The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 814 The Queen's "Terribility"

In the evening, dusk spread over the walls of the queen's bedroom, allowing the glazed tiles on it to swallow up the last ray of sunset glow.

At the top of the towering observation deck behind the bedroom that offers a bird's eye view of the entire harem, Zhao Chen stood by, listening to the Queen playing the piano under the indigo sky.

After a long while, the song ended. The queen turned around slowly and asked with a smile, "How did I play?"

Although she was only wearing a home dress today, she looked like a powerful mother of the country.

"As always, there is no spirituality and beauty..." Zhao Chen sighed. With such a level, he couldn't find a way to say a few words of praise.

It's no shame for him as a teacher to see his students learn like this.

"Isn't it because you didn't come yesterday that I used up all the 'Five Immortals' spiritual energy' I had stored?" The Queen pretended to be "resentful", but she stretched out her hand to pull Zhao Chen to her side and lifted his chin like the previous two times.

Zhao Chen didn't dare to resist, nor could he resist, so he could only complain inwardly: It's your problem that it was used up so quickly... You can't imprison me in the palace and let me suck away my inner energy every day, can you?
The Queen seemed to see through his thoughts and said with a half-smile: "If you don't want to come to the palace every day and have your true energy absorbed by me, you should teach me the technique of using music to express the 'beauty of the Tao' as soon as possible.

"Even if it's just superficial."

Zhao Chen recalled Queen Zhong's performance during these teaching sessions and asked hesitantly, "My Queen, in your current state, can you really learn it?"

If I remember correctly, the Queen's injury was caused by the concept of "death". Although we don't know exactly what this means, it is certain that if she doesn't use her true energy to coordinate, any music she plays, even if there is no problem with the fingering and performance, will still have no sense of "beauty", as if the "beauty" she plays has been killed.

"Of course I can't learn it now, but not all of my 'history' has turned into 'ashes' or 'dust'. I have still managed to protect some parts of my past so that they were not affected too much.

"I actually sent most of your true energy back to the historical imprint. At that time, I was also learning the piano with you at the same time." The Queen leaned close to Zhao Chen's cheek and answered simply.

"You can also influence 'history'?" Zhao Chen's eyes widened, and he was very surprised. "Is this the ability of the True Lord Shengxuan?"

If the True Lord is so terrifying, then what is he doing? Even if His Majesty is extremely wise, it is useless.

"If I didn't have this ability, I would have perished under the concept of 'death' a long time ago... But even I can only influence myself in history, and cannot really change the true history." The Queen narrowed her eyes slightly, revealing a smug look, "As for other True Lords, most of them can't do what I do. They can only sense themselves in history, but cannot exert any influence.

“I’m special!”

As far as I know, the people with greater authority in the field of "history" are the Star God and the Five Innate Ones. Could it be that you are really the "daughter of the Star God"?
As soon as Zhao Chen's thoughts turned, he was forced back to reality, because the Queen's cheek was getting closer and closer, her straight nose almost touching the tip of his nose, and her bright red lips were already pouting.

This ghost is trying to suck my energy again... Zhao Chen was helpless and could only let it control him.

Sure enough, the next moment, his magic power began to boil, and then uncontrollably broke through his mouth and flowed into Queen Zhong's lips.

However, this time, Queen Zhong obviously demanded more. She did not stop after sucking away one tenth of Zhao Chen's true energy. Only when Zhao Chen had only half of his magic power left in his body did she lick her lips in satisfaction and let him go.

Zhao Chen's spirit and energy were weakened after losing so much energy all at once. He looked at the Queen and asked with a hint of annoyance in his tone: "Why did you absorb so much this time?" "Because I calculated that you will be very busy tomorrow and the night after tomorrow, and it is impossible for you to come to my place." Queen Zhong sat back in front of the piano stand and said with a smile, "Don't be angry, after today's teaching is over, I can answer a few more questions for you and tell you a secret by the way.

"Also, you can go take a dip in my bath later. Although it is a replica of the one in the 'Xuan Nu Palace', its efficacy is not bad and is enough to make up for your shortfall."

What is this? A slap in the face and a sweet date?

Zhao Chen, who could only passively accept it, was actually very unhappy. He even secretly made up his mind that once he became stronger, sooner or later he would make this ghost spit out all the true energy and magic power it had consumed with interest.

As for now, we still have to get the benefits we deserve.

Zhao Chen felt weak inside and said tentatively, "My Lady, I don't have the strength right now. How about we go to the bathhouse to teach?"

As a "traveling merchant", if I don't take advantage of it and collect some interest, how uncomfortable it would be to be sucked out of so much of my true energy? I don't understand...

It depends on whether the queen who likes to tease herself is willing to accept the challenge.

Queen Zhong looked Zhao Chen up and down for several times, as if she didn't expect him to have the courage to make such a request, but in the end, the ghost still raised the corner of her mouth and responded, "Okay."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Chen felt a change in time and space, and then he fell naked into a pool of water, with his clothes neatly folded and falling by the pool.

This is the power of Lord Shengxuan... Zhao Chen, who was leaning against the depression beside the pool, was amazed. Then he looked over and saw that the Queen was also sitting in the water on the other side of the pool, and the guqin was suspended in the air.

However, the water in the pool is pitch black. Although there are spots of starlight on it, even spiritual consciousness cannot penetrate it, and it is impossible to see what the situation is under the water.

"Apart from anything else, the spiritual energy contained in this pool of water is even greater than that of the Sima family's treasure spring. It is indeed a good place to restore magic power..." After feeling it secretly, Zhao Chen did not delay any longer. While practicing his skills, he began today's music teaching.

More than an hour passed, and Zhao Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief after Queen Zhong put away the guqin with satisfaction.

He really didn't know how the queen in history learned, and he had no idea at all.

And this one in front of me? Let’s not talk about it!

"Okay, just ask any questions you have." The Queen leaned back into the depression in the bluestone beside the pool. Her clothes fell off like liquid and merged into the pool water, revealing her smooth shoulders and delicate collarbones.

As for what's below, it is completely hidden in the pool water that is as dark as night.

Zhao Chen silently said that business was more important, but he did not ask questions immediately. Instead, he told the queen what had happened in the past two days. Finally, he asked, "What is the matter with that 'Xuan Nu'? What is the conspiracy behind the removal of the seal of the 'King of Liang'?"

(End of this chapter)