Chapter 677 - The Herb Thief (1/2)

“Martial Arts Pavilion?” Ye Lingchen glanced suspiciously at Wu Yue. It was quite a mighty sounding name.

“Hehe, it’s actually one of the internal organizations within the Warrior’s Department.” Wu Yue smiled earnestly. “It ought to have been difficult for someone with my qualifications to be selected into the Martial Arts Pavilion, but I’ve always looked up to you as my goal. I didn’t expect to be selected after this assessment.”

Ye Lingchen had a pensive expression. “Are there any benefits if you enter the Martial Arts Pavilion?”

Wu Yue nodded and whispered, “People told me that the benefits are huge. Chief Ye, I’m sure you know that there’s an abundance of spiritual energy near Hell’s Gates. A lot of money was spent to create the Martial Arts Pavilion and the spiritual energy inside it is much richer than in Hell’s Gates. Martial artists can achieve twice the results with half the effort inside the pavilion, and it can also be used to break through a bottleneck. If I’m lucky, I might even be able to cultivate my inner force this time.”

“F*ck!” Ye Lingchen could not help but curse in a low voice.

“What’s wrong?” The dumbfounded Wu Yue stared at Ye Lingchen.

“Nothing.” Ye Lingchen shook his head and was practically gritting his teeth. He said, “I just thought of something.”

‘Damn it, I’ve contributed so much to the Warrior’s Department. Qin Baichuan and the other instructors also owe their life to me. I’m really strong too, and at the very least, much stronger than Wu Yue, yet they didn’t so much as mention that to me!

‘This is too much!’

Old Qin regarded him as an outsider.

Although Ye Lingchen was indeed an outsider, who—apart from taking up a post in the Warrior’s Department—was not a real member of the warrior’s department, it did not diminish his exemplary service in the slightest.

Hell’s Gates was the kind of stuff that he took the initiative to enquire after discovering. Otherwise, they might have continued to keep him in the dark! That group of people was just appalling!

Wu Yue became aware of Ye Lingchen’s mood and could not help but cough lightly. “To be honest, Chief Ye, I have only learnt about it recently. Before we enter Hell’s Gate, the Warrior’s Department will ask us if we’re okay with going there. They’ll only tell us more if we agree. Stuff like that will definitely be classified as top secret and we can’t just simply speak about it.”

‘Forget it, Old Qin helped a great deal in the construction of Miracle Island anyway. I won’t blame him, but in the future, I’ll make up for the lost time in the Martial Arts Pavilion.’

Ye Lingchen thought to himself. He looked at Wu Yue and asked, “What else do you know?”

“Not much. Capital New District is a base set up specifically for Hell’s Gate. Its sole purpose is to train warriors to fend against Hell’s Gate. Rumor has it that there are plenty of strong people there, many of whom are martial arts geniuses. There are also a lot of treasures related to martial arts, similar to the Martial Arts Pavilion.”

Wu Yue had a yearning look as he spoke, as if he already saw himself becoming the King of Warriors.

Ye Lingchen nodded.

The Warrior’s Department that the public knew of was just a preliminary screening to produce warriors that were much stronger than ordinary people. They were given the responsibility to guard basic public security and protect society. They would be screened a second time before entering Hell’s Gate, though that process leaned more toward selecting individuals rather than simply filtering them. The 90% mortality rate alone will deter a large number of people, and although a warrior’s mission was to defend their home and country, few would choose to die when given the choice.

Moreover, that screening was likely to select some of the more prodigious warriors for elite training. After all, on top of cannon fodder, advanced combat strength was also indispensable when going up against Hell’s Gate.

The Martial Arts Pavilion demonstrated that the Warrior’s Department was already training high-level martial artists. Old Qin mentioned before that there were many special plants in the Void Realm, and there was every possibility that there might exist some things that could aid in martial arts training.

“Have you heard of any other martial arts masters?” Ye Lingchen asked. He wanted to ascertain where his current strength stood.

Unsurprisingly, Wu Yue shook his head helplessly.

“AWOOOOO!”

The sound of a wolf’s urgent howling was heard all of a sudden. It was ear-piercing, and the other wolves began joining the chorus one after another. Everyone’s expression changed almost immediately because of that.