After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety
Chapter 675 - 665: Arriving at the Changcang Sect Headquarters

Chapter 675: Chapter 665: Arriving at the Changcang Sect Headquarters

The rain continued throughout the journey, a constant drizzling patter.

Jiang Lingxi wore a pair of skin-tight warm gloves, but perhaps due to not having seen any sunshine all day, and the air becoming cold and damp, she felt her hands grow stiff and cold again.

She tried her best to ignore this feeling.

It had been two hours since Chang Fu called.

They were still about halfway from the Changcang Sect headquarters.

Chang Fu hadn’t called again, indicating that Wu Jue and Zhang Ying had not returned.

The carriage was enveloped in silence.

The driver focused on driving, the windshield wipers swishing back and forth.

Jiang Lingxi watched the view flying by outside and suddenly spoke softly, "Why do you think Wu Hua initially chose to establish the headquarters in such a remote place?"

"To avoid Wu Jue?"

"Perhaps, but I feel there might be other reasons."

But now that everyone was dead, guessing would not lead them to a definite answer.

Shen Yunqing’s gaze fell on Jiang Lingxi’s profile, "You don’t look well, close your eyes and rest for a while."

Jiang Lingxi glanced at the rearview mirror inside the car.

The rainy weather made the sky gloomy, but the lights inside the carriage kept it fairly bright.

She looked at her own face.

Under these conditions, even daily face washing was done by Shen Yunqing for her.

Of course, she wasn’t wearing any makeup; just her natural bare-faced look.

The cold light from the headlights indeed made her seem a bit pale.

"It’s the lighting. But I am a little tired, I’ll take a short nap. Wake me when we arrive."

"Alright." Shen Yunqing said, taking a neatly folded towel from the storage bag beside him, unfolding it, and laying it over Jiang Lingxi, who had already closed her eyes.

He had been pondering for days, where exactly had Wu Hua’s blood fallen? Would it really only infect that one place?

He initially thought of waiting for Wu Jue to return to ask him in private, but now knowing that Wu Jue’s side also had issues...

The pain in his head, which had almost subsided, started to throb again, but being adept at enduring, even his breathing rhythm didn’t change.

Jiang Lingxi initially intended to just take a light nap, but with the quiet carriage and the low hum of the engine, and the driver’s steady driving, she ended up falling asleep for real.

When she woke up again, she felt the car become bumpy.

She immediately opened her eyes and looked ahead.

Before closing her eyes, the cityscape was advanced and tech-heavy, but now they were in the wilderness.

"Are we almost there?"

"Almost. About a quarter of an hour’s travel left."

Shen Yunqing handed over his phone’s GPS map, the red dot indicating their destination; they were about five kilometers away.

The car lurched again, and the people inside swayed with it, "This road..."

Changcang Sect shouldn’t be short on funds, yet they didn’t bother fixing the road to their headquarters.

Or was it deliberately left in such disrepair to make it look like an abandoned road?

"Did any news come from Chang Fu while I was asleep?"

Shen Yunqing shook his head.

After nearly four hours, it seemed certain that something had gone wrong.

The pair’s hearts sank with this speculation.

"Up ahead, there seems to be someone!"

The driver, who had been silently and quietly driving, suddenly broke his silence.

Peering through the fine mist of rain, Jiang Lingxi focused her gaze ahead and saw someone waving by a large rock not far away.

"Must be someone sent by Chang Fu to receive us."

The car drew closer, making the features of the person by the roadside clear.

Jiang Lingxi had a faint impression of the face, recalling the previous journey through the desert’s underground ancient tomb, this person was part of the team back then.

The car stopped, and Shen Yunqing lowered the window, "Get in."

"Boss, Miss Jiang."

As the person got into the front passenger seat, the driver continued driving forward.

The scene within the Changcang Sect headquarters gradually came into view.

Ahead stood a gigantic castle-like building, adding a touch of desolation in the curtain of rain.

Several smaller structures flanked it, the area that used to be a garden now lay barren.

The somber background color, coupled with the equally somber castle manor, gave off a distinctly uncomfortable feeling.

"So quiet?"

"The news of Wu Hua’s death spread, and a group fled, taking advantage. Those who stayed harbored their own thoughts. When Master brought us over, those who remained had already turned on each other. They calmed only when they saw Yin Chong was still alive. Those still alive now are confined to a building at the back."

Jiang Lingxi had witnessed how Wu Hua treated his subordinates, discarding even those as capable as Yin Chong as consumables without hesitation, let alone those lesser than Yin Chong.

Once the oppressive figure over them died, they dispersed like sand.

Everyone thought only of themselves, not even considering avenging Wu Hua.

The car bypassed the castle and continued driving.

While the front buildings of the Changcang Sect headquarters were in somewhat of a foreign style, the back area consisted of a mix.

There were various styled villas, yards full of Hua State character, and even a house suspended among three large trees.

"The back area is for private residences, a privilege for those with a certain status in the Sect to build their own structures. Others have to live in the front castle where symbolic significance outweighs livability."

"Where was Wu Hua’s residence?"

"A bit further ahead, a walk of about two hundred meters after driving up."

Jiang Lingxi noticed the strange expression on his face but didn’t ask further.

They would see it soon anyway.

Soon, the car could go no further, and they had to get out and walk.

Jiang Lingxi finally understood why the team member had that strange expression.

The end was nothing more than a simple wooden cabin.

Compared to the previous structures, it was hard to imagine this was the residence of Wu Hua, the Changcang Sect Leader.

Leaving the driver to rest in the car, Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing shielded by an umbrella, walked along the path.

Wooden fences lined the sides, but inside were just some withered weeds, obviously neglected.

Soon, they stood before the cabin, with Chang Fu leading the others to greet them.

"Boss, Miss Jiang, please have a seat here."

Under the eaves, Shen Yunqing closed the umbrella, glanced again at Jiang Lingxi’s gloves which showed no sign of getting wet, and then peered into the dark interior of the cabin.

From where they got off the car earlier, the cabin didn’t seem very big.

But now it looked larger.

The cabin, with its already worn wooden structure, now had the added damp and rotten odor from the continual rain, giving one the feeling that mushrooms could sprout unnoticed in the corners.

Having waited for over four hours, everyone was somewhat silent, nobody talking, even breathing quietly.

Yet, resolutely, no sound could be heard from within the dark cabin.

As if anyone entering would disappear into thin air.

"Tell me the details."