At the center of the abandoned industrial district.
A black sedan pulled to a stop.
A tall, short-haired woman in a suit was the first to step out.
"This is the boxing gym's main hall. The place you saw before was only a branch, where most Official Students and Trainee Students train. This is the true heart of the gym."
On the other side of the sedan, Lin Sheng pushed open the door and stepped out.
Looking at the courtyard before him, with its air of old-world elegance, he could not help asking a question.
"Why was this location chosen for the main hall?"
Along the way, most of the factory compounds he had seen were deserted. Only a handful of factories still belched thick smoke as they operated normally.
He was curious why the Iron Bone main hall had been built in such an isolated place.
Never mind the prosperous commercial areas in the West District—this place could not even compare to the branch in the eastern district.
"Because this was the site chosen by the First-Generation Hall Master, and it has been passed down ever since. The surrounding factories only appeared a few decades ago."
As though she had anticipated his question, Yue Hongya answered calmly, then glanced at the surrounding factory compounds and added another remark.
"Besides, more than half the factories in the eastern district belong to the gym."
Lin Sheng paused at that, surprise flashing through his eyes.
As Greenwood City's long-established industrial district, the eastern district had no shortage of factories. Although the old industrial district had fallen into decline and many factories stood empty, some remained in operation.
These factories supplied most of Greenwood City's light industrial goods and a small portion of its heavy industrial output.
Controlling more than half of those