A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1224 Welcome Banquet

Almost one night after the battle, the soldiers finally found Zhu Rong's horrifyingly mangled body in the middle of the night. It was buried deep in that frightening looking channel in the ground.

Any normal person would have died after suffering such severe injuries, but Zhu Rong was a martial artist after all. Even though he was so badly injured and had remained buried for so long, he was actually still alive when the soldiers finally dug him out.

Everyone was truly amazed by Zhu Rong's incredible will to live.

"Base Commander Li, should we still search for Instructor Han?" someone asked the base commander of the Jiangbei military camp after they found the other two instructors.

The base commander didn't say anything at first. He turned to look at the palmshaped hole behind him that was already brown from dried blood, shook his head and sighed. "Search for Instructor Han? How? Go over to that hole over there, take

a handful of soil and send it to his family."

The base commander looked so upset. Who would have thought that the man he was still chatting happily with just the other day would end up as an unrecognizable mush of flesh and blood? He didn't even die in one good piece.

"Where is that Instructor Chu from? He's such an unyielding character, and he's so formidable too. He actually made the entire military camp submit to him singlehandedly!" The base commander felt cold sweat drip down his face when he thought about the battle earlier.

The memory of how Ye Fan had taken down the three chief military instructors with just one palm, one punch and one kick sent chills down his back.

Technically speaking, he was supposed to arrest Ye Fan for massacring so many men on his base and do justice for Han Ping and the rest. But that man had exuded such a frightening level of authoritativeness. He was so frightened that he could barely keep it together, never mind capture Ye Fan. He didn't even dare to say anything, and didn't even dare to breathe too loudly.

News of what happened in the Jiangbei military camp had not spread to other areas yet.

Nobody knew that their instructors and special troop soldiers had been completely annihilated.

The Jiangdong military camp was even in the midst of preparing a big feast to welcome Lin Qing-He and the rest back in victory.

After the competition ended in the morning, Lin Qing-He had called Wu Yang to say that the Jiangdong team was the champion in both the team and individual categories. The Eagles Force was the overall winner of the competition.

He also said that the entire team would be returning to Jiangdong the next day.

After hearing the news, Wu Yang was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.

The first thing he did after waking up the next day was to instruct his troops to prepare a big feast and invite important guests to welcome Lin Qing-He and the troops home, as well as to celebrate their win. "Commander Wu, congratulations! I heard that your subordinates won in Jiangbei."

"The Jiangdong military has won both the group and individual competitions! This is truly something that will go down in history!"

"The Jiangdong military has really made history under your leadership, Commander Wu!"

The restaurant within the military camp had already been decorated beautifully.

The military band was playing festive music and even the celebratory cannons were in place.

A brand new red carpet ran from the restaurant to the entrance of the military compound. Flowers and lights lined the way.

The entire military camp seemed to be in a festive mood now.

Various big shots from all walks of life came pouring in and started to speak admiringly of Wu Yang.

"Oh no no, you're all too kind. All of this is thanks to Qing-He. If Qing-He hadn't helped to turn things around, Jiangdong wouldn't even have anybody to send out."

Wu Yang wasn't saying this just to be modest. He had initially placed his bets entirely on Ye Fan and the Green Dragon Force, but they ended up disappointing him.

Ye Fan had left his post without saying anything, slacked off on his work and let the Green Dragon Force just do whatever they wanted. The six of them eventually even left the military camp. Wu Yang went into a panic when that happened.

After all, if the Green Dragon Force left, then who was he going to send to the competition?

Thankfully, Lin Qing-He had been training up the Eagles Force all this time and even got Chen Lan to be their instructor. This had helped to put Wu Yang's heart at ease.

But Chen Lan ended up getting thrashed by Ye Fan.

Wu Yang didn't hold high hopes for this competition. He just hoped that Jiangdong wouldn't come in last. But Lin Qing-He and the Eagles Force had given him such a pleasant surprise in the end. Wu Yang decided that once Lin Qing-He returned, he was going to reward him handsomely.

"Commander Wu, you're too modest. If you hadn't led the troops well and used the best man for the job, the Eagles wouldn't have done so well this time. It's easy to get soldiers, but not easy to find a commander who can lead them. Commander Wu, you're definitely that able commander!" The guests praised Wu Yang to the skies with their ingratiating words.

Wu Yang continued to behave humbly on the outside, but he was overjoyed in his heart when he heard such compliments.

The Eagles Force was now the pride and glory of Jiangdong, and they had added a feather to his cap.

"But Commander Wu, didn't this military camp have an instructor with the surname Chu or something? Why did Deputy Commander Lin end up leading the team to Jiangbei? What about that Instructor Chu?" someone asked puzzledly.

"Gosh, please, don't talk about him. He's just a useless piece of trash. We put a team together for him to train, but instead of teaching them properly, he only taught them how to have fun. He made sure they got ginseng and abalone to eat every day! That's even better than my own food! If Qing-He hadn't discovered this in time, the Jiangdong military camp would have thoroughly embarrassed themselves this time round." Wu Yang was furious at the mere mention of Ye Fan.

But he was also glad that this problem had been discovered early and he could get it rectified. Otherwise, his troops were going to become the laughingstock in Jiangbei!

"What?! How could something like that happen! How could this Instructor Chu do such a thing? Such an audacious man ought to be arrested and shot to death!" the guests spoke up angrily in support of Wu Yang.

Wu Yang waved his hands about. "Nah, there's no need to stoop to his level. Alright now, let's not talk about him anymore. Drink up, everyone! Qing-He and the rest should be here anytime now. We'll all go out and welcome them once they arrive!" Wu Yang laughed merrily. He was in such high spirits.

Just then, someone came running in hurriedly to report, "Commander, they're here!"

Wu Yang was instantly delighted. "Our triumphant team is back! Everyone! Come with me to welcome them!"

Rating the Translation Will Gain Two Pearls.