Chapter 184: Two hurdles.
Lee’s plan was simple.
He intended to win the Hall of Ascension’s preliminary competition held before the Midsummer Festival. Afterwards he would challenge Victoria to end their feud once and for all.
There were two problems with it.
First of all he had to win, but after witnessing the skills of the youths two years ago, he wasn’t sure he could go against someone like Jian Wuji. A thought of that guy allowed to think of a solution, though.
Lee directly went to the inner sect and found Jian Wuji who had transferred to the Hall of Justice. Not beating around the bush, Lee asked for a favor.
"I need your help." He said, "I need to win the next Hall of Ascension’s tournament."
Jian Wuji looked back at him with furrowed brows, pondering about the implications. It wasn’t that Lee asked an elemental master like him to attend in his stead, but he couldn’t ask to manipulate the ruling of the judges. Thousands of people would spectate the events and it was impossible to blatantly cheat.
Lee guessed his thoughts, and said, "I need you to rig the tournament. Not the results. I need my opponents to be the weakest ones possible. For example – set the ceiling for the contenders to not be over thirteen or fourteen years of age."
"You do realize I’m part of the Hall of Justice now?" Jian Wuji slowly said.
They were meeting in the Hall of Justice’s main building, and while currently there was no one apart from them in the hallway, Lee’s request was audacious.
"Mhm." Lee nodded, "But I saved your life."