The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!-Chapter 773: It Killed Fairy Qinghe

Li Muyang had absolutely no understanding of the story of the Princess of Pingyao.

This made him very passive.

And this time, even without the need for the old man in the clay jar to speak, the driver Ding Liang had already recounted most of the story of the Princess of Pingyao.

"...The Princess of Pingyao was the last hope of the Great Zhou royal family."

Ding Liang told Li Muyang all the street rumors and legends he had heard.

The unique environment of the Ancient Resentment Well made the carriage drivers extremely important figures. As a driver who had traveled across the land for many years, Ding Liang was well-informed and had an abundance of legendary stories at his fingertips.

After listening to his account, Li Muyang finally had a rough understanding of the history of the Princess of Pingyao.

Before the downfall of Great Zhou, the Princess of Pingyao was a truly special existence among the imperial offspring. She suffered from loss of soul disease since childhood. This strange illness was a severe sickness in the Mortal World, but it was somewhat different in the Ancient Resentment Well.

According to legend, Fairy Qinghe had loss of soul disease, and furthermore, those suffering from the disease possess special perceptions within the Ancient Resentment Well, allowing them to sense many things invisible to others.

Even when night falls, those with loss of soul disease wandering in the darkness do not attract evil beings.

All these special and abnormal abilities led the people of the Ancient Resentment Well to regard loss of soul disease as a special gift.

The Princess of Pingyao, during her lifetime, leveraged this special talent, along with her own cunning, and with the emperor’s support, she established her own fiefdom, intervened in court politics, and brought a fleeting revival to the already-doomed Great Zhou dynasty.

At that time, a prophetic rumor even circulated among the people that the Princess of Pingyao would rebuild Great Zhou and bring a rebirth to this decaying country.

Added to this was the personal charisma of the Princess of Pingyao, and the fact that her reforms did indeed bring a brief period of prosperity to Great Zhou.

This princess indeed became the hope in many people’s eyes.

Unfortunately, those with loss of soul disease eventually faced an inevitable dead end.

Ultimately, this princess who bore the hopes of countless people went mad one night and ran off, disappearing into the dark wilderness.

And from then on, she completely vanished, leaving no trace to be found.

With the disappearance of this future empress, the court of Great Zhou immediately fell into disarray.

The aging emperor was heartbroken, and passed away half a year after the disappearance of his highly esteemed daughter.

Subsequently, after thirteen years of political turmoil and battles for the throne, the princes and grandsons of Great Zhou dynasty fought each other in turn, leading to the complete collapse of the already decadent dynasty.

Three regents divided the land amongst themselves amidst the chaos, establishing three separate states.

And the once-mighty Great Zhou now had only its lonely capital standing on the wasteland.

But the citizens within the city, and even the people on the lands of the former great nation, were all eagerly anticipating and hoping for the return of the Princess of Pingyao to rescue them once more.

After hearing the story recounted by Ding Liang, Li Muyang raised his eyebrows and looked at the puppet beside him.

"So this Princess of Pingyao was actually such a formidable woman?"

It doesn’t seem apparent...

Although her power continually climbed and her image and aura grew increasingly intimidating, if you just look at her face, this Princess of the Defunct Country appears to be a gentle and demure girl. frёewebnoѵēl.com

However, a Soulless going mad and running off into the wilderness to disappear... honestly, this kind of thing is normal for others, but it’s definitely not right in the case of the Princess of Pingyao.

Considering how highly the Great Zhou dynasty valued the Princess of Pingyao, even if she had gone mad and rushed into the wilderness, how far could she have run in one night? As vast as the Great Zhou territory was, if they truly looked with all their effort, could they really not find a wandering Soulless?

The jar in Li Muyang’s hands let out a heh heh laugh, "Jie Zijiu, could it be that this Princess of Pingyao was abducted by your Nightwalker clan?"

"To move at night and abduct a Soulless, perfectly erasing traces and quietly taking her away... Looking all over the world, only your Soulless clan is capable of this."

The old man issued an accusation.

Li Muyang rolled his eyes and said, "Nonsense! My encounter with the Princess of Pingyao was purely accidental!"

But in fact, he also had his doubts.

The Soulless Princess Pingyao, an entity of such significance, lingered in the cave behind the small mountain village where he resided, until Jie Zijiu awoke her power and subdued her... All of this seems to have been prearranged.

As Li Muyang pondered, suddenly a voice arose from outside.

The monks entered respectfully, carefully reporting that Buddha wished to meet with Master Jie Zijiu.

Thus, Li Muyang, donning the guise of a clay pot, the driver Ding Liang, and the dazed and confused Princess Pingyao, returned to the palace they had previously visited.

Upon the shrine, the majestic Radiant Buddha still sat, only now the Sword Cultivators of the Mysterious Sword Sect were nowhere to be seen.

Seeing Li Muyang and others arrive, the Radiant Buddha smiled and said, "Apologies for keeping Master Jie waiting."

Li Muyang narrowed his eyes and gazed at the Radiant Buddha before him, saying, "Buddha need only speak forthrightly, why summon us to the imperial palace? Could it possibly be that you intend to restore Great Zhou and bring back Princess Pingyao, to crown her as an emperor?"

Bringing Princess Pingyao to the forefront, Li Muyang said, "However, unfortunately, as a Soulless, Princess Pingyao has long lost her self-awareness, and now she is nothing but a wandering Puppet, hovering between life and death."

"She is not a corpse, yet her heart has ceased beating, and her blood flows no more."

"Even if I were willing to abandon this Puppet, she could not be crowned as an emperor, let alone rebuild Great Zhou."

Li Muyang, not wanting to waste words with this Buddha, made his stance clear—he wanted to kick off the BOSS battle.

He truly cared little for the shifts in the situation within the Ancient Resentment Well.

If possible, he would rather skip all plot dialogue and enter the battle phase where he fights the BOSS and levels up.

This would greatly reduce the time required to clear the game.

However, as Li Muyang finished speaking, the Radiant Buddha seated upon the shrine gave a hearty laugh.

Shaking his head, the Radiant Buddha said, "The master remains as straightforward and magnanimous as always, unchanged from a thousand years ago."

The Buddha’s laughter echoed within the palace, leaving the driver Ding Liang dumbfounded.

"Ah? A thousand years?" Ding Liang looked at the youth Puppet Master before him as if he’d seen a ghost.

Even the old man inside the clay pot was stunned.

"Ah? You know the Radiant Buddha?!"

Li Muyang also furrowed his brows, staring at the Buddha, and said, "Have I met the Buddha before?"

Shaking his head with a smile, the Radiant Buddha said, "We have not met, but in the past, I debated the affairs of the Mortal World with Fairy Qinghe. Later, I heard that the master was abducted by the Dragon Girl, narrowly escaping marriage..."

Upon hearing these words, Li Muyang instantly understood.

With an unchanged expression, he said, "I had not expected Buddha to recognize my true identity... Since that is the case, I request Buddha to enlighten me, what do you require?"

Having been recognized by the major players too many times, Li Muyang was now numb to it.

He regarded the Radiant Buddha’s words with a cool demeanor.

But just as the Radiant Buddha was about to speak, the seven-colored glazed staff in Li Muyang’s hand suddenly burst forth with divine light.

The urgent voice of Miao Fengjun cried out from within the staff.

"Why are you still speaking with it! It was the one that caused Fairy Qinghe’s death!"

"It’s stalling for time, cutting off your retreat. Why aren’t you attacking now!" cried Miao Fengjun anxiously.

The seven-colored glazed staff released a dazzling divine light, illuminating the grand hall.

In Li Muyang’s field of vision, the health bar of the Radiant Buddha instantaneously shifted from a neutral pale yellow to the blood red of hostility.

Seeing the divine light from the seven-colored glazed staff, the Buddha finally cast away his friendly façade and said with a cold laugh.

"So we have a Demon Cultivator here... Jiang Xiaoyu, your Black Cloud Fort lineage truly is persistent!"