In a secluded valley, a man covered in blood and severely wounded lay on a grassy field. Three strange humanoid creatures flew around him, casting beams of colorful light at him.
Slowly, Zhao Fu opened his eyes. The sunlight was a bit dazzling, and Zhao Fu shielded his eyes with his blood-stained hand.
suddenly!
The three humanoid creatures beside Zhao Fu also began to call out, speaking a strange language, which is when Zhao Fu finally noticed them.
These three creatures are only the size of a palm. They look like girls with delicate features, wear clothes made of flower petals, and have a pair of transparent, leaf-shaped wings on their backs.
The three of them also had differences, namely, they each wore a different flower in their hair: one wore a rose, indicating a lively personality; one wore a lily, indicating a quiet personality; and one wore a peach blossom, indicating a shy personality.
" Flower Fairy?"
Zhao Fu saw the creatures flying around him, which looked like Flower Fairy.
At this moment, the Flower Fairy with a rose on her head released a red light at Zhao Fu, and Zhao Fu was immediately able to understand their words.
"Human! We saved you!" The Flower Fairy with a rose in her hair said with a smug smile, her small hands on her hips.
Zhao Fu, somewhat weak at this moment, smiled and said, "Thank you!"
The Flower Fairy with a rose in her hair laughed happily, "Human! You're welcome. We're pure and kind Flower Fairy!"
At this moment, the Flower Fairy with lilies on her head calmly explained, "Human! Don't listen to what she says. It's because you exude an aura that attracts us Flower Fairy that we saved you."
Ah! Bai Bai!
The Flower Fairy with the rose on her head cried out unhappily, her words immediately exposed.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Fu thought of the Flower's Embrace blessing he received at the Festival of Ten Thousand Flowers, "This effect increases my charm with women, making me more attractive to fairy-like creatures."
Zhao Fu was somewhat surprised that this blessing would come in handy now. After exchanging a few more words with the three Flower Fairy, Zhao Fu learned their names.
The Flower Fairy wearing a rose in her hair is named Mei Mei, the Flower Fairy wearing a lily in her hair is named Bai Bai, and the Flower Fairy wearing a peach blossom in her hair is named Taozi.
Because of that blessing, and because Zhao Fu had a good personality, the three Flower Fairy quickly became familiar with Zhao Fu and didn't hide anything, directly revealing their abilities.
They possess four abilities.
The first type is the attack type, where you can control plants to attack or protect yourself.
The second is a special category; the flowers in their area wither six times faster.
The third type is healing magic, possessing advanced Life -restoring spells.
The fourth category is planting, which has the ability to shorten crop growth time, now by five times.
Of the four abilities, the fourth is undoubtedly the most astonishing: shortening crop growth time by five times, which is equivalent to a 500% reduction. This effect is truly terrifying.
The last Flower Fairy's Blessing is the chance to attract Flower Fairy, which is enough to prove the rarity of Flower Fairy and their powerful abilities.
Moreover, the three of them can only shorten the time by five times now, but if they become stronger, they can shorten the time by even more.
Zhao Fu definitely wanted to bring these three rare Flower Fairy back to Great Qin, using methods somewhat like a strange old man seducing a young girl. Zhao Fu described Great Qin as a beautiful, flower-filled paradise.
Zhao Fu wasn't lying. After receiving the blessing of the Level 3 Flower Fairy, countless flowers bloomed all over the Great Qin, and even the air was filled with a faint floral fragrance.
The three innocent and naive Flower Fairy, without any hesitation, agreed to go to Great Qin with Zhao Fu. After exchanging a few more words, they learned Zhao Fu's name and preferred to Zhao Fu simply "Zhao!"
Just then, Mei Mei said she was hungry and called the other two Flower Fairy. They were about to go find some wild fruit when Zhao Fu stopped them and took out three Black Forest Fruit from the King's Ring and handed them over.
Three fist-sized Black Forest Fruit were each held by one of the three Flower Fairy. They took a bite, found the taste good, and happily began to eat. Mei Mei ate with gusto, juice splashing everywhere, while the other two were much quieter, which surprised Zhao Fu a little; the three of them were quite strong.
After watching the three of them eat Black Forest Fruit, Zhao Fu turned his gaze to himself and couldn't help but sigh.
This injury was undoubtedly the most serious one, even more so than the one he suffered in the battle against the mysterious skeleton, because there was still a cyan energy within Zhao Fu's body preventing the injury from healing.
This cyan power carries a suppressive and sealing force that is difficult to dispel, making this injury difficult to heal.
What pained Zhao Fu most was that the Great Qin's fortune was almost entirely depleted. Zhao Fu had never said that the Nation-Guarding Artifact could be used casually, because they consumed Nation-Guarding Artifact, and national fortune determined the fate of a nation, making them extremely precious.
Although the nation's fortune has been exhausted this time, the foundation has not been damaged and the fortune can be restored. However, the Nation-Guarding Artifact cannot be used for a short period of time, otherwise it will damage the foundation.
The Nation-Guarding Artifact should only be used under certain major decisions, such as a war to conquer a country or a battle to break through the system's main city. At the very least, it should be used under the premise of huge benefits, such as obtaining fragments of ancient Nation-Guarding Artifact King's Artifact.
The amount of luck consumed at the time was quite large, but after obtaining the fragment of the King's artifact, the luck increased even more significantly, indicating that this fragment of the ancient King's Artifact was very important to the Great Qin.
Although the Great Qin's fortune can be restored now, it did not gain much benefit this time. If it can conquer Heavenly Stone City this time, the consumed fortune will not only be replenished immediately, but will also increase significantly, even meeting the conditions for upgrading the Nation-Guarding Artifact.
The key issue is that Zhao Fu alone is simply unable to conquer Heavenly Stone City. Even if he only had 40,000 first-tier soldiers, he might still be able to take Heavenly Stone City. But right now, Zhao Fu's soldiers, excluding skeletons, number only 6,000, and their cultivation level is not even first-tier.
The power of the system's main city is indeed something that ordinary people cannot contend with. Zhao Fu felt some regret in his heart after this battle. Although he knew that Heavenly Stone City had suffered heavy losses, it was a lose-lose situation, and neither side gained any benefit.
At the time, Zhao Fu had anticipated that there might be danger, but he did not expect Heavenly Stone City to be so ruthless and merciless. This cruel method made Zhao Fu very angry.
At that time, he still managed to suppress his anger and chose to escape, but the repeated obstruction caused Zhao Fu to lose control of his emotions.
Since acquiring the Great Qin Legacy, Zhao Fu has discovered that his personality has been subtly and unconsciously changed in many ways, becoming more mad, violent, bloodthirsty, and ruthless.
What kind of person Zhao Fu will become in the future, whether he will become the kind of person who can cause millions to die in a fit of rage, is something even Zhao Fu himself is not entirely sure about.
Whatever kind of person Zhao Fu becomes in the future is already a predetermined fate, because once he decided to embark on this path to kingship, there was no turning back!