The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 917 Holy Mother of Precious Flower
After casually giving the sword technique created by Song Wurui a name, Zhao Chen stopped paying attention to the information and turned to the pile of miscellaneous items in the corner.

Although they were called miscellaneous items, they were actually just ordinary magical artifacts and talismans in terms of both appearance and function. They were probably meant by Song Wurui to give as rewards to his disciples or subordinates, so he didn't take them with him.

Zhao Chen no longer valued these things, so he left them untouched, intending to leave them for the cultivators from Ye Nan and the Six Doors constables who would come to investigate later. It could be considered a stroke of luck.

Zhao Chen isn't exactly generous, but he's certainly not stingy either. He won't eat alone unless absolutely necessary.

After carefully inspecting every corner of the cave again to make sure he hadn't missed anything, Zhao Chen finally emerged from the flower-shaped gate.

He then retrieved Fang Peiniang, who had been on guard there, from the "Hundred Flowers Manual," and returned through the crack in the mountain wall to the courtyard of the main family mansion.

Meanwhile, the numerous cultivators from Ye Nan had already taken control of everyone from the Zong and Peng families. Their warehouses and treasure pavilions were completely sealed off, and even the fragments of the "Black Blood Spirit Banner" and "Hulü" that Fang Peiniang had destroyed were specially collected together...

Meng Zhenshou was accompanying a senior constable, telling him about what had just happened to the clan.

—After the incident in the clan, the garrison clerk, who was eating at a banquet outside, went to the telegraph office to send a telegram to the county town for help.

Most of the head constables of the Six Doors have a cultivation level of five or six levels of "magic power". The current head constable is surnamed Meng. He is from the same clan as Meng Zhenshou and is also a cousin. However, he has no relation to the Meng family, a prominent family in Qingzhou next door. Or perhaps they share the same ancestor, but that was probably dozens of generations ago and is no longer verifiable.

Meng Zhengyin looked much younger than Meng Zhenshou, and his attitude towards Zhao Chen was much more respectful. After routinely checking Zhao Chen's identity jade token and confirming its authenticity, he exclaimed, "Truly, heroes emerge from among the young!"

"Young master, you were able to save Ye Nan from destruction so early in your career. You are both wise and strong. You will surely achieve great success and be listed on the 'Star Ranking' in the future."

As a member of the Six Doors, he knew the significance of the Jianye Wang family much better than his cousin. It was a top-tier family second only to the Twelve Great Families, so he naturally didn't hold back his praise. As for Zhao Chen's secret trip to the main family to hide the "treasure," he didn't mention a word about it.

Zhao Chen smiled in response, which was a way of acknowledging his kindness. He then told Song Wurui the location of his cave and briefly explained what was inside.

Of course, the matter of the fruit formed from a wisp of the "Flower Goddess's" divine thought was kept hidden, since telling the other party about such a thing might harm him.

Meng Zhengyin's eyes lit up. Although he guessed that the most valuable thing might have been taken by "Young Master Wang", he was not envious. On the contrary, he was very grateful for Zhao Chen's generosity. After bowing and thanking him several times, he took his cousin, Zhen Shou, to the crevice in the mountain wall.

Zhao Chen didn't care and walked back to the inn on his own. Now that things had come to this, he had no mood to taste the spiritual fruit. He just picked a few from the spiritual tree and "collected" them.

"Moreover, once the 'flowers' in the cave wither, the aura of this mountain will probably change as well, and that spirit tree won't last much longer."

……

Nighttime, inside a cell temporarily converted from a side room.

Peng Qi, who had an ordinary appearance, opened her eyes, and with a slight twitch of her arm, the spell binding her vanished without a trace.

She stood up and walked around the room, checking the location of the restrictions around the room. Then she was about to use her magic to pass through some gaps.

Before she could even make a move, a mocking voice came from behind her: "I advise you, young lady, not to even think about running away..."

"The moon is beautiful tonight, why don't we have a chat?" Peng Qi was startled and quickly turned her head to look. She saw the "Young Master Wang" who had been showing off in the Zong family during the day sitting on the only chair in the room, smiling at her.

Knowing that even if he revealed his hidden strength, he would not be able to defeat the man in front of him, not to mention that the other party had a protector with supernatural powers hidden by his side, Peng Qi couldn't help but sigh and slumped down.

"I wonder what you would like to talk to me about, young master?" she asked, pursing her lips.

Zhao Chen glanced at her and said with a half-smile, "Let's start by talking about how you were able to cultivate for half a year and reach the seventh level of magic power."

Yes, Peng Qi's true cultivation level was not opening the seven orifices, but the seventh transformation of magical power!

This cultivation speed is already quite abnormal!
Seeing that her biggest secret had been exposed, Peng Qi's dejected expression vanished, replaced by an ugly look. She murmured a few times before saying, "Since I began my cultivation, I've had many extraordinary encounters. Because I was afraid my master would be envious, I deliberately concealed my cultivation level..."

Before she could finish speaking, Zhao Chen interrupted, "I'm asking you which one gave you the 'rank'!"

Without a special "rank" with a name that can be "played," it would be impossible to reach such a level within six months.

Peng Qi was surprised that "Young Master Wang" could even guess this, and blurted out, "Young Master Wang, do you know about the existence of 'Rank'?"

In her eyes, this was a great secret of heaven and earth.

"You're ignorant, aren't you? Which aristocratic family or superior sect doesn't have its own unique 'rank' system?" Zhao Chen chuckled and gave her a brief "educational" on the relevant knowledge.

“So that’s how it is… No wonder the direct descendants of aristocratic families and sects cultivate so quickly, advancing to supernatural powers at the age of seventeen or eighteen…” Peng Qi murmured a few words, then met Zhao Chen’s deep gaze and became confused for some reason, and began to recount his “adventure”.

It turned out that not long after she became a disciple of "White Spirit Sword", she met a fairy in her dream and was taught a book called "Precious Flower Holy Mother Sutra" and the corresponding ritual to obtain "rank".

Thanks to this extraordinary encounter, apart from constantly experiencing some terrifying trials in her dreams, her cultivation path was smooth sailing, and she surpassed her master Xue Bailing's apparent cultivation level in just four months.

It was at that time that she learned that her master had actually used secret methods to control the Peng family, and that she herself initially had the other party's hidden methods, becoming a vessel for the other party to "revive" when necessary.

Fortunately, the power level of the "Rank" was higher, easily erasing Xue Bailing's faint mark before the other party even noticed...

After hearing this, Zhao Chen frowned, thinking to himself:

"The Holy Mother of the Precious Flower Sutra? Flower... This powerful being who imparted the Dharma in my dream, was he also after that fruit?"

Upon realizing this, Zhao Chen couldn't help but feel somewhat fortunate. Fortunately, he hadn't used his original identity. Even if that person investigated afterward, they should go to "Young Master Wang," not him!

Moreover, although the room currently appears to be still in Qizhou, Peng Qi has actually been transferred to Mianchi by Zhao Chen using the "Black Domain".

Located within the Nine Provinces, those evil things that only dare to appear in dreams have no ability to casually show their faces and spy.

(End of this chapter)