Chapter 103: I’m Still Just A Kid!
Having Yang Jie come to the Disinfection Bureau was, in Li Ye’s mind, no burden at all.
The Disinfection Bureau is a national department, legitimately slaying demons and exorcising evil. Would someone train a body of fine martial arts only to teach others without slaying demons?
So as long as both sides were willing, he could recruit people.
But according to Shenzhou’s rules, a signed contract is a contract. Not even the military could conscript someone without cause, let alone the Disinfection Bureau.
Li Ye’s attitude had originally been very good, negotiating reasonably and even securing double the compensation.
Yang Jie wasn’t some top genius; he only practiced exquisite martial arts at half breakthrough level. There was no need to cling so tightly.
But the other side showed no respect and even called them dogs. If they didn’t teach him a lesson, could the Disinfection Bureau still be the Disinfection Bureau?
The result was even worse: not even a phone call, just charging in alone to beat people and crash through doors, opening his mouth to curse.
Li Ye hadn’t beaten him to death, which was already very gracious.
“Bureau Chief Li, what happened!”
At this moment, Sun Shun gripped his gun, leading a group of bold information officers downstairs.
They had heard the commotion from Deng Jun charging in earlier and had immediately drawn their guns to go up, but upon reaching the third floor stairwell, they saw a huge hole in the floor, so they hurried back down and saw Li Ye kick a person flying out with one foot.
“Call the hospital and have them send someone to pick up Huang Qingyi for proper treatment. And this guy—he pays all the medical expenses. When he wakes up, make him compensate the Disinfection Bureau for repairs, plus my gloves money.”
Li Ye said, “Then notify the Public Security Bureau, throw him in prison, charge him with assaulting a police officer, and sentence him to the maximum!”
Sun Shun looked over upon hearing this, but that blood-and-flesh-muddled face was unrecognizable. Instead, the pair of iron rods on the ground let him identify him.
Recently, if Bureau Chief Li had offended anyone, it was that Taibao Martial Arts School that had just come demanding someone today. As far as he knew, only one person there used iron rods.
Peerless Taibao Zheng Jun.
Thinking of this, he felt relieved and smiled, “Bureau Chief Li, rest assured, leave it to me.”
Li Ye nodded, straightened his collar, walked out the main entrance, stepped over Zheng Jun’s body, glanced at the black luxury car parked at the main entrance, tsked, and raised an eyebrow.
“Blocking the road.”
Bang!
The vehicle flipped several meters as if struck by a heavy hammer, with a huge dent appearing on the left side.
Eye Technique.
Killing with the eyes, staring to strike with qi.
Thanks to integrating the experience of a hundred thousand martial arts, now whenever he clashed with any martial arts, he immediately knew the opponent’s style.
This Zheng Jun had trained a breath of qi in hardening techniques, and though he added another external training martial art, the foundation was still Thirteen Golden Bell Shield.
Exquisite martial arts paired with another exquisite martial art was far inferior to superior or top-tier martial arts, leaving many life gates.
Even if trained to perfection, seemingly reaching the same mysterious pass level, the gap in martial arts remained.
For someone like Zheng Jun, whose external training was slightly weaker than his internal breath of qi, in combat one could first break the external training, then strike the vital life gate, heavily hitting that breath of hardening qi to break the Vajra Pass defense.
Li Ye chose to pummel him punch by punch until defeated.
Overall, it was about the same level as when Li Ye had dealt with the Jiang Crocodile Sect leader back then—consuming a bit of time to handle.
Moreover, he hadn’t even used full power, just testing the effect against equally full-level Vajra Pass and Army Breaking Pass.
Otherwise, activating his ‘breath of evil’ evolved from ‘a breath of qi gate’ could have ended the fight swiftly.
Now the results were clear: his martial arts were truly all-around without blind spots.
In hardening techniques, to defeat Li Ye, there was no sequence—only pure hard strength to crush, no tricks or exploiting weaknesses.
Defeating Li Ye was possible if stronger, but at the Second Realm level, crushing him was unlikely.
Seeing Li Ye ride off on the motorcycle, Sun Shun approached Deng Jun’s corpse-like slumped body, squatted to check his breathing, glanced at the slightly rising chest, and shook his head:
“Taibao Zheng, robbing people was indeed a bit unethical, but then again, our bureau chief just wanted one person from your martial arts school, and you gave no face at all, making it seem like the Disinfection Bureau’s people killed in this period were for nothing.”
“You charged into the Disinfection Bureau’s door, but didn’t think to call first? Or did you not take our Disinfection Bureau seriously?”
He wasn’t dead, which meant Li Ye had shown mercy.
As for the jail time Li Ye mentioned, though there were no examples of Second Realm Martial Artists going to jail, surely Zheng Jun would give face upon waking.
Jail was better than courting death.
Sun Shun didn’t think Li Ye had done anything excessive; he even felt the force was too light.
The Ningjiang Disinfection Bureau was restoring its dreaded reputation from decades ago at cosmic speed. Whether he had reason or not was for later—the key was that the Ningjiang Disinfection Bureau’s face could not be lost now!
As long as he caused a scene
So what!
Li Ye was still just a kid, after all!
And at this moment, the Li Ye dubbed a kid returned to the courtyard house, changed into casual clothes, and went home.
Two days later was the City Martial Arts Competition, which he had to attend.
This time, it was a martial arts competition among thirty-three high schools selected from district and county martial arts competitions across the city, to select priority rights for the next experience and qualification for the top three to enter the Provincial Martial Arts Competition.
In the Wuyu Middle School principal’s office, the principal and Teacher Qu smilingly saw off two arrogant-faced people, then exchanged a glance and burst into laughter.
“This seals it.”
Teacher Qu smiled, “This time, No. 14 Middle School’s principal will be the one suffering. I hear he gave Li Ye a full year’s rewards to keep him, even dipping into his own pocket to make up the amount.”
“Hmph, let him draw water with a bamboo basket—for nothing. He thinks keeping Li Ye plus Fu Chuxue guarantees victory? He doesn’t grasp our determination to take first in the city!”
The principal sneered, “In this small city, Wuyu Middle School must be first. Losing even one first place is a smear on our group! It has huge influence!”
To hold this city first place, they had sought help from the group above, and the group had sent people down.
Transferring schools to retain people by pulling strings— if No. 14 Middle School’s principal could do it, surely they could too.
Though it would cost a lot of blood, it was their final year. Since opening the school in Ningjiang, Wuyu Middle School had never taken second in the City Martial Arts Competition—this title must be kept!
“Whatever Fu Chuxue, whatever Li Ye. We’ll make him see that a small school’s small school in a small place lacks foundation no matter how hard it tries! This Li Ye—we’ll definitely win!”
“This Li Ye—we’ll definitely lose!”
But for influential people in Ningjiang City’s districts and counties, it was another matter entirely.
Especially those whose own children were martial arts students who could participate in the martial arts competition.
For instance, a Second Realm Breakthrough Martial Artist from Jingpu County in Ningjiang City was sternly staring at his son, the same age as Li Ye, clutching an iron rod in hand.
And his son hadn’t done anything wrong, hadn’t caused trouble, but upon coming home, his dad had tied him to a post, given him a brutal beating, then said those words.
“If you run into a guy named Li Ye in the martial arts competition, surrender to him directly. Of course, if you can be a bit more respectful, that’s even better—show the kind temperament you have at school, don’t be impulsive.”
His son, beaten until his skin split and flesh bloomed, looked aggrieved and cried, “Dad, you already said I’m kind—I’ll surrender if you say so, why beat me!”
“It hurts, right?”
“Of course!”
“That’s the point. Your dad endured far worse pain than this before. If you don’t surrender and come back, it won’t just be this kind of pain!”
He didn’t dare say the deeper reason.
Pain is always better than death!
Though he didn’t think that Li Longhu would be so brutal during the martial arts competition, who would stake safety on someone who made everyone shudder in fear from his kills.
If not for concerns over influence, he’d have wanted his son to skip the martial arts competition.
For Li Ye, someone like him who mixed in the underground was truly scared to the bone, especially after Li Ye had crushed his leg raw not long ago.
Surrendering was best; a respectful attitude might even give Bureau Chief Li a good impression.
Plus yesterday and today, there are four more chapters. Lately I’ve had some insomnia and haven’t slept yet—adjusting now. Going to sleep first, update later.
Gentlemen, bear with me.
