"Mom, is he really alright?" Lin Ruyu asked her mother again, unwilling to give up...

"He's fine, silly girl. If something were wrong, your father would take care of him. Your dad is in the world's top ten richest people! Why do you have so little faith in him?" Yan Shuiyue patted Lin Ruyu's fair little hand, then coaxed the two girls to go to sleep obediently.

At the same time, Ye Hao and Xue Zhaolong's group of four were on a military aircraft in mid-air.

"Boss, hehe, what's our mission this time?" Lu Yunsong asked with a smirk, as he planned to absorb the spiritual qi of a Luminous Pearl later, which should help him break through to the second stage. Entering the second stage of National Martial Arts would mean that even a major task wouldn't be too much trouble.

"We're going to South Africa to rescue our comrades there and to cripple a certain bastard." When Ye Hao mentioned that bastard, a murderous aura emanated from him. According to his guess, Ye Long was definitely not someone who kept contacting superiors for no reason. Even if there were clear demands from higher-ups, reaching out so often to them was unusual. But from their three years of experience in the field, they understood that contacting higher-ups at fixed times would not leak any information.

Now that Ye Long and the Dragon Soul Mercenaries were frequently being hunted, Ye Hao realized that maybe Mu Qiu had privately contacted the higher-ups again. If this wasn't dealt with this time, who knew how much trouble it would cause in the future? Although he wouldn't go as far as to kill him, he had to cripple him to prevent him from causing more harm.

Ye Hao's brotherly feelings toward him turned into estrangement when he secretly reported to the superiors last time, and there was no longer any comradeship. Now that he dared to do something infuriating again, tolerating him would be cruel to the other brothers. As for Zhong Xiu... sooner or later, he would be dealt with.

"A certain bastard? Could it be a traitor?" Xue Zhaolong asked in confusion.

"Something like that," Ye Hao didn't want to openly admit that his former comrade was a traitor, as that would be too sarcastic.

"By the way, boss, we still don't know what your true identity is!" Zhuorong Town suddenly wanted to know what Ye Hao did in the military before and why he returned to the city now.

"My identity is that of a soldier, just with some differences from ordinary soldiers. I'm a member of the elite team that came out of Team A." Ye Hao didn't mean to boast but wanted to inform his brothers about the types of soldiers the country had.

"Boss, do you mean that you're not just an ordinary soldier, but someone from that mysterious unit?" Xue Zhaolong looked at Ye Hao with some excitement, wondering if the boss was from that mysterious unit and whether he could get himself in.

He had been passionate about that mysterious unit since he was a child. It was said that everyone in that mysterious unit was highly skilled, capable of incredible feats like breaking stones with their chest, splitting mountains with their strength, and so on.

"Haha, I just couldn't stand the leadership's way of doing things, so I left Team A and joined the Ministry of State Security." Ye Hao said with a chuckle.

"State Security?" Lu Yunsong and Xue Zhaolong widened their eyes. To them, Team A was so mysterious and unfamiliar that it had no impact, but the Ministry of State Security was well-known to them. As the name suggests, the country's safety is managed by this Ministry.

They held licenses to kill, and in special situations, could kill first and report later. If the situation was confirmed, they wouldn't be punished but rewarded. The Ministry of State Security could be compared to the Jinyi Guard of the Ming Dynasty, possessing an independent intelligence system and leadership, capable of acting first and reporting later.

Therefore, most people wanted nothing to do with the Ministry of State Security, as any leaked information could lead to thorough investigations into your entire ancestry.

"Yes, the Ministry of State Security." Ye Hao nodded.

"Boss, can we join the Ministry of State Security?" Zhuorong Town looked at Ye Hao with eager eyes.

"No..." Ye Hao shook his head directly. The Ministry of State Security recruited outstanding individuals from major military districts or police departments, and their families couldn't have a commercial background or ties to criminal organizations. The selection process was very strict. Zhuorong Town and Lu Yunsong came from prominent families and were substantial tycoons in Peng City, so they naturally couldn't join the Ministry.

Of course, if there were a senior member of the Ministry who knew them well and they were interested in joining, the Ministry might allow them to join and gather some business intelligence.

"Alright, I knew it." Zhuorong Town and Lu Yunsong hung their heads down in disappointment.

"It's better to improve your National Martial Arts first." Xue Zhaolong lost his drive for Team A after hearing Ye Hao's discontent with its leadership, realizing that becoming stronger himself was a more worthwhile pursuit.

"By the way, you mentioned..." Ye Hao, seeing them holding Luminous Pearls, looked at them curiously...

"Hehe, boss, we're not foolish, are we? We brought six Luminous Pearls. We heard our brothers were in trouble but didn't know how many, so we brought a few extra. As for those four, it's about right for you to absorb two, and each of us can absorb one, perhaps advancing our National Martial Arts a bit." Lu Yunsong laughed proudly.

"Thoughtful, not bad." Ye Hao nodded with approval, then taught them how to absorb the spiritual power from the Luminous Pearls. They quickly learned, each holding a pearl in their palm, then operating their learned cultivation techniques to start absorbing the power.

For Ye Hao, it was much simpler. With the aid of the eighth generation system, he didn't need to absorb the energy; he could simply let the system infuse it into his meridians.

Moreover, the eighth generation system could perfectly utilize the spiritual power without Ye Hao losing too much during absorption.

When the plane landed in the Lingnan military district, they took another military plane to Yanjing. This time, the military aircraft was conspicuously faster, and all four once again devoted themselves to the effort of absorbing spiritual power.

Lu Yunsong was incredibly excited. In the past, due to his severe obesity, he got lazy about cultivation over time. Although his strength was at the first stage of National Martial Arts, it was roughly the same as those without martial arts power. Now, after absorbing this spiritual power, he felt his whole body transformed, slowly exuding some black substances.

Xue Zhaolong and Zhuorong Town, both of whom exercised often, didn't exude as much black matter, but their bodies were still pleasantly flushed by the dense spiritual Qi inside the Luminous Pearls, making them moan softly.

Ye Hao calmly let the eighth generation system absorb the Luminous Pearl's spiritual power. Once absorbed, the system infused it into Ye Hao's desired meridians, without needing to use cultivation techniques repeatedly on useless crippled meridians.

An hour quickly passed, and Lu Yunsong's body emitted a cracking sound. Excited, he stopped absorbing leftover spiritual energy from the Luminous Pearls, looking eagerly at Xue Zhaolong and the others, thinking, "I just advanced to the second stage of National Martial Arts like this. Can't beat Old Dragon now, right?"

As for Ah Zhen, that little body could be squashed into a specimen with one sit, not to be feared.

However, little did he know that Xue Zhaolong and Zhuorong Town had already broken through to the second stage of National Martial Arts and even their powers had steadily entered the intermediate stage of the second stage...

Ye Hao sat quietly. When the spiritual power of the two Luminous Pearls was completely absorbed by the eighth generation system, he then let it flush through all his meridians, barely allowing him to enter the third stage of National Martial Arts. But the difference between the third and second stages was substantial, not just qualitative but also significant leap.

At least, the three second-stage martial artists were no match for Ye Hao alone.

Ye Hao finished cultivating and opened his eyes, noticing they had all opened their eyes too. Curiously, Lu Yunsong had two black eyes and a pitiful expression on his face, prompting Ye Hao to ask, "What happened? Didn't your prowess improve, but the spiritual Qi was too overwhelming and swollen your eyes?"

"Humph, I've advanced to the second stage, but got caught up in showing off and ended up beaten. Boss, you have to stand up for me!" Lu Yunsong coldly snorted at Xue Zhaolong and Zhuorong Town, then imploringly turned to Ye Hao...

"No way? Already at the second stage and still bullied?" Ye Hao made an exaggerated expression.

"Isn't this unfair love! Those two jerks even better, straight into intermediate second stage. I just entered the second stage and got beaten up decisively..." Lu Yunsong covered his face in embarrassment and thought about how shameful he was just now, as Xue Zhaolong opened his eyes impatiently wanting to challenge, but before he got close, their fists fell on his eye sockets like a storm.

"You didn't actually challenge them, did you? Haha!" Ye Hao laughed heartily at Lu Yunsong.

Nothing said by Ye Hao was better, but speaking stirred up, causing Lu Yunsong to wrap his face with the plush coat on the plane.

Making everyone burst into laughter together.

At this point, all four have advanced to a certain martial arts realm, giving them more confidence in the upcoming task. The plane flew for five hours, finally arriving at the 27th Army Group in Yanjing. After disembarking, a dedicated person escorted them to the Ministry of State Security, so they didn't need to think about anything else.

When they arrived at the Ministry of State Security, the sky was slightly bright. Ye Hao led the group into the Ministry's office building, and once inside, Xue Zhaolong and the others felt an atmosphere that was stern and oppressive.

After layers of security checks, they finally reached a broad office hall, which still had many people working at this hour.

Ye Hao went straight to Fang Ni's desk, but Fang Ni was already asleep leaning on the table, with piles of documents stacked up, her hair in disarray...

Ye Hao felt a bit distressed, taking off the army coat and draping it over Fang Ni.

(Updated on October 1, 2014, 14:02:00 at Qidian Chinese website; national day today, another update tonight)

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