Dawnless Sovereign-Chapter 144 (2): Fang Ches Bliss

"Do you want to come spectate or not?" Bing Qianshan snapped.

"I do!"

"Say 'Master, I want to go,'" Bing Qianshan teased.

"Master, I want to go."

"Alright, I'll get it arranged."

Bing Qianshan felt extremely satisfied.

My disciple has finally spoken to me!

In celebration, he decided to go and fool around with Xue Fuxiao for a little.

Ding Jieran lowered his head as a look of excitement appeared in his eyes, and a single sentence was resonating in his mind.

Regardless of the outcome, we will still be friends who will defend each other in times of peril!

At the time, Fang Che had only said this to placate Ding Jieran, seeing as the latter was a seeded prodigy of the Night Demon Church, but those words had had a very profound impact on Ding Jieran.

It was the most warmth that he had ever felt from one of his peers.

His entire clan had betrayed the continent, yet someone was willing to be his friend and his comrade, and it warmed the cockles of his lonely and reclusive heart.

This was why Ding Jieran thought so highly of Fang Che.

Up to this point, Fang Che was the only friend that he had ever made. In his eyes, everyone else at the academy were all strangers, while the likes of Mo Ganyun and Yu Zhongge could only count as acquaintances.

I have only one friend, and that's my boss! Boss Fang! He thought of me enough to leave me a sword even when I wasn't around, the least I can do to return the favor is go spectate his battles and support him.

***

Fang Che chatted with the other Kings all the way until nighttime.

All of them came from powerful backgrounds, so he wasn't worried that they would get themselves killed by associating with him, and as a result, he was able to finally open up for once.

He knew that in this lifetime, the opportunity to be able to open up to others and make friends was going to be a very rare luxury, and the opportunity to fight for the glory of the Guardians was going to be just as rare.

It was one of the few occasions where he would actually get to represent the side that his heart belonged to, and he was going to cherish every single moment.

The conversation showed no signs of petering out anytime soon, so Fang Che had to excuse himself.

"I gotta go. My wife is still waiting for me."

"You came here with your wife? How could you prioritize your wife over us? That's a violation of the bro code!"

"What can I say? I'm a guy with a wife, I'm different from single dogs like all of you."

Everyone was furious, but before they could pounce on Fang Che, Zhu Wuqing suddenly made a shocking realization.

"Hold on, your name is Fang Che, and you have a wife... Are you the one that brought about the Dongfang Order for all of the clans of the continent to go into reform?"

Due to the extremely significant fallout of the incident outside Three Rivers City, the story had been spreading like wildfire, and Fang Che had been painted as a heroic figure who was willing to stand up to injustice and had a deep love for his wife.

Speaking of his wife, Ye Meng had also become extremely renowned overnight, with everyone telling stories of her unmatched beauty and grace.

"Was it really you? That's so badass! You just changed the state of the entire continent!" Luo Shishui exclaimed, his eyes glowing with admiration. "You gotta take me to see your wife! I've heard that she's the most beautiful woman on the continent!"

All of a sudden, everyone else also began clamoring to come along, and they were all curious to see the woman at the center of the incident that was leading to continent-wide reform.

"It's about time for dinner, so let's bring along some wine and dishes. We may as well have a meal at Boss Fang's place while where there."

"Why would I take all of you to see my wife?" Fang Che snapped. "Are we supposed to be friends? Don't forget that we all have to fight each other tomorrow!"

"Who cares if we're not friends? We just wanna see your wife!"

"This is a chance for you! Once we're all at your place, you can get all of us drunk, so you can beat us easily tomorrow!"

Fang Che refused over and over again, holding firm in his stance, but the other Kings were incredibly shameless, refusing to take no for an answer.

Some of them had already gone out to buy wine and food, and on the cusp of their departure, they urged everyone else to keep an eye on Fang Che so that he couldn't slip away.

***

Before long, they returned with jars of wine and bags of food, clearly very excited for the feast ahead.

"Let's go!"

Fang Che was "escorted" back to his residence by the thirty-five Kings despite his protests, and when he refused to lead the way, some of them began kicking him to get him to move.

"Hurry up! You're not stalling your way out of this one! We can wait all night if that's what it takes!"

"Let's just do this another time! My wife will be there tomorrow to spectate anyway, you can all just see her then!"

"Nope! Hurry up and lead the way!"

"There's not enough space for all of you!"

"That's fine, we can just have an open-air feast out in the courtyard."

"Our chief supervisor is staying in the same courtyard!"

"Ha! So what? Given our backgrounds, you think we'd be scared of your chief supervisor?"

It didn't take long before Fang Che ran out of excuses, and he was kicked and shoved all the way to the residential area.

Everyone began making their way toward the lower courtyards, but they were stopped by Fang Che.

"I'm staying over there."

"You're staying in the upper courtyards?" Feng Xiangdong exclaimed.

"Yes. Apparently, it's supposed to be a deluxe courtyard or something."

Everyone instantly fell silent.

All of a sudden, Xue Wanshi put on a fawning smile as he began massaging Fang Che's shoulders.

"Did you just say you're staying in a deluxe courtyard?"

"Yes," Fang Che harrumphed. "There are a lot of seniors staying in the upper courtyards, so you should all go back."

"It's fine, we just have to be quiet."

The group continued onward, but they were much more careful and restrained, and everyone was suddenly sucking up to Fang Che instead of kicking him around.

Unlike Fang Che, they actually knew what the deluxe courtyards entailed.

Deluxe courtyards were reserved only for warriors in the top hundred on the Cloud Weapon Archive, so being able to drink in one of those courtyards was an immense honor!

Even my father hasn't ever been in a deluxe courtyard before!

This was an extremely exciting thought for many, and they were even more looking forward to the night ahead.

As they continued onward, they began to encounter various exotic spirit plants, including trees that were laden with spirit fruits, all of which were things only spoken of in legends in the world of non-warriors.

All of a sudden, a guard emerged from behind a huge gate woven out of Purple Heart Vines.

"Are you staying here?"

"That's right," Fang Che replied as he pulled out a jade tablet.

The guard took a moment to examine the jade tablet, then respectfully stepped aside.

"These are all my friends."

"They can go in as well."

Beyond the gate was a series of courtyards, every single one of which felt like an individual world.

The courtyard at the forefront bore the number of ninety-nine, and it was the smallest of the lot.

The courtyards increased in size as the number on them ascended, and there were ninety-nine of them in total.

The longer they walked, the more perplexed everyone became.

Are we still not there yet? Surely Boss Fang can't be staying in this prestigious a courtyard!

Everyone would've been more than content to have a drink in a courtyard in the nineties or the high-eighties, but they were quickly approaching the ten most prestigious courtyards.

"What number courtyard are you staying in, Boss Fang?" Feng Xiangdong asked in a nervous manner. "We're about to reach the courtyard of my clan's patriarch soon."

"I dunno," Fang Che replied. "The jade tablet is still guiding me forward, so we're still not there yet."

Finally, they arrived at the final row of courtyards, which only consisted of three courtyards in total, all of which were several times larger than the previous ones.

The thirty-five Kings didn't even dare to breathe too loudly in this area, and they were treading extremely lightly.

These courtyards were reserved for the top three warriors on the Cloud Weapon Archive.

Fang Che strode over to the entrance of the third courtyard, then raised the jade tablet in his hand, and the gate immediately sprang open, while everyone could only gawk with flabbergasted expressions.

This is Master Bing's residence! What... How...

Fang Che turned to discover everyone standing in the distance, staring at him with bewildered expressions.

"What're you all doing so far away? You wanted to come here, didn't you?"

"Th... This is where you're staying?"

"This is the only courtyard the jade tablet opens, so I can't stay anywhere else even if I wanted to!"

"......"