My enemies became my companions

Chapter 85: Queen An Appears
"It is often said that the emperors of ancient times were responsible for the great cause. So that is the case... The ancients were not deceiving me."

The goddess Taihua muttered to herself, and her appearance became more ethereal.

Suddenly, she was hit on the shoulder.

The sudden feeling temporarily drew her thoughts away from the stone tablet.

The nun turned around and saw Chen Yi.

"Taken?"

Chen Yi asked sarcastically.

The Goddess Taihua smiled leisurely and said:
"No, but...thank you."

Chen Yi looked at the nun in disbelief.

Thanks?

Is this something Princess Jing could say?
"If it weren't for you, I would be deeply trapped in it, like a rotten chess game."

The Taihua Goddess sang the Taoist name in a light voice:
"Blessed be the immeasurable heavenly master, with inconceivable merits and virtues."

Chen Yi narrowed his eyes and looked at her.

This woman who had tried to kill him several times seemed to have returned to her extraordinary appearance when he first saw her.

"You've changed. You didn't say thank you to me before."

Chen Yi said straightly.

"Changed? I just... don't care that much."

Goddess Taihua said softly.

"Oh? You no longer care that I took your Taoist partner away, and you no longer care that I don't go up the mountain with you?"

Chen Yi asked curiously.

"Indeed.

Even if you tell me now that Min Ning is a woman, I won’t care much.”

Yin Weiying answered, she glanced at Chen Yi, her heart was slightly moved, but quickly calmed down.

The way of heaven is to reduce the surplus and make up for the deficiency. Everything is destiny. Those who practice Taoism should comply with the destiny of heaven.

This person had left a trace of ignorance in her heart, but compared to the way of heaven, what was that? As long as she pursued the inheritance of the goddess, she could forget it.

"I have realized it."

"What did you realize?"

The nun nodded slightly, as if holding a whisk, and said with a smile:
"Could it be that... I, Yin Weiying, cannot achieve immortality without a Taoist companion?"

Chen Yi was thoughtful.

He could see that her heart was calming down.

"Why not use the golden boy and jade girl method?"

Chen Yi asked.

"Here is the inheritance of the goddess, enough to... ascend to heaven step by step."

The nun replied.

Chen Yi looked at the Taoist nun in front of him and his expression changed slightly.

The extremely thin-skinned Princess Jing seemed to have disappeared a little, and once again she only had the path to immortality in her eyes.

Sometimes he would often wonder what it felt like to have a heartless and desireless fairy roll her eyes.

"Let's go. I'm looking for... the goddess's inheritance."

The nun took the initiative to speak, as if to interrupt his thoughts.

Chen Yi narrowed his eyes. It seemed that the nun had established some kind of connection with the goddess' inheritance.

He wanted to see what the so-called inheritance of the goddess was.

The Goddess Taihua turned around and walked, looking at the square pits on both sides from time to time. She found that the originally difficult and obscure bronze characters suddenly became easy to understand.

Chen Yi followed behind her.

The two men walked through several tombs, and Chen Yi found that they did not encounter any strange beasts along the way and were safe all the way, as if Yin Weiying had received some guidance from the unknown.

The evil aura became increasingly stronger as he went deeper. Chen Yi vaguely saw blue or green lights floating in the air. Upon closer inspection, they seemed to be human figures, like souls walking around.

He followed the steps of the Goddess Taihua and saw her turn a corner and then stop in front of a tomb.

Chen Yi frowned slightly. He could hear faint panting sounds from inside. Pulling out his sword, Chen Yi pushed open the door of the long-sealed tomb, ready to strike at any time.

When the knife was raised in the air, it stopped and he looked stunned.

"Miss?"

She was wearing a messy red and yellow palace skirt, with a bun on her head. Her gourd-like figure was extremely soft and graceful. She sat limply on the ground, her cheeks were pale, and her brows still retained the majesty of the past.

Queen Mother An was gasping in pain. Chen Yi noticed that the Nine-Tailed Fox appeared from time to time behind her. The tomb was in a mess. Her eyes were sometimes clear and sometimes absent-minded.

"Your Majesty the Queen Mother...it seems that she is...possessed."

The nun's brows slightly frowned.

As soon as he finished speaking, An Hou's body suddenly straightened up in a twisted posture, and he stretched out his hands with five claws, and rushed towards Chen Yi like a white fox hunting.

"My son...why do you want to kill me?!"

There were hissing sounds all around, and Chen Yi raised his sword to block. The sharp claws hit the sword, producing a huge vibration. With just a touch, Chen Yi's knuckles burst into blood, and he was shocked and took several steps back.

An Hou turned around, and a lot of evil gathered in his claws. The surroundings became even colder, and he attacked Chen Yi again.

The claw, as fast as lightning, made Chen Yi unable to react in that instant even with his Shangqing Heart Method. The Embroidered Spring Knife in his hand was knocked away, and the sharp claws immediately reached his throat.

In the next moment, blood would gush out of Chen Yi's throat.

Queen An suddenly stopped, and she stumbled, her soft body falling into Chen Yi's arms. A corner of her round bellyband was revealed between her messy palace skirt, but it could not hide the beautiful scenery inside.

"Son...Mother can't bear to kill you."

Queen An said this absentmindedly, stroking Chen Yi's eyebrows tenderly.

Chen Yi almost died, his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

"What's happening here?"

Chen Yi took two breaths and glanced at An Hou who was in his arms. The latter lowered her eyes and seemed to be in a light sleep. He turned to look at Yin Weiying.

After the initial changes, the female crown regained her composure and said in a gentle voice:

"Your Majesty is protected by the Great Yu Dragon Vein. Tushan is trying to seize it, but has not been completely successful. Its looming nine tails are proof of this."

"But why did she say..."

Chen Yi swallowed.

Throughout the ages, the Queen Mother has always been revered as the mother of the emperor and the emperor's mother. She should be loyal and filial to the emperor and even more loyal and filial to the emperor and his mother. However, I did not belong to this world before, and I never had such a concept in my heart.

"Tushan was corrupting her, and she gradually lost the distinction between herself and Tushan, so she treated you as her son."

The nun explained softly. Even for her, it was the first time she had seen such a wonderful sight.

Chen Yi felt overwhelmed for a moment.

Then, he gradually figured out the whole story.

It seems that the reason why Queen An went to Chunbo Temple was that she had already known that the Lin family would try to suppress the Dayu Dragon Vein, so she sought Tushan to possess her and destroy the golden body of Lin Ge Lao who had become an immortal through his merits. However, she never expected that Tushan was so terrifying that she actually made the underground palace come into the world and tried to take it over completely.

After a long time, he calmed down and said:
"If the queen is completely possessed, then we will be trapped in the underground palace forever."

The nun nodded slightly and said:
"Indeed."

"Is there any way to stop Tushan from taking over my body?"

Chen Yi asked Yin Weiying about the Dao.

"You said before that Tushan's remains were scattered throughout the underground palace. So we should find them as soon as possible and reseal them. This way, Tushan will naturally not be able to take over the body of the Queen Mother... However, this will take an unknown amount of time."

Goddess Taihua said softly after thinking for a while.

"What should we do?"

Listening to Chen Yi's question, the nun paced in the tomb and said:

"The most important thing about possessing a body is to make the person being possessed no longer know who he is. On the contrary, if the person being possessed gradually realizes who he is, then... the possession can be delayed."

Chen Yi took a breath, looked at An Hou who was limp in his arms, and asked:

"That is to say, she needs to know that she is the Queen Mother, not Tushan."

"That's right. We need to make her aware of the difference."

The nun said so.

Chen Yi pondered in his mind, looked at the empress dowager in his arms, and felt a headache for a moment.

In other words, I now have... an extra "mother"?
(End of this chapter)