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Chapter 538 - 502 The Number One Expert in the Imperial Guard

Chapter 538: Chapter 502 The Number One Expert in the Imperial Guard

July 3, East Cape, outskirts.

It took only a week for Qian Kun to arrange for people to establish the Hua Jian Security branch base in the outskirts of East Cape.

This place was originally a real-life CS game base. Now bought by Hua Jian, with slight modifications, it was ready to be used as a branch base.

Recently joined members from the Southern F Chinese community, along with a hundred combat personnel provided by the Mandela family, amounted to three hundred people who had completely assembled. They were just waiting for the official announcement of the establishment of the Hua Jian branch to start training.

Since morning, vehicles had been steadily entering the base; they belonged to the heads and senior members of various Chinese societies from Southern F who had come specifically to attend the ceremony, as Hua Jian had announced that today they would officially establish the Southern F branch.

...

"Ha-ha, Master Zheng, long time no see!"

"Master Li, long time no see."

"This is Master Zhang Zheng, renowned for his Scythe Leg."

"Long admired, long admired."

"Too kind, too kind."

...

The training base had three buildings, and currently, the foremost building was used to receive guests, with He Ye, Luo Bin, and others responsible for welcoming them.

He Ye’s position as chairman was aided by Wu Li, and Luo Bin and the others were akin to having signed a lifelong contract with Wu Li; their reception of guests represented Wu Li’s reception.

In another building, inside a meeting room, Wu Li and Xing Jun were chatting leisurely.

"Zhang Daolong, although a bit arrogant, does possess skill," said Xing Jun.

Zhang Daolong, who was soon to arrive, was the Grandmaster Level expert recommended by Qian Kun as the leader of the Southern F branch.

Curious, Wu Li asked, "Who is better, you or him?"

Upon hearing this, Xing Jun looked a bit uneasy, "We’ve sparred a few times; he slightly has the upper hand."

Wu Li nodded, which implied Zhang Daolong’s capabilities surpassed Xing Jun’s. Of course, since both were only sparring, their true combat abilities remained hidden, as every Grandmaster had a few desperate ultimate moves.

"If you want to contest for the position of this branch’s head, you will definitely have to fight him. Go ahead without reservations. If you win, the position is yours," Xing Jun straightforwardly said.

"That simple?" Wu Li was somewhat surprised.

Xing Jun waved his hand, "In the military, there are no convolutions; if you are capable, step up, otherwise, get lost—just that simple. If Zhang Daolong loses, naturally, he won’t have the face to be the head."

Wu Li nodded, "That simplifies things."

"But defeating him won’t be easy; you need to be prepared," Xing Jun cautioned.

Wu Li: "Understood."

In fact, having fought Zhang Daolong several times, Xing Jun possessed some strategic insights against Zhang Daolong and knew some of his ultimate moves. But he did not share this information with Wu Li, not because he was withholding, but because he disdained doing so—as it would appear as if he and Wu Li were teaming up against Zhang Daolong. Even if he disliked Zhang Daolong, he wouldn’t do that.

Wu Li, too, didn’t inquire Xing Jun about the details of Zhang Daolong’s Kung Fu. Even though he had system detection, those details couldn’t be revealed. Still, Wu Li didn’t ask, as he didn’t want to gain an advantage in such a manner.

Ten minutes later, when footsteps echoed from the corridor outside the meeting room, Wu Li and Xing Jun almost simultaneously turned to look at the main entrance.

He had arrived.

It was like a shark suddenly entering a small pond, because the visitor, without deliberately concealing his spirit, power, and form, allowed Wu Li to keenly sense the difference, thereby deducing that it was Zhang Daolong.

Indeed, a few seconds later, the meeting room’s door opened with Qian Kun walking in first, followed by a man approximately 1.75 meters tall with a pair of bushy brows.

Wu Li immediately focused his attention on the man, using system detection:

[Xingyi Fist (Grandmaster Level), Tai Chi Fist (Master Level), Bagua Palm (Master Level)...]

[Overall Score: Beyond detection range]

[Spirit: 171 (180)

Power: 135 (132)

Body: 126 (116)

(The numbers in parentheses are Wu Li’s data)]

[Ultimate Moves: Focused on movement technique and burst of vitality]

This was Zhang Daolong’s data; he was also a Grandmaster of Xingyi Fist!

When Xing Jun mentioned this earlier, Wu Li became very interested.

Xingyi Twelve Forms, Five Elements Fist Power—although all Grandmaster Level experts were proficient in them, and each form and type of Fist Power executed was absolutely up to standard, each faction of Xingyi Fist had its unique emphasis on forms and power, especially among Grandmasters, the differences were even greater.

For example, Wu Li—undoubtedly, his strongest were the Tiger Form and Splitting Fist Power; his first ultimate move, Heavenly Punishment, was created based on the Tiger Form Splitting Fist.

Then came the Horse Form, as Wu Li had reached the Mercury-like Center of Gravity realm through Improvising the Horse Leap Creek movement technique.

It could be said that Wu Li was most proud of his Tiger Form and Horse Form. So, as a fellow Grandmaster of Xingyi, which form or forms was Zhang Daolong best at?

Wu Li was very interested in this because, throughout his journey encountering many experts, this was the first time he met a peer-level Xingyi Fist expert.

After entering the room, Zhang Daolong also immediately looked at Wu Li, sizing him up.

"Allow me to introduce."

Qian Kun pointed to Zhang Daolong and said, "This is Zhang Daolong, Instructor Zhang, the ace instructor of Central N Sea!"

Xing Jun mainly handled training the fighting instructors of various ace troops and occasionally some King of Soldiers. Whereas Zhang Daolong mainly trained bodyguards in Central N Sea. Many of the Central N Sea bodyguards were personally trained by him, hence privately some referred to him as ’The Number One Expert among the Inner Circle’!

"Instructor Zhang, this is Wu Li."

"Hmm."

Zhang Daolong made a slight sound with his nose, slightly nodding, then moved his gaze away from Wu Li.

Seeing Zhang Daolong’s attitude, Wu Li also just nodded in response, without speaking.

Even though it was their first meeting, Zhang Daolong’s first impression was that of a person innately very proud, as his way of looking at someone made you distinctly feel his condescension.

This was unlike Xing Jun, who despite appearing very reckless and undeterred in his actions, would get along amicably with those he acknowledged, whereas Zhang Daolong gave Wu Li a hard-to-approach vibe.

But considering his reputation as ’The Number One Expert among the Inner Circle’ in Central N Sea, being surrounded daily by high-ranking officials, it was normal for his expectations to be high.

"Come, have a seat."

Qian Kun invited Zhang Daolong to sit, then turned to Wu Li, "Is everyone here?"

Wu Li nodded, "Everyone is here, all the high-ranking leaders of the Chinese societies joining Hua Jian are present."

Qian Kun: "Good, then let’s go now, it’s time for the opening ceremony."

"Hold on," Zhang Daolong suddenly spoke.