Chapter 114: Stirring Half the City

Lin Tuotian agreed, marking another step toward the success of their plan.

Next came the household registration transfer.

Su Jingxing dialed Shen Qian’s number again, instructing her to take the seventy people who had changed their names to the West District Public Security Center’s Household Registration Office.

Meanwhile, Lin Tuotian discarded his shovel and pliers, kicked over a garbage truck, and headed to the nearest bathhouse. He indulged in a refreshing bath, then went to a barber shop for a haircut.

Afterward, he knocked on the door of a clothing store, broke it open, and bought a brand-new set of clothes.

From head to toe, inside and out, he underwent a complete transformation.

When he stood before Su Jingxing again, he was almost unrecognizable.

Apart from the wrinkles on his face and his graying hair, which could not be reversed, his vitality and spirit seemed to have returned all at once.

From a sanitation worker oppressed daily, he instantly reverted to the young master of a martial arts family.

In contrast, Su Jingxing looked more like his bodyguard.

Su Jingxing was pleased with this development.

Lin Tuotian’s new appearance made him far more convincing; he was ready to declare war on the Shi family—a revenge battle delayed by thirty years.

…

The battle commenced with the first move: heading to the West District Public Security Center’s Household Registration Office.

They met up with Shen Qian, Jiang Tianhao, and the others.

As soon as the office opened, the seventy individuals who had changed their names completed their registration transfers with Lin Tuotian. Each of their names now bore the surname “Lin.”

At dawn, seventy people simultaneously adopted the Lin surname.

The staff at the Household Registration Office looked on with puzzled expressions but said nothing.

As long as the applicants were willing and paid the fee, they had no right to question the reasons behind it.

The registration transfers were completed.

The second phase of the campaign saw the large group heading toward the Town Martial Command.

Not the West District branch, but the headquarters in the central district.

Over seventy people traveled in more than twenty vehicles, parading grandly down the streets to the Town Martial Command headquarters building.

The cars lined up along the roadside in a long row.

The group disembarked in silence, surrounding Lin Tuotian, and accompanied by Su Jingxing, they entered the command’s main entrance.

As the head of the Lin family, Lin Tuotian naturally took charge of applying for the martial contest.

Surrounded by more than seventy people, he strode through the first-floor lobby of the headquarters.

The guards stationed there noticed and quickly followed behind.

When Lin Tuotian reached the division in charge of the arena and applied to host a martial contest, the receptionist—a young, ordinary employee—was utterly baffled.

“A martial contest? A family martial contest? Is there such a form of arena battle?”

“Of course there is,” Lin Tuotian smiled. “If you don’t know, you may ask your superior.”

“Alright, please wait a moment.” The young female employee, still harboring a hint of innocence, made the call without hesitation.

After connecting, she reported the situation: “Yes… an elderly man surnamed Lin made the application, claiming it’s a family martial contest… Ah, is that so? Understood.”

She hung up and looked at Lin Tuotian apologetically.

“Sorry, our leadership said that the tradition of family martial contests was abolished ten years ago. I’m afraid your application cannot be approved.”

In an instant, Lin Tuotian’s face darkened.

The members of the “Shi Eradication Alliance” standing behind him stirred uneasily.

“Miss, are you sure?”

Shen Qian stepped forward a few paces, questioning the female employee, “Could you please ask again?”

“This is the answer, whether I ask once or several times,” the young woman replied apologetically.

“Impossible,” Lin Tuotian took a deep breath and said solemnly, “This tradition has been passed down since ancient times; it cannot have been abolished!”

“But…”

“That’s enough,” Su Jingxing interrupted calmly. “This isn’t your concern, and you shouldn’t be troubled.”

He directed his words to Lin Tuotian, Shen Qian, Jiang Tianhao, and the rest.

“The problem is, if the application is denied, what do we do next?” asked Xiao Chengyue anxiously.

“I know,” Su Jingxing surveyed the surroundings, scanning the crowd of onlookers with indifference. “From the beginning, I knew the Shi family’s Town Martial Command wasn’t so simple.”

“You mean this is the Shi family’s doing?” Lin Tuotian’s eyes blazed red with rage.

“Who else could it be?” Su Jingxing’s gaze returned to normal. “The Shi family has planted countless people inside the Town Martial Command. How could they so easily let us approve this application?”

The young female employee was dumbfounded, frozen in place.

The crowd watching from outside stirred into a commotion.

“Quiet, quiet,” the guards hurriedly moved to calm the crowd.

“The Shi family, indeed!” Xiao Chengyue ground his teeth.

Lin Tuotian remained silent, his eyes shooting murderous intent.

“No matter,” Su Jingxing continued calmly, “the Shi family thinks this will stop us. They’ve underestimated us. The family martial contest requires the City Lord’s personal judgment.”

Everyone covered their ears and opened their mouths wide.

Su Jingxing glanced at Shen Qian, Jiang Tianhao, Xiao Chengyue, and the others.

Hmm?

They all hesitated but quickly obeyed.

Lin Tuotian did the same, covering his ears and opening his mouth.

The stunned female employee suddenly snapped back to reality and mimicked them.

The onlookers watched in disbelief, some on the verge of laughter.

But at that moment—

“Li! Lin! Zhou! Come! Out!”

The last “out” was drawn out, lingering in the air across the entire central district.

The name “Li Linzhou” echoed instantly in the ears of everyone in the central district.

A secret technique—the use of high-frequency sound waves.

This technique, borrowed from the Tang martial arts world, was something Su Jingxing had only just begun to master.

While not yet capable of offensive application, it was easy enough to use as a loudspeaker.

With true energy infused, everyone in the central district heard Su Jingxing’s deliberately subdued call.

The source of the sound, vibrating at the highest frequency, was the first-floor lobby of the Town Martial Command.

Shen Qian, Jiang Tianhao, and the others, still dizzy from covering their ears and opening their mouths, felt their heads spin.

Those who hadn’t covered their ears suffered ruptured eardrums, sharp pains in their heads, and screamed in agony.

The glass curtain walls of nearby buildings were riddled with cracks.

A long howl rang out, disturbing half the city!

“Whoosh, whoosh~”

Less than half a minute after the shout, several figures dashed through the door and entered the lobby like lightning.

“Who are you, and why are you causing a disturbance here?”

A man in his forties, carrying a long sword on his back, appeared. His sharp gaze locked onto Su Jingxing as he spoke sternly while walking, “You should know the consequences of causing trouble in the Town Martial Command.”

“I really don’t know,” Su Jingxing replied in a low voice. “All I know is that we came to the Town Martial Command to apply for a martial contest, and your people deliberately denied us!”

The man furrowed his brow and turned to the dizzy female employee.

She snapped to attention and hurriedly explained, “They… they came to apply for a family martial contest, but when I reported to my superior, the response was that the martial contest tradition was abolished.”

“Who said that?”

A gentle voice sounded.

“The City Lord?”