The next day, at dusk.
As the setting sun hung in the western sky, two bulletproof Hongqi sedans bearing special license plates arrived at a courtyard house in the suburbs of Yanjing.
Long Shengzhe and his brother, Long Qisheng, came to Li Rui’s residence.
Long Qisheng brought only his driver, while Long Shengzhe was accompanied by his driver, bodyguards, and secretary.
The reason the two brothers came to this place was a piece of information: Ye Zheng had spent the night at Li Rui’s courtyard last night!
This news, received by the Long Shengzhe and Long Qisheng brothers early in the morning, shocked them!
Because Ye Zheng was the helmsman of the military, his identity was special. His close association with Li Rui, a staff officer of the martial department, and his departure from his usual modus operandi, inevitably led them to overthink.
With lingering doubts, Long Qisheng inquired with Li Rui and learned about Jiang Wuming’s return today to treat Qi Wufu.
Then, they agreed to come here together.
They all knew what Li Guyi had said after his last diagnosis of Qi Wufu, and they were all curious about what Jiang Wuming had experienced in the past year that made him confidently inform Li Rui that he could cure Qi Wufu!
“Li Rui, did Jiang Wuming tell you how he plans to treat Wufu?”
After entering the house, Long Shengzhe asked Li Rui curiously.
Before this, he had not spoken with Li Rui or Ye Zheng; Long Qisheng had been the intermediary.
“No,” Li Rui shook his head.
“Qisheng, you are at the Half-step Heavenly God Realm, so you have more authority to speak. What do you think? Can Wuming really become a spiritual power cultivator at the Half-step Heavenly God Realm in just one year?”
Seeing that Long Shengzhe did not continue to ask, Ye Zheng curiously asked Long Qisheng.
“I don’t understand spiritual power cultivation. To be precise, very few people in this world understand spiritual power cultivation. However, according to normal logic and martial arts cultivation, the probability of such a situation is zero!”
Long Qisheng responded, then thought of the legends created by Jiang Wuming and left himself some room for maneuver.
“However, as you know, Jiang Wuming cannot be judged by common standards, so we can only wait until he arrives to know the answer.”
“Li Rui, how much longer until Jiang Wuming arrives?”
Long Shengzhe’s curiosity was thoroughly piqued, and he wanted to see Jiang Wuming as soon as possible.
Li Rui raised his wrist, checked the time, and said, “The plane has landed. My people should have picked him up.”
As if to confirm Li Rui’s judgment, his words had just fallen when his phone rang. A subordinate called to report that Jiang Wuming had been picked up at the airport.
A special car with a martial department license plate drove out of Yanjing International Airport.
This scene was secretly photographed by many people, and within a minute, more than ten calls were made to foreign countries.
Jiang Wuming, sitting in the special car of the martial department, soon received a call from Qin Xiaozhi.
Qin Xiaozhi told Jiang Wuming on the phone that ever since Jiang Wuming appeared at an airport in Africa, intelligence agencies had revealed his whereabouts, igniting the Shenwang forum and the global martial arts world.
Even as Jiang Wuming arrived at Yanjing International Airport, someone uploaded photos of him disembarking and boarding the special car of the martial department.
“Boss, I have a feeling that the storm is gathering.”
Finally, Qin Xiaozhi expressed his unease.
“It’s alright. In the current world, no one can pose a threat to me!”
Jiang Wuming responded thus, not logging into the Shenwang forum on his phone to check those messages.
For him now, those were meaningless!
Whoosh!
The driver of the special car of the martial department’s expression changed when he heard Jiang Wuming’s words, his heart trembled, and even his hands shook, causing the car to nearly crash into the guardrail by the roadside!
He was shocked by Jiang Wuming’s words!
Not only him but also Qin Xiaozhi, who had always been calm and composed, was stunned!
He knew Jiang Wuming had been in seclusion for the past year but did not know the results of his seclusion.
He did not ask, and Jiang Wuming did not bring it up voluntarily.
An hour later.
The car arrived in the suburbs of Yanjing. Although still some distance from Li Rui’s courtyard, Jiang Wuming frowned.
Because, relying on his powerful spiritual senses, he sensed four familiar auras in Li Rui’s courtyard and identified their identities through these auras!
What were the three of them doing here?
Jiang Wuming asked himself.
There was no answer. The car soon arrived at the entrance of Li Rui’s courtyard. Jiang Wuming got out of the car, and the driver drove away.
In the courtyard, Long Shengzhe, Long Qisheng, Ye Zheng, and Li Rui all heard the sound of the car and sensed Jiang Wuming’s aura.
However, including Long Qisheng, none of them could sense Jiang Wuming’s specific strength.
Jiang Wuming had hidden his true strength through the inner energy secret technique of the Daoist sect.
As for his spiritual power cultivation, as long as he did not release his spiritual power and there were no energy fluctuations, it was difficult for pure martial artists to determine his spiritual power cultivation.
Is it really the Half-step Heavenly God Realm?
The four held their breath, watching the courtyard gate with eager anticipation.
Creak!
With a slight sound, Jiang Wuming pushed open the courtyard gate.
Li Rui actively greeted Jiang Wuming and said as he walked, “Wuming, they learned that you have a way to save Old Qi, so they all want to come and see.”
“Understood, Grandpa Li.”
Jiang Wuming nodded at Li Rui, without offering an opinion, and then greeted Ye Zheng, “Grandpa, please don’t bring up that matter from back then.”
“Ah——”
To his grandfather’s address, Ye Zheng was so startled that he uttered a sound of disbelief and froze on the spot!
Long Shengzhe, Long Qisheng, and Li Rui also looked at Jiang Wuming with surprise!
In their memory, Jiang Wuming had never truly acknowledged the Ye family, nor had he recognized Ye Zheng as his grandfather.
Even when Ye Zheng went to the Li family manor to attend Li Guyi’s birthday banquet and supported Jiang Wuming, their relationship was merely a partnership.
“Don’t worry, Wuming, I’m not here for that matter today. As Li Rui said, I just want to see you treat Qi Wufu.”
Ye Zheng took several seconds to recover his senses, understanding what Jiang Wuming meant by “that matter” – returning to the Dragon Country’s martial department!
As he finished speaking, he glanced at Li Rui with excitement and gratitude.
Clearly, with his intelligence, he could guess that Jiang Wuming’s greatly improved attitude towards him was definitely due to something Li Rui had said to Jiang Wuming!
This was indeed the case.
The last time, at Xing Tian’s mother’s grave, Li Rui’s words and Ye Zheng’s salute had changed Jiang Wuming’s view of Ye Zheng, and also made him let go of the past.
Hearing Ye Zheng’s words, Jiang Wuming said no more, nor did he pay attention to the Long Shengzhe and Long Qisheng brothers. Instead, he went directly to Qi Wufu’s room.
At the same time, the Long Shengzhe and Long Qisheng brothers exchanged an awkward glance with Li Rui, and Ye Zheng also looked at Li Rui expectantly. Li Rui, who was as clear as a mirror, asked Jiang Wuming’s retreating back:
“Wuming, can we watch?”
“Yes.”
Jiang Wuming did not refuse to let the four of them in.
Upon hearing this, the four were overjoyed and immediately followed Jiang Wuming’s steps into the modified ward.
In the ward, Qi Wufu still lay on the hospital bed, connected to various medical equipment, motionless, like a living dead person.
Jiang Wuming put down his backpack, sat down by the bedside, and without any preparation, a white light flashed in his eyes. A powerful spiritual force surged out, piercing into Qi Wufu’s head and entering Qi Wufu’s spiritual world!
In an instant, a terrifying spiritual energy fluctuation appeared in the room, and Long Qisheng, who was at the Half-step Heavenly God Realm, was shocked!
Long Shengzhe, Ye Zheng, and Li Rui were all figures with high emotional intelligence and intelligence. Through Long Qisheng’s reaction, they judged that Jiang Wuming was indeed a spiritual power cultivator at the Half-step Heavenly God Realm, and his strength might even be greater than they had estimated!
Jiang Wuming did not care about the shock his true strength would bring to the four of them; he was fully immersed in treating Qi Wufu.
After Jiang Wuming’s spiritual power entered Qi Wufu’s spiritual world, he immediately detected that Qi Wufu’s soul was shattered.
Although the degree of shattering was not as exaggerated as Jiang Wuming’s self-detonation during his attempt to be possessed by an extraterrestrial spiritual power expert, there were several cracks.
For an ordinary person, with Qi Wufu’s soul injuries, he would have long since perished and died.
But before he was injured, Qi Wufu was a ten-star War God. His vital energy and blood were abundant, and through the energy conversion circulated by his body, he supplied the energy consumption of his soul.
However, even so, because this was an unconscious behavior, the energy that Qi Wufu’s body could provide to his soul was extremely limited.
If this continued, Qi Wufu would eventually die!
After identifying Qi Wufu’s injuries, Jiang Wuming did not hesitate. He immediately activated the Soul Splitting Technique, dividing his soul into two, one half remaining in his spiritual world and the other half entering the mysterious space.
Then, Jiang Wuming absorbed the mysterious energy through the half of his soul that entered the mysterious space, allowing the mysterious energy to enter his spiritual world, merge with his spiritual power, and then transmit it to Qi Wufu’s spiritual world to repair Qi Wufu’s shattered soul!
This method of treatment was what Jiang Wuming had conceived before he came.
Soon, Jiang Wuming’s treatment showed results – in Qi Wufu’s spiritual world, his soul cracks began to heal.
One, two, three…
After an unknown period, all of Qi Wufu’s soul cracks were successfully repaired, and he was no longer as weak as before but filled with vitality.
Whoosh!
On the hospital bed, Qi Wufu suddenly opened his eyes!
“Old Qi, you’re awake!”
Li Rui shouted excitedly.
Long Shengzhe, Long Qisheng, and Ye Zheng were all shocked.
They did not expect Jiang Wuming to save Qi Wufu so easily!
At the same time, Jiang Wuming had already withdrawn from Qi Wufu’s spiritual world and stopped the treatment.
“Wu… Wuming, you saved me? Where is this? A field hospital? What’s the situation with the Mount Everest War now?”
Qi Wufu’s eyes widened as he looked at Jiang Wuming, who was close at hand, and instinctively asked, then sat up abruptly, “Why are you three here too?”
Hearing Qi Wufu’s question, Jiang Wuming and Li Rui, as well as Long Shengzhe, Long Qisheng, and Ye Zheng, were all delighted!
Because Qi Wufu could ask these questions proved that he had no problems at all, and had not even lost his memory!
“Li Rui, you tell him,” Long Shengzhe said after thinking.
“Okay, Elder.”
Li Rui nodded in agreement, then stepped forward and, with rare excitement, roughly told Qi Wufu what had happened after he was injured.
To avoid awkwardness, he did not mention Jiang Wuming withdrawing from the martial department and going to the City of Sin. He only mentioned that after Qi Wufu was injured and fell unconscious, Long Qisheng had replaced Qi Wufu as the Marshal of the martial department.
“Old Qi, I was only acting Marshal. Since you are awake, you should carry the banner of the martial department!”
As Li Rui finished speaking, Long Qisheng stepped forward and voluntarily returned the position of Marshal of the martial department to Qi Wufu.
“Good. Although your strength is greater than mine, in leading troops to fight, I am better than you. Moreover, Old Li and I have better tacit understanding.”
Qi Wufu did not decline.
His perception of Long Qisheng was still at the time of the Mount Everest War.
Meanwhile, Jiang Wuming looked surprised!
He did not expect Long Qisheng to willingly give up the position of Marshal of the martial department!
Moreover, when Qi Wufu had previously shown signs of normalcy, he could feel that the excitement on Long Shengzhe and Long Qisheng’s faces was genuine and not feigned.
Just as Jiang Wuming was surprised, he noticed Ye Zheng’s gaze and thought of what Ye Zheng had said that day at Xing Tian’s mother’s grave: the Long Shengzhe and Long Qisheng brothers had also begun to reflect and regretted some things!
As if to confirm Jiang Wuming’s judgment, Long Shengzhe turned to look at Jiang Wuming: “Wuming…”
“Ding——”
However, before Long Shengzhe could finish his sentence, his phone rang, and the phone in Long Qisheng’s pocket rang.
Long Qisheng took out his phone, saw that it was a call from the head of the martial department’s intelligence department, hesitated, and then answered it.
Because, under normal circumstances, unless there was a major emergency, the head of the intelligence department would not contact him directly!
“Reporting, Marshal, Saint Lun @ Roman has issued a public announcement on the Shenwang forum in the name of the Lord of the War God Palace, stating that the Dragon Country’s martial department has close ties with Jiang Wuming and shows signs of breaking away from the War God Palace and colluding with the Dragon Guard Hall, demanding an explanation from the Dragon Country’s martial department!”
When the call connected, a report from the head of the martial department’s intelligence department was heard from the earpiece.
“Understood.”
Long Qisheng raised his eyebrows, gave no instructions, and ended the call directly.
Because, just a moment ago, he had returned the position of Marshal of the martial department to Qi Wufu, so this matter was no longer his concern.
“Qi Wufu, Li Rui, you both heard it, right? You decide how to handle it.”
Long Qisheng put away his phone and directly threw the hot potato to Qi Wufu and Li Rui.
However——
The next moment.
Before Qi Wufu and Li Rui could respond, Jiang Wuming suddenly asked a shocking question:
“Long Qisheng, do you want to be the Lord of the War God Palace?”
“Wh… what?!”
Long Qisheng looked at Jiang Wuming as if he had seen a ghost, as if he suspected his ears were playing tricks on him.
Long Shengzhe, Ye Zheng, Qi Wufu, and Li Rui also widened their eyes, staring blankly at Jiang Wuming: What did Wuming mean?
Jiang Wuming said no more, but responded with action.
Under the watchful eyes of the five, Jiang Wuming took out his phone, logged into the Shenwang forum, and then posted a thread.
“Anthony, Saint Lun, you two old dogs, I know you’re in a hurry, but don’t rush – wash your necks and wait, within three days, I will take your dog heads!!”
– Jiang Wuming!
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