Chapter 64: If I Chicken Out Now, Lin Fan’s Trip Here Would Be For Nothing
Nightfall, with the full moon hanging high.
Bang!
Bang!
In the silent night, only dull thumping sounds echoed.
In the courtyard, Lin Fan stood bare-bodied, while Little Fatty gripped a thick wooden stick tightly with both hands, vigorously swinging it at his body, each strike using maximum force.
Lin Fan’s expression remained normal, his feet not moving an inch.
In contrast, Little Fatty’s face was flushed red, panting heavily, sweat dripping down his cheeks.
Moments later.
“Alright.”
Lin Fan waved his hand.
【Beginner Body Refining（ Great Accomplishment 868/1000）】
Proficiency increased very slowly; even an ordinary person’s full-force strike with a stick could hardly bring significant progress.
“Bro… I’m exhausted.”
Little Fatty collapsed onto the ground, tossing the wooden stick aside. He hadn’t expected Brother Lin to be so tough; with every strike, he feared making Brother Lin cry out in pain.
But who could have imagined, he seemed completely fine.
Looking closely, there wasn’t even a single stick mark on Brother Lin’s back.
“Go rest early.”
“Mm.”
Little Fatty left.
Lin Fan stood with hands behind his back, alone in the courtyard, looking up at the bright moon in the night sky, his thoughts drifting far. Without a clear goal for the future, he could only take it one step at a time, focusing on each current step.
Cultivation was now his foundation.
He understood that his ability to dominate Yong’an City and do as he pleased stemmed from everyone’s fear of his strength.
He went to the kitchen, picked up the cleaver, placed his thumb on the blade, rubbing it without feeling pain. When he pressed harder, he felt the stinging from his skin.
But no blood.
Gradually increasing the force.
The skin on his finger tore, splitting open a gash.
He was testing the hardness of his body. Currently, if someone swung a blade at him, he would still be cut.
But the toughness and hardness of his flesh body wouldn’t be like an ordinary person’s, where one slash would split skin and flesh, exposing bone.
“Not bad, need to keep working hard. Once proficiency reaches Perfection, I wonder what options Beginner Body Refining will bring.”
He was full of expectation.
He even felt that as long as he kept cultivating, his flesh body would become indestructible.
He put the cleaver back in place, then thought about preparing tools for cultivating Beginner Body Refining. As he walked toward the house, before sleeping, he grabbed a handful of Pinellia, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it up, swallowed, and drank some water to soothe his throat.
……
The next day.
Bulletin board.
As soon as the County Office staff posted the announcement, it drew a crowd of common people to surround and watch.
“The County Office has issued a notice. What could it be this time?”
“Who knows what it is, as long as they don’t make us pay some inexplicable tax.”
“Can taxes be decided by the County Office? Aren’t those commands issued by the Imperial Court?”
“Dog Egg, what does this announcement say?”
“I never went to school, I can’t read. You ask me, who do I ask?”
“Damn it, you know you can’t read, so why are you standing here blocking the way? Move aside.”
Soon, the literate common people finished reading the announcement, their eyes widening in shock, clearly not expecting the County Office to issue such a notice.
The surrounding common people asked.
“My goodness, do you know what this announcement says? It says the Public Security Bureau and County Office are joining forces for a Yong’an Hundred Day Operation to Sweep Away Black and Eliminate Evil.”
“What does Sweep Away Black and Eliminate Evil mean?”
“Anyway, it’s something good. It should be targeting gangs and local ruffians. It also says if anyone has been bullied by local ruffians, they can report it to the Public Security Bureau.”
Whoa—!
The crowd instantly erupted, cries of surprise rising higher and higher.
The common people looked at each other, hardly daring to believe their ears, finding it hard to believe this was an operation jointly hosted by the County Office and Public Security Bureau.
“I heard there’s a Master Lin at the Public Security Bureau who’s really doing things for the common people. He’s already arrested He Sen and Yuan Jiang, and even Young Master Hu Hu Yu was arrested.”
“I heard too. They all say it’s Qing Tian Lin. You know the tavern Old Wang family, right? It was Master Lin who handled that matter, directly arresting Hu Yu and getting justice for them.”
“Let’s go check out the Public Security Bureau.”
“Go, go.”
……
This announcement spread very quickly.
Before long, it was known to everyone.
Loyalty Hall.
The atmosphere was oppressively grim.
Chen Qingshan’s face was dark as he looked at the remaining hall masters, especially glaring at Wang Changhai with fury, while Wang Changhai held his head high, showing an expression of fearing nothing now.
Huang Wei slammed the table hard and shouted first, “Damn it, what do the County Office and Public Security Bureau mean by this? Sweep Away Black and Eliminate Evil? Sweep who? Eliminate who? Who the hell is black? Who the hell is evil? I think they themselves are the fucking blackest and most evil!”
Extremely high in maternal insults.
Ever since he was beaten by Lin Fan last time.
Huang Wei’s hatred for Lin Fan had truly exploded, and what he couldn’t accept most was that the incident of him being beaten had spread, turning him into a laughingstock in others’ mouths.
Ma Jiang continued picking at his finger seams with the dagger, “I think this is openly targeting us. I thought he was just going after us to clear the way for someone, taking down He Sen, but who would’ve thought even Fierce Tiger Gang’s Yuan Jiang was arrested.”
Crash!
Wang Changhai, who was drinking tea, frowned tightly. Some people’s pointed remarks made him very unhappy. He slammed the teacup to the ground furiously and angrily said: “Ma, let me tell you, if you’re gonna say it, name names. What do you mean ‘clear the way for someone’?”
“Don’t get cocky in front of me. Don’t think I don’t know about your dirty deeds. Once we leave, I’ll go straight to the Public Security Bureau to report you.”
At this moment, Wang Changhai was extremely tough.
The other hall masters rolled their eyes at him.
For Wang Changhai, before Lin Fan came, cowering was cowering; but now that Lin Fan was here, if he still cowered, wouldn’t Lin Fan’s arrival be in vain?
Everyone knew Lin Fan had a good relationship with him, that he had personally groomed him.
Now he had even been promoted to Deputy Squad Leader.
What did that mean?
It meant recognition from Li Dian Shi; no one at the Public Security Bureau could touch him.
“Wang Changhai, don’t you fucking get too arrogant.” Ma Jiang shot to his feet, viciously stabbing the dagger into the tea table, eyes bulging.
“Arrogant?” Wang Changhai snorted coldly, “Do you believe I can call Lin Fan over right now, and you ask him yourself if I, Wang Changhai, can be arrogant? If I get beaten for being arrogant, will he care?”
“Looking at you now, do you want to hit me?”
“Hit me then.”
“Hit me ah.”
The current Wang Changhai never imagined he could have such a tough day.
In the past, when rebuked.
He would shrink his head, stay in the corner, not daring to fart, but after the recent events, he pondered day and night: Could I, Wang Changhai, really be arrogant now?
The conclusion was clear.
Yes.
“Enough.” Chen Qingshan scolded, “Look at yourselves now. Do you still have any awareness as hall masters? If you don’t want to be hall master, just say so. There are plenty of people who want to take your positions.”
Ma Jiang snorted and turned his head away.
“Plenty of people my ass, whoever sits will be the unlucky one.” Wang Changhai muttered under his breath.
Chen Qingshan suppressed his anger forcefully, turned his gaze to Wang Changhai, softening his tone a bit, “Changhai, I personally promoted you. Remember you’re a Loyalty Hall man. You have a good relationship with Lin Fan, so go ask him what it will take for him to let this go and spare us.”
Wang Changhai said: “Gang Leader, you’re thinking too highly of me. In front of him, I’m just a fart. My words mean nothing.”
“Then who does?”
“I don’t know.”
Wang Changhai was too lazy to deal with this matter.
Just as Chen Qingshan was about to speak again, a subordinate rushed panicked to Huang Wei.
“Hall Master, bad news! Old Man Li went to the Public Security Bureau to report you.”
Huang Wei, who was rubbing his feet, froze, then jumped up.
“What did you say?”
“Old Man Li went to report you.”
Huang Wei was visibly nervous. He naturally knew about Old Man Li’s matter—his daughter was pretty, caught his eye, and he planned to sell her for a high price.
She was still locked up by him, not yet sold.
As for this Old Man Li, who had disabled legs and had been bedridden for a long time, unable to move, he had even arranged people to watch him, fearing he would cause trouble.
“Where are the people watching him? Didn’t I tell you to keep an eye?”
“Hall Master, we couldn’t watch him. The brothers are all scared.”
“Scared your mom’s head!”
Huang Wei kicked the subordinate to the ground in rage, panicking inside, feeling that this so-called Hundred Day Operation was probably going to take him as the first target.
