Chapter 19: Unexpected Rewards

Chapter 19: Unexpected Rewards

Mi Hongchen wore red armor, fully armed, with a simple phoenix-head helmet unable to cover her black hair that fell to her waist. Years of warfare had given her a sharp, deadly aura. She was beautiful, but no one had ever dared to look into her eyes for too long. Like a rose, she was stunning yet full of thorns, inspiring fear. When people spoke of Mi Hongchen, they rarely praised her beauty, focusing more on her talent and impressive battle achievements.

Mi Hongchen wasn’t at the Spirit God Realm, but she could crush some Spirit God Realm experts, solidifying her title as the Female War God. She only needed to break through to the Spirit God Realm to be called the Dragon Lord. The imposing red dragon descended from the sky. Mi Hongchen breathed a sigh of relief seeing Holy Maiden Lixi unharmed. If anything had happened to the Holy Maiden, it would have been an extremely serious diplomatic incident.

“Your Highness the Holy Maiden, we’ve finally found you,” Mi Hongchen smiled, a rare display of gentleness from her.

“Sister Mi, no need for formalities. It’s been half a year since we last met, hasn’t it?” Lixi and Mi Hongchen were old acquaintances.

Mi Hongchen’s gaze swept over to Zhanyue beside them, her eyes pausing with a surprised expression.

“It’s you?” Mi Hongchen had only heard that the Holy Maiden had rescued a soldier while activating the teleportation formation, but didn’t expect this soldier to be Zhanyue.

“Sister Mi, you know each other?” Lixi asked curiously, while also feeling a hint of wariness in her heart.

“Mm, we’ve met once. When we parted last time, I left you 100,000 purple crystal coins, enough for you to live a life of luxury. How did you end up enlisting in Sun City?” Mi Hongchen asked, puzzled.

Zhanyue looked at this acquaintance, still feeling quite fond of Mi Hongchen. There was no other reason; she was just too generous.

“Reporting to Your Highness the Princess, I registered my contractor status in Sun City and carried out mandatory military service as required. I happened to encounter the Holy Maiden’s visit and was tasked with maintaining order. That’s how the previous events occurred. It was thanks to Her Highness the Holy Maiden’s rescue that I didn’t die under the arrows,” Zhanyue answered truthfully.

Lixi glanced at Zhanyue, countless thoughts flashing through her mind. She understood that she and Zhanyue couldn’t appear too close, though she realized they weren’t particularly close anyway. Thinking of this, she felt a bit disappointed.Fiind updated novels at novelhall.com

“What’s wrong with me?” Lixi wondered, never having felt so conflicted before.

“With your strength, daring to guard the Holy Maiden is already a great achievement, deserving of reward. Let’s go. We’ll head back first; they’re all waiting anxiously,” Mi Hongchen said. Her observation was keen, noticing that the Holy Maiden’s gaze kept lingering on Zhanyue, which was quite unusual.

The giant dragon wasn’t fully grown, making it a bit cramped for three people to stand on its back. The Holy Maiden stood in front, Mi Hongchen in the middle, and Zhanyue at the back. Mi Hongchen was half a head taller than Lixi, but about the same height as Zhanyue, which explained why this woman made Zhanyue feel such pressure.

“Like before, if you can’t stand steady, just hold onto my shoulder,” Mi Hongchen said.

“No need, I can stand steady,” Zhanyue replied bluntly, his abilities having improved considerably compared to before.

“Oh? Though your realm hasn’t improved much in this time, your strength has progressed quite a bit,” Mi Hongchen praised.

Meanwhile, Zhanyue was led away by someone else. Besides some purple crystal rewards, the City Lord also granted him permission to enter the Heavenly Treasury Pavilion to select a technique.

Techniques were divided into nine grades from low to high: white, green, blue, purple, orange, red, gold, rainbow, and divine. The Heavenly Treasury Pavilion’s highest collection was purple-grade techniques. Techniques were further divided into cultivation techniques and battle techniques. Cultivation techniques could improve cultivation speed and lay a good foundation, while battle techniques were combat skills for practical use.

Generally, cultivation techniques were far more valuable than battle techniques because most cultivation techniques included some battle skills, and these skills could only be used by those who had cultivated that technique, like the earlier “Great Sun Traversing Heaven Technique.”

Zhanyue wasn’t a light contractor; that was borrowing the illumination Goddess’s power. He also wasn’t a fire contractor; that was activating the Sun God Stone’s power. The Heavenly Treasury Pavilion didn’t have any suitable cultivation techniques for him, so he had to settle for second best, choosing a purple-grade fire-system battle technique – “Flame King Blast.”

The old man guarding the Heavenly Treasury Pavilion shook his head, exclaiming that Zhanyue lacked vision, choosing a battle technique with such a good opportunity. He didn’t know Zhanyue’s predicament.

With the “Flame King Blast,” Zhanyue happily returned to the inn where he had paid for a year’s stay. Three days of leave was also part of his reward; he just needed to report back to the military camp after three days.

Closing the doors and windows tightly, Zhanyue excitedly took out the spatial ring Lixi had given him. “At least she has a conscience. This thing is incredibly useful when traveling.”

Soon, Zhanyue had refined the ring anew. The ring only had a few cubic meters of space, but it was enough for Zhanyue to use. This was already an extraordinary treasure. The ring came with a built-in concealment array, making it invisible and undetectable to others, which delighted Zhanyue. “As they say, don’t flaunt your wealth. This saves a lot of trouble.”

With a thought, Zhanyue put the wooden token into the space. He then turned and put the large backpack he had when he crossed over into the space as well. Some things in it might be useful in the future; they were all rarities not found in this world.

“Huh, what’s this?” Zhanyue discovered another token and a large box inside the ring’s space.

The golden token had the character “Holy” written on the front, with the Rising Sun Kingdom’s national emblem on the back. “Holy Temple Knight token? I’ve heard that Holy Temple Knights have a very high status in the Rising Sun Kingdom. This might be very helpful if I go to the Rising Sun Kingdom in the future.”

Then Zhanyue took out the box. “Let’s see what other treasures that girl left for me.”

However, when the box opened, even the thick-skinned Zhanyue felt a bit embarrassed. It contained some women’s clothing and accessories, even including worn undergarments.

“......” Zhanyue was speechless. But she had been in a hurry earlier, only taking her staff, forgetting about this box. These things should be put back and returned to her when there’s a chance. He couldn’t just throw them away.

“That girl is really silly and cute,” Zhanyue put the box back. He was probably the only one in the world who would evaluate the Holy Maiden like this. “Hope she cultivates well and can suppress the cold poison soon. Next time when the Goddess returns, we’ll go see her again.”

“What’s this now?” Zhanyue discovered that besides some transparent illumination Stones, there were also some illumination Stones that seemed ‘dyed’ in the ring, in red, green, and blue.