The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 834: Past Anecdotes

Then, the big monk paused for a moment, and began to recite a martial arts technique in a strange language that would give ordinary people a splitting headache.

Others might not understand it, or go crazy after hearing one or two sentences, but Zhao Chen, as an "investigator", not only interpreted the meaning, but also gained unexpected benefits:
"The basic magical power of the physical body...Mahā Subduing Demon Fist?

"Just by listening to him reciting the technique, I was able to extract the six souls from my body...

“What a huge cause and effect!
"If I don't help, I'm afraid there will be another 'calamity' when I achieve my magical powers.

"This monk is so cunning!"

Zhao Chen now realized that even if he did not go to the roof of the pagoda, he was still tricked by the monk.

Of course, he can also get this benefit for free, but it depends on whether he is willing to pay the price in the future.

On the other side, when the monk pronounced the last syllable, a faint smile suddenly appeared on his face, like compassion and enlightenment, as if thousands of meanings and insights were contained in it.

Then he pinched his fingers together as if picking up a flower, and all the aura in his body dissipated... He "passed away".

"What is this, 'Buddha holding a flower, Kasyapa smiling'?" Zhao Chen exhaled a breath of turbid air and complained, "It's true, in some rumors, Arhat Subduing the Dragon is the 'Venerable Kasyapa' beside the Buddha, but he shouldn't die after smiling, right? Is this the One Smile Free Powder?"

“Don’t be so ungrateful…” Zhong Ying stepped out from Zhao Chen’s shadow and said with a sidelong glance, “This monk has put all his last bit of strength into the ‘sound’ just now, which can be considered as saving you at least several months of hard work.”

Normally, even for the descendants of an aristocratic family, it would take more than a year of hard work to control the seven souls of the physical body. But since the empress's vitality had transformed Zhao Chen's body, making his physique even comparable to some martial artists who had cultivated physical supernatural powers, it became a lot easier.

"Tsk tsk, now your three souls have condensed and your seven spirits have gathered. All you need to do is practice dual cultivation with 'Su Nu' once to combine your soul and spirit and achieve a divine soul. Your speed is really enviable." After doing some "yin and yang", Zhong Ying flew straight to the top of the tower, but fell back to the ground after a few breaths.

Zhao Chen ignored the sour tone in Zhong Ying's words and asked in a deep voice, "Is this also arranged?"

Otherwise, Zhong Ying would not have shown up and gone to see the monk’s “corpse” so recklessly.

"What else?" Zhong Ying sighed. "Even if I pass this technique to the deliberately separated spiritual body of Arhat the Dragon Subduing, there will still be trouble in the future."

"The spiritual body that the monk is talking about might be Master Tianming. After all, they look very similar." Zhao Chen thought for a moment and said, "Besides, that Zen master also entered the secret realm this time, so it makes sense."

"I noticed that too...but apart from his business acumen, old man Tianming wasn't outstanding in other areas..." As the illegitimate daughter of the royal family, Zhong Ying has lived in the capital since she was a child. She is much more familiar with the old monk "Zen Master Tianming" than Zhao Chen. But she suddenly paused when she said this, frowning her beautiful eyebrows. After a long while, she said uncertainly, "Wait, the old Zen Master Tianming didn't seem to look like this. When did he change? I completely overlooked it."

"His appearance has changed? Even you have overlooked it? It seems that Zen Master Tianming has some serious problems..."

Zhao Chen was a little shocked, and couldn't help but think of the several magical powers that King Liang regarded as his right-hand men:
Mr. Lingyun is most likely the "blood son" of a certain demon master;
Yan Ruyu is the incarnation of the saint in the "Witch's House" in Taixi;

The character I play is even more important. He is the head of the Yu family whose memory was wiped by "Master Yuantong".

Now even the seemingly ordinary "Zen Master Tianming" is so weird... King Liang really has all kinds of cattle and horses around him!

I just wonder if those middle-grade magical powers have other methods...

Of course, King Liang himself is not that normal either.

Shaking his head, Zhao Chen put the matter aside. Since someone was pushing his fate, he would be able to figure out what was going on sooner or later, so there was no need to rush.

The most urgent task is to obtain the "Yao Chi Chess" in this secret realm, and other things can be put aside for the time being.

Including the relic that he "collected".

Zhong Ying obviously thought so too. After walking around the stupa and finding nothing else valuable, she went back into Zhao Chen's shadow.

"Since your idea has been verified, shouldn't we sneak into the palace now?" Seeing that Zhao Chen did not walk towards the palace after leaving the pagoda, Zhong Ying couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"The palace gate is guarded by enlightened beasts and surrounded by large formations. How can it be so easy to sneak in? We have to find another way." Zhao Chen answered with a smile, obviously having a plan in mind.

"Find another way... You know the secret passage into the palace, so you need to determine the spiritual awareness range of the monks in the palace?" Zhong Ying was also very smart and immediately understood Zhao Chen's idea from the information revealed by him.

"Do you remember the secret that eunuch Cao told me when I first entered the palace to see the queen?" Zhao Chen said meaningfully.

"I heard you say that it was a pool where a prince was forced to commit suicide thousands of years ago, a palace where a concubine was imprisoned hundreds of years ago, or the location of a tunnel where a queen had an affair..." At this point, Zhong Ying suddenly realized, "So that's it, the eunuch was not just talking casually, the current emperor wanted to tell you this!"

Zhao Chen nodded slightly and said: "The imperial city of Daxia has not been rebuilt, and the palace city of Liang State has been used.

"The secret passage is most likely the same, and it has not been filled in like in reality."

"I thought the emperor was hinting that you could have an affair with the empress." Zhong Ying stuck out her tongue. Although Zhao Chen couldn't see it, this cute gesture of hers inexplicably appeared in his mind.

"How is that possible? How could the current emperor possibly have the final say over the empress?" Zhao Chen curled his lips in disapproval. If he really wanted to have an affair with the empress, did he need the emperor's permission and hint?

According to the agreement, after he crosses the second ladder of supernatural powers, he will have to serve the queen alone for at least a few months before he can get the "Tianhe Water Palace" accessories in her hands.

"What do the other two stories imply?" Zhong Ying interrupted Zhao Chen's daydreaming and asked.

"I haven't figured out the story about the prince being forced to commit suicide, but the palace where the concubine was imprisoned is a very clear clue..." Zhao Chen smiled and said, "The imprisoned concubine always yearns for a bright future.

"The corresponding location of that palace is most likely the place where the Liang Kingdom's imperial palace stores the great magical power of 'Dark Night Light'!"

(End of this chapter)