A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 988 A Shocked Chu Qi-Tian

After a short moment of silence, Old Madam Chu suddenly spoke to Ye Fan about his father, "By the way, Fan, I hope that you can have a heart to heart talk with your father when you have some time. Ultimately, both of you are father and son. It doesn't serve either of you any good if your relationship continues to be so strained. Besides, your father is the only one in the Chu family who can speak up for you. Zheng-Hong is not a heartless person and he loves you and your mother a lot. I'm sure he had his difficulties and therefore could not do anything when both of you were cast out from the family. There must be a misunderstanding between both of you."

Ye Fan turned his head away from Old Madam Chu and replied, "Great grandmother, I do not wish to talk about him. I am tired and would like to rest now."

When she saw Ye Fan's reaction, Old Madam Chu decided not to push further. She shook her head and sighed as she left.

Ye Fan continued with his recuperation at the old mansion in the ensuing days.

Old Madam Chu would meticulously change the medicinal herb bath for Ye Fan every day. Under her detailed care, Ye Fan's injuries began to heal swiftly.

One month passed.

During this past month, Chu Zheng-Liang and his son continued their search for Ye Fan without any success.

The divers they hired to search for Ye Fan's remains in the Japanese sea had no luck either.

The unease that Chu Zheng-Liang felt increased with each passing day.

"Qi-Tian, I want you to increase the manpower searching for Ye Fan. The search has to be widened to include the whole world but remember to do this quietly. I am increasingly convinced that he is still alive," said a solemn Chu Zheng-Liang coldly.

Chu Qi-Tian raised his head in surprise, "Father, how can this be possible? Didn't you say that you killed him with your own hands? The Chu family's Invoke the Celestial Cloud is best known for offensive attacks and you had executed the moves personally. How could that bastard have survived? I think it is more likely that his remains were eaten by the fishes in the sea, that's why we are not able to find him," Chu Tian-Qi guessed.

But Chu Zheng-Liang shook his head. "I had the same thought previously. But I have just received news from Japan that Ye Fan had mastered Dragon God Body."

What?

Chu Qi-Tian turned pale immediately in shock.

"Dragon God Body? How...how is this possible? Only the head of Chu Sect can master Dragon God Body! That bastard was born to a lowly village woman and exiled from the family! How could he master Dragon God Body? This is not possible!" Chu Qi-Tian was truly shocked.

Bitterness filled his heart.

It was extremely rare for any martial arts manual to include techniques for mastering physical invulnerability. Because it was so rare, the martial arts world would be in an uproar whenever such a manual appeared.

Dragon God Body was the most powerful known technique for strengthening one's body in the martial arts world.

Chu Sect had only won this manual after sending out all their powerful martial artists to that monumental fight that involved many martial arts powers long ago.

The head of Chu Sect had always been the one to guard this manual all these years.

No one else had the right to look at the manual, let alone master it.

Even the head of the Chu family was not allowed to master it.

Chu Qi-Tian had his grandfather persuade Tang Yun, the head of Chu Sect, to take him in as a direct disciple some years back in a bid to obtain the Dragon God Body manual.

He had presumed that as a direct disciple to the head of Chu Sect, he would be able to learn this technique from Tang Yun.

Dragon God Body was able to dramatically increase a person's fighting abilities through the increase of the strength and defense powers of the human body.

With the powers from Dragon God Body, even a grandmaster would be able to challenge a supreme grandmaster.

Chu Qi-Tian had been hankering after this manual to master this incredible technique.

However, despite being a direct disciple of the head of Chu Sect for so many years, he was not able to even catch a glimpse of the Dragon God Body manual, let alone to master it. And now, this powerful technique that he could only dream about, was Ye Fan's.

Jealous and bitter, Chu Qi-Tian found it hard to believe what he just heard.

"Father, this is impossible. There must be a mistake somewhere." Chu Qi-Tian shook his head several times in disbelief.

Chu Zheng-Liang nodded, "I agree, they must be mistaken. The moves of Dragon God are the highest martial arts techniques of the Chu Sect and it can only be mastered by the head of Chu Sect. There is no way he could have laid his hands on the manual. But there is one thing for sure, he must have mastered some sort of technique that makes his body invulnerable. A lot of powerful Japanese martial artists were at Tokyo Skytree that day and they had witnessed the battle. So, I suspect that he must have managed to survive because of this technique he has. We cannot ignore this possibility, no matter how slim the chance is. Do you understand what I am saying?" Chu Zheng-Liang's voice sounded grim as he said these.

Chu Qi-Tian immediately nodded and said, "I understand, Father. Rest assured, I know what to do. I will increase the manpower and look out for any news on him. I will also put his relatives and friends under close surveillance."

After he left, Chu Qi-Tian began to shift his focus from finding Ye Fan's remains to tracking his whereabouts.

At the same time, he got his subordinates to mobilize everyone the Chu family had in Jiangdong.

"Third Young Master, the Chu family's investment in Jiangdong has not been much as the economic growth in Jiangdong has been slow in the recent years. I have looked at the investment records for the past ten years. The Chu family had a total of 32 investment projects in Jiangdong, of which 20 of them had failed and another five were aborted. Only seven investment projects showed some level of success." "We were able to gain considerable influence in Jiangdong from two of these projects. One source of influence is from a man named Zhao Wu-Ji, who owns businesses across eight major cities in Jiangdong. The other source of influence is the Meng family from Liaocheng. They have considerable prominence in Jiangdong." Chu Qi-Tian sat at his desk with his eyes closed as he listened to the report from his subordinate.

With the possibility that Ye Fan was not dead, Chu Qi-Tian had to hunt him down first before he could have him killed again.

A missing person's hometown would be the best place to start looking and hence, Jiangdong topped his list.

"Good! Contact the heads of both the Zhao and Meng families, have them mobilize all their powers and influence to locate Chu Tian-Fan's whereabouts! Report to me immediately once there is any news," Sai Chu Qi-Tian. His subordinate left to carry out his order immediately.

However, the subordinate returned shortly and told Chu Qi-Tian with an appalled look, "Third Young Master, I have just gotten to know that the influence from Zhao and Meng families in Jiangdong had been destroyed by Chu Tian-Fan. Young Master Meng was forced to commit suicide and the entire Meng clan has moved elsewhere. As for the head of Zhao family, Zhao Wu-Ji was sealed into a coffin alive and thrown into the Yellow River!"

"What?" Chu Qi-Tian's pupils constricted in shock when he heard this.