Chapter 723: Chapter 171: Human; Wolf; Dog! [Ten Thousand Words]
"It’s nothing much."
Zhu Shaoyun replied calmly, "Just some goods encountered a robbery."
"Robbery?"
Fang Che was furious, "So close to Baiyun State City, there’s still a robbery happening! Such audacity! I must..."
"Cough cough... this is considered a private matter of the Zhu family."
Zhu Shaoyun gently declined, "Mr. Fang, you’re swamped with many responsibilities... Besides, if our Zhu family’s goods are robbed, and we don’t rectify this, we won’t have any face left in Jianghu. I hope Mr. Fang can understand."
"Oh, oh... I see, I understand."
Fang Che laughed heartily, "I know... the face, I get it."
Then, he clasped his hands toward Mr. Shang, "Mr. Shang, I wanted to have a long chat and make friends, but seeing that you’re busy, I’ll find another opportunity."
Mr. Shang smiled faintly, looking into the distance and the sky with his hands behind his back, his white robe fluttering, saying calmly, "A mere Guardian of the Great Hall doesn’t qualify to be my friend."
"Hahaha... is that so?"
Fang Che seemed unbothered by Mr. Shang’s disdain, holding back Yun Jianqiu and others who were about to rush forward, he nodded politely and smiled at Mr. Shang, then turned around, "Let’s go!"
He took two attendants with him and quickly disappeared.
The Grand Dowager was somewhat worried, frowning, "Mr. Shang, Fang Che is the number one King level Guardian, his future potential is limitless, offending him like this may not be wise."
Mr. Shang said dismissively, "I always felt this Steward Fang is not as magnanimous as he seems, and I find him annoying, a grown man looking more handsome than a girl, what’s his deal, is he going to sing female roles?"
The Grand Dowager and Zhu Shaoyun both smiled wryly in their hearts.
So that’s how it is.
This guy is actually jealous that Fang Che is more handsome than himself.
On the way back, Yun Jianqiu also inquired, "Mr. Fang, they obviously faced Yemo’s retaliation, why aren’t we allowed to intervene from the Guardian Hall?"
"Because they don’t want to turn completely against the Demon Sect. If things go south with the Wei Wo Zheng Sect, it’s not something a few bottles of elixir pills can fix. So they want to apologize and resolve the misunderstanding."
Fang Che said deeply.
"They are considering how to apologize to Yemo?"
Yun Jianqiu asked in surprise, "They’ve been pushed to this extent, yet they still want to apologize? Aren’t they supposed to be tough?"
"It depends who they are tough against."
Fang Che said calmly, "So, when you see their goods safe, it means their apology succeeded. Inform the Guardian Hall people to keep a distance from Zhu family’s convoys to avoid unnecessary trouble."
"But isn’t this a good opportunity to capture or kill Yemo?" Yun Jianqiu asked, "Their convoy would serve as bait."
"Are you stupid or what?"
Fang Che scolded, "Yemo can die anytime in other situations, but not at this time. If Yemo dies now, it would bring huge trouble on us from the Zhu family and the powerful forces behind them. It would worsen their misunderstanding with the Wei Wo Zheng Sect significantly."
"But isn’t there always a time to resolve misunderstandings?"
"Of course, but they need to kill some of our people to clear it! Meaning they’d become our enemies. And the forces behind them are incredibly powerful... so powerful it’s terrifying. If they make a move, it would really blow up the issue and put the Heavenly Palace on the opposing side. So, at this time, we cannot kill Yemo."
"...then what do we do?"
"Just let them apologize to Yemo first, what else can we do?"
Fang Che spread his hands, "Anyway, it’s not our loss at the moment; why should we be anxious?"
"Once they’ve had their spat, we’ll continue to deal with Yemo and Wei Wo Zheng Sect, as for the Zhu family and the forces behind them, we’ll pretend they don’t exist. Haven’t we always done so for years?"
Yun Jianqiu sighed, "It’s really frustrating."
"What’s so frustrating? Recognize the situation, this is the Heavenly Palace, and even the Heavenly Palace is feeling frustrated. They’ve lost so many people, had their goods burned, yet they must apologize and clear misunderstandings. Heh, such is the Heavenly Palace. Tsk tsk, truly the number one Outer World Mountain Sect."
Fang Che coldly laughed.
Yun Jianqiu said, "Seems like the Heavenly Palace isn’t even as good as our Hanjian Mountain Sect."
"Heh heh..."
Fang Che said icily, "Your Hanjian Mountain Sect isn’t much better, having ten thousand people slaughtered like dead dogs, yet the high-ups still fawningly go to lick the Wei Wo Zheng Sect’s boots without a peep."
Yun Jianqiu’s face turned red with anger, "But we came to take positions at the Guardian Hall."
"A load of crap!"
Fang Che said disdainfully, "Take a good look at your Mountain Gate, the few of you who came, what do you amount to for the entire Mountain Gate? What do you count as to the high-level martial force? And why did you come here? Isn’t it because you couldn’t swallow your pride and proactively sought revenge? Those with the same experience who swallowed their pride have gone back, right? Going back to be good boys in the Mountain Gate, right?"
"When you can calm down, don’t want revenge, won’t you also just roll back?"
"So you guys staying here is considered personal action, understand? Not a decision by the Mountain Gate, got it? The Mountain Gate merely didn’t stop your personal actions, that’s all."
Yun Jianqiu was left speechless, his shoulders slumped, muttering, "Those who went back, along with the Mountain Gate people... they too are waiting to be useful, waiting for a higher cultivation..."
