Chapter 640: Chapter 640: The Priestess’s Charms (16)

Penghua City.

The magical imperial capital.

It brings together the most powerful people from all over, and aside from the headquarters of the Magic Association which isn’t located here, the headquarters of all other major forces are.

Penghua City, also known as The Evernight City.

No matter day or night, it’s always bustling and lively.

When Chuzheng arrived at the outskirts of the city, it was already midnight.

Yet, Penghua City was still brightly lit, its gates wide open, with a never-ending stream of people coming and going.

Perched on the carriage, Fu Yu watched with a sense of novelty and excitement at the ancient and busy Evernight City.

There was a moat in front of the city gates.

Several bridges spanned the surface of the river.

People were stationed at the entrance of the bridge to conduct checks; they allowed individuals to enter one by one, but exit didn’t require any checks.

“What are they checking?” Chuzheng asked.

Entrance fees in such realms were common.

But those people didn’t seem to be collecting fees, rather, it looked more like they were inspecting something.

“The identity scroll,” replied the young master Fu Yu, who had this basic knowledge and quickly answered, “In major cities like this, entry and exit require an identity scroll.”

Chuzheng: “…”

Mages’ identity scrolls have magical symbols and are issued by the Magic Association.

Ordinary people get theirs from the local administration office.

This is probably like the modern ID card.

It seemed the original owner of the body did not have such an item.

“Miss Chuzheng… you… don’t have one?” seeing Chuzheng silent, Fu Yu tentatively asked.

Chuzheng gave him an icy glance.

Fu Yu seemed to realize the answer.

No wonder she didn’t use the Magic Array for transportation.

An identity scroll was needed for teleportation as well.

[Main Quest: Please spend a thousand Gold Coins within half an hour.]

Lady, you can do whatever you want with money!

The time to witness the truth has come.

Chuzheng: “…”

“Without an identity scroll, you can’t enter,” said Ah Da as he probably overheard from outside and poked his head in, “Miss Chuzheng, what should we do?”

Chuzheng: “…”

No need to panic.

It’s a small problem.

Chuzheng calmly took out a bag of Gold Coins.

The clinking sound of the Gold Coins could be heard; with such a large bag, how many could there be?

Ah Da had never seen so much in his life.

“Are you planning to bribe the guards?” Fu Yu wasn’t dull, “Surely you don’t need that much for a bribe?”

“There’s money,” Chuzheng tossed the bag to Ah Da.

Ah Da, who frequently traveled outside and appeared simple-minded, was actually quite capable.

Reassured, Ah Da took the Gold Coins and settled back down.

The line in front of them moved fairly quickly, and soon it was their turn.

“Identity scroll,” said the guard, without looking up.

Ah Da hopped down from the carriage, holding the Gold Coins and stepped forward, “Sir, would it be possible to make an exception?” he inquired.

“What do you take Penghua City for?!” The guard’s temper flared before Ah Da could present the coins, “Present the identity scroll, and hurry up everyone on the carriage, don’t waste time! Without an identity scroll, you are not allowed to enter the city, that’s the rule.”

Although Ah Da had been to Penghua City twice before, he had always entered with an employer and had hardly faced any obstacles.

He had not anticipated how strict the city guards of Penghua City would be.

“Hurry up, stop dawdling, people are waiting behind you, don’t delay. No identity scroll, no entry to the city, those are the rules.”

The guard raised his head to look behind them.

He glanced casually then brought back his gaze, but the very next second, he abruptly looked up again.

The guard’s expression changed instantly; he stood up, shifting from his previous impatience.

“It turns out to be the authorities from The Temple, you must have been in a hurry to go out and forgot your identity scrolls, right? It was my mistake for not seeing clearly, please, come on in.”

Ah Da: “???”

Authorities from The Temple?

But since they could enter, Ah Da immediately scurried back with the Gold Coins.

Chuzheng, upon learning the truth: “???”

This carriage was the one left by the Good Person Card–it was mainly because it was more comfortable and spacious than her previous one–this really wasn’t a matter of money; it was just that better ones simply couldn’t be bought in those places.

The Lingji was a product of The Temple, no less.

Could they ever be the same?

However, now it had put her in such a predicament.

Ah Da, happy to save his employer money, immediately steered the carriage inside.

But in an instant, they were on the bridge, and Chuzheng couldn’t even give away the Gold Coin.

Chuzheng had no choice but to urge Ah Da to hurry into the city.

The moment Bastard showed up, trouble started.

Why was she so unlucky and pitiable!

The carriage hadn’t even left the bridge when a commotion erupted from behind.

A large group of people appeared inside the city gate, racing towards the outside.

Ah Da pulled the carriage aside; however, the group bursting out from the city, as if finding him too slow, sent a Vine Wrapping Spell flying, entwining the carriage and hurling it to the side.

Ah Da’s eyes widened in shock, apparently not expecting such outrageous behavior.

He had already made way, yet they were still so unreasonable.

Just as he thought the carriage might crash into the bridge railing, or even flip over and drop into the water, the carriage came to a smooth stop.

On the contrary, the person who had just used the magic suddenly fell down, crashing onto the bridge, knocking out a tooth.

The crowd behind, unable to stop in time, trampled straight over that person.

A major stampede accident unfolded.

Chuzheng, her fingertips lifting the curtain, had a clear gaze as cold as frost and snow.

The temperature inside the carriage seemed to have dropped by quite a few degrees.

Yin Xian slowly retracted, coiling around her wrist.

Fu Yu, huddled in a corner of the carriage, shivered as he looked at Chuzheng.

Miss Chuzheng suddenly became so frightening.

Chaos reigned on the bridge.

“Who!”

“Who did this!!”

Someone roared angrily around them.

Passersby stood close to the bridge railings, not daring to speak.

No one knew how the accident had happened.

Of course, no one suspected Chuzheng’s carriage because, by all accounts, she was also a victim.

“What are you doing?”

Chuzheng spotted a familiar figure, the middle-aged man she’d met in the gorge.

The middle-aged man, now in clean clothes, presented a much more imposing figure than he did in the gorge.

He led a group of people onto the bridge from the outside of the city.

The disorderly crowd instantly got into formation: “Lord Feng.”

The sharp gaze of the middle-aged man, Feng Zhong, swept behind him, and he frowned, “The Princess has arrived–what are you doing here?”

“Lord Feng, we really don’t know what happened just now…”

Someone recounted the recent events to Feng Zhong.

Feng Zhong’s gaze turned to the origin of the incident–the carriage.

This carriage?

Feng Zhong felt it looked familiar.

Wasn’t this… The Temple’s carriage?

But the carriage driver, he looked somewhat familiar too? That seemed to be… one of the people he had met in the gorge, named… Ah Da.

How could he be driving The Temple’s carriage?

“Lord Feng, the Princess has arrived.”

Feng Zhong’s thoughts were brought back to the present, and he immediately turned around, ordering the path to be cleared.

The chased-away pedestrians whispered to each other.

“Who’s this, putting on such airs?”

“Who else could it be but the Eldest Princess.”

“Isn’t the Eldest Princess supposed to be in the palace? When did she go outside?”

“How would I know…”

“Here, besides this Eldest Princess, who else would dare to throw around their weight like this? I’ve heard that the Eldest Princess’ magic is quite powerful.”