Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor-Chapter 1279: Evil Genius

Son severely injured during his training, life and death uncertain; one hundred thousand martial artists gather at the Eternal Death Zone, intent on competing for the Essence Stone Vein.

These two matters have left Huang Canghai frustrated and mentally exhausted.

If Fang Bai has a way to resolve these issues, Huang Canghai wouldn’t mind sharing half of the Essence Stone Vein with him.

Huang Canghai appears rough and bold on the surface, but in reality, he is meticulous and knows how to make choices.

Underneath the Eternal Death Zone, the Essence Stone Vein, although extraordinarily rich and valuable, is coveted by numerous Sect forces and Individual Cultivation Martial Artists. Golden Crow Manor must rely on its strength to fend off various attempts to seize it.

However, as it stands, the forces involved in the competition for the Essence Stone Vein are rapidly increasing, and the disadvantage of Golden Crow Manor is becoming more evident. Once nearly ten thousand disciples of Golden Crow Manor face defeat in the Eternal Death Zone against various forces, the Manor will not only lose the ability to compete for the Essence Stone Vein but might even face annihilation.

Huang Canghai is acutely aware of this and has been worrying about it in the past few days. Now that Fang Bai has proposed a partnership, it brings Huang Canghai a glimmer of hope.

Compared to the life and death of the Manor, Huang Canghai feels that sharing half of the Essence Stone Vein for Fang Bai’s cooperation is an extremely profitable deal.

Moreover, Fang Bai has also agreed to heal his son Huang Yuanqi’s injuries as well as Li Jingren’s severed arm, making the deal even more beneficial.

As for whether Fang Bai possesses strength equal to his own, whether he can heal his son’s injuries, or whether he can help Li Jingren regenerate his arm, Huang Canghai doesn’t harbor much doubt.

Just before entering the guest hall, Huang Canghai had tried to gauge Fang Bai’s cultivation level. Initially, he found that Fang Bai’s cultivation was merely at Cosmic Level perfection. However, upon closer inspection, he realized that Fang Bai’s strength was like a layer of thin ice, clear on the surface but unfathomably deep below.

As a top expert in the True Martial Realm, who has traveled across the entire realm and seen various types of martial artists, possessing more experience than the vast majority, he knew that Fang Bai either concealed his strength or had the ability to challenge those beyond his level.

Both concealing strength and challenging beyond one’s level are not abilities that ordinary martial artists possess; they either require extremely high aptitude or tremendous fortune.

Therefore, at the moment Huang Canghai could not discern Fang Bai’s exact cultivation level, he dared not underestimate him at all, placing him at a position equal to or even slightly higher than himself.

When Huang Canghai first met Fang Bai, he warmly called him "Brother Fang," which surprised people like Shi Cheng and Li Jingren, but they did not know it was Huang Canghai’s way of fostering a closer relationship with Fang Bai.

In Huang Canghai’s view, with both himself and Fang Bai, two Universe Level perfection experts, joining hands, they were enough to deter many adversaries, causing any opposing force considering provocation to second guess.

"Protecting the Essence Stone Vein is actually quite simple..."

To Huang Canghai’s inquiry, Fang Bai smiled and said, "First, directly initiate battle, openly repelling the opponents; second, indirectly influence them, employ some less honorable methods to break their will, making them retreat knowing the difficulty."

Huang Canghai stroked his rough beard, frowning, "Directly initiating battle, I feel the odds of winning are not great, and our Golden Crow Manor disciples will suffer heavy casualties. You mentioned employing less honorable methods... that doesn’t seem very good, does it?"

As a dignified Universe Level perfection expert and head of a prominent clan, Huang Canghai always acts honorably. He believes those underhanded methods are only used by low-ranking Sect disciples.

Therefore, when Fang Bai mentioned "less honorable methods," he naturally developed a sense of resistance.

Fang Bai let out a snort of laughter and said, "You just mentioned how straightforward you were, and now you’ve become as naggy as Elder Shi. Fine, you don’t want to use shady methods, then let’s simply initiate battle, after all, it’s not my people who will die."

Huang Canghai gave a bitter smile, "Is there no other way?"

Fang Bai replied irritably, "No! Choose one of the two options yourself!"

Huang Canghai’s gaze swept across the faces of Shi Cheng and others, asking, "What do you think?"

Several senior figures from Golden Crow Manor started to voice their opinions, yet they were not unanimous.

Some, like Huang Canghai, couldn’t put aside their pride, unwilling to resort to underhanded tactics for fear of being criticized by martial artists worldwide.

Others supported the second method Fang Bai suggested, employing underhanded tactics, as the survival of the manor was at stake—how could they care about anything else?

Seeing the senior figures of the manor arguing endlessly, Huang Canghai felt a headache coming on. Glancing at Fang Bai, who was leisurely sipping tea brewed with spiritual medicine, he gave a wry smile and said, "Brother Fang, could you elaborate on the ’not so honorable methods’ you mentioned?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Cheng and the others turned their heads toward Fang Bai.

Fang Bai set down his tea and said, "Those hundred thousand martial artists, haven’t they formed alliances? You and I could strike at night, disabling a few alliance leaders every night. The rest will surely be scared and only concerned with their own safety. By then, they’ll only be worried about not being crippled themselves, and won’t bother with anything else."

Sun Guangyi clapped his hands loudly and exclaimed, "Senior Fang is right! Secretly killing a few alliance leaders would intimidate the other martial artists. Those who are more timid might just sneak away. After all, while the Essence Stone Vein is valuable, it’s not worth their lives!"

Li Jingren chuckled, "Once one martial artist runs away, there will be a second, a third, a fourth... In time, they might just collapse without us having to attack."

Huang Canghai frowned and thought about it, feeling that it was indeed a possibility.

The hundred thousand martial artists opposing Golden Crow Manor relied solely on their large numbers, and having dispatched disciples to infiltrate and spy, Huang Canghai knew that the strongest among them was only a high rank Universe Level martial artist.

Previously, Huang Canghai dared not leave Golden Crow Manor to guard the entrance to the Essence Stone Mine, fearing that hostile forces would take advantage of the manor’s weakened defenses to strike. However, with Fang Bai present, he no longer needed to worry about these issues.

Huang Canghai also wasn’t concerned about being surrounded and attacked by the many martial artists; a Universe Level perfection expert facing a group of lower-rank martial artists would not find it difficult to escape unless the opponent managed to trap him with an exquisitely peculiar formation.

"For the sake of the manor, this is the only way!"

After a moment of contemplation, Huang Canghai seemed to have made up his mind and addressed Fang Bai, "Brother Fang, I’ll trouble you to stay and guard Golden Crow Manor tonight while I disable some leaders of the Martial Artists Alliance."

Fang Bai said, "I will join you tonight in a trip to the Eternal Death Zone to see what exactly the Essence Stone Mine is like. Don’t worry, I will set up a Defensive Array here at the manor. Even if Innate Experts attack, they won’t be able to break through."

"Brother Fang, you... you also understand formations?"

Huang Canghai exclaimed in surprise.

Seeing Fang Bai nod, Huang Canghai couldn’t help but click his tongue in admiration, thinking to himself that Fang Bai’s strength was comparable to his own, and knowing both alchemy and formations, such a martial artist who combined multiple abilities was truly a monstrously talented individual!