ups want you to take on this challenge.

The messenger took out a jade bottle from his robes and handed it to Lin Feng, saying, "This contains a Blood-Burning Pill."

This Blood-Burning Pill is far more precious than the Jiazi Enhancement Pill. It allows you to unleash twice the power at crucial moments, but the price is overdrawing your potential and being weakened for a period of time.

Lin Feng's eyelids twitched involuntarily; it seemed the higher-ups wanted him to go and die.

The envoy continued, "If you die in battle, the Hemp Guard will guarantee your family's residence in the inner city for thirty years."

Your five children can join the Ma Yi Wei (a type of armed police force) if they wish when they grow up.

If you win, you will be rewarded with an incomparably precious Dragon Blood Heart-Nourishing Pill.

This Dragon Blood Nourishing Heart Pill is incredibly precious; even five or six Jiazi Enhancement Pills cannot compare to one Dragon Blood Nourishing Heart Pill.

Lin Feng thought to himself, "This reward seems valuable, but it's actually not very kind to me."

While the Dragon Blood Heart-Nourishing Pill is indeed precious, it can only be exchanged for 120 breakthrough points.

It's only worth two Jiazi Enhancement Pills to me.

I need to revise this list of rewards for him.