The deepest affection in Gu Long's world

Chapter 208 Hua Baifeng

Fu Baifeng. Hua Baifeng.
If the coincidence of the names is only one of the flaws, then when Fang Yunhua exerted his pressure just now, he clearly sensed that the old man named Fu Tong, when he subconsciously used his internal energy to resist, revealed a profound cultivation level that was in no way inferior to the elders and leaders of those famous sects.

Furthermore, he noticed a discordant element on Fu Baifeng's face. It wasn't the trace of using a disguise mask, but rather a secret technique similar to his Fang family's face-shaping method, capable of altering one's appearance.

It is quite obvious that he probably used the Demonic Sect's "An Eye for an Eye, Divine Dragon Formless Great Technique".

Then it's not hard to guess who these two people are.

One is Hua Baifeng, one of the four princesses of the current Demonic Sect, and the other is Tongtuo, one of the four elders of the Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron Sects.

Fang Yunhua was very curious about their purpose in daring to arrange to meet him halfway through the journey.

"You can remind Shion and the others later."

Li Xunhuan was taken aback when he heard Fang Yunhua's words.

"Who are they?"

After Fang Yunhua explained his guess, Li Xunhuan's expression also changed.

He couldn't understand how the other party had such audacity, or whether the combination of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion Master and his Little Li Flying Dagger was simply not taken seriously by the Demonic Sect.

"Or should I just cut him down?"

"Your idea is too radical!" Fang Yunhua quickly calmed down the irrational Li, who was always ready to strike. "First, figure out their purpose and see if they were deliberately tricked into coming here to die."

After thinking for a moment, Li Xunhuan understood why Fang Yunhua wanted him to remind Lin Shiyin and the other woman.

Since neither Ding Baiyun nor Lin Shiyin are the type of actresses with naturally natural acting skills, they are bound to reveal some flaws when interacting with the young master who uses the alias Fu Baifeng.

This flaw perfectly demonstrates that they have already become wary of the old man and the young man.

As the stronger party militarily, Fang Yunhua also held the actual initiative, thus achieving his initial goal of seeing what the other side was really like.

This led Li Xunhuan to speculate that Fang Yunhua's deliberate use of intimidation to forcefully resolve the bandits was perhaps an attempt to flex his muscles and make the old man and the young man realize the vast difference in their actual combat strength.

“I’ll give that carriage to them. You’re in charge of protecting Sister Shiyin and Miss Ding. We can’t afford to mess this up.”

Upon hearing Fang Yunhua's words, Lao Li nodded solemnly.

Fu Baifeng and Fu Tong, who had already moved their luggage, boarded the carriage that Lin Shiyin and Ding Baiyun had originally shared, arranged by Fang Yunhua. The two women, on the other hand, were moved to Fang Yunhua's carriage.

Fang Yunhua also unceremoniously crawled into the carriage where Fu Baifeng was.

He was genuinely curious about the two of them. One was the daughter of the current leader of the Demonic Sect, and the other was an elder of the Demonic Sect. Did they come to watch the battle to cooperate with the Heavenly King of Power and Law? However, as far as he knew, the identities of the Four Heavenly Kings had always been known only to the sect leader.

However, now that he has killed two of them, it's hard to say whether Hua Baikong will reveal the identities of the remaining two Heavenly Kings to some of his trustworthy subordinates.

Fang Yunhua wasn't worried about Bai Xiaosheng's identity as the King of Wisdom being exposed, because even if the Demonic Sect publicly announced that Bai Xiaosheng was the King of Wisdom, the martial arts world in the Central Plains would only think that the Demonic Sect was using a scheme to sow discord.

After all, the deaths of the two Heavenly Kings were related to Fang Yunhua, or even directly caused by him. Among them, Bai Xiaosheng contributed a lot to the plan to scheme against Yu Xiao Daoren. It would be pure nonsense if such an outstanding contribution could make him a Heavenly King of the Demonic Sect.

Although in reality, the King of Wisdom is the all-knowing scholar.

"Young Master Fu, I don't really know much about the Fu family. Could you tell me more about them?"

Fang Yunhua smiled as she looked at Fu Baifeng. The other party's "An Eye for an Eye, Divine Dragon Formless Great Technique" was indeed brilliant. There was not a single flaw in the woman disguised as a man. If it weren't for the fact that her mental strength was far stronger than the other party's, she would not have noticed something was wrong when she exerted pressure just now.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to tell with the naked eye that the noble young man in front of you is actually a woman.

"My Fu family is quite renowned in Sichuan, with its lineage dating back three hundred years."

Fu Baifeng was clearly prepared. She calmly began to recount the history of the Fu family, which allowed Fang Yunhua to understand that the Fu family was actually a reclusive family, and they were truly hidden away, rarely interacting with other forces, and only active in the Sichuan area.

This was probably a hidden plan that the Demonic Sect had prepared long ago.

If one were to examine the name Fu Baifeng closely, there should be some detailed records.

For example, one could wipe out a mountain stronghold on a certain day, or have some contact with a master at a certain time. If one were to deliberately fabricate it, one's upbringing could be arranged in detail. After all, if the other party dares to get to know you in this way, they must have made all the necessary preparations.

Otherwise, it would truly be underestimating the intelligence capabilities of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.

"I see, I was truly ignorant."

After listening to Fu Baifeng's explanation, Fang Yunhua nodded, and Fu Baifeng responded politely.

"Our Fu family has been too low-key. After all, if even the Master of Tianji Tower is ignorant, then there is probably no one in the world who can be called knowledgeable."

Just after Fang Yunhua swiftly defeated the bandits, Fu Baifeng took the initiative to ask if the other party was the now-famous Master of Tianji Tower, Fang Yunhua. Judging from his strength and outstanding appearance and demeanor, it was not difficult for anyone to guess his true identity.

Fang Yunhua readily admitted it, and Fu Baifeng then took the opportunity to offer her a ride. Her words showed that she trusted Fang Yunhua so much because he was the master of Tianji Tower, and she also subtly revealed her true destination.

Upon hearing that both parties were going to the Diancang Sect, Fang Yunhua generously offered to travel together.

It looks like someone encounters a setback on the road, happens to meet a kind person who helps them, and then, after discovering they share the same destination, embarks on a journey full of serendipitous encounters.

This actually fits the traditional martial arts world atmosphere quite well, since many heroes become friends through such fate.

However, given the dark style of Gu Long's martial arts world, nine out of ten of them involve double-crossing. You might think you've met your soulmate, but in reality, you'll be drugged and knocked out that very night.

Fang Yunhua then exchanged a few more polite words with the other party, and also took care of Fu Tong, who had remained extremely silent throughout, before leaving the carriage and returning to his own.

And after he stepped out of the carriage.

Fu Baifeng, who had seemed refined and polite, let out a breath of stale air and collapsed completely in the carriage. Fu Tong, who was next to him, also hurriedly wiped away the beads of sweat that had appeared on his forehead.

Compared to his previous taciturnity, he is now unusually talkative.

"Young master, let's leave when we reach the next town."

Fu Baifeng did not respond immediately. She first gestured towards the outside of the carriage, and only spoke after seeing Fu Tong nod.

"Are we just going to give up like this? Our plans were going so smoothly."

"It went smoothly, but I always felt like a lamb was being led to the slaughter, and..." Fu Tong hesitated, but at Fu Baifeng's prompting, he still spoke his true thoughts.

"The cult leader deliberately revealed the true identity of the Heavenly King of Wisdom to you, and his words even lured you to target the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion. I think this is more like a trap he set for you." Fu Baifeng frowned slightly, but his expression did not show much dissatisfaction.

"Are you saying my father wants to harm me?"

"The atmosphere within the sect has been very tense lately. We all acknowledge the sect leader's great talent and strategy. Take, for example, his plan to have the Four Heavenly Kings infiltrate the Central Plains martial arts world. He has already surpassed all previous sect leaders in this regard. Moreover, the advance planning over the past ten years has laid a solid foundation for our sect to conquer the Central Plains martial arts world."

Your father is just too stubborn when it comes to the issue of Bai Tianyu!
What is the Divine Blade Hall compared to that! But your father, because he admires Bai Tianyu too much, insists on stopping his progress!
Furthermore, the South Sea Lady, one of the four princesses, betrayed the sect due to her dissatisfaction with your father, and two Heavenly Kings' carefully laid plans have failed miserably in the Central Plains martial arts world. This has greatly damaged the sect leader's prestige.

But he remained determined to subdue Bai Tianyu first.

I strongly suspect that he sent us away this time because he was secretly planning something, which is why he needed to reduce opposition within the church beforehand, and thus avoid internal strife caused by his plan.

After all, you are the most suitable successor to the next leader.

Fu Baifeng remained silent.

She and Hua Baikong had a long-standing feud. Given the environment of the Demonic Sect, it was impossible to expect them to maintain a normal father-daughter relationship. In fact, there has never been a truly harmonious parent-child relationship in the history of the Demonic Sect.

Aside from maintaining this facade of kinship, she had long since stopped caring about the father-daughter relationship.

"But can we really leave so easily now?"

"Sir, what do you mean?"

"Don't you think the questions that Mr. Fang asked us just now were too trivial, even tantamount to directly expressing his suspicion of us? He just hasn't said it outright yet, but what will happen when things really come to a head?"

This time, it was Fu Tong's turn to remain silent.

Fu Baifeng continued to ask.

"Elder Tong, what exactly was the origin of Fang Yunhua's move just now? I felt as if I was enveloped by a powerful force in an instant, and I couldn't move at all."

"I don't know."

"As for his strength, all we know so far is that he joined forces with Shangguan Jin Hong to kill the Great Joyful Female Bodhisattva at the top of Mount Lu after several rounds of battles."

"If you were to intervene, how many moves do you think you could exchange with him?"

After thinking for a moment, Fu Tong opened his right palm.

Looking at the five fingers, Fu Baifeng frowned.

"With your strength, you can only withstand fifty moves against him?"

Fu Tong shook his head.

"Five moves?" Fu Baifeng was shocked. In her mind, the bronze camel in front of her was the strongest in the Demonic Sect besides Hua Baikong. As for the Great Joyful Bodhisattva, she had no idea that the other party was actually a spy sent by her father.

She believes that the newly released weapons ranking only places the Bronze Camel at thirteenth place, which is unfair.

After all, the Bronze Camel has been around for at least ten years and has never made a move in public. Judging from its past battle record, it is obviously impossible to show its true combat power.

Then she saw Fu Tong shake his head again.

This made Fu Baifeng breathe a sigh of relief.

"I knew it! With Elder Tong's strength, you should be able to exchange five hundred blows with that Master Fang."

"No, what I mean is, one move from him and I could die five times over."

Fu Baifeng, who had just relaxed and whose smile hadn't fully appeared on his face, froze completely because of Tong Tuo's words.

"One move, five deaths? Are you kidding me!"

“I’m not joking.” Copper Camel said solemnly, “Regarding the move you just mentioned, not only did you feel unable to move, but I did too. I even mobilized all my power to try to break through, but it turned out that I could only move after the other party actively withdrew that power.”

"During the time I was pinned down, they must have killed me at least five times."

"How could even my father not be able to kill you five times in one move?" This information, which was completely beyond her comprehension, made Fu Baifeng's expression somewhat flustered. Her original confidence came from the Bronze Camel, which was also an important guarantee for her to dare to take risks.

But now it seems that this guarantee is completely useless. What's the difference between dying five times in one move and those unlucky bandits who were deliberately lured there? They're all killed instantly.

"The ranking of the Weapon Ranking is very fair." After a pause, Copper Camel continued, "After coming to the Central Plains, I heard a rumor that the strength of the experts on the Weapon Ranking is not just a matter of ranking one level apart."

The higher the ranking, the more exaggerated the rise in ability.

"you mean"

"The gap between me and Xie Tianling, who is ranked eleventh and is the leader of the Diancang Sect who will be watching the next battle, should not be too exaggerated. In a real life-or-death battle, I believe I have a chance to kill him."

However, if facing a top ten expert, like the sixth-ranked cult leader, they would be no match at all.

As for fighting against the third-ranked Little Li Flying Dagger, it would likely be a one-hit kill.

Fu Baifeng fell silent again.

She had already realized that her preparations were far too inadequate. It was only when she learned that Fang Yunhua was going to the Diancang Sect to watch the battle that she realized that simply rushing south to overtake him was already too hasty.

This led her to discover, after she plunged into the situation, that it was far worse than she had anticipated.

She desperately needs to rely on sufficient external assistance.

However, being trapped deep in the Central Plains, the forces belonging to the Demonic Sect were clearly not much that could be mobilized.

But perhaps there is one person who can offer her some help.

"Elder Tong, among the Four Heavenly Kings, besides the deceased Great Joyful Bodhisattva and Jade Flute Daoist, and the Hundred Knowledgeable One whom we know, who is the remaining Heavenly King of Power and Law?"

"I don't know." Copper Camel shook his head. "The Four Heavenly Kings have always been under the command of the leader. Before the Great Joyful Bodhisattva was exposed, I didn't even know that she was actually the Lone Peak Heavenly King. As for the Four Princesses, I only knew about you and the South Sea Lady."

This information was leaked by the cult leader after the South China Sea Lady had a falling out with him.

Fu Baifeng didn't ask any further questions. She sighed softly, looking at the scenery rushing past the window, hoping that this wasn't a journey into hell.

(End of this chapter)