The deepest affection in Gu Long's world

Chapter 62 Water Magic (Please continue reading!)

Listening idly to the rain pattering on the banana leaves, one feels both sorrow and no sorrow.

Anger is easy to dissipate.

A gentle woman is like clear water, while a peerless beauty like Hua Zhenzhen, who is both pure and ethereal, is like a torrential downpour.

This completely extinguished Fang Yunhua's anger, and almost soaked him in the process.

Fang Yunhua admired Hua Zhenzhen's unique talent, after all, magic damage could deal many times more damage than pure physical damage.

Fortunately, he was very patient!
Unable to outlast the enemy, they fought for time. In the end, Young Master Fang, with a record of 100 victories, whistled happily as he left the devastated battlefield.

The hidden dangers on the Huashan Sect's side have been resolved.

Regarding the journey to the Western Regions, time must be spent establishing a caravan with impeccable logistics for the imperial court, and the King of Kucha must be allowed to formally issue a recruitment order to the martial arts world of the Central Plains before any further action can be taken.

Therefore, Fang Yunhua still has plenty of time.

This also freed up time for him to head south to Xuejiazhuang.

After making another trip to Yuan Suiyun's residence to finalize the arrangements, Fang Yunhua went to find Shangguan Cangxing after leaving Mount Hua early the next morning.

"This trip to the Western Regions will still require two teams to carry out different tasks, which is convenient given your situation."

Fang Yunhua gestured with his lip to indicate his personal weapon, the conspicuous Dragon and Phoenix Mother-Child Ring. There are many advantages to using such unusual weapons, but there are also many disadvantages. For example, it can be regarded as Shangguan Cangxing's unique identity certificate.

To ensure everything goes smoothly and to avoid being discovered by Shi Guanyin beforehand, it is absolutely impossible to directly reveal one's true identity during the trip to the Western Regions.

Even though Shangguan Cangxing is relatively unknown in the martial arts world, his skill in killing an assassin with a hammer at the Huashan Sect yesterday is bound to attract attention.

If anyone were curious about his situation, it would be easy to find out that the person who had been in close contact with him in the capital and had followed Fang Yunhua all the way south and north was the dragon and phoenix mother-and-child ring that he treasured.

There's a good chance this information will reach Shi Guanyin's ears.

In the previous scheme, Fang Yunhua had killed the other party's two sons. Even if Shi Guanyin was someone who loved herself more than anything, she couldn't possibly ignore the deaths of Wu Hua and Nangong Ling without knowing the details and continue to indulge in her dream of becoming the Queen of Kucha.

Therefore, to avoid exposing himself beforehand, Fang Yunhua also needed to disguise himself on this trip to the Western Regions.

Shangguan Cangxing thought for a moment and then nodded. This wasn't about bullying Wuhua, a weakling. Even without weapons, he was confident he could beat the opponent to a pulp with his iron fists. This time, he was going to face Shi Guanyin.

Even with his confidence in his own abilities, he knew that facing an opponent with such a notorious reputation, he would surely be killed in a one-on-one situation.

Without the Dragon and Phoenix Mother-Child Rings, his strength would be further reduced, which would be irresponsible towards his own life.

"I need to recruit a teammate soon, so you can team up with him and keep an eye on him."

"There are other teammates?"

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Cangxing immediately became interested. The only teammates he knew were himself, Yuan Suiyun, and Fang Yunhua. There might be a few people coming from Wanfu Wanshouyuan, but they would only be able to clean up the battlefield.

Those who can truly be considered teammates by Fang Yunhua are undoubtedly strong individuals. For example, Yuan Suiyun, who demonstrated his skills yesterday and earned Shangguan Cangxing's recognition of his abilities.

Seeing that Fang Yunhua had no intention of revealing the identity of his teammate, Shangguan Cangxing changed the subject.

"Actually, your junior sister is quite strong too."

"She's so beautiful."

"what?"

"You don't know that Shi Guanyin is an old pervert. She wants to ruin the appearance of any beautiful young woman she sees. If my junior sister were to go there, some unexpected changes might happen."

After thinking for a moment, Shangguan Cangxing nodded again.

Shi Guanyin's hobby was no secret to the entire martial arts world. There were even rumors that she possessed a magic mirror that could name the most beautiful person in the world. Qiu Lingsu, who jumped off a cliff, was disfigured because the magic mirror revealed her existence.

"Also, the Prince's Mansion can provide quite a few of the secret techniques related to disguise and bone shrinking that I asked you to find."

Shangguan Cangxing took out eight secret manuals from his luggage.

Fang Yunhua flipped through the books one by one. There were four books explaining disguise, but making human skin masks took too long, and there were some omissions in the information in these books that Fang Yunhua could see.

Upon seeing Fang Yunhua begin to concentrate on reading the other four manuals explaining techniques related to bone shrinking, Shangguan Cangxing said with some helplessness.

"In the past fifty years, there have been no more than ten people who are proficient in this art. Among them, only three can be considered masters. And only the masks made by these three can prevent you from being recognized by Shi Guanyin at a glance."

“I know,” Fang Yunhua said without looking up. “First of all, there’s the little prodigy. He got that nickname because he was famous when he was seven or eight years old, but he died before he was twenty. People who can make human skin masks are all bad people, except for him, who wasn’t too bad.”

Fang Yunhua raised an eyebrow and glanced at Shangguan Cangxing, not minding taking the opportunity to expose Chu Liuxiang's past.

"Chu Xiangshuai has always used the human skin mask left by the little prodigy. Given my relationship with him, I could ask him to help me disguise myself. It's just that the timing isn't right now, and it's too late to prepare for this now."

This child prodigy is Su Rongrong's older brother, and it was Su Rongrong who prepared the disguise for Chu Liuxiang. If things go as expected, he should have already gone to the Western Regions with Black Pearl.

Shangguan Cangxing didn't quite understand what "a little late" meant. According to his intelligence, Chu Liuxiang was following Dai Duxing to reorganize the Beggars' Sect and was currently active in the Northeast.

However, he didn't ask any further questions about the specifics and went straight to the second person.

"The second person was called the Thousand-Faced Demon. He was killed by Tie Zhongtang, the great hero of the Iron Blood Banner Sect, many years ago. Moreover, the Wanmiao Palace, which he had painstakingly built throughout his life, was burned to the ground. Not a single human skin mask they made was left behind."

When the Iron-Blooded Banner Sect was mentioned, Fang Yunhua glanced at Shangguan Cangxing again, but didn't ask any further questions.

He knew that Tie Zhongtang's master, the Night Emperor, was surnamed Zhu. It would be strange if this person had no connection with the imperial court. However, this should also be considered one of the true foundations of the Ming Dynasty.

When he had previously inquired about the matter of masters from Shangguan Cangxing, the latter had not mentioned the Iron Blood Banner Sect, which most likely meant that he was genuinely unaware of its secrets.

Fang Yunhua then spoke up and mentioned the third person's name.

(End of this chapter)