The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 906 Ambush
Xiaoguan Pass, located in Guang Prefecture, is one of the eight passes of the Nine Provinces along with Wuguan Pass, and serves as the southern gateway to the Central Plains.

When the train pulled into Xiaoguan Station, five days had passed since it departed from the capital.

After Zhao Chen and Ming Xue got off the car, they ostensibly went to a luxury hotel and checked into a room. In reality, they did not stay in the city for long. Instead, they quickly went through the green channel to complete the exit procedures as "wandering envoys".

The previous temporary "Class B pass" was erased after Zhao Chen acquired property in Beijing and replaced with a "Class A pass" with no time limit.

Once outside the city walls, after the effects of "Xuan Du Law" wore off, Zhao Chen felt the gloom that had been weighing on his heart vanish instantly, and even his spirit became much more active.

"No wonder cultivators from outside are reluctant to enter the Nine Provinces... Cultivators are naturally drawn to freedom, and there are simply too many rules within the Nine Provinces. Even extending one's divine sense requires applying for and being granted permission..."

“Although cultivators outside don’t fully open their divine sense, that’s just a convention. I can follow the rules or not! Unlike in the Nine Provinces, without special privileges, you will really be punished by the combined 'Xuan Du Laws' and 'Zhou Tian Star Array'.”

After a few words of reflection, Zhao Chen and Ming Xueling used magic to change their appearances and entered a small town outside Xiaoguan Pass, which belonged to Suzhou.

Even though it was almost evening, the place was still bustling with activity and extremely prosperous. However, Zhao Chen was not too surprised, because this town, like Longju Town outside Wuguan Pass, prospered by providing food, lodging and storage services for people entering and leaving the pass.

Looking at the town's antique style, so different from the modern cities of Kyushu, Zhao Chen guessed that it was probably a man-made tourist attraction.

Since he hadn't made a reservation in advance, most hotels were already full, but Zhao Chen wasn't short of money, so he booked an entire courtyard at the town's most luxurious hotel.

After entering the courtyard and activating the formation, Zhao Chen said to Ming Xueling beside him, "Our actions can only shake off some of the tails at most. After all, the staff handling the exit procedures are unreliable and could easily be bribed to betray our whereabouts."

"What do you want to do?" Ming Xueling looked at him strangely. Why go through all this trouble when all she could do was use the "Dark Domain Channel" to get rid of the people falling behind her?

“What I want is not to get rid of those people behind me, but to use them to make the disciples and subordinates of ‘Yuantong’ Zhenjun think that I will go somewhere else… such as Taizhou, where the Qingyan family is located.” Zhao Chen first explained a few words to Ming Xueling before revealing his entire plan. “I need you to transform into my appearance, go to Taizhou alone, and deliberately expose your whereabouts a few times along the way.”

In fact, some of his "own people" in "Star Chariot" could do this, but it wouldn't be safe, since most of the people behind him who wanted him dead were supernatural cultivators, and there might even be "military commanders"!
Those who were "one of our own" were mostly at the "罡煞" or "炼窍" level because they "sold out" earlier, making them easy to catch.

Only Ming Xueling, who possesses considerable strength and has a father from the sacred land "Dongxuan," is capable of undertaking this task.

After all, even if she encounters danger, as long as Ming Xueling removes her disguise, her life will at least be safe... Moreover, Xiao Ling is most likely involved in the poem about "Star God's Conquest of Heaven," and it would be difficult for her to get into trouble before the major event corresponding to the poem occurs.

As for Zhong Ying? She didn't leave the pass; she returned after Zhao Chen arrived at Xiao Pass.

Ming Xueling didn't think the mission was that difficult. After thinking for a moment, she asked, "When and where should we meet?"

"Before you enter Taizhou, change your identity again and go to Chongqing to wait for me."

"It will take at least a month, maybe two, before I meet you there... During this time, you can help me gather information about the Shi family," Zhao Chen replied after calculating the time. Hearing this, Ming Xueling unconsciously frowned. As a "puppet," she had never felt a month was long before, but now, knowing she would be separated from Zhao Chen for a month, she felt inexplicably...unhappy!

However, Xiao Ling managed to control her emotions and nodded, saying, "Okay, no problem... I'll set off right away."

Just as she was about to act, Zhao Chen waved her hand to stop her. She looked at him with a puzzled expression, and a feeling of "grievance" inexplicably arose in her heart.

"Don't rush... Before that, we need to give our 'tail' a good thrashing. First, to show our strength and deter other troublemakers, and second, to smoothly escape their sight," Zhao Chen explained with a smile.

He actually noticed Xiao Ling's emotions, since she couldn't hide them, but he thought it was a good thing, and even deliberately "pulled" at her.

"When should we retaliate?" Ming Xueling asked.

"Now!" Zhao Chen scanned the figures outside the inn courtyard with his divine sense. After a brief "assessment," he had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

The other party must be colluding with the innkeeper, changing the effect of the array around the courtyard from defending against external enemies to shielding the movement inside. But this cannot hide from him who has the prerequisite spell "Starry Night Stop".

Therefore, after entering the courtyard, Zhao Chen established the "Shangming Nine Luminaries Moyi Grand Formation" inherited from Zhang Yunlu.

This formation was corrupted by the power of "Kijutu Star Lord" borrowed by Zhen Fan in the Heart Realm Ruins of Xuancheng. Unless it is suppressed with a magic weapon, it often causes minor problems...

Fortunately, Zhao Chen did not waste his "beauty" on the Empress. After the Empress's treatment, the formation finally absorbed the power of "poison" and became even stronger.

Even without the "magic weapon" to suppress it, it is already infinitely close to the "Dongxuan" level of the grand formation.

"You chose this inn... did you know there was something wrong and deliberately came here to stay?" Ming Xueling also noticed the figures outside the courtyard at this time. Even though they had magical artifacts to conceal themselves, they were generally undetectable by divine sense. However, if a cultivator with supernatural powers was on guard, they would not be able to hide it if they investigated carefully.

As she spoke, she transformed her arms into weapons. A long sword made of entangling demonic vines grew directly from her right hand, while her left hand transformed her five fingers into five rotating metal tubes.

As a "puppet", the materials Duan Mingxue used for Xiao Ling were all at the supernatural level, so it can be said that any part of her body is comparable to a supernatural artifact.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhao Chen didn't really want her. Before his physical body was trained to the level of a first-grade divine power, Zhao Chen didn't plan to try.

On the other side, Zhao Chen also took out the "Crimson Flame Maple Sword" and replied with a smile: "After all, these people didn't learn their lesson and actually hired another 'Underworld' assassin. They can only blame themselves for their bad luck."

(End of this chapter)