Chapter 305: New Spear Technique

"You are Chen Fan?" Wei Yu looked at Chen Fan, his voice trembling.

As a high-ranking officer of the Zhenyuan Army, he had long heard that Marshal Ye had taken on a closed-door disciple with heaven-defying talent.

But he had never seen him before, so he never imagined that the young man in front of him could be Chen Fan.

If he had known, how would he have dared to blame Chen Fan, and how would he have dared not to rush into Red Mountain Valley to save him?

At this thought, he slapped himself hard across the face.

"I... I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you."

Wei Yu lowered his head, even his form of address changing.

He had always been a career official, seeking no merit, only to avoid mistakes, but now that he had offended Chen Fan, what career could he still speak of?

"From your perspective, you might not be wrong. But as the chief officer in charge of an other-dimensional space, you are dead wrong!"

"This place is jointly managed by two countries; you only cared about self-preservation, pandering to Russia at every turn, and disregarding the rights of your own citizens. If this continues, won't Russia look down on our Daxia?"

"As a general, standing on the front line of conflict, what you should do is fight for every inch and yield not a single step!"

With every word Chen Fan spoke, Wei Yu's body bowed lower, trembling even more violently.

"Little Junior Brother, how do you intend to deal with him?" Ye Tingxuan asked from the side.

"Take him back and hand him over to Master. I will report everything that happened truthfully. As for how to handle it, that depends on Master's arrangements."

"Alright." Ye Tingxuan nodded, looked at Wei Yu, and said in a cold voice: "Let's go."

Wei Yu's long spear clattered to the ground; his face was full of despair as he slowly followed the group.

As for running away, he didn't dare to think about it; the Mountain-Moving Battle Bull was right there, and if he dared to act rashly, he would be reduced to dust in the next moment.

The group left the area, first sending the Ye Hanxue sisters back to the military, and then headed straight for the Tianchi Fortress.

……

Half a day later, at Tianchi Fortress, on Xuanxin Island, Wei Yu knelt before Ye Wentian, tears streaming down his face.

"Marshal Ye, it was my moment of confusion; I should not have disregarded the life of little brother Chen. Please, for the sake of my many years of service to the military, spare me this once."

Ye Wentian stood with his hands behind his back, his face expressionless.

He looked at Chen Fan and asked: "Xiao Fan, how you want to deal with him is up to you."

He was not only favoring Chen Fan but also testing him.

After a moment of silence, Chen Fan said: "Master, judging a person's rights and wrongs cannot be based on a single incident. I don't know his past performance, and I feel it is inappropriate to convict him based solely on my personal preferences. This matter must be decided by you, Master."

Ye Wentian looked at Chen Fan, his eyes shining; he was very satisfied with Chen Fan's answer.

For a general, the greatest taboo is being emotional; if merits and faults are not weighed, the soldiers under one's command will eventually lose heart, so how could they be expected to follow loyally?

Ye Wentian looked at the kneeling Wei Yu and said: "You've been with me for thirty years, haven't you?"

"This subordinate joined the army at 21 and has been under your command ever since. Now I am fifty-three, it has been exactly 32 years." Wei Yu said weakly.

"Hmm." Ye Wentian nodded and said: "I remember when you were young, you were full of drive; you were always the one rushing to the front to kill the enemy on the battlefield. I often thought back then that you would surely become a fierce general whose name would be known to all. I didn't expect that now, cornered in one place, you have lost your former sharpness."

Wei Yu was already sobbing uncontrollably: "This subordinate has failed your cultivation."

"Sigh." Ye Wentian let out a long sigh and said: "I will give you two choices: one, relinquish your military power, retire to your hometown, and enjoy the rest of your life; two, I will transfer you to the front-line battlefield, where ten years of killing the enemy can atone for your crimes."

"I..." Wei Yu's eyes were filled with struggle.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on him.

After a long while, Wei Yu kowtowed several times with a thud, and said in a trembling voice: "Marshal Ye... this subordinate is perhaps old, and my spirit is gone. I fear I can no longer fight on the battlefield with you."

Everyone felt a mix of emotions; they all understood that Wei Yu had made his choice.

"That is fine, that is fine." Ye Wentian waved his hand, and Wei Yu kowtowed a few more times before retreating.

"Xiao Fan, I didn't deal with him too harshly, you won't have any complaints, will you?" At this moment, Ye Wentian asked Chen Fan again.

Chen Fan shook his head gently, his face devoid of pretense: "Naturally not! Wei Yu has spent thirty years in the military; his merits ultimately outweigh his faults. Master dealing with him this way is already favoring me."

Ye Wentian patted Chen Fan's shoulder with great relief and pointed to Diana, who was tied up like a rice dumpling:

"Xiao Fan, how do you intend to deal with this young girl? If you like her, I can help you propose to the Tsar; I think that old guy will give me some face."

"Ah?" Chen Fan couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly refused: "Master, you've misunderstood. I tied her up simply thinking it might help our Daxia gain some benefits from Russia."

"Since you don't have that intention, I will send someone to take her to Kyoto. As for how to negotiate with Russia, leave it to those guys in the Shanhai Pavilion."

……

Everyone left one after another, leaving only Chen Fan behind.

Ye Wentian checked his soul injuries and felt slightly relieved: "Fortunately, the treatment was timely, and it didn't affect your talent. However, to fully recover, you will need at least five Soul Spirit Fruits."

Chen Fan took the opportunity to ask: "Master, are there many Soul Spirit Fruits in the Lingze Secret Realm?"

Ye Wentian shook his head gently and said: "Every time the Lingze Secret Realm opens, the number of Soul Spirit Fruits produced is roughly around a hundred. However, there are 300 people from various countries competing. For three hundred people to fight over these hundred fruits, the difficulty is still very high."

"Moreover, you must know that the places where Soul Spirit Fruits grow are guarded by powerful strange beasts. Trying to snatch food from the tiger's mouth is very difficult."

Chen Fan immediately became nervous; he had thought Soul Spirit Fruits were easy to obtain, so he hadn't worried about his soul injuries.

Now it seemed the difficulty of obtaining five Soul Spirit Fruits could be imagined.

"Xiao Fan, you don't need to worry too much. Even if you don't collect 5, after leaving the Lingze Secret Realm, Master will go and mediate with various countries; it won't be a big problem to help you get a few."

Chen Fan was moved and hurriedly said: "Thank you, Master."

Ye Wentian laughed: "There is still one month until the Lingze Secret Realm opens. I have no urgent matters during this time, so it's just right to guide your cultivation."

"Let's go to the training room; I will teach you an SS-grade thunder-type spear technique."

……

Cultivation knows no time; in the blink of an eye, a month passed.

During this time, Chen Fan rarely returned to the Jiangcai Camp, spending most of his time cultivating by Ye Wentian's side.

The SS-grade spear technique Ye Wentian taught him was called "Xingyi Thunder God Spear."

This spear technique was created by Ye Wentian himself and was a true masterpiece; being rated as SS-grade was enough to prove its terror and difficulty.

The reason it carried the name "Xingyi" was because this spear technique was created by combining the innate divine abilities of top-tier strange beasts.

The first form was created by observing the innate divine ability of the Heaven Wrath Thunder Peng.

The Heaven Wrath Thunder Peng was a top-tier aerial predator, and its innate divine ability was called "Great Peng Spreads Wings!"

Therefore, the first form of the "Xingyi Thunder God Spear" was also named "Great Peng Spreads Wings."

This spear technique was extremely difficult; it took Chen Fan a month to master this first form.

For this, Ye Wentian specially took him into an other-dimensional space to personally experience the Heaven Wrath Thunder Peng's innate divine ability.

Besides this, his killing points had accumulated to ten million during this time.

Chen Fan decisively chose to draw a lottery, and to his surprise, he obtained a God-level movement technique inheritance. Chen Fan was greatly excited by this; after all, when he mastered the Unrivaled-level movement technique, his close-quarters combat ability was already heaven-defying, let alone a God-level one.

Over this past month, several major events had also occurred around Chen Fan.

One of them was that the Jiangcai Camp held a funeral for Chu Xiong and Han Feng, and everyone was filled with grief.

The second event was that Tian Xiong succeeded Wei Yu's former position, serving as the chief general of the Red Mountain Valley other-dimensional space. When he left the Jiangcai Camp, Chen Fan specially drank heavily with him.

The third event was that Wang Yanran finished her resignation procedures and moved to Bing City with Tongtong to live. Chen Fan visited the two of them once during that time.

On this day, just as Chen Fan was practicing the second form of the Xingyi Thunder God Spear, he received a notification from Zhan Ye on his military wristwatch.

"The Lingze Secret Realm is about to open; return to the Jiangcai Camp immediately." ===== CHAPTER 306 =====