Supreme Hidden Dragon in the City-Chapter 437 Mysterious Lady’s Designated Body

An Lan was still immersed in shock, even fantasizing a little.

Only when she saw Chen Fan looking toward her did she snap back to reality and quickly collected herself, clearing her throat lightly, "Why... why are you looking at me?"

Chen Fan took off the Mysterious Lady Stone and handed it to An Lan, saying, "You open this stone door."

An Lan widened her eyes, "Me?"

Chen Fan nodded, "Hurry up, don’t waste time."

Reluctantly, An Lan took the Mysterious Lady Stone and said with trepidation, "Why do you want me to open it? Will something terrible come out once the door is open?"

"No, just trying it out. I’ll protect you from behind," Chen Fan spoke.

Hearing this, An Lan immediately felt much more at ease and walked to the recess with the Mysterious Lady Stone.

Upon seeing this, Elder Wu couldn’t help but sneer, "Just changing the person placing the Mysterious Lady Stone doesn’t mean the stone door will change. To open the tomb of the Mysterious Lady, there must be..."

Before he finished speaking, An Lan had already placed the Mysterious Lady Stone into the recess. The next second, the stone burst into a golden glow, illuminating the entire cave.

Then the stone door began to slowly rise, and from it, a rich spiritual energy dispersed, even causing Chen Fan to feel a bit dizzy from the sudden influx of abundant spiritual energy.

Elder Wu was stunned, "It... it really opened..."

After the stone door opened, An Lan quickly ran back behind Chen Fan, only half of her head peeking out, her face etched with nervousness as she stared at the scene inside the stone door.

Because of the dispersing spiritual energy, the inside of the stone door was a flash of light, making it impossible to discern anything.

Chen Fan was also staring tensely at the inside of the stone door. He had only thought that An Lan was controlled by some mysterious force to come here, definitely related to the tomb of the Mysterious Lady, which is why he had her try opening it. Unexpectedly, the stone door really opened.

He didn’t rush in recklessly. Although there might be great treasures inside the tomb of the Mysterious Lady, there could also be fatal dangers. Being too rash could mean losing one’s life before even getting the treasures.

He walked over to Elder Wu, lifted him off the ground, and demanded, "What else do you know about the tomb of the Mysterious Lady? Tell me everything."

Elder Wu smiled, "If I tell you, will you spare my life?"

Chen Fan thought for a moment and replied, "I will."

Elder Wu laughed heartily, "Do you really think I would believe you?"

"Regarding the tomb of the Mysterious Lady, I know a lot more, but today I am faced with nothing but death anyway, so don’t expect to get anything out of me."

Chen Fan thought to himself that he was someone who always meant what he said. Since he said he would spare Elder Wu’s life, he certainly would. After all, to keep him silent, besides killing him, he could make a pact with him or use divine skills to erase his memory and so on.

He spoke indifferently, "Rest assured..."

As soon as he said this, Elder Wu’s mouth issued forth a gush of black blood, and in the blink of an eye, life had left him.

Frowning, Chen Fan quickly reached out to stop him from poisoning himself, only to find that his organs had been corroded by the toxin—it was a state beyond saving, even by immortals.

Seeing Elder Wu’s resolute, even somewhat proud expression, Chen Fan sighed helplessly, "Why did you have to do this? I said I would spare your life, and I really would have spared you. Why didn’t you believe me?"

Shivering beside him, An Lan asked, "What... what do we do now?"

Chen Fan thought for a while and answered, "We have no choice but to bite the bullet and go in for a look."

An Lan swallowed nervously, "Maybe... maybe we shouldn’t go in. What if there’s a monster inside?" ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

After everything that had happened that night, she had no doubt that monsters existed in this world.

Chen Fan smiled and said, "The door is already open, there’s no reason not to enter. Besides, don’t you want to figure out what connection you have with this Nine Heavens Fairy? I don’t believe it’s just bad luck that you were controlled by that mysterious force and brought here."

Upon hearing this, An Lan could only nod, "Okay then."

After preparing himself, Chen Fan, with the Sword Nurturing Gourd in hand, cautiously walked into the stone door.

An Lan followed behind him, her palms sweating with nervousness.

As soon as the two entered the stone door, the scene before their eyes began to change. In the blink of an eye, they found themselves in an ancient bedroom, full of the red adornments and dotted with red candles, as if a wedding banquet had just been completed.

Looking around at the arrangement in the room, it resembled that of a wedding celebration just ended.

Above the bridal bed sat a woman with skin like creamy jade and a graceful figure, wearing an ancient dress with flowing long hair and an aura of elegance and nobility.

A bright lotus pattern adorned the woman’s forehead, with nine petals in total, adding a transcendent, fairy-like aura to her entire being.

With a charming smile, the woman’s beautiful eyes peered at Chen Fan and An Lan, greeting them with a smile, "You’ve arrived."

Chen Fan and An Lan were both astonished by the scene inside the stone door; they had expected some dark, gloomy tomb, but were met with a lady’s boudoir, completely unlike any tomb.

Seeing the figure on the bed, both of them felt a sudden jolt in their hearts and after exchanging glances, fear crept onto their faces.

This fairy-like woman was the spitting image of An Lan!

Suspiciously, Chen Fan stared straight at the person before him, asking, "Are you the Nine Heavens Fairy?"

According to what Elder Wu had said, the Nine Heavens Fairy should have perished during Ancient Times, and this place was her tomb, so Chen Fan was very skeptical that the woman before him might be the soul of the Nine Heavens Fairy, or something else—certainly not a living person.

The woman nodded slightly, "Indeed, but I am merely a remnant soul, my true body fell countless years ago."

Chen Fan inhaled sharply, he never imagined he was actually facing the Nine Heavens Fairy.

He could feel a force in the person before him nearly as strong as that of the Second-Grade Golden Core Realm.

You have to know, the other party was just a remnant soul, and one that had lingered from the Ancient Times, at that. A remnant soul cannot cultivate, and over these many years, she could only rely on her inherent power to exist. The Ancient Times were who knows how many tens of thousands of years in the past, yet this remnant soul still possessed the strength akin to that of the Golden Core Realm. It’s hard to imagine how terrifying the Nine Heavens Fairy must have been when she was still alive.

And yet even such a fearsome being had perished; one couldn’t help but wonder what kind of upheaval she faced back then.

An Lan stared blankly at the Nine Heavens Fairy and asked, "You... why do you look exactly like me?"

The Nine Heavens Fairy looked at An Lan teasingly and said, "Because in a certain sense, you are me."

"Ah?" An Lan was utterly baffled, her mind struggling to make sense of it all.

Chen Fan was equally curious, eager to understand what was going on.

The Nine Heavens Fairy patiently explained, "You are me, yet not me; you are the Designated Body I left in this world before I perished."

"The so-called Designated Body is an incarnation created by those powerful beings who have reached the Supreme Realm as they strive to comprehend the Great Dao and grasp the truth."

"Most Designated Bodies are mundane in nature and do not possess the consciousness of the original entity, undergoing cycles of reincarnation to experience the world, in order to comprehend the Great Dao. Only when the Great Dao is realized do the Designated Body and the original entity reunite, achieving perfection."

"After I had the power to create a Designated Body, I thought it would be fun, so like others, I made one too and sent it into reincarnation; thereafter, I ended up forgetting about this matter. Unexpectedly, the next time I encountered my Designated Body was after my own demise," she remarked.

In Chen Fan’s Inheritance Record, there were accounts of Designated Bodies, which largely matched up with what the Nine Heavens Fairy had described.

Besides, although a Designated Body is separated from the original being, it is mostly an independent entity and only connects with the original under specific circumstances.

He glanced at An Lan, somewhat surprised, never having guessed she would have such a mysterious origin as the Mysterious Lady’s Designated Body.

An Lan was lost in thought, clearly struggling to digest what the Nine Heavens Fairy had just told her.

Seizing the moment, Chen Fan asked, "Elder, since you possessed such a heaven-defying ability, could you tell us why you perished back then?"

The Nine Heavens Fairy waved her hand dismissively, seemingly reluctant to discuss the matter, and said, "It was because of an insufferable man; I don’t want to talk about him, it pains me to even mention him."

Chen Fan quickly said, "I’m sorry, that was presumptuous of me."

The Nine Heavens Fairy indicated it was no big deal and looked at Chen Fan with interest, asking, "You, on the other hand, have something quite unique about you; I can’t see through you. What is your relationship with my Designated Body? Are you lovers?"

Chen Fan hastened to explain, "Elder, you misunderstand, I already have a girlfriend, and we have pledged ourselves to each other for life, vowing never to betray one another. An Lan and I simply met by chance."

The Nine Heavens Fairy’s expression turned cold, "What, do you look down on my Designated Body? Is that woman you speak of somehow better than my Designated Body?"

A clench of dread hit Chen Fan’s heart, not understanding why the Nine Heavens Fairy had suddenly become so agitated. He quickly replied, "Elder, matters of the heart are a question of fate, not a matter of An Lan being inadequate, but simply that she and I are not suited to one another."

The Nine Heavens Fairy let out a cold huff, "Fate? That’s the term I despise the most; ’fate’ and ’destiny’ are just excuses used by unfaithful men!"

Chen Fan frowned with discomfort, thinking to himself that her demise might be somehow related to matters of the heart.

At that moment, An Lan finally snapped to her senses. She had listened to the Nine Heavens Fairy’s words and her mind was buzzing with noise. She didn’t understand why she had suddenly become someone else’s Designated Body, she also faced a more terrifying thought: had the Nine Heavens Fairy brought her here to use her body to resurrect herself?

She had read similar plots in many stories; if this were true, it meant she might soon vanish from this world.

"I haven’t even managed to catch Chen Fan and dump him yet; how could I just disappear from this world!" she thought, quite unwilling to accept this fate.

She then asked tentatively, "So... you brought me here... is it because you want to use my body to come back to life?"

The Nine Heavens Fairy smiled faintly, "Rest assured, I’ve completely perished and there’s no possibility of my resurrection. You are now a free and independent entity. I brought you here to pass on my inheritance to you. After all, you are my Designated Body, the most suitable candidate to inherit my legacy," she reassured.

Upon hearing this, Chen Fan felt a twinge of envy; to receive the inheritance of such an ancient power so easily even he couldn’t help but feel jealous.

Yet, something felt too smooth about this situation, unnaturally so.

It was odd that there were no signs of danger in the tomb of such a formidable being, almost inexplicable.

Of course, it might also be the Nine Heavens Fairy’s remnant soul that dealt with any potential threats.

"Pass on your inheritance..." An Lan muttered, as if in a dream.

The Nine Heavens Fairy beckoned to her with a smile, "Come here then, I will give you the inheritance now."

An Lan walked toward the side of the bed subconsciously.

Chen Fan, though envious, knew that what wasn’t his wouldn’t serve him even if he got it, so he simply watched quietly.

He surveyed the room, and finally his gaze settled back on the Nine Heavens Fairy.

With the candlelight flickering in the room, even the shadow of the Nine Heavens Fairy seemed graceful and captivating, inspiring longing.

Just then, Chen Fan noticed that the shadow of the Nine Heavens Fairy was condensing dark and malevolent forces which seemed to be deliberately suppressed by a certain power, concealing them within the shadow, almost imperceptible.

At that moment, the Nine Heavens Fairy’s body also shifted slightly, as if excited by An Lan’s approach, and her fair ankle inadvertently became exposed, revealing a dark, weighty shackle!

He instantly realized something was amiss and pulled An Lan back, "Don’t go over there, there’s something off about that one!"