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Chapter 644: Is Liya Chenghua of royal blood?
Under the old woman's control, Dachun's power quietly passed through the barrier like flowing water and leaking urine.

Then Dachun realized that Chenghua really didn't come back.

The four pots of flowers were still dimly mixed in the greenhouse.

But the old woman recognized them immediately. "Yes, these are the four pots of flowers. They have a history of more than a thousand years. But the more troublesome thing is that these four pots, while ordinary looking, actually exceed the current treasure appraisal standards and are therefore impossible to identify... Well, to put it simply, they are very simple and high-end ancient artifacts. These four ancient artifacts and the four thousand-year-old flower spirits form a complex magic formation. So, I'm afraid the first method of rescuing them I told you yesterday, which was to smash the tribute directly, won't work."

Dachun was stunned. "An ancient artifact and a thousand-year-old flower spirit? What's going on? I've been to Black Iron City Flower's bedroom, and it wasn't this complicated."

The old woman asked, "Do you think the five city beauties are all of the same caliber?"

Dachun was stunned for a moment. "It's generally accepted that the genius Eve from Jewel City is the strongest, followed by Remya from Silver City. Leah's main job is a healer, and she rarely takes action. Her strength is probably on the same level as Iron Valfner and Bronze Tifa. But Oak City is rich in artifacts, so Leah should be ranked third."

The old woman sighed, "From now on, it seems that this generally accepted ranking is wrong. The strongest should be this Liya. She may not be born mortal. This magic circle may also be suppressing her divine power and concealing her strength."

Dachun was shocked: "Goddess?"

The old woman said in a deep voice, "The city lord's rank in the imperial system is Duke-level, not yet King-level. For a Duke's daughter to enjoy such a high-level royal tribute is excessive. Therefore... unless she has pure royal blood from the Emperor's lineage, only then can she give birth to a goddess."

Royal blood! Could it be a princess? If so, then I'm not just a consort to the Five Cities, but also a consort to the Empire!

But Dachun immediately felt something was wrong: "I heard that there are five princes in the empire, all pursuing these five city beauties. If Liya is of royal blood, wouldn't that be a problem?"

The old woman laughed: "You know this too?"

Dachun thought of the fish hanging on the hook, and his mood suddenly became unhappy: "I also experienced the scene."

The old woman sighed, "Who knows if it's just a show for the sake of entertainment? Besides—"

The old woman's face darkened. "Some nobles have this tradition. They pursue pure blood, believing that only pure blood can produce the noblest offspring."

Dachun's scalp was tingling, and then he thought of Tifa's mother, the slime monster in the sewer of Bronze City. He decided to take this opportunity to talk about it.

"Old woman, I ran into some problems in Bronze City. I guess the Empire's decision to have the five city lords choose a city beauties has stumped them. Their sons aren't very good, so how can they guarantee the birth of a magically gifted and beautiful daughter? So, they probably married powerful female mages or secretly adopted girls from the public to create the current five city beauties, along with a bunch of discarded beauties who didn't make the cut."

To be honest, Dachun even suspected that Jenny from Gem City was the eliminated city beauty.

The old woman was even more surprised: "You know a lot?" Dachun was quite proud: "It seems that the public doesn't know?"

The old woman said solemnly, "With such extensive publicity, no one can doubt this, and over time, the public has come to believe it's natural. In my opinion, establishing a City Flower has three purposes. First, it enhances the image of the City Lord and the city, which benefits the City Lord. Second, it strengthens communication with the Empire to prevent the New World from breaking away from the Empire. This is like the Empire's eyes and ears planted by the City Lord. Third, no matter how strong a woman is, it's her nature to admire strength, which also makes it easier for the Empire to control her."

Even though it was just a review, Dachun still felt nervous: "So in order to have more absolute control over them, they added a Hall of Heroes with a golden throne."

The old woman sighed, "If Leah has royal blood, she'll be able to further control the city. Her goddess-like strength could even suppress any ill intentions at any time. So, if my suspicion is correct, then our operation won't be a rescue. Instead, we'll uncover her secrets, which would be troublesome."

Dachun's heart tightened. "But is there another possibility? She has no idea that these seemingly ordinary flower pots are tributes. They were deliberately placed in her bedroom by some enemy who wanted to murder her?"

The old woman sighed, "An enemy who can obtain such tribute must be truly formidable. Let's wait for her to come back to sleep and observe her."

Dachun completely believed the old woman's speculation. However, Fafner and Remya clearly showed rebellious intentions. They didn't volunteer, so would Leah volunteer? For the sake of her imperial consort, she had to observe no matter what!

At this moment, the butler's greeting seemed to come from the door of the mansion downstairs.

It seems that Leah is back. Good thing, I was worried that she would be busy all night. But she doesn't seem to be the only one back?
The bedroom door opened, revealing Leah and Gabriel, the Tenth Lord!
Shit, Gabriel is here to beg?
"Miss Sage, please come in!"

Gabriel was surprised and said, "Wow, so this is Lady Leah's bedroom. It's so beautiful, it looks like a garden!"

Dachun was stunned. What was going on? Wasn't the game custom-made by her family's consortium? She had never been here before, so how could she not know this bedroom?

This rules out one possibility: the flower might not have been placed there by the Ten Lords when they designed it, but was arranged by the plot after the game ran automatically.

Liya closed the door and smiled faintly: "Actually, they are not beautiful, but they are some flowers and plants that calm the mind and help sleep. I like them very much. This is strictly confidential, so you can tell me what happened."

Gabriel said, "Miss Liya, I've got absolutely reliable information about Master Crow. The evil spirit's lair in Oak City is in chaos due to spatial distortion. There's a pile of century-old furniture and utensils. Among the furniture, a demonic puppet has emerged. It claims to be the King of Oak City. Master Crow sent his avatar to capture the puppet, which caused his personality to change drastically. This suggests the puppet's mind control ability has reached the level of an evil god, otherwise it wouldn't be able to influence Master Crow."

Dachun was shocked! They were talking about this! But he also laughed. So that's how the Tenth Master analyzed it?

Leah was shocked: "What about the puppet?"

Gabriel said, "Since it controlled Master Crow, it hasn't been captured by Master Crow and is most likely still in the city. And if it can control Master Crow, then controlling adventurers will be even easier. I suspect the puppet used the silk thread to control the 12th-ranked adventurer in the world. He was the first person to come into contact with the puppet. Although the adventurer tried hard to conceal the fact that he was controlled by the silk thread, we only need to monitor this adventurer from now on."

Dachun couldn't laugh anymore!
(End of this chapter)