Once, I wanted to be a good person

She was a Shadow Warrior of incredible beauty, with a delicate and alluring face, and a slender, exquisite figure. Combined with the unique differences between Shadow Warriors and humans, her appearance had a captivating exotic charm.

Startled by her sudden appearance, Bai Zhi almost threw a punch.

Fortunately, she remembered that this Shadow Warrior was one of their own, sent by Fang Ze last night for her to rendezvous with, and she abruptly held back her hand.

She steered the wheel slightly, pulled over to stop, and then looked at the Shadow Warrior beside her uncertainly, saying, "You... you're Mei, right? Why didn't you go to Fang Ze? Why did you follow me back instead?"

With a flirtatious smile, Mei glanced at Bai Zhi and said seductively, "Officer, the master has asked me to stay behind to inform you of some arrangements."

Bai Zhi was taken aback, "Arrangements? Didn't he already give them to me?"

Mei shook her head and said,

"The intelligence the master told you just now is true. However, the arrangements are all false."

"False?" Bai Zhi was surprised for a moment.

Mei continued, "Yes."

"The master said that your next task is actually just one thing: to investigate the information concerning the seven founders of the seven great gangs."

"As for the other two, you can abandon them entirely."

Upon hearing Mei's words, Bai Zhi was momentarily stunned, "Why?"

Mei explained, "The master used mind communication to converse with me, and couldn't convey too much information. I'm also not very clear."

"He just mentioned that the person from the Zhou Family, Jiang Cheng has been searching for almost 10 years without success. It's nearly impossible for us to find them within a month. So, it's not worth the effort."

"As for those two Flower God's Holy Maidens, they are extremely dangerous."

"Dangerous?" Bai Zhi blinked and then as if realizing something, asked, "Is it because they are both on the Spirit Ascension stage, and our forces are not capable of dealing with them?"

Mei shook her head, "The master did not say. But I think that's not the case."

"Because the meaning he conveyed was: those two individuals are very dangerous, do not make contact. Let Gu Qing try, and we will watch the drama unfold."

"From this, it seems unrelated to power."

Hearing Mei's words, Bai Zhi was completely baffled.

She felt her brain wasn't up to the task.

The danger of the Flower God's Holy Maidens isn't related to their strength?

Then, what is it related to?

Moreover... what does this have to do with Gu Qing? Why would Gu Qing seek out those two Flower God's Holy Maidens?

After pondering for a while, Bai Zhi felt her mind was muddled.

However, she soon decided not to think about it any longer because... she felt it didn't matter.

It didn't matter if her mind wasn't sharp enough because she had Fang Ze.

Fang Ze was her brain!

....

At the same time, Fang Ze had also met with the deputy of the Defense Team.

The deputy didn't say much to him, only that he was to be taken to a reception room to meet a guest.

Fang Ze, having no real power to refuse, simply followed along quietly.

On the way to the reception room, Fang Ze also pondered his recent fishing expedition.

In fact, the fishing plan had been settled by Fang Ze the night before.

During the half-day he had been detained, Fang Ze had been constantly analyzing the events of the Flower Morning Festival and the stance of the Defense Team.

First, there was the Flower Morning Festival.

As Fang Ze had just told Bai Zhi, after having scared off Jiang Cheng and the Rejuvenation Society, he had actually become the person closest to the truth in Emerald City.

Given sufficient time, he would definitely be the first to uncover the truth of the Flower Morning Festival.

But... the problem was the lack of time.

The death of a Yang Transformation stage had prematurely triggered the Flower Morning Festival.

And the Flower Morning Festival had a time limit: one month.

If the mystery was not solved within that month, there would be no winner in this "game," and Fang Ze would have to wait another 10 years to uncover the truth!

Fang Ze couldn't possibly wait ten years.

Moreover, so long as the death of the Yang Transformation stage remained unresolved, the Defense Team would not let him go, and he wouldn't be able to put all his efforts into the investigation.

So... after much consideration, he had decided to play a daring game of borrowing a chicken to lay eggs.

Using Gu Qing as that chicken to hatch the egg of truth.

The method of borrowing the chicken was simple: he would throw out parts of the truth, spurring Gu Qing to search for clues, and then throw out the tough bones for Gu Qing to chew on.

Finally, using the resources of the Late-Night Investigation Room, he would retrieve the clues from the members of Gu Qing's team.

He would watch the events unfold from the sidelines, obtaining the information he needed.

Fang Ze was confident that even after giving Gu Qing so much information, he wouldn't be overtaken.

Because he still held onto a crucial clue.

Without that piece, although Gu Qing would be on the right track, he would never be able to find the truth...

As for how to convey the message to Gu Qing, this involved Fang Ze's judgment on the stance of the Defense Team.

He felt that although ostensibly, the Defense Team was a violent institution directly under federal control and didn't belong to any faction nor was involved in the strife among the powers of Xida State.

To have no stance was to have the biggest stance.

In the years the Commoner Faction gradually took power, the Defense Team's silence was, in itself, a kind of inclination.

Moreover, since the Defense Team was under federal command, and since the Commoner Faction was a blade used by the federation to balance the noble forces, it was inconceivable that there was no relation between the two.

So Fang Ze intended to use the Defense Team to pass on messages to Gu Qing.

But how could he ensure that false information would only reach Gu Qing and not Bai Zhi?