Chapter 1859 - 842: Jackals, Tigers, and Leopards (Part 2)

Chapter 1859: Chapter 842: Jackals, Tigers, and Leopards (Part 2)

Here, her life and death were hanging by a thread. If she went back to the Qian Family, at least there’d be some safety guaranteed.

Besides, this place had just been attacked by so many people, it looked like it could collapse at any moment. Who knew when someone might sneak in again for another ambush or assassination? They were really not safe here at all.

But if Fang Yu didn’t speak up, who could leave? Who would dare leave?

However, if people from the Qian Family were here to escort them, that’d be a different story.

Too bad...

"The people from the Qian Family have already left."

Fang Yu’s words were like a death sentence, directly striking the Qian siblings so hard that both their expressions froze. Jiang Yong, standing off to the side, just looked like a curious kid and didn’t butt in.

Hadn’t the Qian Family just said they wouldn’t come to rescue the Qian siblings? Why did they suddenly send people over?

Jiang Yong might have a bit of wit, but he wasn’t all that familiar with the layout and power dynamics of the Capital, so he couldn’t make any real judgments.

It was purely an information gap that made him confused, not that he was too dumb to understand.

Once he got more familiar with the rules of this "game" and understood all those twists and turns, Jiang Yong would gain a whole new understanding of many things. But right now, he just felt puzzled.

"I—I heard Ji Jin’s voice..."

After Qian Wu fell into disappointment, Qin Er spoke up weakly.

Unfortunately, it didn’t make any difference.

"She’s being received by the Bo Family Patriarch, but..."

Fang Yu chuckled and didn’t continue.

Just relying on some Ji Jin, there was no way they’d be able to pull anyone out from the Bo Mansion.

Since Fang Yu didn’t say more, Qin Er naturally understood what he meant. She bit her lower lip, feeling helpless and humiliated.

She had infinite potential, yet was trapped here, with no opportunity to improve her strength.

Ignoring the three from the Qian Family, Fang Yu, under the gazes of Zhuge Shi’s other subordinates, pushed open the door and walked into the room.

As soon as he stepped inside, Fang Yu saw Zhuge Shi quietly staying by Ding Hui’s side, like an apprentice, watching from nearby.

Seriously, dude, can you even understand what you’re looking at?

Fang Yu had spent so long with Ding Hui, and with her never hiding any of her operations from him, he was still completely baffled by her research. He couldn’t understand a single thing.

Fang Yu didn’t believe that Zhuge Shi, a Martial Artist and not some Doctor, could understand it.

Sure enough, Zhuge Shi was just putting on an act, staring at Ding Hui’s back. That confused little expression of hers was practically identical to Fang Yu’s face whenever he watched Ding Hui work.

Come on, what are you pretending for? You almost made me feel insecure.

Ding Hui seemed to be going all out handling the Supreme Golden Petal Flower. With materials this precious, she was putting in one hundred and twenty percent of her Spirit and was fully focused on dealing with them.

As the one who’d ultimately benefit from all this, Fang Yu naturally hurried to join in.

Though "join in" just meant being her helper.

Even though Fang Yu couldn’t understand what Ding Hui was doing, after working together for this long, handling some auxiliary materials and such was no problem. With Diao Xiaohui also being ordered around, the room quickly ended up with only Zhuge Shi really looking like an outsider, just standing there and staring blankly.

But as Ding Hui’s work went deeper, even going so far as to slice open Fang Yu’s arm, cutting through flesh to reveal the white bone underneath, Zhuge Shi immediately felt something strange.

Because Ding Hui’s techniques—the effect she was aiming for—were actually somewhat similar to that special Bone Tiger Cultivation Technique. Yet the process was entirely different, carrying a kind of brutal, primitive, and direct feel, as if it formed a separate lineage, a path that veered off the usual track.

At the end of the day, it was just... weird!

Very weird! Extremely weird! But weird in a way that felt oddly familiar!

"Husband, this woman is really an eyesore."

Ding Hui was about to start the critical operation, but her eyes suddenly slid toward the zoning-out Zhuge Shi, and she spoke lightly.

Only then did Fang Yu look at Zhuge Shi.

Even though he thought she definitely didn’t understand anything, since Ding Hui clearly had a bit of a temper flaring, Fang Yu could only go along with her.

"Miss Zhuge, please wait outside for a bit. We have something to deal with in here."

Zhuge Shi smiled.

"Young Master Diao isn’t afraid I’ll run off now?"

Fang Yu smiled back and said nothing.

With 8000 HP and Wood Realm Peak strength, where could she even run to? Getting out of the Bo Mansion itself was a question. Even if some of her underlings outside tried to help, if she bumped into a few Elders of the Bo Mansion on the way, they’d definitely keep her there.

So Fang Yu hadn’t even considered that problem at all.

Seeing that, Zhuge Shi didn’t say more, but she did give Ding Hui another glance before she walked out of the room.

Outside, she ended up in a staring contest with the Qian siblings and Jiang Yong.

Qian Wu wanted to cozy up to Zhuge Shi, but times had changed. Zhuge Shi had absolutely no interest in him now.

She walked over to her subordinates and had them send a message back to the organization.

Her lips moved, but the three from the Qian Family didn’t hear a single word.

Very quickly, part of Zhuge Shi’s men departed.

At the same time, Zhuge Shi noticed that the Bo Mansion had gotten much livelier. There were some unfamiliar outsiders walking inside the estate. Clearly, they’d been granted permission by the Bo family, which was why they could move around so freely.

Outside reinforcement, huh...

Zhuge Shi raised an eyebrow. As for the Bo family, she didn’t think much of them.

With the level of strength she once had, the forces she measured herself against were always those Eight Veins–level major powers, not some obscure minor players beneath the Capital.

"Ouyang Family, Ouyang Bing has arrived!"

In the distance, the arrival of a somewhat heavyweight figure was announced, drawing Zhuge Shi’s attention in that direction.

Ouyang Bing was one of the young masters of the Ouyang Family, but to anyone who knew the Ouyang Family, that clan only had one person worth paying attention to from beginning to end, and that was Master Ouyang. Besides him, everyone else in the Ouyang Family was just a stepping stone who might get the chance to meet Master Ouyang. Their personal value, strength, and status were all negligible and not worth mentioning.

"They got wind of the news this fast and came for the blueprint already? But... there’s no way they’ll hand this thing over to anyone."

Zhuge Shi counted as one of the Witnesses present, so she naturally understood Fang Yu’s intentions. Bo Changquan did too. No matter who came, in the end, the blueprint was going to be sent to the auction house. Only then could they lure out the real Master Ouyang and achieve their goal.

Time ticked by, second by second. During that period, Qian Wu tried several times to strike up a conversation, but was ignored by Zhuge Shi every time, and eventually he learned his lesson and decisively shut up.

Qin Er and Jiang Yong had even lower status and zero right to speak, so they wisely stayed quiet and played the part of wooden dummies.

When the sky finally darkened, Zhuge Shi’s people returned.

And they brought back a message.

"Tomorrow at the underground auction, I’ll come meet you."

Mi Tu...

Zhuge Shi took a deep breath.

She had to find a way to deal with her Seal. Otherwise, the organization would definitely abandon her completely.

To be honest, Zhuge Shi really owed Mi Tu for this favor.

"Tomorrow, huh..."

The underground auction was already going to draw all sorts of powerful figures from different factions. With the forged blueprint of the previous dynasty dragging Master Ouyang into the open, it’d bring in even more people.

So tomorrow’s auction carried enormous risk.

But precisely because the auction would attract everyone’s attention, she’d have more freedom to act on her side and meet with Mi Tu.

"I hope Mi Tu doesn’t disappoint me. Otherwise..."

Zhuge Shi turned around and looked at the room behind her.

Honestly, she had a vague feeling that the woman named Ding Hui seemed very interested in the Seal on her body. Judging from all the techniques she’d shown, Ding Hui might actually have a way to deal with it?

But at the end of the day, Ding Hui was an outsider.

Mi Tu, on the other hand, was from inside the organization.

Who to trust was self-evident.

...

"Senior Sister Lulu!"

"Senior Sister Lulu..."

Hei Ao and Zuo Lv returned to Absolute Sect’s secret hideout, but when they faced Senior Sister Lulu, they felt rather guilty.

They’d failed the mission and had almost lost their lives. Although nothing happened in the end, both of them came back injured. They had no idea whether they could still be of use in Absolute Sect’s upcoming plans.

"You two are back."

Lulu turned to look at them and said calmly, "I’ve already established contact with people from the court. We’re only one step away from final negotiations. Several Elders of Absolute Sect will be arriving in the Capital soon as well. Since you’re both wounded, you’ll be in charge of attending to the Elders’ daily needs in the Capital. Once everything is settled and we raise troops to crusade against the Demon Capital, then you two can contribute again."