My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 810 - 0810: Martial Arts Alliance

Chapter 810: Chapter 0810: Martial Arts Alliance

"In that case, I’ll go with you."

Tang Ming laughed, surprised at how easily the ticket issue was resolved.

"Great, I’ll pick you up at the hotel tomorrow, and we’ll head out together."

Seeing Tang Ming agree, Su Xiaoxi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wait a minute, does this count as one of the times you’re pretending to be my boyfriend?"

Tang Ming asked seriously.

"Of course not, this isn’t pretending to be my boyfriend."

Su Xiaoxi hurriedly denied, righteously saying, "This time is considered as after-sales service for the time you pretended to be my boyfriend at the auction. In similar future events, helping me does not count towards the agreement."

Tang Ming pursed his lips in frustration, but thought that having ninety-nine more chances wasn’t bad, and the main thing was he needed a ticket to get into the venue, so he didn’t dwell too much on it.

"By the way, when I attend the Martial Arts Conference, can I bring a few other people, like my bodyguards?"

Tang Ming asked uncertainly.

"I’m afraid not."

Su Xiaoxi said helplessly, "Our Su Family only has two tickets, and we both need them. You should know tickets to the Martial Arts Conference are hard to come by, two is already a lot, so I can’t give you extra tickets."

"Alright, then I won’t bring bodyguards. After all, I’m appearing as Tang Xin, so I don’t need to hide my cultivation."

Tang Ming thought for a moment and stopped making things difficult for Su Xiaoxi, while also confirming that Mo Hongsheng was indeed playing pranks on him before. Even the Su Family only had two tickets, the Mo Family wouldn’t have tickets to let him enter the venue.

"Alright, I’ll pick you up tomorrow, it’s settled then."

Su Xiaoxi confirmed and hung up the phone.

"Martial Arts Conference."

Tang Ming rubbed his chin, pondering the details of this Martial Arts Conference. Unfortunately, he wasn’t very familiar with the domestic situation, he had never heard of it before.

Since he didn’t know the situation, Xin Badao and Chu Batian, heads of the Poison Sect, should know something.

With this thought, Tang Ming immediately called Xin Badao, asking him to return to the hotel, leaving Chu Batian alone to protect the three women.

After receiving the call, Xin Badao didn’t know what Tang Ming wanted, and hurried back to the hotel at the fastest speed.

"Boss Poison, are you going to attend the Martial Arts Conference?"

Shortly after, Xin Badao sat on the sofa, looking at Tang Ming in surprise.

"Is it not allowed? Judging by your look, you seem to know about this Martial Arts Conference. Why didn’t you mention it before?" Tang Ming asked curiously.

"I did hear there’s a Martial Arts Conference in Flashoul City tomorrow, but it has nothing to do with us, so I didn’t tell you."

Xin Badao responded with a strange expression.

"What do you mean it has nothing to do with us?"

Tang Ming frowned, confused, "Poison Sect is clearly a Martial Arts Sect, how come the Martial Arts Conference organized by the martial powers doesn’t include the Poison Sect?"

"This requires an explanation of the background of the Martial Arts Conference."

Xin Badao thought for a moment, then explained, "Actually, tomorrow’s Martial Arts Conference isn’t a true Martial Arts Conference. Although it’s called the Martial Arts Conference, it’s essentially a conference organized by urban martial powers from the secular urban system. The main participants are urban martial powers from the domestic urban system, true Jianghu sects and sect powers aren’t involved, and there are even some conflicts."

"Alliance organization? Urban martial powers?"

Tang Ming blinked, looking at Xin Badao uncertainly, "Shouldn’t the urban martial powers be backed by sect powers from the martial world?"

"That’s not entirely accurate. Some urban martial powers are vassals of sect powers, but many exist independently within the urban martial powers. These organizations join together and are called the Martial Arts Alliance."

Xin Badao shook his head, giving an example, "Take Songlan City, for example. The Zhou Family and Ma Family, such martial families, don’t have sect powers backing them, but the Qin Family is backed by the Flowing Cloud Sect. In terms of the Martial Arts Conference, the Zhou Family and Ma Family have absolute qualifications to participate because they are purely internal urban system powers, while whether the Qin Family participates depends on the Flowing Cloud Sect’s decision, but the Flowing Cloud Sect itself won’t participate in the Martial Arts Conference."

"So that’s how it is, it sounds quite complicated."

Tang Ming frowned, surprised at the complex distinctions.

"Indeed, it is quite complicated."

Xin Badao nodded, sighing, "Though true martial powers look down on urban martial powers, many sect powers are willing to let their vassal families participate in such an event, they just don’t show up themselves. So the participants of the Martial Arts Conference can be roughly divided into two types: pure urban powers and semi-urban, semi-Jianghu vassal powers of sect powers. Because of this, many urban martial powers deliberately hide their backing sects to facilitate actions within the urban system."

"I roughly understand now."

Tang Ming nodded then frowned, "You mentioned earlier there are conflicts, what’s that about?"

"It’s not really conflicts, it’s more about mutual disdain. On one hand, urban martial powers are relatively weak in terms of strength, on the other hand, their primary goal is making money, whereas sect powers pursue martial arts, money is just a means to survive."

Xin Badao took a sip of water, smiling, "Thus, urban martial powers look down on sect powers as a bunch of poor folks, and sect powers look down on urban martial powers for being money-grubbers, hence they generally don’t interact openly. Interestingly, these two types of powers have long been infiltrating and merging with each other."

Sect powers need money to survive and develop, so they send vassal families into urban areas to make money; urban martial powers need the military power of sects to solve tricky issues, so sometimes they spend big money to hire sect powers to handle things.

Due to overt opposition, many dealings happen in secrecy, considered a kind of unspoken rule.

"Ah, so that’s how it is. Damn, I got played by Mo Hongsheng."

Tang Ming cursed in frustration, "Since the Martial Arts Conference is organized by urban martial powers, given their strength, there won’t be anything impressive. Attending it is just wasting time, isn’t it?"