Chapter 181 Death

Fang Yue's mind filled with the image of the First Prince's gentle and calm face, and suddenly he felt an immense sense of unfamiliarity.

He had never truly seen through this man, the one in the Qing Country most likely to succeed the current emperor!

Thinking of Jing Yan and the others, imprisoned and reduced to playthings of the powerful, auctioned off for bids, anger surged in Fang Yue’s heart.

"The law? Such a thing is merely a constraint imposed by those above on those below. But Night Captain, if you want to rescue them all, the best way is to wait until after the auction and then track down the buyers, intercepting them to save the people. Or, if you have enough wealth, you can buy them back.

But never, never take action directly in the Juan Niao Tower!"

"Why?"

"Simple, because the Juan Niao Tower is backed by the Four Princes! And in the Juan Niao Tower, there are experts responsible for guarding the place every day. Forget whether you can defeat them, just the background of the Four Princes makes it inconvenient for us to intervene."

Experts?

Fang Yue already knew that the Juan Niao Tower was backed by the Four Princes.

Since he was prepared to come to the Juan Niao Tower to demand people, he had naturally considered the possibility of friction with the Four Princes.

The only question was, what level were the experts guarding the Juan Niao Tower?

If they were Yun-level, Fang Yue could still fight; if they were Yu-level… this matter would become tricky.

But Fang Yue couldn't just watch Tian Ruichi and the others suffer…

Damn it, of all times for the sheepskin to be dormant; otherwise, things wouldn't be so troublesome.

Sensing Fang Yue's hesitation, Ming emphasized, "The Juan Niao Tower has at least a resident Yun-level expert, and if something happens, the Yu-level expert on duty that day will arrive immediately. Do you think you can defeat a Yu-level expert? Even if you manage to solve the Yu-level expert, being targeted by the Four Princes, will you have a peaceful life in the future?

Think about your beloved, the You family's position is already precarious, if you make trouble a few more times, it will be difficult for her to manage things.

Of course, if you are willing to resolve this peacefully, such as through buying and selling, I can consider funding you some money.

After all, as the wife of the Hong Department's Dishu, I have quite a bit of money."

Fang Yue frowned.

"Are you really that kind?"

"Of course, there is a price. If you want to use my power, then correspondingly, when I need it, you have to help me once."

"... I will consider it."

Fang Yue still had a Jinshi (Gold Stone), a stone dropped by Yu-level (Rain-level) entities, of extraordinary value.

Even looking at the entire capital, not many people should be able to afford such a price.

In addition, Fang Yue had many Yinshi (Silver Stones) and Zaishi (Calamity Stones) left, besides those consumed during daily cultivation.

If he could buy back Jing Yan and the others with these stones, things would become much simpler.

But it was clearly them who captured Jing Yan and the others, yet he had to pay money to redeem them; this feeling was too unpleasant.

If the sheepskin… if the sheepskin was here, how could I be so constrained!

If I could unleash Yu-level combat power, I would make a scene in this damned Juan Niao Tower!

[Hiss—]

[Is this a confession??]

[Shy, shy! Shameless!]

[So, so eager to have the great and noble Sheepskin Lord?]

Fang Yue: ?!!

The sheepskin!!

Fang Yue was overjoyed, and even forgot to control the expression on his face, revealing a look of ecstasy.

Fortunately, Ming was blind and couldn't see anything, only vaguely sensing that Fang Yue's emotions had changed.

This emotional change left Ming somewhat bewildered.

Fang Yue's emotions were agitated as they were about to reach the Juan Niao Tower, which she could understand, but how could she suddenly have a feeling of ecstasy?

But Fang Yue had no time to pay attention to Ming's thoughts, and instead directly communicated with the sheepskin.

Sheepskin, activate precognition, I want to know if the upcoming trip to the Juan Niao Tower will successfully rescue Jing Yan and the others.

[Hoo hoo hoo!]

[Angry!]

[I just woke up and you're already ordering me around, do you only see this Sheepskin Lord as a tool?]

In Fang Yue's mind, a cute girl appeared, hugging a panda pillow as tall as herself, lying on pink sheets, pouting.

… No, no, be good, great and noble Sheepskin Lord, help me with precognition.

[Hmph hmph! Can't be helped, since you humbly begged, this Sheepskin Lord will reluctantly help you with precognition! Hoo hoo hoo!]

The sheepskin, who was just angry, suddenly became happy, stood up with her hands on her hips, puffed out her little chest, and looked proud.

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

The precognitive images began to gradually appear.

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

When Fang Yue and Ming got out of the carriage...

Buzz!!

The entire precognitive image suddenly froze completely.

Puff, puff, puff...

One, one, black dots like black ink, smashed into the precognitive image.

The entire image was like a screen dyed black with black ink, completely turning black, and cracks appeared.

With a bang, the image shattered.

Precognition, abruptly stopped.

[… Died?]

The sheepskin was stunned, but she quickly realized that Fang Yue's death was not in the carriage, but later on.

Only during precognition, she felt the pressure, requiring more power.

And she had just awakened, although her strength and upper limit had greatly increased after devouring the Linglong Ba Xiang Yu Di (Exquisite Eight-Aspect Jade Flute) and gaining power from other aspects.

But she needed to recuperate and recover, and was currently only awake, her power not yet fully restored.

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

[I am Fang Yue, I safely arrived at the Juan Niao Tower, and Ming and I got off the carriage.]

[I died.]

Died??

Fang Yue's eyes widened.

Could it be that the Juan Niao Tower is actually a Hongmen Banquet? An ambush was set up inside, and I died in the Juan Niao Tower?

[No, your death is at a later date, it shouldn't be the Juan Niao Tower… I'll precognize again, using a little more power.]

Fang Yue waited expectantly.

This time, the sheepskin's precognitive images were also transmitted to him.

In the precognitive images, he and Ming successfully entered the Juan Niao Tower.

However, the next moment, a strong stinging sensation suddenly struck.

Fang Yue screamed in pain, clutching his head, and several still images flashed quickly through his mind.

The images flickered too fast, and Fang Yue hadn't even seen them clearly before they passed.

Vague impressions remained in his mind, but they weren't clear.

But the last still image remained a little longer.

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

It was the scene of a crimson full moon shining down, dense black clouds covering the sky above the palace, and himself standing in front of the palace, covered in blood.

That was… the black clouds of the Wu Yu tribe!