The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 1025 Injury
The murals don't contain much content—Zhao Chen had never seen the actual scene of the so-called "Chi You's Secret Cave," so he could only make slight modifications based on the "Tourist Manual" issued by Yuzhou. The focus was not on the terrain and landforms, but on conveying the information that the "secret cave" hides the imperial tomb of "Emperor Hongshi."

Beside the mural, a couplet of poetry was inscribed in the ancient script:
"The ancient emperor's divine weapons await the true master, and the profound mysteries will be bestowed upon those with affinity."

This sentence is simple and straightforward, but it was written by a genuine ancient Tang Dynasty person whom Zhao Chen had previously selected from the "Star Chariot". Even if a powerful person were to deduce the writer, it would not be exposed.

Feng Qing originally entered the secret realm to find a ginseng fruit to balance the side effects of the longevity pill in her body. However, she was unexpectedly drawn to such a great secret, which immediately attracted her attention and caused her to reveal a few flaws.

Zhao Chen, who had been hiding in a secret space behind the withered ginseng fruit tree, was waiting for this moment.

He swiftly channeled the "Five Immortals' True Qi" bestowed upon him by his true form into the crystal in his hand, causing it to bloom like a flower, with a phantom female figure condensing at the "stamen."

That was a ray of light left behind by the local deity of Jing Village, "Fairy Mingguang".

"Make your move!" Zhao Chen gave the order before she could introduce herself again.

Although it's said that this thing can only be used once and will then dissipate, Zhao Chen actually has many ways to reuse it. Not to mention using the "Myriad Manifestations" supernatural power or the "Xiande Qintian Calendar" to record it, the most direct way is to sell the "Star Raft" before it dissipates and then recharge it with "Star Coins" later...

As Zhao Chen gave the order, the light and shadow suddenly came to life, and a woman in yellow, about three meters tall, with a beautiful face and noble temperament, suddenly appeared in front of "Flying Snow Fairy" Feng Qing.

This woman in yellow is both the true form of Fairy Mingguang and her "Dharma Image," because the great supernatural power of "Five Emperors Paying Homage to the True One" always reveres "I," and the "Dharma Image" formed based on it is determined by one's own mental image.

It can be a sword, a mythical beast, or a deity or demon... Just like when using the "Five Emperors Paying Homage to the True One" supernatural power, attaching it to anything can imbue that thing with the various divine effects of "the beauty of the Great Dao".

This "Fairy of Bright Light" condensed her Dharma form into her own image, clearly believing that she herself was the best vessel for "beauty".

The next moment, the woman in yellow extended her fair finger and pointed it at the "Baihui" acupoint on Feng Qing's head.

Although "Five Emperors Paying Homage to the True Ones" often displays "purification" or "bewitching" abilities, its offensive capabilities are in no way inferior.

Because it can not only display the original state of "Xuantian", but also allow enemies of lower rank to return to that original, unpolluted state, which is equivalent to wasting the cultivation of cultivators today.

What's even more terrifying is that once you're hit by it, your supernatural powers, magic, and even your physical body will "worship" it and no longer obey your commands!
Feng Qing realized she was in extreme danger as soon as the yellow-robed Dharma image appeared, but she was already locked onto by the opponent and had no chance of escaping.

The defensive spells she had set up all avoided that finger, as if unwilling to harm or desecrate the "beauty" it contained.

Seeing this, Feng Qing immediately realized that ordinary methods were useless. At this moment, the only way to survive was to fight with "position" and "accumulation of laws".

So she formed a hand seal, causing her figure to dissipate like snowflakes, and in its place appeared a phantom of a woman wearing a gray-white dress with long, sharp ears.

That was her "Snow Demon" form!
Her forceful merging of herself into the "Dharma Image" clearly showed that she was truly fighting desperately.

Snowflakes blocked the road, but I pointed forward.

The two laws clashed fiercely, and the "laws" of both sides clashed violently. One moment the woman in yellow's arms were frozen, and the next moment the ice and snow around the gray-white snow demon clashed violently, killing each other... After three or four breaths, the woman in yellow finally ran out of strength and began to be truly frozen.

But the "Snow Demon" also won a rather tragic victory, with half of its body melting away in the infighting between "Flying Snow" and "Flying Snow".

As the woman in yellow shattered and dissipated, Feng Qing also withdrew from the "Snow Demon" avatar.

She looked quite disheveled at the moment. Not only were her steps unsteady and her breathing disordered, but her face was as white as a dead person. Even her "Dharma Image" was somewhat out of control, and she was powerless to withdraw it.

This is a precursor to "losing control," and if things go wrong, it could lead to "immortality" turning into "mortal evil."

Seeing her condition, Zhao Chen did not continue his attack. Although another "Dongxuan" level secret treasure might force her to completely lose control, that would not benefit him or Ningzhou, but could instead cause great harm.

Moreover, who knows if Feng Qing has any other tricks up her sleeve? Her current state might even be a deliberate show of weakness!
The surprise attack just now could have made her mistakenly believe it was a mechanism inherent to the secret realm, but if it were done again now, she would surely figure it out.

It's a small matter if the clone dies, but it would be a huge loss if the subsequent plans failed.

Too much of a good thing can be bad! Zhao Chen silently warned himself while completely concealing his presence.

Feng Qing maintained her "weak" state for about ten breaths before calmly withdrawing her "Dharma Form," then took out a pill and swallowed it to make her complexion look less unpleasant.

She was indeed seriously injured, but mainly she "lost" some of her accumulated understanding of the laws, which would certainly reduce her combat power, but had nothing to do with "losing control".

In fact, the laws of nature are the biggest "source of pollution." Losing the accumulated pollution actually reduces the possibility of things getting out of control.

The reason Feng Qing acted the way she did just now, just as Zhao Chen suspected, was to determine whether the attack came from the secret realm itself or from someone else behind it.

"It seems to be a defensive measure of the secret realm itself? Is it a test for those who view the murals, or is it the 'calamity' that comes with obtaining such a great secret?"
"Hmm... Could that woman in yellow be Liu Ying, the girl raised by the mysterious monk in the Li family records? She's actually a disciple of the Primordial Daoist Master..."

“The ‘Five Emperors Paying Homage to the True Ones’ great supernatural power is truly terrifying. If it weren’t just a light and shadow, I wouldn’t have been able to withstand it.”

Relieved and shaken, Feng Qing carefully examined her surroundings, but due to the various arrays mixed together, she couldn't find the hidden space behind the ginseng fruit tree. She had no choice but to turn her attention back to the mural, intending to study it carefully.

But at this moment, the "Flying Snow Fairy" changed her expression, cursed inwardly, "That Guo guy came so fast," and then waved her hand to wipe away all the murals. She then revealed her "Dharma Form" again and used "Snow Falls to Earth" to make it difficult to "restore" or "rewind" this place.

After doing all this, Feng Qing took out a jade talisman and activated its power.

Just as the Guo family's "Hua Xuan Zhenren" arrived, a beam of light pierced through the secret realm, carrying Feng Qing across space and "teleporting" her to an unknown place.

(End of this chapter)