Chapter 123: The Strong Is Stubborn
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Chen Fei looked at the monk and felt that the monk seemed to have crashed.
Until now, Chen Fei still did not quite understand what kind of existence this monk was.
A soul fragment of some existence? Remnant thoughts? Or was it the artifact spirit of this Heart Pearl?
After a quarter of an hour, just as Chen Fei was thinking about whether he should climb up and take the Heart Pearl down, the monk finally made a move.
“Universe Creator? Benefactor, you have good methods. 1 am ashamed of my inferiority.” The monk smiled as he looked at Chen Fei. His face had already returned to its previous calm appearance.
“So I passed the test?” Chen Fei quickly asked.
“Yes, benefactor has passed the test. This Heart Pearl is now benefactor’s.” The monk nodded and waved his right hand gently. The Heart Pearl on the stone tower flew in front of Chen Fei, and Chen Fei subconsciously caught it.
“We’ll meet again if fate permits!” The monk bowed, and the surrounding environment began to tremble violently, about to shatter.
“Wait a minute, if 1 destroy this Heart Pearl, will the Heart Array be broken?” Chen Fei asked.
“The Heart Array will only be broken if all three of the Heart Pearls are destroyed at the same time.”
The monk’s voice sounded a little ethereal. Chen Fei looked around and found that he was standing in the same spot. There was no stone pagoda or monk around him. It was as if everything was just an illusion.
Only the stone bead in his hand told Chen Fei that everything that had happened just now was real.
“Eh, this pearl is already damaged.”
Chen Fei lowered his head and looked at the Heart Pearl in his hand. There were already many cracks on it. Chen Fei couldn’t help but think of Fang Qinghong. It was probably because there was a problem with the Heart Pearl that the other party was able to make those moves.
Chen Fei sensed the black spots not far away and carefully retreated a few dozen meters. He stopped in a courtyard and carefully observed the Heart Pearl in his hand.
“Are these words?”
Chen Fei stroked the lines on the inner pearls. He didn’t recognize them at all, but as he gently wiped the lines one by one, he actually understood the meaning of the words.
“Amazing!”
Chen Fei sighed in his heart. He could not understand the specific principles of this array tool. It had far exceeded Chen Fei’s knowledge reserves. Moreover, there was something about these patterns that was very similar to the Suppressing Dragon Elephant he had obtained back then. However, after a while, he had forgotten what he had seen just now.
Do all powerful things have this characteristic?”
Chen Fei was puzzled. If it was anyone else who came here, they would probably be at a loss. This kind of reading and forgetting was something that required extremely high comprehension and perseverance to remember the meaning of these words.
Fortunately, Chen Fei had a system.
As Chen Fei wiped the lines, although Chen Fei did not know what he was looking at, after Chen Fei wiped the Heart Pearl completely once, a little change occurred in the Stats Window.
[Formation: Incomplete Heart Array]
“There should be a method to control each pearl, but we don’t have enough time now. Moreover, that person should be able to sense that the pearl has been moved.”
Chen Fei hesitated for a moment. He had a plan in his mind. Now, he had to take a risk and go back to look for Fang Qinghong.
Chen Fei pondered for a moment and made up his mind. He began to run toward the courtyard. After spending 25 minutes, Chen Fei carefully arrived at the courtyard.
“Buzz!”
As soon as Chen Fei arrived, he felt the world spin. When Chen Fei opened his eyes again, he had already appeared in the sealed cave.
“Hahaha, good, well done!”
Fang Qinghong looked at the pearl in Chen Fei’s hand and laughed loudly. He waved his right hand, and the pearl flew towards Fang Qinghong.
Fang Qinghong looked at the Heart Pearl in his hand and could not suppress the smile on his face. He looked up at Chen Fei and said, “You really didn’t disappoint me. Otherwise, these people, including you, would all have to die! But now, since you’ve found a Heart Pearl, I can fulfill my promise and let the two of them leave!”
“Let them go first!”
Ge Hongjie looked up at Chen Fei and said in a deep voice.
Let me go, let me go first. I’m injured, let me go!” Lu Haiyan and the other man shouted and struggled desperately.
“Let senior brother Ge and junior brother Mu go first. Chen Fei, I will stay with you.” Zhang Fangqiong smiled.
“No need. Let senior brothers and sisters go first.” Mu Langtao shouted.
I’m the captain, listen to me!”
Ge Hongjie said unyieldingly. He looked at Chen Fei with pleading eyes, hoping that Chen Fei would agree to his request. As the captain, there was no reason for him to run away. This was Ge Hongjie’s belief.
Let them go first!”
Chen Fei nodded and pointed at Zhang Fangqiong and Mu Langtao.
Good!
Fang Qinghong laughed loudly, keeping his promise. With a wave of his hand, Zhang Fangqiong and Mu Langtao disappeared.
Ge Hongjie smiled and nodded at Chen Fei.
“Hurry up and get the second Heart Pearl!”
Fang Qinghong looked at Chen Fei and pointed his finger forward. Another stream of light flashed and entered Chen Fei’s dantian.
Chen Fei’s body stiffened. He frowned at Fang Qinghong and said, “What is the meaning of this!”
“I’m strengthening my control over you. Don’t worry. As long as 1 get all the Heart Pearls back, I’ll naturally let you leave safely.” Fang Qinghong smiled indifferently.
Chen Fei frowned and turned around to look at Ge Hongjie before disappearing. When he reappeared, he was already in the courtyard. Zhang Fangqiong and the others were also there.
“Junior Brother Chen, you should have asked Senior Brother Ge to come out.” Zhang Fangqiong looked at Chen Fei and whispered.
“Wait for me at the city gate first. 1 will rescue Brother Ge.” Chen Fei said gravely.
Zhang Fangqiong and the other girl couldn’t help but sigh. They knew that they couldn’t change anything now. After saying goodbye, the two of them disappeared from the courtyard.
Chen Fei stood on the spot, identified the direction, and rushed toward the second Heart Pearl. At the same time, various thoughts kept running through his mind.
Fang Qinghong’s strength was undoubtedly terrifying. However, he was not omnipotent. When Chen Fei was in front of Fang Qinghong, he had been worried that he would be discovered if the strange energy in his mind decreased.
However, Fang Qinghong didn’t notice this through his flesh. He only sensed that the energy was still there. As for how much it was, he couldn’t tell.
The only thing that puzzled Chen Fei was why Fang Qinghong would inject another strange energy into Chen Fei’s body.
After sprinting for several hundred meters, Chen Fei stopped in an alley. Sensing the strange energy in his dantian, Chen Fei began to operate the Suppressing Dragon Elephant.
As soon as the Suppressing Dragon Elephant moved, the strange energy began to tremble. It seemed to have sensed something was wrong. Just as it was about to retaliate, it was swarmed by the Suppressing Dragon Elephant’s power. Ninety-nine percent of it was torn apart, leaving only a tiny bit.
As this strange energy was absorbed, a scene appeared in Chen Fei’s mind. Chen Fei’s expression could not help but fluctuate slightly. He actually saw a fragment of Fang Qinghong’s life.
When he was ten years old, he had a chance to come into contact with martial arts and displayed his extremely high talent.
He entered a small sect at the age of thirteen and soared to the sky. At the age of sixteen, he reached the Visceral Tempering Realm and became the youngest Visceral Tempering Realm in the sect.
At the age of 17, he went out to search for aperture tempering techniques. At the age of 20, he found a secret manual left behind by his predecessors in a cave. At the age of 24, he measured his aperture points and broke through to the Aperture Tempering realm.
He returned to the sect at the age of 25, suppressed all opposition, and became the sect master.
Twenty-seven years old, brutal, and merciless. He fought with experts of the same level and fled when he was defeated.
At the age of 30, he discovered the Strange Wind Realm.
Chen Fei opened his eyes. This memory fragment actually ended here. Chen Fei originally wanted to see why the other party was sealed here.
In the remaining memory fragments, Chen Fei only saw Fang Qinghong fighting with a monster.
“Why are there memory fragments in this strange energy?”
Chen Fei’s expression was a little puzzled. Then, he thought of a possibility, and his expression could not help but change slightly.
Possession! In other words, it was only possible to inject a portion of the memories into someone else’s body by refining a clone puppet. It would take root and sprout invisibly, and when needed, it would be activated.
Chen Fei thought of Fang Qinghong’s current state of being half-human and half-monster. There was a slight possibility of possessing him, but it was more likely that he would be refined into a clone puppet. After all, in Fang Qinghong’s eyes, Chen Fei’s foundation was not bad.
“He didn’t forcefully control me or check my body. He probably wants me to obediently find the Heart Pearls and doesn’t want to provoke me too much.”
Chen Fei frowned. Fang Qinghong had probably done many things, like killing a donkey when it was no longer useful. Now that he was targeting Chen Fei, his methods were also very natural.
If it was not for the Suppressing Dragon Elephant, Chen Fei really had no way to deal with it. Fang Qinghong only needed to set a time limit for those strange energies, and ordinary martial artists would suffer a fate worse than death. In the end, they would still have to obediently return.
Because sometimes, death wasn’t the most terrifying thing. It was the inability to die!
With a few thoughts in his mind, Chen Fei began to rush toward the location of the second Heart Pearl. In just a moment, he arrived at a specific area.
Chen Fei sensed it for a while. Similar to the position of the first Heart Pearl, there were still a large number of black spots surrounding it. It belonged to the kind of rhythm that seemed to beat a message that whoever went up against it would die.
Chen Fei stimulated the strange energy in his mind. A ripple appeared in front of Chen Fei. Chen Fei stepped in and saw the same stone tower. On the stone tower, there was a Heart Pearl.
Chen Fei didn’t climb up again this time and just waited quietly. Sure enough, in just a moment, the surrounding illusion completely changed. A monk appeared there and looked at Chen Fei with a smile.
“Benefactor, we meet again.” The monk bowed to Chen Fei.
Chen Fei’s brows twitched slightly. It was indeed the same monk that appeared when the first Heart Pearl appeared.
“What test is it this time?” Chen Fei asked directly.
“Please demonstrate the technique just now again. I want to see it again!” The monk smiled.
Chen Fei blinked his eyes. Was he so persistent? He actually wanted to stand up from where he had fallen. Was this the resolve of a strong person, or was it pure stubbornness, or was it a kind of arrogance?
“No problem!”
Chen Fei had no reason to reject such a request..