57: Emergency departure

After President Wu communicated with Jiang Fan, he hurriedly left with the people from the Martial Arts Association.

Principal Fang stepped forward, a wide smile on his face as he addressed Jiang Fan.

“Jiang Fan, I’m Principal Fang from Third High School!”

“I’m here this time mainly to explain the previous misunderstanding to you…”

Before he could finish, Jiang Fan waved his hand, cutting him off.

“Principal Fang, please go back!”

“I know what you’re thinking, but I have an agreement with Principal Luo now, so it’s impossible for me to agree to your request!”

Jiang Fan decisively refused without even giving him a chance to state his conditions!

It was a joke; when he was expelled from Third High School, no one cared!

Now that they knew he had achieved a Breakthrough to a Second-level Martial Artist, they wanted to invite him back. How could there be such a good thing in the world?

After Jiang Fan finished speaking, he gave the anxious Luo Xiuwu a reassuring look.

Luo Xiuwu’s face immediately lit up with joy!

On the other hand, Principal Fang’s face was ashen. After several unsuccessful attempts to talk to Jiang Fan, he could only glare fiercely at Li Dongsheng before leaving dejectedly!

…After all the guests were sent off, in Su Qingwan’s living room, only Ma Jiang, Jiang Zhihe, and a few others remained, their expressions serious.

Ma Ning, who had been hiding in her room, came out and walked up to Jiang Fan, her voice choked with tears.

“Brother, are you really going to that Yuan City?”

“Don’t go, it sounds very dangerous there!”

Although Ma Ning had been hiding in her room just now, she had secretly pressed her ear to the door, hearing everything that happened in the living room clearly.

She was very shocked that Jiang Fan had become a Second-level Martial Artist!

But what worried her even more was this so-called Martial Arts Association Yuan City Defense Competition!

As Ma Jiang said, this was a matter of life and death!

She and Jiang Fan had been incredibly close since childhood, and she was very worried that something would happen to Jiang Fan!

So what Genius selection competition? She didn’t care!

She only hoped that Jiang Fan would be safe and sound!

“It’s okay, Xiao Ning, I know what I’m doing!”

“This looks a bit dangerous, but with the core members of the Martial Arts Association leading the team, there won’t be any major problems!”

Ma Ning opened her mouth when she heard this.

“But…”

She hesitated for a long time, unable to say anything.

Su Qingwan and Ma Jiang were filled with worry.

Everything that happened today had too great an impact on them!

At first, when a large group of people came over, they thought something had happened to Jiang Fan.

When Jiang Zhihe introduced the person leading them as the Vice President of the Martial Arts Association, they were terrified!

However, what followed was dramatic: this so-called Vice President of the Martial Arts Association was actually very polite to them!

Given their social status, under normal circumstances, they would probably never interact with someone at the top of Jiangcheng City like the Vice President of the Martial Arts Association.

But now, President Wu not only personally visited their home but also treated them with enthusiasm, making them feel as if they were in a dream!

It wasn’t until they learned during the conversation that these people came because… Jiang Fan had already become a Second-level Martial Artist!

A 17-year-old Second-level Martial Artist, a Genius of Jiangcheng City!

When these words were associated with Jiang Fan, it made them feel incredulous!

Finally, after accepting this fact, and before they even had time to be happy, they heard about Jiang Fan’s intention to participate in the Yuan City Defense Competition. In an instant, their hearts, which had just settled, rose again.

“Xiao Fan, the Martial Arts Association probably hasn’t finalized it yet!”

“Don’t be impulsive, think about it carefully again!”

“There’s still room for maneuver!”

Ma Jiang lit a cigarette and sighed.

Then, as if remembering something, he took out a pack of cigarettes and offered one to Jiang Zhihe.

Jiang Zhihe glanced at the box of inferior cigarettes, paused briefly, but still took it.

At the same time, he took over Ma Jiang’s words.

“That’s right, you’re young, and you still have a lot of growth…”

Jiang Zhihe’s words were cut off by Jiang Fan again before he could finish.

“Why haven’t you left yet?”

Jiang Zhihe was repeatedly provoked by Jiang Fan, and the anger he had suppressed for a long time finally erupted.

“What did you say?”

“Say it again?”

He slammed the table and stood up.

Jiang Fan sneered.

“What? Are you going to throw your weight around like a parent again?”

“This isn’t your Jiang Family!”

“…”

Seeing that the conversation was turning into a conflict between Jiang Zhihe and the two again, Ma Jiang quickly stepped forward to pull them apart.

“Alright, alright, don’t cause trouble!”

“Now is not the time to talk about these things!”

Although Ma Jiang and Su Qingwan were also very displeased with Jiang Zhihe, at this moment, they couldn’t just watch Jiang Fan and Jiang Zhihe argue again.

Firstly, at such an important time, it was not appropriate to discuss such trivial family matters.

Secondly, if what Jiang Zhihe said was true, and the main branch of the Jiang Family could provide help to Jiang Fan, it would also be a good thing for Jiang Fan, so he also didn’t want Jiang Fan to fall out with the Jiang Family… In the end, the few of them still couldn’t dissuade Jiang Fan.

Jiang Zhihe left in a daze!

About an hour later, news came from President Wu’s side that the President had agreed to Jiang Fan participating in this Yuan City Defense Battle and wanted Jiang Fan to immediately gather at the Jiangcheng Martial Arts Association to prepare for departure.

Ma Jiang’s family did not expect things to be so urgent and quickly prepared Jiang Fan’s personal belongings.

Jiang Fan waved his hand to refuse, casually stuffed more than ten bottles of spirit turtle blood replenishing soup liquid into his pocket, and after leaving a sum of money for Su Qingwan, he left immediately.

In the Grand Hall of the Jiangcheng City Martial Arts Association, President Wu had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Jiang Fan approach, he quickly waved and said.

“Jiang Fan, over here!”

Jiang Fan looked over and saw that besides Wei Xin, who had tested him last time, Li Yutang was also beside President Wu.

Jiang Fan walked closer, and President Wu introduced with a smile.

“Jiang Fan, these two, I won’t introduce them further!”

“You should know them both!”

“I’ll update you on the latest situation I learned from the President!”

Jiang Fan nodded and followed President Wu to the Grand Hall’s lounge area.

“It’s like this, this time the Exotic Beast siege on Yuan City is more serious than we anticipated! Its scale may have already reached a Fourth-level Beast Tide!”

A Fourth-level Beast Tide, as the name suggests, means that the highest Rank of Exotic Beast in this beast tide has reached Level Four.

And the number of Exotic Beasts could be as high as a thousand!

“A Fourth-level Exotic Beast means that a Level Five strong individual needs to be dispatched to kill it!”

“If this happened in Jiangcheng City, the top combat power of Jiangcheng City could still resolve it, but in a Third Level city like Yuan City, it’s relatively more difficult!”

“Coupled with the smaller number of city guards, the situation in Yuan City is quite troublesome right now!”

Although President Wu said this, the expression on his face seemed quite relaxed, which made Jiang Fan feel strange.

Since the situation was so troublesome, shouldn’t he be more worried?

Why did he seem much calmer than when he was at Su Qingwan’s house?

“Hahaha!”

“However, precisely because of this matter, the higher-ups will coordinate and dispatch the army to reinforce this time!”

“So this time, the army will be the main force, and our Martial Arts Association will be auxiliary!”

“In this way, your safety will be greatly guaranteed!”

President Wu explained immediately when he saw Jiang Fan’s confusion.

Jiang Fan understood in an instant upon hearing this.

In other words, this time, the main defense would still come from soldiers mobilized from the military.

And the people from their Martial Arts Association would just treat Yuan City as a training ground!

After all, such opportunities for actual combat were rare!

“The people participating this time are Geniuses from the Martial Arts Association’s branch offices in the 10 cities surrounding Yuan City, about 50 people in total!”

“The specific rules will be announced by the person in charge of the Martial Arts Association General Assembly at that time!”

“From our side, only Wei Xin, Yutang, and the four of us are going, led by me and Wei Xin!”

Jiang Fan looked at them.

“What about the cities that didn’t participate?”

President Wu smiled slightly.

“They will hold separate competitions, according to the previous rules!”

“But don’t worry, the rewards for both sides are the same!”

“In other words, this way, our chances are even greater!”

Jiang Fan nodded.

“When do we leave?”

President Wu looked outside.

“In half an hour!”

Jiang Fan was immediately stunned.

At night? So urgent!