45: Early stage of martial artist

Just like Ye He, who possessed an S-grade Talent, his Cultivation was only at the Martial Apprentice Mid-stage when he was attacked, and he was already considered a Genius.

However, Long Yuan would not be constrained by such circumstances. In his opinion, Breakthrough in Realm was a natural progression. With the top-tier Divine-grade Talent and Divine-grade Cultivation Technique, along with relatively ample funds and resources, if he still couldn't Breakthrough, he might as well just smash his head against a block of tofu and die...

The Martial Master Realm is the third part of the first stage of the Creation Profound Heaven Skill. It requires filling all thirty-six vital acupoints with Profound Qi, opening up Profound Qi vortexes, and forming stable Qi vortexes and cyclical circulation.

When he first started to Cultivate, he quickly completed the first part of the Cultivation Technique, reaching the Martial Apprentice Extreme Realm, in less than a week. Then, he spent nearly two months completing the second part of the Cultivation Technique, reaching the Martial Artist Extreme Realm. Now, these thirty-six vital acupoints are not only full of Profound Qi, but the Qi vortexes in each vital acupoint also show a faint tendency to atomize, which is a sign of reaching the Martial Master Realm. He couldn't hold it back anymore, nor did he need to. He had to take advantage of the momentum and rush into the third part, the Martial Master Realm.

He took out two Medium Grade xuan stones and intensified his absorption and circulation...

After an unknown period, he felt a light 'boom' inside his body. All thirty-six vital acupoints were completely lit up, like thirty-six stars shining brightly within him. A clear and refreshing sensation swept through his entire body. "Warrior Stage - Early Phase, achieved!!!" Long Yuan thought to himself calmly, without any ripples in his heart.

"Caught them! Caught them!! Caught them!!!"

At a hidden passage exit outside Dark Night Valley, many people shouted excitedly.

They had been ambushing here for a long time. After the people inside the passage came out, a vast net descended from the sky, catching all the Fusang People and Snow Eagle People who rushed to the front, as well as some Dark Night assassins!

This scene made the assassins still hiding in the secret passage furious. They never expected that after finally escaping here, they would end up walking into a trap...

But they had no retreat, because there were experts chasing them from behind. They could only brace themselves and rush out, but under the gleaming sabers of the Xuanwu Guard, these assassins, accustomed to living in dark environments, had no fighting spirit and could only surrender!

By the time Wang Weidong and others who were chasing them also rushed out of the secret passage, this encirclement battle had practically ended, with the Great Ming side achieving a complete victory!

After Wang Weidong ordered these criminals to be brought under control, he commanded a thorough search of Night Hawk's lair. The results were quite pleasing. In addition to a large amount of wealth, there were also some unknown items. After interrogating the criminals, it was discovered that these were brought by the Fusang People and Snow Eagle People. The Snow Eagle People's method of changing local weather during the hijacking was achieved using these items, which left the Dark Night Organization in awe.

"Treasures! I never thought the Snow Eagle Country possessed such treasures, capable of even changing the weather. It seems we have definitely accomplished a great deed this time!" Wang Weidong said, overjoyed.

"Congratulations, General!" Qi Huaiyi quickly said.

"Haha, this is everyone's credit. Oh, by the way, have the crew members been found?"

"Found them! They are currently being interrogated!"

"Interrogated? Are you saying they have problems?" Wang Weidong asked, puzzled.

"I only suspect there might be an inside agent among them! Otherwise, even if the Snow Eagle People could change the weather, hijacking the plane and landing it in Dark Night Valley would still be extremely difficult..."

"That makes sense. Investigate thoroughly and see what the truth of this matter really is..."

At this moment, Hai Xiang's call came in, saying, "Brother Qi, have you caught Night Hawk on your side?"

"Night Hawk? He didn't appear here!" Qi Huaiyi said.

"What? Then he might have escaped!" Hai Xiang sighed.

"That scoundrel..." Qi Huaiyi and Wang Weidong couldn't help but curse upon hearing this.

But they also knew very well that Night Hawk was most familiar with this place and had high Cultivation, so it was normal for him to escape. The only problem was that he must have known the most secrets, and now that he had escaped, it would probably be very difficult to uncover the truth of the entire case...

Thinking of this, the two were still somewhat unwilling, so they ordered a full-scale search for Night Hawk and also reported it to Yu Xun, asking the aircraft formation guarding above Dark Night Valley to also participate in the search. But the result was as expected, because Night Hawk had long since fled...

This encirclement operation thus concluded with this one regrettable flaw!

When the news spread, the whole country was shaken!

It could be said that it was greatly satisfying. Not only were the plane and crew members safe and sound, but the Fusang People culprits who attacked the Genius boy Ye He were also recaptured. Martial Artist and ordinary people alike felt a sense of pride and relief, and the dark clouds that had been hanging over the Great Ming people for many days were blown away...

Of course, many more details were not disclosed to the public, which involved the geopolitics between nations.

As the news spread, the small place of Fengyang repeatedly topped the national hot search list, including the safe return of the crew, the discovery of an inside agent among the crew, and the inside agent revealing a shocking piece of news, etc. This drew more attention to the previously unknown third-tier base, Fengyang County...

Among those most concerned about Fengyang was none other than Qi Huaiyi, because he had discovered a young man here who was suspected to be the Emperor Ming's illegitimate son. Therefore, after returning to the Supervisory Xuan Envoy Division South Division, he had been in contact with County Magistrate Geng Yun of Fengyang County and obtained more information about Long Yuan from him. This information made him even more certain of Long Yuan's true identity.

"There should be no mistake! Long Yuan is at least the illegitimate son of a direct lineage prince, and possibly even the Emperor Ming's illegitimate son from outside. However, from the information I've recently found, the Emperor Ming's health has been poor these past years, and he rarely leaves the palace, so it's unlikely he would have an illegitimate son..." Qi Huaiyi thought to himself.

Although it was not appropriate for someone of his status to investigate royal matters, such gossip naturally possessed strong appeal, making Qi Huaiyi involuntarily want to uncover the truth. In his opinion, if this matter were true, then he should all the more properly thank Long Yuan, after all, the great achievement this time was only possible because of the information he provided.

Furthermore, Long Yuan's extremely rich Xuanhuang Bloodline aura, his clear and logical analysis, and even his Cultivation reaching the Martial Artist Late Stage at such a young age, all made Qi Huaiyi see immense potential in him. Isn't such a member of the royal Family precisely the potential stock that the Family values most?

If the Qi Family could establish this connection because of him, hehe, the future looks promising! This was Qi Huaiyi's true thought.

In addition, there was one more thing in this encirclement operation that he had not yet clarified: after falling for Night Hawk's empty fort strategy and delaying tactics, who exactly sent him that crucial message?

He had secretly investigated this matter, but no one in the Southern Division knew about it. Yu Xun had not given this order at the time either. In other words, no one in the Jian Xuan Envoy Division Southern Division actually knew about this matter. So, who could have sent that message to his special combat number through the Southern Division's System?

Qi Huaiyi was restless until he investigated this matter thoroughly, because he knew very well what it implied. If it was found to be the work of an outsider, it would prove that this person could infiltrate the Southern Division's command System, and countless confidential information in the System would be laid bare before them for their use!

How terrifying is that?

Qi Huaiyi could say he was extremely horrified by this thought...

But he dared not report this matter to Yu Xun, instead silently investigating it himself. However, no matter how much he searched, he still found nothing, which made his heart even heavier...

"It's strange, such a thing has never happened before, but ever since I got involved in the hijacking incident, strange things have multiplied. For example, the appearance of a suspected illegitimate son of the Emperor Ming, the Dark Night Organization actually developing to such an extent under the nose of the Southern Division, the Snow Eagle People being able to change local weather, and outsiders being able to infiltrate the Southern Division's command System... Is there some kind of connection between these things?!" Qi Huaiyi suddenly had a flash of insight and thought of this point.

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