I Am Immortal in Great Yu

Chapter 222: Chapter 91: Jade Plum Association (3)

At the head table, the Golden Seal Renowned Hunters and Jade Seal Divine Hunters all murmured in admiration.

”This Fang Yinzheng has actually cultivated a Body Technique Martial Technique to the Great Success realm? How rare,” a Golden Seal Renowned Hunter said in surprise.

”Indeed. Without using a Spirit Talisman, this Fang Yinzheng is invincible among the Sixth Grade!” another Golden Seal Renowned Hunter agreed.

”That’s not necessarily true.”

A middle-aged Golden Seal Renowned Hunter beside him shook his head. ”A Body Technique at the Great Success realm only allows one to advance and retreat at will, placing that Fang Yinzheng in an unbeatable position. If he wants to claim victory, he’ll still need a set of Attacking Martial Techniques.”

”There’s where you’re wrong, Brother Yan. I heard that this Fang Yinzheng once defeated a Sixth-Grade Flower Thief in a single move. Clearly, his Attacking Martial Techniques are also quite outstanding!”

”Clearly, this Fang Yinzheng is being considerate of his colleague. Even when provoked, he didn’t strike a heavy blow. He wanted to let Duan Yinzheng realize the difficulty and back down on his own...” a Jade Seal Divine Hunter said admiringly.

”Not bad.” Even Zhou Changfa, the Director of the Divine Capture Bureau, offered a comment.

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In the center of the ring, amidst the unabashed commentary from his superiors, Duan Yu’s face burned with shame. To preserve his last shred of dignity, he took the initiative to concede and left the stage.

’Why can’t I just keep my damn mouth shut!’

He was filled with immense regret. ’If Fang Rui didn’t want to get on stage, then fine! Why did I have to provoke him? Now I’ve suffered a double loss—not only was it a huge loss of face, but the Spirit Jade Ginseng that was within my grasp is gone too.’

”My fellow constables, is there anyone else who would like to come up for a spar?” Fang Rui asked, looking at the other Silver Seal Chief Constables.

His colleagues all avoided his gaze.

They weren’t deaf. A Golden Seal Renowned Hunter had just announced that Fang Rui possessed a Body Technique Martial Technique at the Great Success realm. Why would they go up now? To be toyed with and humiliated?

Besides, while the Spirit Jade Ginseng was indeed precious, it was just one small stalk. They were all men of status; it wasn’t worth offending Fang Rui and making an enemy of him over it.

Upon reaching the rank of Silver Seal Chief Constable, one entered the middle echelons of the Great Yu officialdom. Resources were relatively plentiful, and conflicts were kept within certain bounds. They all had something to lose, so unless there was a deep-seated feud, a squabble would never escalate into a life-or-death struggle.

Even Duan Yu was the same. He had a Spirit Talisman but hadn’t used it. To actually use it would have been terribly graceless and made him look like a sore loser.

Fang Rui successfully claimed the Spirit Jade Ginseng.

The small stalk of Spirit Jade Ginseng was no bigger than his palm. Its features, like tiny eyebrows and eyes, made it resemble a miniature doll. For some reason, it gave him a strange, discordant feeling.

’What exactly is wrong here?’

Holding the Spirit Jade Ginseng, Fang Rui felt an inexplicable, faint sense of repulsion from it. Finally, he could only sigh to himself. ’Forget it. I’ll investigate later. I won’t be careless, but I’m not Tang Monk either—I won’t be scared to eat the Ginseng Fruit when it’s right in front of me.’

Next came the duels between the Golden Seal Renowned Hunters and Jade Seal Divine Hunters. To the other guests, they were spectacular, but in Fang Rui’s eyes, it was like watching children squabble. There was nothing worth seeing.

After the duels ended, there was another round of song, dance, and feasting. Finally, around 9 p.m., as the night grew late, the Jade Plum Association gathering concluded in Perfection.

Fang Rui took his packed Jade Plums and the Spirit Jade Ginseng, fended off a few colleagues who came over to curry favor, and left laden with rewards under the envious gazes of the crowd.

He left the garden.

His three subordinate Chief Constables—Li Dadan, Xun Buhe, and Niu Bajin—thanked Fang Rui for the eye-opening experience, then immediately launched into a frenzy of bootlicking.

”Boss, you definitely had the biggest haul among all the Silver Seal Chief Constables today! Three Jade Plums and a stalk of Spirit Jade Ginseng—you really made out like a bandit!”

”And you were the one who stole the show, Boss! You even outshone the other Golden Seal Renowned Hunters and Jade Seal Divine Hunters.”

”Of course, the most impressive part was catching the eye of Lord Si Zheng! I heard it myself—Lord Si Zheng praised you! He said, ’Not bad’!”

”What does that mean? It means you’ve truly won his favor! With Lord Si Zheng’s approval, your career is set for a meteoric rise, Boss!”

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”Come on, now. I expect this from Bajin. But Dadan, Old Gou, how did you two end up just like him? You’ve been completely corrupted!”

”Stop flattering me all the time. Compliments like that will go to my head. Dadan, I much preferred that rebellious, untamed look you had when we first met. How about it, give me a repeat performance? And you, Old Gou, you used to be so cool and aloof... Alright, that’s enough. Go on home, all of you. I’m leaving.”

Fang Rui waved his hand and walked away. As he was about to step into his carriage, he could still hear Niu Bajin boasting to his driver about the day’s events at the Jade Plum Association.

He shook his head with a resigned sigh, settled into the carriage, and was about to tell the driver to depart.

But just then—

”Young friend!”

A familiar voice called out from outside.

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