Chapter 673: Night Infiltration of Dayang Fu (5/10, Autumn Subscription)

It's not obvious yet, but his spiritual intelligence has clearly improved significantly.

Choosing Growth Weird as one of the first test subjects was indeed the right decision.

Only a weird that keeps growing can gradually find the balance point between weird power and human power.

"I'm eager to see how far the first 【Weird】 to produce a 【Fake Weird Spirit Root】 can go."

Ox Seat isn't worried about his eyes.

His eyes were transplanted.

Taken from a human with special visual abilities.

Originally kept merely as a special talent reservoir; never expected they'd actually be useful now.

Once the eyes stabilize, I can proceed with the next plan: bring 【Yin Xu】 under my control, then arrange the trip to Jingcheng.

As for Rat Seat's safety, he's not one of us—naturally not within Ox Seat's consideration.

"By the way, how's the misinformation about 【Yese Liming】 spreading?"

"All orders have been issued; it'll spread across the city soon."

"Good. Once the net is cast, don't pull it in yet—he'll jump onto it himself… This card we hold is quite interesting. If we take him to Jingcheng, many big figures will be stunned! Also, I'm curious: how far can a true 【Weird Spirit Root】 go? Let him act freely for now, gather more data, then intervene."

"Yes!"

…

Chunuan City, Dayang Fu.

Beneath the night, Fang Yue had changed his face and donned a mist-black robe.

The black mist rose, concealing the black ring on his head, before he began moving.

Night has always been the busiest time in Chunuan City.

Just from Fang Yue's inn, five "companions" slipped out with him.

Of course, these five didn't know each other—they merely synchronized their nighttime movements.

Who knows, some might even meet at night and kill each other, then return to the inn together by day to heal—another amusing incident.

Avoiding this group, Fang Yue moved alone along the rooftops; as he leapt across eaves and scaled walls, he sensed tonight's Chunuan City had more atmosphere than usual.

Because there were more people, more bustle.

With 【Martial Decree】 approaching, all kinds of people flooded into Chunuan City, and the waters naturally grew murky.

People like Fang Yue, with a bit of a criminal record, loved this kind of murky water to fish in.

He leisurely arrived at Dayang Fu and first checked for surveillance.

Then Fang Yue discovered something alarming.

Around the small Dayang Fu, over a dozen spies had been planted—all monitoring the estate.

"Another one."

"... Who hasn't sent someone yet? One after another, one after another—aren't you annoyed?"

Someone spotted Fang Yue boldly moving across the rooftops and complained aloud.

Clearly, not all of them were professionals.

A few professional spies glared at those who spoke, but that was all.

Everyone was just watching for pay—what else could you do?

Seeing the setup, Fang Yue hesitated, then silently joined the surveillance.

After observing for a long while, he found an opening and slipped quietly into Dayang Fu.

"Who?!"

He'd barely reached Yang Hongxia's room when he was sharply detected.

"It's me."

He pushed open the door, closed it behind him, turned—and saw the young mistress pointing a long sword at him, tense.

"Who are you?"

It's the middle of the night—I have to prove I'm me? Is this some philosophical question??

Fang Yue internally rolled his eyes.

Too bad Yang Hongxia had never seen his real face; otherwise, he could've just removed the Human Skin Mask and proved his identity.

But what Fang Yue hadn't expected was that Yang Hongxia had truly remained unharmed in Dayang Fu after he left.

Did the Sky Merchant Alliance actually have a competent moment?

Fang Yue felt suspicious but patiently explained his identity.

Once Yang Hongxia confirmed he was Night Lord, her eyes instantly reddened, nearly lunging at him.

"What's wrong? I've only been gone about two days—did something happen in the estate?"

Yang Hongxia shook her head, then nodded.

"The Sky Merchant Alliance's seventh-ranked Eagle Caravan's Guest, Tai Yuema, came after you left. He demanded I reveal everything about you in exchange for Dayang Fu's protection…"

Tai Yuema?!

Fang Yue's pupils shrank, his face lighting up with surprise.

This was exactly effortless fortune.

He'd just learned from Rat Seat that Tai Yuema was Rabbit Seat of the Phoenix Organization's Twelve Seats.

Regardless of his strength, in Chunuan City, he might be the only person who knows where Ox Seat is.

And Ox Seat—that man who took An Dong'er'er, wearing the ox-head mask… Find where he is, and Fang Yue could definitely recover An Dong'er'er!

Fang Yue's heart raced; he pressed for details and learned Yang Hongxia hadn't betrayed him—she'd only revealed partial, vague information to Tai Yuema in exchange for the Sky Merchant Alliance's protection.

Yet her words contained obvious evasions—Tai Yuema must have noticed—but he hadn't immediately turned violent and killed her, meaning things hadn't reached that point.

Or perhaps Tai Yuema wanted to keep Yang Hongxia around as bait, to lure out a fish like me.

So all those people tailing us now actually makes sense.

Looking at it this way, these people really did stake out day and night waiting for me to show up — that must have been exhausting.

Still, I really don't have that kind of charm. If you could, please just go back.

After confirming that Yang Hongxia and Dayang Fu were truly all right, Fang Yue relaxed a little.

Clearly, whether it was the Merchant Alliance or the Government, both wanted to use Dayang Fu for something rather than simply wanting to wipe it out.

If one can be used, then one still has value — though that value is built on me.

"Right, Lord Ye, why did you come back so quickly? Did you find the Phoenix Organization's base? Can the case files at the Government be cleared of the charges?"

Fang Yue shook his head slightly, thought for a moment, and decided not to tell Yang Hongxia that Tai Yuema was Rabbit Seat.

That kind of thing, he'd investigate himself; there was no need to drag Yang Hongxia into it.

After getting a quick rundown and confirming there was nothing else, Fang Yue prepared to get up and leave.

The young lady immediately rose as well, looking as though she wanted to say something but held back.

"What is it?"

"…Um… Lord Ye, the 【Martial Decision】 is coming up soon, but you're still a man bearing charges…"

"It's fine. Just register me under a different name. I'll swap to a new face in a few days and take part that way."

Fang Yue was only going to help out; he didn't necessarily have to use his original face. Besides, with that strange halo now floating above his head, no one should connect him to 'Lord Ye.'

And anyway, once he won the 【Martial Decision】, who would care who the hired hand was? Just hand the reward over to Dayang Fu and be done with it.

Fang Yue waved his hand and was about to leave, when something suddenly occurred to him. He casually asked, "Right, you mentioned before that the winner of the 【Martial Decision】 gets a mysterious reward. I heard it's been announced — what is it?"

"I don't know. The intel I picked up only said it would be a slave… what kind of foreign-race slave, I have no idea. But the 【Martial Decision】 is only a few days away, so they should release more information soon."

(End of chapter)