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Chapter 95 - 089: Commanding Presence

Chapter 95: Chapter 089: Commanding Presence

At the time when Liu Tianjun carried out Situ Chen’s instructions and returned huge gifts to Nanqinghong, causing chaos in the underworld of Hanghu City, Ye Fan was completely unaware of it.

Today was the day he had consumed the most inner strength since he came down the mountain. In the evening, after returning to Su Family’s No. 2 Villa, he went straight to his room to restore his inner strength through meditation.

On the large bed in the bedroom, Ye Fan, having had a shower and wearing pajamas, sat cross-legged with eyes like a tempest, his body surrounded by streams of air.

With each breath Ye Fan took, the air would surge into his body furiously, circulating along the "small cycle" route, cleansing his body of impurities while silently enhancing the inner strength in his blood.

Once the inner strength was generated, it acted as if summoned, transforming into nine streams and coursing into the nine major acupoints of the "small cycle" route.

Under Ye Fan’s continuous meditation, the inner strength consumed by the nine major acupoints in his body gradually recovered to a full state.

Realizing this, Ye Fan stopped meditating.

Because... he knew that no matter how much more he meditated, there would not even be the slightest increase in his inner strength!

Unless he could step into the Early Innate Realm, allowing the inner strength to flow through the "Grand Circulation" route, thereby opening the acupoints of the "Grand Circulation" and storing inner strength in the new acupoints!

"Shall I try to break through to the Innate Realm?"

Seeing that the inner strength in his body was saturated, Ye Fan suddenly had this thought.

During his time at Spirit Mountain, since Chu Xuanji required him to reach the Innate Realm before descending the mountain, he would attempt to penetrate the Innate Realm every few days.

After this descent from the mountain, he had not tried to do so, and now this sudden idea somewhat excited him.

Ye Fan had always been a decisive person.

Having made up his mind, Ye Fan once again focused his consciousness, his eyes on his nose, and his nose on his heart, achieving a state of tranquility, then with a single thought, the inner strength in the nine major acupoints, like soldiers summoned by a general, surged out.

The inner strength emerged and, under the control of Ye Fan’s consciousness, gathered together like nine streams merging into a river, surging through Ye Fan’s meridians toward the first acupoint of the "Grand Circulation" route!

That acupoint was the entrance of the "Grand Circulation" route. As long as Ye Fan could control the inner strength to surge into it, he would have successfully taken the first step into the Innate Realm!

"Charge!"

Ye Fan steeled his heart, controlling the gathered inner strength and abruptly charging toward the first acupoint of the "Grand Circulation" route!

It felt as if a general leading his troops in battle had issued an attack command and his soldiers had launched a charge!

As before, the moment the inner strength charged at the acupoint, there seemed to be an invisible gate standing outside that acupoint, blocking all inner strength from advancing even a half-step further!

A barrier.

This was a scenario every martial artist would encounter when trying to advance to a higher realm.

Only by breaking through the barrier was there hope to advance in realm!

After the first failed attempt, Ye Fan was not content to give up; he once again controlled the inner strength and launched a second, more forceful charge.

The second attempt was still unable to break through the barrier.

After failing twice consecutively, Ye Fan felt somewhat frustrated, but he did not give up; instead, he gritted his teeth and continued until he finally stopped after the tenth failed attempt.

A hot steam poured out from his pores, making him feel as though he was in an immortal realm, then the mist turned into sweat soaking his entire body.

For the moment, he felt exhausted, and his meridians sent throbbing pains, as if they were being torn apart.

This was a negative consequence of the failed attempt, not only was his inner strength severely depleted, but also... there was a risk of damaging the meridians.

"It seems my senior sister was right, for me, the barrier of the Innate Realm is like a mental block in my heart, only by resolving this mental block and making a breakthrough in spiritual cultivation can I break through the barrier and step into the Innate Realm!" Wiping the sweat from his face, Ye Fan could not help but sigh, got out of bed, walked to the bedside, and looked out over the brightly lit Hanghu City.

"Where are you?"

Gazing out, Ye Fan murmured as he asked.

The moonlight illuminated his resolute face, allowing one to see clearly that in this moment, there was no resentment on his face, only anticipation.

Apparently, he was looking forward to the scene of meeting his biological parents.

...

In Hanghu, in the office building that served as the hub of power in Jiangnan.

Ye Wenhao, Jiangnan’s newly appointed second-in-command, sat in his office, skimming through a report.

Jiangnan Police Chief, Hou Jian, sat across from Ye Wenhao, looking at Ye Wenhao’s slightly furrowed brows with a feeling as if sitting on pins and needles, his expression both in awe and worry.

His awe stemmed from his knowledge that Han Guodong’s fall from grace was entirely due to the man opposite him and the forces behind him—Han Guodong got entangled with the He Family’s affair, which triggered an investigation from above, digging up some past incidents.

As the former second-in-command in Jiangnan and backed by the powerful Bai Family, Han Guodong’s disgraceful downfall could only be orchestrated by the forces represented by the man across from him, when viewed across all of Huaxia.

Hou Jian firmly believed this!

The awe was also because he knew that the man across from him was not just a member of the Ye Family from Emperor City, but also the strongest contender to be the future Family Head of the Ye Family!

Such an identity, let alone him, even those big shots at the same rank as the man feared meeting him.

It was also for this reason, that since the man was parachuted from a certain commission in Emperor City to Jiangnan, the Jiangnan chief had subtly prepared to step down, basically leaving the man to handle all affairs.

In just three days, to gain absolute authority by parachuting, was extremely rare in the history of Huaxia Officialdom!

But neither the old officials of Jiangnan, nor other big shots paying attention to Jiangnan found this strange.

On the contrary, they felt that if the man could not achieve this, it would disgrace the title of the strongest contender among the Ye Family’s third-generation heirs!

As for the worry...

It was quite simple.

Because of the vicious murder case at Lingyin Temple, Ye Wenhao was already very dissatisfied with the police’s work and had ordered the police to catch the murderer within forty-eight hours.

Now, with the Lingyin Temple case still unsolved, and a severe gang firefight occurring in the Hanghu underworld, causing an extremely adverse impact.

Under such circumstances, Hou Jian feared that Ye Wenhao, in a fit of rage, might remove his cap.

For Ye Wenhao, that was just a matter of saying one sentence!

"According to the report, the victim in the Lingyin Temple murder case was from the Donghai gang, the kidnapped person was the daughter of the behind-the-scenes boss of the Donghai gang, Situ Chen, and everything that happened tonight was the Donghai gang’s retaliation against Nanqinghong?" After a long while, Ye Wenhao looked up from the report and turned to Hou Jian.

"Yes, Governor Ye!"

Startled by Ye Wenhao’s question, Hou Jian immediately stood up, his body stiff as a pole, full of respect as he responded.

"Then, you tell me, where is Situ Chen’s daughter now? Where are the bandits who kidnapped Situ Chen’s daughter?" asked Ye Wenhao.

For some reason, Ye Wenhao’s tone was as calm as water, but it brought immense pressure to Hou Jian, making him feel as if a mountain was pressing against his chest, making it difficult to breathe.

He tried hard to adjust his emotions and said, "Governor Ye, I just received the latest news. Situ Chen arrived in Hanghu with people today and returned to Donghai at noon. Through the surveillance footage, we noticed that when Situ Cheng returned, his daughter was in his car. This means that he has rescued his daughter."

At this point, Hou Jian paused for a moment, seeing that Ye Wenhao gave no reaction, he continued to report, "As for the kidnappers of Situ Chen’s daughter, we haven’t located them yet. However... we suspect that they have been murdered by Situ Chen’s people, we are currently investigating with all our efforts..."

"I want not suspicions, but evidence and the truth," Ye Wenhao interrupted Hou Jian emotionlessly.

Hearing Ye Wenhao’s words, Hou Jian felt his heart might leap out of his throat, cold sweat instantly breaking out on his forehead. He didn’t dare to wipe it off but immediately shouted back loudly, "Please rest assured, Governor Ye. We will solve the Lingyin Temple case within forty-eight hours as per your instructions!"

"The urgency lies not merely in solving the Lingyin Temple case, but in how to soothe the aftermath of this gang firefight and give the public a satisfactory explanation!"

Ye Wenhao said sternly, "I don’t care how you do it, I only care about the results! If you can’t give the public a satisfactory explanation, or if I hear about similar incidents again, submit your resignation to the organization voluntarily!"

"Yes!"

Hou Jian’s sweat poured down, his tone grave.

Ye Wenhao didn’t say anything further, but picked up another document.

Seeing this, Hou Jian cautiously left the office, feeling as though he had just taken a turn at the gates of the underworld, his whole body drenched in sweat.

Commanding Presence.

Only today did Hou Jian truly understand the meaning of these words.

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