The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 551 Invitation
Without thinking too long, Zhao Chen chose to give up temporarily.

Although he likes taking risks, he is not the kind of person who would take a gamble even though he knows the risks are huge.

What's more, the benefit gained from the premonition is nothing more than completely mastering the current position. This is not too much of a temptation for Zhao Chen. You know, because of the frequent "field trips", his progress in the "investigator" stage is not slow. Even if he "acts" step by step, it will only delay him for a month at most.

As the owner of the "Big Sun Star Chariot", I am not willing to do this kind of "business" where the effort and reward are totally disproportionate.

Zhao Chen shook his head slightly and withdrew his gaze from the thin booklet.

But at this moment, an indescribable sound came from his soul, and his progress on the "Investigator" suddenly advanced a lot, and he was only a step away from completely "digesting" it!
“This is…I see!
"Weighing the pros and cons, and proactively giving up the 'investigation' when encountering an extremely risky incident, is also the rule of an 'investigator'...

"Although the 'Star World Collector' or 'Investigator' has the instinct to unravel the veil above the 'mystery', one of the core elements of the 'Great Sun Star Chariot' is 'trading' after all, so the 'investigation' cannot lose money!"

"I just felt that if I took a risk, I could completely master the position, but I didn't think that I could also meet the requirements of an 'investigator' by not making a loss.

"Hmm... Come to think of it, that premonition was a bit strange... Although it can be explained by 'inspiration and intuition', it may also be the temptation of the essence of this 'Hundred Flowers Book' to me..."

Zhao Chen squinted his eyes, and his "spiritual consciousness" moved slightly. He carefully checked his own condition, but found nothing abnormal. It was just because the progress of the "investigator" increased and his true essence grew stronger again, and he was one step closer to the ninth level of magic power.

"There is no sign of contamination, and my 'Five Immortals' Spiritual Qi' has the 'Yellow Emperor's Central Master', as well as the 'Green Emperor's Soul Guardian' and the 'White Emperor's Soul Guardian', so it is difficult for ordinary external evils to invade.

"So... there is a force at a higher level interfering with me?

"Who could it be? The flower god? What on earth is that?"

Next, Zhao Chen immersed his mind into the "Big Sun Star Raft" again. After making sure that there was really no problem, he breathed a sigh of relief and stopped worrying about it too much. However, he did not plan to conduct an in-depth study of this "Hundred Flowers Book" in the short term.

But not studying it doesn't mean not using it, so after leaving the Star Raft, Zhao Chen picked up the thin booklet again, injected magic power into it, and summoned out the "Thunder Princess" Fang Pei Niang who was hiding in it.

This female leader of the Leiji Sect, a small sect in Yunzhou, is very likely related to the Star Chariot accessory "Profitable Immortal Staff", so he has to ask for some details.

Therefore, Zhao Chen spent the entire second half of the night in a question-and-answer session with this tall, high-nosed, phoenix-eyed, and cold-tempered Taoist woman...

The next morning, when Zhao Chen was reluctantly taking back the "Hundred Flowers Book" from Ms. Fang, there was a knock on the door.

The person who came was none other than Levi Garcia, who served as the coachman for their group. He was also the manager who took care of the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the touring team.

This wizard from the West not only brought breakfast to Zhao Chen, but also brought an invitation.

"Invitation?" Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Who sent it?"

Levi's nose moved slightly, and he smelled a faint strange fragrance, but he didn't ask any more questions, and only answered respectfully:
"It was sent by someone from the Xuancheng Mu family's 'Lü Gong Monument'."

"'Lü Gong Monument'... Mu Zirong?" Zhao Chen thought for a moment and then remembered who this person was. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "I defeated his son 'Jiu Zi Gongzi' in Zhangye not long ago. Is he trying to get back at him?" Having said that, Zhao Chen remembered that Mu Zirong was also hiding in a restaurant outside Zhangye City to watch the battle, and he also acted out an expression of "not being able to control himself"... Fortunately, Ming Xueling was watching him, otherwise his performance would have been in vain.

But logically speaking, if he really had something to hide, shouldn't he meet with me in private? Why did he post such a high-profile invitation?

As his thoughts turned, Zhao Chen looked at Li Wei again and asked, "Do you know why Mu Zirong invited me to his house? Did he invite anyone else?"

He just glanced at the invitation, and the reason was not stated on it.

"I have inquired about it. It is that Master Mu who is going to marry a concubine, and the wife is a fairy from the aristocratic Meng family... He not only invited you, but all the major forces in Xuancheng have also received invitations."

Although they had only been in Xuancheng for one night, several vampire families had been cultivating the northwest region of Daxia for hundreds of years and had their own sources of intelligence.

"Marry a fairy from the Meng family as your co-wife?"

Hearing this, Zhao Chen was really surprised. You know, the Mu family is only considered a hegemon in a small place like Xuancheng, and the gap between them and the aristocratic Meng family is like heaven and earth.

A girl from the Meng family, even if she was born from a branch family and could be called a "fairy", would most likely have a cultivation level of at least the Gangsha realm, and it would be unlikely for her to be Mu Zirong's concubine.

After all, the term "equal wife" is just a nice name. The laws of Daxia do not recognize it at all. In fact, she is just a concubine.

"Moreover, according to the inside information I got from the Daoguan Office and the Six Gates, the Meng family is actually the main family of the Mu family. How could a servant take the master's daughter as a concubine?

"Isn't this a slap in the face of the Meng family? Are the people in the Mu family crazy?" Zhao Chen thought so and asked Li Wei.

Li Wei was actually very puzzled about this, because except for Mu Zirong, the other masters of magical powers in the Mu family also tacitly agreed to this marriage, which made this matter seem extremely strange.

"The news about this marriage only came out last night. Meng is far away in Qingzhou and hasn't received the news yet. Moreover, the wedding date is very urgent and was set for tonight... I'm afraid there is something wrong here!
"Besides, there is no good banquet. You'd better refuse it, sir." Li Wei suggested after careful consideration.

Zhao Chen obviously thought so too. He took a pen and paper and planned to write a letter of polite refusal, and then let Li Wei send it to the Mu family.

But at this moment, Ming Xueling brought Feng Wan, Ning Meng and others into his room.

Although the humanoid girl's face remained calm, the fact that she rushed over showed that something had happened.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Chen put down his pen and scanned the faces of several girls. He found that except Ming Xueling, the expressions of the others were very confused. They must have been forcibly pulled over.

"Just now, a sudden mysterious force enveloped the entire city. Now, I'm afraid that we can't leave Xuancheng even if we enter!" Although Ming Xueling's tone remained flat, her extremely fast speaking speed revealed her inner solemnity.

After hearing Ming Xueling's words, Zhao Chen was surprised, but his eyes inexplicably stayed on the invitation that had just been sent.

(End of this chapter)