The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 812 Maybe Not Xuannv
It took Zhao Chen more than an hour to return to his home, which was just across the street from the "Xuannv Palace". During this time, he finally accepted the invitation of the royal concubine and took a comfortable bath in the Xuannv bath. While relieving his fatigue, he also replenished his magic power to its peak state.

However, there was no further breakthrough in the relationship between him and Wang Qingling.

It's not that Qing Ling is unwilling to give it, but her current identity is still a noble concubine, and she is nominally a married woman. It is indeed not suitable for her to break through to that level before the emperor abdicates.

Of course, these may all be excuses, and maybe she just wants to be reserved.

Zhao Chen held the attitude of neither taking the initiative nor refusing. Although this seemed a bit scumbag, he couldn't think of a better solution. After all, ever since he had multiple women, he had already embarked on the road called "scumbag".

Entering the living room on the first floor, Zhao Chen saw Ming Xueling, Yan Hongxia, Mo Qiu and Ning Meng gathered there, but Ming Xueling was resting with his eyes closed, Ning Meng was studying something in a booklet, and Yan Hongxia and Mo Qiu were chatting idly.

When they saw Zhao Chen come in, they all stopped what they were doing and looked over at the same time.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Chen felt a little uncomfortable under their scrutinizing gazes.

"Young Master, there is a different smell on you." Ning Meng, who was most sensitive to smells, said directly.

Yan Hongxia asked quietly, "Why did you change your clothes when you were going to see an old friend?"

After Ming Xueling "glanced" a few times, he only said a name in confusion: "Wang Qingling?"

Mo Qiu didn't say anything, but his eyes revealed a little resentment...

Zhao Chen patted his forehead. Could he say that his clothes were a little dirty because of the battle in the secret realm, so he took a shower and changed clothes at Wang Qingling's place?
"Ahem!" Zhao Chen coughed deliberately, ignoring the "stares" of the four female warriors and forcibly changed the subject, "By the way, Ning Meng, what are you looking at?"

Ning Meng rolled her red eyes and rolled her eyes at him, but she did not continue to "fight for injustice" for her master. Instead, she gave him face and answered his question: "This is the book that Sister Hongxia brought back from a secret place in the Baishui Gang.

"It contains an explanation of the yin and yang by a being called the 'Great Empress of the Nine Netherworlds'.

"Although the explanations are all in the Great Dao text, some of the texts involving 'Taiyin' resonate somewhat with my 'Moon Body', so I am trying to interpret it..."

The Great Saint Mother of the Nine Netherworld Su Yin Yuan Nu…isn’t this the full name of the Nine Netherworld Su Nu? Plus it’s from the secret realm of the “White Water Gang”…is this another “setting” manual for “Xuan Nu”?
Zhao Chen's eyes lit up, and he turned to look at Yan Hongxia and asked, "Sister Hongxia, how did you get this booklet?"

Seeing Zhao Chen so interested, Yan Hongxia realized that she seemed to have picked up a treasure, so she organized her words and said, "I was supposed to help you investigate the Baishui Gang today.

“But when he entered the study of the previous gang leader Yan Se, he was discovered by an elder of the Baishui Gang.

“I fought with him for several moves, and although I had the upper hand, I couldn’t defeat him in a short time, so I had to retreat.

"During the chase, I broke into the backyard of the Baishui Gang's base, and then somehow fell into a secret place.

“That secret realm has been abandoned, and the original formation inside was directly destroyed by someone using powerful means. It is already shaky and it is unknown when it will completely collapse and disappear.

"I found a jade statue broken into two pieces in the deepest part of the secret realm. This booklet was formed from the jade statue after I approached it."

When Yan Hongxia said this, she saw Zhao Chen frowning and asked curiously, "What's the matter? Is there any problem?" Zhao Chen came back to his senses and nodded, "This is too coincidental..."

"Where's the coincidence?" Yan Hongxia asked puzzledly.

"Because I also got a similar booklet today, but the content is different." Zhao Chen waved his hand and took out his own "Settings" book.

"This..." Yan Hongxia and Ning Meng's eyes widened, but before they could say anything, Ming Xueling beside them interrupted and said, "Actually, I got one today, too."

After she finished speaking, a booklet with gold and jade borders appeared in her hand.

"Why didn't you take it out just now?" Ning Meng blinked and asked.

Her meaning was very clear: Sister Hongxia has shown it in front of everyone, why don’t you tell us if you have the same one?

"Why do you want to take it out?" Ming Xueling turned his head and asked back, "And you didn't ask."

Seeing Ning Meng's cheeks puffed up, Zhao Chen quickly interrupted and said to Ming Xueling: "Xiao Ling, where did you get the booklet from?"

"Gu Changhe gave it to me..." Ming Xueling's tone was much gentler when it came to Zhao Chen. She paused for a moment and continued, "I was following Gu Changhe today when I was discovered by Fairy Qingli who suddenly returned. But maybe because I was in the capital, they didn't do anything to me, but instead gave me this booklet.

"It is said that it was obtained from the secret realm of 'Nianxi Garden'."

Nianxi Garden... Isn't that the former property of the "Fire Gang" in the capital? It is indeed a "setting"... Although Zhao Chen has not checked it yet, he is somewhat certain, so he asked again: "Did Gu Changhe say anything else?"

"He also said something that made no sense." Ming Xueling nodded, "He said: 'Maybe the Kaiming beast didn't eat Xuannv.'"

The Kaiming Beast didn't eat Xuannv? What does this mean? Why are all these guys like riddlers? Can't they just talk properly?

Zhao Chen originally thought that he was very close to the truth, but the more he understood it, the more he found that he didn't know.

"Three such booklets fell into our hands within one day. This is indeed too much of a coincidence..." Yan Hongxia also reacted at this moment, and quickly locked on the suspect who pushed all this: "Is it Your Majesty? The elder who fought with me in the Baishui Gang is probably also a hidden man arranged by the current leader!"

After listening to Yan Hongxia's speculation, Zhao Chen nodded slightly. He thought so too. He even felt that Gu Changhe giving this booklet to Xiao Ling was most likely a tacit understanding between him and the emperor.

"Since they gave me so many hints, they obviously wanted me to 'guess' the truth myself... But the clues now are not enough to support subsequent reasoning...

“So, is there any detail I overlooked?

"Or will someone provide the next piece of the puzzle later?
"If so, who would it be? The Queen?
"Well, it looks like I have to go to the palace tonight to continue my previous teaching work."

(End of this chapter)