Chapter 209: Jiangcheng Prison! Fang Changle and Yin Tiger

Under the dark night, a Weixiaoli sped along National Highway 213.

"Fifteen more kilometers and we'll be at Jiangcheng Prison."

Zhan Xinyue was driving, Sui Chunsheng was sitting in the passenger seat, and he turned his head to look at Zhang Fan.

Jiangcheng Prison was a special prison in Yujing City, directly under the jurisdiction of the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance. It held some serious criminals who practiced Daoist arts, as well as monsters of the Wu Wei Sect.

"Fang Changle... isn't he a Maoshan disciple? How did he get locked up?" Zhang Fan couldn't help but ask.

During the day, he had just heard about this person from Lin Jianyue.

Fang Changle was not an ordinary Maoshan disciple, but the successor of Maoshan, with the same status as Xia Weisheng in Zhenwu Mountain.

You have to know, if it weren't for Zhang Fan's sudden emergence that day, the Zhenwu Jade Tablet, which symbolized the incense inheritance of Zhenwu Mountain, would have been passed to Xia Weisheng. It shows how important and special Fang Changle was to Maoshan.

"Five years ago, he represented Maoshan and took on a mission from the Daoist Alliance," Sui Chunsheng said in a deep voice.

"What mission?" Zhang Fan asked.

"Infiltrating the Wu Wei Sect."

"Undercover!?" Zhang Fan raised his eyebrows, revealing a strange expression.

"He is the successor of Maoshan; how could he take such a dangerous mission?" Zhang Fan couldn't help but say.

Being undercover means walking between light and dark, with no identity, no past, and even no future.

The danger involved can be imagined.

In recent years, the infiltration between the Daoist sects and the Wu Wei Sect has been extremely fierce, with secret spies on both sides. Most of them either remained hidden and motionless or never had any news again; the death rate was extremely high.

How could someone with Fang Changle's status take such a dangerous mission?

"The Daoist Alliance was originally headed by Bai He Guan and organized and established by the Ten Great Daoist Famous Mountains..." Sui Chunsheng whispered in a heavy voice.

"As one of the permanent directors of the Daoist Alliance, Maoshan is duty-bound in matters concerning the Wu Wei Sect."

Zhang Fan remained silent upon hearing this.

Almost all sects of the Daoist world had records in the Daoist Alliance, and generally, mainstream sects were considered members of the Daoist Alliance.

Among them, Bai He Guan and the Ten Great Daoist Famous Mountains had the highest status and were permanent directors, possessing extremely high speaking power.

Precisely because of this, Zhao Jiexuan proposed the so-called "stealing the house" plan, dragging all the successors of the Ten Great Daoist Famous Mountains into the water.

If the Daoist Alliance all had the surname Zhang, whether it was Bai He Guan or the Wu Wei Sect wanting to move against their family, they would have to weigh the consequences.

"Fang Changle has extremely high talent and also views himself extremely highly. There are not many people he values. Perhaps it is precisely because of this confidence and arrogance that he accepted this mission," Sui Chunsheng said in a deep voice.

"For this kind of madman, the more dangerous it is, the more challenging it is for them."

"Could it be that he defected?" Zhang Fan asked.

The Wu Wei Sect could achieve what it has today not only by relying on powerful strength; things like being unable to resist temptation and being turned often happened.

"Fang Changle's ability is indeed outstanding. After infiltrating the Wu Wei Sect for only two years, he gained the appreciation of 【Yin Tiger】."

"The Thirteen Zodiacs!?"

The Thirteen Zodiacs, Yin Tiger.

This name made Zhang Fan instinctively focus his attention.

He had dealt with the Thirteen Zodiacs many times and knew how difficult these guys were to deal with.

"Three years ago, Fang Changle sent back an important piece of intelligence: Yin Tiger would appear in Yujing City..." Sui Chunsheng said in a deep voice.

"You also know that the true identities of the Wu Wei Sect monsters are very hidden. They have means of self-protection, let alone the level of the Thirteen Zodiacs. Even among themselves, they may not know each other's real-world identities."

Zhang Fan nodded; this was also one of the reasons why the Wu Wei Sect was difficult to eradicate. They hid too deeply.

Just like the Noon Horse Wu Qilu on that day, he had many identities. Among them, he had dealt with the Shen family for many years under the identity of the businessman Qiu Zhengdao and had never shown any flaws.

If Yin Tiger's true body appeared in Yujing City and could be caught alive, it would absolutely be a huge harvest and could even form a powerful blow to the Wu Wei Sect.

"For this reason, the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance attached great importance to it and carried out strict deployment, even mobilizing experts from other provinces..."

"The result..." Sui Chunsheng's expression darkened slightly.

"What happened?"

"The whole army was wiped out," Sui Chunsheng gritted his teeth.

"Was it a trap?" Zhang Fan raised an eyebrow, as if he had guessed something.

"These bastards were prepared long ago; it was just inviting the king into the urn. Not a single person who participated in that mission survived."

"Fang Changle's intelligence was wrong?" Zhang Fan was thoughtful.

If the intelligence he originally received was fake, then it was at most a mistake, but if he deliberately passed on fake intelligence, then...

"After that time, Fang Changle lost contact, and his handler also died at this time."

"Hmm!?"

"Fang Changle's handler was also a Maoshan disciple, over fifty years old, a plainclothes Daoist who opened a teahouse in Gusu City. No one knew his identity..."

"On the night of that accident, he died, and the teahouse was burned to the ground by a fire. Since then, Fang Changle lost contact."

"Half a year later, he appeared in Jiangbei Province, was captured by experts from Zhenwu Mountain, and was escorted back to Jiangnan Province."

"This..." Zhang Fan couldn't help but ask: "Then did he defect?"

"From the evidence, he absolutely has problems. First, the intelligence he provided was wrong. After the accident, the person was gone, and the handler also died..."

Sui Chunsheng looked at the night outside the car and said coldly: "If it were you, what would you think?"

"Then what does he say himself?" Zhang Fan asked.

"He said his identity was exposed, he was imprisoned by Yin Tiger for half a year, and then he was released."

"Released?" Zhang Fan was stunned for a moment, revealing a strange expression.

"Is this framing him?"

"It's unclear. He has no way to prove he was framed, and no way to prove he didn't defect," Sui Chunsheng said in a deep voice.

This was a Rashomon; Fang Changle had both the possibility of defecting and the possibility of being framed.

Perhaps he deliberately gave fake intelligence that day, and now he defected back, just as a reverse undercover.

It was also possible that he was really just framed by someone, and now he was released back just to put him in a dilemma.

"That's troublesome," Zhang Fan was thoughtful.

The Thirteen Zodiacs, sure enough, none of them were easy to deal with. Anyone who got involved with them was always plagued by disasters.

"So many people died, and he couldn't prove himself. He had to take responsibility," Sui Chunsheng said in a deep voice.

From that time on, Fang Changle was imprisoned in Jiangcheng Prison, and it had been almost three years now.

"Then why pick him up this time?" Zhang Fan couldn't help but ask.

Sui Chunsheng had already greeted him; this time going to Jiangcheng Prison was to pick up Fang Changle.

"He is, after all, the successor of Maoshan. Keeping him locked up like this is not a solution, not to mention that we are short of manpower now..." Sui Chunsheng sighed in a deep voice.

"Short of manpower?"

Zhang Fan's heart stirred slightly. He vaguely guessed that it was mostly because of the turmoil caused by Master Juemiao, which resulted in Jiangnan Province being a mix of dragons and snakes. Therefore, the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance would rather take the risk and start using detained personnel like Fang Changle who had a dirty background.

"Of course, the higher-ups have another layer of meaning, which is to take this opportunity to see what his heart is really like," Sui Chunsheng didn't hide it.

It was both an activation and a test.

"You guys in the system, each of you has eight hundred hearts," Zhang Fan couldn't help but say: "You dare to use this kind of person? What if he really defected? If you are short of manpower, ask the higher-ups."

"That can be considered an explanation to Maoshan," Sui Chunsheng said lightly.

"Zhang Fan, if something happens, you go to the boss. Then what are the little brothers for?"

Speaking of this, Sui Chunsheng's mouth raised slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.

Zhang Fan remained silent. He hadn't eaten pork, but he had seen pigs run.

He had seen a lot of news. In some places, when something happened, the first thing they did wasn't to solve the problem, but to suppress it, as if they were afraid the higher-ups would know. Now, listening to Sui Chunsheng's tone, he seemed to be able to understand a little bit of the reason.

Whoosh...

Half an hour later, Zhang Fan's group arrived at Jiangcheng Prison.

Under the pale moonlight, Jiangcheng Prison was like a sleeping beast, with no light at all around it.

The huge iron gate slowly opened, letting the car drive in.

"You guys finally came."

The warden who received Sui Chunsheng was a chubby middle-aged man. Although it was already early winter, he still seemed extremely hot, wiping sweat from time to time, looking like someone with extreme kidney deficiency.

"Warden Liu, this is the handover document. I'll trouble you with the procedures," Sui Chunsheng said politely.

"No trouble, it's only trouble if you leave that person here," Warden Liu took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat seeping from his forehead.

"Is he not peaceful?" Zhan Xinyue asked casually.

"Peaceful? What does he have to do with being peaceful?" Warden Liu shook his head: "You say he is a Maoshan disciple; I don't believe it..."

"You say he is a direct descendant cultivated by the Wu Wei Sect; I agree with both hands." Warden Liu began to complain.

Ever since Fang Changle was imprisoned, he had often caused trouble. He had fought almost every prisoner locked up here.

He was brave and fierce, causing several riots. The prisoners locked in the same cell with him were afraid of him and didn't even dare to lie down when sleeping at night.

Later, they simply locked him up alone and even canceled his time for airing.

Sui Chunsheng raised an eyebrow upon hearing this and exchanged a look with Zhang Fan.

"Take us to see him."

"Let's go!"

Warden Liu led the way, passing through three gates and walking through a deep corridor. The further they went, the darker the light became.

Even Zhang Fan felt a strong sense of oppression.

Just now, he saw that the three gates were extraordinary, as if made of bronze, and special talismans were drawn on the locks.

This prison held Daoist cultivators and Wu Wei monsters, so it should have been specially designed. The locks, walls, and even the floor were added with special materials that could suppress the primordial spirit.

Precisely because of this, ordinary Daoist means didn't work here.

Rumble...

Just at this moment, a dull sound came from the end of the corridor, like drums beating on a battlefield.

Warden Liu stopped his steps, his eyes went white, revealing a helpless expression.

"He's at it again!"

"Hmm!?"

Zhang Fan was stunned for a moment. Before he had time to ask in detail, the dull "rumbling" sound became louder and denser, as if a water pump was pumping water, causing the blood in everyone's bodies to accelerate, and their hearts felt squeezed.

"Fang Changle? What is he doing?" Sui Chunsheng asked in shock.

"He is practicing," Warden Liu took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"He can still practice when his primordial spirit is suppressed?" Zhan Xinyue couldn't help but be moved.

"I told you, he is not normal here," Warden Liu pointed to his head.

Rumble...

Suddenly, the dull sound seemed to explode, the frequency changed abruptly, and the strange syllables were like rolling thunder, or like a beast in the mountains roaring and howling in the forest, actually causing the walls on both sides to hum.

At the same time, a powerful air pressure surged from the end of the corridor.

"Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound!?"

Everyone's expression changed drastically. This was a Daoist Dharma technique that used special syllables to urge True Yang, shake the tendons and bones, and urge True Yang. With a light shout, there was the power of a tiger and leopard and the anger of thunder. Ordinary spirits and ghosts couldn't resist at all and would explode on the spot.

Rumble...

Under the Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound, everyone's primordial spirits shook, as if they saw a beast coming down the mountain, baring its fangs, rushing towards them. With a wave of a hand, they saw thunder rolling and vastness descending into the world.

"Terrible... this guy has improved again..." Warden Liu's face was pale, shaking like chaff, only hating that his parents gave him two fewer legs.

He never dreamed that this monster was locked in the deepest part of the prison, and under heavy seals, his cultivation could still improve so much.

Rumble...

Just at this moment, the Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound rose again, like a raging tide, more violent than the previous sound.

Suddenly, a figure flashed and blocked in front of everyone. Who else could it be but Zhang Fan? Roar...

Zhang Fan took a deep breath, his chest heaving violently, followed by a long roar, like the waves of the sea, suddenly surging.

Warden Liu, Sui Chunsheng, and Zhan Xinyue's expressions changed drastically, their brains "humming," as if a strange beast was hissing. That was the fish that swallowed the boat, roaming the four seas, turning the waves of the ocean, and the roar came from the depths of the vast and boundless seabed, hiding unpredictable terror.

"Whale Breath Dragon Roar!?"

Warden Liu's eyes narrowed into a line, looking at Zhang Fan's back, sweat dripping like rain from his forehead.

He never expected that this young man who came with Sui Chunsheng had such cultivation. He didn't show his mountains and water, but once he made a move, he had the momentum of a whale swallowing and the power of a dragon roaring.

Rumble...

The Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound met the Whale Breath Dragon Roar. Two completely different mysterious sounds exploded in the narrow and long corridor, like two air pressures colliding. The terrifying aftermath shook everyone back several steps, and cracks appeared on the white-washed walls.

Whoosh...

The next moment, the mysterious sound receded like a tide. Everyone shook their heads, feeling dizzy.

In the scattered smoke and dust, everyone was suspicious and looked at the end of the corridor with lingering fear.

"Truly an expert," Zhang Fan's gaze almost narrowed into a line.

"Fortunately, I brought you here," Sui Chunsheng stood behind Zhang Fan, his face pale, his blood energy seemingly not yet returned.

"You saw it, he is just not normal," Warden Liu gritted his teeth.

Clearly, having such a prisoner locked in his prison had long become his nightmare, and he was even weaker than before.

"Let's go, go over and see."

At this moment, Zhang Fan was even more curious about this Maoshan successor.

Everyone came to the end of the corridor, and an independent cell appeared before their eyes. Rather than a cell, it was more like a huge iron cage. Looking from the outside, everything inside was clear at a glance.

Under the dim light, a figure sat in the corner. He was naked from the waist up, his solid muscles exuding a wild aura, and a pair of eyes in the darkness shone with terrifying luster like a beast.

Clap... clap... clap...

Just at this moment, a rhythmic sound of clapping hands rang out, as if exuding appreciation.

"An expert has come!!"

As he spoke, that terrifying gaze swept over Warden Liu, Sui Chunsheng, skipped Zhan Xinyue, and finally landed on Zhang Fan.

"It's you!?"

In the darkness, that figure seemed extremely certain. However, as soon as the words fell, he jumped up and walked out of the shadows, revealing a quite handsome face.

"Fang Changle... this is the Maoshan successor!?" Zhang Fan whispered in his heart.

Just at this moment, Fang Changle walked to the cage, his cold gaze staring fixedly at Zhang Fan.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Zhang Fan, entrusted by the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance," Zhang Fan said lightly.

"Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance?" Fang Changle glanced sideways at Sui Chunsheng, not putting him in his eyes at all.

He stared fixedly at Zhang Fan, raised an eyebrow, and said in a deep voice: "You have seen Yin Tiger; you have his scent on you."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Fan's gaze suddenly sank.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 210 =====