Who is still a serious fox monster these days

Chapter 603 Trading
"If we don't stop during the day and rush at night, how long will it take?"

On the outskirts of Beimingyuan Sea, Guiche frowned, and a hint of impatience flashed in his eyes.

She looked up at the sky. The bright sun was hanging high in the sky, and its blazing golden light was shining down, casting a layer of light gold on her pale face.

The clouds in the sky are floating, some like cotton wool, some like scales, but none of them looks unusual.

She narrowed her eyes, her fingertips unconsciously stroking the bone flute hidden in her sleeve, but in the end she failed to detect any clues.

"After being imprisoned for several epochs, how can you not pay off the karma you owe?"

She murmured softly, and when she lowered her head, a strand of gray hair fell over her shoulder, making her look even gloomier.

Black fog rolled under her feet. She walked forward, her figure gradually swallowed by the chaos at the edge of the deep sea.

And in the depths of the abyss, in an ancient palace floating in the black water, Guishou sat cross-legged in the center of a mysterious formation.

The array pattern glowed with a faint blue light, reflecting his calm face.

He raised his eyes and stared at the scene of the ghost carriage leaving the formation. After it completely disappeared, he slowly took out a sandalwood incense table and lit three sticks of incense with curling green smoke.

"Teacher, the ghost car has left the abyss."

He held incense in both hands and bowed respectfully.

The incense smoke sank instead of rising, and the wisps of smoke meandered downward like a living thing.

The moment it touched the ground, a Xuanwu totem suddenly appeared on the blue brick - a turtle and a snake entwined with eerie scales.

The totem gradually solidified, and the bricks and stones turned into surging black water, emitting a faint cold light.

Guishou looked solemn as he allowed the black water to flow over his ankles and knees until his entire body sank into it. Only a few bubbles floated to the surface of the water before returning to calm.

Above the nine heavens, a golden palace is hidden in the flowing clouds.

The bead curtain fell, and the shark pearls on it hit each other lightly in the breeze, making a clear sound.

A figure leaned against a soft couch, holding a shiny pill in his slender fingers, and threw it carelessly into the white marble pool in the center of the hall.

"Boom!"

The pill fell into the water, ripples appeared, and suddenly black mist rose from the bottom of the pool, transforming into a deep and dark abyss.

A black tortoise floated out from the pond and swallowed the pill that was still floating in the water. Then it swam slowly to the edge of the pond, lowered its head and lay still, as if it was saying something, but also as if it was saying nothing.

Behind the pearl curtain, the corners of the Emperor's lips slightly raised.

He said nothing, but casually scattered the remaining pills in his palm.

"Puff! Puff!"

Pills fell into the pool like rain, smashing the Black Tortoise to the bottom of the water, and the originally quiet surface of the pool suddenly boiled.

Countless fairy carps jumped out from the lotus leaves, their golden scales and red tails shattered the reflected clouds, and water splashed everywhere as they fought for the food, just like a pot of boiling soup.

Just at this moment, the bronze wind chimes hanging on the eaves began to move without wind.

"jingle···"

As the clear sound spread, the golden lotuses in the pond blossomed one after another. As the lotus petals stretched out, they completely covered the undercurrent of black water and basalt beneath the pond.

A fairy came gracefully, holding a glass cup in her hand and wearing shoes embroidered with cloud patterns.

She lowered her brows and eyes, bowed, and added moon dew to the Emperor's cup, and said softly:

"The Queen asked me to ask, the peaches that ripen once every nine thousand years are about to fall, has the Emperor of Heaven appointed anyone he needs?"

The Emperor of Heaven leaned on the soft couch, tapping the jade table beside the couch with his fingertips. As the pearl curtain swayed, one could vaguely see stars flowing in his half-closed eyes.

"The opportunity of the Turtle Saint who cut off his legs to support the sky has come." His voice was low, like the lingering sound of a bell: "Prepare a copy."

"Xiaoxian has made note of it."

The fairy girl responded softly and waited for a moment. Seeing that the Emperor of Heaven said nothing more, she quietly raised her eyes.

But behind the pearl curtain, the man had closed his eyes and was pretending to be asleep.

Not daring to stay any longer, she took three steps back holding the Moon Dew in her hands before turning around and leaving. Her embroidered shoes stepped over the gold bricks without leaving any sound.

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The exhaustion from nearly 100 million reincarnations eroded Chen Yuan's true spirit like a tide. When the companion spirit awakened him, his right hand was tightly grasping the crazy knife.

At this moment, the magic patterns on the blade were wriggling like a living thing, reflecting his bloodshot eyes.

"Your original spirit is in disarray, and the signs of your soul splitting are already obvious. Take it easy."

The voice of the accompanying spirit was unusually solemn, with strands of spiritual power wrapped around its fingers, trying to calm Chen Yuan's restless soul.

However, Chen Yuan, with red eyes, did not respond. He just stared at him, his cracked lips trembling slightly.

After a long while, he finally squeezed out a sentence from the depths of his throat: "Is this the real world?"

"Yes." The companion spirit sighed softly:
"In order to resolve the crisis of Emperor Donghua's possession of your body, you reincarnated several times in the Heavenly Demon Palace, and your immortal soul has been disturbed."

After a pause, he added:
"I am your companion spirit. You asked me to stay here to wake you up and prevent you from getting lost in reincarnation."

Chen Yuan remained silent, his knuckles turning white from exerting too much force.

Suddenly, he let out a long breath as if all his strength had been drained away, and the breath he exhaled was mixed with a few afterimages of the annihilation of reincarnation:
“It turns out that we haven’t reached that stage yet.”

He muttered to himself, his voice hoarse.

As he slowly sat down cross-legged, his movements were as stiff as a puppet.

The divine power of incense gathered from the void, forming a pale golden cocoon of light around him, cleansing and nourishing his soul.

At this time, the tower spirit of the Nine Nether Tower appeared, looking at Chen Yuan in the light cocoon with doubt and said:
“What’s wrong with him?”

"Perhaps he encountered something bad in his reincarnation, and he showed signs of madness when he came out just now."

As he spoke, his eyes swept over the Crazy Demon Knife that Chen Yuan still held tightly in his hand, and he saw that the devil patterns wriggling on the blade were slowly calming down.

"Such a powerful situation is not so easy to break."

Jiuyou Tower sighed helplessly: "He can't live without madness. Maybe he can only find a way out if he really goes crazy."

Companion spirit: "What do you mean?"

"Nothing, just something that came to my mind." Ta Ling's voice suddenly became vague:

"He is just a small demon. If he were a great sage, he might be able to seek help, but demons are as light as a feather in this fairy world."

As if disturbed by the conversation between the two, Chen Yuan in the light cocoon opened his eyes and looked towards the Jiuyou Tower with narrowed eyes:
"Are you trying to get me to join the Way of Madness and serve under the Emperor of Great Freedom?"

"This is indeed a way. When you were overcoming the heavenly tribulation, the Great Free Emperor came to take you in personally, but you still broke the situation. He should have cherished your talent and not confused your mind."

After a pause, Talling's voice became a little more inexplicable:

"If you surrender to the Great Free Heaven, your inner world and the way to become a god can be further improved. After all, there is no way to become a god in the Great Free Heaven."

"But if you surrender to the Heavenly Court, your path to becoming a god will be dependent on others, and you will have to wait for the deification that may come at an unknown time, and you will also have to be watched by Donghua."

"If you break some of the rules, you might get used as an excuse to make trouble."

"You're anxious." Chen Yuan suddenly interrupted Ta Ling's words.

The voice of the Nine Nether Tower suddenly stopped. After a moment, it said quietly, "You have been reincarnated so many times but still haven't found a way out. Moreover, you are showing signs of falling into madness. I am really worried that you will really go crazy in the future."

Chen Yuan gently stroked the hilt of the Crazy Demon Knife, and the magic patterns on the blade flickered with his movements:

"You are more worried that if I surrender to the Heavenly Court, the way of God will be restricted, and you will no longer have the possibility of promotion."

"You see things clearly." Jiuyou Tower said calmly:
"Since you are so clear-headed and calm, I will say no more."

After that, the pocket-sized Nine Nether Tower dissipated, and the companion spirit frowned and said, "It also has ulterior motives."

"It can't be said that I have any ulterior motives. I'm just unwilling to miss the rare opportunities for advancement after entering the Heavenly Court." Chen Yuan said lightly.

The companion spirit was speechless, and after a moment he changed the subject and said:
"What happened to you in your reincarnation? Why do you have any signs of going crazy?"

When talking about reincarnation, a hint of cruelty flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes, and he pursed his lips and said:
"I have explored Qifeng Mountain countless times in reincarnation. In my last reincarnation, I swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao, and with the recognition of all the Heavenly Demons in Qifeng Mountain, I was protected by the obsession of Taiyi Demon King."

"I thought that with the protection of Taiyi Demon Emperor's obsession and my relatives hiding in my inner world, I could rest assured as long as I didn't leave the mountain before breaking through to the Great Sage."

"I never thought that Donghua would escape into the sun that should have died long ago, but still has the power to connect all the worlds."

"Even my own inner world could not escape, it turned into a fiery hell, and all my relatives and friends were burned to ashes."

"At a time of mixed grief and anger, his state of mind matched the obsession of the Taiyi Demon Emperor, and he took the opportunity to enter his body. Although he became a great sage, his obsession also affected his mind, causing him to hate the heavens, the earth, and everything."

"Since then, I have been seeking help from saints, fighting Donghua with all means, and resisting the erosion of the Demon King's obsession, until I was awakened by you."

Upon hearing this, the companion spirit said with a look of realization:
"It turns out that he was influenced by the obsession of the Taiyi Demon King..."

After a pause, he seemed to think of something and asked again:

"Now that you have escaped from the cycle of reincarnation, are you still affected by that remnant soul?"

"With the warmth and nourishment of the divine power of incense, there will be no problem." Chen Yuan shook his head and said nothing more, feeling a little depressed.

After exploring nearly 100 million times, the only way to survive he found was eroded by the residual soul of another powerful being, and all his relatives were killed. This predicament was truly hopeless.

As if guessing what he was thinking, the companion spirit spoke:
"Since this path doesn't lead to a good outcome, why not try to tap into the world and divine ways within yourself?"

Chen Yuan glanced at him, was silent for a moment, nodded slightly and said:
"The road to Qifeng Mountain is blocked, so the only way left is to go to the Heavenly Palace. Once you enter the Heavenly Palace, you will have the opportunity to ascend to the divine way."

After a pause, he asked again: "How long has it been since I began to enter the cycle of reincarnation?"

"Thirty-four years."

"Thirty-four, sixty-six years left..." Chen Yuan nodded, then closed his eyes and concentrated on regulating his breathing.

After a long time, he woke up from his meditation.

Seeing this, the companion spirit wanted to say something, but Chen Yuan had already disappeared from the spot. He breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"Finally, I am no longer in a hurry to enter reincarnation."

He was worried that if Chen Yuan continued to dwell on this issue, the next time he was awakened, his soul would be completely split, which would be even more troublesome.

Chen Yuan entered the world of mountain gods and gathered his female relatives to live a peaceful life.

Although he did not mention his predicament, the female relatives could see that he was in a bad situation, otherwise he would have taken them out to see the fairyland long ago.

However, since Chen Yuan didn't mention it, they didn't ask any more questions.

After half a month of tenderness, Chen Yuan gave some instructions to his daughter who had grown into a beautiful young lady, patted Li Xiangyuan's soft hands, and disappeared into a stream of light.

"Why did Dad leave so soon?"

Chen Xinyi murmured with some dissatisfaction. After all, she had hardly gotten along with Chen Yuan in the more than 30 years of her growth.

Li Xiangyuan walked to her side and said with a slightly vague look:
"Now that you have entered the path of cultivation, how can you still act like a little girl? You still have a long way to go."

"Yes, yes, mother, just side with father."

Chen Xinyi stuck out her tongue in annoyance, but seeing that Li Xiangyuan looked a little worried, she couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, just practice well."

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In the Heavenly Demon Palace, Chen Yuan's figure emerged. After instructing his companion spirit to keep a close eye on him, he entered the cycle of reincarnation again.

In this reincarnation, he did not go to Qifeng Mountain again, but took out the token that Tu Qiang used to recruit him when he first entered the fairyland.

After activating the token, Tu Qiang moved in front of him.

Upon learning that he had the idea of ​​joining the Heavenly Palace and that Chen Yuan took the initiative to reveal his Shinto aura, he was overjoyed and took him back to the Heavenly Palace.

Unlike the previous times when he entered the Heavenly Palace through the Beast Taming Sect, with the help of Tu Qiang, he quickly gained a foothold among the Heavenly Soldiers.

He even followed Taoist Wuxian's words and wantonly revealed how his inner world had swallowed up the Heavenly Demon Palace and the Nine Nether Tower, and how he had incorporated a large world into his own inner world to form the Divine Court.

And because he himself had connected the three realms of the divine way, after entering the heavenly court, he was recognized by the immortal world and the divine way cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, and the road to being enthroned was smooth sailing.

In less than ten years, his immortal rank was higher than Tu Qiang.

In less than fifty years, he was able to be conferred the title of Star God and entered the Lingxiao Palace to receive the title.

It was during this hearing that he met his old enemy, Wu Qu Xing Jun, and also his biggest shadow now, Emperor Dong Hua.

Both of them recognized his aura the moment they saw him.

However, neither of them had an attack on the spot. After all, the Jade Emperor was in power and no one dared to cause trouble.

After Chen Yuan's enthronement was completed, he himself had become a star god and no longer needed to be afraid of Wu Qu Star God.

The only person he cared about was Emperor Donghua.

The mighty man leaned against the golden dragon pillar, his slender fingers caressing the jade ruyi absentmindedly.

The pair of eyes that seemed to be able to see through the underworld looked at Chen Yuan with a half-smile, as if he was admiring an interesting toy. He did not look at all worried or afraid that Chen Yuan might reach a high position in heaven.

As the music from the Nine Heavens gradually faded away, the conferring ceremony came to an end.

Chen Yuan walked on the flowing auspicious clouds and returned to the newly bestowed Star God Hall. The rewards given this time were neatly laid out on the rosewood table in the hall.

There was a seven-turn golden elixir in a glass bottle, a silver-white immortal sword emitting cold light in the sword case, and several jade slips containing martial arts techniques tied with gold thread.

Chen Yuan waved his sleeves and put all these objects into the inner world, leaving only the gilded and jade-inlaid Heavenly Dao Immortal Order.

The immortal order felt slightly hot in his palm, and the inscriptions of the Way of Heaven flowing on its surface echoed the star map on the top of the temple.

Without hesitation, he immediately activated the power of the gods to refine it, and suddenly a dazzling golden light burst out from the immortal order.

In an instant, the space and time of the entire Star God Temple seemed to freeze. The green smoke rising from the incense burner on the table stagnated in mid-air, and even the footsteps of the heavenly soldiers patrolling outside the temple came to an abrupt halt.

"Zhenwu came to me to discuss a deal to help you break free from Donghua's shackles."

The Jade Emperor's voice was like the nine-day divine thunder exploding in the immortal soul, shaking Chen Yuan's heart and mind violently.

For a moment, he wondered if he was too impatient to get rid of Emperor Donghua, which led to the birth of a new inner demon.

But he immediately denied this idea. The companion spirit was still watching him outside the cycle of reincarnation. If he showed any signs of developing a demon in his heart, it would definitely be awakened.

Therefore, the voice we hear nowadays is not the inner demon, but the divine thoughts transmitted by the Jade Emperor through the divine power of heaven!

At that moment, he did not bother to think about why the Jade Emperor could transmit his divine thoughts to the reincarnation, and directly bowed to the void and asked:

"May I ask the Jade Emperor, what is the deal?!"

(End of this chapter)