The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 659 Knife and Sword
Five stars, room sun, heart moon...

"Fangri" and "Xinyue" both belong to the seven eastern stars, so do the "five stars" refer to "Kangjin", "Jiaomu", "Jishui", "Huowei" and "Ditu"? But why are they not listed separately like "Fangri" and "Xinyue"?
There is too little information to analyze the cause, but as Sister Hongxia said, it is none of my business...

The problems of the Sima family are becoming more and more weird.

As his thoughts raced, Zhao Chen chatted with Zhou San for a while, and only let him go after he told him all about the king's abnormal behavior in recent months.

At this time, Zhou San still felt a little unsatisfied and even wanted to sleep with the new Yuequan Internal Guard Commander...

Zhao Chen knew why. Although the other party's cultivation was still shallow, he was also "contaminated" by the source of tampering during the process of practicing "The Great Sun Burning Sky Palm", so he instinctively longed for the purification of the "Spiritual Qi of the Five Immortals".

Unfortunately, Zhao Chen had no intention of sleeping with a man.

What's more, there is not a single good person among the internal guards of Riquan Kingdom, and they will be liquidated sooner or later.

After sending away the reluctant Zhou San, Zhao Chen, who was temporarily staying in the side courtyard of the Inner Guard Yamen, saw that it was getting late and the sun was about to set. He felt that he would not be summoned by Sima Jingrui today, so he began to meditate. By comprehending the fragments of the laws that constituted the template of his own "natal spell", he continued to strengthen his soul and spirit, looking for where they were.

But he had only practiced for more than an hour when Chen Chu, a bearded man who had entered the palace earlier, came to inform him:
"Commander Hu, the king wants to see you."

in such a hurry?
Although Zhao Chen was a little surprised by this, he felt that it was exactly what he wanted, so he quickly ended his training and followed Chen Chu out of the Inner Guard Office in the dark and arrived at the gate of the palace.

However, the palace gate was closed at this time, and there was a faint light flickering on it, which showed that the formation protecting the palace had been activated.

Seeing this, Zhao Chen couldn't help but look at Chen Chu... After all, it didn't look like they were going to let him in.

The bearded deputy commander took out a fiery red token shaped like a golden crow spreading its wings and handed it to Zhao Chen, saying, "This is the Golden Crow Token bestowed by the king. With it, you can pass directly through the palace gate.

"Also, after you pass through the 'gate', don't wander around. Just go directly into the nearest palace."

After getting the fiery red token, Zhao Chen did a little "investigation" and figured out its function. He also roughly judged the strength of the palace's protective formation:

"Similar to my 'Shangming Jiuyao Moyi Great Array', when suppressed by 'magic weapons', it is higher than the general 'divine power' array, but it cannot reach the true 'Dongxuan' level.

"It is indeed vulnerable in front of a real person, but it is quite tricky for cultivators below the 'Dongxuan' level."

As for the so-called "Golden Crow Order", it is nothing more than an identity certificate that is granted "temporary authority", with which one can travel around the formation.

Of course, the one in his hand should have a fixed "landing point".

After giving the agreed "balance" to Chen Chu, Zhao Chen secretly made various preparations, then holding the "Golden Crow Order" in his hand, he "walked" into the vermilion gate and disappeared from the sight of the bearded man Chen Chu.

Chen Chu opened the storage bag in his hand and checked it. Then he showed a sarcastic smile and thought to himself, "The king is eager for cultivators who practice the "True Explanation of the Moonlight Demon Slaying Technique". With the commander of the inner guards of Yuequan Kingdom as the 'main meal', the pressure on the brothers will be relieved for a few days..."

However, before he could finish his thought, the bearded deputy commander's expression suddenly changed, because his "spiritual consciousness" suddenly discovered that there was a "person" standing behind him.

Just when Chen Chu wanted to draw his sword and shout, he found that his perspective was getting lower and lower, as if he was falling from a high altitude... until he saw his feet and the sword that fell beside him.

"It turns out that my head has been chopped off... When..." Before falling into darkness, Chen Chu's mind was still full of questions, but he would never get the answer. At this time, another figure quickly jumped over, casting a spell to collect Chen Chu's residual soul, and blamed the "person" who appeared behind Chen Chu before: "Xiaodao, why did you kill him directly? Didn't I ask you to keep him alive?"

The "person" named "Xiaodao" responded coldly: "A year ago, it was this evil thief who kidnapped my sister in the street and gave her to Sima Jingrui!"

"Then you should have waited for me to ask for the method to enter the palace before killing him! This Chen Chu has not cultivated the 'spirit'. Once he dies, the two souls of heaven and earth will disappear immediately. If there is only the human soul, I don't know how much information will be left..." The figure who was collecting the remaining souls beat his chest and stamped his feet, with a look of gritting his teeth.

"Don't waste your energy. He's just a deputy commander and he doesn't know much..." The man named "Xiaodao" shook his head and said, "But the master told me before that we have a chance to attack the palace tonight... We just need to wait patiently."

The other person tried hard for a long time but really didn't get any useful information. Finally, he said unhappily, "Do you really trust that so-called 'expert'?"

“Xiaodao” shook his head again and said, “Sister Hanying, you don’t understand… I am now called ‘Xiaodao’ because I was originally the ‘dao’ prepared to kill Sima Jingrui.

“Even if it is abandoned, it will still complete this mission.”

The woman called "Hanying" blinked, totally confused as to what her awkward brother, whom she had just met, was talking about.

……

In the Xingquan Kingdom, since the palace formation was broken by the real person "Dongxuan", even the guardian magic weapon "Five Star Wheel" was damaged because the "Starlight Treasure Spring" was plundered, Sima Jinglan, as the king, was completely unable to resist the attack of the many cultivators in the cave.

In particular, there was an extremely terrifying evil spirit among the "rioting" monks. He could only barely deal with the other side by relying on the "Five-Star Wheel". Not to mention helping his subordinates to repel the enemy, even saving his life was difficult.

Although Sima Jinglan is not a waste like Sima Jingrui who indulges in pleasure as soon as he becomes the king, he is not a very outstanding person either. If the king's duty to guard the precious spring had not been written into the "Spring God Oath", he would have escaped by now.

"The other six countries in the cave are all peaceful, but only here have four rulers died for various reasons in the past two hundred years. I was only greedy for the benefits of this job, so why didn't I conduct a serious investigation?

"This 'Xingquan Country' is really weird, is it because of bad feng shui?!

"Fortunately, the palace has been completely breached, and the contract that binds me should be invalid!"

With this thought in mind, Sima Jinglan sprayed a mouthful of blood directly onto the "Five-Star Wheel", stimulating nearly 10% of the power of this "magic weapon" and finally forcing the evil spirit back.

Then, he threw out a life-saving talisman without hesitation, and was about to use it to travel through space and return to the Sima family's main residence in "Yuquan Kingdom".

But at this moment, a magical sword flew out from somewhere and pierced Sima Jinglan's heart at an extremely fast speed.

Sima Jinglan's smile froze on his face. He stared at the sword on his chest and said in disbelief: "You...you are still alive?"

"No, I died a long time ago... Now I am the sword that kills you!" Accompanied by a cold female voice, Sima Jinglan slowly fell in a pool of blood.

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(End of this chapter)