The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 1026 Convergence
Meanwhile, Zhao Chen, hidden in a secret space, couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth after seeing Feng Qing destroy the mural. After all, this last flaw had been destroyed by the other party herself, making it difficult for her to see through the truth.

Although the clues left for the Guo family's master were intended to prevent Feng Qing from having enough time to study the murals, the effect was unexpectedly good.

"But this place is not safe to stay for long. Guo Jingyuan is in good condition and is good at divination. It's only a matter of time before he breaks all the formations in the secret realm. I can't hide here any longer!"

In the blink of an eye, Zhao Chen had already decided to leave.

He certainly couldn't use an invisibility-type supernatural power to leave through the secret realm gate. That might fool supernatural cultivators at most, but it wouldn't work on a "Dongxuan" True Person, and he would definitely be discovered.

Therefore, Zhao Chen chose the "quickest" way to escape—by "selling" himself.

The next moment, his clone entered the cargo hold of the "Old Starship".

After being "redeemed," they found themselves at the hot spring resort in Yingzhou Tianchuan Castle.

Immediately afterwards, he was once again "teleported" back to Ningzhou by the "interdimensional travel" ability of the "Great Sun Star Chariot".

The reason why we don’t use the “Black Domain Passage” is because Yingzhou is separated from the mainland of Daxia by the ocean, and the “Black Domain” corresponding to this area is not safe. There is a high possibility of encountering unknown dangers within the passage.

Special worlds like the "Dark Realm," "Heart Realm," and "Underworld" are geographically connected to the Xuan Tian Domain, though not strictly...

This is also why Zhao Chen did not use the "Black Domain" passage to return to the capital or Ganzhou after arriving in Yingzhou... He only used it within Yingzhou.

The landing point of this "teleportation" was quite accurate, because as soon as Zhao Chen recovered from his dizziness, he saw a black tiger with glossy fur running desperately, while a supernatural cultivator wielding an ice sword was chasing after it.

A sweep of divine sense confirmed that the black tiger had no injuries, but the supernatural cultivator who had been relentlessly pursuing him had disheveled hair and three clear claw marks on his face.

"It looks like a low-grade divine ability from the Feng family. It shouldn't be an offensive divine ability; its offensive methods are all in that ice sword... Gong Yun has picked a good opponent!"

Overwhelmed with emotion, Zhao Chen had this clone of Mu Zirong quickly write three characters:
"Binding Immortal Rope"

In an instant, a bright golden rope appeared out of thin air, and with a single twist, it bound the pursuing cultivator tightly, throwing him to the ground where he temporarily lost consciousness.

Because he didn't know the details of the matter, Zhao Chen didn't kill him.

Upon seeing this, the black tiger's eyes lit up, and it quickly rushed towards Zhao Chen.

Upon reaching her, she did not revert to human form, but instead spoke directly through her divine sense: "I have found the opportunity for my soul to unite with mine, and I have already cultivated my divine soul!"

Her voice was full of joy, and she seemed very excited.

"Congratulations!" Zhao Chen was also happy for her. After all, with the cultivation of her divine soul, her path to supernatural powers had been paved, and it wouldn't be long before she could stir up the same "stormy and turbulent" phenomenon as him.

But this was not the time to talk about such things. Zhao Chen pointed to the Feng family cultivator who was bound by the "Immortal Binding Rope" and asked, "What should we do with him?"

"He has no personal grudge against me, and he even helped me in achieving divine soul status, so let him go." Gong Yun was in a good mood and had no intention of making things difficult for her seventh sister's clansmen.

Although these clansmen are currently on Feng Qing's side, it is only natural and their crime does not warrant death.

"Then so be it. The effect of the 'Thousand Character Classic' divine power will last for a quarter of an hour. It depends on his luck." Zhao Chen nodded, indifferent to the matter. After all, he had already conducted a preliminary examination of this person and knew that he had only cultivated one seventh-grade divine power, "Thousand Illusions Ice Shadows," so releasing him wouldn't pose much of a threat.

"Thousand Illusions Ice Shadow" is an illusion technique, which is actually quite good among low-grade divine abilities. However, it was completely countered by Gong Yun's "Eye of Illusion". This person did not have any defensive magic weapon, so he was scratched on the face by the black tiger's claw.

While both are low-grade divine abilities, Wang Daoyi's "Transformation Divine Wind Escape" and Fang Peiniang's "Thunder Extreme Arc Light" may lack profound mystery, but they are more comprehensive and practical.

At least in a balanced offense and defense situation, one wouldn't get scratched in the face by a Black Tiger at the Head-Rank Fiend level...

It's worth mentioning that Zhao Chen didn't use his main body's "investigation" ability to examine the other party, but rather "Eye of Propriety," one of the three divine abilities of this Mu Zirong clone.

This is a fourth-grade divine ability that allows one to see through the essence of certain things by paying a certain price.

Ordinary things can be paid for with magic, but the cost of things at a higher level is immeasurable.

Ritual is the practice of serving the gods and obtaining blessings.

In other words, this supernatural power is actually obtained by paying homage to Xuan Tian to gain enhancement in pupil techniques.

It was originally used by Mu Zirong to study certain ancient texts...

Back to the present, after abandoning the Feng family's supernatural power, Zhao Chen took Black Tiger and used the "Earth Travel Technique" to return to Xingqing Prefecture, which can be considered as playing a trick where the truth is hidden.

Once inside the small building where Gong Yun and Qiong Niang lived, Hei Hu transformed into human form, dressed, and came out of her room.

Seeing that the two clearly had something to talk about, Qiongniang tactfully returned to her small single room and closed the door.

"What's the situation on your end?" Gong Yun, fully dressed, asked first after isolating herself from the outside world with her divine sense.

It seems Yun'er doesn't like my clone's appearance. Before, when she transformed back from the black cat, she was always naked in front of me... Zhao Chen muttered to himself, but replied on the surface, "All objectives have been achieved, so it shouldn't arouse suspicion... Feng Qing might be seriously injured, and I wonder where she's hiding to heal her wounds."

"However, according to the information I got from that birdman, the opening of the imperial tomb in Chiyou's secret cave will still be some time away, so she should be able to make it in time."

He organized his thoughts and recounted his previous actions in detail, concluding with, "Once the King of Qin also 'coincidentally' receives the news, and they have corroborated each other's accounts, they will be even more convinced."

After listening, Gong Yun remained silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "They certainly deserve to die, but I'm afraid that the 'Chi You Secret Cave' is a scheme by someone with ulterior motives. If it's a sacrifice of a real person, there's no guarantee that trouble won't arise."

It shouldn't be a big problem, since Fei Meng didn't stop it, but instead took advantage of it.

Moreover, the Empress remained quite indifferent to this matter.

Zhao Chen's mind was racing with many thoughts, but he didn't say much to the little black cat. He only told her not to worry before changing the subject:
"Tell me what you got. You didn't get anything before that low-level cultivator with supernatural powers discovered you, did you?"

At the mention of this, Gong Yun's eyes crinkled into a smile, and she said with great enthusiasm, "Don't underestimate me, I've stolen quite a few good things!"

(End of this chapter)