The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 821: Shenmu and proactive attack?
The fourth district of Kyoto's eastern part is also known as the Shenmu District, named after a thousand-year-old sacred tree.

The reason why the "Shenmu Gang" has been able to survive for thousands of years is not only because of the secret realm that can ensure the continuity of its "supernatural powers", but also because of the fallen leaves of this sacred tree that can be used as materials for refining weapons.

Under the night sky, Zhao Chen stood alone at the foot of this sacred tree, looking up at this not-so-tall tree.

"The pale skin is as black as iron, and the thin spine is covered with frost marks...

“Although there are no red leaves, this is actually a maple tree, right?

“Well, the first leader of the ‘Shenmu Gang’ asked me to look after the Qiu brothers. The reward was a treasure he buried in Yuzhou more than 8,000 years ago. To open this treasure, I need to bring a branch of this sacred tree.

"In addition, according to the news from the Sima family, the Yuzhou aristocratic family Shi family is likely to know the whereabouts of the 'Maple God'. Their family's orthodox martial arts 'The Northern Black Tortoise Chapter of the Five Stars and All Constellations Sun and Moon Mixed Chang Jing' is likely to have been obtained from the remains of the 'Maple God'...

"So, this sacred tree could be related to the Maple God, right? It could even have been brought back from Yuzhou by the first leader of the Sacred Tree Gang and planted here."

As his thoughts turned, Zhao Chen stretched out his right hand, put his middle finger and index finger together, bent the other three fingers, then raised his entire arm high and moved it downwards.

In an instant, a sword light, although restrained but with the sound of a tiger's roar, appeared and cut off a branch of the sacred tree.

Although this sacred tree was extremely strong and difficult to damage by ordinary magical tools, it was still cut like tofu by the "White Tiger Seven Stars Sword".

"Although Tang Miao's 'White Tiger Seven Stars Blade' magical power is only of the fifth rank, its five elements belong to gold, which is the best at restraining this kind of sacred wood.

"I haven't even shown its full power.

"But speaking of Lady Tang Miao, as my strength has increased, I have rarely needed her protection. I wanted to let her go before, but unfortunately I didn't have enough star coins at that time...

"And now that the war is imminent, we cannot waste star coins at will. We can only wait until the matter in the capital is over."

While Zhao Chen was thinking, he collected the cut branch and walked towards the Shenmu Gang headquarters, which was only two streets away.

He did not go through the main gate. Not only would no one receive him in the middle of the night, but he would also likely be spotted by the witches' spies. So he used the "Cang Ri Chi Guang" to freeze the Shenmu Gang's guard formation for a moment, then tore open a hole and crawled in.

It was much more convenient when he was inside the formation. Zhao Chen, who had the "Dongxu Eyes", could simply "stroll leisurely in the garden" in this formation that did not even have the magical power level, and quickly found Qiu Wuyan's room.

At this time, the two brothers Qiu Wuyan and Qiu Wufeng were discussing things in the house.

"Although my second brother was seriously injured, his foundation is still there. With proper treatment, he can still recover to his peak condition... Although this is because he offended King Liang and suffered this misfortune, it is ultimately your doing and you are responsible for it." Qiu Wuyan said expressionlessly.

The tone revealed that there was no room for doubt.

Although he already knew that his sixth brother had been bewitched by the Witch of Taixi, and that his current sixth brother had inherited and shouldered the responsibility of the secret realm just like him, he still had a knot in his heart that he could not easily let go of.

That's why I asked my sixth brother to clean up all the bad things he did in the past.

"After the matter in the capital is settled, I will go to the Sima family in Liangzhou to buy spiritual springs to treat my second brother." Qiu Wufeng's face was heavy. Thinking back to the past, he was also very painful in his heart.

"Forget about the third brother. He is lazy by nature and now he is not perfect. Why don't you and I take care of him together and let him live a life of luxury and debauchery...

"The fourth brother went to the 'frontline' to serve as a 'Xuan Du Guard'. If he is still alive, he will probably be more successful than the two of us." "As for the fifth brother..." Qiu Wuyan said this, staring at his sixth brother, and asked seriously, "Is his disappearance related to you?"

In response to this question, Qiu Wufeng shook his head calmly and sighed, "Fifth brother is so smart, he saw you and the other brothers getting into trouble one after another, so he naturally suspected me.

"But seeing that his father was indifferent, he felt that he could not resist, so he went out to explore the world... or, in other words, to avoid disaster.

"The witches' main goal wasn't to take over our family's power, so naturally they didn't pursue it."

Qiu Wuyan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Just as he was about to say something else, he suddenly realized that there was another person in the room.

He flew to his feet and drew his sword from its sheath, but soon sat back down again... because he recognized that this uninvited guest was the messenger of his own "Xuannv", "Lord of the Blood Sword" Zhao Chen.

"Greetings, Master Zhao Chen." The Qiu brothers looked at each other and then saluted together.

"No need to be so polite..." Zhao Chen waved his hand and got straight to the point after a few simple greetings. "You guys in the Shenmu Gang are well-informed. Do you know where the emperor went yesterday?"

"Your Majesty?" Qiu Wuyan never expected that Zhao Chen would ask this. He had been dealing with gang matters since he came back from the secret realm yesterday and indeed had not paid attention to the news. But it didn't matter. The gang had its own intelligence department and he would be able to find out by checking the information.

But before he could get up to look for information, Qiu Wufeng at the side said, "As far as I know, the Emperor went to the headquarters of the Daoguan Office."

He paused for a moment, then added, "Yesterday morning, the witches also sent someone to ask similar questions."

Did the people from the Witch House also inquire about it? Yes, that's right... The Saint's clone or incarnation became the concubine of Prince Liang, so it's natural that she would get the news of the disappearance of "Yuchan Zhenren" and it's normal for her to inquire about the whereabouts of His Majesty the Emperor.

Zhao Chen nodded thoughtfully, and then asked casually: "Do you know what the emperor did when he went to the government office?"

"This is not news that our gang can get..." Qiu Wufeng shook his head, then said hesitantly, "But there is another piece of news that may be related to this."

"what?"

"A fourth-rank official from the provincial government, the 'Jinfu Shangqing', suddenly returned to Beijing in the evening to report on his duties, and the emperor's ceremonial guard returned to the palace shortly after that." Qiu Wufeng answered simply.

A "Jinfu Shangqing" suddenly returned to Beijing, and then the emperor ended his trip to the Daoguan Office? This shouldn't be a coincidence, right?
Is this fourth-rank Taoist official the "Yuan Tong" backup plan that the emperor has been trying to find?

Was he in such a hurry to come back to stop the emperor from going to the provincial government headquarters?

If everything is as the Empress expected, then "Yuan Tong" seems to have really fallen into the Emperor's trap...

In addition, with this person returning to Beijing, "Master Yuchan" should be out of trouble soon.

Although no one knows how the emperor will tease and seduce the other party, the first thing the real person will do when he comes out may be to find where the "Tianhe Goddess Picture" is.

Although I sneaked into "Mengxi Garden" in secret, the emperor might have left him some clues...

So, should we take the initiative now?
(End of this chapter)