Gao Wu: Others practice martial arts, but you cultivate immortality?

To Chu Yuan's surprise, Qi Da did not ask him how he had cultivated to the Inner Breath Realm in such a short time.

He had already fabricated a mysterious and powerful teacher for himself... but it turned out he hadn't needed him at all...

All that effort he put in was for nothing...

Even without him saying it, Zidane probably already guessed the same thing.

There are only three possibilities why Chu Yuan could go from an ordinary person to the Inner Breath Realm in just one week;

First: Methods used by foreign races;

Second: It has gained a powerful legacy;

Third: Meet a powerful martial artist and take him as your disciple.

Although none of these three scenarios are likely, Chenyang City is just a small inland city and not worth much attention from foreign races.

Zidane hadn't heard of any aliens causing trouble in Chenyang City for years...

As for whether he has received the inheritance... Chu Yuan's movements are almost transparent and not difficult to investigate for those who are interested. He has always stayed in the city, going back and forth between home and school. Where would he have received the inheritance?

Could it be that a spatial rift happened to open beside him, and the inheritance fell out from it?

If that's the case, then it's the most terrifying thing. Just how incredibly extraordinary is his luck...?

Therefore, the most likely scenario is that he has a powerful master.

Even so, advancing to the Inner Breath Realm within a week was still a bit too extraordinary, so Zidane told him to keep it hidden for a while.

Chu Yuan didn't care. Although his claim of being an Inner Breath Realm expert was fake, judging from his fight with the murderer just now, he was indeed qualified to fight against an Inner Breath Realm martial artist.

Of course, he couldn't beat the opponent if he was too strong, otherwise he would have already captured him.

According to his previous calculations, once he completed the Foundation Establishment stage, he would be able to achieve the invincible status of the Inner Breath Realm!

After tonight, besides clearing himself of suspicion, his status in Zidane's eyes will rise again. Putting aside the Li family, at least the trouble from the police station... should be gone.

However, neither of them expected that Zidane's gag order would come too late.

Or perhaps the police chief present reported too quickly...

......

Inside a building in the center of Chenyang City, a square-faced man hung up his terminal communication, a solemn look flashing in his eyes;

Two more messages were sent immediately.

A short while later, a man and a woman pushed open the door and walked in;

"team leader."

Have you all read the materials I sent you?

"I've seen it." The man, probably in his mid-twenties, dressed in loose casual clothes, casually found a seat and sat down. "So, what's our mission?"

"The smell of those insects is too strong... Go and find them!"

The man nodded: "I understand. Then... what about that kid who seemed to have broken through to the Inner Breath Realm in just one week?"

The square-faced man shook his head: "Don't worry about it. If he really had a problem, Zidane would have noticed."

"I'm not saying he has a problem..." The man sat up a little straighter, leaned forward, and a mischievous smile appeared on his face: "What I mean is, should we take advantage of the fact that he hasn't seen much of the world yet and trick him into coming to our Zhenwu Bureau?"

According to records, his father died in the Third Guard Army;

Perhaps he has a different view of the military...

"...You decide what to do." The square-faced man acquiesced.

The two major violent institutions in the Qin Dynasty are the military and the Zhenwu Bureau.

The former takes the mass selection route, building up strong individuals through repeated brutal wars! The latter takes the small-scale, elite route, consisting entirely of elite soldiers!

Furthermore, the Zhenwu Bureau is no less dangerous than the military.

Criminal martial artists, infiltrating alien races, cult organizations... all of these fall under their jurisdiction. Even when a major war breaks out, the Zhenwu Bureau has to send experts to assist the military.

Although they all serve the country and often cooperate, there is also competition between them.

There are only so many experts. If you gain one more, I'll lose one more...

After leaving the office, the woman, who had been silent the whole time, finally asked, "Brother Jiang, what are those 'insects' the captain mentioned?"

"A bunch of traitors hiding in the gutter," Jiang Fei explained. "What they love to do most is destroy those martial arts geniuses who haven't even grown up yet!"

Either assassinate them, or... become one of them.

"Become one of them?" The woman was puzzled. Any martial artist with a modicum of sense wouldn't associate with them, right?

"Just like this person named Chu Yuan, someone used his face to kill people, and those people killed were all people who had grudges against him;

Under normal circumstances, it would be very difficult for Chu Yuan to clear his name of suspicion.

Once he's arrested and tried by the police, those bastards will jump out and rescue Chu Yuan, and then... he'll have no choice but to join them." Jiang Fei shrugged, somewhat gloating, "But this time they underestimated their target's strength... they failed right from the start."

"That sounds like it has a lot of flaws..."

"High school seniors are not martial artists yet. Normally, murder cases involving ordinary people are handled by the Public Security Bureau, and our Town Martial Arts Bureau will not get involved."

"But Chu Yuan is a member of the Super-Rank Qingyun Project. Even if Chu Yuan is arrested by the Public Security Bureau, our people will still step in during the final review stage... They won't succeed in the first place," Jiang Fei explained.

There's one more thing he didn't mention: why was the Li family in the prefecture reacting so little to the death of a direct descendant? They didn't even send anyone to come in person.

One reason is the Qingyun Plan... which is commonly known as the support quota;

Another reason is the Zhenwu Bureau.

This is part of the "rules" that Zidane told Chu Yuan...

"Then why are they doing something pointless?"

"Who knows...maybe they didn't know Chu Yuan had joined the Azure Cloud Project?" Jiang Fei said as he walked out. "Actually, it was carelessness. This kind of thing hasn't happened in Chenyang City for several years."

Xiaoyun, your vacation is ruined...

"It's alright, Fei-ge, the mission is important."

......

"You can't even do something this simple."

"Tell me yourself, are you a piece of trash?" A calm voice came from the dimly lit room.

The person with Chu Yuan's face knelt on the ground, trembling all over, as if something terrible was about to happen;

Blood was flowing from his chest, but he couldn't care less. He just said nervously, "Sir! I didn't expect Chu Yuan and the police to be hiding there beforehand!"

He... he's already at the Inner Breath Realm!

"Excuse."

At that moment, someone else pushed the door open and came in;

A mocking laugh rang out: "Heh... Yan Xuan, it seems your subordinates are just as useless as you."

Yan Xuan seemed not to hear anything, and reached out to press his hand on Chu Yuan's head;

"My lord, spare me! My lord... ah!"

A piercing scream rang out, and streaks of red light flowed upwards from Yan Xuan's palm and entered his body.

In just a few breaths, it was as if all the essence in Chu Yuan's body had been drained, turning him into a dried-up corpse!

Then he collapsed to the ground and died completely...

Yan Xuan then looked up, his killing intent still lingering as he looked at the newcomer, a woman with a beautiful and exquisite figure, but whose face was covered with dense scars.

"Cao Rong, what are you doing here?"

"Heh, trying to scare me by killing your own men? Even if you kill all your men, what does it have to do with me?" Cao Rong curled her lip in disdain, causing the scars on her face to writhe like centipedes.

"The messenger sent me to ask you how the mission is progressing?"

"We can start anytime."