Chapter 1285

In the darkness of the night, a shadow silently roamed around the Fang Residence.

It was already close to dawn. After a night of bustling banquet, the entire Fang Residence was exceptionally quiet.

A Fang Clan disciple had just returned from the banquet. He was drunk and could not even walk steadily.

He stepped into his courtyard and was about to head back to his room to sleep when a chilly wind blew in the courtyard!

His body subconsciously shivered. Suddenly, he saw a black shadow appear before him. A pair of indifferent purplish-green eyes were staring at him.

"Who are you?"

He was so shocked that his drunkenness was almost gone. However, a strange light was released from his eyes, causing his expression to become absent-minded and his entire person to calm down.

"Answer whatever I ask."

Gu Chen spoke coldly. As he spoke, the surroundings turned completely dark. The courtyard disappeared, as did the starry sky above his head.

"Understood."

The Fang Clan disciple in front of him replied blankly. Under Gu Chen's powerful mental energy, he was completely under his control.

The Copper Coin of Destiny had warned him twice, and the results of his divination were both ominous. This meant that the Fang Clan was in danger at every turn, and that they were harboring some unspeakable conspiracy against Gu Chen.

Under such circumstances, Gu Chen needed to obtain more information. He simply moved stealthily in the Fang Residence and randomly found a Fang Clan disciple who seemed to be of high status. He planned to find out some information about the Fang Clan from him.

"How much do you know about Fang Wen?" Gu Chen asked.

The Fang Clan intended to harm him. The first thing Gu Chen had to understand was how he had offended them.

According to what Fang Shijie had said, the Fang Clan did not care about Fang Wen. If that was the case, why would they harm him?

Hence, Gu Chen first had to determine if what Fang Shijie had said was a lie.

Under Gu Chen's guidance, the Fang Clan disciple in front of him unknowingly told him everything he knew about Fang Wen.

He was mediocre, and only became famous after the Trial of the Ninth Realm …

The information about Fang Wen from the Fang Clan disciple's mouth did not differ much from what Fang Shijie had said.

When this disciple spoke of Fang Wen, he didn't seem to care at all. Not only did he feel pity, he even felt a little glad. That was because he just so happened to be of the same generation as Fang Wen, and he was completely unwilling to see the rise of another genius in the clan.

After Gu Chen finished his interrogation, there was a moment of silence before he disappeared.

After a moment, the Fang Clan disciple came back to his senses and found himself standing in the courtyard in a daze.

"Looks like I drank too much tonight."

He didn't notice the mysterious man who had just appeared. He shook his head and returned to his room.

The black shadow that Gu Chen had transformed into continued to move stealthily through the Fang Residence. He controlled many of the Fang Clan's disciples in succession and exchanged the information he needed with them.

When it was almost dawn, Gu Chen had already come to a conclusion.

What Fang Shijie had said about Fang Wen was correct. The Fang Clan did not hold a grudge against him because of this matter!

"Since the Fang Clan does not care about Fang Wen, why do they want to harm me?"

Gu Chen's eyes flickered. Since he didn't know the Fang Clan's motives, it was very difficult for him to guess what they were planning.

He played with the Copper Coin of Destiny in his hand and pondered. Because Fang Wen clearly knew about this copper coin, he had specially asked about it during his interrogation.

However, the Fang Clan's disciples actually knew nothing about this copper coin. It seemed that this copper coin had nothing to do with the Fang Clan!

"According to the intelligence, Fang Wen rarely went out before he went to the Ninth Realm. He almost always stayed on this foreign planet.

"I obtained the Copper Coin of Destiny by chance on the Ninth Realm's Douluo Planet, but he recognized it. In that case, he should have seen the Copper Coin of Destiny in the Ninth Realm.

"However, the Copper Coin of Destiny was kept by the Puji Enlightened for many years like a treasure. Logically speaking, he shouldn't have come into contact with it.

"Fang Wen's reaction when he saw the Copper Coin of Destiny before his death was too strange. From this point, it is very likely that there's something wrong with the Puji Enlightened."

Gu Chen muttered to himself. He recalled the greedy, cowardly, and ordinary Puji Enlightened on the Douluo Planet. It was hard to imagine that Fang Wen would lose his composure because of him.

"It shouldn't be the Puji Enlightened. This matter should have something to do with the Fang Clan."

Gu Chen recalled the puppet that Fang Wen had found in his mind before his death. That was clearly some kind of dao technique of the Fang Clan, and it was very likely that it was used to control others.

He had a bold idea. If Fang Wen's fate had been manipulated by someone without him realizing it, and he was advancing according to the path that someone had designed, then the person who was secretly controlling him was simply extremely terrifying.

And this person was very likely to have something to do with the Copper Coin of Destiny, which was why Fang Wen had lost his composure before his death.

"Seems like I can only make a trip to Fang Wen's residence."

Gu Chen couldn't obtain any useful information about Fang Wen, so he decided to take the risk and make a trip to Fang Wen's residence.

He had already understood the location of Fang Wen's residence during his interrogation. He also knew that his residence had been empty ever since he went to the Ninth Realm.

"There's still some time."

Gu Chen looked at the gradually brightening sky in the east. He increased his speed and made his way stealthily to Fang Wen's residence.

Although the Fang Residence was a residence, its area was actually not much different from a city.

The Fang Clan had been here for generations, and the number of disciples had long reached an unimaginable level.

This also made it convenient for Gu Chen's movements. Fang Wen's original residence was far away from the Fang Clan's core, so he didn't have to worry about his movements being detected by the Fang Clan's experts.

Before the sky was completely bright, Gu Chen quietly entered Fang Wen's room.

There were many books on the table in the room, and it could be seen that Fang Wen was a hardworking person.

However, the table was covered in dust, and the eaves of the room were covered in cobwebs. It could be seen that no one had been here for a very long time.

Gu Chen closed his eyes, and his divine sense spread out in all directions. He searched the room and even every corner of Fang Wen's courtyard, hoping to find something.

Fang Wen was a cultured person. This room had all kinds of musical instruments. The zither, chess, calligraphy and painting he had left behind were not simple, and it showed that he had quite a high level of attainment in them.

Gu Chen looked at every detail in this room, and it was as if he could see an unremarkable disciple of a clan enduring hardships for tens of years, training hard, and finally shocking the world with a single brilliant feat.

Unfortunately, he died after shocking the world with a single brilliant feat. Who knew how much of his ambition he had achieved in his lifetime?

Gu Chen searched for a long time, but he didn't find any useful clues in Fang Wen's room. He couldn't help but sigh.

He was just trying to make a Hail Mary effort, and he knew that the possibility of finding any clues here was very low.

Not to mention that there were no clues here, even if there were, the Fang Clan would have already checked it in advance, and there wouldn't be anything useful left.

When Gu Chen walked out of Fang Wen's room, the sky was already bright. The morning breeze blew over, and the flowers and grass in the courtyard were covered in dew.

Suddenly, Gu Chen heard the melodious sound of a zither.

The sound of the zither came from several courtyards. The sound of the zither was like the high mountains and flowing water, and it was actually a little melodious.

Gu Chen was attracted by the sound, and his divine sense swept in that direction.