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Chapter 413 - 367 Southwest Storm 3

Chapter 413: Chapter 367 Southwest Storm 3

Because of Ye Fan’s actions in Hanghu and Dong hai and because Ye Fan was Ye Wenhao’s illegitimate son, Ma Chaoyang had started paying attention to Ye Fan a long time ago and had a clear understanding of his background.

At that moment, he recognized Ye Fan with just a glance and was so shocked that he was left agape, to the extent that he had no idea what Zhou Wu had said last.

Under the light.

He stared at Ye Fan in horror, motionless.

"Sorry, Uncle Ma, to avoid some trouble, I could only meet you in this way."

Looking at Ma Chaoyang’s stunned expression and hearing the "beep beep" sound from Ma Chaoyang’s mobile phone, Ye Fan stopped walking and opened the conversation with a smile.

Swish!

Startled by Ye Fan’s words, Ma Chaoyang’s face turned pale, and his body shook so much that he almost threw his phone away!

"Uncle Ma, don’t worry, Zhou Wu has already hung up the phone," said Ye Fan, well aware of what Ma Chaoyang was concerned about.

"Phew~"

Hearing Ye Fan’s words again, Ma Chaoyang took a long breath of relief, and, not wanting to give Ye Fan the wrong impression, he quickly added, "Xiao Fan, I... "

"Uncle Ma, I know the person you were talking to is Zhou Wu, head of the Yanhuang Organization East Sea Branch. You’re afraid he will find out I came to you," Ye Fan said, smiling as he interrupted Zhou Wu, "Because Zhou Wu’s junior brother is a martial artist recruited by the Bai Family, he can be considered half a person from the Bai Family Faction. In addition, he bears a grudge against my father, right?"

Huh?

As Ye Fan’s words rang in his ears, Ma Chaoyang was startled yet again.

Firstly, he had not expected Ye Fan to know so much about Zhou Wu; more importantly, Ye Fan’s initiative in saying so made it almost certain to him that tonight’s incident was manipulated by Ye Fan behind the scenes!

As if to confirm Ma Chaoyang’s speculation, Ye Fan waited for Ma Chaoyang to stabilize his emotions before speaking again, "Uncle Ma, you must be thinking that I am behind what happened tonight at Tiger Roar Manor and Wudang Martial Arts Hall. I won’t hide it from you—both incidents were indeed my doing."

Swish!

Ye Fan’s straightforward admission caused Ma Chaoyang’s complexion to change wildly once more!

Although he had a vague judgment in his heart, hearing Ye Fan admit it outright still shocked him deeply. He couldn’t help but be curious about why Ye Fan had come to find him and told him all this.

"Xiao Fan, come, have a seat and let’s talk."

After a brief moment of shock, Ma Chaoyang came back to his senses, guessing Ye Fan’s intention and, with a strained smile, gestured invitingly for Ye Fan to sit down.

Seeing this, Ye Fan didn’t put on airs and straightforwardly walked over to sit down on the sofa opposite Ma Chaoyang.

"Xiao Fan, what exactly happened tonight?" As soon as Ye Fan took a seat, Ma Chaoyang couldn’t help but voice the puzzlement in his heart.

"Uncle Ma, you must remember the favor I asked of you to help me find someone, right?" Ye Fan countered.

"Of course, I remember."

Ma Chaoyang replied subconsciously, then had a moment of realization, his pupils dilating slightly, "Could it be that your friend fell into Nanqinghong’s hands?"

"Yes. Wu Hu, the head of Nanqinghong’s Southwest Region, had his men kidnap my friend, intending to send my friend to the Golden Triangle and then lure me there to die in a foreign land," Ye Fan said, nodding while a chill flashed in his eyes, "To rescue my friend and thwart Wu Hu’s plans, I went straight for the kill, taking out Wu Hu’s bodyguards and key henchmen, and forced Wu Hu to call his subordinate Li Kui to stop sending my friend to the Golden Triangle."

"That’s why! That Wu Hu really deserved to die!" Ma Chaoyang suddenly understood and blurted out a statement, which was indirectly expressing support for Ye Fan.

Hearing this, Ye Fan knew in his heart that he had made the right choice—Ma Chaoyang had been personally promoted by his father and was a member of the Ye Family Camp. With Ye Fan recognized by the Ye Family and favored by the elders, Ma Chaoyang would stand with him whether out of gratitude or considering his own future.

"By the way, Young Master Ye, what about the incident at Wudang Martial Arts Hall?" Seeing Ye Fan quiet, Ma Chaoyang asked again.

"While I was killing Wu Hu and the others, Xu Longxiang, the chief disciple of the Wudang Sect, made a move to kill me, but I counter-killed him," Ye Fan said solemnly, "And the Wudang Sect targeted me solely because of the recent incident where my father and I killed Murong Gu and his son, Father Murong, and took the sect’s treasure, Taiyi Xuan Sword."

"So the gunmen were your men?" Ma Chaoyang asked.

Ye Fan shook his head, "No. They were Nanqinghong’s men."

"Nan... Nanqinghong’s men?"

Ma Chaoyang, eyes wide, almost had his eyeballs pop out in astonishment, feeling his thoughts in disarray—how could Ye Fan, after killing Wu Hu and his men, use Nanqinghong’s men to attack Wudang Martial Arts Hall?

"Yes."

Ye Fan nodded and explained, "Uncle Ma, you should know that I am not only a martial artist but also a magician. Magicians have many unimaginable methods. I used some means to mix the false with the true, making Wu Hu’s subordinate Ma San receive an order to attack Wudang Martial Arts Hall. And given Ma San’s background as a special forces soldier who always abides by military conduct, he did not notice any anomaly and executed the order without question."

Having learned the full story behind both incidents that evening, Ma Chaoyang fell silent.

Under the light, his look toward Ye Fan changed, becoming more complex.

Though he had learned of some of Ye Fan’s actions through the intranet database and other channels of information, deep down he still believed that Ye Fan’s smooth progress was largely due to relying on the mountain that was Ye Wenhao and the Ye Family, not on his own strength.

And today, Ye Fan had struck at the heart of the issue and cut off the source before creating chaos with deception and killing with a borrowed knife...

All of this told him that Ye Fan was able to reach today’s stage, definitely not by relying on his father’s power, but on his own abilities—Ye Fan was far more terrifying than he had imagined!

"Could it be... could it be that he came to me because he wants me to help him cover up the crime and erase the evidence?"

As Ma Chaoyang realized Ye Fan’s true nature, a thought suddenly emerged in his heart.

The thought had just appeared when, almost without thinking, Ma Chaoyang said, "Xiao Fan, whatever you need me to do, just say it. As I’ve said before, if it can be done, I’ll put in more than my utmost effort to ensure it’s well done; if it can’t, I’ll still give more than my utmost effort to make it happen!"

"If nothing unexpected happens, Zhou Wu already knows I killed Wu Hu and the others." Ye Fan said something astonishing. "But because I destroyed all the evidence, he has no proof that it was me who did it."

"Uh..."

Ma Chaoyang was once again so shocked that his mouth gaped, and his eyes bulged. He had never dreamed that Zhou Wu would already know the man behind the scenes was Ye Fan!

After the shock, Ma Chaoyang asked with full confusion, "If he has no evidence, how does he know it was you?"

"I’ve said before that he can be considered half a person from the Bai Family faction. And the Bai Family dreams of seeing me dead." Ye Fan unveiled the mystery. "Besides, Uncle Ma must have heard about the Bai Family’s secret support of Qinghong."

Ma Chaoyang remained silent. He knew all this and understood the logical relationship in what Ye Fan had said, but he was still unable to connect these pieces perfectly with a single thread.

"After I killed Wu Hu, I had a conversation with Lin Tianyi. Lin Tianyi should indirectly tell the Bai Family about this." Ye Fan paused here, believing that Ma Chaoyang could infer everything that followed.

As expected, upon hearing Ye Fan’s words, all the confusion on Ma Chaoyang’s face was swept away. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Xiao Fan, even if the Bai Family wants to deal with you through Zhou Wu, but as you said, since you left no evidence, Zhou Wu, even if he wants to target you, is simply powerless."

"Yes, I’m not afraid at all that he will come after me," Ye Fan nodded.

"Then why?"

Confusion re-emerged on Ma Chaoyang’s face. In his view, if Ye Fan was confident that all evidence had been eliminated and not afraid of Zhou Wu, there was absolutely no reason for him to come to him, and even less reason to tell him all this.

After all, it’s much easier for one person to keep a secret than for two!

"I want to eradicate Nanqinghong’s influence in the Southwest Region," Ye Fan stated bluntly.

"Eradicate... Nanqinghong?" Ma Chaoyang stared wide-eyed, incredulous.

As the leading hand of the Southwest Police, he dreamt of pulling out the thorn that was Nanqinghong, but due to the lack of solid evidence and Nanqinghong’s entrenched influence in the Southwest, forming an entire chain of interests, he had always been eager but powerless. It wasn’t just about eradicating Nanqinghong as a whole; even investigating Wu Hu and his core subordinates was extremely difficult.

"Xiao Fan, it makes me happy that you trust me and have come to me for help."

After the shock, Ma Chaoyang let out a wry sigh, "I really want to help you, but as you know, Nanqinghong is an underground force. Most of the leaders are Martial Artists, primarily monitored and managed by the Yanhuang Organization, with our police force only assisting. This means that to eradicate Nanqinghong’s influence in the Southwest, you must get Zhou Wu’s support."

As he spoke, the wry smile on Ma Chaoyang’s face grew deeper.

In his opinion, even if Zhou Wu was not a man from the Bai Family camp, he might not help Ye Fan eradicate the deeply entrenched Nanqinghong in the Southwest, to say nothing of Zhou Wu being half aligned with the Bai Family Faction.

This time, Ye Fan did not speak but instead took out Wu Hu’s mobile phone.

Huh?

Seeing this, Ma Chaoyang was puzzled.

Ye Fan smiled, did not explain, and simply played a recording on Wu Hu’s mobile phone.

"Ma San, I’ve just been the target of an assassination by a disciple of Wudang Sect, and I nearly lost my life to the Netherworld."

"You must immediately take men to bloodbath the Wudang Sect’s Martial Arts Hall in Nanming, remember, not a single one is to be spared!"

"Yes, Mr. Hu!"

As the recording played, Wu Hu’s conversation with Ma San was clearly transmitted into Ma Chaoyang’s ears.

Ma Chaoyang looked at Ye Fan in astonishment, as if to ask: How... how did you manage this?

"With this evidence as a breakthrough, and with instructions from the higher-ups to take down Nanqinghong, do you think an anxious Yanhuang Organization will find it difficult to deal with Nanqinghong’s influence in the Southwest?" This time, instead of clearing up the confusion, Ye Fan countered with a question.

Not difficult!

An answer instantly surfaced in Ma Chaoyang’s mind, and then he looked at Ye Fan in disbelief, "Xiao... Xiao Fan, are you certain that the higher-ups will issue such instructions?"

"Within two days, instructions from the higher-ups will reach the Southwest!" Ye Fan replied with confidence, not directly answering the question.

Ma Chaoyang was struck dumb.

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