Chapter 756: Chapter 178: Mr. Fang’s Grand Gesture [10,000 Words]
Jing Xiuyun sighed deeply, speaking earnestly, "Ying’er, sometimes, a thousand reasons and universal morality cannot measure a woman’s suffering; without experiencing others’ hardships..."
...
Fang Che was studying the God Fusion Pill that Xue Fuxiao initially gave him.
Xue Fuxiao mentioned that Dongfang Sansan had given it to him; and when taking it, he should use Divine Sense to wrap the Divine Formless Jade, allowing the God Fusion Pill to slowly merge with the Divinity, and that this process would take at least three days.
However, the limitation for taking the God Fusion Pill is Sixth Rank King level.
But now, I am already at the Peak of Fifth Rank.
If I take it now, Fang Che felt it shouldn’t be much of a problem, right?
After thinking for a while, he decided to set aside the idea and continue accumulating cloud energy, estimating that it would take just three to five more days to reach Sixth Rank, no need to rush.
What puzzled him now was...
The Southeast War had already concluded, yet why hadn’t Old Man Shen, Song Yidao, Fan Tiantiao, and others returned?
And there hasn’t been any news coming back.
Thinking of this, he wanted to look up some information, so he pushed open the office door and shouted, "Tang Zheng! Bring that..."
Outside, dozens of eyes turned towards him in unison.
Silent and speechless.
Fang Che himself was slightly stunned, then sighed, his eyes growing deep and distant.
Tang Zheng... was already dead, and would never respond to his commands again.
A nameless sadness rose from his heart, and Fang Che suddenly felt a powerful rage surging up simultaneously.
He shouted loudly.
"All of you, go! Sort the investigation files! The previous files! Bring them over, separate them; compare, check for discrepancies! Quickly!"
With a loud rumble, everyone began to move.
No one dared to look at Mr. Fang’s livid face.
It seemed that Mr. Fang’s eyes had reddened...
...
Then Fang Che started tirelessly flipping through the files, forming new ones through the investigations conducted during this time, then opening the old ones to compare, checking for any differences.
The entire staff of the Guardian Hall’s Steward Hall who stayed behind were flipping through the files with him.
Unable to find the Dream Demon, Fang Che always felt a fire burning in his heart that couldn’t be extinguished, growing increasingly rampant.
Even though he had destroyed one avatar of the Dream Demon, Fang Che’s hatred remained hard to quell. Even if the Dream Demon died a hundred times, Fang Che felt it wouldn’t ease his anger.
Tang Zheng was a small figure, and initially, when Fang Che arrived at the Guardian Hall, Tang Zheng was fawning and currying favor, using others’ power to coerce people, sneaky and cunning...
However, he gradually changed, was touched, inspired, started working hard, striving upward, becoming responsible, transforming into a qualified fighter... he even became a qualified Guardian, even a Protector!
From him, Fang Che saw so much hope, so much moved.
But, just as he embarked on the righteous path, before he could play his part, before he could move forward, he sacrificed himself.
This made Fang Che particularly angry.
And also a sense of frustration.
Seeing so many people slowly falling from the fighters’ ranks, slowly becoming fearful, retreating, following the crowd, going with the flow...
Such countercurrent people who move against the tide are truly too few.
Too regrettable!
Fang Che methodically compared files one by one.
Then he set aside those that appeared abnormal.
Everyone else followed suit.
After such detailed investigations, everyone discovered one thing in astonishment: something was off, why were there so many in North City?
The ones with abnormal issues were basically all in North City.
And recently, incidents have mostly occurred in North City too.
Fang Che furrowed his brow deeper and deeper, suddenly patting the files with his hand, "This, pause for a moment. What’s so special about North City in Baiyun State?"
This question needed those Old Stewards to answer.
"North City in Baiyun State has always been a wealthy district; moreover, it’s a new district. North City was expanded outwards four hundred years ago."
"Back then a small town outside North City, called Beizhou, became increasingly prosperous; the population grew, and various large markets began to converge, impacting more and more significantly; it was a suburb outside the city wall, a great problem if anything happened."
"So at that time, they simply enveloped it, dismantled the original city wall, and encompassed Beizhou along with a blank area, keeping a balanced stance in four directions."
"Many buildings in North City are less than a thousand years old."
"And North City’s wealthy households, big families, centennial old shops, are especially numerous!"
"Many influential people in Baiyun State essentially live in North City."
"North City is particularly close to the Demon God Mountain region."
"..."
"Stop!"
Fang Che waved a hand, mumbling a sentence, "North City is particularly close to the outside mountain region..."
He recalled that the mountains in the east, west, and south all exist, but require some travel. Only North City, a hundred miles out of town, and it’s the Demon God Mountain.
Then further north, it’s a series of mountain ranges, endless forests.
His eyes grew brighter and brighter.
Because he remembered something Mu Lin Yuan once said.
"Many hidden stakes, long-term lurking, have been run into centennial old businesses."
Fang Che’s eyes flickered, if calculated this way, how many hidden stakes does the Heavenly God Sect have in Baiyun State?
With the support of the entire Heavenly God Sect, how large could the forces of these hidden stakes be?
How deep-rooted?
A hundred years? Two hundred years? Or even longer?
Then...
Fang Che grabbed a map, and under everyone’s gaze, circled a large area outside the Central District and in North City.
"Focus on this area."
"Investigate the wealthy!"
"Centuries-old families, centennial old shops, all kinds of long-renowned old establishments, old landlords, tycoons!"
