Chapter 137: Falling, Believe Me

The next morning, Chen Zi Ya came to find Lin Zhangqing again, but this time it wasn't so early

The two went to browse the first floor once more, sweeping through the stalls they hadn't finished looking at yesterday.

Aside from Lin Zhangqing harvesting two stalks of spirit medicine—both common spirit medicines not found in his space—there was nothing else.

Chen Zi Ya was fine; she walked in front, looking high-spirited. This time, having no harvest didn't seem to affect her mood at all.

She was quite interested in some miscellaneous little things, but fortunately, she only looked and didn't buy anything.

When the two returned to the top-floor room, Chen Zi Ya still seemed to be enjoying herself.

With her cold personality, it was rare for her to be so interested in something, and Lin Zhangqing felt he should support her more.

For the next two days, the two did not go to the first floor to browse the stalls.

Chen Zi Ya would just come over for a while every morning to drink tea and chat for a bit before returning; she generally didn't stay too long.

Moreover, Chen Zi Ya discovered Mao Qiu in Lin Zhangqing's room. As soon as she saw it, she fell in love with it and would pet Mao Qiu for a while every time she came over.

It seems that no matter what kind of girl they are, they all like such fluffy little animals. If Lin Zhangqing hadn't already formed a contract with Mao Qiu, he would have considered giving it to Chen Zi Ya.

It was already evening when the Wanbao Pavilion guest ship arrived at the Dongyang Prefecture City landing field.

The Wanbao Pavilion ship crew used an amplification array to notify everyone that the guest ship would be loading, unloading, and waiting for passengers here, which would take a total of two days.

They told all passengers intending to go to Dongyang Prefecture City or the market to be careful not to miss the ship's departure time.

Lin Zhangqing had already discussed it with Chen Zi Ya: they would first rest on the guest ship for one night, and tomorrow morning around the Chen hour, the two would set off to visit the Dongyang Market.

They were currently at the Dongyang Prefecture City landing field, which was only about ten miles from Dongyang Prefecture City.

It was a bit further to the Dongyang Market, about thirty miles, but this distance was a small matter for cultivators, and they could arrive very quickly.

The next morning, after Lin Zhangqing finished his cultivation, he saw that the time was about right and went next door to call Chen Zi Ya.

As soon as he triggered the restriction on the door, Chen Zi Ya opened it immediately and walked out, all packed and ready; it seemed she had been waiting for Lin Zhangqing the whole time.

Leaving the Wanbao Pavilion guest ship, Lin Zhangqing took out a flying boat from his storage bag, and the two piloted it toward the Dongyang Market. Since it was only about thirty miles, there was no need to release Chu Yi.

They had only flown about ten miles when, while passing through a forest, a ray of red light suddenly shot out from within. By the time Lin Zhangqing saw the flash of red light coming, it was already too late to maneuver the flying boat to dodge it.

He could only lunge toward Chen Zi Ya, hold her, and with a thought, three thunder shields appeared around them.

"Boom!" The flying boat beneath them was blown open with a large hole, fragments scattered everywhere, and the boat lost control, plummeting rapidly and diagonally into the forest.

Only then did Chen Zi Ya react, realizing they had been ambushed, and she began to tremble with fear.

In the instant of the attack, Lin Zhangqing was also panicked, but he immediately realized that the more panicked he was, the easier it would be to die. He had to survive and return; he could not die here.

Time was precious. Lin Zhangqing only said two things to Chen Zi Ya. The first was: "Trust me!"

The second was: "After we land, run in the direction we came from!"

It takes a long time to say, but in reality, only three or four seconds had passed when the flying boat crashed into the forest with a "Boom!" Fortunately, it crashed diagonally, and the tree branches provided some deceleration, while the three thunder shields around them also blocked some of the damage.

The two only suffered some minor concussive injuries. Not daring to delay, he pulled Chen Zi Ya out of the crashed flying boat and rushed toward the direction of the landing field.

At the same time, he communicated with the Three Treasures Spirit Beast Bracelet, and the Purple Crystal Scorpions were scattered along the path they ran like eggs being laid, except they were all invisible. After placing the scorpions, he had a flash of inspiration and released Chu Yi as well.

Lin Zhangqing's divine sense was fully extended, constantly monitoring the surroundings. About a hundred meters behind them, five cultivators holding magical artifacts rushed out. There were four men and one woman. Among them, one man and one woman were actually people Lin Zhangqing recognized: one was the young woman who had first come to strike up a conversation with him, and the other was the middle-aged stall owner who sold pills at the entrance to the stalls on the first floor of the guest ship.

The remaining three cultivators also looked slightly familiar; they must have crossed paths while browsing the stalls on the ship, but Lin Zhangqing hadn't paid special attention to them.

The five cultivators rushing up from behind only saw the target man and woman rush out of the crashed flying boat and run desperately in the direction they came from, even releasing a spirit beast, a Golden Winged Bird, halfway.

However, in their view, these were all futile. All five had speed talismans stuck to their feet, defense talismans on their bodies, and offensive magical artifacts in their hands, also desperately chasing toward the target.

Both sides had their own plans, but Lin Zhangqing was one step ahead, using the act of fleeing to set a death trap for the cultivators chasing from behind in a very short time.

He also released the spirit beast Chu Yi to interfere with the judgment of the cultivators behind, making people feel that they had exhausted all their means, so they rushed up without any hesitation.

Very quickly, they tasted the consequences. The tall cultivator rushing at the very front suddenly let out a sharp, piercing scream, and then, in pain, began to twitch and roll on the ground.

The few people slightly behind him couldn't stop and rushed past the tall cultivator. By the time they reacted and stopped their bodies, they had already rushed out more than ten meters.

But it was already too late; they had already fallen into the death trap.

The second to suffer was the middle-aged cultivator who sold pills; after a shrill scream, he was also twitching and rolling on the ground in pain.

Lin Zhangqing's divine sense had been monitoring the situation behind him. Seeing this, his heart stirred, and he told the Purple Crystal Scorpions to stop stinging him for the time being.

The remaining two men and one woman, even if they were stupid, realized something was wrong. One male cultivator shouted: "Watch your feet! They must have sprinkled something on the ground. Everyone, fly up with your artifacts!"

But at this moment, Lin Zhangqing's Golden Thread Escape Light Needles had already arrived, arranged in a row with extreme speed.

The male cultivator who shouted had two defense talismans on his body, which only blocked the first two needles; the third one pierced through his brain. His body paused, and he fell straight to the ground.

This is the benefit of a powerful divine sense. Others have to desperately get within ten zhang to use artifacts to attack, while Lin Zhangqing easily controlled the flying needles from one or two hundred meters away to kill a robber cultivator.

Another male cultivator reacted quickly and had already flown up on his sword, but ordinary Qi Refining stage divine sense can at most support the use of two artifacts.

Now, this male cultivator was flying on his sword, trying to escape, while simultaneously controlling another flying sword to fend off Chu Yi's harassment.

However, that was all. After a huge thunderclap, the body of the male cultivator on the sword was torn to pieces. He died quite cleanly, and of course, there was no pain.

The last young woman didn't have such good luck. Her reaction was a beat slow, and she was stung by a Purple Crystal Scorpion. After a sharp scream, she fell to the ground, twitching all over.

It looked like she had lost the ability to resist. With disheveled hair, she no longer had the grace of the beautiful young woman who had come to strike up a conversation with Lin Zhangqing.

This ambush against Lin Zhangqing and the others started quickly and ended even faster.

Even now, Chen Zi Ya was still dazed; how could it be over when she hadn't even run very far?

Lin Zhangqing had no time to waste now. There had been explosions, screams, and thunderclaps just now; someone might come to investigate soon after hearing the noise.

He quickly knocked the three cultivators lying on the ground who had lost the ability to resist completely unconscious, and stripped them of all their equipment—which was actually just storage bags, spirit plant bags, and magical artifacts.

Then he tied up the three unconscious captives and loaded them into the three small spaces of the Three Treasures Spirit Beast Bracelet, intending to interrogate them when he had time to find out what exactly was going on with this ambush.

Afterward, he began to collect the few magical artifacts that had fallen to the ground, as well as the spoils of war from the two dead robber cultivators.

From the unlucky guy who had been blown to pieces, he only found one storage bag and one flying sword; the other flying sword didn't know where it had been blown to.

He recalled all the Purple Crystal Scorpions and used a fireball technique to clean up the scene; the whole process didn't even take one-tenth of a quarter of an hour.

Clean, efficient, and smooth—the professional and highly effective manner left Chen Zi Ya dumbfounded.

(End of chapter)