Chapter 129: The Who Dares to Rival Arena Tournament

Lu Ye was taken aback. He had never heard of any formidable Mo family in Licheng. Why would Tan Songming be so wary of them?

Tan Songming added, "Even Miss Cai wouldn't dare to easily offend this Mo family. It is said that last week, during an engineering tender, Mo Chong pulled a fast one on her, and she had to swallow her pride and accept the loss."

This left Lu Ye even more perplexed. With Cai Yaoyao's fearless and stubborn temperament, how could anyone in Licheng make her suffer a setback?

"Uncle Tan, don't just spout nonsense if you don't know the situation!"

Speak of the devil, and he appears. No sooner had Tan Songming finished speaking than Cai Yaoyao arrived on the scene. Accompanied by a personal assistant and three or five bodyguards, she swaggered through the crowd of troublemakers. She didn't even spare a glance for Lu Ye, instead greeting Su Qianqian directly: "Hi, old woman!"

Since returning from Shangjing, Su Qianqian had stopped being guarded against Cai Yaoyao. She asked gently, "Caicaizi, why are you here?"

Cai Yaoyao laughed, "I heard you were holding the handover ceremony today, so I stopped by to see if anyone was looking for trouble. I didn't expect to see such blind idiots jumping around!"

Ever since Qin Quan had been blunt and completely severed Cai Yaoyao’s lingering thoughts about Lu Ye, Lu Ye always felt a bit awkward—or perhaps guilty—when facing her. There was no denying that this girl had been genuinely good to him, which was why he felt he owed her. Although he wanted to do something to make it up to her, Cai Yaoyao was so well-connected in Licheng that there was never a time she needed his help; on the contrary, it was Lu Ye who was always causing her trouble.

Lu Ye rubbed his nose and asked softly, "Caicaizi, what is the deal with this Mo family?"

Cai Yaoyao snorted and said, "A second-rate martial arts family. The Mo family used to be quite low-key until this degenerate, Mo Chong, came along. He uses the name of a martial arts family to conduct business, employing all sorts of extortionate tactics. Most legitimate businessmen who have been bullied by him dare not speak out."

Lu Ye asked, "Uncle Tan just said you were tricked by him; what happened?"

Cai Yaoyao explained, "It wasn't much of a trick. I wasn't really interested in that tender, and Mo Chong drove the bid so low that I just abandoned it and couldn't be bothered to fight him for it. However, it is true that I find him an eyesore. I've been thinking of ways to deal with him lately."

Lu Ye’s heart skipped a beat! He had just dealt with Wan Quan, and now another martial arts family had popped up in Licheng. He wasn't arrogant enough to truly consider himself the young master of the Lu martial arts family. Borrowing someone else's prestige was fine once or twice, but abusing it would surely lead to trouble. He wasn't afraid of offending a martial arts family, but the endless trouble that would follow was not something he wanted. He was a person who hated trouble and didn't want to get involved in messy affairs for no reason.

Why not find someone from another martial arts family to have a fair dialogue with this Mo Chong? Thinking of this, Lu Ye smiled craftily, "Caicaizi, I took on a lackey yesterday who is also from a martial arts family. Why don't I call him over to stir things up?"

Cai Yaoyao was surprised. "Holy crap, you took a young master of a martial arts family as a lackey?"

"Yeah, Wan Quan, the young master of the Wan family. How about I ask him to come to Licheng to challenge Mo Chong?"

"Great! I love watching a good show."

So, Lu Ye called Wan Quan and told him to rush over from Mingzhu City immediately. The ugly man leading the troublemakers stood by, listening in a daze, almost forgetting his mission. Moreover, he suspected that what Lu Ye had just said to Cai Yaoyao was mere bragging. The ugly man sneered contemptuously, "Who are you two performing for? A pretty boy like you can find a martial arts family young master to be your lackey?"

*Bam!*

Cai Yaoyao punched the ugly man in the stomach. The axe he was holding slipped from his hand and fell, coincidentally crushing half of his toes.

"Aaargh!"

The ugly man never expected that this beautiful young woman could make his insides churn with a single punch. Combined with the excruciating pain from his toes, he wailed incessantly.

"Try insulting my ex-boyfriend again!"

Defending Lu Ye had become her instinctive reaction. Seeing Cai Yaoyao attack, Su Qianqian was not to be outdone. She raised her handbag and started pummeling the ugly man on the head and face!

"Try insulting my husband again!"

Cai Yaoyao seemed to be competing with Su Qianqian, lifting her leg to deliver a fierce kick to the ugly man. "Try insulting my ex-boyfriend again!"

Su Qianqian grabbed the axe from the ground, raised it high above her head with both hands, and shouted hysterically, "Try insulting my husband again, you bastard!"

Cai Yaoyao quickly grabbed the axe, threw it away, and hugged Su Qianqian, conceding, "You win, you win, calm down!"

"Hahahaha..." Su Qianqian laughed wildly with her hands on her hips.

Lu Ye walked over, grabbed the ugly man by the collar, and lifted him up. "Get lost and tell your master to come here himself."

The ugly man spat on the ground and sneered, "Just wait. When Young Master Mo comes in person, you'll be crying."

*Slap!*

Lu Ye pushed the ugly man's head into the ground, wiped the spit clean with the man's own face, and kicked him onto the street like a soccer ball. "Remember not to spit on the ground next time!"

...

The ugly man's name was Gan Fu. With his pockmarked face and distorted features, he was already hideous. After being beaten by Cai Yaoyao and Su Qianqian, and then having his face dragged on the ground by Lu Ye, he looked like a car crash victim.

"Young Master Mo, that Tan Songming refuses to pay."

"And he found some people to stand up for him. One of the pretty boys specifically called for you to go there yourself."

Looking at the disheveled Gan Fu, who was missing half a toe, Mo Chong frowned in extreme disgust and shouted coldly, "Useless trash, how can you not even handle such a small matter?"

Gan Fu apologized profusely and added, "That pretty boy seems to know a young master from a martial arts family. I heard him say he would call that young master to Licheng to challenge you."

Mo Chong paused and asked, "What is the young master's name?"

Gan Fu said, "I remember it was someone with the surname Wan."

"Surname Wan?" Mo Chong recalled carefully. There were only a few martial arts families in the country, and none of them seemed to have the surname Wan.

"Oh, I remember now! There is a Wan family. They were once famous for the Wan Family Tiger Form Fist, but later their family fell on hard times, they emigrated overseas, and switched to business. The Wan family is a joke among us martial arts families."

"Hahaha, in that case, I might as well go and meet him."

While the Wan family's reputation among martial arts families was indeed poor, the Mo family was merely at the bottom of the second-rate martial arts families. Whenever Mo Chong met other young masters from martial arts families, he had to be timid and fawning. Only with the Wan family did he feel he could bully someone, as it was rare to encounter such a pathetic opponent.

Lu Ye asked Wan Quan to come to Licheng to challenge the Mo family young master, and Wan Quan was feeling a bit nervous. He knew his own strength best; he was likely the weakest among all the young masters of martial arts families. However, he thought to himself: *Wait, don't I have Young Master Lu backing me up? What is there to be afraid of with a mere second-rate bottom-tier Mo family?*

So, Wan Quan immediately had Shen He drive him to Licheng. Cai Yaoyao, a girl who loved chaos, had people transform the handover ceremony stage into a martial arts ring. She had ropes pulled around the perimeter and a giant poster printed and placed over the background wall:

[Who Will Prevail - Ring Match]
[Wan Quan vs. Mo Chong]

The atmosphere was electric, and many curious onlookers swarmed in to watch.

...

Mo Chong hadn't arrived yet, but Wan Quan had. He walked up to the ring, found Lu Ye, and whispered, "Brother Lu, I might not be able to beat him."

Lu Ye smiled calmly, "Do you think I called you here to get beaten? When you go up, I will temporarily boost your combat power to ensure you can grind Mo Chong into the dirt."

Wan Quan’s face lit up with joy, "That's wonderful!"

Su Qianqian smiled from the side and encouraged, "Manager Wan, good luck!"

*Oh my god, a goddess buff!* Wan Quan felt like he had been injected with adrenaline. He clenched his fists and swore, "Don't worry, Sister-in-law, I will definitely knock Mo Chong down!"