My Fairy Growth System

Chapter 57: The Villain Is Exposed, Qing Tan Awakens

Over the next few days, the demonic beasts did not continue their attacks.

Meanwhile, Suichuan Immortal City was busy repairing the damaged formation nodes.

At the same time, a major event occurred.

The Qis were arrested as a clan.

City Lord Ouyang Wenjian personally intervened, and Qi Zhe ordered no resistance, resulting in the whole clan surrendering without a fight.

Three days later, the City Lord’s Mansion issued an announcement.

The former head of the Qis, Qi Rui, used the "Golden Cicada Shedding" scheme, falsely claiming to have passed away through ’sitting in meditation’ when in fact, he defected to the Demon Race. With this, he achieved a falsified state of ’pill transformation’ and covertly performed acts of treachery within the city.

For the two incidents of chaos caused by demons inside the city, Qi Rui bore the primary responsibility, and so a citywide manhunt for Qi Rui began that day.

As for the members of the Qis, they had been kept in the dark by Qi Rui.

However, the Cultivation World is not a place where one is held accountable for one’s own actions alone.

The Qis members were punished by having to forfeit half of their family wealth, each cultivator had to swear a Heavenly Oath never to betray the Human Race, and within one year they had to kill ten demonic beasts of the same rank; those under eighteen could have their family members do this on their behalf, and those who failed to complete the task would prepare to be sent to the mines.

Only then were they released.

Despite this, the reputation of the Qis in Suichuan Immortal City was utterly ruined, and some radicals even petitioned the City Lord’s Mansion to execute all of the Qis’ cultivators.

The members of the Qis had no choice but to remain behind closed doors.

On the fourth day, Yu Qingtan finally awoke.

During these days, she felt as if she was in a warm ocean, so comfortable it was intoxicating.

Not until this day did she feel like she had drifted ashore.

She opened her eyes and blinked.

She found herself in a strange but luxurious bed, dressed in a beige nightgown.

Sitting up, she recalled the scene before she had passed out.

"I’m not dead, that’s really~"

"If I had been killed by someone I don’t even know in such a way, I’m afraid I would be a laughingstock among other transmigrators."

"Miss Qing Tan, you’re awake!" At this moment, a crisp female voice entered her ears.

Turning her head, she saw a charming young girl enter from the outer room, noticing that she was sitting on the bed.

"Where am I? Who are you?" Yu Qingtan asked.

"This is Tianxiang Pavilion, I am the maid of the Tower Master. The Tower Master brought you back here and asked me to take care of you," she replied.

"Thank you, Tower Master, and thank you, miss. I’m fine now!" Yu Qingtan said. She had roughly assessed her physical condition and felt very good.

"They’re fine. The day before yesterday, she even took leave to visit you. But the Tower did suffer severe losses; it’s said that nearly ten percent of our personnel were lost in this beast chaos, and tens of thousands died in the city."

Upon hearing this number, Yu Qingtan gained a clearer understanding of the brutality of war.

When she heard of the misfortune that befell the Qis, Yu Qingtan couldn’t help but sigh.

She had no good feelings towards the Qis, and she loathed traitors like Qi Rui.

However, Qi Hong was an acquaintance after all, and he had been quite nice to her.

As the two were talking, there was a sound of the door being pushed open from outside.

Then the Tower Master, Gongsun Yurong, clad in a red dress, walked in.

Yu Qingtan and the young girl hurriedly got to their feet to pay their respects.

"We’ve seen the Tower Master."

"No need for such formality. How are you doing, Qing Tan?"

"Thanks to the Tower Master’s concern, Qing Tan is fine now."

"It’s good that you’re fine. We were negligent this time for not being able to keep you safe," Gongsun Yurong said as she pulled Yu Qingtan to sit down.

"It’s the enemy’s cunning that’s to blame, it’s a pity about Elder Huang..."

"Hmm, we’ve already discovered the traitor Qi Rui; it must have been him who planned this against you, and we’ll definitely drag him out."

"But Qing Tan, why didn’t you share this wonderful item with us?" Tower Master Gongsun asked as she took something from her Storage Bag.

A slightly damaged brassiere, the one Yu Qingtan was wearing when she got injured.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, Yu Qingtan said, "Tower Master, this was just something I came up with on a whim, thinking I still needed to test it to see if it’s genuinely useful."

"Useful? I’m sure it’s definitely useful, you don’t mind if I replicate a few, right?" Gongsun Yurong said. Of course, she had already replicated them and had put one on herself already.

"Of course, I don’t mind. I was actually planning to publicly release it soon."

"Here’s what I’ll do then: I’ll open a store at Tianxiang Pavilion and we’ll split the profits twenty-eighty. Don’t think it’s too little; it’s not easy for me either, there are so many people to support in the Pavilion! But what is this called?" Gongsun Yurong’s beautiful face was filled with shrewd calculation.

"It’s all up to the Tower Master to arrange. This is called a brassiere."

"Then let’s call it the Qing Tan Brassiere to promote the fact that you created it," Gongsun Yuroong said, having heard that Yu Qingtan somewhat liked fame, and thus she suggested.

A chill ran through Yu Qingtan’s heart. Determined not to become a laughing stock among those who had traveled through time, she decisively refused with righteous indignation.

"Tower Master, there’s no need for that. I invented this simply to make it easier for female cultivators, not for any vain glory!"

"Really? I think the name sounds quite nice."

"Really, it’s definitely true."

"Well, alright then."