Chapter 618: Martial Arts Hall Meeting! Who Do You Think You Are?

The meeting was convened in the conference hall on the seventh floor of the martial arts hall's main building.

By the time Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang arrived at the scene, quite a few people were already there.

Without exception, all of them were ability-users of seventh-tier mid-rank or above; only Xu Jingming alone was sixth-tier.

"Chief Superintendent, Head Coach Xu."

"Good day, Chief Superintendent."

"Good day, Head Coach."

"..."

Although most of those attending the meeting were part of Hall Master Liu Shan's faction.

Still, basic courtesy had to be maintained on the surface; the moment Ling Shuang and Xu Jingming arrived, quite a few people immediately rose and called out respectfully.

Ling Shuang gave a slight nod in acknowledgment, and led Xu Jingming to take their seats on the left side of the conference table.

"Oh? Xu Jingming is back? Perfect, there's actually something at today's meeting that concerns you, Head Coach."

Before long, Hall Master Liu Shan entered the conference room with two deputy hall masters.

Liu Shan was an eighth-tier upper-rank Master Zongshi, while the other two deputy hall masters were eighth-tier mid-rank.

And these two deputy hall masters were both die-hard supporters of Liu Shan.

Seeing Xu Jingming appear in the conference hall, Liu Shan casually tossed out a remark, then formally began the meeting.

"First item, the martial arts hall needs to procure a new batch of resources and put them into the resource vault; the Finance Department will allocate the funds accordingly."

"Second item,..."

Meetings at Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall were pretty much the same as ordinary company weekly meetings.

Basically, the hall master would bring up an item, and the senior staff related to that item would report on the situation.

"Our martial arts hall's meetings are just this simple—boredom is the norm; even over at the Great Xia headquarters it's the same."

"But when the matter concerning you comes up later, pay close attention."

Seeing that Xu Jingming was a bit bored, Ling Shuang transmitted via spiritual force.

After all, Xu Jingming was now the Head Coach of the Elite Training Camp.

If he didn't even bother to listen carefully to the relevant content during the meeting, that really wouldn't be proper.

"Understood." Xu Jingming replied via spiritual force as well.

Having snatched the Head Coach position from Wang Chun, Liu Shan was surely holding back some big move to make him handle.

Naturally, he wouldn't let the other side catch a handle on him over such a trivial matter.

"Next item, concerning Elite Training Camp Head Coach Xu Jingming."

More than half an hour later, Liu Shan finally got around to mentioning Xu Jingming:

"In one month, the instructors and students of Holy Spirit Martial Arts Hall will come to our Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall for a visit and exchange."

"Xu Jingming, as Head Coach, you will be responsible for receiving them."

"Understood." Xu Jingming nodded.

Mutual visits and exchanges between martial arts halls were very common.

Back when he was at the Great Xia Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall's Prodigy Training Camp, students from Furious Bear Martial Arts Hall would often come visit.

"What I need to remind you of is that the leading Head Coach of Holy Spirit Martial Arts Hall is Difford George."

"He is an S-rank ability awakener, seventh-tier lower-rank."

Liu Shan looked at Xu Jingming and continued: "The main purpose of their visit this time is sparring and learning."

When the time comes, there will be several sparring matches, and George, as the leading Head Coach, will take the field.

I'm leaving him to you to deal with—that's no problem, right?"

As his words fell, the people in the conference hall immediately stirred a little.

Holy Spirit Martial Arts Hall!

This was a powerful martial arts hall from America; its standing in America was about the same as Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall's in Great Xia.

Holy Spirit Martial Arts Hall's Melbourne branch was equally powerful, and the S-rank seventh-tier Master George was an extremely renowned figure of Holy Spirit Martial Arts Hall!

At twenty-nine this year, he was a full nine years older than Xu Jingming!

His combat power was formidable, and his real-combat experience was even richer!

If they fought, Xu Jingming might not necessarily win.

Yet upon hearing this, Xu Jingming's expression didn't change in the slightest; he merely said concisely:

"Fine."

"Good, good, good! Truly worthy of being our Great Xia's number-one prodigy! Indeed confident!

The honor of our Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall is in your hands to defend! When the day of the sparring comes, I will definitely come to watch."

Liu Shan uttered three "good"s in a row, as if extremely pleased.

Anyone who didn't know better would have thought he was encouraging a junior.

But anyone with eyes could tell that Liu Shan was deliberately building Xu Jingming up!

Once Xu Jingming lost in the sparring, Liu Shan would not only offer no comfort, but would immediately pursue accountability!

In fact, that was exactly what Liu Shan was thinking.

Moreover, Holy Spirit Martial Arts Hall hadn't come on their own initiative either—he had specially invited them.

He wanted to use Holy Spirit Martial Arts Hall's hand to take some of the edge off Xu Jingming!

Everyone else could see it, and naturally Xu Jingming could see it too.

But he didn't care.

If it were a seventh-tier mid-rank S-rank, he might still have some wariness.

A mere seventh-rank lower position wasn't worth his concern.

"The matter of the Holy Spirit Wu Guan will be left to Xu Jingming to handle.

Also, Manager Ling, how is the Midie Sect mission you were assigned ten days ago coming along?"

Liu Shan shifted the topic, his gaze turning to Hearing Ling Shuang beside Xu Jingming.

At this moment, the crowd finally reacted.

The other matters discussed in this meeting were actually unimportant; the most important thing was targeting Xu Jingming and Hearing Ling Shuang!

Especially Hearing Ling Shuang—the Midie Sect mission was already very difficult to begin with.

It had been hanging in the hands of other factions for over two months without being completed.

It was only when the Hall Master took it upon himself that it was handed to Hearing Ling Shuang.

But now only ten days had passed—how could anyone expect results already? Wasn't that making things difficult for people?

They could think it all they wanted, but no one spoke up—after all, the target was Hearing Ling Shuang, not themselves.

They were quite happy to sit back and watch the show.

"Within five days, I'll drag the Mie Die Jiao cult leader out." Hearing Ling Shuang said coolly.

"And if Manager Ling fails to do it within five days? What then?"

Before Hall Master Liu Shan could speak, the tall and thin Vice Hall Master Gan Gui at his side was the first to open his mouth and question.

Hearing this, a flash of anger crossed Hearing Ling Shuang's beautiful eyes.

Hall Master Liu Shan was one thing, but a mere eighth-rank middle-position vice hall master actually dared to question her?

Does she really think I'm that easy to talk to?

Hearing Ling Shuang was about to flare up, but a contemptuous voice rang out beside her first:

"If I can't do it, then I can't—what, you want my Teacher Ling to sign you a military pledge?

If it's not completed there'll be punishment? Even Hall Master Su never said such a thing—who do you think you are? How thick is your skin?"

When the words fell, the entire conference hall instantly fell silent!

No one had expected Xu Jingming to be this bold, showing Vice Hall Master Gan Gui no face at all!

And the rebuked Gan Gui was equally stunned.

Once he came back to his senses, his expression was extremely ugly, yet he had no way to retort.

Indeed—even Hall Master Su wouldn't meddle in Hearing Ling Shuang's affairs; if he did, wouldn't that mean he held more authority than Hall Master Su himself?

"Vice Hall Master Gan certainly didn't mean that—it's just that the Midie Sect mission is extremely important, and the sooner it's completed the better."

Seeing this, Liu Shan quickly stepped in to smooth things over, giving the Vice Hall Master a way to back down.