The root of the two men's prejudice actually stemmed from Fatty Zheng. Yi Long had been enduring it and not pointing it out, wanting to save Lei Feng some face, but seeing him question himself incessantly, Yi Long finally couldn't hold back.
"Lei Feng, do you really think Fatty Zheng's strength is enough to defeat Li Chonglou?"
Yi Long stared at Lei Feng with a somber expression, while Lei Feng was momentarily stunned by his words.
"What do you mean?"
"Use your brain and think carefully. A person who can return alive from a beast's nest during a beast tide, does he need to ambush to defeat Fatty Zheng? If you think even that was due to luck, then consider if you have such luck yourself."
After speaking, Yi Long turned and left. Some things don't necessarily need to be accepted by the other party immediately, but what needed to be said had been said. If Lei Feng remained stubborn, only future facts could awaken him.
Lei Feng stood there frozen for a moment. It was only now that he truly began to consider the logic of the entire matter. As the saying goes, the bystander sees clearly while the participant is bewildered. When Yi Long, from a third-person perspective, brought the matter up again, he suddenly realized something was amiss.
He recalled that several other people were present when the entire incident occurred. If Li Chonglou had indeed seriously injured Fatty Zheng through an ambush, why didn't the others present immediately bring Li Chonglou to justice?
This obvious loophole instantly shook Lei Feng's perspective.
His personality was always straightforward, disliking indirect methods, so he immediately found those few individuals.
"You guys tell me honestly, what exactly happened at the scene back then!"
To Lei Feng's surprise, the people he brought to question at this moment felt their hearts sink. If Lei Feng had questioned them like this when they were still in the Dark Division, he would certainly have told the entire truth of what happened then.
But the situation was different now. To avoid implicating themselves, all of them stubbornly maintained a unified stance, insisting that Li Chonglou had ambushed Fatty Zheng and then quickly fled the scene.
"The two of them had a bit of an argument. Captain, you know how fast this newcomer is. We didn't react in time, which allowed him to escape the scene."
Upon hearing this, Lei Feng's face clearly relaxed, and he then waved his hand, dismissing the men.
"Yi Long, it seems you're the confused one! You actually fell for a newcomer's trick!"
At this moment, Lei Feng felt he had understood the truth of the entire matter. He even believed that Yi Long's attitude was entirely due to being deceived by the newcomer, leading to misunderstandings and misconceptions about his own people.
In an instant, the anger in Lei Feng's heart subsided by more than half. He just shook his head helplessly, thinking that he could only wait for an opportunity in the future to make Yi Long recognize reality.
After all, the two of them were once teammates who had faced life and death together, so even if there were any conflicts, they were easily resolved. At least, at this moment, both of them chose to temporarily set the matter aside.
Afterward, Lei Feng found Yi Long again, but no longer discussed Li Chonglou. Instead, they discussed the arrangements for the upcoming mission.
The others in the Dark Division couldn't help but feel relieved as they saw the two finally become harmonious. Only one person, however, felt a bit displeased because of it.
Fatty Zheng looked at the two who were now getting along, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes. Firstly, he feared his own affairs being exposed, and secondly, Yi Long had been consistently protecting Li Chonglou, which had already generated hostility towards Yi Long.
"Hmph, Captain Yi Long's team? Sooner or later, it will become Fatty Zheng's team!"
Staring coldly at Yi Long's retreating back, Fatty Zheng had already secretly made a decision in his heart.
Meanwhile, Li Chonglou, led by Master Dao, ran frantically and returned to the Dark Division in just two hours.
After passing the outer sentry and truly entering the Dark Division, Master Dao looked back at Li Chonglou, who had been maintaining a certain distance from him, and was secretly shocked.
"This kid's speed is truly terrifying, and his endurance is unbelievably strong."
Master Dao panted slightly, muttering to himself.
When they were traveling earlier, he had intentionally tried to test the limits of this newcomer, constantly accelerating. However, when he reached his own limit speed, he found that Li Chonglou could still keep up steadily!
To avoid embarrassing himself and to make Li Chonglou mistakenly believe that this was just his normal travel speed, Master Dao could only maintain his extreme speed throughout the journey.
He had originally thought that with his own strength, the other party wouldn't be able to keep up for long. How could he have imagined that even after returning to the Dark Division, Li Chonglou still looked as if nothing had happened, seemingly unaffected!
"So the clown was me..."
Master Dao mocked himself inwardly, no longer daring to show the slightest contempt towards Li Chonglou. After bringing Li Chonglou back to the clock tower, he even said politely.
"Alright, you go find the instructor. I'll wait for you here."
As he spoke, he patted Li Chonglou's shoulder, acting as if they were old acquaintances.
Li Chonglou gave him a strange look but didn't think much of it, only nodding and entering the clock tower.
Ya Hao was still kneeling beneath the statue. When he heard footsteps, he slowly stood up, turned around, and smiled at Li Chonglou, "I knew you wouldn't die so easily, kid."
Although he didn't know much about what had happened at the base, he was aware of significant events like the beast's nest anomaly and the beast tide outbreak. Seeing Li Chonglou return alive, Ya Hao's mood immediately became cheerful.
Before Li Chonglou could even speak, he added.
"It doesn't matter whether you got the token or not. Being able to return alive from a beast's nest during a beast tide is enough to prove your qualifications."
Li Chonglou froze completely. Looking at the grinning old man before him, he suddenly felt an urge to punch him.
Damn it, so this so-called token was actually something you made up yourself!
Li Chonglou rolled his eyes and took out a plain stone from his embrace. This stone was no different from ordinary stones. If anything, it had a cross drawn on it with a marker pen.
When Li Chonglou went to the location Ya Hao had described and saw this thing, he had already vaguely understood this fact.
Although he had prepared himself mentally, Li Chonglou couldn't help but complain when he finally received confirmation from Ya Hao.
Without any politeness, he threw the stone at the old man and said coldly, "The test is over now. Give me the lower-level cultivation techniques of the Dark Pulse."
Receiving the stone, Ya Hao instantly understood why Li Chonglou reacted this way.