Chapter 990

Chapter 990 Who Is Shameless

 

Fang Yu concealed his body and aura, returning to the palace.

At the banquet, when Fukuzawa Ryosei had his servants present the magatama, Fang Yu sensed something was wrong and immediately released his divine consciousness to cover the entire palace.

There were two strongest individuals in the palace, positioned on opposite sides.

These two had cultivation levels around the early Foundation Establishment stage.

This level of cultivation wasn’t anything special in the Northern Capital’s martial arts world, but they were the strongest guards of the Eastern Sun Island royal family.

After learning this, Fang Yu used his divine consciousness to locate a great hall in the deepest part of the palace.

This hall was similar to the worship hall seen earlier in the Snake Temple.

Above were divine positions and statues… while below, three golden plates held three items.

Among them were a mirror, a long sword, and a jade-green magatama.

This magatama was identical to the one Fukuzawa Ryosei had given to Fang Yu at the banquet.

The only difference was the aura emanating from the magatama.

The magatama in the worship hall contained very obvious divine power.

At that moment, Fang Yu knew that the one in his possession must be a fake!

He could also confirm that the royal family members sitting across from him were being deceitful.

However, Fang Yu didn’t want to expose them on the spot.

Doing so would inevitably cause conflict, ultimately resulting in nothing more than destroying the palace.

He had been taking action frequently lately and was already growing tired of it.

Moreover, Huai Xu certainly wouldn’t want Fang Yu to do this.

So, after some thought, Fang Yu came up with a method that would make the royal family extremely uncomfortable.

…

Fang Yu arrived at the worship hall without encountering any obstacles.

The numerous guards outside the door hadn’t detected him at all.

Fang Yu walked to the offering table and looked at the three items before him.

He directly took the magatama and placed the fake one on the plate.

At that moment, he felt the divine statue in front of him tremble slightly.

“Blame yourselves for this,” Fang Yu thought.

After taking the real magatama, Fang Yu looked at the other two items.

These two also contained divine power.

Fang Yu thought for a moment but didn’t take them.

Right now, he just wanted the royal family to suffer silently.

If he took all three sacred treasures, the royal family would certainly go crazy, and that wouldn’t be fun.

Besides, the so-called three sacred treasures might not be useful to Fang Yu anyway.

Fang Yu put the magatama in his pocket and turned to leave.

After a moment’s thought, he found a pen on a nearby table, tore off a small piece of paper, and wrote four characters on it.

Thanks for the hospitality.

Fang Yu thought again and drew a smiley face after the words, then placed the small piece of paper under the magatama before leaving triumphantly.

…

At seven fifty-seven in the evening.

Fang Yu arrived at the dock and saw Zheng Ze and four attendants.

“Let’s board,” Fang Yu said.

“Mr. Fang…” Zheng Ze looked at Fang Yu with surprise.

Fang Yu took out the genuine magatama from his pocket, tossed it to Zheng Ze, and smiled, “Fukuzawa Ryosei will probably be so angry he’ll cough blood.”

Zheng Ze hurriedly caught the magatama.

Even he could clearly feel the difference between this magatama and the previous one.

“Mr. Fang, are we really just leaving like this?” Zheng Ze asked with wide eyes.

“Of course we’re leaving. Would you rather stay here and exchange false pleasantries with them?” Fang Yu asked in return.

“But…” Zheng Ze didn’t know what to say.

Fang Yu patted Zheng Ze’s shoulder and said, “Remember, the best way to deal with shameless people is to be even more shameless than they are.”

“Don’t worry, this matter won’t bring any negative consequences.”

“Their royal family can only swallow this silent loss.”

Soon, Fang Yu’s group boarded the passenger ship.

At exactly eight o’clock, the ship departed from the dock, heading toward the Northern Capital port.

…

At eleven o’clock that night, in the study of the royal palace on Eastern Sun Island.

Fukuzawa Takahiro held the small piece of paper in his hand, looking at the four large characters written on it, trembling with anger.

His face was ashen, his eyes bloodshot, his breathing extremely heavy.

Around eight-thirty, he had already received news that Fang Yu’s group had boarded the passenger ship and returned to the Northern Capital.

At that time… he was already extremely shocked.

Fang Yu was truly so shameless that he directly boarded the ship and left… without even looking at Ghost Island, acting as if nothing had happened, and returning to the Northern Capital!

But even so, the royal family hadn’t suffered any loss, since the payment was only a fake magatama.

Instead, they could use this incident to embarrass the Northern Capital Martial Arts Association.

After all, Fang Yu represented the Northern Capital Martial Arts Association, and breaking his promise like this would make the Association lose face no matter how you looked at it.

But before they could contact Huai Xu… terrible news came in the middle of the night!

The magatama had been switched, and a note had been left!

Seeing the four characters “Thanks for the hospitality” and the smiley face behind them, Fukuzawa Takahiro knew this must have been Fang Yu’s doing.

“Damn it! Damn it…”

Fukuzawa Takahiro held the note in his right hand, breathing heavily, his teeth grinding audibly.

“Brother, let’s immediately send our elite forces to pursue them! We can check their route, they shouldn’t have gone far!” Fukuzawa Ryosei said loudly, his face ashen.

Fukuzawa Takahiro raised his head and looked at Fukuzawa Ryosei with bloodshot eyes.

Fukuzawa Ryosei’s body trembled, instantly becoming more clearheaded.

Yes… send people to pursue? With what?

With Fang Yu’s strength, which could make the Northern Capital’s number one family kneel and beg for mercy… what capital did their royal family have to confront him directly?

The only way to deal with Fang Yu was to use schemes to outwit him…

And once a scheme was seen through… they could only be at his mercy, with no other options.

Fukuzawa Takahiro sat in his chair, gasping for breath, his expression ferocious.

Fukuzawa Ryosei stood before him, thinking of solutions.

“Brother, let me talk to Huai Xu of the Northern Capital Martial Arts Association? The magatama is our royal family’s sacred treasure, how can it fall into someone else’s hands!?” Fukuzawa Ryosei said with wide eyes.

“Talk to Huai Xu? How? Tell him our scheme was exposed? That Fang Yu made fools of us?” Fukuzawa Takahiro asked in return.

“We can avoid mentioning the scheme and say Fang Yu stole the magatama while attending the banquet…” Fukuzawa Ryosei said, veins bulging on his forehead.

“…Would he believe us or Fang Yu? Fang Yu was sent by Huai Xu!” Fukuzawa Takahiro shouted, somewhat losing his composure.

Fukuzawa Ryosei’s expression changed repeatedly as he said, “Then, what should we do? We can’t do nothing and just let him return to the Northern Capital like this?!”

After saying this, Fukuzawa Ryosei suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

Currently, it seemed there really was no other option but to let Fang Yu return to the Northern Capital…

Fukuzawa Takahiro stared at the note in his hand, looking at the smiley face after those four characters, the anger in his chest burning more fiercely the longer he looked.

“Puff!”

Finally, Fukuzawa Takahiro spat out a large mouthful of blood, collapsing onto the desk, unconscious.

“Brother! Someone come quickly…” Fukuzawa Ryosei’s face changed drastically as he shouted.

That night, the royal palace was brightly lit, with no one sleeping.

…

Meanwhile, Fang Yu was standing on the deck of the returning passenger ship, taking out the genuine magatama and examining it carefully.

From the surface, this magatama looked like an ordinary piece of jade containing divine power.

This divine power was quite pure.

But what was the purpose of this magatama?

Fang Yu looked at it for a long time but couldn’t determine its function.

So, he grasped the magatama and activated the Soul Devouring Technique.

“Whoosh…”

A red light vortex appeared in his palm.

All the energy contained within the magatama was absorbed into Fang Yu’s body.

The divine power was converted into a large amount of spiritual energy, which flowed into his Dragon Phoenix Origin.

One layer, two layers, three layers…

Fang Yu’s cultivation level rose steadily.

After absorbing the magatama completely, Fang Yu’s realm directly reached the twenty-third layer of the Heaven-Reaching Realm… equivalent to the one thousand and twenty-third layer of Qi Refinement.

Such a small magatama had allowed him to advance more than ten layers…

Fang Yu opened his eyes wide, looking at the now lusterless white jade with surprise.