"This Underworld, don’t even talk about wiping it out; even if you really did clean it up completely, it wouldn’t be long before it rose from the ashes."

Fang Che said, "And this dark side, we also have no way to eradicate it."

"So that Emperor Ye you just mentioned, I’m quite interested."

Fang Che naturally wanted to take down the Qinglong Gang first and finish this exam paper.

But now the Underworld was in such chaos; since he’d already made a move, there was no reason to quit halfway.

Besides, the harm the Underworld did to ordinary people was far worse than anything the Qinglong Gang could manage.

As long as this great city in Donghu State existed for one more day, the threat of the Underworld would continue for one more day.

Fang Che would rather postpone completing the Wei Wo Zheng Sect’s mission, and first get things here to "almost done."

Because he knew very well that this killing spree of his had hurt countless underground gangs; it had made them lose too much profit.

As soon as he stopped, the other side would definitely counterattack with everything they had to make up for the losses—because they needed money too; without making up for the losses, they couldn’t operate.

Even if he failed to complete the mission over there, without winning any glory, he was still a crucial undercover, still Yemo.

But the people here couldn’t afford to wait.

And they couldn’t bear the Underworld’s retaliation.

If, because he stirred things up, the people of Donghu State had to endure a brutal revenge from the Underworld, Fang Che would never accept that.

Even if Emperor Ye didn’t exist, he’d still kill until the Underworld didn’t dare move!

"Emperor Ye is not easy to deal with."

Zhao Shanhe said, "As for his current strength, no one knows how much he’s got left—that’s uncertain. But it’s certain that he’s not someone you can handle right now."

"Tell me about him in detail." Fang Che said, "Once I’m prepared, and once I’ve got detailed intel, even if we can’t cooperate in the future, I’ll at least have a sense of what I’m facing when we meet."

"There are three versions of how Emperor Ye rose up."

Zhao Shanhe said, "One is that he was a sect disciple who went out to temper himself, got ambushed by the Underworld, was captured and tortured, and when he finally escaped, he simply threw himself into the Underworld and Slowly developed step by step until he took control."

"The second is that he was the son of some underground gang’s leader. The gang was wiped out, only he was left, tortured miserably. Then he endured in silence, clung to life, and once his strength was enough for revenge, he gathered trusted followers and took control of the Underworld."

"The third is that he was a child thrown into that place; by a fluke, he cultivated a Divine Skill, then took revenge, and from there developed step by step until he ruled the Underworld."

Zhao Shanhe said, "From these three, what can you see?"

Fang Che answered without thinking, "The common point is, they all suffered torture at the hands of the Underworld. And anyone who’s been through that has one shared trait... they’ll never trust anyone again."

"Exactly."

Zhao Shanhe was quite satisfied with Fang Che’s sharpness.

"When Emperor Ye first rose up, he had eight brothers following him. Those eight—some said they were his fellow sect disciples, some said they were his Disciples, some said they were the eight kids who’d been persecuted along with him back then... After they rose, they were called the Ye Emperor’s Eight Stars."

"Actually, Emperor Ye’s original nickname for himself was ’Moon Emperor.’ The meaning was that he was the bright moon in the night sky, and the eight subordinates were the eight stars circling the moon."

Zhao Shanhe said.

Fang Che sighed and said, "Actually he got it wrong. Since when are there eight stars next to the moon? There’s only one, the Venus star, accompanying the moon."

Zhao Shanhe laughed and said, "But at that time, before the Wei Wo Zheng Sect had stretched its hand into this area, Emperor Ye and the Ye Emperor’s Eight Stars really did control all the Underworld in the Southeast."

"Back then it was Lord Dongfang Sansan who sent Lord Dongfang Siwu to take charge of this matter, to negotiate with Emperor Ye. But Lord Dongfang Siwu did something that caused the negotiations to fall apart at the last moment." Zhao Shanhe sighed.

"What did he do?" Fang Che was very curious.

This was the first time he’d heard the name Dongfang Siwu.

With a name that already sounded unreliable, what kind of ridiculous stunt had he pulled?

"He set up three meetings with Emperor Ye in a row, and Emperor Ye refused all of them. So Lord Dongfang Siwu infiltrated the Underworld to look for him. That enraged Emperor Ye, who then refused to negotiate. Their relationship instantly dropped to freezing point."

Zhao Shanhe said.

"...That’s fucking unreliable."

Fang Che couldn’t help smacking his lips.

They sent you to negotiate and bring him over to our side, not to play assassin. Sneaking into his base, what the hell is that supposed to be?

"But it was also because of this that Emperor Ye’s team was destroyed."

Zhao Shanhe said. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"Hm?"

Fang Che frowned, thought for a bit, then suddenly understood: "Got it. Emperor Ye felt he’d already offended the Guardian, so naturally he wanted to lean toward the Wei Wo Zheng Sect, right? So at that juncture, people from the Wei Wo Zheng Sect came, and Emperor Ye showed signs of accepting them? And then he got bitten back?"

Zhao Shanhe looked at Fang Che in surprise. "Your brain really works on a different level."

"This is obvious. The two great powers on the Continent are both in their prime. He offended the Guardian on the Guardian’s own turf—who else would Emperor Ye turn to if not the Wei Wo Zheng Sect?"

Fang Che said.

"Yes, that’s exactly what Emperor Ye did. So when the people of the Wei Wo Zheng Sect arrived, although Emperor Ye still didn’t show his face, he handled them the same way he had handled the Guardian earlier—he sent two of the Ye Emperor’s Eight Stars to make contact."

"But he never expected that those two would actually be controlled. No one knows what method the Wei Wo Zheng Sect used, but after those two returned, some time later they poisoned Emperor Ye."