Chapter 321: Chapter 42: Return without Success, Ambush Jiang Ning!

Inspection Office.

On the highest loft.

A faint mist arose.

“Residence Master, have a taste!”

Ye Qiu stretched out his hand, indicating for Hong Minghu to taste the freshly brewed hot tea in front of him.

A moment later.

“Excellent tea!”

Hong Minghu took a sip and nodded in praise.

“Residence Master, do you think we should intervene in the chaos below?” Ye Qiu asked immediately after seeing Hong Minghu set down his teacup.

“Chaos? What chaos?” Hong Minghu looked at Ye Qiu with a surprised expression.

“Do you really not understand, Residence Master?” Ye Qiu asked.

Hong Minghu said, “Why beat around the bush? Speak plainly!”

Hearing this, Ye Qiu stared into Hong Minghu’s eyes and remained silent for a good two breaths.

Then, he chuckled softly.

“Alright!” Ye Qiu nodded firmly.

Just then, the two turned their heads toward the stairs behind them.

Thump, thump, thump–

The sound of footsteps was especially clear in the silent snowy weather, growing louder and clearer.

“Commander Jiang has actually come!” Hong Minghu looked at the just appearing Jiang Ning and smiled faintly.

“Brother Jiang!” Upon seeing him, Ye Qiu immediately stood up to greet him.

“Brother Ye!” Jiang Ning also greeted him with a smile.

He then slightly bowed to Hong Minghu.

“Residence Master, I have seen you.”

“Commander Jiang, you actually found the time to visit me today!” Hong Minghu said with a smile, “Let’s sit together!”

“Thank you, Residence Master!” Jiang Ning bowed slightly.

Shortly.

Jiang Ning and Ye Qiu took their seats in front of Hong Minghu.

“Brother Jiang, have some tea!” Ye Qiu poured a cup of steaming tea for Jiang Ning.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning lightly sipped the tea and promptly set down the cup.

“It seems Commander Jiang has something to discuss?” Hong Minghu asked.

“Yes!” Jiang Ning nodded.

“If you have something to say, speak freely!” Hong Minghu spoke up.

Hearing this, Jiang Ning immediately asked, “Does the Residence Master know about the matter of innocent people being killed in the name of capturing God Worship Sect followers?”

“Killing the innocent for credit?” Hong Minghu’s face darkened. “Commander Jiang, could you elaborate?”

“Residence Master, are you aware that the recent victims targeted by the captains and commanders are all ordinary citizens?” Jiang Ning said.

“This is impossible!” Hong Minghu shook his head.

He continued, “I have verified that those people were indeed tainted with the aura of the Evil God defeated by the God Worship Sect. Anyone tainted with the Evil God’s aura cannot be mistaken.”

“Do you genuinely not know, Residence Master?” Jiang Ning looked intently at Hong Minghu.

“Ridiculous!” Hong Minghu said angrily.

“Residence Master, please calm down!” Ye Qiu said quickly, trying to pacify him.

Then he pulled Jiang Ning’s arm downward.

At this moment.

Hong Minghu also slightly relaxed his expression.

He looked at Jiang Ning, “I know what you want to say! But I want to tell you, Great Xia is said to share the world with the Sect families, and this world is not that of the ordinary citizens.”

“The Inspection Office needs not only to establish authority but also to gain the support of those people.”

“As for those captains and deputy commanders you mentioned, apart from you, who else comes from an ordinary family?”

“Those citizens were once followers of the God Worship Sect, tainted by the essence of the Evil God, so killing them is not wrongful.”

Saying this, Hong Minghu stared at Jiang Ning.

“You were born in an ordinary family, so your perspective is problematic! Now that you are in power, you need not consider the ordinary citizens but only those of your own stature.”

“In this world, ordinary people can’t overturn anything!”

Having said this.

Hong Minghu added, “Commander Jiang, go back and think it through! You should know that your fellow Deputy Commander, He Jinyun, belongs to a hereditary noble family.”

“With you as Deputy Commander, Yuan Hua of the Yuan family in Donglin City; his father Yuan Xianzong is known as a junior Grandmaster and is one of the Six Elders of the Golden Wheel Sect.”

“With you, Tang Miaomiao, who belongs to a branch of the Tang Sect in Bashu County and has studied deeply in the Tang Sect until she was eighteen.”

“And the commander above you, Li Changkong, is the direct descendant of the Beili Li clan.”

“…”

A moment later.

“I’ll take my leave!” Jiang Ning bowed and turned to leave.

Ye Qiu also hastily said, “Residence Master, let me see Commander Jiang off and have a word with him.”

“Go ahead!” Hong Minghu said indifferently.

Afterward.

He watched the two walk away, shaking his head secretly.

“Naive!!”

At this moment, Hong Minghu suddenly felt somewhat grateful.

Grateful that Jiang Ning had not agreed to marry his younger daughter.

After the previous incident where Jiang Ning reported He Jinyun for killing the innocent for credit, and from today’s various behaviors and statements of Jiang Ning,

He had realized that Jiang Ning was a genuinely good person.

But to him, good people were inherently terrifying.

Being overly righteous, unwilling to adapt, and refusing to blend in, would ultimately be crushed by the overwhelming tide of the times.

In the face of such powerful trends, so-called prodigies, young Grandmasters, were all insignificant, meaningless.

As opposing the great trend leaves no room for growth to that extent.

And even growing to that extent, becoming a Grandmaster who stands above others, still couldn’t withstand the great trend.

Unless one could become a figure like the Martial Saint.

Only such figures could represent the trend, the world’s great trend!

Hong Minghu pondered for a long time then shook his head again.

“Fortunately, I didn’t become relatives with him; otherwise, given his current temperament, if he doesn’t adapt, it would likely lead to a catastrophe in the future, thereby endangering my wife and daughter!”

Then he chuckled again.

And muttered to himself, “These days, my Contribution Points earnings haven’t been bad!”

“How could I let this lad mess up my good fortune!”

“I am too eager to progress!” Hong Minghu said this with a wistful expression.

Since he hadn’t reached the Fifth Grade Internal Strength Realm through conventional means, it was presumed that in this lifetime, he had no hope of advancing to a higher level of Martial Arts.