The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 945 Divine Wind
"What superb swordsmanship!"
"What an amazing sword immortal!"

Su Xuanbing, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but admire him in her heart.

This wasn't just flattery. You have to understand that when she killed this "Vortex Bloodbeard," it wasn't this easy. Especially its rapid regeneration and the large number of blood mist puppets caused her a lot of trouble.

The man before him had actually seen through his opponent's secrets before he even sent a telepathic message, and used the highly targeted "Demon-Slaying Sword Qi," which was in some ways even more terrifying than the sword technique itself.

As for the opponent using the sword techniques of "Demon Wood Academy", Su Xuanbing didn't care at all. After all, evil things are like floods and beasts in the eyes of ordinary cultivators, but in aristocratic families and sects, they are just a kind of dangerous "power".

To put it bluntly, Su Xuanbing even felt that the demonic instructors of "Demon Wood Academy" were more human than his own "Ascension Profound" ancestor.

Moreover, this gentleman smells exceptionally pleasant, making one feel an irresistible urge to be close to him; he is certainly not a bad person.

As Su Xuanbing's thoughts drifted, with the death of the sea monster, the seawater in this "room" receded rapidly, and its area shrank continuously, instantly becoming about the same size as the previous "safe room".

However, there was still more than ten feet of seawater remaining on the ground, and there was only a large door directly in front of it.

Seeing this, Zhao Chen turned around and looked at Su Xuanbing, who was barely floating in mid-air with the help of the shield in her hand.

After regaining his senses, the latter immediately understood and explained: "Apart from the safe room and the settlement room, the other rooms each have their own trial scenarios. Only by passing the trial will the 'door' appear."

"The number of 'doors' represents the number of types available in the next level... If there is only one door like this, it means that the next trial will be similar to the one in this room."

"Similar?" Zhao Chen glanced at the tentacle shark he had chopped into "minced meat." As the room shrank, it became much more normal and no longer contaminated. "Is the next level going to be another sea monster battle?"

Su Xuanbing shook her head: "No... I have encountered this 'Vortex Bloodbeard' before. If I am not mistaken, the trial in this room is to defeat the enemy I have faced before again."

She paused for a moment, then said apologetically, "Since there are no extra doors, I'll most likely encounter my old opponents in the next room... I'm sorry, they might be very strong, and my presence is holding you back."

The enemies we've encountered before? If that's the case, then you don't need to apologize, because my side is far more terrifying!
Putting everything else aside, if we happen to get a "Yuantong" item, then the two of us can happily become "furnaces" together in this secret realm.

Zhao Chen mentally scoffed, but instead of rushing into the next room, he asked again, "How long can we stay here? Just fifteen minutes?"

Su Xuanbing nodded: "Unless otherwise specified, it's a quarter of an hour."

"Then you should hurry up and recover. If the enemy is too strong, I might not be able to take care of you." Zhao Chen said this, but in his heart he was calculating how to deal with it if an outrageous enemy really appeared.

After all, there's no real "vengeful spirit" here to take the lead for you.

No wonder they "retreat when faced with fire"...

Despite his thoughts, Zhao Chen did not regret entering the "Tai Xiao Secret Realm". After all, he had never been too worried about his own safety - he had put in so much effort, how could those big shots behind him bear to let him die!
If anyone's going to die, it'll be after all their value has been squeezed dry!

On the contrary, Su Xuanbing might actually be implicated, which is why Zhao Chen wanted to help her recover some of her self-defense capabilities.

Seeing the masked man in front of her so considerate, Su Xuanbing, who had been scheming and wary of him, couldn't help but feel a little moved. However, she quickly dismissed this feeling and said with a wry smile:
"My injury was caused by a trace of external 'destruction' that invaded and erupted, damaging my inner world and causing me to fall in cultivation level... "It will be difficult to recover unless that trace of extremely high-level power is removed."

"Moreover, even with the help of your 'Sweet Dew Spring,' the damage to the inner world will take at least three days to recover."

In other words, fifteen minutes is too short to do anything.

“I do have a way to remove that trace of power, and it can also shorten the time for the inner world to recover…” Zhao Chen thought for a moment and said thoughtfully.

"What method?" Su Xuanbing's eyes lit up, and she asked hurriedly.

The time she lost her power was too difficult to endure, and even this short period of time was very difficult for her to adjust to.

What other method could there be? Dual cultivation, of course... or at least the kind of dual cultivation that involves the interaction of true essence! After all, if you want to remove foreign powers, the prerequisite spells of "Five Emperors Paying Homage to the True Ones" and the accompanying "Five Immortals' True Spirit Qi" are the most "professional".

But this is indeed not something that can be done in a quarter of an hour; it would take at least two hours.

Zhao Chen thought for a moment but didn't say anything. He just waved his hand and said, "Forget it, there's really not enough time. There's no point in saying more."

Seeing that the other party had suddenly changed their mind, Su Xuanbing felt a little regretful, but she did not ask any further questions or express any dissatisfaction.

After all, it's a favor for someone to tell you about this kind of "secret method" involving healing, and it's their right not to care; she can't force them to.

However, not treating their injuries didn't mean they had to immediately move on to the next room. Fortunately, they had a 15-minute rest period, so the two chatted briefly and got to know each other a little better.

Of course, Zhao Chen wanted to get other information from this captain stationed in the East China Sea, while Su Xuanbing's intention was to deepen their friendship and prevent the other party from easily giving up on her.

The conversation quickly turned to Shenfeng, who had led them into the "Taixiao Secret Realm".

"'The all-pervasive divine wind' is a first-grade great divine power created by a 'Profound Ascension' True Lord of the Daoist Immortal Sect. It is the foundation of the sect. When this divine wind is activated, all the entrances to hidden spaces such as secret realms, blessed lands, and grotto heavens will have nowhere to hide... Of course, this refers to the True Lord personally taking action."

"The 'Divine Wind Festival' held on Yingzhou Island for the past few hundred years is actually an external manifestation of this True Lord's 'Tribulation Transcending Method.' If she succeeds, she will likely be one step closer to the position of Dao Lord."

Su Xuanbing actually knew very little about this matter, not even knowing the name of that True Lord, only that he was called "Goddess of Divine Wind".

"One of the taboos of the 'Divine Wind Festival' is that one cannot go out, because after 11:45 PM, the 'all-pervasive divine wind' will randomly blow, making it easy to accidentally enter a secret realm or a strange place."

The all-pervasive divine wind... to be able to create a first-grade great divine power, this True Monarch must be at least at the level of Demon Cloud from eight thousand years ago, or at least not by much.

It seems that all the top "Ascension" cultivators in the Great Xia Dynasty are currently seeking a breakthrough...

(End of this chapter)