Chapter 143 - 136

Chun felt a headache looking at the two suddenly tagged with her out of nowhere. 

Their reasons were, 

Leika: "You saved me so I need to be with my knight in shining armour!"

Feng Cui: "You defeated my subordinates and even crippled them. How can I survive now?!"

Maybe intervening the scene a while was a mistake for the silver haired young man's part.

She was even labelled a scum person in front of the four people. They thought that she was a young man who indulged with pŀėȧsurė, coveting both genders which made Chun almost vomit in blood. 

The silver haired young man never dared to run her thoughts with that forbidden land as she was just underage, her butler always reminded her that dwelling to this ŀustful stuff could decrease her cultivation level. 

Since then, she wouldn't dare to commit these things. Although, she had naughty thoughts about her handsome butler that Chun had kept as one of her secrets.

"Alright, since we have no complications and are fellow examinees as well. Why don't we travel together?" Daia proposed and even the second miss nodded also.

They couldn't deny that they had been overly confident with their ability that they overlooked that these beasts in this forest were truly tricky so having another stronger person was a good advantage with them.

But they never expected that the silver haired young man was that great to have the eighth prince latched onto her, it was known that the famous benevolent eighth prince had never been this persistent on 'pursuing' a person and it was odd for Feng Cui to side with a person who just defeated his team of followers as what they had heard from the three's conversation.

Which they were fortunate to know that this handsome young man wasn't only able to defeat a beast but was strong enough to take care of a group of strong Charmers. Feng Cui's followers had never been for display as they were all had proven abilities but they were easily defeated by the silver haired young man and crippled also.

Their misfortune had nothing to do with the second miss' party as they started to prepare their camp here as it was already night.

Chun was already awake from the group of snoring people as she wanted to scout the area around before they could proceed. 

A swish of air passed behind her as the silver haired young man sensed a presence. Knowing who was it, Chun didn't bother to turn around as she said.

"What is the update?"

The snobbish system had no qualms as he reported the current progress of the latter.

"Currently, you are 23% out of 100 of the main mission while for the side mission the overall is 2% out of 100 and you have gained a 5% favorability rate from your first conquest."

Xuan listed it all calmly as his onyx pupils rotated back and forth until it settled onto something.

"Xuan, I have something to ask you."

The silver haired young man didn't forget to ask about her strange age difference with the older brother of hers who was the eighth prince.

"Your age? You're older in age than the eighth prince because the Snow Palace where you are previously living had an own time suspension as it was a separated space from the outside world. There is no time running there but as you stayed there for too long the rich energy adequate for Charm cultivation was subconsciously absorbed your body and developed your growth. Even your appearance now is not suited for an underage."

Chun went back to where the others were as she saw that they were all awake, preparing to pack up.

They started their travel again and after days of finding the entrance of the Charm Excellence, Chun slowly captured the trust of the second miss. 

The silver haired young man never imagined that the tight-lipped cold exterior woman was just soft in the inside, although her power-hunger ways were the distinctive feature of the Amper. She was truly suited for her flower, Imperial Montague also known as Crown Imperial. 

It grew to about 1 m (3 ft) in height and bore lance-shaped, glossy leaves at intervals along the stem. It bore a prominent whorl of downward-facing flowers at the top of the stem, topped by a 'crown' of small leaves, hence the name. While the wild form was usually orange-red, various colours were found in cultivation, ranging from nearly a true scarlet through oranges to yellow.

Chun had been familiar with this kind of imposing flower, as it represented a symbol of power. 

"What are you thinking?" The second miss asked the silver haired young man while they walked in front. This was their usual routine if the atmosphere was silent and no one wanted to talk, Amper would strike a conversation with her which Chun took as a development of her side mission but in the eyes of a certain three, they had their ridiculous thoughts.

The non-talkative second miss would turn a blind eye to them as she continued to chat with Chun in a friendly manner as if they were long lost best friends.

Somehow, Amper felt that this silver haired young man was not bad as she could feel a some kind of 'sisterhood' with her despite that the youth was a boy.

"Nothing. Just thinking the days that we had spent here."

On the other hand, the smiling silver haired young man had always known the secret passage where it could lead to the school but she had been keeping it since she met her target. 

Considering that in order to progress in her side mission, she needed to spend time with the other which meant that pretending ignorant was her best option as she had known that there was a possibility that she wouldn't be able to interact with the second miss freely if she leads them to the right path and it would also become suspicious if she had revealed it in day one.

So the silver haired young man to uncover it to them slowly.

"We have been running around this forest aimlessly!" The eighth prince grumbled as he couldn't keep his calm and gentle demeanour anymore.

"Right, right! Even a country bumpkin like me who had high stamina can't stand it anymore!" Leika stated while she chased her breath, clutching her ċhėst.

'Although this girl is annoying me but she is useful sometimes.' Feng Cui thought as he secretly glanced at the breathless girl.

Chun who had been thinking on how to tell them that she had a clue, not appearing suspicious, got her opportunity.

"Well, I have been thinking about it but I felt it was strange."

The second miss who was beside her frowned her brows as she inquired the other, "Strange?"

Chun didn't delay as she neared a specific by their path and pointed a vivid pattern on it. 

"What about it?" Feng Cui creased his forehead as he had a slow brain process.

But the others weren't as slow as him, they immediately understood.

"I have seen this exact pattern on a tree also!" Ivory who had been silent from the start, exclaimed as she ran to another tree a bit far away from where the silver haired young man was standing.

"Then, we just need to find this exact pattern to find our way?!" The excited Leika said in joy as she could finally feel the end of the test.

But Daeil interjected as he was second to Chun when having a brainpower capacity in analysing clues, "If it is that easy in looking for them."

The silver haired young man agreed also as what she had remembered, the Tree Spirit stated a pattern for her to locate in order to find the secret passage that led to the Charm Excellence but the guardian said as well that some patterns could be seen while the others couldn't, it meant that they needed a fire charm to burn the dry leaves into ashes and spread it in a specific trunk of a tree to see those patterns.

But the challenge was, there were so many trees how would they do it?

Instantly, Chun disappeared from her spot while she ordered them to gather dry leaves and pile them into mountains.

Hearing the orders of the silver haired young man, they obliged immediately which surprised them but they didn't dwell on it as they were curious to what she was doing.