Cipher Is in Her Element (Bonus Chapter)

Derick continued to operate his fourth clone, further confirming his theory. If it weren't inside the Ambrosial Arbor, his fourth clone woul

Derick continued to operate his fourth clone, further confirming his theory.

If it weren't inside the Ambrosial Arbor, his fourth clone wouldn't be so completely without room to move.

Can my fourth clone really do nothing?

Of course… that's impossible.

Although its limbs couldn't move, Derick could operate his fourth clone's massive jaws and begin to devour. It was just that this Ambrosial Arbor was incredibly tough. Derick gnawed with all his might, but could only manage to take small bites.

Derick felt that this was both his most comfortable and most wronged clone yet.

Comfortable because the thing it was devouring was powerful; the material of the Ambrosial Arbor was much stronger than the starting meals of his other clones, like the cat's paw of the Titan of Deceit or the husks of the Antimatter Legion. Wronged because his other clones could at least move freely from the start and even eat meat, while this new fourth clone could only be confined to gnawing on a tree trunk.

"But speaking of which, the influence of the Stellaron is also going to be added to this Ambrosial Arbor. With my clone here, will it also be affected by the Stellaron? I'm kind of looking forward to it."

With this thought full of anticipation, he began to gnaw on the tree trunk with renewed vigor. Fortunately, Derick's clones couldn't transmit their sense of taste to his main body. Otherwise, the taste of gnawing on a tree trunk would be anything but pleasant.

The tea in my hand right now is much better.

As Derick was thinking this, he suddenly saw the sign of the tea shop.

[The Sleepless Earl]

So it was this place, a very famous tea shop on the Xianzhou Luofu. Indeed, a shop that could be so famous in the vast Xianzhou would certainly not be simple.

As Derick was thinking, a burst of noise and quarreling came from the entrance.

What's going on?

Derick and the others followed the sound and looked over. They saw a man with blond hair and sunglasses looking down at the young owner of The Sleepless Earl, cursing and swearing.

"What kind of trash tea is this? I wanted it not cold, not hot, just right. But what you gave me was either hot or cold. On top of that, your tea tastes as bad as muddy water, and you still want me to pay? Aren't you just bullying an honest man?"

Seeing this person, Derick thought, Well, well, well.

It was "Lone Wolf" Skott. He hadn't expected to run into him at this time.

While Derick was still thinking, March 7th had already lost her patience. She walked up to Skott's side and grabbed his hand.

"You! Why are you bullying the young lady owner? And you say her tea is bad? It's clearly very good."

"Ouch, ouch, ouch…" With his wrist grabbed by March 7th, Skott cried out in pain. March 7th was an archer, and her grip was much stronger than an ordinary person's. With his hand squeezed, he couldn't take it.

"Are you Xianzhou people all so tyrannical?" Skott had just said this when he saw March 7th's appearance and shouted even louder, "Wait, you're not a Xianzhou native! What business is it of yours to stick your nose in their affairs?"

"Hmph, I'm just righting a wrong when I see one." March 7th saw that if she twisted any harder, Skott's wrist would break, so she let go and pushed him aside.

"Righting a wrong? Look and see who's really in the wrong here! I brought my goods all this way to the Xianzhou, and the people of the Luofu say there's something going on lately and won't let us merchants leave. Not only that, but I come here for a cup of tea, and this is what I get?"

Skott glared at March 7th.

"Do you really think people from the Interastral Peace Corporation are easy to bully? Let me tell you, I, Skott, am not to be trifled with."

Skott shouted loudly, then he pressed his communicator, and several mechs appeared behind him.

However, he didn't dare to have the mechs attack. After all, this was the territory of the Xianzhou Luofu. If they started a fight first, they wouldn't get any advantage, even if they were from the IPC.

"What? You want to fight?" Stelle was firmly on March 7th's side. She stood in front of March, baseball bat in hand, looking as if she was ready to dismantle all his mechs.

Derick and the others also stood by March 7th's side.

Seeing that these people were clearly not to be trifled with, Skott also took two timid steps back.

Just at that moment, Skott felt a figure appear behind him and lightly tap the back of his head.

Skott couldn't stop his mouth from opening, and then he felt a large mouthful of bubble tea being poured in. And in the bubble tea, there seemed to be some granular things entering his mouth.

Skott wanted to spit it out, but he was held down, and everything went down into his stomach. It wasn't until he had swallowed it all that Cipher let him go, walking over to Derick's side with a grin.

"Cough, cough, cough… what did you make me drink?" he asked Cipher, coughing.

"Bubble tea. But I added some ingredients," Cipher said to Skott.

"What did you add… Ouch, it hurts, my stomach hurts so much."

Skott started rolling on the ground.

"You… what did you do?"

"What do you think?" Cipher continued to say to Skott.

"You… you poisoned me! You… you vicious woman! Mechs, get me… get…"

"Is that so? Are you not afraid of death?"

A wicked smile appeared on Cipher's lips.

"Stop, stop, stop! All of you, stop!" Feeling Cipher's smile, Skott cried out in fear.

Skott turned in fear, wanting to leave.

"Then you'd better check carefully what exactly is causing your pain. Oh, by the way, if you can't find it and have to come to me, it won't be cheap," Cipher said to Skott's retreating back, her arms crossed.

"I… I'll report you to the Cloud Knights! I… I'll say you poisoned me!" Skott said defiantly.

"Then go ahead. When did I ever say I poisoned you? Besides, you won't be able to find any proof," Cipher said lightly.

"You… you just wait… Quick, take me to the hospital! Oh, no, on the Xianzhou it's called the Alchemy Commission!"

The mechs hurriedly took Skott and ran off, quickly disappearing from sight.

Cipher burst into happy laughter.

"Bad guys like that just need to be taught a good lesson," Cipher said proudly.

Beside her, March 7th and Stelle looked at Cipher, taking a small step back in fear.

"Are you a master of poisons?" March 7th asked Cipher in a small voice. She glanced at Cipher's yellow-painted fingernails, a look of fear on her face.

"Poisons? Of course I don't use poisons." Cipher shrugged and looked at Derick. "Derry-boy, you tell them."

"Cipher was lying," Derick explained. "She just poured bubble tea into that person's stomach. The thing Skott felt was off was just some fruit bits."

"Then his stomachache?"

Derick continued to explain, "While pouring the bubble tea, Cipher also quietly punched him in the abdomen, causing a sharp cramp. But that kind of cramp will disappear quickly. It's not a big deal."

"I get it. At least you scared him away. That's one way to teach him a lesson," March 7th said, finally understanding.

"How could it be that simple?" A sly smile appeared on Cipher's lips.

Derick knew that Skott was about to be thoroughly fleeced by Cipher.

For others, that would have been the end of it. But since Cipher had lied like this, and Skott had believed it, then…

Because there was no poison in his body, no matter how many check-ups he got, they wouldn't find any toxins. Naturally, they wouldn't be able to find any evidence to come and question Cipher.

At the same time, the sensation in his body wouldn't let Skott believe he wasn't poisoned. He would only think that the poison he had been given was very strong.

Cipher gave Derick a look.

Derry-boy, that guy is no good. I'm going to scam him good.

Derick returned a look that said, You do you.

Skott's way of doing things was pretty scummy itself. Although his lone-wolf personality was entertaining to outsiders, Derick had no psychological burden in scamming him. Just like how Skott scammed others.

Skott himself was a problem, but the platform behind him, the Interastral Peace Corporation, was very large. Through Skott, they might even be able to learn some things about the Corporation.

March 7th still didn't know this. She looked at Cipher and asked with confusion, "You're not going to let him off that easily? What else are you planning to do?"

"You'll find out later, little March," Cipher said to March 7th with familiarity.

Not getting a clear answer, March 7th's tone was a little disappointed. But her disappointed expression quickly vanished, and she led the others to a famous Xianzhou restaurant, ready to taste the delicacies of the Flagship.

While Derick and the others were enjoying the food, he felt another strange sensation from his fourth clone.

Hmm, what's happening over there?

He thought to himself, and while eating, he adjusted his vision to his fourth clone.

Hmm, still in the tree. Better continue gnawing on this Ambrosial Arbor.

As he was gnawing, he continued to hear the voices of several people outside.

"Are you the envoy of that person?"

"Yes. Are you Dan Shu, the current leader of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus on the Luofu?" a charming voice came through. Derick felt it was a bit like Tingyun's, but slightly altered.

So, this is Tingyun—oh, no, Phantylia in disguise coming to find the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus? And she didn't say she was the Lord Ravager Phantylia. She said she was Phantylia's envoy.

"That's right," another female voice replied.

Derick thought this must be the blind leader of the Disciples, Dan Shu.

"This is the Stellaron. The operation at the Ambrosial Arbor will depend on you all," Phantylia continued to say to Dan Shu.

Dan Shu's tone was a little hesitant. "But, now that Huaiyan and Feixiao of the Reignbow Arbiter's scourge have come to the Luofu, can we people really do it?"

"Do you still have room for regret now? Let alone two generals coming, even if the Marshal of the Xianzhou Alliance, Hua, came here, you could only do it."

"And, you can wait for two days first, to see if these two will stay or leave. The Xianzhou Zhuming and Yaoqing have many affairs; they can't stay here for long."

Dan Shu continued to ask, "But what if they came specifically for this matter?"

"Then we can only find a way to deal with them together. As it happens, regarding the general of the Yaoqing, Feixiao, my lord has long since thought of how to deal with her. This time, taking advantage of the chaos on the Luofu, perhaps we can test it out together," Phantylia said to Dan Shu.

"What way?" Dan Shu pressed.

"That's not for you to know," Phantylia said to her. "In short, you just act according to my lord's orders. Don't worry, we won't betray you."

"You'd better be telling the truth."

Dan Shu clearly didn't believe Phantylia's words. They each had their own ulterior motives, but things had come to this, and they had to continue their actions.

Hearing this news, Derick thought to himself.

Phantylia wants to deal with Feixiao. Is she planning to release Fenghuang now? Looking at how she arranged the Borisin's actions later, it proves she's been thinking about this for more than a day or two. Now that Feixiao has come, it's normal for her to advance this matter.

She can't possibly let Feixiao leave. She must find a way to make Feixiao and Fenghuang face each other.

As long as Feixiao is affected, the situation will instantly change from a three-on-one to a two-on-two. General Huaiyan hasn't fought in a long time. No one knows how much of his strength remains, but it has definitely diminished.

The internal strife of the Xianzhou Alliance will be revealed all at once, and the danger will increase.

Even if the situation is successfully suppressed, the entire Luofu will suffer considerable losses.

This Phantylia… she really deserves to die.

Derick thought to himself, but he couldn't do anything about it now. He could only be careful about the situation on Feixiao's side.

And at the same time, have his fourth clone absorb more good stuff.

Derick took a few more bites of the tree trunk, causing his fourth clone's body to develop again.

And at that moment, he felt that the Ambrosial Arbor his fourth clone was absorbing had changed. It seemed as if a new kind of energy had entered his fourth clone's body.

Derick had absorbed it once before. Absorbing it again now, he knew that the people of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus had placed the Stellaron on the Ambrosial Arbor, preparing to accelerate its transformation.

Good, very good. This time, I'm absorbing even more things. The thing that Phantylia and the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus have painstakingly cultivated… before they can even enjoy it, my fourth clone gets to experience it first.

Double kill!

Derick had his fourth clone gnaw on the Stellaron-powered tree trunk with even more vigor.

Derick was also enjoying his meal.

As he was eating, his phone rang.

He opened it and found it was a message from Feixiao.

"What's wrong?" Castorice asked Derick.

Feixiao knew Derick and the others didn't have phones, so she had given each of them one when they came over. Castorice and the others also had experience using communication slates, so using a phone wasn't much of a problem.

"Teacher Feixiao told me to go to the Seat of Divine Foresight after I finish eating to pay a visit to General Jing Yuan."

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