Chapter 847
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Chapter 847 The New Top of the Heavenly Ranking
“That’s right, do as I said,” said Fang Yu.
“…Hmm, I understand.” Zheng Ze replied somewhat dazedly.
As Zheng Ze turned to leave, Fang Yu called him back.
Fang Yu took out a broken mirror fragment from the storage space of his Ethereal Ring.
A fragment of the Xuanluo Mirror.
He handed this mirror fragment to Zheng Ze and said: “If you encounter an emergency, just infuse true qi into this mirror, it can save your life. This is for you just in case, don’t lose it, I’ll need it back later.”
“Thank you, Mr. Fang!” Zheng Ze said, overwhelmed by the honor.
After Zheng Ze left, Fang Yu also wanted to leave.
But Huai Xu called out to him.
“Xiu Yuan will be bringing his son Cheng Dao here this afternoon. Brother Fang, you should stay rather than making another trip later,” said Huai Xu.
…
At two in the afternoon, Yinlin Manor.
In the tea pavilion, four people sat around a table.
Ouyang Xiu Yuan and Ouyang Cheng Dao sat opposite Fang Yu and Huai Xu.
Seeing Huai Xu again, Ouyang Cheng Dao was extremely excited.
At the same time, he also learned that Fang Yu was the same Fang Cheng Tian from that night.
“Brother Fang, Huai Xu, it’s been a long time since the three of us sat and chatted like this,” Ouyang Xiu Yuan said with nostalgia in his eyes.
“Indeed, it’s been a long time,” said Huai Xu.
“Back then when the three of us sat like this, the table would definitely be filled with various meats and wine, but now, it’s been replaced by teacups,” Ouyang Xiu Yuan smiled.
“Hehe, if you want wine or meat… I can have them brought up immediately,” Huai Xu chuckled and said.
“No need, one must accept aging. Besides, alcohol has no effect on us anymore, what’s the difference between drinking it and drinking plain water?” Ouyang Xiu Yuan shook his head and said.
While Huai Xu and Ouyang Xiu Yuan were talking, Ouyang Cheng Dao just listened with a smile on his face.
He knew that both were his elders… it wasn’t his place to speak.
But at this moment, he suddenly thought of Fang Yu.
Fang Yu had previously disguised himself as Fang Cheng Tian, and that appearance matched his identity, after all, he was an old friend of Huai Xu and Ouyang Xiu Yuan.
But he just heard that Fang Yu’s current appearance was his true form!
But he looks too young!
Even if one mastered some disguise technique, most cultivators wouldn’t make themselves appear so young.
However, despite his confusion, Ouyang Cheng Dao didn’t ask.
He knew some questions shouldn’t be asked, especially when facing elders.
“Huai Xu, Brother Fang told me you’ve been troubled by that half-spirit race recently,” Ouyang Xiu Yuan took a sip of hot tea and said, “I spent a day and quickly collected some intelligence.”
Hearing this, Huai Xu’s expression changed slightly, and Fang Yu also looked toward Ouyang Xiu Yuan.
Ouyang Xiu Yuan glanced at Ouyang Cheng Dao.
Ouyang Cheng Dao took out a folded white paper from his inner pocket, spread it out on the table, and handed it to Huai Xu.
“This is a list of guests in each private room at the Yulan Pavilion over the past two years who mentioned the two keywords ‘half-spirit race’ and ‘Dao Kong’ in their conversations,” said Ouyang Cheng Dao.
Fang Yu looked at the list, which recorded the names of the speakers, their family backgrounds, their status within their families, and even the original sentences containing those keywords, as well as the time they were spoken.
The list contained nearly a hundred people, filling the entire sheet of paper densely.
“Your Yulan Pavilion is quite the listening post,” Fang Yu looked up at Ouyang Xiu Yuan and said.
“In today’s era, controlling information means controlling everything,” Ouyang Xiu Yuan smiled and said, “Although the methods are somewhat underhanded, we must do this.”
“It must have taken quite some time to compile this list, right?” Fang Yu looked at Ouyang Cheng Dao and asked.
“Oh, I only supervised. This list was compiled by several of my trusted subordinates working together, so there shouldn’t be any mistakes,” Ouyang Cheng Dao said.
“Hmm…”
Fang Yu lowered his head and looked at the list.
“He Yong, from the He family of North Capital, third generation direct lineage. Original quote: ‘Recently a strange person came to find me, saying he was from some half-spirit race…’ Time: two years ago.”
“Xu Jiao Hong, from the Xu family of North Capital, fourth generation direct lineage. Original quote: ‘Have you guys met a strange person recently? Talking about joining some half-spirit race, saying I could surpass the geniuses in my family…’ Time: two years ago.”
“…”
According to this list, it could be confirmed that two years ago, the half-spirit race had already begun infiltrating the martial arts world of North Capital.
However, at that time, their infiltration method was still gentle, merely sending people to contact the younger generation of various major families and verbally enticing them.
Following the timeline downward, it became apparent that by a year ago, the content of these conversations was no longer about half-spirit race members trying to recruit them…
From that time onward, these people were directly discussing the half-spirit race.
This indicated that a year ago, quite a few family members had already been truly infiltrated by the half-spirit race.
However… these conversations were mostly insubstantial topics, talking about what rewards certain generals had promised them, or fantasizing about the future.
“These people only mentioned the half-spirit race in their conversations. There must be many more who never spoke of it or never visited Yulan Pavilion… so it’s difficult to estimate how many family members in North Capital’s martial arts world have been infiltrated by the half-spirit race,” Ouyang Cheng Dao said.
“Moreover, according to statistics, these family members who spoke about it mostly come from medium and small martial arts families. However, there is one very interesting record…” As Ouyang Cheng Dao spoke, he pointed to a location on the paper.
Fang Yu and Huai Xu both looked at the record Ouyang Cheng Dao was pointing to, their expressions changing slightly.
This record listed the name as Jiang Dong, from the Jiang family of North Capital, fourth generation direct lineage.
Everything seemed normal until the original quote, which shocked Huai Xu and Fang Yu.
“What’s there to fear? Do you know that the chairman from the Wang family is also a member of the half-spirit race! I saw him meeting with General Ming He with my own eyes the day before yesterday!”
The chairman from the Wang family… who did that refer to?
A figure appeared in both Fang Yu and Huai Xu’s minds.
“I’ve investigated, and among all organizations in North Capital, there is only one person with the position of chairman and the surname Wang,” Ouyang Cheng Dao paused, then said emphatically, “That’s Wang Wen Shan, the chairman of North Capital Martial Arts Association!”
This definitive statement made Huai Xu’s expression change dramatically.
He suddenly thought of the moles within the North Capital Martial Arts Association.
As the chairman, why would Wang Wen Shan not question the strange behaviors of his vice-chairmen and other high-level officials?
Some obvious activities, like building observatories in thirty-seven locations… how could he not notice something unusual?
And after Huai Xu emerged from seclusion, he suddenly announced a general meeting, gathering all those high-level officials at the association building…
Thinking about it this way, Wang Wen Shan was indeed highly suspicious.
Huai Xu’s face darkened to the extreme.
He found it normal that some people from middle and lower-tier martial arts families had been infiltrated.
But he never imagined that Wang Wen Shan was also a member of the half-spirit race!
This was no small matter!
Wang Wen Shan came from North Capital’s number one martial arts family; he was a direct descendant of the Wang family!
His infiltration… involved extremely complex implications.
Was Wang Wen Shan really the only one in the Wang family who had been infiltrated? If he was the only one, how would he dare betray his entire family?
If even a direct descendant of the Wang family had been infiltrated, was the same situation occurring within the other seven top-tier families?
Shocking!
Such a thing had never occurred throughout the entire history of China!
The emergence of the half-spirit race and their methods had made history!
What exactly did they want to do?
Huai Xu felt an unprecedented sense of urgency.
His intuition told him that if the half-spirit race matter wasn’t handled properly… the entire martial arts world of North Capital, and even all of China, would be destroyed!
…
Sky Observation Bureau.
Today was the biweekly ranking update day.
Many people had already gathered in the square.
They weren’t concerned about the Divine Ranking, and the Saint Ranking rarely showed movement. Therefore, almost everyone gathered beneath the Heaven Ranking stone monument.
Time slowly passed.
At exactly six in the afternoon, the Heaven Ranking stone monument emitted a strong light.
The Heaven Ranking was about to update!
The crowd surrounding the monument immediately focused their attention on the Heaven Ranking.
After the light persisted for more than ten seconds, it gradually dissipated.
By now, the rankings had undergone significant changes.
Looking from bottom to top, the changes weren’t major.
However, it seemed that each genius in the top ten had dropped one position.
This meant…
Everyone raised their heads to look at the top of the Heaven Ranking, their expressions changing dramatically.
This, this is…
Heaven Ranking Number One: Long Shi!
This was a completely unfamiliar name!
He had surpassed super geniuses like Murong Jian, Si Kong Chen, and Chu Tian Ren!
Who exactly was this person?
