Chapter 146 - Leap Of Faith (1/2)

Chapter 146: Leap Of Faith

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The base of the Cang Dragon was hidden somewhere deep inside mountains of Jiang Bei.

As the elite group of the Disciplinary Units, Cang Dragon’s ranks were less than a hundred. However, the auxiliary teams that serviced the facilitate were ten times that number. Therefore, the base had a decent population.

When Chen Fan was on his way to the base, many members of the Cang Dragon units gathered at the training ground, waiting for the arrival of the new sergeant.

“b.a.l.l.s! They said he is going to come three months ago. How long do we have to keep on waiting? I am getting sick of this!” A bald soldier in dark green uniform complained.

Being the cream of the crop in the military, members of the Special Unit all carried the pompous air and were difficult to make them obey orders willingly.

“This new Head Sergeant think he is some kind of hot shot.” A young man with a cold face said lightly.

“Rumor had it that he was invited here by the head of the HQ personally. He is not even twenty yet and he will be in charge of our personal combat training.” A young soldier who looked much more refined than the rest pushed up his black-rimmed gla.s.ses and said thoughtfully.

“Less than twenty years old?”

Those who heard the news for the first time were taken by surprise. Many soldiers who had been daydreaming in their ennui nearly jumped up after hearing the revelation.

“When Boss Xu finally become the Head Sergeant, he was already in his forties. He had worked hard to get to this position. What makes a less than twenty-year-old fledgling who had done nothing in his life worthy of the post of the Head Sergeant?”

The brawny bold man complained hotly.

“No kidding. He has neither the experience nor the skills. Perhaps he had never even seen a drop of blood before. I bet he is an obnoxious t.w.a.t from some rich family coming to the military just for show.” Someone put in.

“We are not in a position to question our leader’s decisions. We are soldiers and we do only one thing: Obey the order.”

The man with a square face stood at the front of the column announced heavily.

He stood upright in a perfect posture that he had kept ever since this morning. However, his example was not followed by the other soldiers, as some of them slumped their shoulders and some even sat down on the ground.

“Yes, Captain!”

Everyone shouted a reply in unison. Their replies sounded more like a conditioned reflex than a true agreement.

After they had said that, they looked to the square-faced man with a great measure of admiration.

His name is Yue Jianqiu, the captain of the Cang Dragon unit.

He was a man of high standards, particularly toward himself. Meanwhile, he was also a perfect soldier.

He had led his team in and out of danger numerous times and had successfully finished countless impossible missions. For the Cang Dragon soldiers, they respected their captain much more than their sergeants.

However, a few fleeting moments after, the soldier’s newfound mustered spirit was already gone. Many members of the unit returned to their slouching position and some even sat down to take a break, except for one young man. The young man looked eighteen or so and he had kept a good posture ever since this morning just as the captain did.

“Xiao Chu, you have just joined Cang Dragon. There is no need to be too uptight all the time. Our team is pretty laid back, except for when we are on a mission.”

Seeing Chu Minhui’s rigid body and tight face, an older soldier came to him and said.

“But, look at Captain Yue…”

Chu Minhui murmured.

“That’s just him. He always has high standards for himself and everything has to be by the book. He even has a specific location for the placement of his cups, but he never expected others to be the same.” The old soldier cracked a smile. “Our captain leads us by setting an example, but he doesn’t care if we follow it or not.”

“And because of this, we respect our Captain more than anyone.”

“I see…”

Chu Minhui looked to Yue Jianqiu with newfound admiration. His determination to follow the example was not swayed by the old soldier. He straightened his back and corrected the minor imperfections in his posture.

The old solder cracked a friendly smile and didn’t press on. He knew that the new boy was under the captain’s influence.

“It’s easy to do it for a while, but nearly impossible to hold such high standards for a long time. Not everyone can be as determined as Captain.”

He lamented in his mind.

By then, the brawny bold soldier was complaining loudly again.

“Hey, how about let’s teach this new Head Sergeant a lesson as soon as he arrives?” The baldy man suggested with a mischievous smile on his face.

“Quit it, Tank! Captain Yue had told us to obey the orders, haven’t you heard that?” The refined looking soldier said with furrowed brows.

“I didn’t say we had to defy the orders, did I? I have no problem at all with following the Head Sergeant’s orders if he can prove himself worthy. He will have to show us what he has, don’t you think?” Tank said with a smile.

“If he can’t prove himself, we can’t tolerate him here. He can have his t.i.tle as the Head Sergeant, and has to stay away from our training routines.”

“I agree with Tank!” Many Cang Dragon soldiers chimed in.

“What are we going to test him on? Shooting, knife skills or endurance?” Someone asked.

“It doesn’t have to be that complicated. Since he is our Unarmed Combat Sergeant, why don’t we just spar with him with bare handed?” The bald soldier said with a cold smile. “If he can’t defeat us, what makes him worthy of being our sergeant?”

“Agreed!”

Everyone nodded.

Meanwhile, a helicopter was approaching the Cang Dragon’s base from a few hundred meters above the ground.

“Head Sergeant Chen, we are almost there.”

Yu Qin shouted.

It was very loud inside the helicopter and therefore communications were difficult without raising one’s voice.

Chen Fan sat steadily in his seat.

Although it was his first time take a helicopter ride, he didn’t seem too excited. As the North Mystic Celestial Lord, he considered a ride in a Galactic battlecruiser mundane, much less a helicopter ride.

In his past life, he had fought against numerous galactic civilizations. One of which wanted to conquer the earth using their mighty fleet. However, their plan was discovered by Chen Fan so he destroyed their flags.h.i.+p, a few hundred-mile long galactic battlecruiser. In the end, the former superpower in the known universe had to surrender before the unimaginable power of Chen Fan.