Published at 22nd of December 2024 9:30 am

Chapter 327: Underground Fist Manor

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At 8:30 in the evening, the nightlife of Zhonghai City was at its liveliest.

Xu Fan, driving an Audi A7 with the license plate A.T6666, enjoyed the city’s dazzling neon lights, feeling very relaxed.

Reflecting on his time in The Immortal Realm, where the strong ruled and danger lurked everywhere, even he, as the Immortal Emperor, could never relax completely. But here, he felt as if he had found a holiday vibe, and he was somewhat enjoying it.

However, he also understood that sooner or later, he would return to his original world.

Zhonghai’s nightlife was famously vibrant. As an international city, it attracted a large number of tourists every day to visit and play.

So, for most office workers, this was the time to return to the comfort of their homes. But for others, the wonderful and enriching nightlife was just beginning.

Xu Fan parked his car at the parking lot of Longjun Freestyle Combat Gym in Zhonghai City Center and saw Lu Chenbing, who had just arrived as well.

The two met and chatted leisurely as they walked into the gym.

This time he went out alone, he was quite at ease about his home. In the afternoon, Xu Dan moved in below Xu Yixue’s apartment, secretly ensuring their safety and dealing with some suspicious people on the periphery. If someone really got into the house, they still had Ben Ben to protect them.

With the strength of Ben Ben and Xu Dan, typical Ancient Martial Artists were no match at all; only a Martial Arts Grandmaster could pose an effective threat.

Despite that, this world has lethal firearms. Even though Yan Country has strict gun control laws, these regulations don’t restrain the wrongdoers much.

This further solidified his idea of founding a security company, after all, the bodyguards of those influential figures had both the conviction and the ability to take a bullet for their clients.

When it came to founding a security company, ordinary security personnel were of no use to Xu Fan; they couldn’t even serve as a decent presence and took up space instead. His goal was naturally to build the world’s top security company, strong enough to resist assassination attempts by powerful Ancient Martial Artists.

So, establishing the company wasn’t difficult, but recruiting personnel was the real challenge. To put it more precisely, recruiting talent was the challenge because he didn’t plan to train from scratch. Training newbies would consume a lot of resources and take a long time. By the time they were ready to be useful, it would already be much later.

“Elder Xu, if you really plan to start a security company, I truly believe in your abilities. After all, the rapid increase in the strength of the War Wolf Squad speaks for itself. But it’s not easy to grow and strengthen a security company,” Lu Chenbing initiated the conversation on this topic.

“Brother Chen Bing, do you have any good suggestions?” Xu Fan smiled.

“Can’t really call them suggestions, I’d rather share my views,” Lu Chenbing smiled. “Security companies don’t have a big market domestically. It can’t be helped, our country’s public security is too strong. Ordinary people don’t need it, and even the rich and famous only need a few ordinary bodyguards to show off. Having ex-military or ex-SEALs as bodyguards is already a big selling point.”

Lu Chenbing spoke with assurance, “However, the real power players don’t care about ex-military or even ex-SEALs because they take their personal safety very seriously. They’re willing to spend whatever it takes, and their activities are not limited to domestic. They often have to go abroad for business, attend various high-end events, and at those times, they need strong and highly professional bodyguards.”

“Abroad, the business of security companies is very broad and the market is extremely vast. Among them, the most famous is America’s Black Hawk Security, which has private military capabilities, professional security consulting, and a comprehensive and powerful intelligence organization. It’s said to have originated from a military industrial community and was founded by a few ex-members of the SEAL Team over twenty years ago. It entered the market with overwhelming momentum, expanding quickly, and now commands half the global security market. Many of the world’s power players place their orders with Black Hawk Security.”

By this point, Xu Fan finally understood what Lu Chenbing was trying to convey to him: the direction to take in creating his security company.

“I’ll let you in on another thing. Actually, if a country has a really strong security organization, it would never prefer to outsource close protection duties to foreign security firms. After all, these personal bodyguards may, more or less, manage to steal some intelligence of the country,” said Lu Chenbing, hinting just enough.

“Brother Chen Bing, it seems you have a lot of trust in me and have high hopes,” Xu Fan said with a slight smile.

Xu Fan certainly wanted to found the world’s top security company if he could. And with his capabilities, he absolutely could achieve this.

However, the first thing he needed to do was to recruit a batch of security personnel, and these initial recruits were not so easy to come by.

Firstly, they shouldn’t be too old, preferably from Yan Country, and secondly, they must have a certain foundation in ancient martial arts so that their skills could quickly be enhanced to make a name for themselves.

This was also why Xu Fan was willing to meet up tonight.

The Longjun Freestyle Combat Gym was famous nationwide. Many competitions had been held here, and even the province had specially created a variety show called “Martial Arts Avenue.” The filming and production site was at the gym Xu Fan had just entered.

Although the combat gym was renowned and attracted countless spectators, its level of combat was ultimately not very strong. To ordinary people, it offered impressive entertainment and performance value, but to ancient martial artists, it was just child’s play, mere frolicking.

Despite looking down on these showy performances, ancient martial artists would still frequent the place. But not for the spectacle, solely because there was an Underground Fist Manor beneath the Longjun Freestyle Combat Gym.

This Underground Fist Manor was not known to the general public, only to those in the circle and the wealthy were aware of its existence.

The fighters from the Underground Fist Manor were of a higher caliber than those from the combat gym, with any one of them able to sweep through the gym’s competitors.

Of course, they were no longer accustomed to being constrained by the rules of combat sports, nor to the point-scoring system, as each of their fights required signing a life-or-death contract before the match. Once on stage, life and death were irrelevant, only victory or defeat mattered.

Therefore, to win, they would use every means available, with no restrictions on their techniques. Dirty moves like eye-gouging and low blows had become commonplace.

This also led to the Underground Fist Manor becoming extremely bloody, with fighters betting their lives in brutal, violent, and ferocious battles, thus attracting many thrill-seeking spectators. To make the fights even more engaging, the Undergound Fist Manor also set betting odds for each match, allowing anyone to place their bets and lock them in.

As a result, the Underground Fist Manor was a place both magical and sinful, where some became rich overnight, while others lost everything they had.

It could be said that the nightly cash flow here was more extravagant than many large casinos, with a potent ability to draw money.

Therefore, the fighters that performed here, received very high appearance fees, with the lowest standard being at least three hundred thousand Yuan per match.

Aside from coming to experience the place, Xu Fan was also harboring the hope of finding a few potential recruits for his security team.

After all, only such a place would gather enough ancient martial artists.

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