Martial Arts Song

Chapter 346 Urgency
After the uproar and shock, the reporters present immediately started asking questions like crazy:

"Mr. Harada, may I ask what you just said? Do your words represent Ryuo's attitude?"

"Mr. Harada, were you issuing an ultimatum to the Central Kingdom just now? You said that the Ryuo warships have already set out for the 'Hukai', is this true or false?!"

"Mr. Harada, if the Central Kingdom does not hand over the murderer, is it possible that the Ryuoku side will start a war?"

"Harada Keita, as the vice consul of the Ryusaku Consulate, do you understand what you just said? Is this something you, as a vice consul, can decide?"

“Harada…”

Faced with the reporter's frantic questioning, Keita Harada did not give any answer at all.

After finishing his ultimatum, he stood there, bowed slightly, then turned around and walked back into the Ryuying Consulate.

Such an action certainly could not satisfy the reporters present.

But unfortunately, there were Ryusaku security team blocking the door outside, and these reporters couldn't get through at all. In the end, they could only watch Keita Harada go back.

However, the assistants brought by the reporters started taking pictures even more crazily. For a while, the magnesium lamps kept exploding "bang bang bang", bursting out dazzling white light.

At the same time, this brief public press conference consisting of only one sentence quickly spread its wings and flew across almost the entire "Huhai"!
……

"Boom!!!"

There was a loud bang.

Amidst a large amount of white steam, a huge iron door suddenly flew out and hit the wall of the arched corridor!
"Bah!"

The cement and stone walls of the corridor were smashed into pieces, and many cement and stone blocks fell down. Then the iron door bounced to the ground with a "bang", making a "clang bang" metallic sound.

Amidst the metallic sound, a figure walked out from the surrounding white steam.

The figure was shirtless and wearing a pair of training pants, which were wet from the steam and stuck tightly to his legs, showing off the muscular thighs.

This figure was none other than Chen Qing, who was once again performing high-pressure "Qi training"!

"how do you feel?"

An indifferent voice sounded from the side after Chen Qing walked out of the high-pressure room.

Chen Qing looked in the direction of the voice and saw Yue Suchun not far away, with her hands behind her back, looking at him indifferently.

Because Yue Suchun was a master of "Three Huas Transformation", he did not notice the other party's gaze when he walked out.

Hearing Yue Suchun's question, Chen Qing smiled and replied: "I feel that if I do it one or two more times, the 'qi' in the Dantian Qi Sea will undergo a transformation."

At this time, he had completed his second high-pressure "Qi training" under the supervision of Yue Suchun!
However, because there was no time in this underground tunnel, and all his attention was focused on his physical senses during the high-pressure "Qi training", he had no idea how much time had passed.

But he and Xuanfeng arrived here at around 1:00 p.m., and then waited for Yue Suchun and others for another forty to fifty minutes. When he and Yue Suchun came down, it was around 2:00 p.m.

And based on his previous experience of high-pressure "qi training", it shouldn't take him too long to practice qi this time, and it should not be three o'clock in the afternoon yet.

"Ah."

After listening to Chen Qing's description of his feelings, Yue Suchun nodded slightly, and then said: "It's about the same as I estimated. You should 'train your spirit' first, and then go to the medicine bath to replenish your energy. I'll go up first."

After saying that, she turned and walked towards the corridor at the back - she was standing in the direction of the corridor exit.

And she didn't ask too many questions, because she knew that Chen Qing was in a state of severe exhaustion and needed to "replenish his energy".

Chen Qing didn't waste any words. He immediately sat down cross-legged and began to "practice the mind" to improve his "practice of qi".

More than twenty minutes later.

Chen Qing, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes, and then with a whoosh, he turned into an afterimage, and with a gust of wind, he rushed to the medicine bath room where the medicine liquid had been boiled in advance...

Another thirty minutes passed.

When it was approaching four o'clock, Chen Qing changed into the suit he wore when he came and walked out of the medicine bathroom.

After several experiences, whenever he came down to practice, he would simply take off his old clothes first, put on the training clothes prepared here, and then start practicing.

After finishing the practice, change into the clothes you came from.

“Gulp gulp~”

A rumbling sound came from Chen Qingwei's bulging belly.

Chen Qing frowned and said to himself, "It seems that I need to eat something before going upstairs."

Just like last time, he drank a lot of medicine and soaked in it for a long time to absorb it, thus replenishing his Qi value.

But the feeling of hunger in his body still remained.

The imbalance between his [Essence] and [Qi] values ​​makes him feel more or less "hungry" all the time.

This is not something that can be solved by just drinking or eating enough.

The last time, after he finished his high-pressure "qi training", he ate a lot at Liu Yilin's house, which scared Liu Yilin.

Now he hasn't reached the stage of eating crazily, so naturally his "hunger" is stronger.

Without stopping for long, he walked directly along the corridor to the passage leading to the ground, then climbed up along the passage and came to the ground.

When he walked out of the underground passage.

"Dang~"

A bell rang from the large rocking clock in the living room of the villa.

Chen Qing looked through the open door. With his God value raised again, his eyesight was strong enough to clearly see the hour hand on the swinging clock pointing to four o'clock in the afternoon.

After looking at the time on the big clock, he walked out of the room in the underground passage and came to the spacious living room, ready to wake up Liu Yilin and ask her to ask the family chef to prepare some food for him.

But then, he found that in the living room, Yue Suchun and Qi Yi were wearing something like headphones with serious expressions, listening to something attentively.

Liu Yilin had also woken up a long time ago and was standing in front of a window with Xuanfeng. Xuanfeng was holding a device with two antennas that looked a bit like a radio. Liu Yilin stood in front of Xuanfeng and kept debugging the device.

Seeing this scene, Chen Qing was surprised and asked: "What are you doing?"

"Shhh."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Yi raised her hand and gestured to him to keep quiet.

Then, Qi Yi took off the "earphones" she was wearing, walked towards Chen Qing, and explained in a low voice: "We are listening to the internal hotline of the Military Control Commission. Just now when you were practicing, we received a tip-off that the Liuying Consulate called all the major newspapers in Huhai and said that they would hold an open press conference to answer questions about Ueizumi Shizue and his apprentice."

"Ok?"

Hearing Qi Yi's words, Chen Qing was startled and asked in a low voice: "Has our official negotiated with Liuying in the past few days?"

"No."

Qi Yi shook her head slightly.

After hearing this, Chen Qing couldn't help but feel even more strange.

Holding a press conference before any negotiations?
Aren't press conferences usually held after a decision has been made? Seeing his confusion, Qi Yi whispered, "So the authorities immediately sent people to the scene to listen in, confirm and relay the news, and to see what the Liuying party is up to. We are now listening to the news through the special line within the Military Control Commission."

"So that's it."

Chen Qing nodded and said, "Then you guys continue. I'll go to the kitchen to find something to eat."

Since Yue Suchun, Qi Yi, Liu Yilin and others were busy with important things, he couldn't ask Liu Yilin to call the chef to prepare food. The noise in the kitchen would disturb them.

He planned to go to the kitchen and find some fresh ingredients to eat raw to fill his stomach.

But before he could reach the kitchen, suddenly!

Yue Suchun, who was sitting on the mahogany sofa in the living room, suddenly stood up!
This sudden change made Chen Qing, Qi Yi who came over to explain to Chen Qing, and Xuan Feng and Liu Yilin who were receiving the signal in front of the window, all of them were stunned.

All four of them turned to look at her.

Qi Yi, who was also a member of the Military Control Commission and held an important position, frowned and asked, "Master, what's wrong?"

After hearing this, Yue Suchun took off the "earphones" he was wearing, looked at Qi Yi, and said in a deep voice with a frown: "Ryuying issued an ultimatum to us at this press conference, saying that Ryuying has sent warships to the 'Hou Hai'. If we don't hand over the murderer who killed Ueizumi Shizu, they will use force to defend the dignity of Ryuying."

As soon as these words were spoken, Qi Yi's originally cold expression suddenly changed!
She said in a cold voice: "They are just making up stories! The death of Ueizumi Shizuka was a 'smudge' planned by them. Who are we to blame for the murder?!"

"Where's the evidence?"

Yue Suchun looked at her and asked coldly, "The existence of masters is not common, and few people know about it. People only believe what they see. There were so many people present at the time, including the three people from Xilu in the concession and the people from our Central Country. So many eyes saw that incident, what can you deny?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Yi turned and looked at Chen Qing who was about to walk into the kitchen.

Seeing this, Yue Suchun also turned around to look over.

Facing the gazes of the two men, Chen Qing also frowned deeply.

However, unlike Yue Suchun and Qi Yi who were thinking about proving themselves, he looked at this matter from a higher level perspective based on his historical experience in his previous life.

First of all, he had already speculated and analyzed that Liuying was just looking for an excuse to attack the Central Kingdom.

As for whether there is evidence or not, he thinks it doesn't matter much.

Since the other party did this, they must have made up their minds not to leave any evidence. In other words, even if the Central State officials really found evidence that Liuying planned all this, it would be useless.

Even if it fails this time, Ryuying will still find excuses to cause trouble from other places and situations.

Therefore, in Chen Qing's opinion, instead of worrying about the issue of evidence, it would be better to spy on the other party's true purpose from the fact that Liuying wants to make trouble!

Unless one is a madman, it is impossible for one to "waste" oneself for no reason.

The most important thing is what Ryuying's purpose is in taking this opportunity to attack.

Unfortunately, Chen Qing's position was not high enough. He was just a commoner now and knew very little information. It was not enough for him to look down from a higher level at the reasons why Liuying attacked, so he did not know what Liuying wanted to do.

As for asking Yue Suchun to temporarily bring him into the official internal affairs of the Central State to obtain information, that was totally unrealistic.

Every senior official of the Central State must have gone through layers of background checks, investigations and audits before they can know sufficiently high-level information. Now that he has been pulled into the Central State officialdom, it is impossible for the official insiders to tell him all the information.

Besides, he himself didn't want to go in.

There is a saying that the more you know, the more dangerous it is.

Without sufficient strength, knowing too much will only bring disaster upon yourself.

In addition, he believed that there must be many smart people within the Central Government, and that what he could think of, there must be others who could think of it.

So, he just thought about it for a moment and didn't think about it any further.

After his frown relaxed slightly, facing Yue Suchun and Qi Yi's gazes, he replied, "Uncle and Sister, don't worry. I will tell Jueying about this matter when I return. I believe that for the sake of his master's innocence, he should be willing to cooperate with you."

After hearing what Chen Qing said, Yue Suchun and Qi Yi's expressions eased a little.

……

It was around five in the afternoon, almost six.

"Hongjiang" Bund ferry.

A rickshaw slowly stopped by the roadside.

Then, Chen Qing, wearing a black suit and a top hat, slowly walked out of the car.

The streets were still busy with traffic, but there was a more tense atmosphere than usual, and people coming and going were moving a little faster than usual.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the press conference held by the Liuying Consulate had fermented for an hour or two, and most people in Xicheng had already known about it.

The fact that Ryuying dispatched warships caused people who knew about it to feel more or less worried.

Even though this was just a press conference speech by the Ryusakura Consulate, there will certainly be negotiations between the two sides;
Although the city of "Huhai" has never experienced war, and there is currently no war going on anywhere in the Central Kingdom;
But people still have a little worry about the outbreak of war.

After paying the fare, Chen Qing walked along the common road at the ferry and went down to the river bank.

Then, he randomly found a ferry, boarded the boat, and said to the boatman, "Go to East City."

He came back alone.

Xuanfeng followed Qi Yi to do things.

It wasn't originally going to be so fast, but the press conference held by the Liuying Consulate made Qi Yi anxious.

The help of a "divine transformation" master is still of great help to the investigation. At least with the addition of Xuanfeng, when multiple investigation locations require the "divine transformation" master's ability to observe details, Qi Yi can ask Xuanfeng to go to the other side, be able to split himself into two, and speed up the progress.

"Okay, please stand still, my guest!"

After the boatman responded, he began to untie the ropes tied to the boat piles on the shore, then came to the stern and began to row the boat.

More than twenty minutes later.

When it was around six in the afternoon, the gloomy sky gradually darkened, as if night was about to fall.

The ferry that Chen Qing was on also arrived at the Sanyang Ferry in Dongcheng.

After paying the boat fare, Chen Qing walked from the river bank to Kowloon Avenue on the ferry terminal, and then hailed a rickshaw that was waiting for passengers there.

"Where are you going, sir?"

the rickshaw driver asked with a courteous smile.

Chen Qing, who got on the car and sat down, smiled and said, "Go to Gangqiao."

He did not return to his home in Sanyang, but planned to go to Gangqiao District.

This press conference at the Ryusakura Consulate also gave him a sense of urgency.

Therefore, he planned to go to the Axe Gang in Gangqiao District now to kill the target of his mission "Qiao Yaozong", take the mission reward of 200,000, and make corresponding preparations for the possible war!

(End of this chapter)