“Hurry up! Stop dawdling!” The Great Fairy barked again.
Neither dared to say a word.
They thought if there wasn’t an emergency, Eldest Sister wouldn’t only scold them but probably beat them hard.
Thinking of this made them shiver and fueled their anger at the despicable thief.
“This time, see where you run—today Eldest Sister will deal with you thoroughly!”
***
Meanwhile, in Peach Orchard Area Seven.
Chen Jing’s eyes gleamed as he gazed at the lush peach forest before him.
Within his sight, countless divine items ranging from B to D ranks appeared on Shen Yan’s detection alerts—innumerable in number.
This meant all these peaches were treasures!
Chen Jing realized, “No wonder it’s called the Peach Banquet. Heh heh, I’m going to make a fortune.”
How much money would so many peaches be worth?
Too bad this wasn’t unclaimed land.
According to Qingluo, the Seven Fairies were in charge of guarding it.
If so, he had to act quickly and couldn’t be discovered by the fairies.
‘Let’s go!’
Before picking peaches, he cautiously glanced around.
It was very quiet—no one was around.
He couldn’t help but exclaim, “Didn’t expect to be this lucky.”
“By the way, I wonder which fairy is in charge of this area? So negligent?”
Well then, he wouldn’t blame himself.
If he left via the Celestial River and these missing peaches caused infighting among the Seven Fairies…
That would be killing two birds with one stone.
He could even find another chance to sneak back and grow stronger later.
But for now…
“Peaches, here I come!”
Chen Jing quickly targeted the peaches marked by the Divine Movement tag, deftly putting them into his bag.
After picking for a while, he moved to another spot to continue but suddenly sensed something was wrong.
“Wait, why isn’t Shen Yan alerting me about this big, bright red peach over here?”
This peach was large and plump—obviously a premium peach.
‘Had Shen Yan ignored it?’ He felt like he’d lost a billion.
Suspicious, he reached out to pluck it.
But the next second, his hand passed straight through the peach.
“What?!”
His pupils constricted sharply.
“Fake?”
“Fake Peach?”
He quickly checked the peaches he had just picked—they were real.
Only this one in front of him was fake.
“But why put a fake peach here, disguised as a premium one?”
A terrifying thought flashed through his mind, and alarm bells rang in his head.
“No good, this is an illusion deliberately set up! Someone’s been here!”
His scalp tingled as realization dawned.
He immediately turned to look around, but instantly felt like falling into an ice pit.
Not a single mature peach marked by Shen Yan was anywhere in sight!
“But this… how is this possible?”
The Peach Banquet was coming soon; how could there be not even one mature peach?
And not only that, but so many fake peaches were placed as decoys…
There was only one explanation—
“The peaches here were stolen long ago!”
Before he could fully grasp this, a voice rang out.
“Eldest Sister, over there!”
At the same time, Heavenly Net descended from the sky, instantly wrapping him tightly within.
Chen Jing looked up sharply and saw three figures descending.
The speaker was a purple-robed fairy.
“Got you at last, peach thief. Let’s see where you run this time!”
Chen Jing’s vision darkened.
It wasn’t him!
He had just started stealing; someone else had beaten him to it and stolen every peach in the orchard.
Not only that, they’d framed him!
It was infuriating!
But there was no time to explain.
The leading red-robed fairy swung a Golden Sword toward him, the powerful pressure dropping instantly.
With a shout, “How bold!”
Chen Jing felt thunder explode near his ears.
He looked terrified.
This fairy’s combat power was terrifying—her shout nearly deafened him.
This pressure… had to be at least A-rank?
No way he could fight head-on.
He immediately used a Divine Skill, “[Five Elements Shift]!”
The next second, Chen Jing vanished from the spot, and the Great Fairy’s sword swung through empty air.
Surprise flashed in her eyes before her expression darkened further.
“Quite skilled—looks like you came prepared! But want to run?” The Great Fairy sneered.
Her Golden Sword transformed into thousands of golden rays sweeping the entire area indiscriminately.
“Let’s see where you can escape!”
Just as Chen Jing regained footing and saw this, his expression turned despairing—
Heaven, why must it be like this?!
“[Wind Escape Technique]!”
His figure blurred and quickly became a gust of wind, barely dodging the overwhelming golden light.
The Great Fairy hadn’t expected so many abilities but wasn’t flustered.
“Hmph, petty tricks!”
She immediately pulled out the Golden Hairpin from her hair bun.
The hairpin suddenly transformed into a roaring golden dragon charging at Chen Jing.
At the same time, a much larger Heavenly Net than the one in Su Fu’s hands appeared in her palm.
It quickly descended from the sky, trying to trap Chen Jing again.
“Phantom Clone!”
“Thunderous Might!”
The two clashed fiercely, unleashing various attacks without end.
Su Fu watched from the side, her eyes sparkling.
“My goodness, this Great Fairy is so powerful. No, it must be all the treasures she has?”
Though it looked like a back-and-forth fight, the truth was the Great Fairy was overwhelmingly crushing him, and Chen Jing was desperately running away.
“But this Test Taker’s strength isn’t bad either,” Su Fu narrowed her eyes in analysis.
“Just from the Divine Skills he’s displayed, there are at least seven or eight different ones, all very distinct, not something given by a single main god.”
The key point was that although many skills were shown, each was only lightly used, clearly without mastering their essence.
Su Fu roughly guessed, “So… this person should be from the Third Star Ring?”
He must have a powerful team supporting him, and these Divine Skills came from those teammates.
She felt a bit envious—these were extremely practical skills, perfectly coordinated for attack, defense, and escape.
“No wonder he’s the old six… really has the capital…”
Just as she was secretly admiring, Chen Jing suddenly unleashed, “[Gu Huo Demon Eye]!”
A powerful mental wave instantly struck the Great Fairy’s mind.
Su Fu saw the Great Fairy freeze momentarily.
She immediately realized: this person was trying to run!
Sure enough, in that brief moment, Chen Jing’s figure vanished rapidly from the spot.
But just before he disappeared—
“[Wan Mu Gui Xin]!”
Countless vines burst from the ground, wildly spreading toward the surrounding peach trees.
All the peaches touched by the vines, whether ripe or not, instantly fell from the branches and swiftly gathered around Chen Jing along the vines.
In almost the blink of an eye, all the nearby peach trees were completely stripped bare.
Chen Jing himself vanished without a trace.
Su Fu watched in shock, “My goodness, this harvesting divine skill—I’d crown it the best of the whole event.”
He gathered all the peaches at once, his movements swift and decisive.
So enviable, she thought, really want that skill.
But watching the scene, Su Fu silently mused, “This Old Sixth friend of ours, it seems you’re definitely taking the blame for this.”
With this divine skill revealed, the peaches from Districts Six and Seven were clearly stolen by him.
Meanwhile, she herself escaped cleanly.
Thanks, thanks again to this selfless friend.
But the Great Fairy was furious.
Once she recovered from the mental shock and saw the scene before her, her whole body trembled with rage.
“A petty thief dares to be so reckless!”
She slammed her palm down with a roar, the earth cracking violently, but Chen Jing was nowhere to be found.
Only the Celestial River water rushed underground, and the thief had escaped along the river—
He ran.
The Great Fairy burned with fury, never expecting her Peach Orchard to be destroyed like this, and that the thief would escape right under her nose.
Thinking of this, she glared at the Sixth Fairy Maiden and the Seventh Fairy Maiden, “You two useless girls! Can’t you even stop him?!”
Sixth Fairy Maiden: “……”
Su Fu:”….”
“You’re the strongest in combat here and couldn’t stop him; how could you expect us two to do it?”
But seeing the Great Fairy about to lose her mind, reason wouldn’t work.
“Eldest Sister!” Su Fu feigned urgency and rushed forward, “Did he escape underground? Then we should quickly get the Land Deity to help!”
“Get the Land Deity? You fool! He obviously came from—” The Great Fairy sneered, about to erupt, then suddenly stopped.
Wait, the Celestial River?
That thief escaped using the Celestial River……………..
Could he be one of the Celestial River Navy?!
The Great Fairy’s expression changed drastically.
No doubt, only the Celestial River Navy could have used that route into the Peach Orchard.
But how dare a mere small navy soldier act on his own………………. ‘Wait!’
Could it be that Gu Yan Feng betrayed her?
Su Fu saw the clear suspicion on the Great Fairy’s face and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Of course, she deliberately steered the topic toward the Celestial River Navy.
Since the candidate obviously escaped through the Celestial River, it would be too much of a coincidence if the Celestial River General didn’t take the blame.
No matter what, he couldn’t get away from this.
The key was, she absolutely could not let the Great Fairy and the General meet and compare notes again, or they might discover her involvement.
What to do then?
Internal strife—divide and conquer.
As long as their conflict intensified and trust broke down, she could slip away safely.
She could even use this chaos to gain more benefits.
Just then, the Great Fairy’s expression suddenly changed again.
Wait, could it be about the Nine-Thousand-Year Peach………….
Damn Gu Yan Feng, such a ruthless villain.
No, she had to immediately check on the peaches.
But just as she was about to leave, Su Fu hurriedly called out to her.
“Eldest Sister, the Peach Orchard’s been ruined like this, and the number of peaches in my and Sixth Sister’s areas isn’t enough…… What about the Peach Banquet?”
She looked anxious.
The Great Fairy was burning with worry and had no time for such trivial matters.
She waved her hand impatiently and said without hesitation, “Go pick enough peaches from my area to make up the numbers!”
After saying that, she didn’t wait for a response and turned into a golden light, rushing away.
Only the Sixth Fairy Maiden and Su Fu were left standing there, exchanging looks.
“Go to Eldest Sister’s place to pick peaches? Such luck!”
They suppressed their excitement; Eldest Sister’s area was the very best part of the entire Peach Orchard.
She guarded it extremely strictly, not even letting her sisters enter at will.
Sixth Fairy Maiden couldn’t believe her ears.
“Eldest Sister said… we could go to her area?”
Su Fu nodded firmly, “She said it herself.”
“Then let’s—hurry!”
The two swiftly flew toward the Great Fairy’s area.
Though somewhat prepared, they were still shocked by what they saw.
This was truly the orchard’s core and most fertile section.
The peach trees here were much taller than those in their responsibility, and the branches hung heavy with peaches.
Even though the Great Fairy had obviously picked some earlier, many ripe peaches still dangled on the branches.
The density was at least two to three times richer than their own areas.
Sixth Fairy Maiden coughed twice, trying to hide her excitement.
“Then… let’s start quickly?”
Su Fu nodded repeatedly, “Of course! Of course!”