, but for them—the elderly—this truth became clear when Song Hushan took responsibility for the incidents involving the Wang and Li families.At the same time, they also thought about the enmity betwee...Chapter 216: Hot Pot Dish

Zhang Dahai's figure was now like a sharp sword, charging towards Xiao Yu with an unstoppable momentum.

At this moment, Xiao Yu only felt a gale force wind rushing towards him. He narrowed his eyes and stared intently at Zhang Dahai as he charged forward. His right hand instinctively moved, and a golden needle appeared in his hand.

However, after some thought, Xiao Yu flipped his right hand again, causing the golden needle to disappear once more. This was just a sparring match with Zhang Dahai; it wasn't a fight for survival, so there was no need to use the golden needles. Even if he lost, it wouldn't matter.

Moreover, sparring with an internal energy expert like Zhang Dahai would greatly increase his combat experience.

Zhang Dahai charged at Xiao Yu's side with a fierce and domineering aura, using close-combat techniques. Not only did every attack land on Xiao Yu's vital points, but the speed of his attacks had also doubled compared to earlier.

At this point, Xiao Yu put away his casual attitude and became serious.

Xiao Yu now found himself defending passively against Zhang Dahai's fast-paced attacks; he could only react defensively to each move.

"Good... Captain, do your best..."

Down below the stage, the soldiers watching cheered loudly as they saw Zhang Dahai gaining the upper hand.

Xiao Jianying and Yun Xi, seeing that Xiao Yu was only defending passively, couldn't help but feel anxious. They looked at Xiao Yu on the stage with worried expressions. Chu Guoqing and Jin Xianglin watched the two people on stage as well, deeply impressed; although they had seen many experts before, encountering someone like Xiao Yu or Zhang Dahai was unprecedented.

Zhang Dahai's attack frequency continued to rise, while Xiao Yu's defense also sped up along with it. Soon enough, the spectators couldn't discern their movements clearly anymore, only seeing afterimages where they exchanged blows.

At this moment, Zhang Dahai secretly became anxious; he hadn't expected that even when using internal energy, he still couldn't defeat Xiao Yu. It seemed that Xiao Yu hadn't used his full strength against Ah Hu earlier.

As time passed and the match had lasted for five or six minutes, in order to counter Zhang Dahai's attacks, Xiao Yu activated the righteous qi technique. As he did so, all of his righteous energy was channeled into his right palm.

At this moment, Zhang Dahai threw a punch straight at Xiao Yu's chest. With the gathered righteous energy in his right hand, Xiao Yu met Zhang Dahai's fist head-on.

"Boom...

The spot where their fists and palms met suddenly emitted a low, muffled sound. The two combatants, who had been fighting at the same location, quickly retreated in opposite directions upon this collision.

"Haha, Brother, excellent skills!"

Xiao Yu took several steps back, immediately steadying his stance and said loudly.

"It's you, Brother Three, who has the excellent skills!"

Zhang Dahan looked at Xiao Yu with an odd expression. His right hand was behind him, subtly moving around.

Xiao Yu’s right hand was also continuously moving behind his back; their previous clash had temporarily rendered half of each of their arms numb.

Seeing that Xiao Yu had assumed a defensive stance, Zhang Dahan knew they could only end it here. He too adopted a defensive posture and stared at Xiao Yu with surprise.

No matter how he tried to understand it, he never would have thought that Xiao Yu possessed such strength. At this moment, Zhang Dahan was already exerting his maximum effort, even using internal energy, yet still ended up in a draw against Xiao Yu.

Zhang Dahan knew this stalemate occurred because Xiao Yu didn't use any internal energy; otherwise, it would have been him who lost.

In fact, Xiao Yu’s current state was also his limit. Over the past two days, he had only cultivated a thread of righteous energy within himself, which he had already used up just now. If Zhang Dahan continued with another move, Xiao Yu would be the one to lose.

The gymnasium was unusually quiet at this moment, except for the voices of Xiao Yu and Zhang Dahan. Soldiers who had gathered around the ring earlier were all staring wide-eyed at Xiao Yu standing on the platform.

They never imagined that their captain, who seemed invincible in battle, would end up evenly matched with someone else.

Outside the gymnasium entrance stood over twenty soldiers wearing camouflage combat uniforms, motionless as they watched the two figures on the platform.

This group of people were the same ones who had accompanied Zhang Dahan to the police station earlier and also those who had been dealt with by Zhang Dahan when he first arrived. Although they had lost to Zhang Dahan, they merely considered him a freak of nature, one in ten thousand. However, they never expected that his brother would give them such an unexpected 'surprise' so soon.

These soldiers thought to themselves, it’s no wonder these two are brothers; indeed, both must be freaks.

"Haha, alright, big brother, let's not flatter each other here!" When Xiao Yu heard Zhang Dahai's words, he laughed and said.

"Right, right, come on, we should go to get some food now!" Zhang Dahai also hurriedly said. It was a good thing that his brother had great martial arts skills.

Xiao Yu and Zhang Dahai both headed towards the locker room; they were all sweaty after just this one bout of sparring, so they needed to take a shower and change clothes.

"Boom..."

Seeing them leave, the previously quiet training ground was suddenly filled with chatter. Now, these soldiers weren't discussing how many moves Xiao Yu could last against Zhang Dahai; rather, they were speculating about who between the two of them was stronger.

The soldiers left in groups of three or five, continuing to discuss and even arguing vehemently over who was more powerful.

Those twenty-odd soldiers wearing camouflage combat uniforms at the entrance didn't say a word when Xiao Yu and Zhang Dahai headed towards the locker room; they hung their heads and left.

The military elites, upon seeing Xiao Yu's sparring match, gradually put away that "I am the best in the world" attitude. In recent years, every time there was an army-wide martial arts competition, both teams and individuals had done quite well, making them gradually look down on others.

But now, within just a month, not only Zhang Dahai but also Xiao Yu were figures they could only look up to, causing their proud hearts to suddenly shrink.

When these soldiers left, Xiao Jianying and the rest walked over to wait outside the training ground for Xiao Yu's return.

In a corner of the training grounds, several people stared at Xiao Yu as he entered the locker room in shock. If Xiao Yu were here, he would notice that these few individuals were Ah Hu and others whose arms or legs had been crippled by him.

"Sigh... It seems like he didn't even exert himself back then!"

Ah Hu, now seated on a wheelchair, sighed. He had previously used his carelessness as an excuse to console himself for losing to Xiao Yu, but seeing Zhang Dahai and Xiao Yu's sparring, he realized that there was still quite a gap between him and Xiao Yu.

Hearing Ah Hu’s words, Ah Long and Tian Ming nodded blankly. They too had believed that Ah Hu had been careless when hit by Xiao Yu's golden needles; otherwise, Xiao Yu wouldn't have defeated this elite soldier. However, now they knew they were wrong—without even using the golden needles, the four of them together weren't a match for Xiao Yu.

Ah Long pushed the wheelchair as the four of them dejectedly left through a small door at the back of the training ground.

Soon after, Xiao Yu and Zhang Dahai emerged from the locker room with laughter and conversation. Zhang Dahai was still in his camouflage uniform, while Xiao Yu had changed into his own clothes.

Zhang Dahai led everyone out of the training hall and went to the military canteen.

In the canteen, Zhang Dahai brought them to a private room. This wasn't just any room; it was more like a small hall with seven or eight stainless steel rectangular tables inside.

At this time, the small hall had already been tidied up by someone else. All other tables were pushed aside, leaving only two central tables combined together.

After招呼Xiao Yu and others to sit down, Zhang Dahai left the small hall. The soldiers had prepared all materials but waited for him to cook as his dishes were secret recipes that could not be easily passed on.

The space was so large with two tables combined that even drivers of Zhang Shaohua and Chu Guoqing joined them at the table.

After Zhang Dahai left, Xiao Yu and others started chatting casually. Jin Xianglin, with a vast fortune reaching hundreds of billions, mostly overseas businesses, wasn't much inferior to Chu Guoqing in terms of identity, so their conversation flowed well without any awkward silence.

During the chat, Chu Guoqing looked at Xiao Jianying with surprise. At this moment, Xiao Jianying was different from her appearance outside the police station; she was no longer a worried mother but a woman exuding grace and poise.

Xiao Yu kept whispering to Yun Xi, recalling today's events made Yun Xi uneasy, especially outside the police station where the eerie scene unsettled her even more.

With Xiao Yu's constant comfort, Yun Xi gradually calmed down. She occasionally chimed in on others' conversations, and despite only saying a few words, they were perfectly timed, causing everyone to take notice of her.

About an hour later, four or five soldiers entered with trays holding three ordinary home-cooked dishes, nothing special about them.

After these soldiers left, Zhang Dahai came in after five minutes, followed by three soldiers carrying large bowls on their trays.

The soldiers placed the bowls on the tables and exited. Apart from Chu Guoqing and Xiao Yu, everyone else looked at Zhang Dahai with a puzzled look after seeing what was in the bowl—what made such a big deal about serving this communal stew

Especially Jin Xianglin, who grew up in Beijing, found it hard to believe that someone would travel so far just for this common dish.

"Communal stew I love it!"

Seeing Zhang Dahai bring out a pot of braised meat communal stew, Xiao Yu exclaimed with delight.

"Sis, taste it! You'll be pleasantly surprised! Mom, you should try too!"d over there. The rest weren’t bold enough to ask, merely casting a curious glance at Xiao Yu’s table.Since her husband had become an official, Yunxi's aunt also liked studying politics. Upon hearing...