A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1039 The Long-Awaited Call

The Li family and the Lei family weren't the only ones who received Lu Ming-Feng's invitation that day. Included in the invitation list were the leaders of every city in Jiangdong. They were invited to gather for a feast at the Haiyuan Restaurant in Yunzhou three days later.

Lu Ming-Feng had sent a clear and threatening message. They would share the same fate as Mufan Group if they failed to show up.

The peaceful military camp showed no signs of unrest while a storm brewed in Jiangdong.

The Jiangdong military camp had shut itself off from the secular world. It did not interfere with the worldly conflicts of the latter.

Ye Fan had been busy training during this period and was completely oblivious to what was going on outside the camp.

On this day, Ye Fan had just awoken from his bout of meditation.

The joints in his body cracked loudly as he stretched and loosened his muscles.

"Dragon God Body is indeed the best defensive martial arts in the world. It's even healed the chronic injuries that great grandmother's Revitalization Bath couldn't within the span of a few days!"

Ye Fan was thrilled.

Since he had gained the Yin Dragon Body, his Dragon God Body had received an immense boost in power.

The Yin Dragon Body's healing properties had worked incredibly.

The sacrifice that Ye Fan had made had not been for nothing.

But Ye Fan's Yin Dragon Body was still not fully developed and thus its healing properties could not compare to that of Yu Yun's Yin Dragon Body.

There wasn't anything that Ye Fan could do about that though.

The Dragon God Body was a martial art that could only be mastered when two persons practiced it at the same time. Without a partner, he couldn't strengthen his Yin Dragon Body even if he wanted to. "I should be content with the level of Yin Dragon Body that I have," Ye Fan said to himself as he smiled.

His injuries were fully healed and his strength fully restored. The feeling of being finally healed of all his injuries after such a long time made Ye Fan's spirits soar.

He felt powerful again and that felt amazing.

He felt as if he were walking on air.

Having returned to his full strength, Ye Fan did not waste any time in picking up the phone and dialing a number that he had not rang for a very long time.

It took some time before the call finally got through.

"Who is this?" An old man's voice, low and cautious, rang out from the other end of the line.

"Han, it's me," said Ye Fan.

"...and you are?" The voice on the other end of the line trembled audibly.

There was still a clear hint of caution and suspicion in the man's voice.

"You're still as excessively cautious as ever." Ye Fan shook his head and smiled. "A spark sets the prairie aflame and shakes the world! The Chu dragon sighs and speaks my name! Tian-Fan! Do you know who I am now?"

Ye Fan's laughter sounded confident and strong.

Time seemed to have come to a standstill.

A long silence stretched out between them.

After a long moment, Han's shaking voice finally sounded on the other end of the line.

"Young Master...is it really you? It's you, isn't it?"

"It's really you. I knew you weren't dead. You're the chosen one. You won't die that easily."

"Did you know how long I've been waiting for this call?"

"I couldn't sleep or eat. All I did was wait for you to call me."

"Young Master, it has been such a dreadful and long wait!"

Han's voice shook as he was overcome with emotion. Sheer joy had turned him into a child again!

Ye Fan could imagine the sight of tears streaming down the old man's face.

He didn't say a word and instead listened quietly as Han spoke and released the emotions that he had kept pent up inside him.

It took a long while before Han finally calmed down.

"My apologies for losing my composure, Young Master. I'm just so happy to know that you're still alive. Where have you been, Young Master? Why did you contact me only now? We've been searching so hard for you."

Han kept himself busy during the month that Ye Fan had been declared dead.

He had tried to deploy the resources of Dragon God Hall to find Ye Fan and had gone out to sea to find Ye Fan's body.

But the resources that he could access were limited.

He was just a butler. Without Ye Fan explicitly giving him the authority to do so, he couldn't deploy any of the Dragons.

The Dragon Gods were wild and arrogant creatures who resisted authority.

Ye Fan was the only one who could keep them in line.

They listened to no one else.

Han couldn't get them to do anything.

"I'm sorry for worrying you, Han. The enemy that we're facing this time is extremely powerful. I was seriously injured and worried about exposing my location to the enemy. That's why I didn't dare to contact you," said Ye Fan with some guilt.

Of course, he had wanted to contact Han and the rest. In fact, he had thought of going to Yunzhou to see Qiu Mu-Cheng and his mother.

But he dared not risk it.

The Chu family's influence was too vast. Ye Fan would be courting death if he tried to return to Yunzhou.

That had been why he had chosen to go into hiding and keep himself hidden until he had been sure that he had regained sufficient strength and could protect himself from his enemy's attacks. "What? Are you injured, Young Master? How do you feel right now? Do you need me to send Zi Hua to take a look at your injuries?" Anxiety coursed through Han when he heard that Ye Fan was injured. He had been taking care of Ye Fan for a very long time. Ye Fan's safety was his top priority.

He couldn't help but worry when he knew that Ye Fan was seriously injured.

"They're almost completely healed. My strength is nearly fully restored too. I wouldn't contact you otherwise," Ye Fan said.

"You did the right thing, Young Master. Chu Zheng-Liang and his son have been searching your whereabouts. They deployed the Chu family's resources across the globe and even tapped on Chu Sect's information network," whispered Han.

Something flickered in Ye Fan's eyes when he heard what Han had just said.

"Is he allowed to deploy the family's resources all over the world? He probably got the approval from the head of the family, didn't he?" Ye Fan smiled mirthlessly. His words dripped with sarcasm and scorn. Even a vicious tiger would not eat its own flesh and blood.

But this man had participated in the ambush that had targeted his own son's life. Ye Fan had not expected his father to be capable of something like that.

He hadn't changed at all despite the years that had passed. He was still the merciless and coldblooded man that Ye Fan had known.