The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 936 Hot Spring
"You mean, the backup plan you hid before is inside the crater behind the port?"

Seeing Danfei nod silently, Zhao Chen couldn't help but rub his forehead, and after a while, he said weakly:

"Do you know that volcano is a forbidden area for the Xiongshan Wang family?"

The Xiongshan Wang family is considered one of the top noble families in Yingzhou. Not only does the family have five "Dongxuan" True Persons, but they also enshrine a supreme divine weapon!
Although the "Book of the God of Fire's Annihilation" that it inherited was only obtained from a certain indigenous family in ancient Yingzhou, it has been continuously improved over thousands of years. Tracing its origins, it can now directly point to the "Ascension to Profound" realm.

In particular, more than a thousand years ago, the Xiongshan Wang family produced a genius, who painstakingly created the Wang family's first second-grade divine power, "Izanagi," which far surpassed the original foundational divine power "Kagutsuchi" in the "Book of the God of Fire's Destruction."

Unfortunately, this master did not complete the creation of the other second-grade divine power he envisioned, "Izanami," before passing away, which is truly regrettable.

Since that master passed away, the Xiongshan Wang family seemed to have exhausted its fortune. For more than a thousand years afterward, not only was no one able to take up the research, but they couldn't even understand the master's way of thinking.

Therefore, no "Ascension to the Mysterious Realm" has been born to this day.

Even so, sneaking into the "forbidden area" of such a top-tier noble family was not something that the two of them, who were only minor cultivators at the Gang Sha realm on the surface, could accomplish.

Zhao Chen briefly explained the Wang family's situation to Dan Fei, and then asked, "What is your 'backup plan'? Is it well hidden? Will the Wang family find it?"

Danfei listened attentively. After thinking for a moment, she didn't answer Zhao Chen's question directly, but instead smiled and said:
"Even if the True Man of the Xiongshan Royal Family created 'Izanami,' he would not be able to break the shackles of 'Ascension'... because 'Izanami' and 'Izanagi' have already perished, at most some imprints remain, but it is very difficult for them to return."

"That is to say, the so-called fire god 'Jiaju Tu Ming' still exists, otherwise the Wang family could not have produced so many 'Dongxuan' True Persons."

She spoke with great certainty, as if she knew the Wang family's techniques very well, even though she knew nothing about this prestigious family that was born after her "fall".

Zhao Chen was initially puzzled, but quickly figured out the "key point" and exclaimed in surprise, "You killed 'Izanami' and 'Izanagi'?"

Danfei nodded slightly, seemingly very satisfied with Zhao Chen's reaction, and raised her chin, saying, "They all fell into the 'evil spirits' after the destruction of the ancient times, and I am also acting on behalf of Heaven."

"Furthermore, in order to seal their bodies, I also created their child, 'Fire Kagutsuchi,' into a volcano and created a blessed land inside the volcano."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment, then realized: "So, your so-called backup plan is the corpses of those two ancient Yingzhou deities?"

So, it's highly likely that the Xiongshan Wang family's legacy consisted of some scraps you sealed away?
“Their corpses are only part of it; there are other things inside…” Danfei replied simply before turning to say, “The Wang family’s lineage mostly comes from the Kagura family, who worshipped the fire god and earth spirit here back then. However, since they haven’t produced a ‘Rising Profound’ True Lord yet, they probably haven’t been able to break the seal I left behind.”

"Otherwise, even if no one could comprehend the 'Ascension to Profound Realm' after obtaining the corpses of those two, at least one mythical wizard would emerge..."

"Moreover, that so-called genius of the Wang family a thousand years ago probably accidentally entered the restriction I set up, saw the corpses of those two, and finally managed to escape by chance... Otherwise, it would be unlikely that he could trace back to those two just by relying on the 'Book of the God of Fire's Annihilation'."

I see... That explanation makes much more sense!

Even the fact that the Wang family's true master managed to escape "by chance" might have been an arrangement made by some powerful beings who wanted to see the condition of the two earth deities.

As expected... the gifts of fate always come with a hidden price tag!
Zhao Chen sighed and quickly racked his brains, trying to figure out how to enter the Wang family's forbidden volcano. Before he could come up with anything, Danfei smiled and shook her head, saying, "Don't waste your time thinking, I have a way in."

"If you have a solution, just say so. Is it fun to tease me?" Zhao Chen thought to himself, but outwardly asked, "What solution?"

"It's very simple... That volcano itself was created by 'Fire-Kagotoku', and the blessed land inside was also created by me back then, so naturally it has a secret entrance and exit..."

"Just follow me."

As Danfei spoke, she took Zhao Chen's arm and pointed her fair finger at another mountain near Xiongshan Port.

"Should I follow your lead, or should you follow mine?" Zhao Chen thought to himself as he unceremoniously wrapped his arms around the Empress's slender waist. Then, he summoned the ancestral magic weapon of the main family, the "Spring Equinox Sword," which transformed into a beam of sword light and soared into the sky.

For short-distance flights, "riding a sword" is still more efficient.

Speaking of which, although this unnamed mountain peak is not a forbidden area of ​​the Wang family, it is still an important property of the Wang family. On a "platform" halfway up the mountain, there is the largest hot spring hotel in the vicinity.

The "secret entrance" that Danfee was referring to is right here.

After retrieving his flying sword, Zhao Chen didn't bother with any stealth or infiltration. Since the other party was openly operating, he simply brought the Empress into the hotel openly and booked a room. Two maids led him to the most luxurious room, which had an open-air bath.

"What do we need to do now?" Zhao Chen asked after looking around.

The privacy here is quite good, and the inn's own protective formation is also quite advanced; I just don't know if there's a backdoor.

But it doesn't matter if we leave it behind, since Zhao Chen had already set up an array to prevent spying shortly after he came in.

"Take off your clothes first," Danfei said, turning her head to the other side.

"What?" Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment, but his actions were quick, and he had already done as the Empress instructed.

"The hot springs here are actually connected to the blessed land inside the volcano. As long as you enter the 'hot spring water', you can 'swim' into the blessed land with the help of the 'spring god'."

“But apart from items placed within one’s own inner world and divine abilities, nothing else can enter.” Danfei explained, while secretly glancing at Zhao Chen before quickly withdrawing her divine sense, though her face showed a hint of unease.

Upon reaching the "Ascension to Profound" level, the inner world and supernatural powers are no longer distinct, or rather, the latter is merely one of the external manifestations of the former.

"I see..." Zhao Chen nodded in understanding, quickly took off his clothes, and transferred the important items to his "collection space".

Just as he had finished preparing everything, he suddenly discovered that the Empress had also removed her magical artifacts and robes and stored them away in her "inner world"...

(End of this chapter)