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Chapter 1412 - 632: Empty (Part 2)

Some storytellers not afraid of death started fabricating tales on the spot in the tavern, getting more excited and making them ever more outrageous.

"The Demon Slayer Hero and the Master Xing from the Foolish Underworld were deeply in love! But the two worked for opposing forces — one for the Rebel Army, the other for the Foolish Underworld. The wide chasm and opposing stances made their love unattainable! Oh! Just then, their affair was exposed by people from the Foolish Underworld! Out of necessity, they joined forces to kill their enemies and escape!"

"But such scandal, how could the Foolish Underworld make it public? Unable to conceal the vacant position of the hall master, they could only announce to the outside world that the hall master of Hundred Flowers Hall was dead! They were actually just concealing the scandal, not wanting the world to know about it!"

The storyteller was in high spirits when the tavern door was suddenly kicked open with a bang.

"Foolish Underworld investigating — everyone, get down!"

When the people from the Foolish Underworld filed in and arrested the storyteller, the credibility of such outrageous rumors soared to heights it didn’t belong to.

News about Fang Yu was now spreading wildly in Thunder City, making quite a splash.

But as for the subject himself, Fang Yu was currently in the underground stronghold of the Rebel Army, listening to someone’s self-promotion.

"I’m telling you, Brother Diao, if it weren’t for my timely arrival. See, wouldn’t you have been stuck at the Martial Forge stronghold by those Foolish Underworld folks?"

"So you’ve got to thank me!"

"Of course, credit also goes to Qiu Xiaoping for suggesting to get you out of the Martial Forge stronghold."

"But the most critical credit goes to me, the actual rescuer!"

Xu Qingqi proudly puffed up her chest.

Fang Yu found that if she could keep her mouth shut and talk less, she was actually quite pretty, evidently someone who the General Commander was willing to invest in to help maintain her youthful looks.

Fang Yu, bored, even started counting how many eyelashes Xu Qingqi had...

Creek.

The closed door was suddenly pushed open.

"Young Master Diao."

Qiu Xiaoping beckoned to Fang Yu, then addressed the still boasting Xu Qingqi: "Xu Qingqi, the General Commander asks you to go to stronghold number eighty-five."

Xu Qingqi was instantly excited.

"Is it to go fight those scumbags from the Foolish Underworld? I’ll go chop them right now!"

"...Not really, it’s just for you to guard over there since the stronghold has the risk of exposure. We’re urgently transferring materials, sending you there just in case — don’t start any trouble on your own."

Xu Qingqi immediately showed a disappointed expression: "Got it! Dad’s really... what’s there to fear in fighting the Foolish Underworld! They’ve just lost a hall master, only five people are left. We also have five ministers plus dad and Uncle Wang, take out the Lord of Mansion, and the Foolish Underworld will be ours..."

Muttering, Xu Qingqi walked out and soon disappeared from their sight.

Fang Yu also came up to Qiu Xiaoping’s side.

Unlike the somewhat unreliable Xu Qingqi, Qiu Xiaoping was much more reliable in both character and capability, giving a sense of trustworthiness.

"What’s the situation outside now? Is the Rebel Army’s counterattack intense? Forest Snake Gang..."

A stream of questions from Fang Yu made Qiu Xiaoping raise a finger to her lips.

"Shush."

Fang Yu fell silent, and then Qiu Xiaoping walked in front with Fang Yu following behind.

Qiu Xiaoping spoke slowly ahead.

"The Foolish Underworld was in a frenzy all night, several of our Rebel Army strongholds were destroyed, and the personnel losses were heavy. But the good news is, the Ten Major Families probably placed restrictions on the Foolish Underworld. Such hectic actions as last night likely won’t happen again for some time, even today’s search operations by the Foolish Underworld have noticeably been restrained."

"But you don’t need to worry either. Our Rebel Army has so many strongholds, spread almost throughout Thunder City. As I’ve said before, the Rebel Army is not just our Rebel Army, it belongs to all the people of Thunder City. The Foolish Underworld is against all the people of Thunder City! They won’t get far, absolutely cannot discover the location of our core stronghold."

As Qiu Xiaoping spoke, they arrived at a room front.

The door opened.

Only Ding Hui was seen with her back to them, dissecting an extremely familiar corpse at a workbench.

"Defiled Blood Clone Demon’s corpse?"

Fang Yu asked confusedly.

Ding Hui then paused her movements and turned to Fang Yu.

"There you are, I thought you were going to spend a lifetime with that woman."

Fang Yu rolled his eyes, who would want to hang around Xu Qingqi.

But anyway, it was Xu Qingqi who saved their lives, got them out of the Martial Forge stronghold urgently; otherwise, based on post-incident intelligence, they certainly would’ve run into several hall masters of the Foolish Underworld, attacked from multiple fronts, plus being surrounded by a massive number of Foolish Underworld forces — whether they could escape, let alone survival chances for Ding Hui.

With such a favor, could he refuse if she wanted to nag him?

"How does the Rebel Army have the corpse of a Defiled Blood Clone Demon?"

Fang Yu ignored Ding Hui and weirdly asked Qiu Xiaoping.

"Defiled Blood Clone Demon wreaked havoc in Thunder City, injuring not just the young lords of the Ten Major Families, but the ordinary people of Thunder City also suffer tremendously. Our Rebel Army, serving the people, naturally handles this kind of demonic chaos. But the number of Defiled Blood Clone Demons killed by us isn’t as many as by the Foolish Underworld; they have piles of Defiled Blood Clone Demon corpses over there. Fortunately... the Foolish Underworld doesn’t have a wondrous healer like Divine Doctor Ding; no matter how many corpses, it’s just a pile of rotten meat."

Saying this, she didn’t forget to praise Ding Hui, showing how high regard the Rebel Army senior officials have for her.

After all, Fang Yu being a skilled fighter only adds another combatant, but it’s incomparable to technical talents like Ding Hui.

Ding Hui then turned around, with her back to them, resumed her work at the bench dissecting the corpse.

However, the voice suddenly rang directly in Fang Yu’s mind.

"I have made some agreements with the Rebel Army, I’ll stay to do some work for them. Accordingly, the meeting request you mentioned with Hui Yao has been scheduled by the Rebel Army. You’ll be arranged to meet today."

Upon hearing that, Fang Yu’s heart warmed.

Ding Hui...

He strode forward a few steps, standing beside Ding Hui.

"Keep your distance from me, don’t interfere with my work. I’m not doing this all for you; along with the Rebel Army deal, I’ve asked for some other things, and luckily the Rebel Army is big enough for me to make use of."

Though she said so, Fang Yu knew Ding Hui was probably making some compromises and cooperating with the Rebel Army mostly for him.

Otherwise, given Ding Hui’s proud nature, she’d only research on her own will and not let the Rebel Army schedule work.

"Ding Hui..." Fang Yu just opened his mouth when a voice, ill-timed, came from the side not far away.

"Mr. Diao, Lord Qiu, as commanded by the Vice Commander, please come to the adjacent room to discuss matters."

Fang Yu turned his head towards the voice source.

[Chi Gaohan: 2132/2132.]

It’s him.

One of the Vice Commander’s close soldiers which Fang Yu had an impression of.

"Young Master Diao, let’s go this way, don’t disturb Divine Doctor Ding."

Fang Yu pondered, nodded, and followed the two away.

Ding Hui’s voice reappeared directly in Fang Yu’s mind.

"Diao Deyi, we’ve become ’cheap’. As I predicted, the crazier Foolish Underworld gets, the ’cheaper’ we become. The Rebel Army is starting to try to manipulate us. You need to do something, hopefully achieving some feats, to slightly increase our status within the Rebel Army for more buffering. Otherwise, I’m truly a bit worried the Rebel Army might sell us out!"

Impossible...

Fang Yu’s heart skipped a beat.

Always felt Ding Hui might be overly paranoid.

The Rebel Army sincerely invited them to join, would they now sell them out, what’s the point? Foolish Underworld and the Rebel Army are at odds, selling them out, could that magically reconcile both forces?

Through a corridor, they arrived at another room, opened the door, Fang Yu saw... just an empty room.