Chapter 852: Black-Screened Precognition (1/2, please subscribe)

The image of the Great Prince's gentle, calm face surfaced in Fang Yue's mind, and suddenly it felt utterly unfamiliar.

This man of Qing Guo who stood closest to His Majesty today—he had never truly seen through him!

Thinking of Jing Yan and the others, imprisoned and reduced to playthings of the powerful, put up for auction, the fury in Fang Yue's heart flared up in an instant.

"The law? That sort of thing is just a restraint the ones above impose on the ones below. But Captain Ye, if you want to rescue all of them, the most suitable way is still to wait until the auction is over, then tail those buyers and strike midway to save them. Or, if you have enough money, buying them back works too.

But absolutely, absolutely do not make a move directly at Juan Niao Lou!"

"Why?"

"It's simple, because behind Juan Niao Lou stand the Four Great Princes! And every day at Juan Niao Lou there are experts responsible for keeping watch. Setting aside whether you can even beat them, just the background of the Four Great Princes alone makes it inconvenient for us to act."

Experts?

That the Four Great Princes stood behind Juan Niao Lou, Fang Yue already knew.

Since he had prepared to come to Juan Niao Lou to take the people back, he had naturally already made peace with the possibility of clashing with the Four Great Princes.

The only question was what level the experts guarding Juan Niao Lou were.

If they were Cloud-rank, Fang Yue could still risk a fight; if they were Rain-rank… the matter became tricky.

But Fang Yue could not possibly just stand by and watch Tian Ruichi and the others run into trouble…

Damn it, of all times, the parchment had to be asleep—otherwise things wouldn't have become this troublesome.

As if sensing Fang Yue's intent to back off, Ming emphasized: "The ones permanently stationed at Juan Niao Lou are at least Cloud-rank experts. Once something happens, the Rain-rank expert on duty today will also rush over immediately. Do you think you can stand against a Rain-rank expert? Even if we step back and say you deal with the Rain-rank expert, once the Four Great Princes have you in their sights, will you ever have a peaceful day after that?

Think about your sweetheart. The You Family's position is already precarious as it is—if you stir up trouble a few more times, it won't be easy for her either.

Of course, if you're willing to settle this peacefully, say through a sale, I can consider funding you with some money.

After all, as the wife of a Red Division Dishu, I do have quite a bit of money."

Fang Yue's brow furrowed.

"You're that kind?"

"Of course it's not without a price. If you want to borrow my strength, then correspondingly, when I need it, you have to step in for me once."

"…I'll think about it."

Fang Yue still had one 【Gold Stone】, a stone that only Rain-rank aberrations would drop, of extraordinary value.

Even looking across all of Jingcheng, there probably weren't many who could afford such a price.

As for Silver Stones and Calamity Stones and the like, aside from what Fang Yue consumed in daily cultivation, he still had a great many left.

If he could use these stones to buy Jing Yan and the others back, things would become far simpler.

But it was clearly they who had taken Jing Yan and the others, yet he had to pay to ransom them back—the feeling was far too unpleasant.

If only the parchment were here… with the parchment here, how could I be so constrained by others!

If I could unleash Rain-rank combat power, what kind of damned Juan Niao Lou—I would have to raise a great ruckus there!

【Hiss—】

【Is this a confession??】

【Shame shame shame! Shameless!】

【You, you miss the great and noble Lord Parchment this much?】

Fang Yue:?!!

Parchment!!

Fang Yue's heart leaped with joy; he even forgot to control his expression for a moment, a look of wild elation breaking across his face.

Fortunately Ming was blind and could see nothing, only faintly sensing that something had shifted in Fang Yue's mood.

This shift in emotion left Ming somewhat bewildered.

They were about to reach Juan Niao Lou soon—Fang Yue's agitation, she could understand, but this sudden surge of wild joy, what was that about?

But Fang Yue had no time to spare for Ming's thoughts, and directly began communicating with the parchment.

Parchment, activate precognition—I need to know whether the upcoming trip to Juan Niao Lou can go smoothly and rescue Jing Yan and the others.

【Hoo hoo hoo!】

【Angry angry!】

【I just woke up and you're already ordering me around—do you only treat this great Lord Parchment as a tool-paper?!】

In Fang Yue's mind, there appeared a cute girl, hugging a person-sized panda pillow, lying on a pink bedsheet, puffed up with anger.

…No I'm not, there there, great and noble Lord Parchment, just do a precognition for me, won't you.

【Hmph hmph hmph hmph! Well, it can't be helped, I suppose—since you've humbly and piteously begged, this great Lord Parchment will reluctantly do a precognition for you! Hoo hoo hoo!】

The parchment, who had just been angry, was instantly delighted; she stood up with hands on hips, puffed out her little chest, a look of utter pride on her face.

Saying so, she had already closed her eyes, preparing to activate precognition.

The images of precognition began to gradually appear.

It was the scene of Fang Yue's carriage just stopping, pulling up at Juan Niao Lou.

When Fang Yue and Ming stepped down from the carriage…

Buzz!!

The entire precognition image suddenly froze completely.

Plop, plop, plop…

Cluster after cluster of ink-black dots rained into the precognition image.

The entire image, like a screen dyed black by ink, was swallowed up in blackness, and crack crack went the sound of fissures splitting across it.

With a sudden explosive bang, the image shattered.

The precognition cut off abruptly.

【…Dead?】

The parchment froze, but she quickly recovered—Fang Yue's time of death was not during the carriage ride, but at a much later point.

It was just that to foresee it, she felt pressure and would need to expend more power.

And she, having just awakened, although after devouring the 【Exquisite Eight-Elephant Jade Flute】 and the power obtained from other sources, had her strength and upper limit raised by a large margin.

But she still needed to recuperate and recover; for now she had merely awakened, and her power had not yet been restored.

"Parchment, what's the situation? Is the trip to Juan Niao Lou safe? Did I rescue Jing Yan and the others?"

【I am Fang Yue. I safely arrived at Juan Niao Lou, got off the carriage with Ming.】

【I died.】

Died??

Fang Yue's eyes went wide.

Could Juan Niao Lou actually be a Hongmen Banquet? Was an ambush set inside, and I died at Juan Niao Lou?

【No, your death is at a much later date, it shouldn't be Juan Niao Lou… I'll foresee once more, using a bit more power.】

Fang Yue waited expectantly.

This time, the parchment's foresight vision was also Synchronized and transmitted to his side.

In the foresight vision, he and Ming smoothly entered Juan Niao Lou.

Yet in the next instant, a fierce stabbing pain suddenly struck.

Fang Yue clutched his head and let out a miserable scream, as many still images suddenly flashed rapidly through his mind.

The images flickered too quickly; before Fang Yue could even see them clearly, they were already gone.

His mind barely retained a few blurry impressions, but they were not clear.

But the last still image lingered a little longer.

In just an instant, Fang Yue's head buzzed and went completely blank.

It was the image of a crimson-red full moon shining down, thick Black Cloud blanketing the sky above the Imperial Palace, while he himself stood blood-soaked before the Imperial Palace.

That was… the Black Cloud of the Wu Yu Clan!

(End of this chapter)