Chapter Nineteen: I Wish to Become an Apprentice

But beside him, Zhuo Fei’s eyes blazed with an astonishing light!

“Play the video again!” His deep voice left the security guard no room to hesitate, and he immediately clicked replay.

At this moment, the glow in Zhuo Fei’s eyes intensified even more!

“Play it again!” At first, Chen Nan felt a little embarrassed, but as the playback repeated more and more times, a look of disbelief gradually appeared in his eyes as well.

“Master, could it be that he—”

“Don’t speak, keep replaying!”

Zhuo Fei was usually an easygoing man; no one had ever seen this side of him before. For a while, everyone present instinctively slowed their breathing.

Finally, on the eighteenth replay, Zhuo Fei suddenly said, “Slow it down fifty times here!”

The security guard immediately clicked to slow down the footage.

The slow-motion segment wasn’t the moment Yang Feng struck Chen Nan, but rather the moment of exertion when the punch was thrown!

Although everyone else was filled with confusion, no one dared to say a word.

After watching this segment, Zhuo Fei slowly closed his eyes. At this moment, he was certain that the young man in the video had already mastered the Collapsing Fist to its pinnacle!

“Alright, no need to play it anymore.”

“Master, what should we do now?” Chen Nan had also realized something but hadn’t spoken it aloud because the thought was too shocking.

“Find him. I want to become his disciple!!!”

The moment these words were spoken, everyone in the martial arts school was stunned, their mouths agape.

Of all the emotions swirling, none were more complex than Chen Nan’s.

He had originally hoped to recruit a junior brother, but now the other party was on the verge of becoming his grandmaster!

What was even more unbelievable was that the youth was only eighteen years old!

“Who here knows Yang Feng?”

Chen Nan said, “I do. Let me make the call.”

He dialed Yang Feng’s number. While waiting and pondering how to approach the matter, a recorded message came through on the other end.

“Hello, the number you dialed is turned off. Please try again later.”

“Master, the phone can’t be reached!” Chen Nan said helplessly.

“Do you have an address? I will go visit in person!” Zhuo Fei said immediately.

The receptionist spoke up: “Director, our martial arts school doesn’t require members to provide their home addresses!”

This made Zhuo Fei’s brow furrow even deeper.

He was truly afraid that the youth might never come back to their school.

Although Song City wasn’t large, with a population of over a million, finding the boy in such a vast crowd was like fishing for a needle in the ocean.

Fortunately, the receptionist seemed to understand the director’s thoughts.

“Director, actually, there is a way we might be able to find Yang Feng!”

“What way?” Zhuo Fei asked at once.

“Director, Yang Feng came to our martial arts school to measure his vitality three times in total. The first time, his vitality was about 1.2, the second time it rose to 1.8, and by the third measurement, it reached 3.5.

“But from the first time Yang Feng came to our school until now, only two weeks have passed.

“And the warrior’s assessment and certification take place on the fifteenth of every month!”

Everyone fell silent after hearing this.

Chen Nan was no exception.

If at first he thought Yang Feng was a peerless genius, after hearing the receptionist’s words, he realized Yang Feng was a monster among monsters.

Such a terrifying rate of growth—what kind of achievements would he reach in the future?

It was simply unimaginable.

Yang Feng’s growth trajectory had never been spoken of before; this was the receptionist’s first time revealing it.

Seeing the room quiet down, she realized everyone’s attention had drifted off-topic.

Well, if she hadn’t witnessed it with her own eyes, she wouldn’t have believed such rapid improvement was possible.

So she forcefully redirected everyone’s focus: “Director, what I mean is that Yang Feng is very likely to apply for the warrior’s assessment at the Warrior’s Guild on the fifteenth of this month!”

Her words startled everyone as if waking a dreamer.

“Excellent. Your name is Cheng Yan, right? From today on, you’re promoted to manager of this branch. You’ll receive five percent of this store’s monthly profits!” Zhuo Fei said immediately.

Whether or not this method would find Yang Feng, he admired Cheng Yan’s attentiveness and reasoning skills. Since the manager position was vacant, he chose to promote her directly.

Cheng Yan hadn’t expected a simple display of her abilities before the director to result in a promotion and raise.

She quickly expressed her gratitude: “Thank you, Director!”

Her colleagues nearby showed envious expressions.

Zhuo Fei paid no mind to their reactions. He then turned to Chen Nan: “You contact the Warrior’s Guild. Send them the video. If the master shows up at the guild, notify me immediately!”

Chen Nan was slightly taken aback when he heard “master” and silently scoffed—he hadn’t even started taking disciples, yet the master title was already used?

But such thoughts were confined to his mind; outwardly, he obediently said, “Alright, Master…”

“We also can’t place all our hopes on the Warrior’s Guild. Since he’s only eighteen, he must still be in high school. You all should inquire at the various schools and see if anyone knows this prodigy named Yang Feng!”

“Whoever finds Yang Feng first will receive a reward of one hundred thousand!”

“Yes, Director!” everyone responded in unison.

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At this moment, Yang Feng was sitting on a high-speed train, unaware that two groups had stationed themselves at the Song City Warrior’s Guild, watching him.

Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn’t care!

As for why the two groups couldn’t reach him by phone, it was because he was in the wilderness. Unlike the previous world, the wilderness here was extremely dangerous, and various mutated and powerful beasts constantly threatened human safety.

Therefore, the cellular network coverage was poor. Even on the train, private phones often lost signal.

This was the real reason why the calls couldn’t get through.

Yang Feng’s destination this trip was Zhengfu City, a neighboring city to Song City. The two cities were only about a hundred kilometers apart in a straight line, reachable by train in two hours.

Unlike Song City, though also surrounded by mountains, Zhengfu City was closer to Longjiang and economically more prosperous.

Right after disembarking, Yang Feng immediately felt that Zhengfu City was wealthier than Song City.

The reason was simple: the train station here was more spacious and brighter.

They say a station is the face of a city, and there is some truth to that.

He took out his phone and dialed his mother’s number. The call was quickly answered.

“Son, why are you calling me all of a sudden?” his mother’s voice came through.

“Mom, because my body has awakened. Recently, my vitality has been growing very fast. My teacher values me and asked me to stay at his house for a few days for proper guidance, so I won’t be home these days.”

On the other end, Lu Qing was clearly taken aback. She hadn’t expected such a good teacher for her son.

As for her son’s words, she had no doubt. Since childhood, her eldest son had never lied to her.

“Alright, I understand. Son, since the teacher values you, you must listen to him and work hard!”

“Okay, I will, Mom.”

After hanging up, Yang Feng exhaled softly. A person who had never told a lie before would never be suspected when he told his first one.

He was truly grateful to himself for maintaining the image of a good son all these years in front of his mother; otherwise, this kind of thing wouldn’t be so easily brushed off with a few words.