Chapter 451

Xu Chen remembered clearly that Murong Fanghua had only appeared in the final Wudi Quyu.

And there was also a powerful residual soul of a Martial Emperor here.

But now Murong Fanghua had appeared earlier, and the Martial Emperor's residual soul was gone.

Xu Chen recalled that back when they were in the Wudi Quyu, his conflict with Murong Fanghua hadn't been too severe.

It was only after they left that he had a falling out with Murong Fanghua.

How did it happen? On Murong Fanghua's hair was a precious hairpin.

That hairpin was no ordinary item—it was an Emperor Grade Treasure.

It was one of Murong Fanghua's weapons.

At the time, he had a habit of trying every means to obtain anything valuable he saw.

This hairpin was no exception.

But simply rushing in to snatch it outright was impossible.

So Xu Chen used some low-grade drugs.

The author had designed his character to stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

He had used all kinds of drugs: aphrodisiacs, stupefying drugs, drugs that drained Spiritual Qi, drugs that consumed Spiritual Qi!

He had used them all—even Emperor Tier drugs at the time.

Unfortunately, Murong Fanghua was too strong.

She withstood most of the drugs by brute force and took a Pill to neutralize their effects.

Only the aphrodisiac drug, she had only partially neutralized.

Because she had never imagined anyone would dare use an aphrodisiac on a Martial Emperor like her.

Normally, there were no Pills to counter such drugs.

She used her own powerful Spiritual Qi to dispel most of the aphrodisiac's potency.

But a small portion remained unneutralized, and in the chaos, he stole the hairpin.

During the process, he even groped her repeatedly, taking many liberties.

But he had miscalculated one thing.

That was, the hairpin had already been subjugated by Murong Fanghua and could sense her.

So even after he fled a million li, she still caught up to him.

In the end, both of them fell into a Great Emperor Dao Field.

Inside, they lived together for a full year.

Every day, Xu Chen's limbs were broken and then restored.

At that time, he was nothing more than a slave.

Still, the Great Emperor Dao Field had its advantages.

During the year spent in the Dao Field, Xu Chen endured endless torment.

But he also found many treasures and Pills.

The cultivation and realms of both the man and woman surged wildly.

In the end, Xu Chen even received the Great Emperor's inheritance.

It was a blessing in disguise—he, as the main antagonist, still had some fate's favor.

Otherwise, he couldn't have earned the title of strongest antagonist.

Eventually, the two emptied the Great Emperor Dao Field of all its valuables.

Then Xu Chen used a scheme to escape.

Since then, he had never encountered Murong Fanghua again.

No one else should know about this.

It was a secret.

Of course, this was only the situation from the first ninety-nine lifetimes.

Xu Chen remembered it so clearly because he had been tortured so horribly.

Among all the female leads he had encountered, Murong Fanghua had tortured him the most.

Every day, she broke his limbs and severed his head once—she was insane.

Sometimes, when she was in a bad mood, she did it three times a day: morning, noon, and night.

Only because he drank the blood of the Undying Medicine had he not died long ago.

In Xu Chen's mind, this mother figure of the Wuji Holy Land was undoubtedly one of the most cruel female leads.

In fact, Zhangsun Xuanling was about the same as Murong Fanghua.

Two twisted, vicious women. At this moment, Zhao Qingyun transmitted a message: "This place is under Murong Fanghua's control; she has set up a Maze.

The Maze is arranged according to the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams, exquisitely crafted.

Once someone enters by mistake, they experience illusions, as if trapped in another world.

She is a master of traps, just as Feng Shuang casually sets arrays, she can set up such a Maze at will.

The Maze is filled with dense Spiritual Qi and contains various attacks—those trapped inside are in grave danger." Xu Chen nodded; he knew this well.

Murong Fanghua's greatest strength was traps.

Now, this Gongdian was undoubtedly the perfect setting for her to set traps.

He looked around at the others—some looked panicked, some terrified, some utterly confused.

There was nothing around them, yet they had already entered the Maze.

They even knew they were inside the Maze, yet they could not solve it or escape.

They could still see the situation of others, yet remained powerless. Ye Xuan's face darkened as he roared, "Is this the trial set by the predecessor?" He assumed this was an assessment established by the Martial Emperor here and immediately couldn't help but ask.

Upon hearing this, Luo Qianshang and the others immediately gritted their teeth; this was far too difficult.

There was simply no solution at all.

What exactly is the name of the Martial Emperor in this Gongdian?

At this moment, a calm female voice drifted down from above the Maze: "If you cannot even break through this Emperor's Maze, how dare you claim to inherit this Emperor's legacy?"

"This Emperor is the one who gathered the greatest achievements of mechanisms across the Dalu; you mere juniors can be crushed with a casual flick." The voice came from Murong Fanghua and entered the ears of everyone, including Xu Chen.

Xu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly; to be honest, the Martial Emperor here was originally named the Divine Machine Martial Emperor.

What he learned was almost identical to Murong Fanghua's.

No, he was actually Murong Fanghua's ancestor.

What Murong Fanghua learned was what her ancestor left behind.

It's just that Murong Fanghua had immersed herself in this path for so long that she comprehended something even more terrifying.

That was that her ancestor's mechanisms required physical objects to be arranged.

For instance, wooden boards, stones, steel, mud, seawater, and the like.

But Murong Fanghua did not need that; she only needed Spiritual Qi to construct everything.

Therefore, her Maze was also called the Spiritual Qi Maze, almost formless and colorless.

It was like an Array, but the effect differed greatly from an Array.

Moreover, the Maze could not be seen or touched, increasing the difficulty of cracking it by at least ten times.

Xu Chen felt that Murong Fanghua must be the one governing this place.

He just didn't know what this woman intended to do.

At this moment, Murong Fanghua said calmly, "Oh, new people have entered."

After speaking, the figures of Xu Chen and the other four appeared in the eyes of Ye Xuan and the others.

Seeing this, Ye Xuan, Xun Yan, Luo Qianshang, and the others immediately felt secretly delighted.

Perhaps they had no way out.

But if it were those Empresses beside Xu Chen, there would likely be a solution.

Therefore, Xun Yan shouted loudly, "Brother Xu, save me!"

Xu Chen pretended not to hear: "Just now, it seemed someone was calling me?"

What a joke; if I help you, Murong Fanghua will come over and beat me up later.

Isn't it better to be alive?

Zhangsun Xuanling shook her head: "No, Xu Lang, you must have misheard."

Nangong Qingyun said: "Yes, you misheard."

Dongfang Yunyan and Nangong Xuanshui nodded likewise: "Misheard."

Xun Yan: "..."