Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms - Chapter 85

Chapter 85: Cold Spring

The crowd was astonished by Jue Panshi’s decisiveness. His survival instincts are incredible!

At the same time, they were impressed by how intimidating War God Fang was to officials.

Who could have thought that the South Immortal Commandery’s chiliarch would actually be so afraid of Fang Chen? It was no wonder there were rumors that War God Fang often slapped scions of powerful officials in the capital.

“You should have heard about Liu Tian,” Fang Chen said.

Jue Panshi quickly straightened his attitude and replied, “Yes, I have heard about it. I have obeyed our commander’s orders and placed Liu Tian on arrest warrant in the South Immortal Commandery.”

“I suspect these people are colluding with Liu Tian. Imprison them first. I’ll interrogate them when I have time,” Fang Chen replied.

The young man and his lackeys turned pale, as they realized Fang Chen was trying to frame them! They were familiar with this means, as they often used it to oppress the civilians living in South Immortal Commandery.

Jue Panshi was startled too. His heart skipped a beat, as he knew this wasn’t any minor crime. If his son was indicted of colluding with Liu Tian, he would be implicated as well.

“War God Fang, I have failed to discipline my son, but I don’t think he’d be so bold as to collude with Liu Tian. Could we talk things out and clarify this misunderstanding?” Jue Panshi said with a careful tone.

“That’s right, that’s right! How can I possibly collude with Liu Tian?!” the young man exclaimed.

“And I’m supposed to take your word for it?” Fang Chen looked at him with a faint smile.

A shudder went down the crowd’s spines.

“Chiliarch Jue, we should have met a couple times while you were still in the capital. I recall that you were the vice commander of the West Tiger Barracks then,” Fang Chen said.

“Indeed, indeed. I’m flattered that War God Fang remembers me.” Jue Panshi hurriedly nodded.

“I heard you were a valiant and fair commander during your time in the West Tiger Barracks. Supposing the rumors are true, I guess there is no reason for your son to collude with Liu Tian. It should be a misunderstanding. Chiliarch Jue, take your son back and discipline him well,” Fang Chen said.

Jue Panshi took a while before he understood what Fang Chen was getting at, and his eyes lit up in delight. He heaved a long sigh of relief. He clasped his fist and thanked Fang Chen before ordering his subordinates to drag the young man and his lackeys away.

“War God Fang, are you here to investigate the massacre at the Heavensword Mountain Villa?” Chiliarch Jue carefully asked.

The crowd pricked up their ears in interest.

This matter had caused a huge uproar in the South Immortal Commandery. A few other minor sects other than the Heavensword Mountain Villa had also suffered the same fate.

There were rumors that this was the Profound Saber Sect’s doing, and their goal was to first dominate the South Immortal Commandery, followed by the entire Great Xia’s southern region!

Now that Seven Profound Saber Huangfu Jie had appeared together with Fang Chen, the crowd couldn’t help but wonder what was going to happen next.

“Chiliarch Jue, why didn’t you inform the capital of this matter? You should know how important the capital regards the stability of the southern region given Great Xia’s current circumstances,” Fang Chen asked.

Jue Panshi hurriedly replied, “I understand that too, which is why I have dispatched many Valiant Defenders to thoroughly investigate this matter over the last few days. I wanted to get to the bottom of the matter before reporting it to the capital…”

Fang Chen acknowledged his reason with a nod before further asking, “Have you locked down the Heavensword Mountain Villa? Where did you keep the corpses?”

“I have ordered my men to lock down the area. The corpses have been preserved at their original locations,” Jue Panshi replied.

Fang Chen nodded. If Jue Panshi has gone to the extent of locking down the Heavensword Mountain Villa and preserving the corpses, it should be safe to say that he has no ties with the Blood Spirit Cult.

“Wait for us at the Heavensword Mountain Villa. We’ll head there after finishing our tea,” Fang Chen instructed.

“War God Fang, why don’t I escort you there?” Jue Panshi proposed.

However, he quickly backed down when he saw Fang Chen’s impassive face. He respectfully bowed to Fang Chen before leaving the tea house.

The teahouse fell silent after his departure.

Fang Chen finished his tea before turning to Huangfu Jie. “Pay for the tea. Let’s set off.”

Huangfu Jie placed some silver pieces on the table before directing a smile at the manager. “This should be enough to pay for our tea and the broken furniture.”

“You’re too kind, you’re too kind,” the manager nervously replied.

The group continued on their way, but halfway to their destination, Fang Chen suddenly took Abbess Clearlotus and Jade Fairy on a detour.

“Where’s our young master heading off to?” Yuan Zhuang was perplexed.

Huangfu Jie chuckled. “He’s heading to the cold spring.”

The others nodded in realization.

“Now that we have time on our hands, why don’t we capture the fellow who has been following us and uncover his motive?” Huangfu Jie asked.

Yuan Yu and the other constables were taken aback. Someone’s following us?

The rectifiers also turned grim. They quickly scanned their surroundings, and it didn’t take them long to find their stalkers. They immediately charged over with the constables.

A few minutes later, they returned with a bound Chen Da.

“Blackriver Sect’s Chen Da, why did you follow us?” Huangfu Jie asked with a cold smile.

“Seven Profound Saber, I have no malicious intention. I simply wanted to report something to War God Fang,” Chen Da hesitantly looked around, but he became even more nervous when he couldn’t find Fang Chen around.

“Report something?” Yuan Zhuang asked. “What is it? I am a Rectifier Yuan Zhuang from the Court of Great Brilliance. You can talk to me instead.”

“My apologies, but I’ll only tell War God Fang about it.” Chen Da shook his head. “I wasn’t planning to talk about it as it might spell danger for me, but if I’m going to talk to someone about it, it’ll only be War God Fang. I seek your pardon for that.”

Huangfu Jie and Yuan Zhuang exchanged glances, and the former said, “Very well, You can wait here then.”

…

It was not easy to trek into the mountain.

Fang Chen and the others traveled for a few kilometers before they finally arrived at a spot surrounded by three cliff faces. Beneath these three cliff faces was a clear spring.

There were quite a few civilians collecting water from the spring. They first took a huge gulp of the refreshing spring water before they filled up their wooden buckets and quickly left. They did notice Fang Chen and the others, but they weren’t too surprised by their presence.

Those living in the vicinity knew about this spring’s special properties. It wasn’t rare for young masters and young misses to pay this place a visit and take a sip of the cooling spring water.

“Young master, it’s really cool here. There must be something special about the spring, for it to be able to dispel even the heat,” Jade Fairy exclaimed in surprise.

Abbess Clearlotus took in a deep breath and verified her conjecture.

“No wonder the tea brewed with this water is so refreshing,” Fang Chen remarked with a smile.

He had heard about this place five years ago, and he had once paid it a visit. Now that he was an immortal cultivator, he could tell that this spring water was cool because it contained spirit ki.