The National Government Competition concluded perfectly.
This year's competition is destined to be sung by many.
The National College Team is waiting for the organizers to issue rewards. The last two places are easy to deal with; they can be sent out uniformly within a few days after the competition ends.
The first place is much more troublesome because they have to go to the Pathenon Temple in Greece to receive the Divine Seal Praise.
So, the China Team is currently still waiting in Venice.
This period is a good time to relax and enjoy the beautiful moments.
Within the China Team, two people were not in the mood to celebrate and enjoy.
Jiang Yuan was thinking about matters after advancing to Super-Level.
At that time, he would completely control the Armor Robe, becoming a true Ancient King.
There were too many things to do afterward, and each one would be a world-shaking major event.
This forced him to carefully consider various arrangements.
The other person was Zhao Manyan, who received a critical illness notice for his father after the competition ended.
Zhao Manyan walked on the streets of Venice, preoccupied.
Until a beautiful woman with a sexy figure greeted him.
"Hello, handsome, could you help us take a picture?"
There was also a man next to the beauty; both had already posed for a joint photo.
"Okay," Zhao Manyan said.
The two handed over the camera. Zhao Manyan reached out to take it, and the man's smile instantly turned extremely sinister.
A cold killing intent shot out from his eyes, but Zhao Manyan, due to his low mood, didn't notice at all.
"Let me help take the picture."
Just as the man was about to carry out the assassination, another hand reached out and took the camera.
"Old Jiang, why are you here?"
Zhao Manyan turned his head.
Jiang Yuan was playing with the camera in his hand.
"If I hadn't come, you would have been assassinated."
"Assassination?!"
Zhao Manyan suddenly looked at the man who was about to take a joint photo.
The two looked horrified, remaining motionless in their photo pose.
They couldn't move even if they wanted to; they had already been controlled by Jiang Yuan, or more accurately, by the Nine Nether Queen secretly.
After all, these two assassins were Super-Order Mages. With Jiang Yuan's current strength, killing them was much simpler than controlling them.
"Are you here to assassinate me? Who sent you?" Zhao Manyan didn't doubt Jiang Yuan's words and immediately questioned the assassins.
"..."
"They can't speak," Jiang Yuan said.
"Alright, even if they don't say it, I know who sent them."
Zhao Manyan looked around, then looked up and shouted, "Zhao Youqian, I know it's you! Get out here!"
Before he finished shouting, Jiang Yuan had already brought Zhao Youqian to appear before him.
That was quite efficient.
"He's your brother, right? How do you plan to deal with him?" Jiang Yuan threw Zhao Youqian to the ground.
"I didn't expect someone to help you. You can kill me, but even if I die, I won't forget you and our biased father!" Zhao Youqian resignedly said, his voice becoming very agitated at the end.
"Do you have no humanity at all?" Zhao Manyan questioned.
Zhao Youqian angrily said, "Talking about humanity with me, how naive! It's all because father forced me..."
The next few hundred words are omitted.
It was nothing more than Father Zhao wanting to leave the company to Zhao Manyan, who spent his days playing, while casting aside Zhao Youqian, who had worked diligently.
This led to Zhao Youqian's severe psychological imbalance.
That's why the assassination occurred.
"What a good father, what a good father! Am I just a servant? Am I not his biological son?"
"Why treat me like this?!"
"I just want to kill you before he takes his last breath, so he can hear the news of your death before he dies!"
Zhao Youqian suddenly went mad, his voice filled with malice and anger!
Seeing this, Zhao Manyan suddenly fell silent.
After a while, he said in a hoarse voice, "You go, I won't kill you. I don't want mom to be sad."
"Not kill?" Jiang Yuan asked.
"Don't kill, let him go." Zhao Manyan looked at the two assassins: "As for these two assassins, Old Jiang, please kill them for me."
"Okay."
Jiang Yuan nodded and took the lives of the assassins who were under his restraint.
Looking at Zhao Youqian, who was panting heavily from anger and resentment, Jiang Yuan coldly said, "With your current status, you should be very clear about what I represent. If you try to assassinate Lao Zhao again, you will bear the consequences."
Then he left Zhao Youqian and took Zhao Manyan back to their hotel.
"After the praise, I will go into hiding for a period of time," Zhao Manyan suddenly said on the way.
"Hmm?"
"His jealousy will sooner or later send assassins to kill me again. Only by going into hiding can I avoid it. After all, you can't always suddenly appear like today to help me deal with those assassins," Zhao Manyan continued.
"So what do you plan to do after going into hiding?" Jiang Yuan asked.
"What else can I do? I'll work hard. Let Zhao Youqian know that father's decision was not wrong at all! When I reappear, I will definitely lead the Zhao Family Consortium to a new height!"
Zhao Manyan clenched his fist, his tone very firm.
"Good."
Jiang Yuan nodded.
He decided to contact General Hua Jun to put some pressure on Zhao Youqian, which would also make things much easier for Lao Zhao.
...
A few days later, the China Team arrived in Greece by special plane.
They went directly to Pathenon Mountain.
Upon arriving at the sacred mountain, everyone, led by the National Government Mentor, proceeded to the Hall of Faith at the foot of the mountain.
There was a continuous stream of people coming here. Ordinary people would pray for health and longevity, and those of a higher status would spend a huge amount of money to obtain some blessings in the Goddess Hall.
Of course, the blessings were given by the female attendants inside, and more often, by intern female attendants.
"We probably won't be able to receive the Goddess's praise and blessing," Feng Li said on the way up the mountain.
"I know, the Goddess hasn't been elected yet," Jiang Yuan nodded.
His gaze turned towards the Star River Mountain Path halfway up the mountain, which led directly to the Goddess Hall.
"I heard that only the Divine Seal Praise from the Goddess Hall provides a higher boost. Wouldn't our Divine Seal Praise be a loss? Can we wait until the Goddess election is over before performing the blessing ceremony?" Zhao Manyan said.
"Probably not. The election ran into problems, and it won't be over anytime soon. Our praise should be conducted by the Hall Mother, which is also very good," Jiang Shaoxu said.
The election ran into problems.
When Mo Fan heard this, he subconsciously looked at the tall Goddess Hall.
Xinxia was chosen as a Goddess candidate, one of the electors.
He always felt that the reason for the problem lay with Xinxia.
"It's alright, don't think too much."
A hand patted Mo Fan's shoulder, and he turned his head.
"You don't need to worry about Xinxia's safety. She also calls me brother, doesn't she?" Jiang Yuan said.
"How did you know what I was thinking?" Mo Fan asked curiously.
"It's obvious from your facial expression," Jiang Yuan shrugged.
They continued to climb the sacred mountain.
According to the long-standing tradition of the Pathenon Temple, to go up, one could only walk up the Ten Thousand People Staircase step by step.
However, the Ten Thousand People Staircase only reached the Knight Palace. To go further up, one could only use the Star River Mountain Path.
They had not undergone the baptism, so they could not pass through normally.