Chapter 1028

Chapter 1028 Betrayal

 

Fang Yu obtained the exact location provided by Bai Konggu through the positioning stone.

It was located northwest of Beidu.

Fang Yu immediately activated the Spirit Ring, operated the teleportation technique, and headed to this place.

With a flash of light, Fang Yu disappeared from his original spot.

……

Fang Yu appeared in a bamboo forest.

In front of him was a thatched house with a small courtyard and a well in the yard.

Bamboo surrounded the thatched house, and the sound of spring water flowing could be heard from behind.

As far as the environment was concerned, it was quite nice.

After casually examining the surroundings, Fang Yu walked directly toward the thatched house.

Before he reached the door, a voice came from inside: “You came faster than I expected. I just got back not long ago.”

Then, Bai Konggu’s figure appeared before Fang Yu’s eyes.

“It seems that older people have similar interests, preferring to live in such remote mountain forests,” Fang Yu said.

Bai Konggu had changed back into a simple gray robe and smiled: “This place was built long ago, but I’ve never stayed here before, so it’s been abandoned for a long time. Now that I’m retired, I can live here regularly in the future.”

“Retired?” Fang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and said, “A few days ago you were still working fine, why did you suddenly retire?”

Bai Konggu gestured for Fang Yu to enter the house and said slowly: “When a person reaches a certain age, retirement is inevitable. Isn’t that normal?”

Fang Yu followed Bai Konggu into the house and sat down at a wooden table.

“I have an old friend who spent most of his later years living in a thatched house like this,” Fang Yu said, his eyes flickering slightly.

“Returning to nature is probably the choice of most people in their later years,” Bai Konggu said.

Fang Yu looked at Bai Konggu and asked: “Getting to the point, why did you secretly invite me here? What do you want to discuss?”

Bai Konggu poured a cup of tea for Fang Yu, then poured one for himself, picked up the teacup, and took a sip.

Fang Yu noticed that Bai Konggu’s right hand trembled slightly as he lifted the teacup.

“Why were you following me before?” Bai Konggu put down the teacup and asked.

“Just curiosity. Curious about who was hiding behind the Skygazing Bureau,” Fang Yu answered frankly.

Bai Konggu nodded slightly and said: “At that time, you had already met with Immortal Xiu, and he revealed quite a bit about the Divine Concealment Society.”

“So? What exactly did you want to discuss with me today?” Fang Yu asked.

“I want to tell you some secrets about the Divine Concealment Society, and what the Skygazing Bureau might do next,” Bai Konggu said slowly after thinking for a moment.

Hearing this, Fang Yu narrowed his eyes and asked: “Why would you do this? That Immortal Xiu I met the other day insisted that I keep everything about the Divine Concealment Society confidential… you’re one of his subordinates, yet now you want to reveal their secrets to me?”

“I just said, I’m retired now. I have no connection with either the Divine Concealment Society or the Skygazing Bureau,” Bai Konggu looked at Fang Yu and said, “I’m just doing what I want to do.”

“No wonder you invited me here so mysteriously… you’re afraid the Divine Concealment Society will find out,” Fang Yu picked up the teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and said, “Alright, tell me what secrets you want to share.”

Bai Konggu took a deep breath, stood up, and walked to the back.

There was a wooden bookshelf with some documents on it.

Bai Konggu took the documents and brought them to Fang Yu.

“These documents contain all the specific locations of ancient ruins that I’ve secretly recorded recently,” Bai Konggu said.

Fang Yu took the documents and casually flipped through them.

They indeed contained a series of detailed addresses.

Just like the number of observatories Fang Yu had previously recorded, there were thirty-seven ancient ruins in total.

Originally, Fang Yu would have needed to calculate the positions of the ancient ruins’ entrances through the formations beneath the observatories.

But with these documents, that trouble was eliminated.

However…

“Your Skygazing Bureau would publish these addresses anyway, so giving me these addresses doesn’t mean much,” Fang Yu said.

“They were published before… but that might not be the case in the future,” Bai Konggu replied.

Fang Yu’s eyes flickered.

“This document also contains the exact opening time for each ancient ruin,” Bai Konggu said.

Fang Yu looked through the documents in his hand and indeed found that after each ancient ruin’s address, there was an exact date and time, accurate to the minute.

“Was this information provided to you by the Divine Concealment Society?” Fang Yu asked.

“Yes,” Bai Konggu nodded.

“Do you know by what means they obtained this information?” Fang Yu continued to ask.

Bai Konggu frowned slightly and answered: “I don’t know the specific methods… but I know which member of the Divine Concealment Society provided this information.”

“Who?” Fang Yu asked.

“Wuchenzi,” Bai Konggu answered.

Wuchenzi?

Fang Yu had never heard this name before.

“After my retirement, the person who took over the Skygazing Bureau is this Wuchenzi’s chief disciple, Fu Han,” Bai Konggu added.

When mentioning Fu Han’s name, Bai Konggu’s eyes flashed with anger and coldness.

“Besides these documents, are there any other secrets?” Fang Yu asked.

Bai Konggu leaned back in his chair and said: “Although I worked under the Divine Concealment Society for many years, in reality… for a long time, there wasn’t much communication between the Skygazing Bureau and the Divine Concealment Society. It’s only in the past six months that the Divine Concealment Society’s actions suddenly increased and expanded. Many things they asked me to do, I couldn’t understand the meaning behind them.”

“For example?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.

“Like what you just mentioned… our Skygazing Bureau publishing the times and locations of ancient ruins opening… this was the Divine Concealment Society’s requirement, but I couldn’t understand their purpose in doing so,” Bai Konggu frowned.

Indeed, so far, the inheritances in the ancient ruins that Fang Yu had entered all possessed certain value.

These ruins were indeed left behind tens of thousands of years ago, or even longer.

Therefore, even if those old men in the Divine Concealment Society had Tribulation Realm cultivation, they shouldn’t be so generous as to make public the news of ancient ruins opening, and let other cultivators take the inheritance items inside.

What was the purpose of doing this?

At this moment, Fang Yu recalled what Immortal Xiu had said when they last met.

“Since you’re unwilling to join the Divine Concealment Society, please don’t explore further into these matters, because these ancient ruins… have other uses for our Divine Concealment Society.”

“We publish them to allow cultivators of more average power to enter… Brother Fang, you’re so powerful, perhaps you don’t need to obtain more inheritances?”

Allowing cultivators of average power to enter ancient ruins?

What were they trying to do?

What could the Divine Concealment Society gain from this?

Fang Yu frowned deeply, thinking.

“Although the Divine Concealment Society’s actions only increased in the past six months, in reality… they had anticipated the current situation five years ago,” Bai Konggu said.

Fang Yu raised his head, looked at Bai Konggu, and asked: “What do you mean?”

“The times and locations of these ancient ruins opening were provided by Wuchenzi five years ago,” Bai Konggu said. “From that time on, our Skygazing Bureau had already dispatched some personnel specifically to monitor the entrances of these ancient ruins.”

Five years ago…

This Wuchenzi seemed quite capable.

Speaking of this, Fang Yu asked again: “Were those rankings of your Skygazing Bureau also provided by this Wuchenzi?”

“More or less, but these stone tablets inherently have the function of collecting cultivators’ auras,” Bai Konggu said. “The basis for ranking differs for each list.”

“But rankings like the Divine Rank, Heaven Rank, and Saint Rank… are purely based on the strength of cultivation aura.”

“As for the Immortal Communication Tablet… the basis is even more mysterious, even Immortal Xiu couldn’t explain it clearly. But it’s certain that the Immortal Communication Tablet represents a level. The names on it aren’t ranked high or low, and their cultivation levels aren’t necessarily at the same realm.”

Fang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and said: “I remember there were two other stone tablets in your inner courtyard. What rankings are those?”

Bai Konggu answered: “The other two rankings, one is for divine weapons and the other is for magical treasures. But these two rankings were never properly completed, so they were abandoned and are no longer used.”