Fantasy: My Wife is the Empress, and Our Cute Kids Wreak Havoc in the Nine Provinces – Chapter 37

Chapter 37: My Name is Ai Kaorou, from the Barbecue Sect

This little interlude passed quickly, and the second round of the competition officially began.

Pairs of contestants entered the arena space to compete.

Long Yufei appeared calm and composed on the surface, but inside she was a little worried.

Not long after, a female guard hurried over and whispered in Long Yufei’s ear, “Provincial Governor, the Pavilion Master said everything is normal over there.”

Everything is normal?

Long Yufei breathed a sigh of relief and nodded to show that she understood.

Since that steward was not acting abnormally, then this farce was most likely aimed at that little guy.

Her gaze fell on Chu Chen again.

Chu Chen’s appearance had obviously disrupted the plans of the Three Great Powers, arousing their killing intent.

Using a fake culprit to attract her attention, while taking the opportunity to do something underhanded.

The tokens?

Long Yufei suddenly realized, her eyes falling on the token in Chu Chen’s hand.

It was likely that those guys had already switched Chu Chen’s original opponent.

But now that the competition had already begun, she couldn’t stop it and redistribute the tokens. That wouldn’t be fair to the contestants who had already won their matches.

She called over a female guard and whispered a few words in her ear. The female guard hurried over to Chu Chen and said softly, “Little Young Master, the Provincial Governor asked me to remind you that your opponent may have been switched. You must be careful. If you can’t win, you can admit defeat immediately.”

“My opponent has been switched?”

Chu Chen took a sip of beast milk, blinked his big, cute eyes, and asked with some anticipation, “Has it been switched to someone from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect? Can I have a barbecue again today?”

The female guard was speechless. How could this little guy not understand the main point? Was that the important part?

Thinking for a moment, she couldn’t help but put on a serious face and threatened, “I don’t know if it’s someone from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, but they’re definitely very, very powerful, maybe even able to fight several of you. You must be careful, do you understand?”

“Oh, I understand, thank you, Auntie, thank you, Auntie Long.”

Chu Chen took a sip of beast milk, nodded his little head, and just as the female guard turned to leave, he muttered softly, “I hope they switched me to someone from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, otherwise there won’t be any barbecue today.”

The female guard stumbled and almost fell.

Well, that was a waste of breath.

This little guy never grasped the main point.

Or rather, in his little head, whether or not he could have a barbecue was the main point.

“Will the contestants holding token number thirty-five please come forward?”

At this moment, another female guard’s voice came from the arena.

Thirty-five?

Chu Chen grabbed his token and looked at it, his little brows furrowing in distress as he muttered, “What number is mine? I forgot to ask the guard auntie just now.”

At this moment, a young man carrying a ghost-headed saber, with a gloomy look in his eyes, had already stepped onto the arena.

But the other holder of token number thirty-five had yet to appear.

But the young man with the saber’s gaze fell on Chu Chen.

Chu Chen held the token and looked at it again and again. He put the baby bottle back into his spatial ring, stretched out his chubby little hand, and poked a young girl contestant next to him, asking, “Big Sister, is this thirty-five? I don’t know how to read.”

The young girl was a little speechless, but thinking that she probably didn’t know how to read when she was three years old either, she smiled, took the token, and looked at it. She nodded and said, “It is thirty-five. It’s your turn.”

“Oh, oh! Thank you, Big Sister.”

Chu Chen grinned, leaped up, and landed on the arena.

“Wow! The little toddler is up!”

“What a pity, what a pity, why isn’t his opponent from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect?”

The audience became excited when they saw Chu Chen.

But when they saw that Chu Chen’s opponent was a young man with a saber, and not a disciple of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, they couldn’t help but feel disappointed.

It seemed there would be no barbecue today.

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The young man with the saber obviously knew who his opponent was long ago. He was not surprised to see Chu Chen and cupped his hands, saying, “My name is Liu Tian, a Peak Martial Emperor saber cultivator, from the Ghost Saber Sect.”

“Peak Martial Emperor? With that kind of strength, you might as well admit defeat early.”

“That’s right, the little toddler easily took down six demon beasts at the Initial Stage Martial Venerable realm. What are you, a Peak Martial Emperor, doing here?”

Hearing the young man with the saber’s cultivation, the crowd was speechless.

Seeing how confident this young man looked, they thought he was powerful. But he turned out to be only a Peak Martial Emperor. What was the point of fighting?

Chu Chen didn’t care about his opponent’s cultivation. He mimicked the young man’s posture, cupped his two chubby little hands, and said in a childish voice, “My name is Chu, uh, my name is Ai Kaorou, I have no cultivation, from the… Barbecue Sect.”

No cultivation?

Liu Tian frowned slightly. He had seen this little toddler’s battle yesterday. He had killed six blood wolves that had completed their blood transformation, comparable to Initial Stage Martial Venerables, in one breath. How could he have no cultivation?

If it weren’t for what that person had given him, he would have just admitted defeat if he encountered this little toddler.

But now you’re telling me you have no cultivation?

Are you looking down on me? Or are you looking down on the Ghost Saber Sect?

A nameless anger rose in Liu Tian’s chest, and it also strengthened his determination to join the Demon Saber Sect.

He drew the ghost-headed saber on his back, pointed it at Chu Chen, and said in a deep voice, “Although you treated me to two slices of grilled meat yesterday, for the sake of my future, I’m sorry.”

“You want to eat barbecue? That’s easy, go kill a few demon beasts, and I can grill them for you.”

Chu Chen obviously didn’t understand the meaning of Liu Tian’s words and said innocently.

Liu Tian frowned again and said coldly, “I said, I’m going to use you as my stepping stone.”

“Stepping stone?”

Chu Chen looked at his little shoulders, then at Liu Tian’s big feet, and shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly, “No, no, your feet are too big, you’ll crush me.”

Pfft!

Everyone outside the arena almost burst out laughing.

“You!”

Liu Tian was furious, then took a deep breath, held his saber, and stopped talking, waiting for the arena space to open.

What could a three-year-old understand? It was ridiculous that he even tried to communicate with him. Was that not like playing the lute to a cow?

Today, no matter what, I must complete the task.

He knew that with his cultivation, it was impossible to defeat this little toddler, but he had what that person had given him, so he might have a chance.

Thinking of this, he subconsciously touched his chest, felt that the pill was still there, and confidence returned to his eyes.

“The competition begins.”

As the female guard’s voice fell, the space within the arena suddenly changed, and the two of them appeared once again in that boundless, luminous arena space.

“Take this!”

Liu Tian shouted loudly and charged forward with his saber.

Chu Chen was uninterested. There was no meat to grill even if he won, so he really couldn’t muster any enthusiasm.

He clenched his chubby little fist and punched out. With a bang, Liu Tian and his saber were sent flying.

While in mid-air, he sprayed out a mouthful of blood, but at a moment when no one was paying attention, he took the opportunity to swallow a black pill.

By the time he landed, the pill’s effects had just kicked in.

He slowly stood up, black energy swirling around him, a chilling aura spreading out. At the same time, his aura was also climbing rapidly, instantly crossing the Martial Ancestor realm and directly reaching the Martial Venerable realm.

“This is, demonic Qi? Pure demonic Qi?”