Yu Jingming stood at the door, unsure of which way to go.
" Jingming!"
A familiar voice came from inside.
Ye Chengyun stepped out from the crowd and waved to him.
Beside him were Deng Ming and Fang Yunshu, who had teamed up with him last time.
Yu Jingming breathed a sigh of relief and quickly walked over.
"You've come at the right time." Ye Chengyun smiled and patted his shoulder, lowering his voice, "Master Lei was just asking about you."
"Ask me?" Yu Jingming was taken aback.
"Yes, Master Lei Zhijian also runs his own dojo. He was curious after learning that your family owns the Vast Waves Martial Arts School, so he asked you about it," Ye Chengyun said with a smile.
"Huh? Master Lei Zhijian also runs a martial arts school?" Yu Jingming, somewhat surprised.
He had only seen it in the news before, which said that Master Lei Zhijian was the first person in Linhai to sense the Origin Power because of his many years of arduous practice of yoga.
That is why he is called a master.
But this was the first time he had ever heard that Master Lei Zhijian ran a Daoist temple.
"Yes, it's called Pine Moon Martial Arts School." Ye Chengyun nodded in confirmation.
Yu Jingming frowned and pondered for a while, then slowly shook his head.
"I don't think I've heard of that."
"That's normal." Ye Chengyun chuckled. "Master Lei Zhijian's style is 'Zen and martial arts in harmony,' and his fees are quite high, so it's normal that you haven't heard of him. However, your father should have."
Yu Jingming nodded, momentarily at a loss for words.
"How about it, do you want to go and say hello to Master Lei Zhijian?" Ye Chengyun asked.
Upon Yu Jingming hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is Master Lei Zhijian here?"
"There!" Ye Chengyun pointed in a direction.
Yu Jingming looked in the direction he was pointing.
There, a man who looked to be close to forty years old, wearing a modified Hanfu-style stand-up collar top and with his hair tied up, was talking to other people.
"I'll go over there for a bit, then I'll come back to find you later," Yu Jingming said, turning to the group.
"Okay, go ahead."
The group nodded.
Yu Jingming pass by, Ye Chengyun withdrew his gaze and looked at the two people beside him.
"By the way, Brother Deng, do you know what Master Lei Zhijian wanted to say at this gathering?"
Deng Ming glanced at the two people already talking not far away, "Maybe they're trying to form a clique."
"Huh? Forming cliques?" Fang Yunshu looked at Deng Ming with some surprise. "How can you form a clique by bringing everyone together? If I remember correctly, Master Lei Zhijian did call everyone over, didn't he?"
"This is only for now," Deng Ming said, turning his gaze away. "There will be new people joining later."
"Uh..." Fang Yunshu choked for a moment, then asked, "But what's the point?"
The Martial Arts Association doesn't have any requirements for martial artists in the community now, as long as they don't cause trouble.
Therefore, these martial artists in society are basically in a state of peace and quiet right now.
I just busy myself with my own things every day.
Whether you're cultivating yourself, working, or even if you want to slack off and go traveling, that's perfectly fine.
"It's just meaningless now, but it will come in time," Deng Ming replied casually. "Besides, this is just my guess; the real situation might not be as I think."
"Whatever it is, it's always good for us to get together and get to know each other," Ye Chengyun said with a smile.
"Come to think of it, this seems to be the first time that all the martial artists from our Linhai have gathered together like this..."
The three chatted about all sorts of things.
During this time, more people arrived one after another.
A young man who had just entered looked around and then fixed his gaze on the three of them.
" Ye Chengyun!"
Ye Chengyun looked in the direction of the sound, then turned to Deng Ming and Fang Yunshu, looking embarrassed.
"Excuse me, a friend is coming over, I'll go check on them."
Deng Ming and Fang Yunshu nodded.
Ye Chengyun walked towards the young man.
" Duan Yufeng, didn't you only sense the Origin Power last week? You've come here too." Ye Chengyun said with a smile.
"Look at you, so capable! You're only a little over a month ahead of me!" Duan Yufeng said discontentedly.
"It only takes a month, but there are about a dozen people involved!" Ye Chengyun said with a smile.
"Alright, I'm not going to argue with you about this anymore." Duan Yufeng waved his hand impatiently. "I tried what you told me about interviewing people at the Martial Arts Association entrance, but the security guards wouldn't let me in!"
"Oh? Is that so?" Ye Chengyun, somewhat surprised.
"Yes, they only let me in. Others aren't allowed in unless they sense the Origin Power."
Duan Yufeng nodded, then asked with some confusion:
"Why can you do it, but I can't?"
"Perhaps because there are more people now, they changed the rules."
Ye Chengyun smiled, seemingly unconcerned.
"Since they can enter if they sense the Origin Power, why don't you just have them say they sensed the Origin Power?"
"What are you talking about? If they cause trouble in front of the Martial Arts Association, we're doomed!" Duan Yufeng said irritably.
Ye Chengyun smiled. "So, did you ultimately give an interview?"
"I accepted it, but it was taken at the entrance, so I don't know how well it turned out," Duan Yufeng said with some regret.
"As long as you become a martial artist, it will still be somewhat useful, but the effect now is definitely not as good as it was back then," Ye Chengyun said.
"Yes, I know. As long as I raise my company's stock price a little, I can sell some shares and then buy them back when the price drops!" Duan Yufeng nodded.
Just as the two were about to continue their conversation, they noticed that the lights in the banquet hall dimmed slightly.
Then a figure walked towards the stage in front.
The people in the banquet hall realized what was happening and fell silent.
Lei Zhijian stood on the stage, his hands hanging naturally at his sides, his gaze sweeping steadily over the crowd below.
First of all, thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to come.
His voice was gentle yet powerful.
"I've gathered everyone here today to announce something important."
He paused briefly, then slowly spoke under everyone's gaze:
"Following the decision of the Linhai City Supervision Bureau, and as appointed by Chairman Wang Hai, I will now serve as the Vice President of the Martial Arts Association."
As soon as he finished speaking, a murmur of discussion immediately arose from the audience.
No one expected that Master Lei Zhijian would be talking about this very thing today.
Lei Zhijian didn't rush to continue, but waited a few seconds until the murmurs subsided before speaking again.
"I'm telling everyone about this because there's likely to be more and more people sensing the Origin Power and registering, which will make things much busier."
"And everyone here is one of the best among the first in Linhai to sense the Origin Power."
Therefore, I hope to receive everyone's support and cooperation in the future.
"There's nothing much going on yet, but at least we'll have one more thing to deal with than before?"
Upon hearing this, the crowd looked at Master Lei Zhijian on the stage with some curiosity.
"Master Lei, no, Chairman, what is it?" someone asked.
Lei Zhijian looked at the expectant crowd, chuckled, and said:
"The task of training new aspiring martial artists who have come to sense Origin Power will no longer be carried out by members of the Supervision Bureau, but will fall to us."
"Of course, this task isn't done for free; we'll earn points..."