Chapter 1217: Chapter 1217 Accepting the Challenge 3
The information about this Juechen Princess is quite scarce.
She is usually very low-key, unlike other princesses who enjoy socializing. Her last visit to Country A was her only relatively high-profile social event.
At that time, Juechen Princess deliberately overshadowed Xia Yanyan, obviously with the intention of outshining Country A’s national treasure and setting the stage for the once-every-twenty-years Nautical Battle rivalry. Unfortunately, her plan was thwarted by Ye Xingguang, and she couldn’t secure a prelude of victory.
It’s understandable how upset Juechen Princess was back then, otherwise she wouldn’t have issued a challenge now. It’s likely that over the past half-year, she has been rigorously honing her singing skills, confident that she can outperform in that area.
Very quickly, domestic netizens learned of this matter: the K country’s Juechen Princess challenged the nation’s new national treasure Xia Qiongqiong.
Because of this incident, the news spread widely on foreign internet platforms.
Juechen Princess even posted a short video on her Weibo. In the video, she danced on the sea, and the scene was so beautiful that countless netizens from various countries shared it enthusiastically, naturally reaching domestic Weibo as well.
The netizens were abuzz with discussions!
"Oh my God! K country actually has a mermaid, and she’s a princess? That’s way too noble!"
"She can even dance on the sea. Her dance video was so beautiful that it made me forget my envy. What to do? She’s challenged Xia Qiongqiong. Can Xia Qiongqiong dance on the sea? If our country loses, we’ll lose ownership of the Nautical Battle for the next twenty years."
"Calling @SaltyFish, calling @SaltyFish, can you do it? Can you defeat the K country’s Juechen Princess?"
"Everyone, don’t panic. Actually, we can consider Xia Qiongqiong a princess too, right? She and the Carp Girl are both goddaughters of the S country’s Crown Prince, so relatively speaking, she’s also a princess of the S country. Our national treasure’s status isn’t lower than Juechen Princess."
"One is a real princess, the other is a goddaughter princess. Is that even comparable? It’s a world of difference. I think everyone shouldn’t be too optimistic, especially since we haven’t even seen Xia Qiongqiong’s full face. Her face was very dark when she was young; I wonder if it has been lightened now?"
"Ahhhh! I’m so anxious, what to do? Our A country absolutely cannot lose. If we lose, we won’t be able to hold our heads up for the next twenty years. @SaltyFish, you have to do us proud."
Ye Xingguang saw the comments online, logged into SaltyFish’s Weibo account, thought for a while, and decided to post something to boost morale.
[SaltyFish: I will do my best. [Cheer up]]
Netizens, upon seeing Xia Qiongqiong’s Weibo update, all left messages cheering for her!
However, everyone remained anxious, worried that Xia Qiongqiong might not match up to the dignified Juechen Princess.
To prepare for the Nautical Battle against K country, Ye Xingguang drove to the President’s residence.
The nation had established a temporary Nautical Battle Committee, inviting esteemed talents from various fields to specifically train Ye Xingguang, enabling her to respond adeptly in the Nautical Battle, whether it be in singing, dancing, or the arts of qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting...
Ye Xingguang hadn’t even met the director of the temporary committee yet, and just by sitting in Yi Yujian’s living room sipping tea and glancing at the training program list, she already felt overwhelmed.
"Sister-in-law, does the country plan to turn me into an all-around talent in qin, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing, and dancing within twenty days? Isn’t that a bit last-minute?"
Yi Yujian chuckled, "This time the questions are set by the United Nations, and no one knows what the challenge will be, so you can only prepare in all aspects. It is indeed last-minute, but there’s no other choice."