372: Chapter 372 The Fuxi Plan

Han Jingyang raised an eyebrow.

His first reaction was disbelief.

Someone like Zhang Dahai conducted his affairs so secretively; how could he let people pry into them so easily?

Besides, Zhang Dahai and his forces had already been uprooted by him, so even if there were any secrets, they wouldn't be of any use.

But on second thought, that wasn't right.

Zhang Dahai was dead.

Zhang Dahai's subordinates were almost all wiped out.

But there must be some who slipped through the net, and quite a few, at that.

At the same time, the things Zhang Dahai had plotted would definitely not just vanish into thin air.

What exactly did Zhang Dahai want to do?

Many people knew about it, but only in fragmented pieces. Zhang Chaoyue had said a lot before, but none of it hit the mark, to the point where he had completely eradicated Zhang Dahai without knowing what the "big project" Zhang Dahai was running actually was.

Could it be that this Yang Zhizhong really knew something?

Should he listen to what he had to say?

Han Jingyang stared into Yang Zhizhong's eyes for a moment and slowly nodded. "Deal."

Yang Zhizhong breathed a sigh of relief. "Shall we talk here?"

"Go ahead. Everyone here is trustworthy."

"The plan Zhang Dahai was running is called the Fuxi Project."

"The Fuxi Project?"

"Yes, the Fuxi Project. This plan was centered around manipulating the Feng Shui of Quancheng. It is said that he wanted to create a Fuxi Bagua Formation, using the Yin-Yang Bagua as the core and the sixty-four hexagrams as support to completely alter Quancheng's Feng Shui and absorb the dragon energy of Quancheng for his own use."

Han Jingyang raised an eyebrow. "That massive?"

"Yes, I was shocked when I first heard about it too."

"That doesn't make sense. Such a huge commotion couldn't possibly be hidden from discerning eyes, and the higher-ups certainly wouldn't let Zhang Dahai get away with this."

"That is Zhang Dahai's brilliance. The Feng Shui formation he was creating was invisible. The Yin-Yang, Bagua, and sixty-four hexagrams were set in their corresponding positions, but the construction work wasn't large-scale. Instead, he used dharma instruments as the core to create small, self-contained Feng Shui formations. Once the Yin-Yang, Bagua, and sixty-four hexagrams were all in place, he would use dharma instruments and formations to connect these small Feng Shui formations together. By then, the momentum would be set, and it would be very difficult to shake this grand formation. Not only would those who tried to interfere risk backlash, but it would even affect the people of Quancheng."

Han Jingyang's eyes turned cold in an instant. "This is an attempt to hold Quancheng hostage, to hold the people of Quancheng hostage."

"Yes, that's exactly what it means. If his grand formation were to truly succeed, Quancheng and its people would become a blood bank and a source of nutrients solely for Zhang Dahai. He could suck as much as he wanted. This plan was extremely ambitious."

"But it couldn't have been that easy to pull off."

"Certainly. Any Feng Shui Master with a conscience wouldn't do such a thing. That's why Zhang Dahai spent a very long time selecting people, choosing over a dozen experts in metaphysics from all over the world who were sufficiently powerful and possessed the right professional skills. The preliminary exploration work alone lasted over half a year without being completed. Originally, Wu Zhiyang from Taiwan was a very critical link, but as it turned out, you took him out the moment he arrived in Quancheng."

Han Jingyang raised an eyebrow. "In other words, Zhang Dahai's Fuxi Project had just begun?"

"Yes, it was ruined by you just as it was starting," Yang Zhizhong said with a bitter smile. "You struck too quickly and too fiercely; we didn't have time to react at all. We originally thought there would still be a struggle between Zhang Dahai and you, that Zhang Dahai would compromise with you and each take a step back, essentially fighting to a draw. We even thought you might be coerced by Zhang Dahai into joining the Fuxi Project. Who would have thought that overnight, Zhang Dahai would be gone? Not only was Zhang Dahai's entire family wiped out, but even the experts Zhang Dahai had painstakingly recruited were completely annihilated, without a single one left. It was truly outrageous."

A faint smile flashed across Han Jingyang's lips.

He was quite proud of that battle last night.

The results were indeed impressive.

The outcome was truly bountiful.

He wouldn't move unless necessary, but once he did, it was like a thunderbolt. With lightning speed, he had uprooted Zhang Dahai's main forces.

A textbook blitzkrieg.

He was genuinely happy that Yang Zhizhong praised him.

This was, after all, his masterpiece.

Especially that last sword strike. The scene still made his heart surge and his blood boil whenever he thought about it.

One Sword Frosty Fourteen Provinces.

The sight of the sword energy tearing through the sky, falling upon the enemy like snowflakes, and condensing into patches of frost was enough for him to remember for a lifetime.

Too beautiful.

Too exquisite.

Too stunning.

So much so that at the time, he actually felt that witnessing this scene meant he had no regrets in this life.

Under these circumstances, who could resist such praise?

However, while he was happy inside, he remained quite reserved on the surface, even asking Yang Zhizhong in return, "You understand Zhang Dahai's plan so profoundly; does that mean you were also involved in this plan? Are you one of Zhang Dahai's people?"

Yang Zhizhong hurriedly shook his head. "No, no. I have no dealings with Zhang Dahai; we can only be considered acquaintances."

"Then how do you know so much information?"

"Come to think of it, the problem lies with my brother."

"Tell me in detail."

Yang Zhizhong sighed. "In the early years, if you wanted to do business, you inevitably had to deal with all sorts of monsters and demons. If you wanted to go further, you had to have reliable forces protecting you, whether they were external or your own. We didn't have any connections, so we had to forge our own path. That was when I was responsible for the legitimate business, and my brother established a security company responsible for clearing away the obstacles in the shadows. In this process, it was inevitable that we would deal with all sorts of messy forces and characters."

"And then?"

"The security company grew stronger and stronger, and the personnel recruited changed from ordinary thugs at the beginning to martial arts experts and even masters of metaphysics. It was at this time that my brother met Zhang Dahai. Although my brother had rich experience in the underworld, he was no match for Zhang Dahai. I don't know when it happened, but he was coerced by Zhang Dahai. The people in the security company spent two hundred days a year working for Zhang Dahai, and the few metaphysics experts they recruited were even stationed with Zhang Dahai."

"That was just working for someone else's benefit."

"Sigh, if it had just been that, it would have been fine. But he shouldn't have, he absolutely shouldn't have, gotten involved in the Fuxi Project, and to such a deep extent," Yang Zhizhong sighed again. "I originally didn't know about this. It wasn't until he turned on me and told me these things before I fell unconscious that I realized Zhang Dahai was actually running such a massive plan, and that my brother was actually very close to Zhang Dahai, effectively acting as his confidant and holding a pivotal position in the Fuxi Project."

Han Jingyang was very surprised.

His face was filled with a look that said, "You've got to be kidding me?"

The second-in-command of a large group taking his people to work for someone else and then turning around to bite the first-in-command—the plot was truly surreal.

A normal person wouldn't do such a thing.

There must be some unknown inside story.

However, this didn't have much to do with him. He only cared about one point. He stared at Yang Zhizhong and said, "In other words, your enemy is your brother, and you became the way you are because your brother did this to you. You were supposed to die quietly, but by some stroke of luck, you didn't. If I save you, your brother will definitely try every possible way to stop it, right?"