A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1237 Ye Fan's Background

In order to hide Ye Fan's true prowess, War God Castle didn't tell Kong Ming and his team much about Ye Fan.

But after being in this circle for so many years, Kong Ming didn't think War God Castle would do anything without a good reason.

Ye Fan was definitely special in some way since he had been allowed to participate.

So Kong Ming just shook his head and said, "We'd better just wait. There must be a good reason why this Mr Chu was selected by War God Castle. If my guess is right, he must be the descendant of someone really powerful. He might be going with us to broaden his horizons. Even if we don't do this for his sake, we have to do this for War God Castle's sake."

His words helped to set Lv Hua and Lu Yan-Xi's perspectives right.

"Elder Kong, you're right. I think that this Mr Chu must have some powerful background, and it's very possible that he's a descendant of one of the members of War God Castle. There's no other good reason for War God Castle to tell us to visit such a young man personally," said Lu Yan-Xi in agreement as she nodded along.

That would explain why her father wanted her to get close to this Mr Chu.

Her father's plan probably wasn't for her to ingratiate herself to Ye Fan, but to ingratiate herself to the person supporting Ye Fan.

"But none of the six pillars of the nation have the surname Chu, right?" Lv Hua's expression was a little pale now.

He had cursed Ye Fan to his face earlier after all.

If Ye Fan really had some powerful background or supporter, then Lv Hua would have to worry about whether he would survive this trip. Just as the three of them were still on this topic, someone called out to them from afar, "Sorry to keep you guys waiting!"

That voice came from Ye Fan.

"You are...?" Kong Ming was puzzled since he had never seen Ye Fan before.

Lu Yan-Xi explained, "Elder Kong, he is that Mr Chu."

"Oh? So young?"

Even though Kong Ming was mentally prepared to see a young man, he was still appalled by Ye Fan's age when he actually saw him.

This mission was a very important one that could affect the future of China's martial arts circle, so War God Castle should have arranged for only their best to accomplish this mission. How could they add this youngster to the team?

But since Ye Fan possibly had a very powerful background, Kong Ming didn't harp on it too much.

He just nodded and didn't bother to even introduce himself. "Since you're here, let's go then. But before we head off, let me set some expectations right first. This mission is going to be extremely dangerous and it is no child's play. It's not meant to be a fun trip. If you are even the slightest bit careless, you might lose your life. So before this mission ends, all of you are to listen to my orders unconditionally. Otherwise, you shall have to bear the consequences yourselves!"

Kong Ming then got up and walked towards the departure gates.

"Bro, let's go over as well." Lv Hua's attitude suddenly turned for the better. He hadn't just gotten rid of the disdain he had for Ye Fan earlier, but he also took the initiative to talk to Ye Fan.

"Sure." Ye Fan nodded.

The four of them took a plane towards Yanjing.

The plan was for them to fly from Jianghai to Yanjing, then take a private plane all the way to South America. The journey was estimated to take a little more than 20 hours.

"What? Your surname is Ye? That's odd. Why did War God Castle tell us that you're Mr Chu?" Lv Hua and Lu Yan-Xi started trying to ask Ye Fan about himself.

Kong Ming didn't know what to talk to these youngsters about, so he didn't say much and just closed his eyes to rest.

But when Lv Hua heard what Ye Fan's surname was, he couldn't help but ask Ye Fan about it.

Ye Fan just laughed. "Well, someone got it wrong from the beginning and thought that my surname was Chu. After a while, this information spread from one person to another, and eventually, everyone started calling me Mr Chu. I was too lazy to correct them, so I just let it be."

This was both the truth and a lie at the same time.

The first person to call him Mr Chu was Li Er.

Li Er used to be a servant for the Chu family and knew that Ye Fan was actually from the Chu family, so he naturally addressed him as Mr Chu.

After Ye Fan won the battle at Mount Tai and became famous, everyone followed Li Er in calling him Mr Chu.

They thought that Ye Fan wanted others to call him Mr Chu because he wanted to hide his real identity.

"Oh, so that's what happened." Lu Yan-Xi and the others nodded along. But after they found out what Ye Fan's surname really was, they couldn't help but connect him to a particular member of War God Castle Could this Ye Fan really be his descendant?

Lv Hua hesitated for a long time but couldn't hold his curiosity in. He tried to ask in a roundabout way, "Brother Ye, do you know about a martial arts guardian of China, the God of War, Ye Qing-Tian?"

Ye Fan nodded. "Of course I know about the God of War. If not for him, I wouldn't be going with all of you to South America now."

What?

"So you're really a descendant of the God of War?!" Lv Hua was shocked to hear this.

Even Kong Ming suddenly opened his eyes when he overheard these words.

Even though he figured that Ye Fan was probably very closely connected to War God Castle since he was allowed to join this mission despite his young age, he didn't think that the person backing Ye Fan would turn out to be Ye Qing-Tian.

Ye Qing-Tian was the most powerful martial artist in China. With him as his backer, Ye Fan didn't have to fear anybody in the country.

"But the God of War has always been training alone and he's not married. Could this Ye Fan be an illegitimate son he's been hiding all these years?" thought Kong Ming to himself. "Descendant?" Ye Fan froze for a moment, then started laughing when he saw how panicked Lu Yan-Xi and Lv Hua looked.

"No no, you're mistaken. The God of War and I are just acquaintances. We might be friends, but we're not family. But of course, since we share the same surname, perhaps we were related a few thousand years ago," said Ye Fan as he shook his head. He couldn't believe the level of imagination these people had.

They had actually thought that he was a descendant of the God of War just because they shared the same surname.

What a joke.

"Is that so? But Brother Ye, since you were able to befriend someone like the God of War, you must be from some powerful family yourself too, right? Or are you from some reclusive martial arts clan in China?" Lv Hua continued to ask. He seemed very interested in Ye Fan's background.

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