In Yunshui City, Cultivators possessing Identity Tokens are forbidden from killing one another in public areas.

Any who violate this rule will face intervention from the Law Enforcers, who may even execute the offender on the spot.

These public areas include places like inns, main streets, plazas, shops, and auction houses.

Of course, they do not interfere with what happens within the territories of Sects or Noble Families.

The Law Enforcers are the most mysterious and largest organization in the world, with a presence spanning the Five Great Domains.

However, they have a strict rule: once you enter the Law Enforcement Realm, you must sever all worldly ties.

As such, they are detached and independent, holding authority over nearly all other powers.

Even the Seven Great Families of Southern Continent, the Three Major Sects, and members of the Heavenly Sword Alliance at the Spirit Infant Realm and below must abide by certain regulations set by the Law Enforcers.

Law Enforcers frequently appear in Yunshui City. They carry talismans of the Heavenly Observation Sacred Artifact, allowing them to easily sense any conflict within the city.

Furthermore, the true body of the Heavenly Observation Sacred Artifact hangs high in the void above Yunshui City, its power blanketing all public areas.

Every Identity Token is imprinted with a trace of the Heavenly Observation Sacred Artifact’s aura, which is how the artifact can so easily sense everyone.

Of course, you could also choose not to carry an Identity Token.

But an Identity Token is a symbol of status, as well as an essential pass for entering Yunshui City’s cultivation grounds and other public venues.

It signifies that you hold official status within Yunshui City.

In Yunshui City, one automatically receives an Identity Token upon reaching the Spirit Infant Realm. Otherwise, only the high-ranking scions of Noble Families and Sects are able to possess one below the Spirit Infant Realm.

Of course, those above the Spirit Infant Realm no longer require an Identity Token. They are beings of an entirely different tier, and this is a privilege in itself.

For instance, the Junior Steward whom Jiang Jichen had just killed was not qualified to possess an Identity Token.

And while Yunshui City prohibits Cultivators with Identity Tokens from killing each other in public, it does permit one party to issue a formal challenge to another.

The process for a challenge is quite simple: the challenger presents their Identity Token to issue the challenge. If the other party accepts, they will present their Identity Token as well.

Then, a ray of Secret Light will shoot out from each Identity Token, forging a challenge pact. They will no longer be affected by the Heavenly Observation Sacred Artifact, and the Law Enforcers will not intervene.

Jiang Jichen didn’t need to inquire about these rules. The information was automatically transmitted to his mind the moment he obtained Lingchen’s Identity Token.

Now, Jiang Jichen held the Identity Token, standing before Young Master Chang and Guan Xiaojing. He stared at them with a chilling gaze, silently awaiting their response.

Among them, Guan Xiaojing’s maidservant was pale-faced, her eyes filled with hatred as she glared at Jiang Jichen.

When Jiang Jichen had killed the Junior Steward just moments ago, he had clearly done it intentionally, injuring and humiliating her in the process.

Even though she was only a maidservant, someone without an Identity Token, she was Guan Xiaojing’s personal attendant. She was used to being held in high regard; when had she ever suffered such a humiliation?

However, no one was paying attention to a mere maidservant now. All eyes, including Jiang Jichen’s, were fixed on Young Master Chang, waiting for his reply.

But many believed the young man was far too arrogant and would ultimately be defeated.

Because Young Master Chang was at the Earth-level Dao Platform Perfect Foundation Establishment Realm, and furthermore, was covered in Secret Artifacts.

And while Jiang Jichen’s earlier display had been extraordinary, the chances of someone at the Grandmaster Realm defeating an expert at the Earth-level Dao Platform Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm were minuscule.

Unless he was... a super-genius Transcender!

Those were beings even more terrifying than genius Transcenders, and there were only a handful of such super-geniuses in all of Yunshui City.

No matter how one looked at him, this destitute-looking young man before them did not seem to fit the description.

Zuo Feng peeked out, glaring fiercely at Young Master Chang and his group.

He was worried for his big brother, ’hating that he was too small and weak to help Jiang Jichen in the slightest’. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Finally, Young Master Chang snapped back to his senses. He confirmed that the other party wasn’t joking, but was... actually challenging him!

’Since when did someone at the Grandmaster Realm dare to challenge me?’

’To me, this is an absolute humiliation. Only by crippling him can I wash this shame away.’

"Am I hearing this correctly? You want to challenge me?"

Young Master Chang, looking debonair, stepped forward while waving his Jade Fan and looked arrogantly at Jiang Jichen.

"Young Master Chang, is it? I am certain I’m challenging you, and I am certain you will accept!"

Jiang Jichen returned an arrogant smile, his presence not the least bit inferior to Young Master Chang’s.

"Oh? You’re so weak that I can’t be bothered to fight you. What makes you so certain I’ll accept?"

This time, Young Master Chang frowned in confusion, but his tone remained arrogant and condescending.

"Are you kidding me? You call yourself a man? In front of the woman you’re trying to impress, you’re hemming and hawing, whining and hesitating, not decisive at all. What a fucking sissy. If you don’t have the balls to accept the challenge, then just get lost. I don’t want to see you anymore. The sight of you is an insult to my eyes!"

Everyone was instantly dumbfounded, feeling as if they’d been struck by a hundred thousand bolts of lightning, leaving them completely stupefied.

’Those insults were... truly a work of art, weren’t they?’

’So vicious, so precise, a direct hit to his weak spot... Young Master Chang is definitely going to fly into a rage!’

At that moment, nearly everyone had the exact same thought.

And sure enough, after a moment of stunned silence, Young Master Chang finally reacted.

His face cycled through shades of red, green, and white before finally turning an iron black. He roared, "Lingchen, you little whelp! I, Chang Qi, accept your challenge! I will cripple you! I’ll rip off your four—no... five legs! I..."

However, before Young Master Chang Qi could finish his sentence, a figure had already appeared before him.

It was Jiang Jichen, of course.

In battle, he never wasted time on words; he only seized the opportunity. The very instant Chang Qi uttered his acceptance and the challenge’s Sealing Technique formed, Jiang Jichen had already launched his attack.

Mountain River Shadow!

He took a single step, leaving only an afterimage hanging in the air as he appeared before Young Master Chang Qi.

Storm Fist!

Fists like a swirling wind, falling like rain—fast, swift, ruthless, precise, and dense. Jiang Jichen demonstrated the true essence of this new combat technique.

WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!

Young Master Chang Qi hadn’t even had time to gather his Spiritual Power before Jiang Jichen’s fists, swift as the wind and dense as rain, landed on his body.

He was beaten right off his feet, his body suspended in the air like a punching bag, never touching the ground.

Moreover, under the might of Jiang Jichen’s Fist Force, he had no opportunity to gather his Spiritual Power, and one by one, his Protective Spiritual Artifacts were shattered.

His brocade robes and precious jades shattered, their treasured light vanishing as they grew dim and lusterless.

Killing was forbidden in a formal challenge, so Jiang Jichen was holding back. Otherwise, he would have obliterated his opponent with just a few punches.

This Young Master Chang Qi was simply courting death. Even before his breakthrough, Jiang Jichen could kill a cultivator at the Earth-level Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm in a one-on-one fight.

After his breakthrough, even with his realm suppressed, he could instantly and utterly crush a pampered young master like Chang Qi.

Young Master Chang Qi was beaten from the sky back down to the ground. There wasn’t a single uninjured spot on his body; he was covered in layers of bruises, and his face was swollen like a pig’s head. He lay on the ground, still as death.

Only then did Jiang Jichen let out a deep breath, retracting his fists and withdrawing his power.