The deepest affection in Gu Long's world

Chapter 148 The King of Wisdom
"Take it easy," Fang Yunhua sighed.

"Don't you like it?" Lin Xian'er raised her chin defiantly at him.

Fang Yunhua remained silent.

Experiments have shown that if a couple's relationship deteriorates, it's because their playful and unconventional activities are no longer exciting or extreme. Once this level of intimacy is completely broken, it will inevitably lead to a closer relationship between the two.

In this respect, Lin Xian'er is the kind of person who gets more and more carried away.

Compared to Shi Yin, whom he had previously thought was quite open-minded, this made Yin Yin look like a complete greenhorn.

After all, this time they've started using the "hiding in the closet" tactic.

"You should at least give Old Man Sun some face; you can't just do this on his first night out."

"Just tell me whether you like it or not!" Lin Xian'er knew how to grasp the key point.

Fang Yunhua then became ruthless.

"I'll push you against that wardrobe then!"

Lin Xian'er bit her lip, her long, plump legs began to rub together, and the fire in her eyes was about to explode.

Without even having dinner first, he grabbed Fang Yunhua's hand and rushed to the largest room in the inn.

Meanwhile, Qin Xiaoyi, who was in charge of taking care of everything, was very considerate.

He arranged for the young lady to be in the room next to the large room, while he, Long Xiaoyun, and Sun Baifa went to the adjacent room at the other end of the corridor.

Apart from Sun Baifa, who took a few more deep drags on his pipe upon learning the result, everyone else was quite satisfied with the allocation.

The first round of the battle has ended.

Fang Yunhua first left the room, and then noticed a special sign at the entrance of the inn.

He quickly arrived outside the town, where a figure draped in a black robe was waiting for him.

"Owner."

The visitor was Bai Xiaosheng.

After staring into the other person's eyes for five seconds, Fang Yunhua looked away.

"In a hurry?"

"Yes, Master, they've contacted me."

"Oh?" A strong interest appeared in Fang Yunhua's eyes.

He now held a jade tablet in his hand, depicting a demon god holding a wisdom chime. This was the symbol of his identity as Die'erbu, the Wisdom King, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Western Demonic Sect. (Chapter 4)
Previously in the world of Chu Liuxiang, Fang Yunhua had also killed a Heavenly King, a Lone Peak Heavenly King who used a secret sword of the Demonic Sect and was naturally countered by it.

At that time, Western cults were already in their most declining period.

The situation is far from over. The Demonic Cult is still at its peak. Although it has been temporarily held back outside the pass by the Divine Blade Hall led by Bai Tianyu, the four Heavenly Kings and four princesses under the Demonic Cult have all returned to their positions.

Furthermore, some advance arrangements had already been made regarding the invasion of the Central Plains.

For example, this all-knowing scholar, who is as respectful as an old servant, is none other than the Wisdom King, Die'erbu, one of the Four Heavenly Kings.

It was only because of the strong support of the Demonic Sect that he was able to build an intelligence network in just a few decades that was comparable to the Sun family's century-long operation.

But now everything has become Fang Yunhua's wedding dress.

To be more precise, Bai Xiaosheng originally had an attitude of obeying orders but not decrees towards the Western Demonic Sect, and he had no respect whatsoever for the current leader, Hua Baikong.

After all, as his reputation as the all-knowing scholar grew, his ambitions also began to swell. Naturally, he did not want to have another master. This led to his intelligence network undergoing screening and elimination before being incorporated into the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.

There may still be a few loyal spies among them, but they are no longer a threat.

"Master, it was Hua Baikong who asked me about some things concerning you, and he expressed extreme dissatisfaction with ranking you sixth on the Weapon Ranking, especially below Bai Tianyu."

"Then what did you say?"

"I said there is no master in the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, and everything is under my control. The reason for establishing a non-existent master is just a gimmick. As for the ranking of the weapon rankings, I am only assisting the sect leader's plan."

Na Hua Bai Kong had always wanted to reclaim the Divine Blade Hall, and he especially valued Bai Tianyu, wanting to promote him to vice leader. Therefore, he had been preparing a duel to make Bai Tianyu pledge allegiance to him.

With this weapons ranking list as evidence, they were increasing the stakes to entice Bai Tianyu to agree to the battle.

"This flower worship is utterly foolish."

Given the size of the Demonic Sect, it had enough strength to forcefully break through the blockade of the Divine Blade Hall. Furthermore, according to the narration in "The Eagle Flies in September," there were seven experts among the Demonic Sect's strongest members who could be ranked among the top twenty on the Weapon Ranking.

In the original storyline, Ding Baiyun only gathered thirty people to surround and kill Bai Tianyu Shiyi. Despite the advantage brought by Ma Kongqun's advance sneak attack, they still managed to leave all of them in the Plum Blossom Temple.

Therefore, in dealing with Bai Tianyu's problem, if Hua Baikong hadn't developed a so-called love for talent, they wouldn't have made that kind of unequal agreement in the eyes of the Demonic Sect.

"I doubt many of you Four Heavenly Kings would obey his orders."

“I didn’t know the identities of the other three before, but I think that such a willful leader is not worth our loyalty.”

In fact, even without this bet, more than half of the four princesses and four heavenly kings that the Demonic Cult had planted in the Central Plains had already begun to drift away from the Demonic Cult.

For example, the Lady of the South Sea, who was ranked ninth on Fang Yunhua's new weapon list, is one of the four princesses and has almost broken ties with the Demonic Sect.

Tie Gu, who is also one of the four princesses but pretended to side with the Lady of the South Sea, is actually loyal to the Demonic Sect. She said a sentence in the original storyline.

[The Lady of the South Sea was a traitor to our sect, believing herself to be on par with our leader. Therefore, I deliberately became her disciple, first learning her demonic arts, and then using the skills she taught me to kill her.]

The Great Joyful Bodhisattva is suspected to be one of the Four Princesses, or possibly one of the Four Heavenly Kings. Moreover, she has a close personal relationship with the Lady of the South Sea, which makes her position rather delicate.

Fang Yunhua deliberately included these two women in the weapon list in order to prepare for future plans against the Demonic Sect or to confront it.

After all, the lies that Bai Xiaosheng used to appease Hua Baikong will inevitably fall apart once he truly appears as the master of Tianji Tower.

Moreover, the leader chosen to take the blame for the Plum Blossom Bandit organization was someone whose identity was known in advance from the plot of "The Eagle Flies in September"—the Jade Flute Taoist, who was originally ranked tenth on the Weapon Ranking and was also one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demonic Cult, the Love and Desire Heavenly King Banchabana.

Only his status as a Heavenly King, his background with the Demonic Sect, and his ability to smear the Plum Blossom Bandits by claiming the Demonic Sect was plotting against the Central Plains martial arts world, could allow him to completely evade this series of troubles. If it were any ordinary person, asking them to take the blame would likely be met with disbelief that they were the legendary Plum Blossom Bandits.

"Have you found out where Jade Flute Daoist is?"

"The treasure ship he was on has been spotted and is currently operating in the East China Sea."

Legend has it that "Golden Rings are ruthless, Flying Daggers are compassionate, Iron Swords are fond of fame, and Jade Flutes are fond of women."

This refers to the most prominent characteristics of the four individuals: Shangguan Jin Hong, Li Xun Huan, Guo Song Yang, and Yu Xiao Dao Ren.

This Jade Flute Taoist, ostensibly ranked tenth on the original weapon ranking list, always travels with several young female disciples, and outwardly still pays great attention to maintaining his reputation in the martial arts world.

As for the fact that he brought a beautiful woman with him, as long as the fact that he forced a respectable woman into marriage is not made public, it will not have too much of an impact on him.

This, on the contrary, only serves to highlight his charmingly amorous nature.

However, in reality, he secretly smuggled money and concealed his background as a member of a demonic sect. He also committed numerous acts of hypocrisy, such as coercing his disciples and plotting against others. In Fang Yunhua's eyes, he was simply a natural-born Plum Blossom Thief Saint Body.

The two main characteristics of the Plum Blossom Thieves are their unscrupulous pursuit of wealth and their lustful nature, which leads them to travel to various places as flower thieves.

Furthermore, since this Jade Flute Taoist has a virginity complex, as long as we can ensure that he is brought onto the stage where the grand drama will be performed, it will be very easy to make him a perfect scapegoat.

"Master, regarding luring Daoist Yuxiao to Baoding Prefecture, it seems we'll need to borrow the mistress's reputation."

Fang Yunhua nodded.

This was after talking with Lin Xian'er, when he expressed that he didn't mind using his meager fame to attract this big fan to join the game, and that this would help Lin Xian'er spread her reputation as the most beautiful woman in the world.

"Of course, we also need to keep some things from the mistress of the house."

Fang Yunhua nodded again. He knew that the other party was referring to spreading the news that Lin Xian'er, the most beautiful woman in the world, was still a virgin. This was incredibly attractive to the lustful Yu Xiao Daoist.

"You need to control the timing; we can't let him make his appearance too early. Also, once he lands, we must capture that treasure ship immediately!" Fang Yunhua instructed.

Bai Xiaosheng nodded repeatedly.

This wasn't too difficult for him, since he was originally an expert in using public opinion. Now, after being taught by Fang Yunhua, he understood even more how terrifying the power of public opinion controlled by Tianji Tower was.

As for the treasure ship, because of Fang Yunhua's repeated reminders, he regarded it as the most important task.

"These things will be carried out privately by Xian'er in cooperation with you. She has already been able to use some of the Sun family's intelligence network, which will make it easier for us to control the spread of intelligence and to bring it into the market at a more precise time."

"Yes."

"And Lü Fengxian."

"He has left the town and his whereabouts are currently unknown. He probably won't go to Jiujiang Prefecture again."

Fang Yunhua was speechless at this person who could be called the number one person whose mentality had collapsed. In the original storyline, his appearance was full of arrogance and he was able to completely suppress A Fei who had not yet awakened.

But in the end, he was completely manipulated by Lin Xian'er, to the point that when faced with the oppressive gaze of Shangguan Jin Hong, he was stripped of all courage to step forward and fight.

In Gu Long's world of martial arts, where everything is done from the heart, a single moment of despair that cannot be overcome is tantamount to becoming nothing more than a nobody.

Compared to Lü Fengxian, Fang Yunhua was more concerned about Lü Di, who was still just a little kid.

He is Lü Fengxian's nephew. When Lü Fengxian had mastered three metal fingers, he had already mastered a pair of metal hands when he came out of seclusion. In terms of combat power, he was enough to be ranked among the top ten in the current weapon rankings.

Of course, he is still a weakling now. The reason why Fang Yunhua pays so much attention to him is that in the chapter "The Eagle Flies in September" more than 20 years later, it is revealed that he is Quanfa Tianwang, one of the four Heavenly Kings of the Demonic Sect.

He is certainly not qualified to hold this position now, but he may very well have some connection with his predecessor, the Heavenly King of Power.

Fang Yunhua naturally needed to prepare early on, considering the Western Demonic Sect as the second target after solving the Plum Blossom Thief's hidden dangers.

"Keep an eye on the Lü family, especially Lü Fengxian's nephew, Lü Di. Record all his conversations with anyone. Also, try to get the already despondent Lü Fengxian to make contact with Lü Di. Some external stimulation will force him to reveal more of the truth."

"Yes."

After Fang Yunhua finished explaining these matters, he signaled that Bai Xiaosheng could leave, but the other party showed a hesitant attitude, which made Fang Yunhua frown.

Just now, when he made eye contact with the other party, he was quite certain that the psychological shadow left by the other party had not been completely eliminated. After some experimentation on Long Xiaoyun, he was even more certain that his 'power' could, to some extent, use the power of fear and malice to imprint a so-called mark of loyalty.

Once the other person has completely overcome their fear of you, this loyalty may evolve into another emotion, or it may remain. But as long as the fear persists, it can basically guarantee that the other person will not do anything underhanded to you.

However, Bai Xiaosheng's current attitude seems a bit off.

"Master, I don't think Qin Xiaoyi is qualified to be your subordinate!"

Fang Yunhua, who had been frowning, also looked somewhat helpless.

"He's not exactly my subordinate yet."

"But I noticed that he's been taking care of everything for you the whole way. This should have been my job, but..."

Fang Yunhua sighed and stepped forward to pat Bai Xiaosheng on the shoulder.

"He is only a temporary substitute. After the Plum Blossom Thief organization is dealt with, I will need your full assistance in dealing with the Western Demonic Sect. So what you need to do now is wait patiently and carry out the tasks I have assigned to you as soon as possible."

"Yes! Master!"

Bai Xiaosheng seemed to have been given a shot of adrenaline, and his energetic appearance was nothing like his previous troubled and dejected state.

After watching the other person disappear into the night, Fang Yunhua stared at their retreating figure, lost in thought.

He could sense that the other party had a genuine respect for him, perhaps influenced by their 'power'.

However, their interactions over the past few days, or rather, Fang Yunhua's display of his plans for the Western Demonic Sect, have earned him genuine respect, even though he seems to disdain Hua Baikong but actually harbors some concerns about the Demonic Sect due to his status as the Heavenly King of Wisdom.

Fang Yunhua never overlooked his own abilities, after all, it was impossible for an ordinary person to tie the three villains from his previous life together and accomplish the feat of jointly defeating Shi Guanyin.

He was simply considering whether what might be considered his positive side was the divine will in his heart.

So, to unleash this power, should we subdue more unruly individuals, or should we specifically target and precisely strike various large forces?
(End of this chapter)