bestfiction Chapter 233: Opening of the Martial Arts School
Chapter 233: Opening of the Martial Arts School
Chapter 233 Martial Arts School Opening
The next morning, Lin Fan and Su Ruowei got up very early.
Su Ruowei put aside her company business for the time being, as today was the opening day of Lingyun Martial Arts School.
The Lingyun Martial Arts School officially held its opening ceremony at 10:00 AM at Lingyunzhai, an ancient-style building in the southern part of the mountain city.
The Lingyunzhai was built with funds from the Ji family. In order to expand the martial arts school, the courtyard of Lingyunzhai alone is as big as half a football field.
The courtyard features independent pavilions, lush trees, and layered artificial hills. There is also an artificial lake called Shangde Lake, named by Ji Shangde to preserve the Ji family's legacy.
In addition to the courtyard, with the central Lingyun Pavilion as the axis, more than 10 buildings of various sizes are evenly arranged on both sides, which can accommodate more than 8000 martial arts students.
Lingyunzhai features a traditional symmetrical layout that is spacious yet not scattered, with flying pavilions connecting the buildings, carved beams and embroidered pillars, making it truly luxurious.
At 7 a.m., Lin Fan and his wife called Gu Xinyan and headed to Lingyunzhai. They arrived at Lingyunzhai before 8 a.m.
Although Lingyunzhai has not yet opened its doors and there are still more than two hours until the opening ceremony, the area in front of the door is already crowded with people who have come to celebrate.
The martial arts practitioners who came to pay their respects to Fang Yixiao all carried valuable gifts, mostly antiques and calligraphy that catered to his tastes.
Among the crowd were many ordinary people who came to join in the fun, all wanting to catch a glimpse of the true face of Qigong master Fang Yixiao.
"So many people have already arrived so early!" Su Ruowei exclaimed, looking at the crowd gathered in front of Lingyunzhai.
Gu Xinyan remained completely calm, glancing at Lin Fan as she waited for him to lead them inside.
But when Gu Xinyan saw Lin Fan pulling Su Ruowei to stand in line obediently, she started to panic.
What's going on? Shouldn't the president of Shancheng Group have special authority? Shouldn't he at least have some connections?
Lin Fan noticed Gu Xinyan's embarrassment, but said casually, "Judging from the crowd, there are more than 500 people ahead of us. I wonder when Lingyunzhai will open."
Gu Xinyan pouted: "Didn't you say Fang Yixiao invited you to participate? Why do we still have to wait in line!"
Su Ruowei advised from the side, "Don't rush, Xinyan, let's wait a bit, we might have arrived too early."
"Alright then," Gu Xinyan said, shrugging.
A dozen minutes later, the gate of Lingyunzhai opened, and Lian Jiulong opened it.
Lian Jiulong had always been by Fang Yixiao's side, serving him closely. He was also in charge of the opening ceremony of the martial arts school, while Fang Yixiao waited for the guests to arrive inside.
Lian Jiulong shouted at the top of his lungs to the crowd:
"Thank you all for your enthusiastic support! Lingyun Martial Arts Academy will officially open to the public tomorrow, and everyone is welcome to come and learn martial arts then!"
"Now, I invite all those who have been invited, as well as friends from various sects, to come to Lingyunzhai for a chat!"
Lian Jiulong clasped his hands together in front of his chest and said, "Excuse me, everyone, please leave if you are not involved."
Upon hearing this, nearly half of the people reluctantly left, but there were still at least 200 people ahead of Lin Fan and his group in line.
Gu Xinyan stood on tiptoe, craning her neck to watch the people at the front of the line exchanging pleasantries, while even Jiulong was counting the gifts.
Gu Xinyan estimated that it would take at least 1 or 2 minutes for each person to go in, and it would take at least three or four hours for them to get in.
"I knew I shouldn't have come so early!" Gu Xinyan complained. "I haven't even had breakfast yet!"
Su Ruo smiled and pointed behind her: "If we come late, we'll probably have to wait until the afternoon."
Gu Xinyan looked back and saw that a line of people had formed behind her.
"Hey--"
Gu Xinyan sighed and looked at Lin Fan with resentment.
Lin Fan shook his head, indicating that he was powerless to help.
In fact, Lin Fan could have gotten in early by simply calling Fang Yixiao, or even just by calling out Lian Jiulong's name to get Lian Jiulong's attention in the crowd. They could have gotten in immediately.
But Lin Fan didn't want to make a fuss. Right now, there were more than just martial artists from Shancheng City standing in front of Lingyunzhai. Many of them came from other places, and there were even foreigners.
Just then, a sharp, mocking voice came from behind Lin Fan:
"Didn't they say to ask unauthorized personnel to leave? Why are you still here!"
Lin Fan, Su Ruowei, and Gu Xinyan turned around and saw that it was Cheng Li standing behind them with a rich guy she had recently hooked up with.
The rich guy Cheng Li hooked this time was a master from a sect in another region, and the only son of the sect leader of a major sect. Although he was not as rich as Liu Linglong, his cultivation level of the eighth stage of body refinement was genuine.
Cheng Li is now full of confidence. In terms of strength and wealth, this rich guy can definitely surpass Lin Fan.
"Honey, is this the good-for-nothing you were talking about?" Cheng Li's boyfriend's eyes were filled with doubt.
What happened to the good-for-nothing guy? How come he has two beautiful women with him?!
Both of them are much prettier than Cheng Li!
However, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, and no matter how beautiful she is, she belongs to someone else. For the sake of last night's pleasure, this new rich guy has to stand on Cheng Li's side.
Gu Xinyan glanced at Cheng Li disdainfully: "Oh, isn't this the 'pregnant woman'? Have you recovered?"
"A pregnant woman?" Kai looked surprised.
Cheng Li's cheeks flushed instantly, and she reached out to hook her arm around Kai Zi's neck: "Baby, don't listen to her nonsense, she's spouting lies!"
Cheng Li looked at Lin Fan and sneered, "You're such a good-for-nothing. You need a woman to back you up, and you don't even dare to fart!"
Lin Fan just smiled; he wasn't so bored as to care about ants.
Gu Xinyan shook her head repeatedly as she looked at Cheng Li. If Lin Fan really got angry, this person probably wouldn't even know how he died.
Cheng Li continued to mock, "What a coward! I really don't know how Hua Yun Sect could have taken in such a piece of trash."
Seeing that Lin Fan did not refute, she became even more unscrupulous: "I don't know what's wrong with the sect leader, allowing you to stay. Does even God have a blind moment?"
"Who are you calling blind!"
Cheng Li scoffed, "I say, is the sect leader blind? Otherwise, why would he keep you in the Huayun Sect?"
After saying that, Cheng Li stood there stunned. It didn't seem like Lin Fan was responding to her. Why did it feel like the words came from behind her?
Lin Fan also turned around curiously to look.
Park In-meng and Bae Hwa-cheon stood behind Cheng Li, glaring at her.
Park In-meng slowly spoke: "Cheng Li, right? I've heard about your situation before. I was thinking of investigating you first to avoid misunderstandings, but it seems there's no need for that now!"
Pei Huatian said in a shrill voice, "Get out of here! You've been expelled from the Huayun Sect. All irrelevant people, please leave!"
Cheng Li's face turned pale, and she hurriedly waved her hands: "No, please let me explain, I meant—"
Park In-meng's voice was deep and authoritative, conveying a sense of authority even without anger: "Get out!"
"Uncle Park, I don't know her well. We just met and we don't have any feelings for each other!" Kai quickly explained. As the son of the sect leader of a sect from another region, he knew Park In-meng and was afraid that Park In-meng would complain to his father again.