Who is still a serious fox monster these days

Chapter 402 Trading
"wishful thinking!"

The man with a gloomy face shouted coldly, and then a young man wearing a star-moon feather robe appeared beside him.

"This clone technique is quite mysterious."

The man in feathered robe showed approval, then looked at the gloomy man in black and said:
"Sir Shangguan, can you hand this clone over to me?"

"Master Sima, are you sure you can find out the true identity of this little thief?"

“All I can say is try your best.” The man in feather robe said with a smile.

"Okay, this clone is of no use to me, so I'll hand it over to Lord Sima."

As he spoke, Shangguan Fu, with a gloomy face, waved his hand and opened the cage that trapped Chen Yuan's clone.

As soon as the cage was opened, the spiritual power in the clone immediately resumed functioning.

However, before Chen Yuan could control the clone to self-destruct, the power of heaven and earth fell in an instant.

Not only was his clone crushed so hard that he could not move, but even the spiritual energy in his body could not circulate.

"Don't worry. If I can't find you with the help of your clone, I can make a deal with you." Sima Rong, who was wearing feather clothes, said with a smile.

Seeing that his clone's self-destruction was fruitless, Chen Yuan stopped struggling and asked calmly, "What deal?"

"If you can conceal your identity under my guidance, I will agree to help you seek an opportunity to meet the Patriarch who protects the country."

Shangguan Fu glanced at Sima Rong with a gloomy face, but did not say anything to stop him.

Although the two are of the same rank in terms of official positions, Sima Rong, as the head of Luanxing Pavilion, can use the power of the stars and the moon to deduce the myriad trends and is deeply favored by the emperor. His right to speak is not comparable to his.

"Is this true?"

Chen Yuan didn't expect things to take such a turn for the better, and suddenly felt that this person was quite nice.

"I never brag, but the ancestor who protects the country could have ascended to the immortal world long ago, but he stayed in this world to suppress the fortune of our Yan country."

"In terms of profound skills, secret techniques, natural treasures, and acquired spiritual treasures, I really can't think of what you have that would move the old ancestor and make him bestow the feathers upon you."

Chen Yuan was silent. It sounded like Bai He was indeed very rich.

But he had brought with him some special products from the Netherworld, including the celestial-level owl feathers and the Nine-bend Spiritual Flower. What if this White Crane just happened to need them?

Seeing Chen Yuan remained silent, Sima Rong smiled and said:
"Okay, I'm going to start the deduction. You can try your best to cover up your true form. If you can avoid it, I'll discuss the second half of the deal with you."

After saying that, he took out a celestial instrument.

There are dots of stars on it, floating in the deep darkness, as if it is the embodiment of some rules of heaven and earth.

Acquired spiritual treasure? !
Is the Yan State so powerful?
In addition to being able to set up a city defense formation that can give birth to formation spirits, can acquired spiritual treasures also be bestowed upon ministers at will?
No, this person has also returned to the void. If converted into a sect in the earthly immortal world, he can be regarded as an old ancestor. There is nothing wrong with him holding an acquired spiritual treasure...

Chen Yuan's thoughts turned rapidly, and then he saw the stars and the moon appear on the astronomical instrument.

The constellations of the twenty-eight constellations of the Great Zhoutian were projected onto his clone, and the feeling of having calculated everything in the world that Guishou Lingzun had when he was doing his best to deduce it emerged.

Outside the imperial city, Chen Yuan felt a sense of crisis rising in the dark.

If Piaomiao Wuzong Pu and Guibu had not used their full power to conceal the secrets of heaven, he suspected that he would have been found out by now.

Sima Rong looked intently at the twenty-eight constellations, and asked with a slight smile, "You are outside the city?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shangguan Fu beside him immediately spread out his spiritual sense, sweeping across the sky, ground, and underground outside the imperial city.

"Hmm...southwest."

Sima Rong continued to speak, and Shangguan Fu's consciousness immediately swept towards the direction where Chen Yuan was.

The powerful spiritual sense swept over him but failed to find any trace of him.

However, even so, Chen Yuan was frightened to the point of his scalp going numb. He sent a message to the tortoise in his mind:

"Old Turtle, don't hide your abilities now. I'm going to use the Turtle Breathing Technique passed down by Turtle Shouling Zun."

"I'm not hiding anything. That's the deduction of the acquired spiritual treasure of the way of deduction!"

Gui Bu cursed angrily, feeling that ever since he followed Chen Yuan, his life became more and more exciting.

However, Chen Yuan did not respond to him, because he had already poured all his spiritual power into Piaomiao Wuzong Pu, and he himself descended to the Sun Realm.

When his soul rushed into the sea of ​​stars, he deliberately mobilized his divine thoughts and transmitted a 'sword force' of spiritual power.

"Want to escape?"

Sima Rong raised his eyebrows slightly. With the help of Si Tianyi's power of the stars, he naturally sensed the sword force belonging to Chen Yuan at the first moment.

Looking at Chen Yuan's clone again, it has lost its agility at this moment, which is obviously a sign that his original body is no longer in this world.

At that moment he made a gesture and the twenty-eight constellations on the astronomical instrument moved, carrying his spiritual thoughts and quickly chasing after Chen Yuan's departing soul.

Shangguan Fu on the side showed surprise. He had been staring at the southwest, but did not see any unusual signs.

How could that little thief escape right under his nose?

After a few breaths, Sima Rong's consciousness returned to his body.

Shangguan Fu, sensing this, said, "Lord Sima?"

Sima Rong shook his head, with a little more interest in his eyes:
“It is really shocking that there is such a secret technique in the outside world that can allow a cultivator in the God Transformation Stage to forcibly escape under the deduction of Si Tianyi.”

Now that the destiny has changed, the starry sea is filled with the sword energy left by Chen Yuan. Every deduction will point to the starry sea first. It will be extremely difficult to deduce his whereabouts afterwards.

"No wonder he dared to break into our Yan Country. Where did this thief come from?" Shangguan Fu asked in surprise.

"I don't know. I haven't seen its true form, so it's hard to trace its roots."

Sima Rong shook his head and kept tapping on the Sitianyi, continuing to deduce without giving up.

After Chen Yuan arrived in the Sun Realm, he happened to see Lin Lingyang bathing.

However, at this moment he had no intention of watching the beauty coming out of the bath. He just concentrated on sensing the situation at his main body.

If anything went wrong, he would immediately return, use the secret technique of cutting off the tail and the Mountain God Seal to fight his way out.

Fortunately, after his soul left the Godin Realm, that mysterious feeling of being tracked disappeared.

After waiting for a full hour, when Lin Lingyang finished bathing and got up to change clothes, he quietly ended his descent and left.

Let me make it clear here that Chen Yuan is definitely not a lustful person.

He left just to see Lin Lingyang finish his shower, simply because he felt that the speed of time flowing in the two worlds was different.

If I go back directly, there is a chance that the person will deduce my whereabouts.

Now he returned quietly, his body still tightly holding the Piaomiao Wuzong Pu, continuously injecting spiritual energy into it.

The tortoise shell outside of his body was like a piece of stone, without any spiritual light flowing through it, completely concealing his aura.

"Old Turtle, how long have I been resting?"

"You call that turtle breathing? Ugh!"

The tortoise divination saw at a glance that Chen Yuan was not using the tortoise breathing technique, but it did not dwell on it and hummed:
"You used that strange secret technique for a little over a quarter of an hour."

A little over a quarter of an hour, it seems that the speed of time passing is similar to that in the earthly immortal world.

Chen Yuan made a secret judgment in his mind, and then his mind moved, and he focused his attention on the clone that was sent into the cage.

The clone's eyes regained their vitality and he saw Shangguan Fu staring at him as if he had seen a ghost.

Are you stupid? I'm back.

Chen Yuan smiled secretly in his heart, then bowed and said:
"Mr. Shangguan, could you please ask Mr. Sima to come back for a chat?"

Shangguan Fu's eyes widened and his brows furrowed as he asked, "How on earth did you do that?"

"I'm sorry I can't tell you." Chen Yuan bowed and shook his head.

Annoyance flashed across Shangguan Fu's face, and he snorted coldly:

"If you don't say anything, why should I notify Lord Sima for you?"

"In that case, I can only create another clone to make some noise."

"you!"

Shangguan Fu was extremely angry, but Chen Yuan was in front of him with his clone, so he was not afraid and looked at the furious Shangguan Fu calmly.

In the end, Shangguan Fu snorted coldly and sent a message to Sima Rong.

As the person in charge of the imperial city's defense formation, if he allowed this little thief to make a noise, it would be tantamount to slapping him in the face in front of His Majesty.

After a while, Sima Rong appeared again. He looked at Chen Yuan's clone in surprise and said:

"Your concealment technique is indeed brilliant. It can avoid my deduction. Then I can discuss the subsequent transaction with you."

"Master Sima, please speak."

"Do one thing for me. If you can do it, I will swear an oath to the heavens and ask the old ancestor who protects the country for a feather for you. How do you do that?"

"I wonder what Lord Sima wants me to do?"

"Go to the northern snow country to get something."

"What?"

"Did you agree?"

"Is it possible for me to refuse?"

Hearing this, Sima Rong chuckled and nodded, then changed his tone and said seriously:
"Take the name of the celestial sphere. This name cannot be spread out. Once it is spoken, it will arouse the feeling of this thing and cause a commotion."

"What is this armillary sphere?" Chen Yuan asked by controlling his clone.

"It is a matching spiritual treasure with the Si Tian Yi in my hand. The combination of the two is the best among the acquired spiritual treasures. It was lost in the Snow Country many years ago."

Sima Rong briefly introduced it, and Chen Yuan was not interested in the origin of the armillary sphere, and said directly:

"What I want to ask is, who has this armillary sphere now?"

"It is sealed in the Snow Country's Imperial Temple and is not in the hands of anyone. All you have to do is sneak into the Snow Country's Imperial Temple, unseal it, and inform me."

After a pause, Sima Rong continued:
"There are many spies from Yan Country in the Snow Country. They will help you enter the Snow Country without attracting anyone's attention. But when you get to the Imperial Temple, you will have to rely on yourself."

"Such a magical treasure must be very difficult to seal. I'm afraid I'm not capable of doing it."

"Don't worry. Since I've asked you to go, I'll give you something to break the seal."

After listening to this, Chen Yuan thought for a moment and said:
"A country's imperial temple will probably be protected by a large formation. If it is a large formation like yours, I'm afraid I'll be caught as soon as I enter, just like I did here."

"Don't worry, the highest formation master in the Snow Country is only level six, and they can't set up a large formation with formation spirits for a long time. As long as you don't break in on the day of ancestor worship, you won't have to worry."

"But if I break into the Imperial Temple and break the seal, I will surely draw the wrath of the Snow Country. How can I escape then?"

"That depends on you." Sima Rong smiled and continued to transmit:
"Otherwise, if you have the ability to transform yourself into a mustard seed and attach yourself to the armillary sphere, you can also take advantage of the armillary sphere to break through the air and leave together."

Chen Yuan smiled bitterly and said:
"If I had this ability, I wouldn't have caused such a big commotion when I entered your country's border."

Sima Rong smiled but said nothing. It was obvious that he would not provide, or could not provide, any other help in this matter.

Chen Yuan thought for a long time and then asked about the number of people returning to the void in the Snow Country.

After learning that there were twelve of them, he said with a slightly stiff expression:

"Can you allow me to consider this?"

"No, I'm in a hurry." Sima Rong said with a smile.

Damn it, shouldn't you behave like a superior person and graciously allow me to go back and think it over?

What are you doing here?!

Chen Yuan cursed inwardly, but he still said:

"If I fail to escape in order to break the seal, wouldn't that mean that Lord Sima would gain the benefit for nothing, while I would lose my life in vain?"

"That's right." Sima Rong nodded with a smile:

"I will not force you. Whether you agree or not is entirely up to you."

This bastard...

Chen Yuan gritted his teeth, and then an idea flashed in his mind:
"Master Sima just said that he never brags. Can you take that seriously?"

"of course."

"Then Lord Sima just said that as long as you can't figure out where I am, you will give me the opportunity to seek an audience with your country's protector."

"Since Lord Sima cannot deduce the answer now, can we fulfill this promise first?"

"all right."

Sima Rong said with a smile. He was not worried at all that Chen Yuan could come up with something that would impress the Patriarch who protects the country.

As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes slightly and his mind traveled outward, as if he was communicating with someone.

In a moment, he withdrew his mind and said:
"His Majesty has agreed that you can go to meet the Patriarch who protects the country. Come on, I will take you there now."

My goodness, this emperor of Yan country is your father? Just send a message?

Chen Yuan was shocked, but he saw a look of envy on Shangguan Fu's face next to Sima Rong.

The emperor dared to convey the message directly to His Majesty, which is truly a great favor.

Despite his thoughts, he still opened the cage and allowed Sima Rong to take Chen Yuan's clone away.

Chen Yuan only felt a flash before his eyes, and when his vision returned to normal, a white crane as big as a mountain appeared in front of him.

The spiritual pressure on his body was as powerful as an abyss and an ocean, like thousands of mountains. The avenue of fire accompanied him all around, forming pieces of orange-yellow auspicious clouds.

Arriving here, Sima Rong finally put away his playful attitude, bowed respectfully and said:

"Old Ancestor, this person came from the outside world and wants to exchange one of your life feathers."

The mountain-like white crane opened its eyes, and with just one glance, Chen Yuan felt that his clone was about to be burned out of thin air. His spiritual consciousness seemed to see an endless fire area burning.

Fortunately, the divine light of the Mountain God Seal in his soul flowed and forcibly suppressed the fire area, thus preventing his breath from leaking. Otherwise, Chen Yuan suspected that his true identity had been exposed.

Seeing that Chen Yuan did not show any embarrassment, Bai He retracted the strange look in his eyes:
"You are also a fire beast in human form, what use do you have for my feathers?"

Chen Yuan was slightly startled when his background was discovered, and said honestly:
"I want to refine the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan, but now I only have the White Crane Feather left, so I have the audacity to cross the boundary and come here to exchange it."

"How do you know my true self when you are in the outside world?"

"He is the ancestor of my sect. Before he ascended to heaven, he helped me deduce that I was in the Goding Realm."

"There are fellow Taoists who have ascended, why doesn't he come here in person?"

"At that time, my sect was coveted by other sects, and the ancestor of my sect had to endure it in order to wipe out the enemy at one go."

Chen Yuan gave a simple explanation, and Bai He nodded and said:
"Since you want to exchange it, tell me, what do you want to exchange it for?"

"I wonder if the senior would be interested in the Nine-Bend Huanling Flower or the Celestial-level Owl Feather?"

(End of this chapter)