Fantasy: Empress Wife, Cute Kids Cause Havoc in Jiuzhou

"Hold on, I need to warm up,"

Chu Chen suddenly called out, he squeezed his fists, swung his arms, and then performed a set of never before seen punches on the platform before he spoke, "Okay, let's go."

The siblings stood opposite each other again, staring into each other's eyes without making a move for a long time. Read exclusive content at empire

It seemed that both were guessing at the other's thoughts, trying to predict what the other would choose.

Watching the tension-filled siblings, everyone was a bit dumbfounded.

Rock-paper-scissors, purely a game of luck, what does warming up have to do with anything?

This little kid's thoughts are really impossible to guess.

"Rock, paper, scissors!"

This time, both siblings spoke very slowly, their eyes unblinkingly fixed on each other, the air seemed filled with tension.

This made the initially spectating crowd also unconsciously hold their breath, not daring to exhale.

Swish!

The siblings simultaneously swung their small hands, freezing in mid-air.

Sister paper, brother rock.

"Yay!"

Chu Xin cheered, proudly declaring, "Brother, I won."

Chu Chen, hanging his little head, said with a sad face, "I lost."

He then turned and trudged off the platform with his little legs, shaking his head and sighing as he walked, "Why did I choose rock, I should have chosen scissors."

"Damn, watching this actually got me nervous."

Only after the sibling showdown completely ended did everyone breathe a sigh of relief, their faces a mix of tears and laughter.

Previously, watching players fight to the death in the Mimic Space wasn't nerve-wracking, but now watching siblings play rock-paper-scissors was, which was simply ridiculous.

"Auntie, I won."

Chu Xin turned to look at the befuddled female guard and reminded her in a milky voice.

"Ah? Oh, right, you won."

The female guard snapped back to reality and announced the result of the match.

"I protest!"

Just then, a voice rang out.

People turned towards the sound, only to see the Leopard Elder of the Myriad Beasts Sect stand up, his face grim.

"What are you protesting?" Long Yufei asked indifferently.

The Leopard Elder said loudly, "This is the Lanzhou Grand Competition, not kids playing house. Their frivolous way of competing is an insult to the other contestants, I do not accept the result of this match. They must fight a real battle, or else ban them all to avoid turning the respectable Lanzhou Grand Competition into a complete farce."

"Yes, they must fight a real battle," the judge from the Domineering Sword Sect also nodded.

"Fight a battle, fight a battle!"

The contestants in the preparation area also joined in one after another.

The siblings' method of determining the winner made them feel stupid for struggling so hard to advance, feeling insulted.

Just like a much-loved and painstakingly obtained treasure being publicly ridiculed as worthless junk.

Chu Chen glanced at the Leopard Elder, paid him no heed, and sat down in his own spot, still annoyed at himself for choosing rock.

Chu Xin cocked her little head, puzzled and said, "Didn't they say we couldn't use rock-paper-scissors to determine the winner? They could also use rock-paper-scissors with others, to quickly determine the winner without getting tired."

"They're not three-year-old toddlers, who would decide their own fate in such a childish way?"

Elder Leopard snorted coldly and said solemnly, "That is an insult to the competitors and an insult to the Great Competition of Lanzhou."

Long Yufei said indifferently, "The rules indeed did not stipulate that this method cannot be used to determine the winner and loser, Elder Leopard, there's no need to make an unreasonable fuss."

Elder Leopard snorted again, his gaze covertly glanced at a corner of the spectator area before he silently sat down.

Although Elder Leopard's glance was subtle, Long Yufei, who had been keeping an eye on him, still noticed it.

She followed Elder Leopard's gaze and looked at the spectator area but did not detect anything unusual.

She even secretly activated the State Governor Seal, using the Fate Power of Lanzhou to check, but still found nothing out of the ordinary.

Could it be that she was overthinking things?

Did Elder Leopard simply feel that this method of deciding the outcome was too childish?

However, as a referee, how could he possibly not know the rules of the competition, which never specified how the winner and loser must be determined?

Though the method of rock-paper-scissors indeed seemed hasty, it was not to the extent that a referee would protest.

What in the world were these guys planning?

Long Yufei's eyebrows furrowed slightly, a trace of unease flickering through her heart.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Meanwhile, Chu Xin had already returned to her seat, leaning back in her chair and leisurely drinking Beast Milk.

Chu Chen leaned his small head over and asked in a low voice, "Sister, do you feel the presence of that person over there?"

"Which person?"

Chu Xin looked in the direction of Chu Chen's chubby little hand, which pointed toward the spectator area, but after watching for a while, she saw nothing unusual and asked with confusion.

"The one from that time when the State Governor invited Aunt Long for a poison meal and we couldn't see through him," Chu Chen whispered.

"Invited Aunt Long for a poison meal?"

Taking a gulp of Beast Milk, Chu Xin suddenly realized and said, "You mean that annoying guy? I didn't detect his annoying presence."

Chu Chen shook his head and muttered, "Then maybe I was mistaken."

Just earlier, when Elder Leopard raised a protest and argued with Aunt Long and others, he sensed a familiar presence in the spectator area, but it vanished in a flash.

At that moment, Chu Xin's attention was on Elder Leopard, and she had not noticed it.

"Never mind him, if he dares to bother me, I'll spank him till his butt blooms,"

Chu Xin said while drinking her Beast Milk and waved her little fist.

Chu Chen glanced at her and reminded, "Sister, Dad said girls should be ladylike, could you not keep saying 'spank someone's butt until it blooms'? It's not ladylike at all."

Chu Xin's eyes widened, mimicking their father's tone and expression from past scoldings, she threatened fiercely, "Little brat, getting cocky? Daring to lecture your older sister? Are you asking for a spanking?"

Chu Chen shrank his neck and instinctively covered his little butt, muttering quietly, "I was just reminding you, ignore it if you don't want to hear, but don't snap at me. Humph, I curse you to never get married."

"What did you say? Speak up, I didn't hear you."

Chu Xin grabbed Chu Chen's little ear and questioned sternly.

"Ah, I said sister will surely become the first beauty of Jiuzhou. Ow, that hurts, it hurts,"

Chu Chen grabbed Chu Xin's hand and pleaded for mercy.

While the siblings were playfully bantering, the final two matches of the second round ended quickly.

All of them went all out, striving for the top ten to obtain the Secret Realm map. No one would decide the outcome in such an outrageous manner like Chu Xin and Chu Chen.

Yet, even so, people found it hard to fully concentrate on the battles in the Mimic Space, their heads turning from time to time to glance at the two adorable powerful siblings.

After all, who wouldn't love such cute and strong kids?