Monarch Night
Chapter 246 - 17 I Despise You

Chapter 246: Chapter 17 I Despise You

Suddenly, Li Mengyun’s face darkened.

Take down Sun Yuan’s head?

Is this junior steward crazy?

Tang Zheng said, "Sir, this is probably a decision from the higher-ups of the Guardian..."

Fang Che waved his hand dismissively and said, "It’s not a big deal. Right now, I’m the chief officer of the South District. If anyone has questions, they can come to me. I’ve allowed it to hang for seven or eight days, isn’t that enough?"

Tang Zheng cursed inwardly, what do you mean you’ve allowed it to hang for seven or eight days?

This is only your first day on duty, you idiot.

However, he dared not ignore the order and had to proceed.

Li Mengyun couldn’t hold back any longer, she stepped forward and said, "Sir, that demon’s head is hanging at the city gate to warn the people. It’s not appropriate for you to take it down!"

Fang Che had already seen them.

Raging waves of anger surged in his heart.

But his face remained calm as he quietly activated the Bingche Spirit Platform.

He said flatly, "Who are you people? Why are you questioning my orders? Not appropriate? How so?"

Li Mengyun said, "Senior members risked their lives to behead the demon, and its head is hanging at the city gate as a warning to the people. Can you show respect with just one word to take it down?"

Fang Che, hands behind his back, said coldly, "Miss, do you know what happens to a head under the scorching sun? Do you know it might cause a plague?"

"Once a plague breaks out, can you take the responsibility?"

"Moreover, hasn’t it already served as a warning for seven or eight days? How much longer do you expect it to serve as a warning? Put it at the bedside of each household for a few days?"

"The weather was cold with heavy snow in the past few days. That’s the only reason I allowed it to be left there longer. According to usual regulations, it should be taken down in a day! If it’s hot weather, it should be taken down and dealt with within an hour. This is the rule of the Guardian Hall!"

Fang Che maintained an authoritative look and said coldly, "When did I break any rules?"

Li Mengyun was at a loss for words and said, "I just feel it’s not appropriate."

Fang Che sneered, "Miss feels it’s not appropriate? Who are you? Show me your waist card."

Li Mengyun had no waist card, and raised her head, "I don’t have one!"

Fang Che said, "Then show your identification and road guide, to verify your identity!"

Li Mengyun gritted her teeth, "I didn’t bring them!"

"You didn’t bring them? And yet you dare to point fingers at my law enforcement?"

Fang Che roared, "Who exactly are you? What are your intentions?! I suspect you’re from the demon sect!"

Li Changbo quickly stepped in to mediate, handed over a road guide, and smiled apologetically, "Sir, here’s the road guide... our young lady was just upset earlier."

This is the territory of the Guardian Hall.

If a conflict arose here, they really would be trapped.

Fang Che looked at the road guide, his mind in a fierce internal struggle.

Should he seize this opportunity to make a big deal and capture these four?

But looking at the helpless refugees outside, the weak guards at the city gate, and then at himself.

And considering that the four people are all of Emperor Level cultivation.

He sighed inwardly.

The conditions are not favorable.

Even if he could run, these four would already be outside the city, making escape much harder.

Moreover, what good would it do to kill just these four?

Fang Che glanced at the road guide a few times and said coldly, "Who is this Wang Yun’er on here?"

"It’s me!"

Li Mengyun said angrily.

"You?"

Fang Che pointed at her, "It clearly says Wang Yun’er is in her twenties here, but you look like you’re forty. Are you Wang Yun’er’s mother?"

This remark is incredibly malicious for a woman.

Li Mengyun couldn’t resist raising her hand to slap him.

But was silently stopped by Li Changhe, who said, "Sir, you’re quite the joker..."

"Hmph."

Fang Che casually tossed the road guide away and said, "Remember, mind your own business in the future!"

Li Mengyun was so angry her stomach hurt, gritting her teeth and swallowing the insult, "May I ask for your name?"

"What, looking for someone to propose marriage?"

Fang Che tilted his head at her and said, "Forget it, I’m not interested in you."

"You!"

Li Mengyun nearly had her heart explode from rage.

"Go, go, go... Miss, let’s leave..."

Li Changhe really feared that the third young lady, who had just lost her brother, might cause an incident out of anger here.

In this void of Wei Wo Zheng Sect’s influence, he couldn’t imagine the consequences if something happened.

Tang Zheng had climbed up to the city wall and was reaching for the sword.

The blade flashed brightly.

The ice on Sun Yuan’s face had begun to melt under the sun.

At this moment, Fang Che looked up to see Sun Yuan’s wide-open mouth as if grinning at him.

"Hurry up!"

Fang Che said, "Why are you so slow with such a simple task!"

Then he waved one hand like shooing flies at Li Mengyun, "Go away, go away, you few people hindering official business for no reason, truly unlucky... Nowadays, people have no sense of propriety, each one coming out to point fingers, thinking they’re some kind of authority... Just a damned woman..."

Li Mengyun, seething with anger, was dragged away by Li Changhe from the South Gate, moving forward.

After walking a dozen feet, she looked back.

The sword had already been lifted, withdrawn from the head, and now gleaming under the sunlight, casting reflections in Li Mengyun’s eyes.

Faintly menacing.

Li Mengyun could only follow Li Changhe and the others since her hand was being pulled forward forcefully.

When she looked back again, there was nothing left on the city wall.

Sun Yuan’s head had already been taken down.

She vaguely felt as if she had missed something.

But it was too late to think.

Following Li Changbo, Li Changhe, and the others, they quickly moved away from Baiyun State, deeper and deeper into the vast ice fields.

"The power of the Yixin Sect is spread in this vast area, let’s continue to other cities to look for Yemo! I refuse to believe such a person can just vanish!"

"I won’t believe we can’t find out about Yemo in other cities. The entire Southeast can’t be devoid of people from our sect, right? If Yixin Sect people won’t cooperate, will people from other sects also refuse? I don’t buy this nonsense!"

The four figures disappeared.

...

Fang Che watched from the corner of his eye as the four enemies disappeared.

He slightly closed his eyes.

He didn’t feel regret for letting the enemies go. He just felt a little sorry for himself having no outlet to vent his hatred.

"Master, you shouldn’t blame me. If I want, I can devise a way to lure them into the Guardian’s sight, then use the Guardian’s people to kill them. These four people, no matter what, I can eliminate them."

"That was my plan before I came to Baiyun State."

"But seeing your head at Baiyun State made me change my mind."

"Revenge should not be quick; they shouldn’t just die easily at the hands of Guardians."’

"The grudge should be avenged personally, vengeance should be taken face-to-face!"

"Rest assured, that day is not far away."

Fang Che wasn’t solely driven by this reason; it was also because... after the snow disaster in Baiyun State, if these four Emperor Level demons were targeted, the Guardian Hall and civilians would suffer heavy casualties.

Of course, Fang Che wanted revenge, but he couldn’t gamble with the lives of a million innocent victims for it.

He exhaled a long breath.

Watching Tang Zheng bring the head over.

He scolded, "Couldn’t you wrap it in cloth?"

"There’s no cloth."

"Use your clothes, you idiot. Don’t you know how to improvise? Let me see the sword."

He took the sword and flicked it around, "Not bad."

Smoothly keeping the sword for himself, he took the head wrapped in Tang Zheng’s clothes and said coldly, "Seeing as the sword is quite good, I’ll allow you to have a proper burial."

That afternoon, he carried the wrapped head and managed Nancheng in an orderly manner until his shift ended.

Then he finally went home.

Fang Che felt no pressure at all about taking down Sun Yuan’s head and bringing back Sun Yuan’s sword.

Because he knew.

This was tacitly approved by the Guardian Hall.

Otherwise, why place him in Nancheng?

With Sun Yuan’s head and sword right there, sending his disciple to guard Nancheng?

Isn’t it too convenient?

After all, both Fan Tiantiao and Chen Ru Hai knew his identity as ’Sun Yuan’s disciple’! Such an arrangement was meant for him to do just that.

And by doing it, it would further solidify their suspicions of him as a ’demon sect disciple.’

Fang Che didn’t care about that at all.

...

Yin Shen Palace had long been aware of Fang Che going to Baiyun State Guardian Hall.

But there’s nothing that could be done about it.

Today, a mole inside Baiyun Martial Academy reported Fang Che’s official joining.

"Third level Steward."

Yin Shen Palace stroked his chin and said to Mu Lin Yuan, "Our little Yemo is now an official. A steward at Baiyun State Guardian Hall, tsk tsk. It’s not a low position."

Mu Lin Yuan laughed, "Sect Hierarch’s plan is...?"

"Yemo shouldn’t just be promoted over there, right?"

Yin Shen Palace said, "He needs some position here too. Otherwise, it would seem I’m stingy as a master, not as good as the Guardian Hall."

"But temporarily, Baiyun State doesn’t have any positions... the sub branch is gone." Mu Lin Yuan smiled bitterly.

"Then make Yemo the Leader of Baiyun State sub branch, to rebuild it."

Yin Shen Palace said.

Mu Lin Yuan was taken aback, "Directly a Leader?"

"Leader."

Yin Shen Palace confirmed.

"That’s a bit too high..."

Mu Lin Yuan frowned, "Sect Hierarch, I know you have high hopes for Yemo and want to nurture him, but promoting too quickly isn’t beneficial."

Yin Shen Palace chuckled, "You still think a Leader has much power? There’s not even a sub branch over there. The Leader needs to establish a sub branch and recruit people with basically no one from our side there. Yemo as the Leader is practically alone. Giving him this Leader position will only stress him."

"What about the tasks for the sub branch?"

"With just one person, what tasks can he take? Gathering money."

Yin Shen Palace said, "Although the sub branch is gone, minor outposts remain; major tasks can’t be taken, but minor ones can. Let Yemo go find them to collect money. Due to recent gaps, plenty is owed to the sect, so it should be collected."