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Chapter 48 Deacon Fang (Please read further and vote with monthly tickets)

These items did not exhibit any supernatural fluctuations, and Li Yunjing could not tell whether they were magical artifacts or spiritual objects.

At this moment, the stone chamber was empty. Li Yunjing saw that the two inner disciples were standing obediently in the center, waiting quietly. Like Chen Zongfu, he stood behind them, waiting for the arrival of the important figure.

At this moment, Li Yunjing closed his eyes slightly and began to review the preparations for the next step.

From the deaths of Senior Brother Han and the others, to the cleanup, to the explanations to come, and then thinking about how he had buried all the extra four storage bags, along with some shady items, before arriving at "Red Sun Valley," he realized that...

He finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Ta Tata..."

After waiting for about fifteen minutes, the sound of footsteps finally approached from afar.

Li Yunjing stood to the side and behind the others, and saw that the two inner sect senior brothers' bodies involuntarily tensed up. He immediately knew that the steward in charge of receiving him had arrived.

Not long after, Li Yunjing heard dozens of footsteps and stopped.

Before the four of them appeared a thin old man with a head of silver hair, but his eyes were bright and piercing, and his expression was authoritative without being angry.

"Greetings, Steward Fang!"

The first two inner disciples were impolite, and Li Yunjing and Chen Zongfu followed suit, bowing rudely as well.

"Ok!"

Deacon Fang nodded, ignoring them, and instead strolled leisurely behind the desk and sat down.

"A menial disciple?"

After Deacon Fang sat down, he looked at Li Yunjing with a playful expression.

After all these years, this was the first time he, as the head steward of "Red Sun Valley," had ever seen a menial disciple.

"Yes! Disciple Li Yunjing is a disciple of the 'Miscellaneous Service Hall'."

Li Yunjing bowed and explained to the important figure.

"Tsk tsk..."

"It's really interesting that the sect has discovered 'Crimson Sun Valley' for hundreds of years, but there has never been a handyman disciple responsible for escorting grain and fodder."

At this moment, Steward Fang seemed unconcerned about the death of the outer disciple, and instead focused his attention on Li Yunjing.

The sudden appearance of a menial disciple is far more interesting than the death of a few outer disciples.

"Hehe! This disciple doesn't know either; I was sent here without really knowing what was going on."

Li Yunjing scratched his head, looking honest and simple, as if he really didn't know the truth.

"Hmm! Let me see your identity token."

Deacon Fang neither agreed nor disagreed, but gave an instruction.

"Yes! This is the disciple's token! Also, here are the tasks assigned by the sect, a total of ten 'treasure pouches,' filled with provisions!"

Li Yunjing quickly stepped forward, came to the desk, carefully took off his identity token and ten "treasure pouches", and gently placed them on the desk.

"Hmm! Interesting! It was actually a true disciple personally issuing the mission?"

Upon examining Li Yunjing's identity token, Deacon Fang showed a look of surprise.

This time, Deacon Fang carefully examined Li Yunjing for a few moments and then smiled, "Speak! What's your background? Who's your backer?"

"Huh? So direct?"

Li Yunjing was taken aback, not expecting this important figure to speak so decisively.

The other three looked at Li Yunjing with curiosity, wondering if this kid had a special identity.
Before Li Yunjing could answer, the steward Fang continued, "Think it over and speak seriously!" "If your backer isn't anything special, just because four of your companions died, I have reason to say that you colluded with outsiders and murdered your fellow disciples. I'll lock you up first, torture you severely, and investigate you slowly."

"hiss……"

Li Yunjing gasped. Was this old man really that ruthless?
Even on trumped-up charges, torture is used to extract confessions?

"Of course, if you have powerful backers, I will let this matter slide because of them. Since your incident occurred outside of 'Crimson Sun Valley,' it will naturally be handled by the sect's 'Enforcement Hall.'"

Deacon Fang looked at Li Yunjing with amusement and said slowly.

The other three couldn't help but shudder as well. Was Deacon Fang really that ruthless?

"hiss……"

Even Li Yunjing was stunned; he hadn't expected that this Steward Fang would do things this way!
This completely disrupted his train of thought, and he realized that all his previous preparations seemed to have been useless.

Such a clean and efficient decision was completely different from any of the results he had calculated!

"Reporting to Steward Fang! This disciple has a good relationship with the Yu family!"

As he spoke, Li Yunjing lifted his Taoist robe, revealing the "Mysterious Jade Inner Armor" underneath. He then raised his leg, pointed to his "Swift Wind Boots," and said, "These are all thanks to Miss Yu Yunyi's care, which is why I have such top-grade magical artifacts."

"Hmm? The Yu family?"

Deacon Fang was taken aback, not expecting that this kid really had connections!
It seems he really is someone with connections. I wonder what he did to offend Wei Henian, so that Wei, his true disciple, personally assigned him the task of bringing this person out.

Deacon Fang's mind was already racing with calculations.

Wei Henian?
Yu family?

Which one should we favor?
"Besides, Fu Chao, the young master of the Fu family, is my good buddy! For my sake, Brother Fu Chao said in front of thousands of people that if you mess with me, you mess with him!"

Before Deacon Fang could make a decision, Li Yunjing continued to rally support: "Fu Chao has gone to such great lengths for me! As his brother, I will naturally go to great lengths to help him!"

“I couldn’t stand Wei Henian making things difficult for Fu Chao. He wanted to get revenge on me by sending me on a mission, but man proposes, God disposes. On the way, we were attacked by a monster, and I was the only one who managed to escape thanks to my ‘Swift Boots’…”

Li Yunjing became more and more excited as he spoke, as if it were a real event.

The other three disciples were dumbfounded. Was it really true?
So exciting?

"Shut up!"

Deacon Fang slammed his hand on the table, his expression turning rather grim.

At this moment, the look he gave Li Yunjing was extremely unfriendly.

Troublemaker!
What a troublemaker!

How did this kid end up being assigned to my team?
The Yu family is alright; they're generally reasonable.

But the Fu family are all a bunch of lunatics!
These guys are ruthless. If Fu Chao, the young master of the Fu family, really said that messing with Li Yunjing is the same as messing with him, then trouble is really coming their way.

"Is everything you said true?"

At this moment, Deacon Fang unleashed a tremendous pressure on Li Yunjing, making it difficult for him to breathe, before finally stopping.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Li Yunjing's face turned ashen. He coughed a few times before saying, "Your identity... investigating this shouldn't be difficult... on that day in the 'Miscellaneous Service Hall,' in the Elegant Fragrance Garden, thousands of people saw it all clearly..."

"Hmm! Then I'll waste a communication talisman to ask."

"I am a steward," said Fang coldly. A flash of light appeared in his hand, and a talisman spontaneously combusted without wind, transforming into a stream of light that flew out of the stone chamber and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)