The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 559 Each
Su Hanshui, the owner of Xuancheng Yuelai Inn, is in his early thirties, seven feet tall, and looks very kind at first glance, but upon closer inspection, he gives people a fierce feeling.

Zhao Chen's meeting with the "three-headed swordsman" went smoothly. Neither side made excessive demands. They only agreed to help each other when the biggest incident occurred tonight.

It is worth mentioning that when Zhao Chen went out to investigate the nature of the power that enveloped Xuancheng, the shopkeeper Su Hanshui was also trying to save himself.

But unfortunately, no matter whether he tried to send a telegram or use a spell to transmit sound over a thousand miles, he was unsuccessful.

It’s not that these methods are ineffective, but as soon as the thought of passing on the message arises, it will immediately be interfered with by the "charming" force, and ultimately nothing will come of it.

Even with the emergency codeword that he himself didn't understand, he couldn't get around it...

"The only thing that can be confirmed now is that the impending disaster in Xuancheng is definitely related to the Mu family!

"Because I asked someone to contact the Mu family before, but the result I got was a reply saying that the wedding would go on as planned and they must attend." Su Hanshui said.

Hearing this, Zhao Chen nodded slightly and didn't find it strange.

After all, he had actually guessed this a long time ago, and now it was just another piece of evidence.

"Do I have to attend?" Zhao Chen raised his lips and said, "It seems that it is impossible to avoid that wedding."

Ming Xueling also nodded silently: "The wedding is probably a very important part of this incident."

At this point, she paused, glanced at Su Hanshui, who had a serious expression on his face, and deliberately asked, "Should we take the initiative and break into the Mu family in advance?"

Although she knew very well that this would probably be extremely difficult, or even impossible, Su Hanshui's face changed slightly when he heard this, because he had originally planned to do this when he came to Ming Xueling and Zhao Chen to form an alliance, but he had forgotten it for some reason.

"Are we the only two who can have this thought now?" Zhao Chen chuckled and then shook his head. "When I went out this morning, my first stop was the Mu family. Guess what I saw?"

"What?" Not to mention Su Hanshui, even Ming Xueling, who had no expression on his face, showed a hint of curiosity.

"The Mu family mansion has completely disappeared... Not just in the literal sense, no one remembers that the Mu family had ever been there, and no one even noticed the land where the mansion was located." Zhao Chen spoke calmly, telling the truth that sounded like a horror story. "If the county annals and some maps had not changed, I would not be sure whether the Mu family really existed."

Su Hanshui was a little bit unconvinced by these creepy words, and subconsciously looked at Ming Xueling. After all, compared to Zhao Chen, a young man at this level of magical power, his magical powers were obviously more convincing.

But he was also worried because the information about the Mu family mansion was missing in his memory!
This is totally unimaginable for an innkeeper who has been running an inn in Xuancheng for many years... How could he not know the specific location of the local powerful people's homes?
Ming Xueling felt strangely familiar with Zhao Chen's words, and said hesitantly: "Such a description is like..."

"It's just like 'the fog of history', right?" Zhao Chen continued, "I have the same guess."

Ming Xueling was silent for a few seconds before he opened his lips and added, "In fact, if a real person of the second level of 'Dongxuan' cultivates the 'Dharma Domain' and uses the 'Dharma Domain' to cover an area and tamper with the laws of heaven and earth within it, a similar effect can be achieved."

The "Dharma Realm", also known as the "Divine Power Realm", is a concentrated reflection of the cultivator's own understanding and mastery of laws and authority. It is the initial result of the erosion of reality within the cultivator's inner world. It is also the prototype of the "blessed land" that can only be opened up by the True Lord "Shengxuan".

"Compared to facing a top 'Dongxuan' master, I actually prefer to deal with the 'fog of history'..." In this regard, Zhao Chen could only shrug.

In fact, the possibility of "historical fog" exists, but it is not great. After all, people have only forgotten the location of the Mu family mansion, not the Mu family's masters of magical powers, right?
It was precisely because Zhao Chen guessed that the mastermind behind the Mu family might be a master at the peak of the "Dongxuan" level that he did not think of directly solving the root of the problem... Of course, not being able to find it was also one of the reasons.

Zhao Chen and Ming Xueling used telepathy to say the last few sentences. It was not that they wanted to hide it from Su Hanshui, but they were worried about scaring the other person.

After all, this "three-headed swordsman" is not a human-shaped puppet like Ming Xueling, nor has he met many "Dongxuan" masters like Zhao Chen, and even has had intersections with "Shengxuan" masters.

……

On a stream connected to a river on the outskirts of Xuancheng, a huge bubble emerged and burst, and Zheng Qingyan, dressed in a warrior's garb, floated over.

She stepped on the water and walked up the dirt road beside the stream step by step.

After receiving the message from the main body, she put down the task at hand, relied on Daxia's "water system", and used the "Dream of the Goddess of Beauty" magical power to travel quickly, and finally arrived at the outskirts of Xuancheng before the sun set.

Zheng Qingyan actually wanted to show up directly by the river in the urban area, but although her magical power of "Dream of the Goddess of Beauty" relied on the "water system" on the surface, it actually made the bubbles move in the "heart realm", and the "heart realm" corresponding to "Xuancheng" at this time was occupied by a huge island.

There are several layers of restrictions around the "island", making it impossible to get close.

"Is that the 'relic' that Erlang mentioned? Without a 'door', it's really hard to find a way in." Zheng Qingyan counted with his fingers with a serious face, and after a while he muttered to himself silently, "And the whole Xuancheng also has a tendency to sink into the 'heart world'... No, it seems that it's not Xuancheng that's 'sinking', but that the 'heart world ruins' are gradually overlapping with the real Xuancheng!
"But at the current rate, it will probably take ten days or half a month to actually complete it... Is the purpose of that 'wedding' tonight to speed up the process?
"But what is the principle? What is the purpose?"

After thinking for a long time, Zheng Qingyan released his spiritual sense to carefully sense the Xuancheng city not far away. Finally, he sighed and said, "I can't feel the 'charming' power that Erlang mentioned outside. This arrangement is really ingenious..."

After some consideration, she decided not to enter Xuancheng for the time being, but to stay outside as "foreign aid".

"Erlang has plenty of top-grade magical powers around him, so if I go in, it won't help, and I'll get stuck in there too...

"Besides, I also need to wait for the item that will really help to break the impasse to arrive."

……

At the junction of the suburbs and the urban area of ​​southern Xuancheng, "Taixu Heart Sword" Meng Sicheng had just crossed an invisible boundary when he was suddenly startled.

He looked back at the road he had come from, but found that it was extremely difficult to go back. Even with his attainments in the field of "mind", it was difficult to cut off the "obsession" that remained here.

"So that's how it is... This is derived from a part of the restriction of my Meng family's 'Charming Heart and Bewitching Demon Formation'. The evil demon spirit that escaped from the Righteousness Hall is indeed here... I didn't expect that when she was suppressed, she also reversely comprehended the essence of my Meng family's formation.

“Although this restriction comes from my Meng family, the source of its power is unknown, so I cannot get rid of it with my current strength.

"It seems that we have to find a way to find the location of the evil demon's mind..."

Just as Meng Sicheng thought of this, a piece of letter came flying with the wind and fell right into his hands.

The style of the letter paper was old, but it had two eye-catching words written on it in extremely bright red paint - invitation.

"Invitation?" Meng Sicheng narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had guessed something. His originally serious expression suddenly fell, and he muttered to himself:

"Uncle Twenty-Four's magic weapon is not that easy to obtain...

"And uncle is lying. That evil spirit is not just a top-grade magical power!"

...The mental world shifted to the outskirts of Xuancheng’s mental island.

A middle-aged man with excellent temperament stood on the endless "sea of ​​desire" between the islands of the mind. He stared at the huge floating island that seemed to be wrapped in layers of "eggshells", as if looking for a way in.

"The first few layers of restrictions are fine, I am confident that I can break through them in a short period of time...

“But the last level is very difficult to pass except for a few qualified people.

"The Joyful Bodhisattva's divine consciousness arranged such a large formation, hoping to use trickery to deceive that layer of 'starry sky', right?

"However, what exactly is hidden in this spiritual island that makes that Bodhisattva covet it so much...

"And why did 'Three Officials Lady' insist on giving me such a task?"

This middle-aged man was none other than Meng Sicheng’s uncle, the Master Dongxuan of the aristocratic Meng family, and the “Poet and Sword Immortal” Meng Ziche.

Of course, he has another identity, that is, the "Xuanwu Zhiming God" of the "Heavenly Court" organization.

Although he was doubtful in his heart, Meng Zi Che did not dare to go back on his word because "Three Officials Goddess" had given him too much and was intimidated by the other party's powerful strength. He had to put on the "Xuanwu" mask, turned into a stream of light, and hid in the restriction outside the Mind Island.

……

In a space similar to the Worry-Free Valley, Chu Yunmo gritted his teeth and relied on a pair of crane wings that grew out of his back to quickly dodge the magical powers cast by the "senior brother" with tremendous demonic power not far away.

The pale devil's hands, the bloody sword energy, and the eerie ghost fog kept attacking her, making her gradually unable to resist and falling into despair.

Just when she showed a determined look on her face and was ready to use life-threatening means, she saw Senior Brother Lin Feng appeared behind the "big brother" at some point and threw out a coin.

The copper coin grew longer in the wind and soon trapped the "big brother" with the square hole in the middle.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Feng took out a long sword made of copper coins and beheaded the "senior brother"!
As Lin Feng finished doing all this, the scene around him quickly shattered, like glass. After a "clang" sound, the two of them had arrived in an empty hall.

Chu Yunmo quickly ran to Lin Feng, as if this was the only way to be safe.

She exhaled a breath of turbid air and asked in confusion, "Senior Brother Lin, what happened just now?"

Chu Yunmo only remembered that he followed his senior brother into a gate between reality and illusion, and then fell into the pursuit of the "senior brother".

"The first restriction is our own nightmare... Only by escaping the nightmare can we pass." Lin Feng seemed to be very familiar with this place and gave a simple explanation.

He looked at the somewhat uneasy Chu Yunmo and reminded him, "You have no experience of staying awake in a dream, so it's normal for you to be mesmerized by it.

"In fact, normally, in our dreams, we ourselves are the most powerful."

Chu Yunmo nodded thoughtfully, and then asked curiously: "What about the abnormal situation?"

Hearing this, Lin Feng was silent for a few breaths, and finally sighed: "We will see it soon."

The second level of restriction corresponds to a rather abnormal dream!

"But before that, we still have some time to rest, and after passing the first level of restrictions, we can take any treasure from here."

As he spoke, Lin Feng pointed to the empty hall and continued, "Walk around casually. If the thing you want most is here, you will find it... If it is not here, you will randomly come across something that suits your needs."

……

Also in the first level of restriction, the old man who followed Lin Feng and Chu Yunmo in was caught in a tough battle, because his nightmare was the young man in white who scared him to death.

The old man felt suffocated even standing in front of the other person, let alone taking action!

Therefore, as soon as he entered the forbidden area, he was trapped in a dead end.

Just as he knelt down and begged for mercy, but the "young master" still slowly walked towards him, a cold voice came from above his head: "Waste!"

As the voice sounded, a luxurious carriage came through the air, and the "young master" in the dream turned into ashes in an instant.

The old man then realized that he was dreaming, but before he could recover from his trance, he had already entered the carriage, and the young master was looking down at him coldly.

The old man, who was already kneeling on the ground, immediately pressed his forehead against the floor of the carriage and said, "This old slave is incompetent. Please forgive me, young master."

"You are indeed incompetent, not even as good as the two juniors in the Mana Realm!" The young man in white snorted coldly, then said bluntly, "But you have a good background. As a descendant of the Chai family, you have actually been treated well by this relic, and the subsequent restrictions also require your identity, otherwise I would have let you sink into your dream long ago."

Although these words were full of humiliation, the old man felt relieved instead. After all, he was still useful and would not be disposed of at will by the young master.

"Thank you very much for saving me, sir." The old man bowed deeply again. When he stood up, he found that a piece of letter appeared in the hand of the young man opposite him.

"Wedding Invitations?"

……

Xuancheng, North District.

After Zhao Chen and Ming Xueling signed a pact of mutual assistance with the "Three-Headed Swordsman" Su Hanshui, they visited Chen Shang, the worshiper of the County Magistrate's Mansion.

But unfortunately, this "Five Animals Old Man" was proud of his supernatural powers and the responsibility of protecting the county magistrate, so he was unwilling to join forces with Zhao Chen.

And unlike Su Hanshui, this master of supernatural powers did not receive the Mu family’s wedding invitation.

In this regard, Zhao Chen could only say goodbye with regret, and then he and Ming Xueling came to the Huanxi Baoge, which was only three streets away from the County Magistrate's Mansion.

(End of this chapter)