The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 580 Fruit of Desire
The name "Hou Tu Ping Xin Niang Lang" was told to Zhao Chen by the Qing Yuan Temple priest after freezing time during the sword discussion at Locking Dragon Pond.

It is said that Niangniang Pingxin is also a big shot in "Heaven", and even developed "Yinsi", a subordinate organization of her own.

At first, Zhao Chen was unable to connect the "person in the underworld" mentioned by Chai Xun with "Niang Niang Pingxin" until the other party said that person had also joined "Heaven" in recent years, and then he reacted.

"Do you know 'Hou Tu Ping Xin Niang Niang'?" Chai Xun was even more surprised, because such knowledge was not something that a cultivator like Zhao Chen, who had just reached the ninth level of magic power, should have. However, thinking that the person in front of him was a "candidate", he felt relieved and just reminded him seriously, "Although this is just her name, it's okay to say it in the mind world, but after returning to reality, it's best not to say it out loud... If it's in the 'underworld', you can't even think about it!"

Why would I go to the "underworld" if I have nothing to do? That's a place where even a "Dongxuan" master could get lost if he's not careful... Zhao Chen muttered to himself, but on the surface he looked at Chai Xun in confusion: "You're in the Heart Realm, and you're so well-informed... You even know that 'Hou Tu Ping Xin Niang Niang' has joined 'Heaven'?"

"A friend of mine came to tell me..." Chai Xun paused here and said before Zhao Chen could ask, "Don't ask me who it was. I don't remember... I only know that a friend came."

"As a 'human' created by divine power, you have a pseudo 'Shengxuan' status, right? How could you not remember it..." Zhao Chen pinched his chin with his hand, always feeling that this "friend" of Chai Xun might be one of the black hands behind his own destiny.

After all, after so many accidents, this heart world relic seemed like a stage that had been set up long ago, waiting for me to perform this play...

Forget it, since there is no way to resist, I still have to hide my claws... With a slight sigh, Zhao Chen sorted out his mood and raised his chin to Chai Xun: "Go on."

Although he was very unhappy with Zhao Chen's attitude, Chai Xun still had to tell the story "honestly":

"You can probably guess what happened next. Mu Shixuan, one of the Mu family's supernatural powers, was secretly seduced by the 'Lian Du Bodhisattva' during a visit to the Meng family, and learned about the ruins of the Heart Realm.

"Mo Shu, the wife of Shisan Lang, the most promising man in the Meng family who achieved the Ascension, was neglected by her brother, who coveted her. He used the fact that the Mo family was from the Demon Sect to coerce her into submission.

"When Mo Shu was desperate and hopeless, he was bewitched by the Bodhisattva Liandu, causing the twenty-fourth son of the Meng family to make a mistake while guarding the 'Righteousness Hall' and send out an extremely powerful divine thought.

"Of course, the reason why Bodhisattva Lian Du was able to do this is because she was voluntarily sealed by the Meng family. The Meng family's ancestor Sheng Xuan was actually unable to completely restrict her.

“Well, the reason why Bodhisattva Liandu chose Mo Shu as the carrier is not only because she is easy to be bewitched, but also because she used secret methods to come to my dream to have contact with me.

"I pretended to be unconscious at the time and deliberately revealed a lot of information to her.

“For example, I want a ‘sweet dream’, and Mu Zirong is the most suitable carrier of my spirit.

"What surprised me the most was that before this 'wedding' began, a member of the 'Heavenly Court' really entered this dream ruins and helped Mu Zirong pass the message to 'Lü Chunyang'...

"Tsk, this is equivalent to clearing me of all suspicion. Even if there is a Taoist deduction, it can only be calculated that the 'Xuanwu Zhiming God' is behind it.

“He also tried to snatch the food of the Five Gods of Dreams, and competed with other real people for the treasure of the Chai family, but both can be seen as a means of deceiving others.

"I didn't expect that after all the bad luck I had the last few times, this time I think I'll have good luck."

What is the saying "good times come after bad times"? It's probably because I'm here, and the gears of fate have started turning! Zhao Chen thought shamelessly. He was not interested in listening to the dirty things of the Meng family, so he asked:
"I heard that this is also the ancestral land of the Chai family?"

“Fenglin Village is indeed the ancestral home of the Chai family, and most of the people with the surname Lin changed their surnames after the fall of the Great Zhou.

“But since this relic was built later, it’s naturally not that.” Chai Xun said, pointing to the silver mirror. The picture inside it immediately changed from the battle between Bodhisattva Liandu and the goddess to Mu Zanglu, the young master of the Mu family.

I saw this young man fighting with ugly but different monsters. Although he looked a little embarrassed, he seemed to enjoy it.

"The Jiuyou Imperial Palace is composed of nine palaces. Except for mine, each palace is full of dangers. If you want to obtain more treasures, you have to pay a corresponding price." After Chai Xun explained briefly, he moved his eyes away from the silver mirror and continued, "The reason why Mr. Mu's follower thought this ruins was the ancestral land of the Chai family was because of my deliberate intention.

"The purpose is to lure Mu Zanglu here."

"What did you bring him here for?" Zhao Chen asked with a frown.

"We have to put on a full show... We have to give them a real chance to get Demon Cloud's body.

"After all, the crystal coffin is made of the extremely rare spiritual ice in the mind world. The 'Shengxuan' Zhenjun who is not familiar with the 'spiritual' field cannot open it easily, unless three 'desire' fruits are collected..." Chai Xun said with a cold smile.

"The fruit of 'desire'..." Zhao Chen pondered for a moment, because he had heard this name in the previous dream restriction. A fruit of "hatred" had grown in Zhen Fan's soul.

"That is to say, it is also in Mu Zanglu's soul?" Zhao Chen thought thoughtfully.

Chai Xun nodded: "Mu Zanglu's soul is defective, and he has lost four of his seven emotions. In addition, his cultivation of the Five-Star Seven-Element Void Sutra went wrong. Due to various coincidences, his heart has become cold.

"Add to that the fruit of 'love' between 'me' and the fake 'Moyun', and it's perfect.

"Well, in fact, there is also the 'Blue and White Immortal Couple' among the candidates. They could have produced the fruit of 'Emptiness', but it was destroyed by the Bodhisattva of Compassion...

“She actually deceived Ling Zhenzi and Yuan Zhen Sanren by saying that they could go to that place to make a wish.

"Well, it's not really a lie... but even the real body has deliberately forgotten the exact location of that place, so the Qingbai Immortal Couple is doomed to be disappointed."

Actually, Su Hanshui was also a backup, right? But he suddenly saw through the "fear" in his heart, and it was impossible for him to bear the fruit of "fear"...

Zhao Chen muttered, then said, "The more you do, the bigger the flaw will be. You interfered with the memory of the descendants of the Chai family. Aren't you worried about being discovered?"

"What did he find out? Isn't the Chai family's ancestral land in Fenglin Village? He went to Fenglin Village and happened to discover the entrance to the ruins. It makes sense." Chai Xun said with a smile on his face.

That is to say, it is only you who has the status of "Shengxuan" who can do it. If it were someone else, such a crude method would be enough for the master to calculate it clearly with just a few fingers...

This Chai Xun seems smart, but in fact most of his amazing works are based on the arrangements of the original body, and those he did himself are very rough... After all, in the original story, he was not a smart person.

Fortunately, looking at the overall situation, the problem is not very big.

Well, someone must have secretly helped him perfect his plan... For example, the sudden arrival of "Xuanwu Zhiming Shenjun"...

But in this way, I also understand why the "All Stars Association" only sent Zhen Fan. Most likely, when using magical powers to divine, they learned that only Zhen Fan, who possessed the "Desire" fruit, could contact the "Devil Cloud".

The demons of the "All Stars Society" should know that the "certificate" they have always wanted to retrieve is in Mo Yun's possession.

In addition, because the ruins are located in the heart realm, the "Zhongxing Society", which has a mortal feud with the "Xinguang Temple", does not dare to send senior officials in.

They just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of Zhen Fan's contact with the Demon Cloud to determine its coordinates...

And this is exactly what Chai Xun wants to achieve.

As his thoughts turned, Zhao Chen asked again: "Where is the monk named 'Green Lion'? Why did the Three Heroes Yan 'happen' to be here?"

He now deeply realized that none of the guests attending the wedding banquet were redundant.

"The Blue Lion is just the 'ashes' that 'Lü Chunyang' pulled from history in order to disrupt the plans of Bodhisattva Liandu. He must have descended here in his divine consciousness or incarnation...

“After all, he is to ‘Empress Pingxin’ as I am to Moyun.

"She must have known about Lady Pingxin's desire for Mo Yun's body." Chai Xun paused for a moment before continuing, "As for Yan Sanxia... the reason why he came here was purely arranged by Bodhisattva Liandu... I don't know his purpose."

You guys, these antiques from thousands of years ago, have such a messed up relationship! Zhao Chen resisted the urge to complain and asked again, "Where is Lu Chunyang now?"

Upon hearing this, Chai Xun laughed and said, "Did you notice that when you were counting the guests at the wedding banquet, you subconsciously missed one person?"

"I missed someone?" Zhao Chen's heart moved, and he felt that he had indeed missed something, but no matter how he thought about it, he could not find anything...

So he diverted his attention and entered the "Great Sun Star Chariot", and immediately realized who he had forgotten!
"Meng Sicheng... I actually completely overlooked this 'Taixu Xinjian'!" Inside the palace, Zhao Chen lost his composure in front of Chai Xun for the first time.

“This is not surprising, not only you, but even Mu family Dongxuan ignored him.

"Bodhisattva Liandu did notice something just now, but unfortunately he didn't have time to think about it and was entangled by the green lion." Chai Xun pointed at the silver mirror again. The picture inside the mirror rippled like water, but no person was revealed. Only an empty hall appeared in front of Zhao Chen.

"That 'Lü Chunyang' actually has nothing to do with the Lü Zu in ancient legends. He is just using his name in vain!

"Although his name is 'Chun Yang', he is best at the doctrine of 'cause and effect'.

"Well, this move of his seems similar to the 'Blind Heart Technique' in the 'Twelve Methods of Heart Light', but it is actually on a much higher level. It can sever most of the causal connections within a certain period of time, making it as if one no longer exists in this world.

"But this magical power also has its limits. For beings with too high a status, cause and effect are not so easy to judge." As he said this, Chai Xun looked at Zhao Chen meaningfully, obviously guessing that he had an item on him that was equivalent to the status of "Sheng Xuan".

Zhao Chen didn't care. After all, this man was already his "commodity", and he wasn't worried that he would do anything bad to him.

"So... did Lu Chunyang let his divine consciousness attach to Meng Sicheng?" Zhao Chen asked after a little thought.

"No, it's not a simple possession, but a tampering with cause and effect. He temporarily occupied Meng Sicheng's body." Chai Xun seemed to be very familiar with Lu Chunyang's style of doing things. "His body has long fallen, and only his soul survives in the 'underworld'."

So that's why the compassionate Bodhisattva said that Lu Chunyang was not completely dead...

After most of the doubts were answered, Zhao Chen basically figured out Chai Xun's "suspicious" actions. Although he wanted to help the other party and had a preliminary plan, he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.

After all, the "Chai Xun" in front of him was not reliable, so Zhao Chen decided not to tell him first, so as not to make things worse.

With this thought in mind, Zhao Chen smiled and said, "Now that the actors are in place, isn't it time for you, the protagonist, to appear on stage?

"If I don't see you anymore, won't these fools get suspicious?"

Chai Xun also smiled, but shook his head and said, "After the Bodhisattva Liandu's divine consciousness and I 'married', the connection deepened, and his wisdom has declined to a level that I can't imagine...

"And if Lu Chunyang can't find me, he will think that I have noticed their 'conspiracy' and therefore have gone into hiding.

"After all, without me, the fruit of 'love', he can't open the crystal coffin of 'Moyun'."

As he spoke, he looked at Zhao Chen and said meaningfully: "You are the one who should show up!"

"Me?" Zhao Chen deliberately showed a surprised expression, then "woke up" and said, "Yes, so many people saw me entering the ruins, it would be strange if I didn't show up!

"Also, although my goal of coming to the ruins this time has been basically achieved, I am missing Zhen Fan's memory... At least I have to find out who he sold the 'Heart of Mars' to."

He thought about it and released the "Xian De Qin Tian Calendar" again - it was taken back when he broke through the ninth level just now.

As a member invited to the "wedding banquet", compared with others, the special feature of him as a descendant of Emperor Taizu of Song Dynasty is obviously not enough. Add to that this Chai Xun's natal magic weapon, and he can talk about it.

"I'll take you to the 'Kan Palace', which is relatively safe there, and you'll soon come across the entrance to the nearby Gen Palace, and the guy from the 'All Stars Society' is there... Well, don't resist in your heart, otherwise I won't be able to cast a spell on you successfully." Chai Xun pointed at the silver mirror again.

The Jiuyou Imperial Palace is a palace complex built in the pattern of a nine-square grid, and each palace is moving all the time, like a maze.

Zhao Chen nodded, tacitly allowing him to cast a spell to capture himself and put him into the image of the silver mirror.

At the moment before entering the silver mirror, he heard Chai Xun's voice that seemed to come from a very far distance:
"Most of the treasures in the palace were 'created' by the magical power of 'All Things in the World'. The lower-level ones can still be used for a few years, but the magic weapons will disappear once they leave this fake Jiuyou Imperial Palace...

“Remember not to be greedy.”

(End of this chapter)