Chapter 295: Chapter 295: Come Out to Greet His Majesty
"So, which of you was looking for me?"
Jiang Xinghai walked over to the dog cage, covering his nose and chuckling.
"You... you... you’re Jiang Xinghai..."
Inside the dog cage, the most lucid person was naturally the strongest of the group, the bearded man.
He never would have imagined that the Mu Family, a mere second-rate family in Central State, would have so many Grandmasters under their command.
Not only had they been brutally beaten, but they had also been thrown into a filthy dog cage.
If Jiang Xinghai hadn’t come to question them, he truly thought they would suffocate from the stench in here.
"Turn on the fire hydrant. Give them a wash," Jiang Xinghai said, still covering his nose. The acrid smell of urine from the cage was just too much.
"Right away, Mr. Jiang."
Liu Feile connected the fire hose and opened the hydrant.
WHOOSH...
A torrent of water as thick as an arm shot out, blasting the bearded man and his companions relentlessly.
"Lingyin, Jianni, I’ll take you two back first. Go study hard." Jiang Xinghai decided to send the two women off before coming back.
"No need. We’ll go shopping for a bit. It’s a good chance to get familiar with the area," Shen Lingyin said, glancing at Mu Jianni.
"I’ll be the guide," Mu Jianni said, linking her arm with Shen Lingyin’s.
The two had gone from initial hostility to being inseparable, all thanks to Jiang Xinghai’s mediation.
Jiang Xinghai saw them to the door and watched them leave together, nodding to himself in approval.
He dialed Yan Qingshan’s number.
Yan Qingshan was now the new president of the Central State Martial Arts Department.
"Master, I am here." Yan Qingshan had just received his official letter of appointment and was quite busy.
But no matter how busy he was, he wouldn’t dare neglect a call from his master, Jiang Xinghai.
"Are there any younger women in the Martial Arts Department?" Jiang Xinghai asked.
"Younger women? Yes!"
Yan Qingshan assumed Jiang Xinghai had some personal needs and quickly chuckled. "This year, we have seven or eight new recruits who just turned eighteen, plus a few more who are twenty-five or twenty-six. All of them are above-average in looks. How about I send them all over to you?"
"Old Yan, what are you implying? Am I that kind of man?" Jiang Xinghai said with a straight face.
Yan Qingshan gave a wry smile. ’But... aren’t you?’
"Among them, what is the highest cultivation level achieved?" Jiang Xinghai asked again.
"Only one has reached the Venerable realm. She’s in her thirties," Yan Qingshan replied smoothly.
"She’ll do. Have her come to the Old Tavern across from Central State University. I have a mission for her," Jiang Xinghai instructed.
Yan Qingshan nodded eagerly. "Yes, Master."
"After you and Old Qiu returned yesterday, how did the persuasion efforts with those four families go?" Jiang Xinghai asked.
Yesterday, a group of old timers from Central State had gone to Jizhou, blocked the roads, and caused a scene, trying to put him in his place.
That group of old men represented five of Central State’s six great families.
Aside from his servant from the Li Family, members from the other five Martial Arts families were all there.
In the end, Qiu Shirong of the Qiu Family submitted to him, and the others were killed on the spot.
"Master, everything went smoothly."
Yan Qingshan was excited. "Old Qiu and I strategized the whole way back yesterday. Our prestige speaks for itself, so when we visited those four great families, they believed whatever we said. With no video footage of what happened, they had to take our word for it."
"What about Mr. Sun from the Central State Mansion? Any reaction from him?" Jiang Xinghai asked again.
"As for Mr. Sun..."
Yan Qingshan shook his head. "Mr. Sun usually keeps a low profile. We didn’t seek him out after we returned. Besides, the Mansion and our Martial Arts Department are separate and equal in rank. He has no authority over us."
"I see. There’s one more small thing I need you to do. A fourth-year university student named Yang Zhuo..."
Jiang Xinghai gave a brief description and then hung up.
Then, he sat by the door and waited.
About twenty minutes later, a woman with short hair appeared at the entrance of the Old Tavern.
"Mr. Jiang, my name is Ma Yan." The short-haired woman had witnessed Jiang Xinghai’s overwhelming presence at the Martial Arts Department.
"Third Layer of the Venerable realm. Acceptable."
Jiang Xinghai discerned her cultivation level and took out a Gathering Essence Pill. "This is your reward."
THUD! Ma Yan dropped directly to her knees.
This was a Gathering Essence Pill, something so rare it was priceless!
"No need for ceremony. Get up. Find a way to get a job at Central State University and secretly watch over Shen Lingyin and Mu Jianni for me. Go," Jiang Xinghai instructed.
Ma Yan nodded respectfully. With trembling hands, she accepted the Gathering Essence Pill and quickly vanished into the distance.
Jiang Xinghai returned to the backyard.
A short while later, the bearded man and his four companions were stuffed into sacks and tossed into the Land Rover one by one.
Jiang Xinghai said his goodbyes and drove onto the highway.
An City was located between Central State and Jizhou.
After arriving in An City, he woke the bearded man, got the Yang Family’s address out of him, and headed straight there.
At 3:30 PM, the Land Rover pulled up in front of the Yang Family’s estate.
Jiang Xinghai tossed the sacks from the car out onto the ground in front of the Yang Family’s main gate.
"Who are you?!"
"What’s this?!"
Seeing this, the two guards at the gate opened a sack. When they saw the bearded man inside, their expressions changed drastically.
Yang Zhuo!
It was their Young Master’s subordinate!
"Tell your Patriarch that if he wants to know whether Yang Zhuo is dead or alive, he should come out and greet me."
Jiang Xinghai wanted to deal with the Yang Family quickly.
And then return to Jizhou!
Tonight, Shen Lingxue was waiting for him to come to bed.
