Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 659: Chapter 309: After Drinking

After a day and a night of spreading, the news that Li Yelai had become the Champion Proxy finally became known to the powers within and outside No.3 Border City and Lava Mine City.

No.3 Border City, after “Doll,” saw the emergence of a Five Senses Captain Level, which surprised and delighted various forces.

Naturally, officials of the Giant Cities were overjoyed, but some forces developed different ideas.

Inside the Lava Mine City, in the room of the Family Head of the Hong Family, a Spiritual Ability Family.

The woman in the wheelchair glanced at the intelligence report and laughed, “Night General… Is it that Ye Boshou who found the remains of my great grandfather? He became the Champion Proxy?”

“Indeed, it is him. I didn’t expect him to be so powerful, and his abilities are so special. Fortunately, we never provoked him before,” an elderly steward replied with a smile. “Unlike the Jing Family, which incurred the Night General’s displeasure. They even lost face. It was said that the Three Branches of Jing Family had a good relationship with the No.3 Border City.”

According to the intelligence some families gathered, the Jing Family was supposed to have a good relationship with the Processing Department of No.3 Border City.

After all, they had fought side by side in the Disaster Fog and had even reached an even closer cooperation.

However, the Champion Proxy was challenged by a Sixth-sense Expert from the Jing Family. In the end, the Champion Proxy defeated the challenger with one move, mercilessly, without giving the Jing Family any face.

“The internal strife within the family, don’t I know it well? Just because the three veins have a good relationship with the Giant City doesn’t mean the other veins share the same sentiment,” the woman in the wheelchair said with a laugh, reaching down to touch her unusually slender legs.

The old steward was at a loss for words; at least in the current Hong Family, this was not the case.

This seemingly frail woman possessed willpower and intelligence far beyond ordinary people.

Thus, even though she had been persecuted and her body was crippled, and it was difficult for her to improve her level of Spiritual Energy, no one dared to underestimate her.

After gaining power, she managed her family with iron-fisted ruthlessness.

The infighting, the factional struggles within the Jing Family, had no place here.

Those family members who had once aspired to compete were now long buried, with grass overgrowing their graves.

In the Family council hall, only her voice was to be heard…

“At the end of the day, he has been gracious to us. He will surely come to the Mine City, at which point we should establish good relations with him,” the woman in the wheelchair chuckled softly. “Tell me, do you think he could be the next Champion?”

“Unlikely, the Champion Inheritor is said to be a Sixth-Sense Spiritual Ability User. He was only at the Four Awakenings stage before, having just entered the Fifth Sense,” the old steward replied. “But it’s still worth drawing him to our side. He will certainly visit our family in the future, and we will have plenty of opportunities.”

“Since he has shown favor toward our Hong Family, we have a good pretext to get close to him. If we could invite him to look after one or two matters inside the Immortal Palace…” the old steward said, clearly realizing more as Li Yelai’s status as Champion Proxy. A powerful Captain with real authority, and from the strongest among the Giant City’s teams, the Champion Team One.

Even though Champion Team One was no longer in its heyday, it was not to be underestimated. It would be wholly advantageous and no harm for the Hong Family to build good relations.

Were the Jing Family not intelligent enough, or did they have a deeper grudge?

The woman in the wheelchair nodded and then began to fiddle with something on the map on the table; she calculated the distance from No.3 Border City to Silver Mountain City within the borders of Heaven and then calculated the location of the Great Snow Mountain. Minutes later, she seemed to find an answer and revealed a hint of a smile.

“Could he really not be the Ninth Generation Champion?”

…

Some forces felt apprehensive about Li Yelai, the unexpectedly emerged Champion Proxy, especially his unique Face which they found threatening.

“With the Champion Inheritor before and the Champion Proxy after, what? Is Champion Team One truly fated?”

“Night General… I had heard his name within the ark. I thought he had died in the Disaster Fog. I never expected such a turn of fortune, growing into a Captain Level expert.”

“Didn’t the Book Holder calculate this person?”

“Who knows? That cunning old man has always been secretive. He never revealed the names on his list—only guesses at most.”

“Wait for the next assembly. If the Book Holder steps forward, perhaps some doubts will be resolved.”

While those forces speculated, two factions of the Ember Church were overjoyed.

“Emperor’s Fall Chosen One just returned to the Giant City and has already taken charge of Champion Team One. With the Lord’s cooperation, our plan is bound to succeed!”

“True to being Emperor’s Fall Chosen, indeed coveted by the officials. Concealing his identity and abilities was the right choice.”

“Unfortunately, even as a Champion Proxy, we were unable to find out the identity and whereabouts of the Champion Inheritor. Very deeply hidden.”

“After all, the Champion of the next generation, Yang Chen, might be grooming him by his side.”

“At any rate, Lord Di Yun must not be exposed. Let’s arrange for some believers to become his achievements.”

“Already in progress, the Champion Proxy will soon successfully disrupt a Chaos Ritual, earning him greater glory and merit!”

“Cooperation between the two factions will surely propel Lord Di Yun to the peak of power!”

“He’s already at the peak of his age and strength…”

…

Compared to the joy and concerns of other forces, wary of or seeking to form alliances with the Champion Proxy.

The situation with the Jing Family was much more complex.

The conflict between Jing Lin’s vein and the members of the other veins intensified.

As a Supreme from the third line, Jing Ji’s branch had not garnered attention.

After all, Jing Ji himself, the Family Head of the Three Branches, was not regarded as highly talented, having reached the Sixth Sense only in his fifties.

Far inferior to those family members who had advanced to the Sixth Sense before thirty.