213.Chapter 211 – I’ll go and bring you back the scene
Chapter 211 – I’ll take you to bring back the scene
Pan City is a typical southern old city, everywhere shows the mottled traces left by the long time washed away.
Every five years during the Martial Arts League, the city would be briefly injected with fresh blood, bringing a moment of prosperity.
It is said that the first Budo tournament of the Southern Furusato martial arts community was held here.
The tradition then continued to this day.
The two of them, Lu Yuan and Li Dong, followed the street by the plaza all the way to the west.
On one side of this street was the venue for the martial arts competition when the Hundred Cities League was officially held next.
The square was surrounded by colorful awnings, and underneath each awning was an ancient martial arts sect participating in the league.
In the middle of the square, large and small martial arts rings had long been set up, and the whole was in the shape of a lotus flower, with the center of the lotus flower being the largest ring site.
On the side of the ring was a rather imposing podium, and a number of guest seats, only in the southern side of the martial arts world has a certain strength and reputation of the sects are qualified to be seated in the guest seats, do not have to squeeze with the general sects like the awning.
However, these guest seats are now empty, and no one is allowed to enter for the time being.
The other side of the street was filled with stalls selling snacks and souvenirs.
A large number of tourists and people dressed in martial arts uniforms of various schools intertwined together, creating a sense of a chaotic and lively atmosphere.
“The Southern Hundred Cities Martial Arts League, such a big name, but it turns out that even the competition venues are open air”
Lu Yuan walked while casually surveying the area, not knowing whether he was amused or disappointed.
Li Dong followed him step by step, his head lowered as he quickly replied, “It’s mainly because I don’t have any money, taking on this kind of tournament is the most thankless thing to do.
The earnings are small and the trouble is particularly high.”
Lu Yuan frowned and said, “Although the ancient stream martial arts have declined, it’s not so bad that they can’t even organize a tournament. I see which of the famous and prestigious sects are not rich as hell .”
“My lord you don’t know.”
Li Dong explained with a bitter smile, “It’s not that they don’t have money, but we don’t have money.”
“Hm?”
“The funds for the organization of the league come partly from advertising sponsors, while the other part is sponsored by large and small sects that have contributed their own money.
It adds up to be quite sizable actually.
But the vast majority of this money is being are being”
Li Dong looked around left and right before approaching Lu Yuan and quietly lowered his voice, “It was all taken away by Penglai’s people.
What really came to our hands is only one hair of nine oxen.
With that amount of money, being able to make it to the current level is already the limit, we can’t let us, Mosa, subsidize the money ourselves.”
“Penglai?”
A flash of color flashed in Lu Yuan’s eyes, “Has Penglai always relied on this tournament to make money?”
“Always.”
Li Dong’s gaze quietly glanced towards the sliver of guest seats in the center of the plaza and whispered, “The seats of the guest seats, one has to start at ten million dollars.
This edition of the competition has been postponed for three days, and the bidding is several times more intense than previous editions.
Those faction masters who want to save face and spend all their money want to fight for a seat, so the premium is particularly exaggerated.
In the end, all of this money went into the pockets of the Holy Envoy of Penglai.”
Lu Yuan’s eyes flickered for a moment when he heard this.
No wonder he asked Mosa’s people to find a way to make the postponement of the competition go so smoothly, so it turned out that this matter was profitable for the people on Penglai’s side, and they were just begging for it.
It was estimated that even if he postponed it again, the people on Penglai’s side would allow it.
“Penglai . Martial Sacred Island. It looks like it’s rotten from the roots.”
Lu Yuan recalled how You Long and Liu Daoyuan had treated Penglai with the kind of disdain that came from the bottom of their hearts.
At one time, he had thought that it was because of the impact of the new martial arts and transformation that had caused Penglai to fall off the pedestal.
Now look. The root cause turned out to be here.
“Won’t it cause offense if you follow me like this and people see you?”
Lu Yuan casually asked Li Dong.
Li Dong respectfully replied back, “Don’t worry, my lord, another person is in charge on the surface.
All the participants, including that Penglai Holy Envoy, do not know my identity.
Of course, they will not know your honor’s identity.”
“Uh-huh.”
Lu Yuan nodded, Sackford had done this point quite well.
By this time, the two of them had already walked out of Plaza Street and turned into a relatively secluded and nice path.
“Up ahead is the Crane School’s residence, the best place I’ve specially arranged.
If Your Excellency is not satisfied when you see it then, I will change it for Your Excellency.”
Li Dong guided Lu Yuan all the way forward, the environment here was tranquil, gradually one could see exquisitely trimmed greenery, and a beautiful detached villa.
“Have you found any clues on the matter of the Crane Sect?”
Lu Yuan directly asked Li Dong.
Mosa, as a local snake, was on their home turf, and Lu Yuan felt that it would be more useful to have them investigate than having Yellow Bear’s men come.
Li Dong shook his head and whispered, ”Still investigating.
From the arrival of the Crane Faction in Pan City to today’s total of twenty-one combat clashes, we are checking them out one by one”
“Wait.”
Lu Yuan suddenly stopped and narrowed his eyes at Li Dong, “Twenty-one? Wasn’t it twenty matches?”
“Just a few minutes before Your Excellency arrived, the Heart Refinement Sect’s people fought with the Crane Sect again .
The contemporary master of the Crane Sect, Liu Daoyuan, was injured by the joint efforts of the Heart Refinement Sect’s master and a disciple named Xue Guangyao.”
“The Crane Sect’s sect master was injured?”
Lu Yuan’s footsteps suddenly stopped and his voice quickly turned cold.
Li Dong hurriedly added, “Actually, the injury is not that serious, only two prosthetic limbs were broken.
In addition, I have already sent the best doctor over!”
“That’s good.”
Lu Yuan’s eyes relaxed slightly as he swept a glance at Li Dong and faintly said, “Let’s go.”
“Ohhh.”
Li Dong woke up as if in a dream, hurriedly lifted his feet and followed closely.
In his mouth, he then reported, “Our initial speculation is that there should be someone in the shadows who is deliberately provoking the situation, but the means are very secretive.”
The two of them walked for about five minutes, and saw a beautiful red-roofed villa from afar.
“My lord, there it is.”
Li Dong reached out and pointed to Lu Yuan.
The two of them walked a little closer, but they found a group of people surrounding the entrance of the villa, making a lot of noise and seemingly cursing at something inside the villa.
“My lord wait a moment, I will go over and take a look.”
Li Dong’s complexion changed and he subconsciously wanted to rush up to check the situation.
However, he was stopped by Lu Yuan who shook his head lightly at him.
“What are you doing?”
Lu Yuan’s eyes flickered for a few moments before he took a few steps up and shouted at the group of people at the villa’s entrance from afar.
A few people who were shouting and cursing turned their heads, staring at Lu Yuan with unkind eyes and asking back with hostility, “And who are you?”
Lu Yuan’s face was expressionless, casually pulling over the work permit hanging on Li Dong’s chest, and returned, “What do you say we are? We are the organizers of the competition and received a complaint to come over.”
“Then you guys came just in time!”
A short-haired youth who cursed the fiercest of the several people immediately came over once he heard Lu Yuan claim to be a staff member of the organizer, and his eyes lit up.
“Complain? I still have to complain!”
The short-haired youth pointed in the direction of the villa’s main entrance and said with a displeased face, “Why is it that a trashy sect like the Crane Sect can live in a detached villa, while we, the prestigious sects, can only sleep in the surrounding broken hotels?
I’m not convinced, I protest!”
“Live in a villa? How does this group of trash from the Crane Sect deserve it?”
Saying that, the short-haired youth faced in the direction of the villa and viciously spat on the ground, acting extremely contemptuous.
Lu Yuan stared at the short-haired youth for a while before suddenly turning his head to look at Li Dong beside him.
“Is there such a thing?”
“Ah?!”
Li Dong was caught off guard, his face was at a loss, and for a moment, he did not know how to take Lu Yuan’s words.
Lu Yuan, however, didn’t think about him answering anything, and after asking a question, he had quickly turned his head and looked at the short-haired youth again, nodding his head and saying, “Alright, I’ve probably understood the situation.
What’s your name, which sect.
Our organizer will accept your proposal and will give you a different place to stay when we return!”
“Really?!”
The short-haired youth brightened up when he heard this, and flew out, “I’m Cao Yong from the Heavenly Courage Fist Faction, so don’t lie to me, and you’ll change my room when you go back!
Otherwise be careful I’ll go complain about you!”
“Don’t worry.”
Lu Yuan looked mildly relieved and turned his head to look at the others again, “What about you guys?”
When these people saw that there was still this kind of good thing, each one of them could not wait and busily reported their respective names and sects.
Waiting for a group of people like a general who has won a victory, they were satisfied and left in high spirits.
The mildness on Lu Yuan’s face converged a little, and his eyes gradually turned cold.
He turned his head and asked Li Dong with a calm face, “Did you memorize all those names and sects they just said?”
“Written down.”
Li Dong nodded, then spoke cautiously with some hesitation, “My lord, you shouldn’t really be planning to give them a different place to stay, right?”
“Of course.”
Lu Yuan expressionlessly walked towards the villa’s gate, and while walking, he said faintly, “Since they are not used to living in a hotel, then let them go to a hospital.
Find someone to break all the arms and legs of the ones just now.
The sects they belong to behind them will all be disqualified.
As for the reason. You think for yourself.”
After saying that, Lu Yuan’s figure had already disappeared inside the villa’s gate.
Only Li Dong, whose mouth was slightly wide open, was left standing in place with a stunned face, frozen in thought.
“Who?!”
Lu Yuan had just stepped into the villa’s hall when a silhouette accompanied by a cold shout shot towards him.
“Bang!”
Lu Yuan gently pinched a sturdy and powerful calf and looked at Zhuang Xiu Jie, who was full of murderous anger in front of him, and spoke with a slightly helpless expression, “It’s me, Auntie Zhuang.”
Letting go, Zhuang Xiu Jie stood in place and froze for half a second before her face revealed a look of surprise mixed with a bit of excitement.
“Junior Brother Lu, you’ve finally come.”
“Uh-huh.”
Lu Yuan nodded and continued to walk inside.
A strong smell of herbs immediately wafted out from the living room.
His complexion moved slightly and he took a big step inside.
Immediately afterward, he saw a group of Crane Sect proteges sitting on the sofas and chairs in the hall, and almost every one of them carried either light or heavy injuries on their faces and bodies.
Among them, Zhao Qiancheng was the most seriously injured, lying on the sofa with his eyes closed, his chest was wrapped in bandages, and his breathing was somewhat disorganized.
The strong herbal odor in the living room was basically emanating from him.
When Lu Yuan walked in, not a single person spoke in the hall, and the atmosphere seemed rather depressing.
An emotion of unwillingness, anger, and suffocation, yet powerlessness and disillusionment permeated the hall.
They were like a group of defeated soldiers, their morale was broken.
Only then did Lu Yuan begin to understand why Zhuang Xiu Jie had reacted like a scared bird earlier.
Lu Yuan’s appearance slightly broke the dull atmosphere in the living room.
One after another, the group of pro-lifers stood up and greeted him with somewhat wooden expressions.
Lu Yuan nodded without saying anything.
He went up and briefly checked Zhao Qiancheng’s injuries, then directly asked Zhuang Xiujie, who was on the side, “Where is teacher?”
Zhuang Xiujie’s complexion darkened as she returned, “Upstairs.
He locked himself in his room and wouldn’t let anyone in.
Even refused to deliver medicine.”
It seems that being “bullied” these days has hit Old Liu very hard.
Lu Yuan sighed softly in his heart, and was then led by Zhuang Xiu Jie to slowly walk up to the second floor.
When he arrived at the door of Liu Daoyuan’s room, Lu Yuan gave Zhuang Xiujie a look and asked her to go downstairs first.
He himself held the door handle, gently twisted it and pushed it in.
“Crunch-“
The door to the room opened.
The room was dim and lightless, all the curtains were tightly drawn, and only a little light leaked in.
A faint smell of blood filled the air.
In the darkness, Lu Yuan saw a thin silhouette sitting on a chair, facing the entrance.
Hearing the sound of his door opening, the silhouette looked up a little.
In the darkness, two electronic eyes flickered with a faint blue light.
Then, an old voice spoke in a low voice.
“You’re here.”
Upon hearing this voice that revealed exhaustion and slump for the first time, Lu Yuan’s heart, inexplicably, trembled slightly.
There was a light flickering in his eyes.
In the next second, Lu Yuan strides in with a calm face.
Walking over to the silhouette, he half squatted down, reached out and gently gripped the other party’s cold mechanical arm, and spoke softly, ”I’m here, teacher.
I’m going to bring you back the field.”
After these words, the pair of electronic eyes in the darkness instantly skyrocketed with blue light .
(End of Chapter)