Martial Artist: Stronger by Coasting Along-Chapter 210 - 44: Finally Becoming a Master!

Yan Fei originally didn’t have to panic, but the document indicated that a thorough investigation into whether Ling Feng had used potions or genetic modifications to achieve his current strength was necessary. That’s when Yan Fei became anxious.

As Ling Feng’s teacher.

Yan Fei sometimes doubted whether Ling Feng genuinely possessed the strength surpassing his peers purely through talent or if he secretly enhanced his power through potions and unsavory methods.

He knew that the strength gained through potions and the strength cultivated through techniques would result in different resource subsidy rewards.

If any dishonesty was confirmed, not only would Ling Feng lose the chance to obtain Vein-Opening Liquid, but the already granted cultivation resource subsidy might have to be returned, along with facing various penalties.

"Why are they auditing Ling Feng, and why now?"

Wang Dashan looked puzzled.

He was in the Great Radiation Zone alongside Ao Dagang and a Seventh Level Mental Telekinesis Master, Qiao Yishan, conducting a clean-up operation against the Catfish Demon King’s nest.

While engaged in a bloody battle, he received the red-headed document for the audit notification.

Concerned for the cultivation resources and living subsidies of all teachers and students at Ninth Middle School, he couldn’t help but worry.

Upon further inquiry, he discovered the catalyst was Ling Feng’s assistance to Martial Hall members capturing the Muscle Realm Martial Artist, Ghost Monkey, which raised suspicion during the reporting of meritorious deeds.

This led to the Xuanjing Bureau’s investigation.

As the principal of Ninth Middle School, Wang Dashan couldn’t remain uninvolved; he had to retreat from the Great Radiation Zone and return overnight to the Inner Ring City to face the Xuanjing Bureau’s personnel examination.

"A spear skills check? Hmph, a bunch of boring people."

Marquis Zhuge also received the red-headed document, but he wasn’t one of those under investigation. Instead, he was assisting the Xuanjing Bureau personnel in examining Ling Feng’s spear skills.

He was commissioned by the Seven Great Star Systems Alliance to teach Ling Feng spear skills, albeit only for a few days, without receiving any resource rewards during this time, making his involvement innocent.

Moreover, as the only Master of Gun Technique in South City, the Xuanjing Bureau personnel asked him to collaborate on the case, examining whether Ling Feng’s spear power had reached the realm of Perfection, with potential to become a Master of Gun Technique.

It’s known that all these abilities were documented by Wang Dashan in reports, due to which the cultivation resource subsidies for all teachers and students at Ninth Middle School had been increased multiple times.

"Investigate Ling Feng?"

"Have me cooperate?"

Not only Marquis Zhuge but also Qiu Kui, Chen Duling, Lin Chengfeng, Liu Baoqin, and even Ye Chen were among the selected individuals.

They had trained with Ling Feng, exchanged blows with him, and all had been defeated by Ling Feng. They were well aware if there was any falsehood in Ling Feng’s abilities.

Initially, several of them thought this was somewhat ridiculous.

It wasn’t until receiving news of Ling Feng’s assistance in capturing Ghost Monkey that they began to harbor doubts, suspicious of Ling Feng’s cultivation speed.

Ghost Monkey is a Muscle Realm Martial Artist.

The semester before the final exam had just started a few days ago, and Ling Feng could already deal with such a person. His rate of advancement indeed came as a surprise.

Being audited by the Xuanjing Bureau seemed almost inevitable.

That night, everyone harbored their own thoughts; some showed schadenfreude while others were anxious, even apprehensive. Yet, Ling Feng slept soundly through the night.

Early in the morning, he pulled open the curtains and gazed toward the place where the shadow was last night.

He found it peculiar; this time, he couldn’t sense the other’s presence.

Could it be that the other person wasn’t there?

However, he didn’t dwell on it. After a simple wash and finishing his resource subsidy meal, he prepared to report to the Dharma Hall, only then noticing that his bracelet already had several messages.

Yan Fei informed him that the Dharma Hall would not hold a class today, and the class time would be notified later.

Huang Ling also informed him that the Divine Thought Class was cancelled today, and the class time would be notified later.

Even Marquis Zhuge’s message contained similar information.

"Could it be something happened in the Great Radiation Zone?"

Ling Feng thought perhaps they had all gone to the Great Radiation Zone to subdue demons and evil spirits.

He quickly checked trending news to confirm.

Yet, after turning several pages, he didn’t find any news about an incident in the Great Radiation Zone.

"Oh well, it’s best not to go for cultivation. Better to go to the inspection office to examine my strength and upgrade my cultivation resource subsidy."

Ling Feng understood that the resources for Muscle Realm Martial Artists are much richer compared to those for Flesh Phase Martial Artists.

A while later, he arrived at the inspection office where Shari was.

"Hmm, why is it closed?"

"And there’s a group of people guarding it."

He found that the inspection office where Shari and others were was not open to the public today, with personnel coming and going, seemingly checking equipment data.

He even noticed Shari and Lian Junmiao standing together in a room with an open window, seemingly undergoing an inspection themselves.

It was at this moment that someone inside looked towards him.

The person had a hooked nose, deeply shadowed eyes, resembling a pair of ghostly eyes, sending an unusual vibrational wave inadvertently.

Ling Feng frowned, unwilling to look into those eyes, turning his head away.

"Boss, that’s Ling Feng."

A young man pointed at Ling Feng downstairs.

"In this eerie place, South City, a high school senior martial arts student could potentially become a Body Tempering Master and Master of Gun Technique, also achieve the status of a basic Telekinesis Master, even being a Flesh Phase Martial Artist with a combat power of around 180.0, and no one thinks it’s odd. These people are simply shameless in their desire to cheat for resource subsidies!"

The hooked-nosed man expressed indignant wrath.

"Boss, should we bring him inside?"

The young man asked.

"To take him inside for examination?"

"Hmph, bring him back to the Xuanjing Bureau, I’ll personally examine his various strengths using our methods."

The hooked-nosed man asserted forcefully.

"Yes!"

The young man immediately led people downstairs to surround Ling Feng.

"Ling Feng, you are suspected of defrauding the Seven Great Star Systems Alliance resource rewards. Please cooperate with the Xuanjing Bureau’s investigation!"

The young man showed his credentials.

Ling Feng was baffled, taken aboard an airship by the group.

Of course, he wasn’t the only one taken away; all those associated were brought by the Xuanjing Bureau, everyone cooperating unconditionally with the personnel’s various checks.

They were even directly taken out of South City.

Clearly, the Xuanjing Bureau’s examination wouldn’t occur in South City to avoid any impact on the data. Such incidents aren’t unheard of in the Seven Great Star Systems Alliance.

And for fairness and integrity, the Xuanjing Bureau personnel adopted a method that even surprised Huo Guoqiong and others in examining Ling Feng’s data.

(Sorry for the late update, I’ll post earlier tomorrow, with an explosive update!)