Once, I wanted to be a good person
Chapter 884 - 884: 223. The Flower God finally discovered the truth

Facing a shrewd and powerful figure like He Weidao, having a seventy percent chance of success with a counterattack plan is already quite considerable.

For ordinary people, not to mention seventy percent, even a ten or twenty percent chance is hard to come up with.

Therefore, upon hearing Fang Ze's words, both Bai Zhi and Lan Bing couldn't help but look at him.

The two of them stared at Fang Ze for a few seconds, and finally, Bai Zhi was the first to ask, "Fang Ze, what method do you have?"

Hearing Bai Zhi's question, Fang Ze didn't answer directly but first sorted out his thoughts in his mind.

Actually, Fang Ze's method was quite simple, which was to take a detour to solve the problem, extracting He Weidao's weaknesses by interrogating Dahei Jialuo.

If before meeting He Weidao today, Fang Ze only had a slight suspicion that He Weidao's tactics during the Golden Sparrow Flower incident were disgraceful and that he might have reached some dirty agreement with Dahei Jialuo, then his suspicions had reached their peak after meeting He Weidao today.

After all, what He Weidao did today was excessive. In Fang Ze's eyes, he was a smiling tiger, ruthless and unscrupulous, willing to do anything to achieve his goals and ideals, with no bottom line.

And what has been He Weidao's greatest goal and ideal over the years? Clearly, it is to eliminate the internal instability of human demigods and nobles.

Or at least to expel the human demigods and nobles, these "anomalies," from the center of power in the Federation, marginalizing and weaponizing them. To let humanity's destiny be entirely in the hands of "humans."

So under these circumstances, it wouldn't be surprising for him to do anything unscrupulous. Such as some dirty cooperation with Outer Realm demigods.....

And judging by the events of recent years in Xida State and Tuoya State, if he were to cooperate with Outer Realm demigods, the most likely partner would be Dahei Jialuo.

Therefore, as long as Fang Ze could obtain clues and evidence of He Weidao's collusion with Outer Realm demigods from Dahei Jialuo, it would be a strategic trump card.

Although this trump card might not be lethal in the current chaos: to maintain the precarious situation in the Eastern Administrative Region, to prevent forcing He Weidao into desperation and worsening the current situation, the Federation might still not take action against him even with such important information, at least in the short term.

However... these clues and evidence would be enough for Fang Ze to negotiate various conditions with He Weidao.

First and foremost, Fang Ze wanted to discuss Old Mr. Bai's matters with He Weidao.

Old Mr. Bai's sacrifice for humanity and his protection should be known to the entire Federation, not just vaguely described as being under He Weidao's arrangements....

Besides Old Mr. Bai's matters, Fang Ze also wanted to reclaim some seats allocated to the noble faction in various departments and councils. Although Fang Ze had no goodwill towards the noble faction, since he represented them now, whatever should be reclaimed must be reclaimed.

As for other matters, Fang Ze hadn't thought too much: because he was still too weak now.

Ultimately, power is what matters in this world. Even someone like He Weidao, who enjoys playing tricks, needs to be among the strongest in Xida State to keep everything under control.

So, with his current weak power, there's no point in thinking too much. With Old Mr. Bai's secrets, the Late-Night Investigation Room, the Demigd Prison, and his Credit World ability, the future belongs to him. Once he travels and returns, becoming a demigod. That would be the time to truly settle accounts with He Weidao.

For now, it's just about curbing He Weidao's momentum, preventing the noble faction from being completely defeated.

With this thought, Fang Ze's gaze became serious and solemn.

After a moment, he came back to his senses and then said calmly to them, "Give me a day, and I'll tell you by tomorrow morning...."

......

Meanwhile, at the Si Family Manor.

The Flower God had already arrived at Villa No. 8.

Since arriving at Villa No. 8, the Flower God's brows had been deeply furrowed.

Although Fang Ze guessed that the Flower God might return to Villa No. 8 with him being away, he had Black Bull and the others take Little Grass with them when they left the provincial government. But the traces and Plant Essence that Little Grass had left behind were not so easily erased. That Fang Ze and the others couldn't detect it didn't mean the Flower God couldn't.....

Smelling that extremely subtle, yet exceptionally familiar scent, and looking at the flourishing Extraordinary Plants, disbelief was written all over the Flower God's face.

After a moment, she extended her slender fingers and gently circled them, drawing nearly invisible wisps of Plant Essence's aura from the room and slowly twirling them around her fingers.

Once she had gathered enough of the Plant Essence's aura, with a flick of her finger, the wisp of aura vaguely transformed into the shape of a Devil's Flower.

Staring at the Devil's Claw extending from the flower, the Flower God's face turned pale, her eyes unfocused, "It's...It's actually the aura of my clone."

After being in a daze for a moment, the Flower God regained her senses and began to investigate Villa No. 8 in detail, soon discovering more traces of Little Grass and evidence of Fang Ze having been in Villa No. 8.

After completing the inspection, the Flower God stood in the middle of the room, dazed, with a chaotic mix in her mind.

In front of her eyes, scenes of being framed and humiliated by that "mysterious person" played like a slideshow, followed closely by... flashes of her interactions with Fang Ze in recent times.

"I am your believer, Your Grace."

"Rest assured, Your Grace, once I have the power, I will send you back to the Spirit Realm to restore your Divine Body."

"Your Grace, can you be mindful of your image while absorbing? You're a demigod, after all, it's quite unrefined."

"Your Grace, didn't you want to go to the night market? Let's go, I'll accompany you."

"Your Grace, this is delicious, Your Grace, try that, Your Grace, have a taste of this too?"

The more she recalled these, the more painful it felt for the Flower God, leaving her a little lost and disoriented.

"Could it be... was it all fake?"

"During these days of interaction, were you just acting?"

....

At the same time, Fang Ze was unaware that the Flower God had already discovered the whole truth through clues.

After returning to the manor, he called upon the family's female attendant to take Bai Zhi and Lan Bing to choose a villa: faced with such a drastic change in the Bai Family and Old Mr. Bai becoming a thorn in the side of the Outer Realm demigods, it was far too unsafe for Bai Zhi and Lan Bing to live alone.

Since Old Mr. Bai entrusted them to Fang Ze, it was only reasonable for him to take good care of them.

Well....or perhaps to be taken care of. After all, Lan Bing was currently the strongest on Fang Ze's side.

And Bai Zhi and Lan Bing weren't pretentious. Upon Fang Ze's suggestion, they followed the female attendant to pick a villa.

After Bai Zhi left, Fang Ze stood in the main hall for a while before returning to his bedroom.

He had been busy for a whole day and night yesterday and was truly exhausted and needed rest.

Entering the bedroom, Fang Ze was met with the sight of the Flower God quietly standing by the window, lost in thought.

She was already the most beautiful woman Fang Ze had seen across two worlds, and now, with her adorned in palace attire, she looked like a fairy fallen to the mortal world. Coupled with the ethereal aura she exuded by remaining silent, she seemed almost like a figure stepping out of a painting.

Admiring the Flower God's eyebrows for a moment, Fang Ze seemed to recall something, shut the door with a backward motion, and pulled from his Space Folding Bag a Congyun City specialty he had bought while inspecting there: charcoal-grilled lamb ribs.

Because of the Extraordinary Artifact [Delicious Bag] prepared in advance, the lamb chops taken out were just like when they were first bought.

Fang walked over, placed the lamb chops in front of her, and then softly said, "A local delicacy from Congyun City, give it a try."

Upon hearing Fang Ze's words, the Flower God came to her senses. Her golden eyes glanced at the lamb chops, then looked towards Fang Ze.

Her gaze lingered on Fang Ze for a while, she wanted to ask something, but at that moment, Fang Ze's phone rang with a "ring ring ring."

Fang Ze didn't notice the Flower God's hesitation; he lowered his head to take out his phone and walked to the side to answer the call.

The call connected, and Hei Yu's voice came through the receiver, "Young Master. Everything is settled."

"We have connected with the Governing Hall of Congyun City, orderly taking over it. We're currently thoroughly examining the accounts."

"General Black Bull arrived in Congyun City two hours after you left, with both materials and personnel. We've also coordinated with the people sent by the Jia family."

"However... there is one matter we didn't handle well."

"According to your orders, after General Black Bull arrived in Congyun City, I had him and Hei Po go to the Spirit Realm to find those Demigod Believers who attempted to assassinate you. But maybe because they went too late, they didn't find traces of those Demigod Believers."

Hearing Hei Yu's words, Fang Ze wasn't surprised; he casually said,

"It's alright. They won't get away."

"You all rest for now. When I find their whereabouts and clues, I'll notify you immediately. Then you can go capture them."

The voice on the other side, Hei Yu, quickly responded, "Yes!"

After discussing business, Hei Yu couldn't help but express concern for Fang Ze after a few seconds of silence, "Young Master, are you alright over there?"

Upon hearing Hei Yu talk about this matter, Fang Ze also fell silent for a while, and then said expressionlessly, "Not good. He Weidao is taking advantage of the chaos right now, desperately weakening the aristocrat faction."

"We had a meeting for several hours, without a single piece of good news."

After saying a few simple words, Fang Ze didn't say more, leaving the remark, "When you all come back in a couple of days, we'll discuss this matter in detail."

Hei Yu, "Yes."

Having ended the call, Fang Ze gazed out the window, lost in thought for a while, then went to the bathroom to freshen up.

After freshening up, Fang Ze said to the Flower God, "I'm going to sleep for a while, don't disturb me," and then lay on the bed, drifting off.

After Fang Ze fell asleep, the Flower God standing by the window gradually came back to her senses.

Fang Ze didn't avoid her while making the call, so she vaguely heard some of its contents.

Having traveled for a whole day, survived an assassination, the Eastern Administrative Region was in chaos, the state was weakening the aristocrat faction, plus Fang Ze's tired expression—all were telling the Flower God how difficult this day has been for the man before her...

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look down at the still steaming charcoal-grilled lamb chops by her side.

And even so... this man still remembered to bring her local specialties.

For a moment, the Flower God felt even more confused...

After realizing Fang Ze was the culprit who ruined her fifty-year plan, the Flower God thought of many things.

She considered directly fleeing, hiding to regain her strength, to confront Fang Ze for revenge once she did; or continuing to lurk around Fang Ze's side, waiting for a chance to strike when he's unguarded; or turning to Fang Ze's enemies, revealing his secrets to them, betraying Fang Ze...

After all, if Fang Ze dared start his plans, she could hardly be blamed for retaliating at full moon!

But now, seeing how Fang Ze still remembered her despite his hardships, she can't help feeling uncertain.

Is this man really the mysterious figure who harmed her?

Could there be some misunderstanding?

Should she perhaps give him a chance to explain?

...

Fang Ze slept this time, and it lasted all day. After a day and night of travel, battling six Phase Yang and one Phase Transcendence, capturing Dahei Jialuo, participating in the Council—each task left him mentally and physically exhausted. He truly needed rest.

At night, Fang Ze woke up, having finally rested enough.

However, glancing at the time, Fang Ze quickly realized his rest wouldn't last long; he was about to get busy once again!

Thus, he tidied up, hurriedly went downstairs for a meal, and returned to his bedroom to sleep again.

This time, not long after falling asleep, Fang Ze found himself in the Late-Night Investigation Room.

Upon arriving at the Late-Night Investigation Room, Fang Ze checked the setup to ensure it hadn't been tampered with, then walked down the corridor directly to the Demigd Prison.

But when passing through the middle of the corridor, Fang Ze suddenly stopped in his tracks, for with a casual glance, he discovered a matter he'd previously overlooked: the large iron door in the corridor's center had begun changing its patterns, faint fluorescence appearing on it.

The scene was identical to before Fang Ze opened the new room.

'Could it be... the new room has already met the requirements, and only needs a bit more Power of Faith?'

'Then after taking over Congyun City and Sanzhou City, should I try guiding the Devil Sect to develop in these two cities, helping me open this new door sooner?'

'If so, it'll be one more layer of protection while pretending to be Dahei Jialuo and infiltrating the Outer Realm Demigods.'

While contemplating these things, Fang Ze arrived at the Demigd Prison.

Reaching Cell 'Si,' Fang Ze took a look inside; Dahei Jialuo's shattered Divine Soul sat inside, seemingly still not coming to terms with being imprisoned.

Seeing this, Fang Ze felt more settled about what he had to do today, gaining more confidence in tonight's actions.

With these thoughts, he pushed open the prison door and slowly walked inside.

Upon hearing the cell door open, Dahei Jialuo seemed like he'd found an oasis in a desert, eagerly raising his head.

However, upon seeing Fang Ze walk in, his features sank despite himself, and he said, "Fang Ze, so it was you after all...."

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The next chapter, Chapter 224, will be updated around 2 AM on December 12th in the "Qi" "Dian" app. Looking forward to everyone reading~

Additionally, promoting a friend's book in the author's notes.