Chapter 155: Behind the Star Gate in Nanhe Province!

Anqing City.

After the Martial Bureau's students, instructors, and various powerhouses departed, the spatial domain of this starry region plunged back into a silence fraught with killing intent.

Not long after everyone left, a middle-aged figure shot out from the depths of the spatial domain.

Moving at an extreme speed, the middle-aged man instantly arrived at the upper levels of the Anqing City administration building.

Wu Shishen hurriedly stood up from his chair, saying, "You've finally arrived—"

The middle-aged man chuckled softly, "The old master still looks quite robust! Your contribution to repelling the Blood Moon City army early this time is monumental!"

Yet Wu Shishen said with a sense of shame, "To be frank, my old bones had very little to do with the Blood Moon forces retreating so early!"

"Oh?"

"It was done by a few little fellows from my Martial Bureau—"

"Little fellows? How little?"

Wu Shishen smiled and said, "Around 20 years old, third or fourth-grade—"

The middle-aged man couldn't help but scoff, "Old master, saying something like that now, you wouldn't be trying to extract a bit more funding from me, would you?"

"No—"

The two met each other's gazes and remained silent for a moment.

Soon, the middle-aged man asked, "Let's talk about business—"

Wu Shishen took out a letter and handed it to the middle-aged man.

"Human ruins—"

After reading the letter, the middle-aged man muttered to himself.

Wu Shishen said, "This was brought back by those three little fellows from my Martial Bureau!"

This time, there was no questioning; the middle-aged man furrowed his brows in deep thought.

Instead, he said, "Blood Moon has no way to proceed with this matter for the time being. Once Nanhe Province settles down, if those three little fellows mentioned by the old master are truly that miraculous, we'll let them go and take a look?"

Wu Shishen frowned and said, "If you, Minister Chen, feel it is feasible—"

...

Anqing Martial Bureau.

In reality, Liu Guang and Li Jiehao did not hold a grudge against Zhang Ze. Furthermore, in their view, it was probably a good thing for their own brats to suffer a little setback.

After exchanging a few empty pleasantries, Liu Guang, Li Jiehao, and the others left along with Zhao Jinghong.

From beginning to end, that General Liu did not pay any attention to his own son.

...

Once everything was settled, Zhang Ze returned to his dormitory.

Pulling out his phone and intending to call Peng Fei, he saw several missed calls.

Among them were calls from Peng Fei and Qianqian, as well as Huang Ming and Fatty!

Frowning, he dialed back and asked, "Brother Huang?"

Huang Ming picked up the phone, rather excited, "Little Ze, you've finally called me back."

"Is there news about Brother Wang?"

As Zhang Ze asked this, Huang Ming paused for a moment.

"Yes—"

"He is trapped inside the star gate in Nanhe Province. You should have been to this kind of place by now, right? I heard that the star gate beneath the Anqing Martial Bureau..."

Zhang Ze affirmed, "I've been to that place."

"Let's talk about the Nanhe Province star gate instead. How did Brother Wang end up trapped behind the star gate?"

Huang Ming did not elaborate further. Presumably, with his second-grade cultivation, even within the garrison troops, he might not have access to much detailed information.

Finally, Zhang Ze instructed, "I've already broken through to the fourth-grade. Brother Huang, rest assured, I will definitely find Brother Wang!"

With that, the two hung up.

The moment he put down his phone, Zhang Ze couldn't help but recall what Wang Chao had said to him before leaving.

...

Hoo—

Putting this matter aside, if he wanted to know more, he would only be able to find his teacher!

Zhang Ze switched to calling Qianqian instead.

"Brother Ze—"

"You bastard finally got in touch."

"Do you still want this wife of yours or not?"

As soon as the call connected, Zhang Ze heard Qianqian's voice.

Zhang Ze was stunned and scolded, "What wife?"

Qianqian was also somewhat bewildered, "Ren Xue'er started calling us son the moment she saw the two of us. Are you telling me she isn't your wife?"

The moment the words left his mouth, Qianqian regretted them.

It seemed he had just sold himself out.

However, Zhang Ze couldn't be bothered to banter and asked, "Where did you arrange for Ren Xue'er to stay?"

"The house you and Peng Fei bought, of course. Where else could I arrange for her to go?"

Just as he wanted to ask further, he heard Qianqian say, "Brother, Qingxue and I are getting married in a couple of days. Remember to prepare a one-million-dollar red envelope, haha—"

"That's it, hanging up!"

And with that, he hung up on Zhang Ze.

...

That night, Zhang Ze thought about going to see Ren Xue'er, but ultimately suppressed the impulse, crossed his legs on his bed, and prepared to properly sort through his progress over the past few days.

Yet, looking at the pitch-black system interface, Zhang Ze immediately changed his mind and left the dormitory.

At 9:00 PM that night, Zhang Ze arrived at the martial bureau instructors' dormitory.

Just as he reached Wudi's door, he bumped into the figure of Grandmaster Han.

Having recuperated in Anqing City for a long time, Zhang Ze naturally knew the other man's identity and said respectfully, "Senior Han—"

It was just that he was terrible at small talk, immediately poking at the other man's sore spot, "Why isn't Senior Han going in? What are you standing outside the door for?"

Han Yanxin felt somewhat helpless.

Thinking to himself, can't you brat tell?

If I could go in, wouldn't I have gone in?

...

However, Han Yanxin was still quite gentle, "You must be Wudi's student, Zhang Ze, right?"

"Yes—"

"Are you going to give me any welcome gifts?"

Zhang Ze, wearing a thick skin, picked up right where they left off and asked.

"Uh..."

Han Yanxin was slightly taken aback, but still fished out a small trinket—a sixth-grade Nourishing Spirit Pill.

Just like the one Wu Shishen had given him previously, this medicinal pill was immensely helpful to middle-grade martial artists, capable of boosting a middle-grade martial artist's mental strength in a short period.

It also provided tremendous assistance for eventually breaking through to the seventh-grade grandmaster realm.

Zhang Ze accepted the pill and patted his chest in assurance, "How about this, Senior Han? Follow me, and I'll get you into my teacher's dormitory!"

Han Yanxin nodded hastily.

...

Yet the final result was that Wudi kicked Zhang Ze directly out the door.

An eighth-grade powerhouse was someone Wudi couldn't chase away, but for a mere fourth-grade upstart to push his luck—wasn't that just asking for trouble?

In the end, the two of them were left sitting outside Wudi's dormitory door.

Han Yanxin resumed his composure and asked, "You performed quite spectacularly this time. Blowing up the Blood Moon satellite city is secondary; liberating our high-grade combat power was the crucial part!"

"Because of the upheaval at the Nanhe Province star gate?"

Zhang Ze asked.

Han Yanxin was somewhat surprised, "You know about the situation in Nanhe Province?"

Zhang Ze furrowed his brow and said in a deep voice, "To not hide it from you, I have an elder brother who followed the garrison forces into it, and now he is also trapped inside."

"Senior Han, I came looking for my teacher precisely because of the matter in Nanhe Province. You see..."

Good grief.

You accepted a gift, yet didn't deliver on the task.

And now you're trying to shake down Grandmaster Han?

...

Fortunately, Han Yanxin had a gentle disposition and smiled, "There is nothing that cannot be discussed, and besides, you are already fourth-grade."

Following that, Han Yanxin began to explain.

As it turned out, when the fourth star gate of Nanhe Province opened back then, it had gathered more than a dozen high-grade powerhouses from the Dragon Kingdom.

That was a life-and-death battle in the truest sense!

These high-grade powerhouses not only had to intercept the starry domain alien races attempting to charge into Earth after the star gate opened, but they also had to carve out a buffer zone behind the star gate.

By doing so, they enabled the subsequent martial artist armies to successfully march into the spatial domain, build cities, and firmly establish a foothold!

Yet, no one expected that just as the high-grade martial artists were locked in a life-and-death struggle with the starry domain alien races, and the army had fully marched into the spatial domain, two high-grade martial artists from a cult suddenly emerged.

These two sabotaged the star gate and disrupted the spatial stability within it.

This prevented the human high-grades from withdrawing, trapping them alive behind the star gate.

A small number of people, such as Lin Feng and the others, escaped that place, desperately sustaining their heavily wounded bodies and ultimately choosing to temporarily seal the chaotic star gate.

After all, no one could guarantee whether the star gate's space, once disrupted, would undergo positional displacement.

Just in case some starry domain alien race took advantage of the chaos to charge into Earth...