Li Feng looked up at the goatee: "What's the matter, your Duel Arena wants to go back on its word?"

The goatee shook his head.

"Don't misunderstand, Li Family Head. What I'm saying isn't that this transaction fell through, there's no issue with the transaction. It's just...!"

As he spoke, the goatee's gaze turned to Tian Wenxin.

Tian Wenxin furrowed her brow: "Officer Xing, could this news be related to me?"

Xing Yusen hesitated.

Li Feng spoke directly: "Officer Xing, just say what you have to. Why keep us in suspense?"

The goatee Xing Yusen exhaled: "It's not that I don't want to say it, but I'm afraid you'd think I'm deliberately setting a trap."

"Oh."

Li Feng looked at Xing Yusen: "Officer Xing, there's no difference between saying it and not saying it now. Since you've already started, just say it directly. I'm curious to hear what bad news you have."

"Then I'll say it."

"Speak."

Li Feng said.

Xing Yusen began: "Just now, when I went outside to have someone fetch the documents, someone directly came to me and informed me of something."

As Xing Yusen spoke, he glanced at Tian Wenxin and continued: "The Zeng Family has sent everyone from the Fang Family they captured to the Duel Arena."

Tian Wenxin's eyes narrowed upon hearing this. Xing Yusen had glanced at her several times, so she knew this bad news was most likely related to her. She had guessed some of it, but still harbored a glimmer of hope.

"Is this information reliable?"

Xing Yusen nodded: "Since the news came to me, it must be accurate." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Tian Wenxin took a deep breath. On the day she brought her son, Fang Zhoushan, to Li Feng to seek apprenticeship, the Zeng Family had directly raided their home. After two rounds of infighting within the family, she managed to stabilize the situation and gather the remaining forces.

Most of the people in the Fang Family estate supported her and her son. When the Zeng Family took action, some refused to yield and chose to self-destruct, while others escaped only to be pursued and killed by Zeng Xingtian until they reached Li Feng's place, where few survived.

However, many were captured by the Fang Family. In typical family feuds, a complete massacre is rare; only the core loyalists are eliminated, while captives, such as servants who can be used, are sold to the Duel Arena.

After all, making use of waste can still earn a profit.

She had always been monitoring those captured by the Zeng Family, intending to buy them whenever they were sold, even if it meant using up all her money.

"How many people were sent over? Name your price; I want to take them all." Tian Wenxin declared decisively, looking at Xing Yusen.

After speaking, Tian Wenxin turned to Li Feng: "Li Family Head, the Fang Family members are related to my son. I cannot stand by and ignore them, so I hope you will provide some Golden Spirit Stones to help me this time. The Fang Family will surely remember your great kindness."

Tian Wenxin stood up and bowed deeply to Li Feng.

"Lady Fang, there's no need for that. If it's about money, it's a minor issue."

Li Feng stopped Tian Wenxin from bowing and turned to look at the goatee Xing Yusen: "Officer Xing, I fear it won't be as simple as using money to resolve this, will it?"

Xing Yusen stroked his beard and looked at the astute Li Feng.

"Li Family Head, you certainly have keen senses."

With that, Xing Yusen took out a challenge letter from his sleeve: "Although the captives were brought to the Duel Arena, they weren't sold directly. They heard you were here, so they proposed that if you want the Fang Family members, you must accept their challenge."

"Challenge?"

Tian Wenxin looked coldly at Xing Yusen: "Who is it? Someone from the Zeng Family?"

Xing Yusen shook his head: "No."

"I think the name should be on the challenge letter."

The challenge letter was placed on the table. In Ancestor Dragon City, one party delivers a challenge letter, and the other must accept the letter to honor the challenge agreement.

So, as long as Li Feng didn't pick up the letter, it wouldn't count as acceptance.

Li Feng glanced at Xing Yusen. Whether he didn't know or didn't want to say, Li Feng didn't hesitate and reached for the challenge letter.

But Tian Wenxin grabbed Li Feng's arm and shook her head at him: "Don't. They're clearly using the Fang Family members as bait, setting up a trap for you. Don't fall for it."

Li Feng glanced at Tian Wenxin, yet still reached out and picked up the challenge letter, smiling slightly: "You can tell they're setting a trap for us. Do you think that if I avoid this trap, they'll just let it go?"

"They've pursued us all the way here, clearly intending not to let us leave. We either accept their challenge and fight in the open, or they set an ambush on our way, with the same result."

"Besides, if I abandon the Fang Family members, you won't say anything, but you'll surely feel resentment."

"These people, I have no choice but to save."

Li Feng said, picking up the challenge letter and quickly scanning through: "Ha, it's indeed not the Zeng Family, but it has ties to them."

Tian Wenxin's initial reaction was to roll her eyes at Li Feng, but upon hearing his words, she took the challenge letter to read it.

"Ma Family, Hou Family, Feng Family... There are eight families challenging you. Since when did you offend these families?"

Tian Wenxin looked at Li Feng in surprise.

Li Feng said indifferently: "On the first day of arriving at the Sixth Ring, a group of city gate guards provoked me. Initially, I just intended to teach them a lesson, but when they tried to rob and kill me, I ended up killing them. These should be the aggrieved parties."

"At that time, I challenged the Zeng Family, picking the strongest family to avoid being bothered by these other families repeatedly."

"I thought they'd backed down. I didn't expect they'd have the guts to send challenge letters."

Tian Wenxin rolled her eyes again and then furrowed her brow: "These families aren't particularly strong, but there are many of them, with quite a few Golden Cores combined."

"They've proposed a duel, surely with calculations in mind. Here, it's only you and me...!"

Li Feng, however, looked at the goatee Xing Yusen: "Ha, who said there's only the two of us? Officer Xing, forget about the documents. Just tell me how many Golden Cores we can buy from the Duel Arena."

"Hmm, currently there are about seven or eight people, but dealing with Golden Cores isn't just up to us. They have a certain amount of choice as well. If they don't want to follow you, we can't force them."

"So, I can't guarantee how many will be willing to follow the Li Family Head."

"No need for you to worry about that. Just gather the people. Oh, and Officer Xing isn't one to disclose our private transactions to the public, right?"

Li Feng squinted, as if seeing through one's heart, while Xing Yusen chuckled.

"Of course not, I do have this bit of integrity."

"I'll go gather the people now."