Chapter 462
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Chapter 462 News from the Purple Flame Palace!
This sound reverberated in Fang Yu’s mind for a full three to four seconds before dissipating.
At the same time, Fang Yu’s divine consciousness had already retracted.
This wasn’t a voluntary retraction, but rather an invisible force pushing his divine consciousness back.
Fang Yu narrowed his eyes, looking ahead into the depths of the barrier.
Visually, it appeared to be just a vast expanse of snow-capped peaks, no different from outside the snow forest.
But the extreme northern region of the Jiuzhou Nation spanned nearly ten thousand kilometers, with this snow forest as the boundary, and one could still venture at least one to two thousand kilometers deeper inside.
What existed in there, nobody knew.
Since ancient times, the extreme north had been sparsely populated.
This place was considered a forbidden zone by common consensus in the Jiuzhou Nation.
Of course, the reason wasn’t because of any terrifying legends, but mainly because the environment of the extreme north was exceedingly harsh.
Without certainty of gaining any benefits, no one was willing to venture into such an icy, desolate place.
“Should I go in or not…”
Fang Yu stood in place, contemplating.
At this moment, Snow King behind him had regained his composure and quickly came to Fang Yu’s side.
“Fang Yu, thank you… so much. Without you today, I really don’t know how we would have handled this…” Snow King said gratefully, even attempting to kneel.
Fang Yu held Snow King back and smiled, “We’re old friends. There’s no need for such thanks and kneeling for such a small matter.”
Small matter?
Snow King’s expression turned strange.
If so many high-level beast demons had escaped, the entire Jiuzhou Nation would have been thrown into chaos!
However, for Fang Yu, perhaps it truly was a small matter.
This was the demeanor of a true powerhouse.
Snow King recalled thirty years ago when he had been full of defiance toward Fang Yu, and now felt only embarrassment.
Clearly, when Fang Yu had fought with him back then, he had held back significantly.
Judging by how Fang Yu dealt with these beast demons today… back then, he probably couldn’t have withstood even a single punch from Fang Yu.
“Do you know anything about the depths of the extreme north?” Fang Yu asked, his gaze intensifying.
Hearing this question, Snow King thought for a moment, then shook his head, “Not much. Just what I heard from the old clan leader. He told me that deep in the extreme north, many dormant beings exist… but due to Earth’s thin spiritual energy, the possibility of these beings awakening was very small.”
“Since this area is in the far rear of the Snow Tribe’s territory, as a precaution, our ancestors still set up a barrier outside the snow forest to separate the inside from the outside.”
“But no one expected that today these beings would actually awaken…”
It seemed Snow King didn’t know much either.
Fang Yu turned his head again to look into the depths.
When he had used his divine consciousness to probe earlier, he had noticed something.
The snowy terrain deep in the extreme north wasn’t a vast plain, but rather uneven.
However, because it was covered with thick snow, it was difficult to discern the original topography.
Additionally, the arrangement of several snow peaks seemed strange, mysteriously conforming to some pattern, though Fang Yu couldn’t figure it out yet.
“Brother Yu.”
At this moment, Su Lengyun also came to Fang Yu’s side.
Fang Yu emerged from his thoughts, looked at Su Lengyun, and asked, “How long was I in seclusion this time?”
Su Lengyun thought for a moment and softly replied, “It’s been seventeen days.”
“Seventeen days…”
This timeframe was about what Fang Yu had expected.
The only miscalculation was that the origin core hadn’t allowed him to break through to the ten-thousandth layer of Qi Refinement!
He was still four layers short!
He needed to find another spiritual vein!
And thinking of spiritual veins, what came to mind was the gene laboratory in Europa.
According to Fang Yu’s speculation, Dr. Gary already possessed something similar to a spiritual vein.
However, regarding the gene laboratory, Fang Yu had already instructed Violet to investigate, but there had been no news so far…
News?
Fang Yu remembered something and took out his phone from his storage pouch.
There were more than a dozen missed calls on his phone, with the most frequent being from Guo Gang of the Nandu University Personnel Department.
Fang Yu had disappeared for over half a month and had missed two consecutive weeks of classes.
That wasn’t good.
Fang Yu scratched his head.
Fang Yu scrolled down and saw several other missed calls from Tang Xiaoqiu, Wang Yan, Li Bingyan, and others.
These calls obviously weren’t important.
At the end, Fang Yu noticed two missed calls from Xia Xiaoying, and his eyes flickered.
Fang Yu had entrusted Xia Xiaoying to help search for intelligence about the Purple Flame Palace.
If she called, she must have discovered something!
The existence deep in the extreme north would have to wait.
“I’ll leave my subordinates to handle the aftermath. Let’s leave this place first,” Snow King said, having reactivated the barrier shield.
Fang Yu nodded.
……
Twenty minutes later, Fang Yu returned to the Snow Tribe’s headquarters and immediately called Xia Xiaoying back.
After waiting for more than ten seconds, Xia Xiaoying answered the phone.
“What did you call me about earlier?” Fang Yu asked.
“Where have you been recently? Why couldn’t the Master find you?” Xia Xiaoying’s tone was somewhat displeased.
To repay the favor she owed, Xia Xiaoying provided intelligence to Fang Yu without compensation.
As the intelligence group leader, she seemed to have become one of Fang Yu’s subordinates.
Most frustratingly, whenever there was crucial intelligence, she could never reach Fang Yu.
“I was in seclusion,” Fang Yu replied.
“Seclusion… wait a moment, this is from two weeks ago. Let me check that intelligence report again.” Xia Xiaoying was always a calm person and didn’t want to waste time venting emotions on useless matters.
The sound of shuffling papers came through.
About half a minute later, Xia Xiaoying finally spoke, “Two weeks ago, an intelligence officer in East Xiangcheng sent information that he had discovered a suspicious bald man.”
“Since there have been berserk martial artists appearing throughout Xiangcheng recently, we’ve been very strict in screening foreign martial artists. This man came to our intelligence officer’s attention this way.”
“His movements were very regular, visiting places where martial artists gather every day… seemingly collecting some information. According to the investigation, what this person inquired about most was… information about you.”
“About me?” Fang Yu was surprised.
“Yes. But this is also normal. Because of what you did half a month ago… the entire martial arts world is discussing you. But most people are discussing how you defeated Chen Luo… while this person was constantly inquiring about your physical characteristics and trying to obtain your photo.”
“Just based on this point, the intelligence officer found it somewhat strange, but didn’t think too much of it.”
“But on a night two weeks ago, that man was drinking in a tavern, seemingly got drunk, and got into a conflict with another martial artist, resulting in a fight.”
At this point, Xia Xiaoying paused.
“Did that man use techniques related to purple flames?” Fang Yu asked coldly.
“No,” Xia Xiaoying said. “When they fought, no techniques were used, just physical combat. That bald man overwhelmingly beat the martial artist until he was bloodied.”
“The martial artist wasn’t convinced and asked where he was from, threatening revenge…”
“Then, the bald man laughed loudly, saying he was from the Purple Flame Palace! He challenged the martial artist to come find him if he dared.”
He directly mentioned the Purple Flame Palace!?
Fang Yu’s expression changed slightly as he asked, “What happened next?”
“Afterward, that bald man seemed to realize he had misspoken, his expression changed, and he immediately left the tavern, returning to his lodging,” Xia Xiaoying said.
“Did you track his movements?” Fang Yu asked.
“Our intelligence officer maintained surveillance, but this bald man never appeared again after returning to his lodging,” Xia Xiaoying said gravely.
“Never appeared again?” Fang Yu frowned.
“Yes, he returned to that hotel, went back to his room, and never left again. Twenty-four hours later, our intelligence officer had a staff member inquire, only to find no one was there anymore,” Xia Xiaoying paused, then said, “That’s all the intelligence we have.”
Fang Yu was silent for a moment, then replied, “Good, thank you.”
After hanging up, Fang Yu looked at the drifting snow outside, his eyes cold.
He knew this intelligence wasn’t wrong.
Although the man hadn’t used purple flames, he had revealed his identity from the Purple Flame Palace.
The Purple Flame Palace had been destroyed for so many years, and few in today’s martial arts world knew of its existence, so this couldn’t be mere boasting.
The man had deliberately come to Xiangcheng to inquire about Fang Yu, which was a signal.
Those remnants of the Purple Flame Palace… probably already knew of Fang Yu’s existence.
They just didn’t believe Fang Yu was still alive, so they sent someone to Xiangcheng to verify.
“Jiangdao… I will find you soon.” Fang Yu’s eyes were sharp as swords, emanating waves of killing intent.
