Chapter 179

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Chapter 179: Fang Yu’s Identity

Third Elder!” Upon seeing this elderly man, even Zheng Rong’s expression became respectful, and he hurriedly stood up.

This Third Elder was one of the four Martial Sovereigns of the Zheng family, and one of the four highest-ranking members in the family.

The Zheng family’s current strength could be attributed to a master they encountered fifty years ago.

That master had guided several core members of the Zheng family at that time, and Third Elder was one of them.

Third Elder was originally just a martial artist with average talent, nearly forty years old, and his level remained at half-step Grandmaster.

However, after receiving personal guidance from that master, Third Elder seemed to have an awakening, and his cultivation speed increased dramatically!

In one year, he broke through to the Grandmaster realm, and in ten years, he stepped into the Martial Sovereign realm!

Now, nearly forty years have passed.

Third Elder was close to reaching the ceiling of the Martial Sovereign realm.

“Third Elder, this Fang Yu is just a junior, how could we trouble you personally?” Zheng Rong said.

“A junior? I heard our Zheng family has lost quite a few people because of him.” Third Elder walked slowly into the living room with his hands behind his back.

These words carried a tone of reproach, and Zheng Rong’s expression changed as he lowered his head and said: “Third Elder, we didn’t investigate Fang Yu thoroughly enough before and didn’t know the depth of his strength. Now…”

“Now we’ve lost three Grandmaster-level protectors, and the spirit wood and talismans of the Spirit Suppression Formation have been leaked.” Third Elder interrupted Zheng Rong’s words as he walked in front of him.

Hearing these words, both Zheng Rong and Zheng Xiuchen’s expressions changed.

Yes, they had overlooked a crucial point!

If the three protectors couldn’t capture Fang Yu, then wouldn’t the spirit wood and talismans in their possession fall into Fang Yu’s hands?

The Spirit Suppression Formation was their Zheng family’s secret technique, absolutely not to be leaked!

Zheng Xiuchen looked at Third Elder and said: “The Spirit Suppression Formation requires special incantations to activate, and the three protectors were all sworn to serve the Zheng family loyally, they shouldn’t have revealed it…”

Third Elder gave Zheng Xiuchen a cold look and said: “If you maintain such wishful thinking, then you’re not fit to take the position of family head.”

Zheng Xiuchen’s heart skipped a beat, and he dared not speak further.

“Third Elder, this was my oversight. I underestimated Fang Yu’s strength and made the wrong judgment.” Zheng Rong lowered his head and said in a deep voice.

“What’s done is done, apologies are useless. That master warned us years ago that we must never let the techniques he taught us be passed on to outsiders!”

“This Fang Yu must be eliminated!” Third Elder said sternly with a serious expression.

“But…” Zheng Rong showed hesitation, still reluctant to have Third Elder take action personally.

Third Elder was one of the highest-ranking members of their Zheng family, representing their core strength and highest authority.

Given the Zheng family’s current reputation and scale, having to send Third Elder personally to deal with a junior like Fang Yu.

If this got out, how would other martial arts families in Xiang City view them?

“It’s fine, I was planning to go to Jiangnan anyway to discuss some matters with the Martial Arts Association.” Third Elder understood Zheng Rong’s concerns and said.

“The Martial Arts Association?” Zheng Xiuchen beside them showed confusion.

Zheng Rong glanced at Zheng Xiuchen, revealing a hint of mockery, and said: “The Jiangnan martial arts world has long been weak. They finally produced a Martial Sovereign like Gu Rulong, but unexpectedly, before they could even properly establish him, he perished.”

“Today’s Jiangnan is just a piece of fat meat waiting to be carved up. If our Zheng family wants to enter Jiangnan, we must accelerate our progress, otherwise we’ll be beaten to it by other families.”

“The current chairman of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Association, Kong Cheng, is an old acquaintance of Third Elder. Our Zheng family can use this connection to enter before other families and take the fattest piece of the Jiangnan meat.”

After speaking, Zheng Rong looked at Third Elder respectfully and said: “These minor matters should have been handled by us juniors, having to trouble you, Third Elder, is truly apologetic.”

Third Elder waved his hand and said: “I’ve been staying at home for too long, my body has become somewhat stiff. It’s time to go out and move around.”

…

The next afternoon, at the Jiangnan Security Bureau headquarters training base.

Fang Yu stood in front of the team members and said: “I gave you a full day’s time, you should be able to perform any set of movements now, right?”

The ten team members stood in place without responding.

“Now let’s begin the inspection.” Fang Yu ignored their reaction and pointed to the first team member on the left, who was Huang Xiaolong, saying, “Starting with you, step forward.”

Huang Xiaolong’s expression changed slightly as he stepped forward.

“Begin,” Fang Yu said.

Huang Xiaolong took a deep breath and glanced at his fellow team members.

Two team members immediately stepped forward to help Huang Xiaolong contort his limbs into twisted angles.

A moment later, the two team members stepped back.

At this point, Huang Xiaolong had assumed a pose similar to one of the sets shown in Fang Yu’s drawings.

Fang Yu slightly narrowed his eyes, watching Huang Xiaolong.

Meanwhile, Huang Xiaolong was gritting his teeth, enduring the pain and discomfort while maintaining the pose.

After silently watching for ten seconds, Fang Yu spoke: “Not bad.”

Huang Xiaolong breathed a sigh of relief and was about to relax his limbs.

“Don’t move, you need to maintain this pose for at least an hour to achieve any training effect,” Fang Yu said.

An hour!?

Hearing Fang Yu’s words, not just Huang Xiaolong, but all other team members’ expressions changed dramatically.

These forcefully contorted poses caused extreme pain and discomfort to the body, and maintaining them for ten seconds was already very difficult.

Yet Fang Yu wanted them to maintain these poses for an hour!?

How was that possible?

Huang Xiaolong’s expression turned ugly as he said: “Captain Fang, you…”

“Next,” Fang Yu completely ignored Huang Xiaolong and looked at another team member.

That team member’s expression changed, but he could only step forward.

Similarly, he needed the help of two other team members to assume one of the poses from the paper.

“Ah…” After assuming the pose, this team member’s expression was filled with pain, and he even cried out.

“Next,” Fang Yu looked at the next team member.

A few minutes later, all ten team members on the training ground were maintaining twisted and strange poses, each with expressions of pain and faces covered in sweat.

From a distance, these ten team members maintaining bizarre poses while wailing created quite a comical scene.

“Xiaoying, what do you think?”

On a platform not far away, Xia Heguang asked a woman in a security uniform standing beside him.

The woman watched Fang Yu below on the training ground, her face expressionless.

“At least, I don’t think these movements have any training effect,” the woman said.

Xia Heguang smiled and said: “What are your investigation results regarding this Fang Yu?”

Hearing this question, the woman slightly frowned, her beautiful eyes filled with confusion.

“This person’s identity is quite strange. His birthplace is unknown, his parents’ identities are unclear, he’s an orphan raised by an elderly person… but this elderly person’s identity is also unknown,” the woman said.

Xia Heguang frowned deeply.

He had asked the woman to investigate Fang Yu, and after a full month of investigation, there was still so much information they couldn’t uncover?

It should be noted that the woman’s department was the one with the strongest intelligence capabilities in the Security Bureau headquarters!

“Why couldn’t you find out?” Xia Heguang asked.

The woman glanced at Xia Heguang, shook her head, and said: “We’ve dug to the bottom of his identity, but these people’s identities indeed cannot be traced… It’s very possible that these people don’t exist at all.”

“You mean Fang Yu’s identity is fabricated?” Xia Heguang asked.

The woman nodded, then shook her head, saying: “It might be fabricated… but also might not be.”

The woman knew her words were contradictory and added: “With our current intelligence system and technology, we can trace the identity of any person in the Nine States, but Fang Yu is beyond this scope.”

“Simply put, while Fang Yu’s identity information shows clear signs of fabrication, we can’t find any other identity information about him. So we can only conclude that his current identity information is genuine.”

After hearing what the woman said, Xia Heguang fell silent, looked down at Fang Yu, and asked: “Is there no other way?”

“Not for now, but I will continue to follow up.”

“I absolutely don’t believe that anyone in this world can disguise their identity so thoroughly,” the woman said firmly.

…

“Ah…”

On the training ground, wails rose and fell.

They had maintained these poses for nearly ten minutes, feeling as if their limbs’ tendons and bones were about to break.

Fang Yu’s expression remained indifferent as he quietly watched the team members.

This body technique was indeed very painful during initial training.

But once the limbs formed muscle memory, it would become increasingly easier.

Huang Xiaolong was sweating profusely, veins bulging on his forehead.

He looked at Fang Yu standing in front, and the resentment in his heart grew increasingly intense.

He had been promoted to Senior Guard before the age of thirty, which was already considered exceptional, and he had high self-esteem.

But now, he was being treated like a monkey by a youngster with no military experience, and he couldn’t even resist!

This humiliation was almost unbearable!

At this moment, two figures slowly walked toward Fang Yu.

Seeing Xia Heguang appear, the team members who were about to give up gritted their teeth and held on with all their might, even closing their mouths to avoid wailing.

They didn’t want to lose face in front of the Commander!

When Huang Xiaolong saw the woman beside Xia Heguang, his expression changed.

Why was she here?

Damn it! Why at this moment?

When he was at his most frustrated and embarrassing!

“Captain Fang, thank you for your hard work,” Xia Heguang smiled.

“It’s nothing, I’m just standing here, not working hard at all,” Fang Yu said.

At this point, he looked at the woman standing beside Xia Heguang.

“This is Group Leader Xia Xiaoying from the Nine States Intelligence Group. I specifically invited her to brief Captain Fang about the other Security Bureau headquarters’ competing teams, so Captain Fang can have a clearer understanding of this year’s opponents,” Xia Heguang said.

Xia Xiaoying? Also surnamed Xia.

Fang Yu’s eyes flickered slightly. When he first saw this woman, he felt her features were somewhat similar to the sisters Xia Weiyu and Xia Tinghe.

“Is she also your granddaughter?” Fang Yu looked at Xia Heguang and asked.

Xia Heguang smiled, which was as good as confirmation.

But Xia Xiaoying’s expression was somewhat cold, as she didn’t like others mentioning this relationship.

“You three sisters look quite alike, but compared to them, you…” Fang Yu looked at Xia Xiaoying and said.

“Captain Fang, let’s discuss business,” Xia Xiaoying coldly interrupted Fang Yu’s words.