Chapter 790
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Chapter 790 Critical Moment!
In light of the situation, Fang Yu stopped communicating with the Fire Jade.
A moment later, Little Fengling, carrying a stack of books taller than herself, stood on tiptoe and barely managed to place them on Fang Yu’s desk.
“Here, they’re all here!” Little Fengling said with puffed cheeks.
“Good, now go get me a cup of tea,” Fang Yu said.
Little Fengling was grinding her teeth in anger, but suddenly thought of something and her small face broke into a smile.
“Sister Shengxue, the master wants a cup of hot tea,” Little Fengling called out, raising her head.
Fang Yu frowned slightly, glanced at Little Fengling, but said nothing and began flipping through the books in front of him.
About two minutes later, Ye Shengxue’s figure suddenly appeared beside Fang Yu, holding a cup of hot tea and a small plate of snacks.
“You’ve learned teleportation magic?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.
“Sister Fengling taught me. Currently I can only use it within the mansion,” Ye Shengxue said softly as she placed the teacup and snacks before Fang Yu.
“Hmph, Sister Shengxue does have some talent. She learned it right away,” Little Fengling said from the side.
“It’s because Sister Fengling is a good teacher,” Ye Shengxue said with a light laugh.
Hearing this, Little Fengling’s nose almost pointed to the sky as she looked at Fang Yu with a smug expression.
But unexpectedly, Fang Yu didn’t even glance at her, focusing instead on the book in his hand.
“Master…” Little Fengling wanted to ask something.
“Shh…” Ye Shengxue gestured for Little Fengling to be quiet.
Little Fengling had no choice but to close her mouth, and they both left together.
“Various methods to break mind control techniques…”
Fang Yu carefully flipped through the tall stack of books, and the entire night quickly passed.
Early the next morning, Fang Yu and Zheng Ze arrived together at Yinlin Manor.
It was the same wooden cabin.
“Teacher, this is the verbatim record of Vice Chairman Pan Yushan and Luo Hao’s statements from last night. I recorded everything without missing a word,” Zheng Ze handed a folder to Huaixu.
“Hmm.”
Huaixu directly opened the folder, took out the documents, and began reading.
As he read the contents, Huaixu’s brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
Fang Yu had already read this document on the way here.
His expression at the time was basically the same as Huaixu’s now.
Puzzled, extremely puzzled.
Although the oral record used several pages of paper, the valuable information in it amounted to just a few points.
During the period when Pan Yushan and Luo Hao were under mind control, they did only four things.
First, they cooperated with the Huaibei Martial Arts Association to conceal the fact of the Immortal Clan’s invasion of Huaibei.
Second, just like what they did to Fang Yu and Zheng Ze last night, they infiltrated a large group of subordinates in the same way, allowing many people to fall under the control of the Half-Spirit Clan.
Third, which was the most puzzling thing to Fang Yu.
Pan Yushan and Luo Hao privately issued orders requiring martial arts associations at all levels in all regions to establish a so-called “feng shui platform” locally.
What exactly this feng shui platform was, even Pan Yushan and Luo Hao couldn’t explain clearly after regaining consciousness. They only remembered that during the period they were controlled, they indeed did such a thing.
The fourth major thing was that both of them had privately met with a person in black.
But in their memories, this person in black was of unknown identity, with a mask covering his face, making it impossible to see his true appearance.
The only impression left was that this person possessed a powerful aura, and his pupils were amber-colored.
Even though they were under mind control at the time, they still felt fear from the depths of their souls when they saw this person.
“Brother Fang, what do you think?” Huaixu put down the document and looked at Fang Yu.
“I personally experienced the Huaibei Immortal Clan incident, so I won’t say much about that. And a large group of people in the Northern Capital Martial Arts Association who were under mind control also woke up last night along with Pan Yushan… Judging from the number of black jars, nearly a thousand people in the Northern Capital Martial Arts Association were previously under mind control.”
Fang Yu said slowly.
Nearly a thousand people!
Hearing this number, Huaixu’s face turned grim.
He knew the infiltration was serious, but he didn’t expect it to be this severe!
The core personnel of the Northern Capital Martial Arts Association totaled only about two thousand people.
That means almost half of the people were controlled by the Half-Spirit Clan!
This is the highest-level martial arts association that leads the entire region!
Looking at it from another angle, if even the Northern Capital Martial Arts Association was infiltrated to this extent… the situation in other regional martial arts associations… would only be more terrifying!
“Those black jars are the main tools for mind control, and the abandoned industrial area where the black jars were discovered yesterday is less than five kilometers from the Northern Capital Martial Arts Association headquarters. It’s clear that the black jars can’t be too far from the people being controlled… which means that each region likely has a place where these black jars are stored,” Fang Yu said.
Huaixu’s face turned ashen, and his breathing became noticeably heavier.
“Teacher, now that we know the situation, can’t we just send people to find the black jars in each region and destroy them?” Zheng Ze spoke up.
“If the order is issued, who will execute it?” Huaixu looked up and said.
Zheng Ze’s expression changed as he realized the problem.
The infiltration of regional martial arts associations had reached a terrifyingly extensive degree.
If this order were issued, it would likely be ignored, and might even alert the enemy.
“The Half-Spirit Clan must have received news about what I did last night. Now finding the black jars will be even more difficult, perhaps impossible,” Fang Yu took a sip of tea and continued, “Moreover, the existence of the black jars only indicates that a considerable number of people have been mind-controlled and are following the Half-Spirit Clan’s orders.”
“But in reality, there may be another group of people who aren’t under mind control but still follow the Half-Spirit Clan’s orders.”
“These people might be tempted by benefits offered by the Half-Spirit Clan, or they might actually be members of the Half-Spirit Clan themselves.”
After hearing Fang Yu’s words, Zheng Ze realized how dire the situation had become.
The martial arts associations across the entire region seemed to have largely fallen into the hands of the Half-Spirit Clan!
This was a martial arts association with hundreds of years of heritage!
Even though the influence of martial arts associations had been declining in recent years, one couldn’t deny their status as the only authoritative organization and an important link in maintaining the balance between the secular world and the martial arts world.
If the martial arts associations collapsed, the entire region… would fall into extreme chaos.
Huaixu’s face was gloomy, his brows tightly knit, clearly contemplating how to address this crisis.
“By the way, Huaixu, who is the chairman of the Northern Capital Martial Arts Association? I didn’t see him yesterday,” Fang Yu asked.
“His name is Wang Wenshan,” Huaixu answered.
“Wang Wenshan? From the Wang family?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.
“Yes, he is one of the fourth-generation direct lineage members of the Wang family,” Huaixu said.
“What cultivation level is Wang Wenshan at?” Fang Yu asked again.
“When he was first elected chairman, he was only at the peak of the Yuan Ying stage. Later he broke through to the Hua Shen stage, but I’m not sure about recently,” Huaixu answered.
“It seems the cultivation levels of these high-ranking officials in the Northern Capital Martial Arts Association aren’t very high,” Fang Yu said.
Huaixu shook his head and said, “Any position within the martial arts association has no hard requirements for cultivation level; ability and seniority are sufficient. Positions that require cultivation level restrictions are at a higher level, in the four major groups that I directly oversee.”
Fang Yu didn’t delve deeper into this issue, but instead asked, “Is Wang Wenshan also like you, not paying much attention to the situation in the martial arts association? Otherwise, how could he be completely unaware of so many problems among his subordinates?”
Hearing this, Huaixu’s expression changed slightly.
“And how can the martial arts association allow someone from a family clan to become chairman? Didn’t other families object?” Fang Yu asked curiously.
Huaixu let out a long sigh and said, “In recent years, the Wang family has firmly established itself at the top of the Northern Capital martial arts world. Who dares to offend them? Among the eight great family clans, the Wang family is always ranked first, which reflects their current status.”
“When Wang Wenshan wanted to take over the martial arts association, I objected, and so did several other family representatives.”
“But these objections were ineffective. At the chairman election assembly, most representatives still chose Wang Wenshan, and no one could interfere with this decision.”
Fang Yu stroked his chin without saying anything.
These power struggles between families were just like the overt and covert conflicts between the major sects in the cultivation world years ago—extremely tedious.
“The situation is what it is. It’s no longer possible to thoroughly purge the Half-Spirit Clan’s infiltration from within… The only way is to approach it from the outside. Directly root out the Half-Spirit Clan, clean them up completely, end it once and for all, and ensure it never happens again,” Fang Yu said.
