The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 562 Breakthrough
"The 'Spirit Island' that originally corresponded to Xuancheng is naturally here as well." Ming Xueling pointed around, "It should be the special laws contained in the 'Law Domain' that temporarily merged them together."

"I see... Then I roughly understand why 'Happy Bodhisattva' does some of his things... I just don't know why he chose Xuancheng." Zhao Chen nodded thoughtfully.

While the two were talking, they had already passed the corner door and entered the "Mu Family" mansion.

The next moment, light and shadow flowed, and when Zhao Chen and Ming Xue Ling regained their perception, they found themselves in an empty universe.

Zhao Chen expanded his spiritual awareness and was about to take a closer look at the surrounding situation, but the scene around him suddenly collapsed and shattered like glass!

Zhao Chen, who was somewhat confused, just watched himself fall into a space that was half illusory and half real, and he was unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

"What just now seemed to be... your dream?" At this time, Ming Xueling, who had come back to his senses, spoke first.

However, she, who always spoke like a machine, showed a hint of uncertainty in her tone.

"Why isn't this your dream?" Zhao Chen asked back.

"I don't have a dream..." Ming Xueling answered affirmatively, and then calmly analyzed, "This dream is shattered before it is formed. Either the owner of the dream has completely controlled the dream and took the initiative to withdraw;
"Either the things you dreamed of, even if they were just superficial appearances, are beyond the reach of this dream...

"From what I know, you are not proficient in dream magic, so it is unlikely to be the first case."

At this point, she looked at Zhao Chen seriously, seemingly calm, but in fact she couldn't hide her surprise and asked, "What did you dream about?"

What did I dream about... The scene just now seemed to be in the universe, could it be... Zhao Chen thought about what Ming Xueling said and suddenly had an idea in his mind.

Although he has not been able to fully recover some memories, he still knows the general idea.

What I dreamed about were most likely those evil gods that were hovering outside this world, right? The ones I saw before entering this world? Fortunately, dreams were unbearable, otherwise they would have used my dreams to descend upon me.
Zhao Chen was secretly glad in his heart, but he didn't plan to say more to Ming Xueling.

Seeing her faint desire for knowledge, Zhao Chen had to take the initiative to change the subject: "This should be the outer restriction of the spiritual ruins corresponding to Fenglin Village...

"I didn't expect that in order to attend the Mu family wedding, I would have to pass these restrictions first."

He hadn't thought of it before, but when he calmed down, he found that the dream he had just experienced was the same as what Lin Feng and Chu Yunmo had experienced not long ago.

——He can check the memories of Lin and Chu at any time.

In addition, his cheap "father" Zhao Song also had similar memories, but they were not complete, so Zhao Chen was unable to associate them with the first thing.

"Since there are two 'Mind Islands' superimposed on each other, it is normal to need to break through the restriction..." Ming Xueling thought for a few seconds and nodded, "I guess the wedding should be before a certain layer of restriction, and the Mind Island of 'Xuancheng' should also appear there."

Seeing that she didn't ask about the dream just now, Zhao Chen smiled and said, "You and I have the same idea!
"That 'Happy Bodhisattva' probably failed to break through the final restriction, so he set his sights on Xuancheng."

"I think so..." Ming Xueling hinted, "It seems that the Bodhisattva is not in good condition."

If Joyful Bodhisattva is at the peak of his powers, how is it possible that such a being cannot break the ownerless restriction and needs help from external forces?

Zhao Chen understood the elegance of the music and naturally understood what Ming Xueling had not finished saying, but he did not say it out loud. Instead, he changed the subject again and said:
“This should be the ‘narrow space’ between the ‘restrictions’. We can rest here and get what we want—as long as it’s here.

"It was here that Zhao Song originally obtained the evil spirits needed for the 'Golden Seal to Suppress Demons' and the 'Silver Armor to Subdue Demons'. He then cultivated the prerequisite spells for the two great magical powers of 'Demon King Binding Body'."

Hearing this, Ming Xueling was silent for a few seconds and said, "Although I already have a 'soul', I am not yet a complete living being. I am afraid that the rules here cannot perceive my wishes."

This is the truth. After all, she doesn't even have a "dream". Even if she has been working hard to transform herself, there is still a gap between her and "people".

It can be said that she entered the "heart realm" as Zhao Chen's "tool".

Zhao Chen also knew this, but he still encouraged her to give it a try. However, the result was as expected, this space did not respond to her desire at all.

Ming Xueling was not disappointed about this. He just looked at Zhao Chen with envy as he put a "Xiao Yingying Sha" into his pocket.

"Xiao Ying Ying Sha" is the evil spirit needed to practice the Yin Sha spell "Yu Mo Yin Jia". It is only born under the shadow of "Xin Jie Tian Shi" and is an extremely rare material.

After receiving the "reward", Zhao Chen immediately felt the rejection of this "narrow space" towards him. He simply did not stay there and followed the pull into the second layer of the "restriction".

Soon, he came to a "hall" where "demons were dancing wildly".

The reason why we say "demons are dancing wildly" here is that there is no one in this large hall, only some weird-looking demons and monsters.

Zhao Chen and Ming Xueling had just regained consciousness when an extremely complex smell came like a tide.

The aroma of food and wine, the stench of demons, the strange smell of alien creatures, and many other smells whose sources could not be identified at all...all mixed together and formed a strange attraction that made people want to immerse themselves in it as soon as they smelled it.

Even Ming Xueling, who was usually indifferent, showed greed in his eyes after entering here. He stared at the plates placed on the long table in the hall, and his yearning was beyond words.

Seeing that something seemed to be wrong with her, Zhao Chen hurriedly grabbed her wrist and poured a strand of "Five Immortals' Spiritual Qi" into her body.

The "spiritual energy of the five immortals" is the embodiment of the "beauty of the Tao" and naturally repels external evil.

It can be said that with the "beauty of the Tao" before them, the spirits of this world will definitely not be seduced by other things.

After being stimulated by the "Spiritual Qi of the Five Immortals", Ming Xueling regained consciousness with a start, but she only felt her body was soft and weak, with almost half of her body leaning on Zhao Chen.

"What's the matter? Why did you lose your composure like this?" Zhao Chen hugged Ming Xueling, put his mouth close to her ear, and asked in a low voice.

He could actually transmit his voice, but because his posture was so good, he didn't think of it for a moment. Ming Xueling didn't care about it. She moved her lips slightly and said slowly: "Those plates are filled with food made with human emotions...

"And this dream... no, it's the extreme amplification of desires in this island of the mind, which even broke through the protection of the 'Mind Traveling' magical power on us, making me unable to control myself for a while."

Hearing this, Zhao Chen suddenly realized, "No wonder you lost your composure... You have indeed always longed for human emotions.

"Fortunately, I used the 'Five Immortals' Spiritual Qi' in time to help you get rid of the erosion of desire." He couldn't help but feel fortunate, otherwise a large fighting force on his side would have been wasted.

But after hearing this, Ming Xueling looked at him with a "sad" look that she had never shown before: I have gotten rid of my desire for human emotions, but now I long for you... I long for you to the point that my body is weak and twitching...

Zhao Chen, who didn't know that Ming Xue Ling was suffering from the "aftereffects", looked around the hall and found that the monsters and alien creatures didn't seem to notice the sudden appearance of him and his companions. He breathed a sigh of relief and carefully observed their characteristics and details.

"This is most likely someone else's dream. If we don't interfere, we will just be bystanders and they won't be able to find us." At this time, in order to divert attention, Ming Xueling forced himself to calm down and used the remaining computing power to analyze, "There are very few such rational monsters in our Great Xia... Even if there are, they dare not gather so openly and eat food made of 'emotion' and 'rationality'. That is a taboo among taboos... Once discovered, the True Lord may come in person!

“So, the image in this person’s dream must reflect the vassal states of our Great Xia in the Indochina Peninsula, or the countries along the sea route to the West.

"I heard that many of these countries are raised by demons, and mortals are like poultry, crops that can be harvested at any time."

So, compared to those countries, Daxia is a paradise? Zhao Chen didn't expect the living environment outside Daxia to be so bad, and he couldn't help but be secretly shocked.

But... "What is a demon? Why does it sound like a proper noun instead of a general term?"

Hearing his voice ringing in her ears, Ming Xueling felt her ears burning. She suppressed a certain desire and said in a slightly trembling voice:
"Demons... are indeed a unique kind of... creatures. They are no longer human, but they are not inhumane demons either. They are somewhere in between the two... If you insist, your lady Zheng Qingyan, her dragon-like body can also be considered a kind of demon, but it is obviously more advanced.

“Outside of Daxia, there are more demons because the cultivators there have a way of cultivation that is completely different from ours and Taixi’s.

“I don’t know the details, but almost all the monks there have demonic forms, or are demons themselves.

"But their method of cultivation has its limits. At most, they can cultivate to a state equivalent to divine power."

Is Qingyan also a demon? Isn't the "horror" she gives people due to her special skills, which bring a hint of "Dharma" power at the stage of supernatural power? If she is also considered a demon, then wouldn't everyone in the "Dongxuan" realm be a demon?

Is it because the sources of “Dharma-nature” are different?
No, what Ming Xueling said might not be right. After all, she was not very clear about things outside Da Xia. It would be better to go back and ask Qing Yan directly. After all, the Zheng family, as a family mainly engaged in maritime trade, knew more about overseas countries.

Just when Zhao Chen and Ming Xueling were whispering to each other, a naked demon with a pig's head and a human body, whose body was relatively clean but without any clothes, walked into the hall.

It smiled flatteringly at the demon who was the leader of the hall, a female demon with two horns on her head, heavily made up but with almost no clothes on her body, and said:

"Meet Fairy Lan... There is a human boy who wants to attend our 'Spiritual Feast'..."

Before it could finish its words, it was interrupted by a slovenly old man with ragged clothes and a completely open abdomen, with maggots crawling around.
"A human boy? Although we are all demons, some of us consider ourselves human... Just tell us the boy's origins and see if he is qualified to join the 'Spirit Eating Feast'."

"That young man was introduced by His Highness the 'Red Snake Demon Star'." The Pig-Faced Demon did not dare to neglect him and quickly explained, "But he is indeed just a human being, and he should still be practicing the authentic Xuanmen techniques of Daxia."

"A young man from the Great Xia Xuan Sect came to us? Or was he recommended by His Highness the Scarlet Snake Monster Star?" The leading female cultivator with two horns on her head immediately became interested and said with a smile, "It is rumored that His Highness the Scarlet Snake Monster Star is from the Star Society. The people he recommended probably want to buy a piece of 'rationality' from us before accepting power, right?

“This is a big customer!”

The slovenly old man nodded, agreeing with her, and said, "In that case, let's bring him in. Of all the food here, 'rationality' is the most rare. It's not easy for us to collect it, so we have to exchange it for something good."

When the dream reached this point, the surrounding scene suddenly turned dark and the demons became motionless, as if the whole dream was paused.

At the same time, a line of text appeared in front of Zhao Chen and Ming Xueling. It was a question:
“Who is the owner of this dream?

"You have three chances to get to know the dream owner through asking questions."

Do I need to answer questions to pass this level of restriction? Three chances to ask questions... Since it is a side-information, it means that I can't directly ask who the owner of the dream is.

Zhao Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and subconsciously glanced at Ming Xueling in his arms, only to find that she, who had always been calm and wise, had not recovered yet and seemed unreliable.

However, as to the answer to this question, I actually have my doubts about the candidate. After all, I don’t know many young men who are involved in the “Star Society” and want to gain power.

Yes, this question actually implies a condition, that is, Zhao Chen, the owner of the dream, is known, otherwise it is impossible to give an answer.

"Is the owner of the dream one of the guests invited to the Mu family's wedding banquet?" Zhao Chen thought for a moment and then asked.

The first is to “shrink the circle”.

"Yes!" The dream gave a positive answer.

"Does the owner of the dream have a grudge against me?" Zhao Chen confirmed again.

"Yes!"

"So, is the owner of the dream Zhen Fan?" Zhao Chen gave his answer with the third question.

There was no need to answer any more questions, as the dream continued to "run". Zhen Fan, dressed as a scholar, entered the hall under the guidance of the pig-headed demon.

The leading female demon with two horns on her head looked at the boy for a long time with the eyes of a food shopper, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "This desire for 'hatred' is really delicious!
"Are you going to trade your 'hatred' for our 'reason'?"

(End of this chapter)