The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 816 Yao Chi Chess
Zhao Chen had really overlooked this point before. After all, not only was he a "Taoist official", he also held a token given by Princess Liang, so the restrictions he faced in the capital were not that great. However, he forgot that other people did not have this convenience.

Especially for the wizards of Tessi, the restrictions they face will only be greater!
If that "saint" didn't have a backer, she probably wouldn't be able to exert much strength, and there's no way she would dare to take the remains of the "evil god".

"The actions of the Witch House should have been tacitly approved by His Majesty, but His Majesty is only using them and will definitely not provide them with any help. The one who really cooperates with them must be a big family in Jiuzhou, such as..." The Queen paused deliberately until Zhao Chen's scattered thoughts were focused again, then she opened her red lips and uttered a name, "Yanzhou Yu Family."

"The Yu family of Yanzhou? Could it be that... the Yu family has always known that Yu Chao was bewitched by the witch? Is he just a 'chess piece' in the cooperation between the two parties?" Zhao Chen reacted quickly and saw through the secret in an instant.

"Isn't this obvious? Otherwise, no matter how outstanding the bastard is, how could the head of the Yu family record him as his mistress?" The queen turned around and lay on the edge of the bath. She looked sideways at the young man on the other side and asked with a smile, "Do you know who that lady is?"

"I only know that his last name is 'Ming', and he should be from the royal family." Zhao Chen said the information he got from "investigating" "Yu Chao", and finally noticed the details he had overlooked before.

Now that I think about it, Yu Chao knew very little about his stepmother, which was very abnormal!

"This Madam Yu is the sister of Prince Xiang... Do you understand now?" The Queen said with a meaningful smile.

What do I understand?
Well, think about it carefully... Prince Xiang is the contender for the crown prince pushed forward by the Queen, so the Yu family is actually on the side of Prince Xiang?
But as the queen, pushing out a crown prince is just for fun and she won’t take it seriously... So, does the Yu family cooperate with the "Witch's House" to help the Prince of Xiang expose the conspiracy of the Prince of Liang, or does the Yu family also want to get something from the "Sealed Land"?
No, there may be reasons for the former, but the main goal must be the latter!
Because the Yu family most likely lent the privileged token belonging to the "Prince of Xiang" to the "Saint Girl", which allowed her to act without scruples, and gave her the confidence to obtain the remains of the "Evil God" and suppress the out-of-control "White Eyes".

That makes sense.

And the treasure that His Majesty wants to obtain is most likely what the Yu family is after!
On the surface, this matter was a conspiracy between the Witch's House and the Yu Family, who used King Liang to open the "seal" and seize and divide the treasure.

But in fact, it was the emperor who was behind the scenes and had probably already prepared to obtain the treasure from the Yu family.

He went through so much trouble and used all kinds of false and real means in order to confuse the True Lord "Yuan Tong" and make him unable to judge what the emperor's real goal was.

However, what kind of treasure is that that the Yu family would be interested in it?
After thinking about this, Zhao Chen asked his question.

Queen Zhong might have felt uncomfortable lying there, so she turned around again and leaned back against the bluestone, then she spoke: "Actually, before today, I didn't know that His Majesty was actually planning that thing. It was only when Gu Changhe sent someone to tell me that I really understood what His Majesty wanted to do.

"But that's true. If Your Majesty can't even hide the truth from me now, then there's no need to think about hiding it from Yuan Tong."

So, what on earth is that? Zhao Chen was secretly complaining, but on the surface he pretended to listen carefully.

Seeing him like this, the Queen Mother no longer kept him in suspense, but before she spoke, she first launched her own divine consciousness, completely isolating the room where the bath was located from Xuantian:
"That is a very famous chessboard treasure, which is based on the ancient Kunlun Yaochi lineage's 'Dark Night Light' great magical power and was personally refined by the Yaochi lineage's ancestor.

"Its main function is to control the 'Shengxuan' level beast 'Kaiming Beast' that guards Kunlun.

"Or rather, it is the core of mythical beasts such as the 'Enlightened Beast'... You who have obtained the true meaning of 'Taichu' should have heard of it, right?"

"The chessboard... could it be the 'Yao Chi chess'?" Zhao Chen asked in surprise. He was no longer as ignorant of the ancient times as he was when he first traveled through time. He had put a lot of effort into collecting information about Kunlun.

Combined with the knowledge he got from Chai Xun, Zhao Chen knew the nine Kunlun veins, and each vein had a treasure. Tianyong City had the "qin", Qionghua School had the "sword", and Yaochi had the "chess".

The great magical power of "Light in the Dark Night" of the "Yao Chi" lineage is said to be the source of the creation of yin and yang, and the ancestor of all magical powers related to life and soul.

The complete "Yao Chi Chess" includes a chessboard and 361 black and white chess pieces. Each chess piece corresponds to a mythical beast, fairy bird, demon beast, or spiritual fruit refined from life.

The "Ginseng Fruit" that Zhao Chen had seen in Zhen Fan's memory was one of the refined lives originating from the Yaochi, and was transplanted and cultivated by the "Flower God Sect" in this era.

Seeing the Queen nod in approval of his words, Zhao Chen couldn't help but make an association: "In other words, the 'Enlightened Beast' that once guarded the gate of Kunlun is also one of the chess pieces of 'Yaochi Chess'?
"It's because King Liang knew there was this thing in the seal that he was confident that he could control the Kaiming Beast to fight for the throne, right?

"Did that mysterious person tell him?"

The Queen admired his cleverness in learning from others' experience and said with a smile, "That's right!
“But Ming Hongyi overlooked a big problem, or a problem he was unwilling to think deeply about.

"That is, the fact that the 'Yaochi Chess' appeared in the seal itself shows that Zhu Chao, the former king of Liang, once owned this treasure.

"Even so, Zhu Chao was unable to avoid being eroded by the Kaiming Beast...

“After all, Kaiming Beast fell into evil when the era changed, and is no longer the original mountain guardian beast!

"The Yu family wanted to obtain this treasure because they entered the Dao through chess and wanted to use this treasure to complete their own skills... although their current family head is more proficient in painting.

"As for the Emperor wanting it..."

The Queen paused again and said, "We will talk about the Emperor's purpose of wanting it later. Let's talk about the issue of 'Xuan Nu' first."

Zhao Chen almost sprained his waist because of the Queen's sudden change, but he did not gain nothing. This at least proved that his previous judgment on the Emperor's plan was wrong.

Because although the "Yao Chi Chess" is a treasure in the realm of life and soul, it should not have much effect on Concubine Ning who has the "Moon Body".

After all, vampires were not created by Kunlun.

The current emperor's motive for wanting this thing is worth pondering.

Zhao Chen actually had a vague guess about a possibility, but he lacked evidence.

At this moment, the Queen Mother whispered in his ear in a soft and charming voice: "The 'Xuan Nu' created by Zhu Chao was named Xi, also known as 'Qing Ling'. She was also called 'Qing Ling Xuan Nu' in those days."

(End of this chapter)