Chapter 815
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Chapter 815 Investigating the Half-Spirit Clan!
Suspended Mountain, inside a dim cave.
A figure wearing a black cloak stood before the rock wall, holding a broken white bone in both hands, crafting something.
As he focused on his work, a ghostly mouth suddenly appeared on the rock wall in front of him.
“Lord Soul Flow, I need to report some matters,” the mouth on the rock wall moved, emitting a muffled voice.
“Speak,” Soul Flow said without stopping his work.
“As per your instructions, I provoked a battle between Tianzhen and Fang Changsheng… Unfortunately, the conflict didn’t escalate as expected. Tianzhen only summoned the Will of Law to engage with Fang Changsheng…” the mouth on the rock wall said.
“What was the outcome?” Soul Flow raised his eyes, amber pupils emitting a faint glow, and asked.
“Tianzhen’s Will of Law used the Tianluofengyin Technique, which Fang Changsheng easily broke through, and the Will of Law was blasted into dispersion… Tianzhen then conceded.”
“Conceded…” Soul Flow’s eyes flashed with an unusual light.
“Tianzhen conceded publicly, believing Fang Changsheng’s strength far exceeded his own… Therefore, he preferred to lose face in front of everyone rather than continue fighting with Fang Yu.”
“It seems we overestimated Tianzhen’s strength… What do you think of Tianzhen’s current injury status?” Soul Flow asked again.
“With his Will of Law dispersed, recovery will take at least three months. During this period, his strength will be reduced by thirty to forty percent.” The mouth on the rock wall continued to move, emitting sound continuously.
“Thirty to forty percent… Are you confident?” Soul Flow asked.
“I… am not entirely sure, but if you, Lord Soul, could provide some assistance, then I would be one hundred percent certain.”
Soul Flow’s eyes flickered, his hands stopping their work, and said, “I will send Jiukong to help you, but you must devise the most perfect plan.”
“Lord Jiukong… Good! I understand, Lord Soul!” The voice from the mouth on the rock wall became excited.
…
Fang Yu left Yangxin Temple and returned to North Capital 101.
Before setting out to deal with the Half-Spirit Clan, he needed to have a big meal and then sleep to eliminate his hunger and drowsiness.
During dinner, Ye Shengxue glanced at Fang Yu and asked, “Mr. Fang, are you leaving early tomorrow morning?”
“Yes,” Fang Yu answered while eating.
“How long will you be gone this time?” Ye Shengxue asked.
“I don’t know exactly, maybe a week, possibly a month, or even longer,” Fang Yu said.
“Oh.” Ye Shengxue had wanted to ask if she could go along, but quickly realized she would only be a burden, so she didn’t speak up.
“Master, don’t leave for hundreds of years again… I don’t mind, but sister Shengxue is different. Could you bear to see her waiting here until old age?” Across the table, Little Fengling raised her head and said.
Fang Yu glanced at Little Fengling and said, “After dinner, bring me several magical artifacts…”
…
At eight o’clock the next day, Fang Yu set his destination for South Capital in Huaibei and teleported away alone.
This journey had two purposes: besides finding the Half-Spirit Clan’s lair, he also wanted to understand the so-called Flood.
He wanted to know what was happening in this world at levels invisible to him.
Soon, Fang Yu appeared in front of the Huaibei Martial Arts Association headquarters.
Taking out the pass given to him by Huaixu, without encountering any obstacles, Fang Yu arrived at the chairman’s office and met Zhao Jidao.
Seeing Fang Yu, Zhao Jidao immediately stood up, came forward respectfully, and asked, “Lord Fang, you…”
“Recently, did you receive orders from higher-ups to build a so-called observatory?” Fang Yu asked.
“…Yes! Lord Fang, do you want to…” Zhao Jidao looked at Fang Yu with confusion.
“Is it already built?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.
“The order was issued three months ago, and we completed it two months ago,” Zhao Jidao answered.
“Take me to see the observatory,” Fang Yu said.
…
Yesterday afternoon, Fang Yu had received a document from Huaixu.
This document detailed every Martial Arts Association that Pan Yushan and Luo Hao, while under control, had ordered to build observatories.
In fact, quite a number of Martial Arts Associations were required to build observatories, thirty-seven in total.
Among these thirty-seven associations, the levels varied. Higher-level ones included third-level associations in large regions, like the Huaibei Martial Arts Association. Lower-level ones included fifth-level associations in obscure small counties.
This showed that the conditions for building observatories had nothing to do with the association’s level, only with its location.
To investigate the Half-Spirit Clan, with no other methods available, he had to start here.
…
Half an hour later, Fang Yu followed Zhao Jidao to the famous Qingyun Mountain.
This mountain was about five hundred meters high, not particularly tall, but it was located within South Capital Forest Park, making it quite famous.
“North Capital gave us precise coordinates, pinpointing Qingyun Mountain, and required us to build an observatory at the summit,” Zhao Jidao said with a bitter smile. “This area belongs to the scenic zone. We had to argue with the forest park management for quite some time before being allowed to build the observatory on the mountaintop.”
“But honestly, Qingyun Mountain isn’t tall at all, and it’s surrounded by other higher mountains… Building an observatory in such a place doesn’t make sense.”
“However, since it was an order from North Capital, although we were puzzled, we had to comply.”
Fang Yu and Zhao Jidao flew using qi control and quickly reached the summit of Qingyun Mountain.
There, indeed, stood an observatory.
It was actually just a wooden platform with a telescope and some astronomical tools for observing the solar corona.
“Did they specify what exactly the observatory needed?” Fang Yu asked.
“No, in fact, astronomical observation has nothing to do with our Martial Arts Association… so for these observatories, we just randomly placed some astronomical tools on them.” Zhao Jidao finished speaking and glanced at Fang Yu, somewhat fearful.
After all, Fang Yu held the highest-level pass.
Therefore, he believed Fang Yu had come on behalf of the North Capital Martial Arts Association to inspect the facilities.
And in front of Fang Yu, he dared not lie, so he could only tell the truth.
Fang Yu ignored Zhao Jidao’s concerns and walked onto the observatory platform, looking around through the telescope.
But the result was just as Zhao Jidao had said – this position was not good for astronomical observation, as it was blocked by higher peaks on all sides.
“They didn’t specify the exact facilities for the observatory… which means the observatory’s purpose isn’t actually for astronomical observation,” Fang Yu thought.
But if not for astronomical observation, why require building an observatory?
Fang Yu thought for a moment, then released his divine consciousness to search the entire mountaintop.
Overall, there was nothing unusual.
Fang Yu frowned, thought again, and then activated his Eye of Insight.
This time, he finally saw something strange.
In the vision of the Eye of Insight, about one meter below the ground where the observatory stood, there was a formation with a square framework and countless intersecting lines within it!
The entire formation emitted an extremely faint glow, without releasing any unusual energy.
Without the Eye of Insight, it would have been impossible to discover.
“What is this formation below used for?” Fang Yu zoomed in his vision to observe carefully, but couldn’t make any sense of it.
The structure of the formation was extremely complex, seemingly from a different system than the formation theories Fang Yu had previously studied.
He couldn’t even determine the general purpose of this formation.
“These formations must have existed before. The Half-Spirit Clan gave precise locations to build observatories – was it to mark something, or to cover up something special on the ground?” Fang Yu thought.
“When you were building the observatory, did you notice anything strange about this place?” Fang Yu looked at Zhao Jidao and asked.
Zhao Jidao frowned in recollection, and after a moment his expression changed as he answered, “Actually, yes… though at the time, being controlled, I didn’t seem to care much.”
“The team responsible for building the observatory reported something when they found this spot. They said that on this piece of ground at the summit where the observatory was to be built, there were wisps of white vapor rising…”
