On the Avenue.

Chapter 200 Living Sacrifice
Chen Shi changed into new clothes, a white coat inside and a purple-collared, light green round-necked shirt outside. He wore a pair of white-bottomed, black-surfaced, pointed-toe black boots on his feet, and a small golden crown on his head.

In addition, he had several other sets of clothes, including two sets of red and black flying fish suits embroidered with flying fish, matched with winged crowns of different colors, one set of light red and one set of light green Taoist robes, several sets of straight-waist pants, and five headbands, all of which were placed in the wooden cart.

The dog was wearing red pants embroidered with peach blossoms and green leaves in gold thread, and a red waistcoat with a horse-armor symbol embroidered on the back. It was rather loose, and when he stood up, he looked like a human.

Chen Shi also bought a pair of glasses for the dog. The frame was made of tortoise shell and had two dark blue glass lenses. He passed a ribbon through the frame and tied it behind the dog's ears.

This way, looking directly into the sunlight won't be too glaring.

"Oh, by the way, someone also gave me a colorful cloud chariot. Riding a wooden cart is not as majestic as riding a chariot. It's better to ride the colorful cloud chariot to Yudu."

Chen Shi was planning to change carts, but suddenly the wooden cart opened its bloody mouth and swallowed the Colorful Cloud Chariot whole. He had no choice but to give up and continue traveling in the wooden cart.

The wooden cart started moving, walked out of the high threshold of Chen's house, climbed over the steps and came outside.

Qing Er said, "Master, I will go with you and take care of your food and daily life."

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "It's useless for you to go, just stay at home."

Qing'er said, "Master, please don't stay in Yudu for too long. You will go to Beijing to take the imperial examination next April. The journey to Xijing is long, so don't delay."

Chen Shi nodded and said, "I have to come back again before going to Xijing."

He got on the wooden cart, and it rolled away.

Chen Shi said to Hei Guo: "Living in a big house is really troublesome, and there are women controlling you. It's better to be free in Huangpo Village."

Yudu is located in the southwest of Xinxiang and south of Gongzhou, which is a long way away.

They walked along the provincial post road and left Xinxiang Province in the evening of the first day and arrived at the military post station on the coast. They saw huge city walls standing tall along the coastline. Every mile or so there was a border military guard post, which was a tower built on the city wall.

There is a giant bronze mirror on the upper floor, and six or seven border soldiers are guarding it to drive back the monsters in the sea.

Chen Shi stayed at the border military post for one night. At night, he heard the roar of sea monsters, like thunder rolling on the other side of the wall. The sound was terrifying and made people nervous. They were always worried that the monsters would crawl onto the land.

But fortunately, the night was peaceful.

The next day, Chen Shi drove along the inter-provincial post road, but he saw that a garrison on the road was conquered by monsters. The garrison was destroyed, the bronze mirror was broken, and it was unknown whether the soldiers died in the battle or retreated.

The night fell a moment earlier, causing the monsters to become more powerful than before and break through the defenses of the garrison.

Going further forward, there is another collapsed section of the city wall. On the ruins there are sticky traces left by monsters climbing up. Not far away there are also the corpses of monsters, which are extremely huge, and a section of the skeleton covers the road.

The wooden cart passed under the skeleton, and several monks were sawing bones. Chen Shi stopped the car to ask, and one of the monks said, "Sawing bones to make treasures."

"How did this monster die?" Chen Shi asked.

"I don't know. I heard that when the monsters conquered the city wall, a red light flew along the coast, and the monsters died."

Chen Shi thanked him and urged the wooden cart to leave.

"He was beaten to death by Mazu using blood ganoderma." He said to Hei Guo.

Suddenly, the skeleton of the monster collapsed, and several monks who were sawing bones fell down. They fell to the ground, rubbing their buttocks and crying in pain.

The monster was huge in size, but the essence in its bones was rapidly lost. After losing the essence, it turned into dust and fell to the ground. Soon the entire corpse turned into powder and piled up together.

The monks ignored the pain and went forward to check, exclaiming in shock: "Something has drained his vital energy!"

"There's an evil spirit around here!"

Chen Shi's heart was slightly moved: "It must be the work of Lady Shiji!"

In the small temple, Niangniang Shiji breathed a sigh of relief with satisfaction.

These days, Chen Shi concentrated on practicing. She helped Chen Shi regulate his qi and blood and refine the golden elixir, and she also benefited greatly from it.

But she was a demon after all, and absorbing the stone nature from bones was her specialty. When she saw the monster's skeleton, she couldn't help but be delighted and simply absorbed the monster's corpse.

"When I was a demon on Skull Mountain, I could take a breath and the stone nature in the bones of people and animals within a few miles would be absorbed by me."

Lady Shiji was still not satisfied and continued, "People and animals could not die, they were still alive, they could only wriggle. Later, I was beaten to death and became a god, so I stopped absorbing the stone nature of my bones."

Chen Shi said cautiously: "My Lady, don't you think that you were beaten to death by that master and disciple because you did something wrong?"

Niangniang Shiji said: "I am a stone spirit that has been able to practice cultivation. I don't have your sense of right and wrong. I only know how to refine human bones, and my cultivation speed is very fast. Later, I was beaten to death by the master and disciple who thought I was a demon. It was also my fault that my skills were not as good as theirs."

Chen Shi thought for a moment and said, "You are my disciple, so you cannot hurt anyone at will."

Niangniang Shiji smiled and said, "After I was beaten to death, I realized how powerful I was and I dared not hurt others at will. Besides, I was named Moon Wandering Star Lord, so I am a righteous god after all."

Chen Shi thought to himself: "A disabled righteous god."

They settled down in Fei County, rested for a night, and then continued on their journey.

Gongzhou was guarded by Mazu, so even if there were sea monsters that broke through the border army's blockade, they would die under the blood ganoderma, leaving behind only huge skeletons. Shiji was very excited and absorbed these bones along the way to strengthen herself.

However, she absorbed the skeletons of dozens of monsters, but it only made her hair grow thicker. Not to mention growing a body, it was even difficult for her to grow a neck!
"I need to absorb the devil."

Niangniang Shiji was still not satisfied, and said to Chen Shi, "It would be best if it's a demon seed. If the demon is too strong, I'm afraid I'll be damaged. The little girl Ying Rumeng is very good, but her strength is also not weak. I can't digest her because my divine power has not yet recovered. But demon seeds are very easy to digest. Or you can find treasures such as divine bones and demon bones. After I absorb them, I will grow very quickly. You can also find a place with heavy demonic energy, which will help me recover my strength quickly."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Where can I find the places you mentioned? It takes many years for a demon to appear once or twice, and Ying Rumeng is running around everywhere, so how can I easily meet her? And the divine bone and demon bone, the place with heavy demonic energy, how can it be so easy to find it?"

Niangniang Shiji also knew that what he said was right and sighed.

The wooden cart drove out of Gongzhou and entered Yudu.

Lady Shiji suddenly screamed, "My Lord, my Lord! I can sense the breath of the little witch!"

She was so confused that she said, "I can even sense the breath of the demon!"

Chen Shi was stunned. Could it be such a coincidence?
Before he could say anything, Niangniang Shiji exclaimed, "The evil spirit here is very strong. The further we go, the stronger it gets... Strange, really strange! This is the place with the strong evil spirit I just mentioned! Your Excellency, we have come to the right place!"

She said excitedly: "This demon has attracted many evil spirits to it! I'm rich, I'm rich this time! Maybe I can not only recover all my cultivation, but also restore my true body!"

Chen Shi raised his head and looked into the distance.

That is the direction of Yudu.

Could it be that Yudu is a place filled with evil spirits?
Madam Shiji urged him to walk faster, lest Ying Rumeng slip away, and said: "This little girl must have come here for the demon seed! She was born prematurely and is not yet an adult, so she wants to absorb the demon seed to help her grow. This girl is slippery and ruthless. This time my cultivation has recovered a little, and I absolutely cannot let her get away!"

Chen Shi drove the wooden cart along the coastline and stopped in Duocai County (the prototype of Duocai County: Baltimore City).

Chen Shi went to the county town and bought many swords. That night he performed a ritual and the swords turned into flying birds and flew silently towards Yudu.

He did not rush to Yudu immediately, but rested in Ducai County, waiting for birds to enter Yudu, and observed the human geography of Yudu, the distribution of streets, and the layout of large and small buildings.

He controlled these birds to find Prince Zheng's Palace, flew into the palace, landed on the trees, and observed the people in the palace.

Chen Shi stayed in Duocai County for two days, but never set out for the bathing capital. Shiji Niangniang became anxious and urged him to leave quickly. Chen Shi still had no intention of leaving and continued to observe.

Suddenly, he saw Pei Shusheng looking up at the birds on the tree, and he was moved: "Sir, you didn't execute Pei Shusheng. You are quite tolerant."

Just as he thought of this, Pei Shusheng waved his hand and a sword energy flew over, knocking down the bird transformed from the sword he controlled.

Chen Shi suddenly lost his vision, but there were still other birds.

Pei Shusheng shouted, "Quick! Quick! Shoot these birds down!"

Chen Shi's heart moved slightly, and he controlled the birds to flap their wings and fly up. Suddenly, the birds seemed to be out of control, and they broke away from his control and fell down.

Chen Shi stood up suddenly, extremely surprised.

In Yudu City, there was an extremely powerful master who broke his flying sword spell in the blink of an eye!

Was it a strong man from Prince Zheng’s Mansion, or was it the young master himself who took action?

Chen Shi's face darkened slightly. He stayed in Duocai County for another day and finally broke through to the ninth level of the Golden Elixir. Then he called on Hei Guo and drove to Yudu.

At noon, Yudu finally came into view.

Outside Yudu, a city wall was being built. The wall was breached by a sea monster and collapsed for more than ten miles. When Chen Shi passed by, many people were conscripted by the government to repair the city wall. Many people were digging the foundation, which was more than ten feet wide and three or four feet deep, and was extremely grand.

Niangniang Shiji exclaimed: "There is a lot of demonic energy under this section of the city wall. There must be something underground!"

Chen Shi got out of the car to look, and saw many big men digging underground. Suddenly, blood gushed out from the ground, and people were so scared that they dropped their shovels and pickaxes and ran upwards, screaming.

Several well-dressed men who were respected by the craftsmen came over. The one leading them was a big-bellied man who was kind to others and always had a smile on his greasy face.

Someone shouted, "Master Qian is coming!"

Chen Shi asked a craftsman, "Who is this Qian Xiangzhu? He is very friendly to everyone."

"The Lord Qian of Luban Sect is the most generous and charitable person."

The craftsman should also be from Luban Sect. He puffed out his chest and said, "Our Luban Sect's skilled craftsmen are responsible for building this section of the city wall. Now that we have encountered difficulties, we need a master like Qian Xiangzhu to help!"

Chen Shi has always respected such craftsmen. He is a talisman master and a craftsman.

Although Master Qian Xiang was fat, he was as light as a swallow, extremely agile, and leaped like the wind. He soon arrived at the deep end of the foundation, stood by the blood pool, and sacrificed his Nascent Soul.

The Yuanying measured the size of the blood pool, and suddenly dived into the blood pool, going deep into the ground to measure the depth of the blood pool.

Master Qian Xiang stood by the blood pool, his Nascent Soul flew up, and he spoke strange words quickly and urgently, as if he was talking to someone.

After a while, Master Qian ordered people to burn incense and offer sacrifices. However, after the incense and candles were lit, a cold wind suddenly blew, and the incense fell down and the candles went out.

Master Qian Xiang had a gloomy face and performed a ritual in front of the incense and candles. Suddenly, dark clouds covered the sky above the blood pool. Thunder rumbled and struck the blood pool with a crackling sound. The blood pool also churned to fight against the thunder.

After a while, the pool of blood receded, revealing the ground.

Xiangzhu Qian seemed to have used up too much energy and needed someone to help him climb out of the ground. He panted and said, "The evil spirits underground have been eliminated. We can start the work. Wait a minute, Lao Liao, take ten hardworking brothers with you to level the ground. The blood-soaked ground cannot be used."

The craftsman Lao Liao next to Chen Shi agreed, and quickly called more than a dozen young people to go down the foundation and walk down the stairs.

Just as Chen Shi was about to leave, Niangniang Shiji said with a smile, "There is an evil spirit underground that absorbs the moonlight and has become powerful. We have to kill it with a living stake. This fat man has discussed with that thing. That thing doesn't accept incense, and he can't do anything to it, so he can only kill it with a living stake."

Chen Shi asked, "What is meant by hitting a living stake?"

“It’s a living sacrifice.”

Niangniang Shiji said, "Sacrifice living people to that thing underground. When that thing is full, it will not do anything weird. Now that thing has become powerful, if we don't drive living stakes, we can't build this wall. These dozen people are the sacrifices that Fatty Qian offers to that thing underground!"

Chen Shi had heard similar things from his grandfather.

In the past, when building city walls, one had to guard against the enemy's magic. One had to kill many black dogs and use the black dog blood mixed with glutinous rice soup to build the city walls. One also had to kill many people and build them into the city walls so that the walls would not fall down when hit by magic.

However, those who were killed at that time were often death row prisoners.

How can it be justified to sacrifice one's own people alive?

Chen Shi walked out, and suddenly took a step back. He was about ten or twenty feet away from Qian Xiangzhu. He took a step back and stepped in front of Qian Xiangzhu.

Even though Qian Xiang had cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage and was at a higher level than Chen Shi, he was still unable to guard against it. In a flash, Chen Shi was beside him and bumped into him.

His fat body, like a ball, was suddenly knocked out and fell deep into the ground!
Master Qian Xiang was both shocked and angry, and he tried to strengthen his cultivation, but Chen Shi's collision actually dispersed his blood and energy, which rushed around in his body and was difficult to gather.

He activated his Nascent Soul, and a surge of magical power surged out of it, just as he was about to catch his body, but he saw Chen Shi standing at the edge of the foundation, looking down, and pressing his palm down lightly, intentionally or unintentionally.

Master Qian Xiang suddenly felt a force like a mountain pressing down on him. His Nascent Soul was unable to support his body and with a loud bang, it crashed onto the foundation.

He showed a look of fear and screamed, "Pull me out! Pull me out!"

Lao Liao and others were walking down the stairs. When they saw Qian Xiangzhu fall to the ground, they hurriedly sped up and prepared to rescue him.

Unexpectedly, Master Qian Xiang seemed to be embedded in the ground, unable to move. His fat melted away rapidly, and soon only a skeleton was left lying there. Countless white worm-like tentacles as thick as hair were flying among his corpse, as if they were not full and were still unsatisfied.

Seeing this, Lao Liao and the others dared not go down and stood there at a loss.

"The stakes have been driven in."

Niangniang Shiji chuckled and absorbed the stone nature in Qian Xiangzhu's bones. Qian Xiangzhu's bones suddenly shattered into pieces and turned into powder.

Those white worm-like tentacles seemed to be frightened and quickly shrank deep into the earth.

Niangniang Shiji absorbed the stone nature of its bones, making it realize that a huge creature a thousand times more terrifying than itself had arrived, and it did not dare to act rashly.

Chen Shi glanced deep into the foundation with an indifferent expression. He turned around, squeezed out of the crowd, and walked towards Yudu.

In Yudu City, the witch Ying Rumeng's face suddenly changed slightly, and she called the monk Wuchen who was begging for food: "Don't beg for food, let's leave Yudu quickly!"

Monk Wuchen was puzzled: "Didn't Master say that this place is full of demonic energy and is a good place to practice Buddhism? Why are you in such a hurry to leave now that the demonic energy has not been eliminated?"

"The enemy is coming!"

Ying Rumeng said quickly, "I sensed the presence of my enemy, and he has also entered the city. If we don't leave, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave!"

Monk Wuchen quickly followed her and said, "Master, if we don't stay here to exorcise demons, where can we go to practice?"

"I sensed another place with extremely heavy demonic energy, a hundred times heavier than the demonic energy here. Let's go there."

Ying Rumeng looked up to the west.

"Xi, Jing!"

(End of this chapter)