Chapter 690
by fanqienovelChapter 690: The Enchantment Lies in the Human Heart (Part Two)
"Speak up, what is it?"
Having had the rare pleasure of teasing the enchantress, Wang Chen felt quite happy. He initially planned to send her away but decided to listen to her for a little longer.
After all, he wouldn’t let this female cultivator from the Hehuan Sect have her way.
Realizing the situation, Yu Fei giggled and gave Wang Chen a playful glance, gracefully taking a seat across from him.
“Brother Wang, do you know?”
Staring intently at Wang Chen, the enchantress said, “You bought Yue Buyi’s house and ruined my plans.”
“Ruined your plans?”
Wang Chen paused in confusion. “What does buying his house have to do with you… Wait!”
A flash of inspiration hit him: “Could it be that Yue Buyi’s concubine, who committed suicide out of shame, is your senior sister?”
Yu Fei sighed softly, “She is my senior sister. Because Yue Buyi left the sect, she ended up in the hands of unworthy people.”
Wang Chen wondered, “Is your senior sister really that weak?”
With Yu Fei being a high-level Purple Palace cultivator, her senior sister should at least be at the Purple Palace level as well. Plus, female cultivators from the Hehuan Sect possess secret methods, yet she was captured and publicly humiliated.
“She had to give up her cultivation to leave the sect.”
Yu Fei’s eyes were misty. “For love’s sake, she was willing to become an ordinary person!”
Her senior sister was indeed a talented individual, making rapid progress in her cultivation and regarded as a potential Yuan Ying within the sect.
However, she had struggled at the peak of the Purple Palace for ten years without successfully condensing elixirs.
To break through her mental block, she came to Yongle Immortal City to mingle in the brothels and experience the mortal world.
When she left, Yu Fei’s Master predicted she would face a tribulation of love and arranged for Yu Fei to assist her sister during critical moments to help her overcome it.
Yet neither Yu Fei nor her Master expected her senior sister’s emotional tribulation to come so quickly.
Unable to turn back, her senior sister ended up in the wrong hands, ultimately facing a tragic fate.
“Originally, I wanted to kill that Yue Buyi,” Yu Fei sighed. “But my senior sister left a letter, pleading with me to spare his life.”
She felt as close as sisters to her senior sister, making it hard to refuse her final request.
In truth, at that time, Yue Buyi had the ability to stop his wife from misbehaving.
Yet this high-level Purple Palace cultivator chose to stand by and watch.
If he had just made his stance clear from the beginning instead of hiding the truth from his wife, things wouldn’t have turned out so badly.
Yue Buyi was afraid of his wife, and thus Yu Fei’s senior sister became a tragic victim!
Wang Chen fell silent.
That Yue Buyi was really something else!
“Ask the world, what is love, that one would pledge life and death.”
In the end, it was a wrong investment.
Yu Fei’s eyes sparkled. “Brother Wang, that phrase you used is truly remarkable.”
Wang Chen shook his head. “I heard it from someone else. So, is the eerie rumor about this haunted house something you concocted?”
Yu Fei smiled sweetly. “Exactly.”
That’s right!
The enchantment lies in the human heart. When people are schemed against, a good house can turn into a haunted house. As long as the truth remains hidden, no matter how much spellcasting is performed to purify it, the evil spirits in their hearts cannot be dispelled!
But what does that have to do with Wang Chen?
Wang Chen responded bluntly, “I didn’t know the situation. If you’re looking for trouble, go find the true culprit!”
“The true culprit must be dealt with.”
Yu Fei said with frustration, “Originally, I wanted to slowly deal with him and that poison woman from his family. Now that you’ve disrupted my plans, I’ll have to change my method and devise a new strategy.”
In this world, there are countless ways to make someone suffer until they wish for death.
Even if Yu Fei doesn’t kill Yue Buyi, she certainly won’t let him have an easy time!
Yet she insists on dragging Wang Chen into this!
Wang Chen laughed in anger. “If you think this means I owe you a favor, then you’re mistaken.”
“I wouldn’t dare to think that.”
Yu Fei said pitifully, “Brother, you misunderstand me too deeply!”
Really?
Wang Chen scoffed, “Then that’s good.”
He put on a heart of stone, displaying a cold and indifferent demeanor. Yu Fei had no choice but to leave, filled with lingering resentment.
But Wang Chen’s intuition told him this was merely a facade.
This enchantress wouldn’t be so easily dismissed!
However, Wang Chen had no intention of giving up this newly acquired house. He had finally secured a foothold and a place to cultivate in Yongle Immortal City, and he needed to spend time here until he could condense elixirs.
If necessary, Wang Chen would sell the house again to obtain condensing elixir treasures.
After driving Yu Fei away, Wang Chen closed his door and took out a stack of talismans from his Xumi Ring.
They were all Rebirth Talismans!
“Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth, and lost souls return to the Thick Earth…”
After quickly producing dozens of self-made Rebirth Talismans, Wang Chen stood in the courtyard and silently recited the Rebirth Incantation.
Waves of spiritual light flickered around him, silently appearing and disappearing.
Although the so-called strangeness was merely Yu Fei’s means of revenge against Yue Buyi, knowing her senior sister’s experience made Wang Chen feel a twinge of pity for that unfortunate woman with a beautiful but tragic life.
Thus, performing the purification at her place of death also gave him a sense of peace.
What Wang Chen didn’t expect was that just as he finished reciting the Rebirth Incantation and completed the simple purification ritual, a wind suddenly swept through the courtyard.
The wind gathered fallen leaves, forming the silhouette of a graceful woman right before Wang Chen’s eyes.
“She” curtsied to Wang Chen, seemingly grateful and bidding farewell.
Moments later, the wind died down and the leaves fell, leaving only a lingering fragrance.
Safe travels.
Wang Chen suppressed his astonishment, cupping his hands in salute to send her off.
He didn’t know if it was a psychological effect, but he felt that his house had become much brighter and warmer!
In the following days, without receiving any talismans from the Exorcism division, Wang Chen relaxed at home, spending most of his time practicing cultivation.
His current cultivation level was at the Eighth Layer of the Purple Palace, and he was striving to quickly reach the Ninth Layer, preparing to enter the peak for condensing elixirs.
According to his plan, Wang Chen aimed to break into the Golden Core stage within three years!
He didn’t know how long this stable life would last, so he didn’t waste a moment.
However, a balance of work and rest is important on the way of cultivation. Occasionally, Wang Chen would head out to relax a bit, going to a nearby tavern to order a feast to satisfy his five viscera.
As a result, he unexpectedly heard about Yue Buyi’s troubles.
This unfortunate man had recently met with great misfortune. First, his corruption during his tenure at the official position was exposed, leading to him being locked away in a dungeon for half a month and losing almost everything he owned.
His original partner left a letter of termination, directly severing their bond.
Yue Buyi, already severely wounded, didn’t know if he had encountered some evil spirits, but this high-level Purple Palace cultivator ended up mentally disturbed, wandering the streets and babbling incoherently, eventually being captured by his family for confinement.
Even if he survived, his life as he knew it was finished.
His story had spread throughout Yongle Immortal City, becoming infamous for decades to come.
Wang Chen, having heard others mention it, realized this had to be Yu Fei’s doing!
The enchantress truly was formidable.