The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 636 Dark Moon
The Daoguan Office in Xiliang City is located in Wuwei Lane. It is a large house with three entrances and three exits. It is unknown whether there is additional space for expansion inside, but just on the surface, it is more than three times larger than Zhao Chen’s martial arts hall in Yumen.

"It's worth at least 30,000 strings of cash." Zhao Chen, who had been walking slowly all the way, stopped in front of the Taoist office. He took a quick look with his "spiritual sense" and gave an estimate.

——After entering the city, the four of them stopped riding their horses at full speed. Before entering Wuwei Lane, they even kept their horses in a special "stable".

Zheng Qingyan's lips curled up slightly when she heard this, and she transmitted her voice, "The aftereffects of receiving the position of the talisman haven't ended yet, do you really want to estimate the price of everything you look at?

“However, what you said this time is not true… If this house with six doors were to be sold, there would be people vying for a hundred thousand strings of cash.

"After all, Xiliang City is not only the provincial capital, but also the seat of the Sima family. I wonder how many wealthy people want to be close to it."

This is not a sequelae, this is the professional habit of a "collector"! Zhao Chen laughed at himself in his heart, but he also agreed with Qing Yan's subsequent words.

For the people in this world, "cultivation" is the root of everything, and at the top of the world of cultivation are the nine great sects and twelve aristocratic families.

In a sense, all the houses in Xiliang City can be considered "school district houses", so how can they not be expensive?
The reason why Zhao Chen was concerned about the price of the house was that on his way into the city, he had discovered that "valuation" was actually one of the rules of playing the role of a "collector."

The more accurate the estimate, the more helpful it will be to grasp the position of "collector" at this stage.

——Although he can use his ability to directly see the value of objects or creatures, the value is not the same as the actual price.

The four of them walked into the outer courtyard of the Taoist office together. Since Zhao Chen had to get a new token first and Yan Hongxia needed to choose a suitable task, they temporarily divided into two teams.

Yan Hongxia went to the "Bounty Hall" in the west wing alone. Zhao Chen followed Zheng Qingyan and Ming Xueling, who seemed to be very familiar with this place, into a tower in the main courtyard.

After entering the door, what comes into view is a spacious hall. In the center of the hall stands a black metal stele with legal texts written on it, which is quite impressive.

Next to the metal tablet, an elderly female Taoist official wearing the uniform of a fifth-rank official was sitting cross-legged. Judging from her aura, she should be a cultivator with magical powers.

"This should be a fifth-rank 'Xuan Du Doctor'... 'Xuan Du', I didn't know why he was called this name before. Now I think this position was originally set up to use the power of 'Xuan Du Law Text' to protect various treasures..."

Thinking of this, Zhao Chen used his "Dongxu Eyes" to lightly scan the black metal stele, but then retracted his gaze.

He calmed himself down and was about to step forward to pay his respects, but he saw the old woman with magical powers open her eyes, looked at Zhao Chen for a few times, then passed him by and looked at Zheng Qingyan and Ming Xueling, smiling and asking:
"Fairy Zheng, girl Duan, why are you here together?"

She obviously knew Zheng Qingyan and Duan Mingxue, played by Ming Xueling, and from the address she could tell that she was more familiar with the latter.

"Greetings, Aunt Shi..." Ming Xueling stepped forward and bowed, then looked back at Zhao Chen and said, "I am here with Master Chen to collect the extra salary after the promotion."

Zheng Qingyan also nodded at the same time: "Me too."

However, she privately sent a message to Zhao Chen: "This person's name is Shi Wenxuan. She was born in the Shi family, a local wealthy family in Xiliang. She practiced the Shi family's unique skill 'Dark Moon Cave True Immortal Art' and achieved the second-grade magical power 'Dark Moon Goddess'. She was the one in her family who had the greatest hope of being promoted to 'Dongxuan'. "But unfortunately, on the eve of the 'Star Conference' more than 40 years ago, she was caught up in the aftermath of the fight between the 'Shengxuan' True Lord. Not only was her foundation destroyed, but even her Tao heart was broken in the endless torture of the 'illusion'.

“Although she managed to save her life and recover her strength, she became lifeless and had no ambition to make progress. So now, she is less than 60 years old, but already looks old and frail.

"Because one of the two True Lords who fought at that time was the ancient Buddhist disciple 'Yuan Tong', perhaps out of guilt, he later absorbed her into the 'Taoist Official Office' and made her the Taoist official who looked after the 'Xuan Du Law Monument'.

"I met her before when I came here to pay my respects to Master Zheng Guang, so I recognized her."

So that's how it is... I remember that Duan Mingxue's father, the Master Dongxuan of the "Danding Xianzong", had some problems during his reincarnation, which led to him being born into the then-declined "Duan" family of Xiliang.

The Shi family and the Duan family actually have the same ancestor, but that ancestor let his youngest son inherit his wife's surname.

Although one lineage is thriving and the other is declining, they can still be considered one family after all… No wonder this “Doctor Xuandu” is familiar with Duan Mingxue.

On the other side, after hearing Ming Xueling's "introduction", the old woman's turbid and dead eyes revealed a hint of interest, and her gaze fell on Zhao Chen again.

She smiled slightly and said, "So you are the 'Blood Sword Young Master'? You do have a good-looking appearance."

Seeing this, Zhao Chen stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Zhao Chen, the Evil Slayer, greets you, sir!"

"Since you are familiar with Miss Duan, you can just call me Aunt Shi." The old woman named Shi Wenxuan waved her hand and continued seriously, "I know you are here to receive the relevant items for promotion to 'Demon Subduing Deputy Envoy', but according to the rules you have to show the confirmation order for the 'Assessment Mission'."

Zhao Chen was prepared for this. After exchanging greetings, he handed the warrant that Zheng Qingyan had taken back from Zheng Guang to the other party.

Shi Wenxuan took the warrant, looked at it, and then pasted it on the huge black metal monument. Threads of golden text appeared instantly.

"This is a metal tablet engraved with the 'Xuan Du Law Text'. It possesses some of the power of Lord Pingzhang. If someone pretends to be someone else, falsely reports achievements, or fishes in troubled waters, they will definitely be discovered and punished."

She paused here, and seeing that there was nothing unusual about the inscription, she nodded with satisfaction, "It seems that you did not cheat in your promotion mission."

After she finished speaking, she took out a storage bag that had been prepared long ago and handed it to Zhao Chen, saying: "In addition to your identity token, there are also new official uniforms, weapons, and a year's salary and other items.

"As for other benefits, there are jade slips in the storage bag that describe them in detail. You can take your time to read them."

Zhao Chen took a few steps forward and took it respectfully, but when he accidentally touched the other person's fingers, he habitually used his "identification" ability.

He had no expectations, but the "introduction" of this Shi family supernatural power contained a description that surprised him:
"Shi Wenxuan, the broken shadow body, its essence has been harvested and plundered..."

(End of this chapter)