Chapter 594: Chapter 593: Forcible Expulsion
"I also have to leave?" Hu Lizhong looked at Chu Que in astonishment.
Chu Que nodded, "Yes. I’m sorry, Old Hu, this is an order from above."
Hu Lizhong was so angry he almost jumped up, pointing at his own nose he said, "Are you implying that I’m an outsider?"
Chu Que said, "You belong to the Military Department, and this is a base in the Central Battle Zone."
"Heh, fine, you’re awesome," Hu Lizhong said, then turned and went upstairs.
Although he was furious, he remembered what Qin Yanyang had cautioned him over the phone earlier, Minister Qin had asked him to keep an eye on Yang Fei and not to start any trouble with the other party before she arrived. Now, Yang Fei had gone upstairs ’to sleep,’ and he, himself, almost started a conflict. If Minister Qin found out about this, would he still be able to work at the Military Department?
Your Chu Family is powerful, now bullying me, I want to see if you will also bully Qin Yanyang later.
Hmph!
Thinking angrily, Hu Lizhong went upstairs but didn’t return to his room; instead, he knocked on Yang Fei’s door.
No response.
Hu Lizhong was stunned. Did he really fall asleep?
He thought for a moment, then directly pushed open the door.
But Yang Fei was not inside.
Hu Lizhong looked puzzled.
He clearly came upstairs.
He immediately went to Tong Yunshu’s room and indeed found Yang Fei staying there.
"Let’s go, Little Brother Yang. The Central Battle Zone is powerful; they won’t allow us to stay here," Hu Lizhong said to Yang Fei.
Yang Fei was leaning against the headboard playing with his phone. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Where are we supposed to go this late at night? Also, what is the duty of a soldier?"
Hu Lizhong felt a foreboding sensation in his heart.
"To protect our country?"
Yang Fei nodded, "What else?"
"To serve the people?"
"Right! Since a soldier is meant to serve the people, why are they now making life difficult for the people outside? Are these dozen medicinal farmers not civilians, but enemies?" Yang Fei asked.
Hu Lizhong felt his body heating up, and a fine sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Ahem, well, we can’t control these Central Battle Zone folks. Little Brother Yang, let’s not stoop to their level and just leave this place," Hu Lizhong said.
Yang Fei shook his head, "I have to stay here and wait for my wife. She called me earlier and told me to wait here for her. What if I leave and she can’t find me?"
Hu Lizhong said with a grimace, "We could wait outside the valley just as well. Besides, Minister Qin also mentioned not to get into any conflicts. Ahem, Mr. Yang, I know you are upset, and frankly, so am I, but we have to consider the bigger picture, especially not to cause trouble for Minister Qin when he arrives, right?"
"Five more minutes!"
The stern voice of that captain came from downstairs, "Those who haven’t left the room, leave now or you’ll be too late to leave the valley."
Hu Lizhong was exasperated.
God damn, escalating things, huh?
This fucking isn’t just deliberate bullying, is it, Chu Que, you idiot, did a donkey kick your head?
Although cursing Chu Que in his mind, Hu Lizhong looked at Yang Fei, pleading, "Mr. Yang, let’s go."
Yang Fei looked at him, and laughingly said, "Old Hu, you don’t look like a Martial Arts master about to break through to the Innate Realm at all, no aura at all."
Hu Lizhong shivered inside.
"Isn’t there a saying in the Martial World that a Grandmaster must not be insulted? Even someone at the Energy Transformation Seventh Rank shouldn’t be easily provoked and needs to be treated with full respect. And you, a Unique Tier, even a foot into the threshold of the Innate Realm, an instructor of the Military Department, a Major General, actually don’t care about your own dignity anymore?"
Hu Lizhong’s face flushed with embarrassment, and a growing frustration built up in his chest.
He was getting rather wound up.
"The density of Spiritual Energy in Yunwu Mountain is really high. Staying here, even without cultivation, could compare to the state of cultivation outside. Are you really willing to leave?" Yang Fei asked.
Hu Lizhong truly wasn’t willing to leave this place; he even planned to push himself and break through to the Innate Realm before leaving, so he shook his head instinctively: "I’m not willing."
"If you’re not willing then don’t go. Just stay in your room. When my wife comes, she will handle it," Yang Fei said.
He had great confidence in Qin Yanyang.
Moreover, he now wanted to use this incident to clarify some things.
To consider whether he really should commit entirely to working for the Military Department.
A department not entirely under Qin Yanyang’s control wasn’t worth his, Yang Fei’s, allegiance.
"Only three minutes left." The urging voice came again.
Hu Lizhong, hearing this, felt immensely irritated.
He felt a return to his adolescent mindset and finally couldn’t restrain himself; he burst out and yelled into the courtyard, "Rushing me to death! Damn it, kicking someone out in the middle of the night, who will be responsible if something happens? Is this how things should be done?"
The soldiers who were lined up downstairs felt a buzzing in their ears and simultaneously experienced an intense oppressive force falling invisibly upon them, making it suffocating.
"Old Hu, what are you going on about, you are also a soldier, don’t you know that military orders are absolute?" Chu Que’s angry voice came.
As his voice spread, the soldiers downstairs immediately felt the pressure lift, but their faces now showed a look of respect.
They were members of a special forces unit and had encountered Martial Artists, but rarely had they dealt with a high-level expert like Hu Lizhong. Many were experiencing such oppressive force for the first time and couldn’t help but feel afraid.
"Chu Que, don’t think I, Hu Lizhong, am easily bullied. I’m telling you, I’m not leaving." Saying this, he addressed Zhou Fu and others who had yet to leave, "Zhou Fu, you don’t have to go either. What if something happens so late at night? We’re all family men; if something happens to you, how will your families cope? Listen to me, leave tomorrow morning, I’ll ask the Tong Family to arrange a car to take you to your new posts."
"Hu Lizhong, what madness is this!" Chu Que roared, "By defying military orders like this, I have the right to suppress you."
Hu Lizhong retorted angrily, "Try it!"
Chu Que was a bit stunned.
Since when had Hu Lizhong become so tough?
But then he thought of someone.
From elder brother’s tone, that kid is still in the valley. Hu Lizhong must have been influenced by that kid after going upstairs.
Damn, really think I, Chu Que, wouldn’t dare to touch you?
I don’t believe it. Your people from the Military Department can’t act lawlessly, daring to confront the men of the Central Battle Zone on the Central Battle Zone’s territory in Jiangbei County.
With this thought, Chu Que’s heart steadied. He scoffed, "Send a few men up, forcibly expel all personnel not from my Central Battle Zone out of the valley."
As he issued the command, a small squad of ten, weapons in hand, charged up.
Without flinching in their duty, despite their fear of Hu Lizhong, the Martial Arts powerhouse, once the military order was given, they executed it without hesitation.
Soon, these soldiers reached the upstairs. The captain, taking the lead, stared at Hu Lizhong and loudly said, "Sir, please cooperate with our work and leave immediately."
Hu Lizhong said, "What if I don’t?"
"Defying a military order..."
Hu Lizhong, without letting him complete his sentence, glared intensely, releasing a powerful aura that immediately suppressed the other’s words.
As long as I don’t let you complete that sentence, it’s not considered direct defiance.
"Defying a military order is considered assaulting a soldier of the Divine Continent, subject to execution without mercy!" Chu Que’s icy, merciless voice came from downstairs, his voice robust and his aura fully unleashed, instantly invigorating the troop he led with a murderous fervor.