Fade Chen didn't say much. He nodded and said, "If you want to set up a martial- arts academy, then do so. If you need any help, feel free to ask me. I'll help you right away."
Tom Wei smiled in embarrassment and said, "Brother Fade, I'm not anxious to set up a martial- arts academy. Before opening it, I want to go back and check with my second uncle's friend and see their actual progress. Then, I'll decide how I want to go about this matter."
"Having a field trip to check on the situation is good. Okay, you can just check it out first and start when you come back again," Fade nodded and said.
Tom wanted to say something but was embarrassed to do so. "Brother Fade, this, this
Tom hesitated to speak up.
"What's wrong? Just tell me what's on your mind. When did you become such a sissy?" Fade asked in a clear voice.
Tom then took a deep breath and said, "Brother Fade, I want you to go with me."
"To inspect the martial-arts academy? What do you want me to do?" Fade asked. He felt a
little strange.
Tom gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Fade, I'll tell you the truth! In fact, besides going to inspect the martial- arts academy, there is another thing that I need your help with."
"My Second uncle has an old friend in South Hanover City, and he runs the martial- arts academy there. However, he has encountered some trouble recently, and it is hard for him to resolve these matters alone. Therefore, my Second uncle wants to ask for your help. But, he-"
Hearing this, Fade understood what he was saying and replied, "Oh, it's Uncle Wei's friend who needs my help. Just tell me directly about this. What's there to hide? You don't need to use the excuse of inspecting the martial-arts academy to ask me to go over there."
Tom scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Brother Fade, you're too powerful in the martial-arts. You're now the top expert in Long City. There's a huge difference in our martial-arts skills. Therefore, we feel like..."
"What's more, we are really going to inspect the martial- arts academy," Tom added. "It's not an excuse,"he said.
Fade understood how Tom felt. He had risen in status too quickly, which had caused the people around him to feel a sense of disparity between them. Therefore, the relationship between them had slowly become distant without them being aware of this.
However, Fade had arrived at Bay City first when he descended from the mountain. At that time, Uncle Wei and Tom also helped him a lot. Therefore, it was naturally not a big deal for Fade to help Uncle Wei when he was in trouble this time.
Patting Tom on the shoulder, Fade asked, "Tell me. What trouble did Uncle Wei's friend encounter."
Tom was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up and he said, "Brother Fade, this is the case. My Second uncle's friend, Casper Zhu, is a well-known martial-artist in South Hanover City. He has a similar position as my Second uncle in Bay City."
"However, Casper was different from my Second uncle. He did not choose to open a company or manage estates. Instead, he set up a martial- arts academy, accepted some disciples, and trained them carefully. Over the years, although his influence has not risen a lot, he has trained up many excellent martial-artists," Tom explained.
"Just a few months ago, Casper's disciple from the Eternal Pride Martial-Arts Center did a righteous thing but injured a foreigner in the process. The foreigner seemed to have a high status and called a group of people to beat up that disciple severely. The disciple was crippled and he is still lying in the hospital."
"The disciple was quite a talented young man, and it was indeed the foreigner's fault. Casper was very angry and beat up the group of foreigners personally. However, it turned into a serious issue because of this."
"Casper was arrested because he had beaten up the foreigner. Fortunately, he had been managing his martial- arts academy for so many years and had some connections. After spending much effort to be released, he found out that his martial-arts academy was destroyed by those foreigners, and more than half of his disciples were injured."
"Casper wants to take revenge, but the officials have been keeping an eye on him, so he can't take any action at all. However, those arrogant foreigners came to challenge him every day. Even some of the other local martial-arts academies also took advantage of this opportunity to suppress the Eternal Pride Martial-Arts Center."
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