The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 742: Fragments of the Blessed Land
The dark dungeon was filled with an eerie atmosphere, and a few dim oil lamps looked like ghost lights from a distance.

Zhao Chen followed Wang Qingling and walked slowly through an ancient door. He keenly discovered that the two of them had left their original world and entered a strange space.

It is called "strange" because the nature of the vital energy of heaven and earth here is very extreme. People who practice Yin magic power will probably get twice the result with half the effort here, but it is not very friendly to other practitioners.

"This is a fragment of a blessed land, and also the biggest secret of the 'Xuannv Temple'... The reason why the imperial concubine bought this temple and converted it into her own palace was because she accidentally discovered this secret." Wang Qingling explained with a smile.

She had never admitted that she was the emperor's concubine, and had deliberately made a distinction in her words, but she knew that there was no way Zhao Chen could not have guessed her identity, it was just that neither side was willing to bring it up.

Wang Qingling was not simply deceiving herself. After all, once she acknowledged the identity of the imperial concubine, the relationship between the two would immediately become awkward, which would not be conducive to making friends.

"Fragments of the blessed land... Is the female cultivator named 'Xuan Nu' in ancient times a 'Sheng Xuan' True Lord?" Zhao Chen asked casually while looking around.

"Shengxuan" is similar to "Dongxuan", both have two levels.

Generally speaking, a True Lord in the first realm of "Shengxuan" can enlighten the "blessed land", while a True Lord in the second realm can open up the "cave heaven".

Therefore, some people call the first realm of "Shengxuan" "Earthly Immortal" and the second realm "Heavenly Immortal"... Of course, these are not the mainstream names.

"Yes, that 'Xuan Nu' even successfully survived the catastrophe of the end of antiquity and the change of era, and was still very active until the period of war among princes before the establishment of Da Xia." Wang Qingling nodded, and responded with a smile while leading the way.

——Even if it is only a fragment of the blessed land, the area of ​​this "deep dungeon" is very impressive, even larger than the Xuannv Temple outside.

Zhao Chen felt something was wrong, and asked carefully: "Since she took the name of the legendary 'Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady', it means that her cultivation method should be similar to that of the 'Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady', focusing on 'war' and 'bedroom arts'...

"Why is there such a spooky atmosphere in this blessed land?"

The key point is that in such a negative environment, not a single ghost was born. It is even more dead than the "underworld" in the legend.

"That's because this place is not the blessed land that was enlightened by the great power of the True Lord Shengxuan, but rather the "inner heaven and earth".

"The fact that it has become like this now can only mean that the 'Xuan Nu' has indeed fallen..." Having said that, Wang Qingling turned around and glanced at Zhao Chen, as if he had guessed the doubts in his heart, and explained with a smile, "As for why no 'ghosts' have been bred... that's because this place was once occupied by a powerful ghost cultivator, and his aura has remained until now, so naturally no other 'ghosts' can be born here.

"I am lucky. If I had found this place earlier and encountered that terrifying ghost cultivator, I would probably have died."

Your Majesty, you are really lucky. You can always easily discover "wild" paradises. Do you have some special physique?
After Zhao Chen complained in his heart, he inexplicably thought of the "ghost" in the palace. He couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly and asked again: "Miss Wang, how do you know that this place was once occupied by a powerful ghost cultivator?"

"Sir, just call me Qingling." Wang Qingling first corrected the address, then pointed at his own face and said with a smile, "Sir, have you forgotten that I can 'see' some things that others cannot discover?

"The image that the aura left behind manifested was so terrifying that I certainly couldn't ignore it."

So that’s how it is. It’s the ability given to you by the “Appearance of Ziwei”... But didn’t you notice any clues when you were “looking” at the Queen?

Or maybe I guessed wrong, that Queen Zhong and this place...

No, not even my "Dongxu Eyes" can see through the Queen's disguise, and even my "Identification" ability cannot obtain any useful information. It is not possible for me to see through the Queen's disguise with the ability bestowed by the "Purple Star Appearance".

As his thoughts turned, Zhao Chen decided to wait until tomorrow night when he went to the palace to teach the piano before testing the empress. While he was thinking, the two of them had walked through a ruined garden and came to an open space similar to a martial arts arena.

There should have been restrictions around this open space, but now they have long been destroyed. There is even a clear "sense of boundaries" on one side of the space that cannot be penetrated by spiritual consciousness. It is similar to the air walls in some of Zhao Chen's previous "games"...

This has obviously reached the edge of the fragments of the blessed land.

"There aren't many things left in this blessed land. The weapons on one side of the martial arts field are the most valuable treasures." Wang Qingling stopped and pointed to a row of weapon racks next to the "air wall" and said, "These should all be the collections of that 'Xuan Nu'. Although some of the magic weapons have been damaged, most of the fine products still retain their sharpness.

“In addition, this row of weapon racks is also quite extraordinary. It is suspected to be something at the level of a magical weapon. I have not been able to break the restrictions on it so far.

“So, if you want to take the weapons up there, it either depends on fate or you have to get the approval of that weapon rack.

“But ‘fate’ only comes once, and there’s no certainty about what you’ll get.

"I only took away one magical array diagram through 'fate' before, which is the 'Xuan Nu Mi Shen Da Zhen' arranged around the 'Xuan Nu Palace' now."

In other words, this weapon rack is actually a "card drawing" mechanism? And under normal circumstances, you can't draw repeatedly?

"Then how do we get the approval of the weapon rack?" Zhao Chen asked.

Wang Qingling was obviously prepared for this question. She took out a portrait from her storage bag.

The painting depicts a woman with "a bun with nine dragons and flying phoenixes on her head, and she is wearing a gown with golden silk threads. Her long skirt is dragged down by a Lantian jade belt, and she holds up her colorful sleeves with a white jade scepter. Her face is like a lotus bud, her natural eyebrows and eyes are like clouds, her lips are like cherries, and her body is as graceful as snow." This is exactly the image that people imagine of the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady."

While throwing the painting to the shelf, Wang Qingling smiled and said, "As long as you find something related to 'Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady', you can get its approval... such as her portrait.

“But the images of Xuan Nu painted by ordinary painters can only be exchanged for some scrap copper and rotten iron. The one in my hand was painted by the Empress this afternoon.

"I've tested it for a long time, and only her paintings can produce something slightly better..."

Before she finished her words, a talisman flew out from the shelf and landed in her hand.

“This is… the Liuren Evil-Repelling Talisman?

"Today's painting turned out so well?!"

After seeing the talisman in his hand clearly, Wang Qingling couldn't help but be surprised.

Because this is a talisman at the level of supernatural power!

Seeing this, Zhao Chen quietly transferred the "vitality" given to him by Queen Zhong to his fingers, then took out paper and pen and began to paint on the spot...

(End of this chapter)