Chapter 56

"Used a knife, emitting cold air?"

Huang Weiguang glanced at the inspector doing the record beside him and asked the other side to go out first.

Then he looked at Hao Yi:

"A-Yi, do you know if there are such martial artists who practice strength within the scope of Xingcheng?"

Hao Yi glanced at Li Fei beside him and specifically said in detail:

"The Qi Transformation stage is a process of deep fusion between the implant and the human body. After the first deep fusion, martial artists in the early stage of Qi Transformation practice innate Qi, and then further fuse with the implant, refining innate Qi through martial arts true skills, thereby practicing strength, reaching the middle stage of Qi Transformation, which can be called martial artists who practice strength. Further back is the final deep fusion; the martial artist's control over strength is enhanced, not only being able to make strength take shape but also being able to control strength from a distance, thereby possessing a certain long-range strike capability.

The official martial artist named Wang Ping that Xiao Fei mentioned was able to strike strength from a distance; this is at least the strength of the late stage of Qi Transformation. The red snake he struck out should be the Red Scale Strength. The opponent's knife emitted cold air and was able to disperse the Red Scale Strength; that is strength practiced with a water-attribute implant. Looking at the entire Xingcheng, there are only a few martial artists who use water-attribute implants and can rival the late stage of Qi Transformation."

Huang Weiguang nodded:

"Thinking of it this way, I do remember one person, the leader of the Hudao Gang, Yu Hu! His file records that he is in the middle stage of Qi Transformation, uses a second-grade medium water-attribute implant 【Cold Civet】, and is good at using a staff."

Hao Yi said expressionlessly: "Strength can change, and the weapons one is good at can also be changed."

"But the Hudao Gang only has Yu Hu as a martial artist who practices strength. If he can still hide two martial artists who practice strength without anyone noticing, it's also somewhat incredible."

Huang Weiguang's gaze was cold and hard, "I will find out."

Hao Yi looked at him: "I'm afraid you won't have the chance to continue investigating."

Such a big thing happened this time; both the Zhige Academy and the Inspectorate had to take the blame.

The Zhige Academy had already lost four official martial artists, and it was unknown whether they could be rescued now. Moreover, although they were both martial force institutions in Xingcheng, the status of the Zhige Academy was far higher than that of the Inspectorate.

When something happened, even if this operation was led by the Zhige Academy, the majority of the board that would be hit from above would still fall on the Inspectorate.

Huang Weiguang was already about to retire. After such a toss, even if the lost weapons and equipment were found back, he would probably have to retire early, which could be considered giving an explanation.

That was why Hao Yi was worried that he wouldn't have the chance to continue investigating the case.

Huang Weiguang glanced at Li Fei and smiled:

"We are all old; the future belongs to these young people."

Hao Yi said expressionlessly: "It's you who are old; I can still live for a long time."

"Hahahaha!"

Huang Weiguang's hearty laughter rang out in the room.

"August 5th, the Xingcheng Zhige Academy and the Inspectorate launched a joint operation, destroying the headquarters of the cult Anshen Sect, capturing over a hundred cult members, and seizing over a hundred various firearms and weapons.

In order to respond to the 'Local Martial Arts Hall Teaching Reform Plan' newly proposed by the Cabinet, students of the Xingcheng Martial Arts Hall also participated in this operation, among whom one student performed excellently and provided important clues.

Xingcheng Chief Gu Zhenhui delivered an important speech on this operation, pointing out: Xingcheng will never give any cult or lawless elements any room for survival..."

In the living room, Li Lei, Zhang Yuqing, Li Fei, and Li Tianyu were sitting together listening to the radio.

Today was already the second day since Li Fei returned from Luoshan.

Hearing this, Li Tianyu couldn't help but complain:

"What is this? It was clearly all thanks to Xiao Fei tracking all the way that they could capture so many cult members in the end. He should be the first merit of this operation, so why is it only mentioned once in this report, and his name isn't even mentioned."

Li Lei looked at her with a smile:

"Not mentioning his name is to protect Xiao Fei, and the merit that should be Xiao Fei's won't be missing at all. Inspectorate Chief Huang approved a reward of ten thousand yuan as soon as he returned to the Inspectorate. Xiao Fei will be able to get it in two days. In addition, I just received news today that Chief Gu Zhenhui might meet Xiao Fei in these two days and commend him personally!"

Speaking of this, there was an irrepressible look of pride on his face.

He had been a captain for so many years and had never been met by the Chief personally.

"Wow, awesome!"

Li Tianyu gave Li Fei a thumbs up.

Li Fei smiled. He remembered the conversation between Huang Weiguang and Hao Yi that day, so he asked Li Lei:

"Uncle Li, is Inspectorate Chief Huang about to retire?"

Li Lei sighed upon hearing this:

"Yes, although the lost weapons and equipment were basically found back in the end, such a big mistake occurred in this operation, and there were casualties. Inspectorate Chief Huang certainly has to take responsibility. In the end, considering that he was already about to retire, there was no explicit punishment, but Inspectorate Chief Huang will retire one or two years earlier than expected. He has been preparing for the handover recently."

Li Fei asked: "Then who will be the newly appointed Inspectorate Chief?"

Li Lei shook his head: "I don't know about that."

Li Tianyu on the side looked at Li Fei strangely: "Why are you suddenly interested in these things? Are you planning to go to the Inspectorate in the future?"

Li Fei smiled: "Just curious."

He just remembered Huang Weiguang's guess that day that the martial artist who blocked Wang Ping might be the Hudao Gang leader Yu Hu, but he ultimately didn't have the chance to verify it.

Two days ago, Cao Mu and the others, who took the mages from the Sifa Academy to continue tracking the Anshen Sect leader Zhao Yu, ultimately failed to catch the person.

Zhao Yu, as a mage in the Divine Transformation stage, possessed anti-tracking capabilities himself, so it was very difficult to be tracked by sorcery. Plus, he took people away in advance, the number of people was small, and the traces left were few, so finding them could only depend on luck.

Cao Mu really wanted to stay in the mountains and forests for ten days or half a month to continue searching, but the mages from the Sifa Academy wouldn't continue to waste time in the mountains with him.

The Sifa Academy had imperial court tasks on them; once they couldn't be completed, the Zhige Academy and even the Xingcheng Administration Hall couldn't bear this blame.

And without the help of the mages from the Sifa Academy, Cao Mu wanting to find someone was no different from looking for a needle in a haystack. In the end, he could only helplessly lead these mages and the people from the Inspectorate, escorting the Anshen Sect followers back to Xingcheng.

After some interrogation, the captured Anshen Sect followers, including that senior follower, didn't know where Sect Leader Zhao Yu found those three martial artists who practiced strength, nor did they know the identities of these three.

As for the suspect Yu Hu, he had publicly drunk in a restaurant on the day of the case, hosting a banquet for the senior management of the Hudao Gang, which was seen by many people.

Without clear evidence, it was very difficult for Huang Weiguang to invite Yu Hu to the Inspectorate for questioning. He would go to invite the person with his front foot, and he would immediately receive a call from the Administration Hall with his back foot, and even the Deputy Chief might call him!

In this way, the case could only be temporarily shelved, and Huang Weiguang, who wanted to continue investigating, was about to retire.

Early the next morning, Li Fei went running to the Martial Arts Hall as usual, started burning water in the medicine room, and prepared to soak in a medicinal bath.

Today, Hao Yi walked into the medicine room in advance, holding several things in his hand.

He first handed a very thick envelope to Li Fei:

"This is the bonus rewarded to you by the Martial Arts Hall, a total of one thousand yuan."

Li Fei received the envelope somewhat unexpectedly; he didn't expect the Martial Arts Hall to give him an extra bonus.

Then Hao Yi handed him two bottles of pills:

"One bottle is Bitter Origin Pill, and one is Clear Insight Pill. It is only natural that you got a Grade A evaluation for your performance this time; this is the reward you deserve for the monthly exam. Under normal circumstances, a bottle of pills only has ten pills, but because your performance was excellent, these two bottles each have thirty pills, which is three times the reward of the first place in the past!"

Ask for monthly tickets

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 57 =====