A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1206 The Green Dragon Descends

After Ye Fan had drained the energies within the several tons of jade he had obtained the last time, he had reached the third tier of Invoke the Celestial Cloud. That had been when his progress had halted. It was going to take him some time to progress from the third tier to his fourth.

"Forget it. These things take time. We'll see how things go as they progress."

Ye Fan shook his head and decided to cast his worries aside.

He continued studying the contents of the Book of Celestial Cloud and its defensive formations.

He didn't spend much time worrying about Chu Sect's sect leader. After all, he might have been too paranoid.

As an outsider, the sect leader probably wasn't going to interfere with the private matters of the Chu family. The chances of that happening were slim.

While Ye Fan dove into his research on the Invoke the Celestial Sky Formation, a huge commotion was taking place thousands of miles away in Jiangbei.

They were hosting the National Special Troops Contest again, a contest that took place every three years.

Every military camp in China would send their unit to take part in the contest.

As the commander-in-chief of the Jiangdong military, Wu Yang gave his team a personal sendoff.

"We train soldiers for a thousand days so that they might fight a day's battle. Qing-He, it's all up to you now. You and your team will decide if the Jiangdong military makes history."

Verdant leaves whispered as the branches of the willow trees swayed in the gentle breeze.

Wu Yang, who hardly drank, made a toast to Lin Qing-He and the Eagles Force before they embarked on their journey to Jiangbei.

Lin Qing-He had been tasked to lead the Eagles Force, who was going to represent the Jiangdong military in the National Special Troops Contest.

This was the most prestigious national contest hosted by the Chinese military.

The Eagles Force's performance was going to determine if the Jiangdong military were to rise to glory or sink into disgrace. It would decide the future of Wu Yang, Lin Qing-He and the members of the Eagles Forces as well. That was why Wu Yang had given the contest so much of his attention.

"Don't worry, Commander Wu! The months of intensive training have transformed every member of the Eagles Force into a fearsome war machine! They are now like ferocious wolves and their enemies are merely prey waiting to be slaughtered. You don't have to do a thing at all. Simply wait for news of our victory!" laughed Lin Qing-He with immense confidence.

"Good! That's what I want to hear. To be champions, we must first want to become champions! I have only one wish of you and that is for you to emerge the most powerful team in the military! In addition, if you do bump into the team from the Yanjing military, don't hold yourselves back. Give them a good, hard thrashing. Do it without breaking any rules, of course. I want Lu Tian-He to regret having incurred the wrath of the Jiangdong military. That's all I have to say. You should be on your way."

Upon Wu Yang's command, Lin Qing-He led the Eagles Force on the road to Jiangbei.

The rumbling engines of numerous jeeps reverberated in the air as they sped towards Jiangbei, their destination which rested thousands of miles away.

They were not the only ones embarking on the long journey that day. From Xibei, Xinan and Bianjiang were teams that raced towards Jiangbei with an urgency akin to warriors charging into the battlefield. As these teams approached their destination, so too did the date of their contest arrive.

The lively atmosphere in Jiangbei reached its peak.

"Commander Lin, it's been a while! I didn't expect you to lead the team from Jiangdong military this year. You seem really confident of your chances!"

Members from the various military camps had gathered.

Many of them had known each other from way back and had struck up conversations as soon as they had bumped into one another.

"Instructor Han, it's been a while. How have you been?" said Lin Qing-He as he approached a sprightly old man.

That would be the chief instructor of the Jiangbei military, Han Ping.

"Thanks for asking! I'm doing great. I can keep this up for another twenty years or so!"

After exchanging a few words with one another, the instructors headed off to complete the documents necessary to enroll their teams in the contest. "Where's the team from the Yanjing military? Have they not arrived?"

Han Ping surveyed the area. The teams from Xinan, Xibei and Bianjiang were all here, but no one had seen anyone from the Yanjing military. Everyone was nearly done with their documents, but the team from Yanjing was yet to be seen. Han Ping and the others were naturally curious.

Lin Qing-He laughed at the confusion on their faces. "Instructor Han, stop looking around. I'm afraid that the Yanjing military isn't participating this year." "Why would you say that?" asked the other instructors curiously.

"Well, they have no one. The Yanjing military had come in last in the previous contest, hadn't they? They had been worried about coming in last again and had proposed to team up with the Jiangdong military to build a team jointly. What a joke, right? I turned them down flatly though. You know the kind of soldiers the Yanjing military is made of. They're young masters from rich families who only know their women and nothing else. None of them is qualified to take part in such tournaments." Lin Qing-He's words were laced with scorn and disdain as he shook his head.

"What? Did the Yanjing military really propose to team up with you? I can't believe it! Commander Lin, I heard that the Green Dragon Force was supposed to represent the Jiangdong military in this contest. Why have they been replaced by the Eagles Force?" asked Instructor Zhu Rong of the Xibei military.

Lin Qing-He sighed loudly and shook his head. "I would rather not talk about that. Lu Tian-He from Yanjing recommended an instructor by the name of Ye Fan to our commander-in-chief. Commander Wu took Lu Tian-He's words and appointed Ye Fan as the chief instructor of our military and tasked him to create and train the Green Dragon Force. But he turned out to be a good-for-nothing! Nothing good comes out of a good-for-nothing."

"The Green Dragon Force turned out to be a group of useless good-for-nothings too. Commander Wu and I banished them from the military and decided to have the Eagles Force represent the Jiangdong military in this contest instead."

The other instructors appeared enraged by what they had heard.

"How dare this Ye Fan commit such an audacity!"

"That's right! How dare he deceive the commander-in-chief of the Jiangdong military!"

"You shouldn't have let him go. Men like him should be shot!"

"I agree. But Commander Wu is a merciful man and decided to let him go," said Li Qing-He unhappily.

Amidst their heated discussion, the time for applying for the competition was almost up.

"It appears the Yanjing military won't be sending a team to take part in the contest this year. What a bunch of cowards! They don't even dare to fight. They don't deserve to win."

"That's the military we have guarding our capital city. What an embarrassment!"

"Forget it. Let's not wait any longer. We can begin to draw lots now," said Han Ping angrily after taking a look at the time.

"Hold on! Who's the one who called the Yanjing military cowards and an embarrassment?" A thunderous voice erupted in the air as the chief instructors gathered in the arena to draw their lots. Shock rippled through the crowd.

Everyone whipped their heads around and stared into the distance.

Lu Tian-He had arrived with the Green

Dragon Force in tow.

Their grand arrival could rival that of a vast army. Demons and gods alike would flee in fear at the sight of them.