I, the peerless enchantress, and those decent fairies

Three or four hours was neither long nor short, but it was enough for Ruan Yi to fall into a deep sleep and become disoriented for a while.

And in her sleep she seemed to hear some other people's voices. Maybe she didn't say it was someone else's, but there were indeed voices ringing in her ears.

Saying save me or something.

Ruan Yi was woken up, but when she just left her shoulder and opened her eyes, Qingyun was the only one around her who spoke, "Ruan Yi, what's wrong? You got up suddenly."

Looking at Ruan Yi who was now motionless and silent, Qingyun fell into worry. What happened to the little fox now?

In order to better confirm the little fox's current situation, Qingyun took out a night pearl that could illuminate the darkness from her storage ring.

Observing Ruan Yi's current situation, he found that the fox ears on Ruan Yi's head were exposed.

Ruan Yi didn't know what was happening to her. Suddenly, she heard a lot of voices calling out in her ears, sometimes calling for help, sometimes the barking of dogs, cats, and other wild animals.

It was obvious that there were only her and Qingyun here. What was going on? When Ruan Yi was puzzled, she suddenly realized that her tail seemed to be bitten by someone.

"Ah~~" What on earth is going on? Ruan Yi screamed out in fear. Who else is here besides her and Qingyun?

Compared to Ruan Yi who was not calm at all, Qingyun was more rational. She used the light of the night pearl to observe what was happening to Ruan Yi.

She saw Ruan Yi's furry tail in the cargo box behind him, as if it was being dragged in by something.

Qingyun carefully lifted a corner of the cloth covering the cargo box to see what was inside.

With the help of the light of the night pearl, Qingyun saw that the one biting Ruan Yi's tail was a pitch-black kitten.

[System Task: Prevent the animals in the carriage from being resold.]

The kitten realized that he was caught biting his tail, so he silently opened his little mouth and loosened his grip on the tail.

"Meow~"

Could this woman please stop staring at me like that? I only bit her lightly.

What do you mean by just a gentle bite? Ruan Yi was in so much pain that she hugged her tail and examined it carefully.

There was some saliva on the fox's fur, and it was a little swollen from the bites. How should the cat compensate her?

When Ruan Yi was about to question, she suddenly realized something, that is, why she should bother with a cat.

And why are there cats here?

"What's going on?" Ruan Yi was full of questions and rubbed her bitten tail in pain.

Chapter 45: Borrowing a Knife to Kill

“I am a ferocious iron-eating beast, the national treasure of the Hua Dynasty!

Someone comes to give massage every day, and I can do whatever I want in the imperial garden!

There is abundant spiritual energy for me to absorb, and I can chew on the treasures of heaven and earth. Having a ground dragon as a neighbor is a thousand times better than being in the wild.

Life is so comfortable! So comfortable! It's like being in a fairyland, except for one thing - the Empress is a little scary..."

This is the self-narration from a black and white giant beast that was frightened unconscious. He was too embarrassed to continue chatting with his friends in the imperial garden. He did not expect to be frightened unconscious by a maid holding him with foam at the mouth. It was really too embarrassing.

Although it was not that they did not want to be touched by the empress, the aura of the empress was so terrifying that they could not help but be afraid.

Even if my mind tells me not to run away or be afraid, my body is still very honest.

"I don't know when our Queen will be able to touch the little animals. And the terrible aura on Her Majesty is not Her Majesty's fault. Watch your words."

In the sky, suddenly a beautiful blue phoenix emitting a faint light landed on a branch and looked at the iron-eating beast that was behaving mischievously on the ground just now.

Originally, it was thought that the iron-eating beast might succeed, but it turned out to be so useless that it actually fainted in front of the empress. It looked so undignified. However, Qingluan had no reason to laugh at it. After all, all the animals in this huge imperial garden had failed.

"Then we have to think about whether our next batch of friends have anything powerful? But before that, we have to comfort those friends who were transported here in cages."

"That's true."

Qingluan nodded, and her beautiful phoenix crown swayed. She agreed with the iron-eating beast's idea, but she also did not forget to expose its shortcomings. "After all, I still remember that when you were brought here in a cage, you made a big fuss here. Although you were knocked down by the maid in charge here, poof~"

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Animals... All the cargo in the carriage is animals.

And they are not just ordinary wild cats and dogs, but spiritual beasts with intelligence, certain strength and a long lifespan.

But these guys were locked in cages, and their breath was concealed, so they didn't find any trace of these animals at first.

Qingyun carefully checked the cages made of black iron that held the spirit beasts, and found them to be extremely sturdy.

It's really a big deal. Black iron is more precious than gold and is usually used to make magical weapons, but it's only used as a cage.

Who wants these animals? And are they destined for the capital? Which noble family is it? Or are they going to be sold at an auction?

After Qingyun carefully checked, she covered the fox with the cloth again. Before doing so, the black cat that had just bitten the little fox's tail tried frantically to stop the cloth from being put on.

This matter has gone beyond what they can handle, and Qingyun doesn't want to get involved in so many things right now.

Ruan Yi’s opinion now is exactly the same. She should pretend that she didn’t see what she just saw.

If there was no system task of moving cloth, Ruan Yike would not be so stupid. Now that even they themselves can hardly ensure their own safety, how could she meddle in other people's business? How could such a thing be possible?

But now the system has assigned me a task to [prevent these animals from being resold]

What does this mean?

I couldn't figure out what was going on no matter how much I thought about it, and there was no time left. I returned all the goods to their original state and covered them tightly. Not long after, I heard the sound of knocking on the carriage.

The sound of three knocks is very rapid, and the sound of three knocks is very slow.

This is the code indicating that we have arrived at the capital, the capital we have been wanting to visit for some time.

The manager of the black market came to the capital in person and personally escorted them into the capital. He did everything for them personally.

I always felt that he was worrying too much and it was not natural at all. However, in this matter, he perfectly explained his behavior by saying that you are my big clients, so of course I have to take good care of you.

When they heard the knocking sounds outside the car, the two of them simultaneously put aside the matter of discovering the animal just now and focused on dealing with the current situation.

Ruan Yi and Qingyun both put on masks to hide their looks and walked down the stairs. Even though they had arrived in the capital city where the Sword Sect could not reach, they had to be careful, extra careful.

"Be careful, be careful, don't touch the girl."

When walking out of the carriage, they were greeted by an overly enthusiastic black market manager. Ruan Yi was walking in front and saw the manager coming towards them. She waved her sleeves in disgust, asking the manager not to come any closer.

Ruan Yi had already revealed an expression of disgust under the mask. Seeing that the manager stopped where he was, she carefully protected Qingyun, whose dantian was damaged, behind her.

When the two people stood there, they felt that the spiritual energy here was very rich. It was an excellent place for cultivation or healing. Even the burning pain that had been caused inside the body due to the damage to the dantian was now relieved a little.

"Butler, when does the auction start?"

Ruan Yi asked the manager in front of her, and when the manager saw Ruan Yi speaking to her, he handed over two tokens attentively.

"The auction will begin at dusk three days from now. Before that, you can wander around the capital. No matter who wants you, they won't dare to act rashly here. You can have fun here without worry. Do you need me to introduce you? I've been here several times and I'm very familiar with it."

The excessive enthusiasm made Ruan Yi feel disgusted. After chatting for not long, the two of them agreed on a time and Ruan Yi and Qingyun left.

When he felt that the two women were no longer around, the manager revealed his true face.

In contrast to his previous enthusiasm and courtesy, he became irritable.

"Hurry up and move all the goods out of the carriage. This is a deal related to the palace, so don't be slow. Move it to the warehouse as soon as possible."

Suddenly, a man holding an abacus came to the manager. He moved the beads on the abacus with his fingers, calculating how much he had lost in this transaction.

Now the market price of spiritual beasts outside has increased several times, and some have even increased more than ten times. If this batch of goods had not been given to the government, how much money would they have made?

"To be honest, I really don't want to make this deal with the government."

"What if we don't do it? Can we still openly disobey them?"

The steward pointed to his neck at the guy who was fiddling with an abacus beside him. The Empress's Hua Dynasty is no longer the weak Hua Dynasty of the past.

The current prosperity of the Hua Dynasty can be said to be achieved bit by bit by the empress. In terms of hard power, the Hua Dynasty government is more powerful than the three major sects.

"But I just said that it can't be done openly..."

Chapter 46: Childish

"Butler, if you can't be fair and square, it means that the adults already have a plan."

"Of course, and now I have a way to kill two birds with one stone."

The earth-level skills and powerful spiritual beasts that can be sold at sky-high prices can all belong to him alone.

"Do you know which cage those two women were leaning against just now? Let's kill someone with a borrowed knife."

The reason why the manager waited until he could kill someone with a borrowed knife instead of doing it himself was because he couldn't see through what kind of strength the other woman had. He couldn't sense any spiritual power at all, but judging from the woman's every move and extraordinary temperament, how could she be a small character?

Since I, who is at the Fusion Stage, cannot understand the other person, it means that the other woman must be at least at the Golden Core Stage. Golden Core Stage... There are only two people in the early Golden Core Stage guarding the entire black market in Suzaku City. We cannot take such a risk.

So now we can only leave it to the government, this sharp knife, to solve all of this.

“It’s really high.”

The man with the abacus in his hand immediately guessed what the steward wanted to do now, and then, the two of them gave a cunning and happy smile in a place where no one noticed.

Ruan Yi was now thinking about the auction and didn't pay much attention to it. Moreover, just half a month ago, Ruan Yi was still living in a cold modern society where people rarely communicated with each other. She had not been in contact with people for too long, and Ruan Yi still underestimated the sinisterness of human nature.

But Qingyun was different. Although it was the first time she met the manager, she had already guessed that he had some bad intentions.

So just now I didn't leave, I just turned the function of the magic weapon that can hide the breath of two people to the maximum, so that even if I use spiritual power to detect them, I can't detect them.

This also allowed them to hear the conversation between the manager and the man who was settling the accounts.

It looked like a frame-up for her. If Qingyun hadn't reminded her, she would not have noticed anything like this.

[System, do you think I am too naive?]

[Not only childish, but also stupid.]

[...]

After the system gave its own answer, seeing that Ruan Yi had remained silent and looked a little depressed, it slowly began to regret whether it had said too much. [You haven't adapted to this world yet. I am the system that came to help you adapt to this world as quickly as possible. People will work hard to get better. Don't blame yourself so much. Just be more careful next time.]

[Um. ]

There is no point in blaming yourself. It can't be used to make a living, and she doesn't have the time to blame herself now.

What those two people were talking about just now was that they wanted to keep all of his earth-level skills and the spiritual beasts in the entire cargo box for themselves. It turned out... this was the secondary sale mentioned in the system task.

However, even if Qingyun knew that the people in front of her wanted to frame them, she couldn't expose them on the spot, because there was no one here, not even the government officials.

If he acted on his own, it would be easy to alert the enemy and anger them, resulting in a lose-lose situation. Besides, there was Qingyun on his side, who must not be exposed.

This matter must be planned well.

But before that, "I'm sorry...I was careless."

Because of her carelessness, Qingyun is now in danger just like her.

Qingyun turned her head to look at Ruan Yi in front of her, whose eyes were watery and whose face was full of self-blame.

"It's not your fault. There is no better way to enter the capital. Sometimes opportunities are tied to risks. There must be destiny in the dark."

Seeing that Ruan Yi still had an expression of self-blame on her face, Qingyun pinched Ruan Yi's soft cheek with her slightly cool fingertips.

"Stop blaming yourself. It's all thanks to you that I'm still alive today. My life belongs to you. I won't blame you no matter what decision you make. Instead of blaming yourself, you should think about what to do now and how to solve the current problem."

This is indeed very tricky. Qingyun herself is currently unable to move around easily. If she really goes head to head with them, she will be a complete drag. Besides, the little fox is not very strong now.

It is completely impossible to solve this matter by yourself.

But just now Qingyun heard the two people in the black market say that this batch of goods was needed by the government, and the entire government belonged to the empress alone.

Anything related to the Empress is of utmost importance. If the current matter gets out of hand, the Empress's subordinates will definitely not ignore it.

"Ruan Yi, can you still understand what animals say now?"

"Of course."

"Well, I have a plan now. Can you help me implement it?"

Since they are going to privatize all these animals and then use this to frame them and let the government deal with them, instead of having all the animals transported away privately, it would be better to make a fuss here and let these animals attract the attention of the Empress' government.

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Ruan Yi hasn't acted as a little fox for a long time. When she was a little fox, she didn't wear any clothes. When she turned from a fox into a human, the system automatically took out a piece of clothing for her from the warehouse and put it on her at an extremely fast speed.