Best Young Master
Chapter 425 - 378: Choice

Chapter 425: Chapter 378: Choice

As Ye Fan’s words resonated by her ear, feeling the determination and murderous intent in his voice, Chu Ji was very clear that with Ye Fan’s current combat prowess, if he really set his heart on massacring the Nanqinghong Headquarters, it wouldn’t be difficult.

Of course, if Ye Fan really did that, it would severely violate the rules of the Yanhuang Organization.

But—

Chu Ji was not worried about any of this.

Because she knew that with the trump card in Ye Fan’s hand, known only to her and Chu Xuanji, he could definitely avoid punishment from the Yanhuang Organization!

"Everyone should hold tightly onto their trump card and avoid going to extremes unless absolutely necessary," Chu Ji thought and then reminded him.

Ye Fan nodded, indicating that he understood.

"By the way, are you still planning to find Su Liuli?"

Perhaps sensing the heaviness in the air, Chu Ji changed the subject, but she didn’t refer to Su Liuli as Ye Fan’s sweetheart this time;, instead, she straightforwardly used her name.

"Yes."

Ye Fan nodded again. Even though he had learned that Su Liuli was safe, he felt that he and Su Liuli should meet.

"If all that you’ve said is true, the person who took Su Liuli might very well be Bodhi Wuyin—the number one master of the Buddhist sect. Among the Buddhist masters, only she has a fondness for the ’Amitabha Sutra’ and has created, through the insights from this scripture, a Buddhist Cultivation Technique ’Amitabha Technique’ that made her one of the top ten Supreme Strongmen of the Dragon Ranking!"

Recollecting the information provided by Ye Fan, Chu Ji thought and then said, "Although Bodhi Wuyin is known as the foremost master of the Buddhist sect and the leader of the sect, she has always been accustomed to being solitary, quite similar in temperament to my master. Finding her will definitely not be easy."

Hearing this from Chu Ji, Ye Fan’s eyebrows rose slightly.

He was very aware that for Supreme Strongmen like Chu Xuanji and Bodhi Wuyin, if they chose to seclude themselves for cultivation, they would vanish without a trace, far beyond the reach even of the intelligence networks of the Dao Sect or the Yanhuang Organization.

"How about you go back to Spirit Mountain?" Chu Ji suddenly proposed.

A thought struck Ye Fan as he asked, "The old man has returned to Spirit Mountain?"

"Yes."

Chu Ji nodded, saying, "Before I came to the Southwest, my master visited me in Yanjing to inquire about your situation and told me to inform you that he has found two Plant Essences for you on Spirit Mountain, waiting for you to finish your affairs and go to Spirit Mountain to retrieve them."

Heart warmed by her words, Ye Fan recalled that Chu Xuanji had never provided Chu Ji with Plant Essence. The Plant Essence Chu Ji had used was acquired through her own efforts.

Even when Chu Ji had angrily left the mountain, Chu Xuanji, out of anger, hadn’t given her life-saving Golden Healing Pills or Nirvana Pills.

But now, for the sake of enhancing his strength, Chu Xuanji had personally descended the mountain in search of Plant Essence, which due to his proud and aloof nature, couldn’t be bartered for Elixir Pills, requiring him to venture into perilous lands—a clear sign of his earnest intentions.

"I want you to go back to Spirit Mountain partially so you can take the two Plant Essences my master found for you to increase your strength and partially because I want you to ask for the old man’s help."

Seeing Ye Fan grasp only part of her intentions, Chu Ji added, "Though he’s reclusive and unwilling to interact with others, he seems to have connections with some of the Supreme Strongmen of the Huaxia Martial Arts World in secret. He might know the location where Bodhi Wuyin is cultivating."

Hmm?

At that, Ye Fan’s mind raced, recalling how ’Yan,’ the former number one strongman of the Huaxia Martial Arts World, had once visited Chu Xuanji to invite him to come down from the mountain and save the world.

This somewhat confirmed what Chu Ji had just mentioned—Chu Xuanji might indeed have secret connections with some of the Supreme Strongmen of the Huaxia Martial Arts World!

"I’ll go back to Spirit Mountain tomorrow."

After a moment’s thought, Ye Fan said, "To prevent Nanqinghong from resorting to desperate measures, like their old tricks, you go back to the Dong Hai Gang tomorrow to covertly protect Yuxin and the others."

"All right."

Although Chu Ji knew that Nanqinghong was under strict surveillance by the Yanhuang Organization, she agreed without hesitation—if Lin Tianyi, the helmsman of Nanqinghong, became desperate, he could spend a large sum to hire experts from abroad to kidnap people like Su Yuxin and Situ Ruoshui to lure them out.

Seeing Chu Ji agree, Ye Fan did not bother to thank her overly but instead went back to his bedroom alone, took out his mobile phone, and dialed Ye Wenhao’s private number,

"Have you mostly handled everything in the Southwest?"

As usual, Ye Wenhao answered the call immediately, as if his private line was especially for Ye Fan.

"Pretty much handled;, just some loose ends left,"

Ye Fan replied and then changed the course of the conversation, asking, "Dad, I heard from my aunt that you volunteered to go to the Southeast Asia Special Zone as the Special Chief to help me deal with Nanqinghong?"

"Yes."

Seeing that Ye Fan brought up the matter himself, Ye Wenhao didn’t hide it.

"Dad, as far as I know, after the ’destroy’ virus outbreak, the countries in Southeast Asia, in order to obtain drugs as soon as possible to resist the disaster, were forced to submit to Huaxia, becoming a Special Zone of Huaxia."

Over the years, as the impact of the disaster gradually subsided, the Southeast Asia Special Zone has become very chaotic;, old nations there all want to break away from the Special Zone, or even from Huaxia.

In light of this, the Southeast Asia Special Zone is known among political circles as hell;, all inland Special Chiefs have failed and lost their political careers."

As Ye Fan spoke, a hint of concern could not help but show in his tone, "You better not take the post in Southeast Asia. I’ll handle Nanqinghong myself."

"Offering to take the post in Southeast Asia Special Zone was indeed my initiative, but it’s also a test," Ye Wenhao said, warmed by Ye Fan’s concern, and laughed

"A test?" Ye Fan was puzzled.

"Hmm, a test. Just like you mentioned before, the current situation in the Southeast Asia Special Zone is very unstable; those former small countries within the zone all want independence, creating a situation similar to what Southern Tibet and Western Xinjiang faced back in the day. If I could stabilize the local situation during my term as the Special Chief, it would be a significant mark on my record," Ye Wenhao explained.

He continued, "Your great-grandfather and your grandfather also made it clear that they would support me, and when the time comes, the Ye Family will utilize some of its resources. Moreover, according to your great-grandfather and your grandfather, the higher-ups have already decided to eradicate the Nanqinghong, the cancerous tumor. With government policies backing us, eliminating Nanqinghong will be easy, so you don’t need to worry."

Hearing Ye Wenhao’s words again, Ye Fan fell silent.

He had always suspected that although the two elders of the Ye Family outwardly chose his father, Ye Wenhao, as the third-generation successor, they valued Ye Wenhai more in secret.

Now, with his father Ye Wenhao volunteering to go to Southeast Asia as the Special Chief, not only did the two elders of the Ye Family agree, but they also strongly supported it.

This made Ye Fan vaguely sense something fishy, but he couldn’t mention it to Ye Wenhao—he and the elders of the Ye Family had only a cooperative relationship with no personal feelings, whereas Ye Wenhao treated them as family and respected them greatly.

"By the way, I heard from Ji that you stirred up a storm in the Southwest for the sake of saving a girl named Su Liuli?" Ye Wenhao changed the subject and asked.

"Mm."

"If I remember correctly, she’s your girlfriend Su Yuxin’s cousin, right?" Ye Wenhao asked again.

"Mm."

Ye Fan responded subconsciously and then thought aloud, "I caused such a big turmoil to save her, not only because she is Yuxin’s sister. She also secretly loves me and has done some things for me behind the scenes."

"Oh?"

Perhaps not expecting Ye Fan to say that, Ye Wenhao was taken aback and then asked, "Then why did you let her go to the Southwest alone? You should know that the Southwest is one of Nanqinghong’s strongholds, right?"

"She left suddenly on her own," Ye Fan looked out the window at the night view and sighed softly. "Because she felt it was impossible for her to be with me."

"Why?"

"For one, she is Yuxin’s sister and worried about damaging my relationship with Yuxin. Moreover, she is also Bai Guotao’s illegitimate daughter..."

"What?" Before Ye Fan could finish, Ye Wenhao interrupted, surprised, "She’s Bai Guotao’s illegitimate daughter?"

"Mm."

Ye Fan spoke with a complex tone, "She believes that being Bai Guotao’s illegitimate daughter, and me returning to the Ye Family, considering the grudges between the Bai Family and the Ye Family, it’s impossible for us to be together, which is why she thought of converting to a Buddhist sect and planned to head north from the Southwest to Southern Tibet..."

"Where is she now?" Ye Wenhao then asked.

"If nothing went wrong, she was taken by Bodhi Wuyin, the foremost master of the Buddhist sect," Ye Fan answered.

"What do you plan to do?" Ye Wenhao asked after a long silence.

"I want to continue searching for her, at least to see her once," Ye Fan said, unable to help asking, "If she’s willing to be with me, you wouldn’t mind, would you?"

"Whatever decision you make, I will support you," Ye Wenhao replied, clearly expressing his stance.

"Dad, thank you."

Ye Fan’s heart filled with emotion once more; amidst this emotion, he couldn’t help but cast his gaze toward the western sky, as if searching for the distant figure of Su Liuli.

Meanwhile.

At the foot of a large mountain in Shuchuan Province, which is adjacent to the Southwest.

Bodhi Wuyin, dressed in a white robe, sat cross-legged on a stone, multitasking - one hand holding Buddha beads and silently reciting Buddhist scriptures, while the other meditated.

Not far from Bodhi Wuyin, Su Liuli was not engaging in rigorous meditation like Bodhi Wuyin but was gazing toward the eastern sky, lost in thought.

"Thinking of him?"

Bodhi Wuyin opened his eyes, saw this scene, thought for a moment, rose quietly and came up behind Su Liuli, asking in a whispered tone.

"No... not."

Though she denied it, Su Liuli’s panicked demeanor betrayed her true feelings.

"He is currently not at Dong Hai; he’s in the Southwest," Bodhi Wuyin suddenly said, surprising her.

"In the Southwest?" Su Liuli was startled.

"Yes."

Bodhi Wuyin nodded slightly and calmly continued, "The day after you left, he headed to the Southwest to find you. When he learned that you had fallen into the hands of Nanqinghong, he was enraged and killed all the members of the Nanqinghong Southwest division!"

"Uh..."

As Bodhi Wuyin’s words echoed in her ears, Su Liuli was so shocked that she froze on the spot.

"He must know about your love for him, and judging by his actions, he probably truly cares for you," Bodhi Wuyin remarked, gazing intently at Su Liuli’s delicate face. "Although you have converted to a Buddhist sect and taken me as your teacher, I can give you another chance to choose—if you can’t let go of him, I can take you to him right away!"

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