Chapter 1249: Pu Shu

Pu Shu

After confirming that Little Peach's body had indeed recovered, Chen Ling took out the dinner he had brought up for them from downstairs.

Having been unconscious for so long, Little Peach was already starving. For a time, she cast everything else to the back of her mind, voraciously eating three bowls before recovering her breath. She then rubbed her belly, leaning against the wall, her eyes beginning to glaze over...

"I might have to go out for a bit later." After finishing his meal, Chen Ling spoke solemnly to the two.

"Ah?" Little Peach was startled. "Big Brother Chen Ling, what are you going to do?"

"To find a place for the Integration Faction to stay."

"Can we help!"

"It's best not to." Chen Ling shook his head. "The South Sea Domain harbors great malice towards Fusionists. If you two expose your identities, it will be troublesome."

"Oh..." Both Little Peach and Little White felt somewhat disappointed.

"You guys stay here for this period. If you get hungry, go to the store downstairs and buy some food... Little Peach, you must wear this." Chen Ling took out a small yellow hat from his pocket and handed it to Little Peach.

Little Peach doubtfully took the small yellow hat. She first pressed down her fluffy ears, and then plopped it onto her head. Fortunately, her ears were very soft, so the hat easily flattened them, fitting perfectly on her head.

Chen Ling originally thought of directly buying several days' worth of supplies in one go, so Little Peach and Little White could stay in the guest house without taking a single step outside. But the South Sea Domain was currently in a pre-war state of alert, and the other two Domains had been attacked by Calamities. Although there were newspapers to stabilize the people's hearts, the people of the South Sea Domain were still in a state of panic... To prevent the public from panicking and hoarding supplies on a large scale, the government of the South Sea Domain directly implemented a purchase limit policy.

After all, while the South Sea Domain was rich in products, they weren't inexhaustible. If every household hoarded supplies, it meant the pressure on the Domain's supplies would instantly surge tenfold. Once the supply chain snapped, the city would inevitably fall into chaos.

Unable to hoard supplies in advance, Chen Ling could only leave money for Little Peach, letting her go downstairs to buy them herself every day. Fortunately, Little Peach's Calamity Embodiment trait was only a pair of fluffy ears. As long as she covered her ears, she looked exactly like a normal child in the Human Domains.

Little Peach really liked the hat Chen Ling gave her. She looked in the mirror for quite a while, two shallow dimples curling up on her face, sweeping away most of her previous disappointment.

"If you encounter any trouble, Little White, you should be able to find me." Chen Ling's gaze turned to the pitch-black Little White.

The Pu Family was not far from where Little White and the others lived, and Little White had fused with the Calamity of the Ghost Mockery Abyss. As long as he released his Calamity power, Chen Ling would immediately sense it... Of course, if there was a Divine Path Possessor with an extremely keen sense of smell nearby, they might also catch a trace of the Calamity Aura. So unless absolutely necessary, Chen Ling wouldn't let Little White use this method.

"Understood, Great King!" Little White nodded heavily. "You go ahead with your business, I will definitely protect Little Peach well."

"Who needs your protection? I can protect myself well enough."

Little Peach pouted.

After Chen Ling finished instructing them, he took advantage of the night to leave the guest house.

There were three days left until the time agreed upon with everyone in the Integration Faction... Within three days, Chen Ling had to solve the accommodation issue and also find a way to open the door for the Integration Faction. Time was already quite tight.

Chen Ling stood on the street heavy with traffic, looking towards the direction of the Pu Family in the distance, and slowly took out a small booklet from his pocket.

This booklet was an internal document of the Paper Kite Rescue Association, listing the names of people marked as important treatment targets within the association. This list was jointly screened by the Rescue Association and the higher-ups of the South Sea Domain, including top-tier combat forces, high-ranking politicians, and juniors with great potential... Simply put, if those Calamities truly broke into the South Sea Domain, the people on this booklet would receive priority treatment.

Chen Ling flipped the booklet to the pages starting with the character "Pu" and checked them carefully one by one.

Those who could be recorded in this booklet were all important figures in the Pu Family, and also Chen Ling's best targets. After all, if he wanted to obtain Pu Family assets in a short time, a branch member with too low a status wouldn't do...

"This one... is rather interesting." Chen Ling's gaze suddenly locked onto one of the names, his eyes narrowing slightly.

...

The Pu Family.

"Are you sure?"

In a certain room, a youth suddenly stood up, his breathing instantly becoming heavy.

"I'm sure, it's him! The former Enforcer of Aurora City, Han Meng! I saw him very clearly!" Another figure dressed as a servant nodded repeatedly. "I've been keeping an eye on his whereabouts for you, Young Master. I caught a glimpse of him in the garden just now, and I immediately recognized him."

"Han Meng... Han Meng... He actually came to our Pu Family?"

Past events surfaced in the youth's mind, his breathing gradually growing heavier...

...

"This is a warning... Never attempt to frontally attack a 'Judgment', you idiot."

...

Snowstorm surged into the shattered carriage. That figure wearing the Enforcer trench coat seemed to arrive before him once again, an extremely dangerous aura full of oppressive force impacting his mind.

Pu Shu gently rubbed his temples to calm himself down.

"Young Master, back then you finally managed to establish a foothold for the children in Aurora City, and seeing that we were about to find an opportunity to gradually encroach on that Yan Shang's industry, it was this Han Meng and his lackey Chen Ling who destroyed everything... Young Master Pu Wen was killed, you were repeatedly humiliated by Han Meng, and not a single one of the other children managed to walk out of the Stars Chamber of Commerce alive... Our bloodline was almost cut off by them." The servant gritted his teeth. "This is a blood feud of irreconcilable enmity!"

"I know!"

Pu Shu abruptly stood up from his seat, a hint of anger mixed in his tone.

Back then, his father made a mistake in the South Sea, causing their entire bloodline to be expelled from the Pu Family and forced to leave the South Sea Domain... They fled from the southernmost point to the northernmost point, finally escaping the Pu Family's influence. It was Pu Shu who put down his airs as a Young Master to lick the boots of the Yan Family, thus gaining a firm foothold in Aurora City.

He spent five whole years gaining Yan Shang's trust, and their bloodline also gradually grasped power in Aurora City. Pu Shu had calculated that he would need about two more years to be confident in replacing Yan Shang and becoming the local tyrant of Aurora City... But everything he had painstakingly built up was destroyed by two Enforcers from District Three.

At that time, when Chen Ling massacred the Stars Chamber of Commerce, almost no one survived except him.

After that, Pu Shu had been hiding in Aurora City, terrified of running into Han Meng and Chen Ling again. It wasn't until the Aurora Domain was on the verge of destruction that he took out the Pu Family's token and barely managed to catch the last train leaving the Domain.

Pu Shu had thought he would never meet Han Meng again in his lifetime, but he absolutely didn't expect that Han Meng would actually appear right under his nose...