The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 1036 The Underworld Demon
"You even know about the 'Fruit of Desire'?" The little boy looked at Zhao Chen with a hint of surprise. He looked Zhao Chen up and down and clicked his tongue in amazement. "Things of that level are not something a cultivator like you who has just entered the realm of supernatural powers should be able to access... But since you know about the 'Fruit of Desire,' you might actually be able to find the 'Love Poison Flower.'"

Zhao Chen perked up and asked, "What do you mean?"

The little boy didn't hide anything and patiently explained: "Love and desire have always been two sides of the same coin, like life and death, prosperity and decline, which are two opposing yet unified states."

"Therefore, where the fruit of desire ripens, the poisonous flower of passion will inevitably bloom, and vice versa."

"You might as well go and look around where you found the 'Fruit of Desire'; you might find clues about the 'Love Poison Flower' there."

In other words, the "Love Poison Flower" might be found in the Heart Realm Ruins corresponding to Xuancheng? Zhao Chen pondered, thinking that once his strength improved further and he crossed the second ladder, he could revisit this place.

However, the area is currently controlled by several major powers and will not be open to the public in the short term. Getting in will require careful planning...

Fortunately, there shouldn't be too much danger before the Red Moon "Dongxuan" appears, and we need to find the "Forget-Me-Not" first, so there's no need to rush.

At this moment, the little boy took a handkerchief to wipe his hands, then stood up and pointed to the skeleton he had left behind, saying, "The skeleton of this native demon of Yingzhou, the Great Tengu, contains divine intent. It is a good material for refining weapons and pills, and it is quite valuable. If you need it, just take it as payment for running the errand."

Zhao Chen naturally wouldn't refuse a free gift, and without even exchanging pleasantries, he waved it away and put it into his "warehouse".

As a "trade official," there is absolutely no reason for me to lose money.

After the enormous skeleton of the "Great Tengu" completely disappeared, Zhao Chen remembered the powerful male figure the little boy had mentioned earlier and couldn't help but ask, "Don't you need my help with that powerful figure's favor?"

Upon being asked, the little boy sighed and said, "How can the kindness of a great being be repaid so easily, especially the grace of enlightening one's mind... If I simply bring him something hastily, that would not be repaying the favor, but rather making the karmic debt even greater."

At this point, he glanced at Zhao Chen, "This is also the main reason why I don't want to have any karmic ties with you. Once I get involved with you, it's too difficult to completely sever ties!"
"In some ways, you're more troublesome than those powerful beings!"

This makes me sound like some kind of "dog skin plaster"... Zhao Chen was very unhappy to hear this, but he didn't show it on his face. He just kept it in mind.

"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say. Distinguished guest, you may now leave..."

"Of course, you can also wander around my 'paradise' for a while, but don't blame me for not warning you, 'adults' aren't really welcome here." The little boy paused for a moment, then added, "As for the 'Yellow Phoenix Essence Blood' you're looking for, that thing has become one with me and has lost its function of nurturing the 'Two Netherworld Demons,' so don't even think about it anymore."

Hearing this, Zhao Chen blinked and asked curiously, "The two Netherworld Demonesses... what are they?"

"You don't know? You, a guy full of the Joyful One lineage, came to seek the essence of the Yellow Phoenix just to cultivate a female cultivator with the 'Netherworld Ghost Body' and 'Abyss Demon Body' for dual cultivation, right?" The little boy seemed even more puzzled than him and asked back.

Is this what "Yellow Phoenix Essence Blood" is supposed to do? "Netherworld Ghost Body" and "Abyss Demon Body"... I've never heard of these two constitutions before.

Just as Zhao Chen was wondering, he heard the little boy chuckle and say, "Then you are really ignorant. 'Houtu Pingxin Niangniang' is a 'Netherworld Ghost Body,' which is why she can enter the underworld."

"And the 'Abyss Demon Body'... You wouldn't be unfamiliar with the renowned 'True Lord Demon Cloud,' would you? Although she later forged her own path and broke free from the shackles of her constitution, the 'Abyss Demon Body' was also a crucial asset that enabled her to fuse the three paths of Bone Demon, Blood Demon, and Yin Demon, ultimately achieving the status of a Heavenly Demon!" The Goddess Houtu possesses the "Netherworld Ghost Body," while Ancestor Demon Cloud possesses the "Abyss Demon Body"? Is this also a pair of complementary and mutually reinforcing constitutions, similar to the "Nine Netherworld Divine Body" and the "Nine Heavens Immortal Body"?
No wonder the Goddess Houtu so longed for the remains of the Demon Cloud Ancestor...

However, how could a celestial being trapped in this "narrow space" know so much? Furthermore, besides the essence blood of the Yellow Phoenix, what else can the essence blood of other phoenixes create?
Zhao Chen deliberately thought this way, intending to continue flirting with the little boy and say a few more words.

But the little boy just chuckled and turned around to walk back into the main hall, closing the door before Zhao Chen could catch up.

"How rude... They said they were inviting guests to a banquet, but they didn't leave any food for the guests, and they didn't even announce their names..." Zhao Chen muttered to himself, and then put away the metal rack used for skewering meat.

This thing can penetrate the body of a "Dongxuan" level demon, so it is obviously not an ordinary item.

Next, he wandered around the palace and found that the "young boys and girls," or rather, the "demons of knowledge," indeed ignored him and were completely unresponsive to him, lacking the enthusiasm of the little girl Xiaoyin at the beginning. He had no choice but to leave the place in a huff and transform back into "yin wind" to enter the area that was comparable to the underworld.

Only after his figure had completely disappeared did the little boy return to the main courtyard, sigh deeply, and think to himself:

“‘The Chosen One’ is a being with even greater karma than ‘candidates’… but it may also be the only chance to survive ‘calamity’.”

"Well, for now, it's enough for Xiaoyin to have some interaction with him. Whether we try to get closer to him or cut ties, we'll be able to take the initiative..."

"Moreover, helping the reincarnation of that Fairy Mingguang is not only repaying karma, but also indirectly forming a good connection."

Thinking this, the little boy did some calculations with his fingers, but came up with a prophecy that puzzled him:

"The jade of Kunshan shatters, the phoenix cries; the hibiscus weeps dew, the fragrant orchid smiles."

What does this mean?
……

As for Zhao Chen, after leaving that palace, he explored other areas of the "Narrow Space" and discovered that it was inhabited by many demons and ghosts from the ancient Yingzhou legends that had long since disappeared from Xuantian.

There are all sorts of things like "lantern ghosts," "heavenly evil ghosts," "parasitic souls," and "red-tongued monsters," but most of them are below the level of magic power, and those equivalent to the Gang Sha realm are extremely rare.

Not to mention the "Great Tengu," a demon that is almost comparable to the "Dongxuan" level... In any case, Zhao Chen didn't encounter a second one.

It is said that in ancient Yingzhou, there was a legend of encountering demons during the "time of demons," which may have been because it was connected to this so-called "gap between life and death," causing the demons and ghosts here to escape.

He wandered around for nearly two hours before finally encountering a "Bone Demoness" with a power equivalent to a high-grade divine ability. After a fierce battle, he killed her and obtained a white bone sword.

Seeing that he couldn't get any more opportunities, Zhao Chen guessed that the little boy was behind it, but there was nothing he could do. He could only take out the "Key of Dawn" and open the "Dark Domain Passage" to locate the princess.

(End of this chapter)