On the eastern outskirts of Jincheng, near the beach, there was a cluster of villas.

Here resided the high-ranking officials of the Martial Alliance, with the headquarters of the alliance located at the central position of this villa cluster, a nine-story classical attic towering there.

At that time, a hundred-meter squared arena had been set up on the sandy beach in front of the villas, with two rows of seats placed around it, occupied by imposing men and women. Behind the two rows of seats stood an uneven number of young men and women!

"Why are we having the meeting here this year?"

"Are you kidding? This year we're dividing the regions!"

"Oh, right!"

"Hey, I heard there's a director position coming up at this year's conference!"

"I heard too, it seems that the president of Jincheng's division, President Li Yunfeng, got disabled by someone!"

"Shh, keep it down, President Li is sitting over there!"

On the beach, members of the Martial Alliance whispered among themselves.

To the north of the arena, nine Taishi Chairs were neatly arranged, and on the rightmost chair, a middle-aged man sat with a grim expression. On closer examination, this man had no aura at all and was just a secular man!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The sound of breaking through the air arose as eight figures shot directly from the attic rooftop of the Martial Alliance Headquarters to the empty eight Taishi Chairs in the north.

"Greetings to the Alliance Hierarch, to the two Vice Alliance Hierarchs, and to the six directors!"

The people on the beach of the Martial Alliance all stood up and bowed to the eight people in the north.

"Please take your seats! Although it's not time yet, since everyone is already here, we won't delay any longer; let's start now."

An old man in the middle leaped to the center of the arena, chuckled, scanned the crowd, and gestured with a slight wave of his hand.

The crowd around the arena stood up and took their seats.

"Is that old man the Martial Alliance Leader Xiao Jiuping?"

"Yes, that's Leader Xiao. I heard he has reached the Semi Venerable Venerable Realm!"

"That's amazing! When can I reach Leader Xiao's level?"

"You? How old are you? Have you been practicing martial arts for twenty years? Don't even think about it without a hundred years of training!"

Some newcomers to the Martial Alliance started asking questions, stirring up a buzz of discussions.

"Haha!" Xiao Jiuping laughed heartily, his voice directly reaching everyone's ears on the beach, causing them all to promptly close their mouths.

"It seems that our Martial Alliance has grown significantly this year; seeing that all newly joined members could be brought here, it seems your division heads hold you in high regard! With that said, let me introduce myself!"

Xiao Jiuping spoke with a light chuckle: "I am Xiao Jiuping, flattered by everyone's regard, serving as the Martial Alliance Leader. As for my strength, I am humbly stuck in the mid stage of the Semi Venerable Venerable Realm."

After gesturing to his sides, Xiao Jiuping continued his introduction: "The two beside me are the Martial Alliance's Vice Alliance Hierarchs, Mad Blade Dao Wufeng and Lightning Sword Liu Qingxia, both Vice Alliance Hierarchs have also reached the early stage of the Semi Venerable Venerable Realm."

"The remaining five are our Martial Alliance's five directors, namely Director Chen Bikun, Director Zhang Hengda, Director Li Qiuyue, Director Wang Weijiang, and Director Duan Yibo. All five directors have also reached the level of Innate Great Grandmaster. However..."

Xiao Jiuping turned his head to glance at Li Yunfeng, his tone slightly helpless, "Director Li Yunfeng, due to some reasons, can no longer serve as a director, which is a big loss for our Martial Alliance. After all, Director Li Yunfeng had a good chance to breakthrough to the Innate Great Grandmaster realm. Today, taking this opportunity of the conference, let's first address the matter of Director Li Yunfeng!"

As soon as he finished talking, Xiao Jiuping turned his head toward the central position on the eastern side of the arena to Qiu Boyuan, "President Qiu, the incident happened in your Dingjing area, did the person who caused President Li Yunfeng's disability bring him?"

"This..."

Qiu Boyuan's face changed slightly; he hadn't expected Xiao Jiuping to hold the conference ahead of time. He had told Jiang Chen two o'clock, and there were still about ten minutes left; Jiang Chen hadn't arrived yet.

Whoo, whoo...

Just as Qiu Boyuan was thinking about how to stall for time, a humming sound of an engine rose, and a Rolls-Royce Phantom drove onto the beach parking lot.

Qiu Boyuan turned his head and saw Jiang Chen, Yan Hu, and Li Fenglin getting out of the car.

His face lit up with joy, and Qiu Boyuan greeted Xiao Jiuping with a cupped fist, "The person has already arrived."

Xiao Jiuping noticed the change in Qiu Boyuan's expression and turned to look at the three figures coming from the parking lot. His face slightly changed in surprise and he exclaimed, "Is President Qiu referring to those three young men coming over there? Did they cause President Li's injuries like this?"

Qiu Boyuan nodded slightly, "Yes, the one in the middle is—"

"Jiang Chen!!" A roaring voice interrupted Qiu Boyuan, and Li Yunfeng looked furiously at the approaching Jiang Chen and his companions, his eyes bursting with cold murderous intent!

"Jiang Chen? This name sounds a bit familiar."

"Which one is Jiang Chen? Was it he who hurt President Li?"

"Those three are all young men in their twenties, could they have injured President Li?!"

"Was it their elders who injured President Li?"

"Definitely, look at them, at most, they are just Profound Martial Artists!"

The crowd around the arena glanced at the approaching Jiang Chen and his companions and started whispering amongst themselves.

Jiang Chen glanced at Li Yunfeng and ignored him, scanning around the arena before turning and walking towards Qiu Boyuan.

Members of the Martial Alliance in this area consciously cleared a path, allowing Jiang Chen and his companions to smoothly reach in front of Qiu Boyuan.

"Mr. Jiang!"

"Mr. Jiang!"

"Mr. Jiang!"

Qiu Boyuan, Qiu Liang, along with Liu Jiangbo and Liu Sanbian who had come with Qiu Boyuan, all bowed deeply to Jiang Chen.

"What the heck? What's going on?"

"Why are President Qiu and the others so respectful to that young man in the middle?"

"Is that Jiang Chen? What's his background?"

"Is he the young master of a martial arts family or the chief of a Martial Sect?"

"It seems that young man's identity is no ordinary! Today, avenging President Li seems unlikely!"

The members of the Martial Alliance around them discussed in astonishment.

On the ring, Xiao Jiuping's expression changed slightly. He glanced at the bowing Qiu Boyuan and others, then turned his doubtful gaze to Jiang Chen and his two companions.

Buzz!

A subtle aura emanated from Xiao Jiuping, quietly reaching out towards Jiang Chen and the others.

Jiang Chen nodded at Qiu Boyuan, just opened his mouth to speak when he furrowed his brows and looked up at the ring.

"Who is that old man?" Jiang Chen asked Qiu Boyuan while turning to him.

"That is Xiao Jiuping, the Alliance Hierarch of our Martial Alliance!" Qiu Boyuan responded softly.

Jiang Chen nodded in understanding and suddenly smiled.

Then, he lifted his hand towards Yan Hu.

Buzz!

Yan Hu immediately understood, his face turned cold, and the aura around him erupted, squarely targeting Xiao Jiuping with intense pressure.

Thud!

Xiao Jiuping's face turned pale, he took a step back, and a shocked expression appeared in his eyes.

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