Being tortured by her whole family, she no longer pretends to be a real daughter!

A moment later, Li Fei came in with people from the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance.

There were about seven or eight people coming from the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance. They were all dressed completely differently from modern people, wearing ancient costumes and long hair. Their temperament was very much like that of ancient people. Two of them even had swords in their hands.

"Ms. Cixi, this is Jiang Zhong, one of the three presidents of the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance." Li Fei pointed at the leader and introduced him to Jiang Cixi.

Jiang Zhong looked to be in his early forties. He looked at Jiang Cixi and smiled, but the smile did not reach his eyes. "Miss Cixi."

Jiang Cixi's gaze fell on Jiang Zhong. "Mr. Jiang Zhong, are you here?"

"I heard that today is Miss Jiang's public banquet. I came here today to congratulate Miss Jiang on her public disclosure of her identity."

He paused, then continued, "Secondly, there is actually something I want to discuss with Miss Cixi."

"what's up?"

"For thousands of years, our Martial Arts Alliance has been dedicated to the study and practice of ancient martial arts, with little interaction with the outside world. Some time ago, after consultation with the other two elders of the Alliance, we decided to hold an ancient martial arts competition for all young people under the age of 22 in the entire Beihan Continent. All nobles and young people from various independent organizations will be welcome to participate."

"In this way, our Ancient Martial Arts Alliance is open to external exchanges. Everyone can learn from each other, complement each other's strengths, and improve their own strengths."

Jiang Cixi narrowed her eyes upon hearing this and said, "That sounds good."

However, Jiang Cixi felt that it was a little strange that the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance, which had always focused on practicing in seclusion, would actually take the initiative to hold an ancient martial arts competition for the public.

She didn't say she agreed or disagreed, but simply said, "I understand what Mr. Jiang Zhong meant, but I need to discuss this matter with the other nobles before making a decision."

"Okay, then it's not too late for us to discuss it in detail."

Jiang Zhong smiled and left with his group.

After watching Jiang Zhong and his group leave, Jiang Cixi looked at Xie Lanshan and asked, "What does Patriarch Xie think?"

Xie Lanshan thought for a moment and said, "It would be great if we could use this opportunity to allow ancient martial artists to openly exchange ideas and skills."

Jiang Cixi asked him, "So you think we should hold an ancient martial arts competition?"

"That's right." Xie Lanshan said, "This doesn't seem to be a bad thing."

Many other nobles present also heard what Jiang Zhong said just now.

"Miss Cixi, holding this competition can not only promote the spirit of ancient martial arts, but also serve as a platform for communication. It can bring together the powerful ancient martial artists from Beihan Continent to learn from each other. Why not?"

The others also expressed their agreement.

"Although we nobles have had a lot of exchanges among ourselves over the years, like the Martial Arts Alliance, we also lack communication with the outside world. I heard that there are some very powerful organizations of civilian masters. It would be a good thing if we could get them to participate in this competition and get to know them!"

"..."

Almost everyone agrees with the ancient martial arts competition.

Jiang Cixi wasn't someone who would make decisions arbitrarily. She glanced at everyone and said, "Since no one objects, then we'll hold this competition according to the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance's wishes."

Upon hearing this, everyone present immediately showed joy in their eyes.

Lin Yusheng was also somewhat curious about the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance and wanted to see what this so-called ancient martial arts competition was like.

At this moment, Wei Qingshan, the head of the Wei family, said, "When the ancient martial arts competition comes, will every family have to participate?"

"Of course," said Gongsun Yue, head of the Gongsun family, with great enthusiasm. "When the time comes, each of our seven clans will send its own team to participate."

However, the head of the family and the elders naturally do not need to participate in this kind of competition, but instead send the younger generations of the family to participate.

"That makes it quite interesting." Gongsun Yue smiled slyly and looked at Jiang Cixi. "Miss Cixi is so talented, so the Jiang family must have many young masters, right? The Jiang family must show mercy to us Gongsuns and not let us lose too badly."

Gongsun Yue's words seemed to be praising the Jiang family, but in fact they were putting pressure on them.

The Jiang family is the most eye-catching family in Beihanzhou. If they cannot get first place in this kind of competition, they are not worthy of the first place.

Jiang Cixi naturally knew what Gongsun Yue was thinking. Upon hearing this, her eyes darkened. "Master Gongsun, don't worry. I will naturally ensure that the strength of the Jiang family's team is worthy of the Jiang family's status."

Gongsun Yue sneered upon hearing this, "Miss Cixi is truly confident. It seems she has fully recovered from the heavy blow inflicted on the Jiang family by the Ten Thousand Buddhas Hall four years ago?"

Among the seventy-six people who died in the Jiang family that time, many were very talented young people. Therefore, the current reserve of young talents in the Jiang family can be said to be extremely scarce. Naturally, the other major clans also knew about this.

Gongsun Yue brought up something that was completely off-topic. The other nobles present were slightly stunned when they heard his words, and secretly thought that Gongsun Yue was very bold.

Even Jiang Cixi's expression turned a little ugly.

But Gongsun Yue didn't care about it at all. Although the Gongsun family was not one of the top three families, it was the strongest among the bottom four families.

Gongsun Yue is very powerful and proud. Two years ago, he almost defeated Jiang Cixi in a high-level martial arts arena. In the past two years, he has proposed to compete with Jiang Cixi many times, but Jiang Cixi refused on the grounds that she was busy with official duties and had no time.

Gongsun Yue became increasingly dissatisfied.

He felt that after two years of training, his strength in ancient martial arts alone had long surpassed Jiang Cixi.

Jiang Cixi was hesitant to compete with him. She must have been afraid of losing face by losing to him, so she simply chose to escape!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gongsun Yue brought up the matter again, "Miss Cixi, I lost to you in the fighting arena two years ago. When can we have another fight so that I can experience Miss Cixi's current strength?"

Jiang Cixi didn't even bother to look at him. "I've been so busy lately, not to mention preparing for the upcoming ancient martial arts competition. If Patriarch Gongsun is interested, he can spar with others. I won't be joining you."

Jiang Cixi's direct refusal made Gongsun Yue's face look even uglier.

He gritted his teeth, then said arrogantly, "It's well known that in the high-level martial arts arena, no one can match me except Miss Cixi. Whether it's Patriarch Xie or Patriarch Murong, didn't they all lose to me in the end? There's really no comparison between me and them! I'd rather compete with Miss Cixi!"

Gongsun Yue must fight with Jiang Cixi!

He wanted to let everyone know that he was the strongest patriarch among the seven clans.

And what he said just now was indeed correct. Among the top three clans, except for Jiang Cixi of the Jiang family, the other two, Xie Lanshan, the head of the Xie family, and Murong Di, the head of the Murong family, had indeed lost to Gongsun Yue in the martial arts arena.

As the most powerful of the Gongsun clan among the four lower clans, Gongsun Yue does have some abilities.