The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 957 Brave Bar

The sewers in the capital of the Kingdom of Rune are quite spacious. According to the results of soul searching, this seems to be because a "great plague" twelve years ago prompted the councilors to learn from their mistakes and build an advanced sewer system that surpassed the "Rossel Legacy" of the Republic of Intis.

Although Zhao Chen didn't know who Russell was, he sounded like a remarkable person.

Because the ground was quite sticky, Zhao Chen simply rode the black wind to fly close to the ground, and after more than ten seconds he finally arrived at the place where the restrictions had been set up yesterday.

Seeing no signs of being touched, he waved his hand to remove the restriction, took out the four extraordinary characteristics and three extraordinary items hidden there, put them into a backpack he had prepared beforehand, and then returned the way he came, leaving the sewer filled with disgusting stench.

Taking a breath of the "fresh" air from the street—which actually didn't smell very good either—Zhao Chen didn't rush to take a carriage back to his rented apartment in the East District. Instead, he strolled along the street while extending his divine sense as much as possible.

Anyway, Su Xuanbing went to track down that suspected official extraordinary person from the Church of the Night, and won't be back for a while.

He took advantage of this time to digest what he had gained from today's "dual cultivation" and to gather intelligence.

“I must have misunderstood before. I always thought that the Flower Goddess’s dualistic way of ‘creation and destruction’ was to protect the beauty and prosperity of flowers with the sword of destruction… But such an intention, however strong, should not be the original intention of the ‘Flower Goddess’ way!”

"Moreover, such 'destruction' is essentially protection, so how could it possibly be used to cut through the divine fruit of the Flower God's inheritance?"
"It must be the Mu family's 'White Tiger Seven Constellations Blade' that misled me... Yes, Danfei reminded me that although the Mu family's heritage in Jinzhou is somewhat related to the Flower Goddess, it is essentially derived from the 'Western White Tiger Chapter' under the Flower Goddess's control, and it is not the Flower Goddess's own heritage."

"Now, through dual cultivation with Xuanbing, I have glimpsed the true meaning of 'destruction' of the Flower Goddess. This is much more intuitive than the 'Dao' contained in the purple pear-shaped fruit that I obtained from Song Wurui's cave, which was suspected to be a 'key'."

"After all, that thing was formed from a wisp of divine thought containing the Great Dao of the Flower Goddess. It was of a high level and difficult to comprehend."

In short, "birth and death" should be a relationship of mutual generation and transformation... Destruction is hidden within vitality, and new life is born after destruction.

"The Su family's 'Lotus Immortal Body' probably requires them to destroy their physical body and die once before they can achieve the 'immortal body' and be reborn."

"Heh, this should be considered a 'calamity', right? A first-grade great divine power is indeed not so easy to obtain... Just like Qin Sheng's 'Blood God Diagram' attracted the 'Blood God Child' of Dongxuan Zhenren, and Zheng Qingyan was eventually killed by Song Wurui."

"However, the 'Lotus Immortal Body' can be considered a 'calamity' that was deliberately created, and the initiative is in one's own hands."

As his thoughts raced, Zhao Chen realized that Su Xuanbing's "Lotus Immortal Body" was most likely achieved by using some kind of mystical "lotus." He couldn't help but rub his chin and chuckle to himself, "I guess I've just been 'advancing' whenever I encounter a flower? No wonder I've reaped such a huge harvest..."

At that very moment, having left the Joewood district and arrived in the Bridge district, his consciousness suddenly stirred, for he had "heard" a noteworthy message:
“There will be an extraordinary gathering tomorrow night at 8 p.m.

Zhao Chen focused his mind, and two figures immediately appeared in his mind. One of them was an old man in his fifties with a huge, upturned scar on his face that stretched from the corner of his right eye to the right side of his mouth. He was known as "Kaspas".

The other person was a little girl wearing a long glove on her right hand... She was asking Kaspass about the time and place of the party.

"I've noted down the time, place, and code, so there seems to be no need to go back to that middleman for directions... Anyway, this kind of gathering is shady, and the members definitely don't know each other. I'll probably sneak in without being discovered."

While thinking this, Zhao Chen thoroughly investigated the bar called "Brave Ones" where the two men were, as well as all the surrounding buildings, and made some unexpected discoveries. For example, a man covered in the aura of death was playing billiards with several "living corpses," and a woman who seemed like a ghost but also had the presence of a living person was resting her chin on her hand in a painting, observing the drunkards coming and going.

There are indeed many extraordinary people in this city. There are three in just one bar. I wonder if they know anything about the serial killer.

After sighing, Zhao Chen had no intention of making direct contact with them. After all, he couldn't determine their relationship with the serial killer, and it wouldn't be good to alert them.

Since the man playing billiards with the "zombie" and the ghost lady in the oil painting both had strong mental abilities, he did not easily use his divine sense to imprint them with his "brand".

As for the little girl wearing a long glove on her right hand? What she was hiding inside the glove made Zhao Chen feel threatened!

Ghosts and zombies probably reside around this bar; if needed, just come here to find them… As for that long glove, follow her for a while and see where she lives; it'll be convenient to find her if needed…

As soon as the plan was finalized, Zhao Chen, who had given the three of them nicknames, saw the "long-gloved" girl leave the bar, board a carriage, and head south.

Seeing this, Zhao Chen used his divine sense to lock onto the carriage from afar and followed it slowly, eventually arriving at a small church on Rose Street in the southern part of the bridge.

This golden church has a striking spire and a life emblem engraved on its exterior wall, which is a simple baby surrounded by symbols such as ears of wheat, flowers and springs, which is very different from the surrounding buildings.

Seeing the girl with the long gloves push open the church door and walk straight in, Zhao Chen hesitated for a moment, then turned and left.

This church belongs to the "Earth Mother Goddess". Although she is not a deity worshipped by the Kingdom of Rune, she is a recognized god of the four countries of the Northern Continent in this "other dimension". Even if the scene in this "room" cannot project an existence of that level, it is still unpredictable whether one will be safe or not if one rashly goes in.

Moreover, he could vaguely sense that there was something quite terrifying beneath the church.

"It seems he is also an official extraordinary being of the church!"

When Zhao Chen returned to his apartment in the East District, it was already past midnight. Su Xuanbing had already returned and was waiting for him with a smile.

"You came back so late, did you find something?" Su Xuanbing asked curiously.

Zhao Chen nodded: "I encountered an extraordinary gathering, and several extraordinary individuals..."

He briefly recounted his discovery at the Brave Ones Bar, and then asked, "What about yours?"

Su Xuanbing's eyes lit up, as if she had stumbled upon a major juicy story, and she excitedly exclaimed, "I've made a significant discovery!"

"That serial killer is very likely a 'demon'!"

(End of this chapter)