Chapter 711: Guess Where I Am? [Golden Alliance Leader wise Hai Chen adds 65 66]

Chapter 711: Guess Where I Am? [Golden Alliance Leader wise Hai Chen adds 65 66]



Fang Che swiftly arrived above the largest Thousand Water River in Donghu Continent.

Looking down, he saw the vast land engulfed in roaring floods, completely obscuring any trace of the river's channel.

Even outside the river's channel, the floodwaters were several zhang deep.

The only sight was the raging flood, boundless and endless, surging eastward with a thunderous roar.

Fang Che's body shot forward, following the direction of the water flow at high speed.

It wasn't until he reached several hundred li away that he spotted a massive river channel between two mountains. The floodwaters surged with a force that could destroy everything, rushing downward in a frenzy.

However, the floodwaters continuously gathered from all directions, and although the torrent rushed forward, it also caused backflow.

"..."

Fang Che soared high in the air, transforming into a streak of light. Wherever he passed, almost everything vanished.

All he saw was the raging flood.

He didn't have time to rescue the scattered drowning people, and his body changed appearances in mid-air.

Then, he dove into the river.

He recalled his water control power.

Although he was alone, he still wanted to give it his all...

After Fang Che entered the river, he unleashed his water control power to the fullest, following the current downstream. Along the way, he cautiously released his abilities, then tried to make the floodwaters follow his rhythm, gradually gathering and accelerating.

Gradually, he formed larger waves, transforming the water into towering flood peaks.

The waves raged forward, crushing everything in their path.

Wherever they passed, the water even swept up the riverbed's stones and mud, creating a murky torrent surging ahead.

After this flood peak, a depression formed behind it, and water from all directions rushed in, naturally forming new massive waves following the front peak and surging forward.

Fang Che continued his journey.

All obstacles in the path of the flood peak, whether stones or winding river channels, were smashed and washed away by the floodwaters...

Later, there was no need for his water control power to control the floodwaters; the enormous force generated by the torrent propelled it forward on its own.

Even a small mountain was swept away in an instant!

Yang Luoyu, Dong Changfeng, and others were frantically widening and deepening the river mouth.

But the water was too deep, and the power of the two experts was largely neutralized by the flood.

Seeing the entire continent covered in murky waters, both of them were anxious, howling in frustration.

Just then, Yang Luoyu suddenly heard something.

Turning his head, he saw that dozens of li away, a flood peak towered into the sky, reaching a height of a thousand zhang, and rushed towards them.

"Run!"

Yang Luoyu grabbed Dong Changfeng, and they shot into the sky with a whoosh.

Then, they watched in awe as the floodwaters surged skyward, but behind them, there was a gap of several dozen li.

At the break, one could even see the dry riverbed, not a single grain of sand in sight!

In the blink of an eye, the floodwaters surged forward, suddenly breaking through. The land, rocks, and trees around them...

...were suddenly uprooted.

They merged into the force of the floodwaters, raging into the sea...

The two of them broke out in a cold sweat as they witnessed the entire river mouth widened by a hundred zhang, and the depth was also forcibly scraped away by a layer...

Then, the new floodwaters surged in, smoothly flowing into the sea.

"What just happened?"

They looked at each other, perplexed.

Both were at a loss for words.

Fang Che had already followed the sea current and moved on to another river mouth.

However, the floodwaters ravaged the entire continent. Fang Che's water control power was like a drop in the ocean; it was even less than that.

But he didn't give up. He used his utmost strength at various river mouths across the continent.

The floodwaters wreaked havoc on the continent for three days! It wasn't until the fourth day that they began to subside.

However, the disaster caused during those three days was truly heartbreaking. Countless houses that had withstood the snow disaster collapsed under the onslaught of the floodwaters.

Especially in the small towns near the big cities, the devastation was even more heart-wrenching.

Countless people who had endured the snow disaster now found themselves homeless.

Numerous individuals were swept away by the floodwaters, leaving no trace of their bodies.

The entire continent turned into a muddy mess, with marshes everywhere.

However, there was a silver lining. Dong Sansan's order, issued over a month in advance, for all experts to clear the continent's river channels played a significant role! This prolonged effort to unblock the channels had almost drained the original water flow, leaving behind only a trickling stream and thick layers of snow above.

After the blizzard, the first batch of melting water from all directions flowed into the channels at the first opportunity, gushing forth. At least on the first day, most of the melted water was discharged through the cleared channels.

As the water quickly flowed out and continuously poured in, it wasn't until the second day, when the snow started to melt in large quantities, that the channels began to fill up.

Then, every moment, the water kept flowing into the sea.

This prevented a catastrophic disaster across the entire continent, except for a few isolated areas.

It was a fortunate escape from a dire situation.

The Guardian resumed disaster relief efforts.

However, the only thing that brought some comfort to Dong Sansan was...this scorching summer. Each day was scorched by the blazing sun.

The heavy rain he feared the most never arrived, not even a drizzle.

This prevented the disaster from spreading further.

The land on the continent quickly dried up, preventing the plague from taking hold and even eradicating it in some small areas, though it wasn't severe.

This greatly relieved Dong Sansan.

"It's truly a stroke of luck."

However, the widespread destruction of houses was not a significant issue for Dong Sansan.

The Guardians quickly issued notices across the land.

All homeless victims could register and be temporarily housed in designated areas.

This measure, though costly, led to the urbanization of the entire continent, transforming it into a predominantly civilian city.

Dong Sansan could only attribute this outcome to fate.

For countless years, they had struggled to relocate the population into the city, but now, a blizzard and a flood had achieved over seventy percent of their goal.

Although expenses had increased, there was still hope as long as people survived.

However, new challenges awaited. With the population concentrated in cities, who would cultivate the vast farmland outside?

But with the centralized population, this became a minor issue.

Dong Sansan had numerous solutions to involve the people in resuming production.

"First, let's reestablish rural areas near the major cities..."

Dong Sansan contemplated safety measures.

"Lord Nine, it seems we're running out of money. The entire continent needs funds... Your spending..."

The financial officer approached Dong Sansan with a pale face.

A single sentence from the financial officer dampened Lord Nine's good mood.

"Didn't we just receive a large sum?"

"The entire continent is affected by the disaster, my Lord Nine..."

Dong Sansan listened to the financial officer's report with a dark expression before finally sighing.

"The Southeast..."

"Zhao, the Chief Administrator, said we don't need to worry about the Southeast. They have their own funds for disaster relief."

"I'm asking the Southeast to send some more money over."

Dong Sansan stated.

"..."

The financial officer was shocked.

Are you going to extort more money?

The Southeast might be left penniless by your constant demands.

When the message was sent, Zhao Shanhe lamented, "We in the Southeast are completely broke! We don't have a single copper coin left!"

Dong Sansan personally sent a message using his communication jade, "Figure it out!"

Seeing that Lord Nine personally made the request, Zhao Shanhe had no choice but to agree reluctantly, "I'll think about it."

Then, he consulted with the Southeast's financial officer, who shook his head like a rattle drum, "Unless you want the Nirvana Martial Academy to shut down completely! Otherwise, don't even think about it."

The Nirvana Martial Academy couldn't be allowed to close.

Zhao Shanhe, at a loss for ideas, humbly sought advice, "Are there any other solutions?"

The financial officer's eyes lit up, "The Execution Squad, the Internal Affairs Warehouse..."

Zhao Shanhe's eyes widened.

Fang Che returned, exhausted from his previous efforts, and like before, he fell into Ye Meng's embrace and fell asleep again.

The continuous search and water control had pushed Fang Che to his limits.

However, his divine sense power suddenly grew significantly.

After sleeping for a day and a half, he woke up.

"Chief Administrator Zhao has been waiting for you for a long time."

Ye Meng conveyed through sound transmission, "He's here to ask for money."

"Okay. Please ask Chief Administrator Zhao to wait."

Fang Che washed up and disappeared in a puff of green smoke.

Are you still trying to raid my little treasury? Zhao Shanhe, you're relentless! Zhao Shanhe, who had finally learned of Fang Che's return, waited at his door, only to hear from Ye Meng that Fang Che had woken up. He stood outside, pondering how to approach the situation.

Fang Che was a notorious miser, and prying money from his hands was an arduous task.

Zhao Shanhe had prepared himself to write another IOU, even bringing his own writing utensils and cinnabar ink.

But as he waited...

"Where's Fang Che? Isn't he awake?"

Zhao Shanhe's face darkened.

"Why isn't he coming out?"

"He just went out, Chief Administrator... Didn't you see him?"

Ye Meng exclaimed in surprise, her mouth agape.

Zhao Shanhe was stunned. "???"

He quickly took out his communication jade, "Captain Fang, where did you go?"

"Chief Administrator, I was worried, so I went out to search for those small sect leaders who came to the Southeast. They're now in the mountains. Thank you for your concern."

"..."

Zhao Shanhe was speechless.

I'm waiting here for the money... How did you end up in the mountains?

"Hurry back, I have something important to discuss with you."

"I'll report to the Chief Administrator after I return. For now... Oh, I've discovered something... I'll tell you later."

Zhao Shanhe was dumbfounded.

You bastard! You didn't even give me a chance to speak.

"What if I take the money now and discuss the IOU when he returns?" Zhao Shanhe asked Ye Meng.

Ye Meng rolled her eyes.

"Forgive me, Chief Administrator, but with Captain Fang absent, I dare not make such a decision."

"Can anyone else make that decision?"

"Others' decisions don't count."

"What if I insist on taking the money?"

"Then it would be considered robbery. According to the Execution Squad's orders, such an act could cost you your head."

"..."

Zhao Shanhe was at a loss.

Yet, he had no other options.

He could only leave reluctantly, glancing back repeatedly as he departed.

"Next time, let's get the Execution Squad to intercept him." The Finance Minister suggested.

"Forget it, you! Even blocking his home won't work, and you still want to involve the Execution Squad... Are you not embarrassed enough?"

Zhao Shanhe rolled his eyes, "You should stop giving such lousy ideas. Fang Che might even take the initiative to give us something. If we keep following your methods, I'm afraid even if we don't ask, we'll end up with nothing... This is just a matter of smoothing things over, can't you see that?"

The Finance Minister was speechless.

Zhao Shanhe left with his tail between his legs...

Fang Che escaped from Donghu and hid far away from Zhao Shanhe, the 'debt collector'. He felt a sense of freedom and vastness.

He went straight to his Night Demon Sect, as was his right.

He conducted an inspection.

What he saw almost gave him a fright.

The entire giant mountain was almost hollowed out by seven Sage-ranked rats.

However, it wasn't entirely true that all of them were Sage-ranked, and the only one who wasn't was Ding Jueran, who had the lowest cultivation but the highest combat strength.

A Venerable of the seventh rank.

The entire mountain had already been transformed into a maze, with cultivation chambers, offices, weapon warehouses, spiritual energy chambers, the Sect Leader's study, bedroom, and cultivation room... There were even twelve rooms for the Sect Leader's concubines! As for the toilets, plazas, meeting rooms... Everyone had their own rooms, and so on.

Everything was available.

Even the martial arts plaza for sparring had been divided into two!

Now, they had already started the finishing work, smoothing and polishing the surfaces.

They had even carved out the Divine Worship Chamber and placed a statue of the Sky Centipede God inside, leaving it there with an eerie aura.

To be honest, aside from not being entirely satisfied with the statue, which made him feel uncomfortable, Fang Che was completely pleased with everything else!

However, if the statue of the Sky Centipede God wasn't properly made, not only would the Sect Protection Array become useless, but it was said that the Five Spirit Toad, the sect's development, would also require sincere offerings for a period of time before it could be released from the statue's hand.

So, Mo Wang made the hand of the statue exceptionally large! He imagined that a large number of Five Spirit Toads would come out at once.

Fang Che scoffed at this.

"If you make the hand so big, what if it's reaching out for something... What if it's not enough if we offer according to the size of the hand?"

Fang Che pointed at the large hand and asked Mo Wang.

Mo Wang was flustered, "This can't be... right...?"

"Look at your hesitant tone!"

Fang Che angrily said, "What if it's possible?"

"Then... what should we do?"

Mo Wang was at a loss, "Once the statue is built, it basically can't be destroyed. If we destroy it, we will offend the Sky Centipede God... If the sect offends a god right after its creation..."

"Then let's leave it like this for now."

Fang Che was very satisfied. He hadn't expected things to progress so quickly before he arrived.

"Grand Steward, take some cultivation resources from our warehouse and distribute them to everyone to make up for the losses."

Fang Che arranged this very generously, "It's fine if we use them all up, we can go rob more later! It's not a problem if we don't have any, there are plenty in other sects."

This statement filled Mo Wang and the others with silent complaints, not knowing what to say.

While it was good that the Sect Leader was generous, the latter part of his statement didn't sit well with them.

"Sect Leader, during this time, everyone in our sect has made rapid progress in their cultivation. I, as a Saint of the ninth rank, have broken through, and Ding Jueran has advanced from the fifth rank to the sixth rank of Venerable..." Mo Wang, as the head steward, was a bit reluctant, "Even Long Yi Kong hasn't broken through yet, but it should be within these few days. Everyone else has advanced by one level."

This was a good thing, but Fang Che didn't feel comfortable hearing it.

"Everyone has broken through? Only I haven't?"

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Fang Che was very dissatisfied, "Why haven't I broken through?"

Everyone remained silent.

"Get to work quickly. I want to see it completed the next time I come. If it's not done, each of you will be treated as shirkers and dealt with according to the sect rules!"

Sect Leader Fang left.

Everyone complained about Mo Wang, "You... Why did you have to mention breakthroughs when we were all so happy? You're pricking the Sect Leader's heart, aren't you?"

Mo Wang was also at a loss, "Who could have known that the Sect Leader hasn't broken through?"

His face suddenly twisted, "Didn't the Sect Leader just break through to the fourth rank of Venerable? It's only been about a month, right? If it were us, we wouldn't even have a solid foundation, and the Sect Leader wants to break through already?"

Everyone lowered their gaze and sighed simultaneously.

"Let's get back to work."

The conversation died down.

There was nothing more to say.

Ding Jueran, however, seemed unaffected. He was like an invisible man.

Mo Wang and the others were terrified to discover that from the moment the Sect Leader left until now, the Chief Guardian Ding hadn't uttered a single word!

Every day, he worked silently, never saying a word.

If it weren't for Mo Wang's frequent progress checks, if it weren't for seeing Ding Jueran carrying soil out every day, if it weren't for...

Everyone would almost think that he didn't exist.

It was too eerie. A person hadn't spoken a single word in a month!

During breaks, he would hold his sword, sitting alone with a pensive expression.

Moreover, his sword aura became sharper day by day!

When it was time to sleep, everyone else made arrangements for bedding and other necessities, but Ding Jueran simply carved out a narrow bed in his cave, laid his clothes on it, and used a thin stone as a pillow.

The most bizarre thing was... this guy slept without a sound, his breathing soft and gentle.

Even when exhausted, he didn't snore once!

"I can only say he's too awesome!"

The six of them were completely convinced.

When encountering such a divine person, it's hard not to be impressed.

For example, when the Sect Leader came this time, he didn't cause any trouble for him, and this guy remained silent from start to finish, not even saying 'Greetings, Sect Leader.'

"I've never admired someone so much."

Long Yi Kong's words elicited five nods.

Even Mo Wang felt... the other party's combat power was higher than mine, it's really... too damn right!!

Fang Che searched the surrounding area in three consecutive expanding circles.

He really wanted to find Hai Wu Liang.

But unfortunately... things didn't go as planned.

Hai Wu Liang seemed to have disappeared from this world.

Once again, in the southeastern mountains, he had the Golden Horned Serpent search for several rounds, wanting to find a few small Sect Leaders to kill, but he was still disappointed and found nothing.

So he returned to Donghu.

After several days of scorching sun, the traces of the flood and snow disaster had mostly faded. The main road was especially dry.

Walking on it gave one a sense of solidity.

As soon as he entered the Donghu Continent city gates, he received a message from Yan Beihan.

"Night Demon, where are you?"

Fang Che was a bit confused.

I've been wandering outside for a whole month! In a month's time, I was naturally busy with various disaster relief efforts, but I was also waiting for your summons and to meet with you and Feng Yun.

But in a month, there wasn't a single movement, and as soon as I returned to the city, you sent a message.

Fang Che didn't want to meet with Yan Beihan and the others in the city.

Although the possibility of them causing trouble was small.

However, if something unexpected happened, both of them had world-shaking demon heads by their sides, and if they fought, it would result in the destruction of all life in Donghu Continent.

With the power these two could mobilize, even a large city like Donghu Continent wouldn't stand a chance!

And it might not be possible to wait for the Guardians' aid, as a city of several hundred million people could be instantly destroyed.

What a serious consequence that would be.

"Reporting to Sir Yan, I'm in Donghu Continent."

Fang Che said, "Sir Yan, did you make an appointment with Yun Shao? Where is it, and I'll leave the city immediately."

Yan Beihan sent a message: "Yo, I'm also in Donghu Continent, hahaha... So, where do you think I am now?"

Fang Che groaned in his heart: "Where is Sir Yan?"

"I'm also in Donghu Continent, hahaha..."

Yan Beihan was very happy.

For her, meeting in Donghu Continent was the most suitable and appropriate choice. Why? Because the incarnation of the Night Demon, Fang Tu, was stationed in this city!

How convenient!

I've found his lair directly.

And this guy still had a confused expression...

Just thinking about it was exciting.

"What a coincidence."

Fang Che said, "I just arrived in Donghu Continent City to purchase some things and haven't found a place to stay yet."

"Purchasing things..."

Yan Beihan laughed, "That's true, your Night Demon Sect has just established its headquarters, and there are indeed many things to buy. But do you, as the Sect Leader, have to do it yourself? Do all those subordinates just eat idle meals?"

Fang Che chuckled, "It's really unavoidable, as only I have a spatial ring. It's too inconvenient for them to come, and I'd need to find a cover..."

"That makes sense."

Yan Beihan said, "But it's also a bit stifling, I'll have to discipline my subordinates when I get back!"

"As Sir Yan says. I'll definitely discipline them when I return."

"I'm at Yanhuilou Tower."

Yan Beihan said, "When are you coming?"

Fang Che calculated for a moment and said, "How about I come over in two hours? It'll be close to evening, and it'll give me a chance to invite Sir Yan for a banquet. Please do grace us with your presence, Sir Yan."

Yan Beihan said, "Agreed, I'll treat you to this meal. Even though we don't care about such things, we must show sincerity."

"I'm honored."

"No need to be honored. If you were to invite him, Feng Yun might not even give you face."

Yan Beihan said, "It's settled then!"

"Yes."

Fang Che had no choice but to agree.

"Yanhuilou Tower!"

Fang Che sighed.

Then he suddenly stopped and silently pondered.

"This doesn't make sense... Yanhuilou Tower? Yan Hui? Yan?"

Fang Che's eyes deepened.

If Yan Beihan hadn't brought it up, Fang Che wouldn't have thought about it, but now, he had a question mark about this Yanhuilou Tower.

Could it be someone from the Righteous Sect?

Seeing that there was still time, Fang Che went to the Patrol Hall and then called Ye Meng home.

With more than two hours until evening, there was enough time.

After a month and a half outside, he was tired and wanted to go home, take a nap, and then leave without even handling important matters. Fang Che felt that this was wrong.

Moreover, that thing, if accumulated, could harm the body.

(End of Chapter)

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