A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 2185

“The second glass of wine is a toast to China's pillar, the country's hero, Heavenly Grandmaster, Tang Hao!”

Ye Qingtian raised his glass again to toast the Grandmaster, Tang Hao, who had perished.

After raising his glass twice, he raised it the final time and said, “For the third glass, let's toast to China's martial arts world and the martial artists who died during this catastrophe. Without their sacrifices, we wouldn't have been able to achieve peace today.”

With reddened eyes, Ye Qingtian, as China's martial arts leader, led martial artists from all provinces in the country to offer their toasts and downed three glasses of wine, one after another.

Li Er, Lu Ziming, and the others were also sincerely offering their toasts to the sacrificed comrades. Although we might not have known each other prior to this or had held grudges against each other, we should forget all the grievances and hatred between us. Now, we're united as China's citizens.

“The dead have passed on, but lives go on. The ones alive should live well and contribute to China's martial arts world. Before that, I would like to tell everyone a piece of good news. The good news is that one of our six pillars of China, Moryana, Mu Zihua, has returned to Mount Yan. For China's martial arts world, this is definitely something worth celebrating. In fact, today's banquet is held for Moryana. Welcome back, Moryana! Here, everyone. Let's have another toast to celebrate Moryana's return.” Ye Qingtian was wearing a solemn expression when he mourned the deaths of Tang Hao and the others. A smile then appeared on his face when he welcomed an old friend home.

The crowd under the stage also toasted Moryana.

Sword Saint then asked Moryana to say a few words, but Moryana was having none of it.

“Let's not waste time. We should get on with the serious matters,” she answered.

The smiles on Ye Qingtian, Sword Saint, and the others' faces froze when they heard Moryana's cold tone.

Seeing how eager Moryana was to get on with things, Ye Qingtian decided to carry on.

Ye Qingtian turned toward the crowd to look at them with his cloudy eyes and said, “Everyone, apart from Moryana's return, there's another important matter I need to announce during the banquet today. Chu Sect is gone, and the world is at peace. At the same time, a new structure is forming in the martial arts world. After all, it's only natural to have the younger generation taking over the older generation's roles. After going through this unfortunate catastrophe, Sword Saint, King of Fighters, the others, and I finally realized how old we are. It's time for us to retire because the future belongs to the younger generation. Therefore, King of Fighters, Sword Saint, Moryana, the others, and I had a discussion, and we unanimously decided to appoint someone to be the new Hall Master of War God Castle. This person will be the new leader of China's martial arts world!”

Each word he uttered resounded in all directions like thunder.

Although the crowd was slightly surprised to hear those words, they thought what he said made sense.

“It seems like War God is going to step down from his position.”

“Indeed. From today onward, are the people in China going to submit to the Unrivalled Grandmaster?”

Most of the people in the crowd had the same thought.

Meanwhile, Li Er and Chen Ao were elated and proud. Mr. Chu has been working so hard for so many years. He had gone through countless life-and-death situations. Now, it's all paying off.

Being the person who destroyed Chu Sect, Ye Fan had since become famous.

As a matter of fact, Li Er and the rest even thought Ye Fan was then the strongest in the world.

Hence, it was only right to appoint him as the new martial arts leader of China.

“Haha! Chen Ao, it seems like Jiangdong is going to be the heart of the martial arts world in China,” Li Er uttered proudly.

Jiangdong was Ye Fan's hometown. It was only safe to assume that he was going to stay there permanently from then onward.

Wherever the martial arts leader is, that place is usually the heart of the martial arts world. Li Er, Chen Ao, and the people from Jiangdong were already looking forward to the development Jiangdong would have in the future.

However, right when everyone was waiting for Ye Qingtian to announce Chu Tianfan's name, a skinny figure suddenly appeared from War God Castle.

Ye Qingtian pointed at the figure and announced, “The next Hall Master of War God Castle is Moryana's finest disciple, Chen Jiuzhou! My fellow friends in the martial arts world, let's support Hall Master Chen from now on and strengthen the martial arts world in China!”

As soon as Ye Qingtian finished talking, Chen Jiuzhou walked forward.

“What...”

“You...”

Everyone, including Ye Qingtian and King of Fighters, widened their eyes in shock.

None of them had expected Chen Jiuzhou to destroy Chu Tianfan's bronze statue the moment he was introduced.

Chen Jiuzhou then ignored the stunned crowd and stepped on the wreckage of Chu Tianfan's bronze statue. “From now on, I rule China's martial arts world. Whoever dares to defy me will end up like this bronze statue!”

His fearsome declaration boomed across the area and caused the crowd to tremble.

Nonetheless, with gritted teeth, Li Er still stepped forward. “B*stard! How dare you destroy Mr. Chu's bronze statue? You insolent fool! Mr. Chu saved the world! You're nothing! How dare you disrespect Mr. Chu? Who are you to rule China?”

Li Er was livid. He had always thought no one but Ye Fan was worthy of leading China, especially after the tragedy involving Chu Sect. Who would've thought someone like Chen Jiuzhou would show up out of nowhere? Besides, how dare he disrespect Mr. Chu, the man who had contributed massively to the country, and destroy his bronze statue?

All of a sudden, a one-eyed man rose to his feet and argued, “What are you blabbering on about, Li Er? You're old and worthless. Heck, you're not even a martial artist! Who are you to voice out? Besides, Chu Tianfan isn't even from War God Castle. When he went up against Chu Sect, he was merely helping the country and its people. Furthermore, he killed so many of our own people. For a person who has committed such an unforgivable sin, he's not worthy of being worshipped by the people and standing on top of Mount Yan!”

At the same time, the one-eyed man was insulting Ye Fan.

After saying that, the one-eyed man paid homage to Chen Jiuzhou by uttering sincerely, “I'm Zhao Zhenlu, and I believe in War God's decision. I shall worship you!”

Chen Jiuzhou glanced at Zhao Zhenlu and replied, “Zhao Zhenlu? All right. You'll serve me from now on.”

With that, Chen Jiuzhou shifted his gaze toward Li Er. “When you said Mr. Chu, were you referring to Chu Tianfan? I've never met him, but I'm guessing he's a highly respected man in China. However, that's all in the past now because I'm here. After all, the weak must always submit to the strong. From today onward, an era that belongs to me begins! My voice is the only voice that matters in China. Whoever disrespects me shall die!”