Chapter 158
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Chapter 158: The Zhong Family’s Invitation
How did you find out where I live?” Fang Yu frowned at the Zhong Yuan and Zhong Liyu siblings before him.
Seeing Fang Yu’s apparently displeased expression, both siblings’ faces changed.
“Master Fang, please forgive our sudden visit. Due to the urgency of the matter, we came to find you directly…” Zhong Yuan forced a smile and said.
“What is it?” Fang Yu had no patience for these martial arts families.
“We want to cooperate with you…” Zhong Yuan said.
“Sorry, I’m not interested in cooperating with you.” Fang Yu said as he was about to close the door.
Seeing this, Zhong Liyu hurriedly said: “Master Fang, I learned from Miss Ji that you need monster cores, so we brought eight monster cores from our collection to see you today.”
“Eight monster cores?” Fang Yu’s expression changed slightly, then he smiled and said, “Come in.”
The dramatic change in Fang Yu’s attitude left both Zhong Yuan and Zhong Liyu stunned.
After witnessing Fang Yu’s terrifying skills at Moon Heart Lake, Zhong Yuan had the idea of cooperating with Fang Yu to enter White River Mountain together.
Zhong Liyu learned from Ji Rumei that Fang Yu was only interested in monster cores.
With the approval of their family elders, the siblings brought the only eight monster cores their family had to find Fang Yu.
…
Sitting on the living room sofa, Fang Yu took the box handed over by Zhong Liyu, which contained eight monster cores.
Fang Yu opened it for a look – they were all third-rank monster cores, not bad.
Zhong Yuan and Zhong Liyu quietly watched Fang Yu, not daring to speak.
Especially Zhong Liyu, who remembered how she had looked down on Fang Yu when they first met at the Ji family, and even mocked him. Later, in that primitive forest, she even had Master Tu attack Fang Yu.
But in the end, if Fang Yu hadn’t stepped in to kill that monster, she would have lost her life.
Now facing Fang Yu, Zhong Liyu felt not only fear but even more shame.
“Tell me, what kind of cooperation did you have in mind?” Fang Yu put aside the monster cores and asked.
Zhong Yuan looked at Zhong Liyu, who took a deep breath, gathered her courage to look directly at Fang Yu, and said: “Master Fang, we received news that someone discovered a spirit spring deep in White River Mountain on the western side of Jiangnan.”
“Spirit spring?” Fang Yu frowned slightly.
“It’s said that the spring water contains highly pure spiritual energy, which is extremely beneficial for martial artists’ cultivation, so it has attracted the attention of countless martial artists.” Zhong Liyu said.
“Who spread this news? If someone discovered a spirit spring, wouldn’t they keep quiet and get rich?” Fang Yu asked skeptically.
“There’s a village at the foot of White River Mountain with over a hundred villagers. The spirit spring was discovered by several villagers who went hunting in the mountains.”
“At the time, they thought it was just ordinary spring water, so they scooped some to drink, and after drinking it they felt very comfortable, their strength even became more abundant.”
“So these villagers used their water bottles to bring some spring water back to the village for their respected village chief to taste. The village chief is a martial artist, and he discovered that this spring water contained spiritual energy…”
“That’s how the news spread.” Zhong Liyu explained.
“Those villagers treat that spirit spring as their private property. They spread the news to attract outsiders to buy the spring water. This way, they can make a lot of money.” Zhong Yuan added.
“Then why don’t you just buy it?” Fang Yu asked.
Zhong Yuan said: “Master Fang, leaving aside whether the spirit spring really belongs to the villagers or not. More importantly, those villagers set the price very high – reportedly a million yuan for just a small cup of spirit spring water… We naturally cannot accept such a price.”
“Then why don’t you go up the mountain to find the spirit spring yourselves?” Fang Yu said.
“This is exactly why we came to seek cooperation with Master Fang.”
“It’s said that the location of the spirit spring is extremely hidden, and only the villagers know where it is. And in White River Mountain… there’s said to be an ancient curse – except for the villagers, anyone who enters will suffer from the curse’s power and die suddenly.” Zhong Yuan said.
Fang Yu smiled faintly and said: “For such a prestigious martial arts family to believe in such things.”
Zhong Yuan’s expression changed slightly as he said: “Master Fang, it’s not that we want to believe it, but facts have proven that there really is a curse in White River Mountain!”
“Just the day before yesterday, the Wu family sent a team composed of four half-grandmasters and two grandmasters into White River Mountain, planning to come out within three hours whether they found the spirit spring or not.”
“But once this team entered White River Mountain, they completely lost contact with the outside world and haven’t come out even today.”
Hearing Zhong Yuan’s words, Fang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.
If what Zhong Yuan said was true, then there must be something wrong inside White River Mountain.
A team composed of four half-grandmasters and two grandmasters was already quite strong, yet not a single person made it out.
But Fang Yu didn’t believe in talk of curses and such.
More likely, there was a hungry high-rank monster inside White River Mountain that would make any living being it detected into food.
However, this couldn’t explain why those villagers could freely enter and exit this White River Mountain.
“So, you want me to enter White River Mountain with you?” Fang Yu asked.
“Yes, yesterday we watched Master Fang’s battle with Elder Gu Rulong, and Master Fang you were like a god descending from heaven, making us…” Zhong Yuan recalled yesterday’s scene and said excitedly.
“Alright.” Fang Yu didn’t let Zhong Yuan continue, but turned to look at Zhong Liyu with a half-smile and said, “I remember meeting Miss Zhong Liyu before, right?”
Zhong Liyu’s body trembled, and her face immediately turned pale.
It seemed Fang Yu was going to settle old scores with her.
But before coming, Zhong Liyu had already prepared herself mentally.
“Thud!”
She fell to her knees and bowed her head in apology.
“Master Fang, during our last meeting, I was very disrespectful to you. But later you helped me in the primitive forest and saved my life. For this, I am very grateful to you, and also very regretful and ashamed.”
“I hope you can forgive my previous actions.”
“Save you? Oh, you misunderstood, I only wanted to get that silver-clawed octopus’s core at the time, so I killed that octopus, not to save you.” Fang Yu said.
Zhong Liyu kept her head lowered and said: “…Regardless, Master Fang, you still saved my life. Since then, I’ve wanted to apologize and repay you, but I didn’t have the courage or face to…”
Fang Yu squinted at Zhong Liyu, seeing that she didn’t seem to be acting.
“Alright, you can get up.” Fang Yu said.
Zhong Liyu’s face lit up with joy, she stood up and bowed to Fang Yu again, saying: “Thank you, Master Fang.”
Fang Yu looked at Zhong Yuan and said: “If I cooperate with you, what do I get?”
“If we can find the spirit spring, our Zhong family only wants 30% of it! The remaining 70% will all be yours, Master Fang!” Zhong Yuan said through gritted teeth.
Fang Yu smiled and said: “Sounds not bad.”
“Master Fang, does this mean you agree to cooperate with us?” Zhong Yuan’s face showed joy as he said.
“When do we leave?” Fang Yu asked.
“The sooner the better. Many martial arts families and sects received the news and immediately sent teams to White River Mountain. If we go too late, the spirit spring might be found by others first.” Zhong Yuan said.
Fang Yu looked at the time, it was already 5:30 PM.
“Then let’s set out tomorrow morning.” Fang Yu said.
“Alright, tomorrow morning I’ll have a car ready and wait for you downstairs, Master Fang.” Zhong Yuan respectfully replied.
…
After the Zhong siblings left, Fang Yu sat on the sofa, thinking.
Spirit spring…
Actually, cooperating with the Zhong family wasn’t very meaningful – if the spirit spring really existed, Fang Yu could find it by going to White River Mountain alone.
However, since the Zhong family brought the news, giving them a share wasn’t a big deal.
Moreover, Fang Yu wasn’t concerned about the spirit spring itself, he was more interested in its source.
What was the source of the spirit spring – a spirit vein? A spirit stone mountain?
Whatever could nurture spring water containing highly pure spiritual energy must be extraordinary.
What Fang Yu really wanted to find was the source of the spirit spring!
