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Lu Yu was also taken aback. This matter practically turned the whole city upside down, yet Xu Qingguo did not blame him. Instead, he promoted Lu Yu.
“Then I hereby offer my thanks to the Honorable Military Lord upfront.” Lu Yu said, cupping his hands in a show of gratitude.
“Hahaha… What are you standing there for? Sit down and dine with me.” Xu Qingguo gestured with his hand to have his men set the table up for another guest.
Lu Yu hesitated for a while, but did not pretend to demur. He simply sat on the chair and began eating matter-of-factly.
Watching Lu Yu gobbling the food down, a puzzled look flashed across Qi Lei’s eyes. This was the first time Lu Yu visited the military zone so he did not realize anything was odd, but Qi Lei knew very well.
In the entire Gamma Military Zone, the number of people who sat at the same table with the Military Lord and dined with him could be counted on one hand. Lu Yu was one of them. The underlying message that emerged from this gesture was simply too intriguing.
At this point,
outside the Gamma Military Zone’s command base, a military vehicle was speeding toward the base. At the security checkpoint, after the two men in military overcoats showed their identification passes, the soldiers of the Gamma Military Zone gave a salute. Thereafter, that military vehicle drove straight into the military compound unimpeded.
“Good grief! Who are these people? How can you simply let them in like that?” Another Martial Arts Warrior in military uniform standing beside the guard stammered and asked.
His partner, the one who checked the identification passes, said in a low voice, “Those two guys are big shots. They are the Federation’s senior officers from the capital.”
The moment he heard him, that Martial Arts Warrior widened his eyes and then shut his mouth at once without another word.
The military vehicle stopped in the parking garage and the two men in military overcoats alighted from the vehicle. They scanned the Gamma Military Zone once, and a stern, grim look flashed across their eyes.
A squadron captain approached and asked, “Senior officers, what are your instructions?”
One of the men was tall and skinny, with a knife scar on his face. He said in a low voice, “Ask your Military Lord to come out. Tell him there is an urgent order from the capital for him.”
This squadron captain paused for a while. Upon seeing this, the other man who was more refined and polite, frowned and said in a stern voice, “What’s wrong? You filthy bastards don’t even listen to the instructions from the capital?”
When he heard that man scolding him with such derogatory words, the squadron captain’s face froze. Eventually, he still replied politely, “I’m sorry. It is lunch time now. The Honorable Military Lord has ordered that no one is allowed to interrupt his meal time, no matter who the guest is. If you wish to meet the Military Lord, please wait until his lunch is over.”
The two men’s expressions turned unpleasant. They were being hung out to dry, and no one had ever dared to treat them this way.
The scar-faced man rolled up his sleeves and gave the squadron captain a big slap on his face. He berated angrily, “Are your eyes covered by dog shit? How dare you talk to us like that?”
A look of anger flashed across the squadron captain’s eyes, and he clenched his fists. When the scar-faced man saw this, he laughed in a condescending manner. He then leaned his face close and said in a malevolent tone, “Yo, are you angry? Come! If you have the guts, you can punch me in the face.”
Due to the scar-faced man’s special identity, the squadron captain did not retaliate in the end. Scar-faced man then gave him a kick and tripped him over. The aura of a Great Martial Master shattered a few of the squadron captain’s bones.
Immediately after that, the scar-faced man laughed scornfully, “Fuck you! If you have no guts, don’t show me that kind of face.”
The squadron captain became totally infuriated by the scar-faced man’s arrogant attitude. He flung his military beret to the ground and roared out, “You have gone too far!”
Unleashing a similar Great Martial Master’s aura, the squadron captain shot out a punch toward the scar-faced man. A look of disdain flashed across the scar-faced man’s face. In the next instant, the squadron captain’s arm was broken out of shape with a loud crack. He was then rolled into a heap and flung out.
Hearing the commotion here, all the members of the 3rd Battalion, who were the nearest to the scene, rushed over. The Captain of the 4th Battalion helped the squadron captain to his feet. After checking through the latter’s injuries, the Captain’s expression turned ominous.
“Captain Niu, these two fellows have gone overboard!” The squadron captain complained tearfully.
“Enough. Crying and wailing like that. Do you know what you look like?” The 4th Battalion’s Captain first reprimanded the soldier. Following that, he turned a pair of eyes that looked like those of bloodthirsty beasts to glare at the scar-faced man and the refined, polite man. He growled, “Apologize to my soldier immediately. Right now!”
The refined, polite man was frightened by that look and wanted to play peacemaker. However, the scar-faced man refused to give in, and he yelled, with his chest puffed out, “You filthy bastards! You don’t even check who I am, to see whether you can afford to offend me?”
“Hoho! You are just some guys from the capital. Our soldiers battle bravely against Fearsome Beasts on the front line, risking our lives. Without us, can you guys lead peaceful lives?” The 4th Battalion’s Captain roared out in fury. “Today, I will teach you how to apologize!”
With that, the aura of a Great Grand Master instantly crushed down.
Scar-face man couldn’t withstand this aura and sank to the ground on his knees. In fact, his body continued to get pressed down until he was almost sprawled on the ground, eliciting raucous laughter from all the cultivators in the 3rd Battalion.
“Filthy bastards! I come from the Ying family, and I am the inspector appointed by Flame Country’s highest level. Do you dare to give your name?”
“I don’t change my name no matter what I do, and I don’t hide my name no matter what happens. Listen up. I am Niu Xianzu, Captain of the 4th Battalion of the First Military Unit in the Gamma Military Zone!”
“Okay! I will remember you. You are finished!”
The scar-face man’s voice trembled and in the next second, an even stronger true energy came crushing down on him. The scar-face man let out an anguished scream.
The news of Niu Xianzu confronting the inspectors from the capital spread like wildfire. More and more cultivators from the military zone rushed up to gawk.
The refined, polite man was the first to blink. He said with an apologetic smile, “Captain Niu, please do not hold it against this guy. He tends to shoot his mouth off. If he has offended you, please allow me to apologize on his behalf.”
“Hmph! I shall let you off for now on his account.” Niu Xianzu looked at the refined, polite man with surprise. This was the first time he had encountered an officer from the capital who was so humble and soft-spoken that he felt somewhat flattered.
He could not resist asking, “What is your name?”
The refined, polite man said with a smile, “Humble servant is called Zhou Zhongzheng.”
The scar-faced man who had just been saved, felt quite humiliated when he saw so many people had gathered to gawk at his wretched demeanor. Zhou Zhongzheng was quite sensible and helped the scar-faced man to his feet before leaving the premises quickly.
“This Xu Qingguo really has balls of steel. Are these his soldiers or Flame Country’s soldiers?”
“I told you before. These military lords who assemble their own armies to challenge the federal government will become a scourge sooner or later. When I go back, I will propose at once to reduce these military zones…”
The scar-faced man cursed and swore for a while, but soon realized that doing this was no help to anything at all. He calmed down for a while before bellowing angrily, “Fine! I shall wait until your lunchtime is over before looking for you, Xu Qingguo. You have to give me an explanation no matter what happens, otherwise I won’t let this matter rest!’
Beside him, Zhou Zhongzheng chimed in, “That’s right. That’s right. This Xu Qingguo has gone too far indeed. How dare he treat us Inspectors like this.”
At this moment, when lunch was over, Lu Yu didn’t feel satisfied after finishing this meal. After bidding farewell, he was prepared to personally cook up a storm using the meat of Fearsome Beasts.
The moment Lu Yu left, a soldier instantly came in to report that the inspectors from the capital had arrived. With a look that indicated that he expected this, Xu Qingguo said, “At last, they are here.”
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