On the Avenue.

Chapter 222 Letter from Li Tianqing

All along, Lord Wuwang had been thinking about how to get there from the underworld and retrieve the tip of his writing brush. However, the journey was extremely dangerous, as ghosts and gods were everywhere, and the ghosts and monsters he sent out often died on the way.

These ghosts are not very powerful, and even if they reach the tip of the pen, they cannot get close.

In Wuwang City, he is the only true master, but he himself cannot leave Wuwang City too far.

He once asked masters from the mortal world to search for the pen tip, but it was often dangerous. Even if someone could come back alive, they were still far away from the pen tip and had to return.

Moreover, the masters who returned would usually die within a few years because they were too severely corroded by the Yin Qi of the underworld.

This time he asked Chen Shi to take action because he felt that Chen Shi had the body of a corpse-reincarnated immortal and should not be afraid of the erosion of Yin energy. As long as he was smart, and with the help of a large number of ghosts and monsters from Wuwang City that he sent out as cover, he should be able to find the pen tip.

Unexpectedly, Chen Shi suggested leaving through the world of the living!

In this way, the dangers on the road will be reduced and the chances of survival will be greatly increased.

“There are just two more problems.”

Lord Wuwang said, "First, how does the geography of the living world correspond to the geography of the underworld? I have been to too few places to determine the geographical map."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "This is a difficult problem for you, but it is not a big problem for Granny Sha."

After Grandma Sha obtained the Sheep Horn Heavenly Spirit Lamp, she used it to search the underworld and divided the underworld into nine areas. She thought that she could determine the location of the Judge's Dragon Beard Pen in the world of the living through the orientation of the Judge's Dragon Beard Pen in the underworld.

"Another problem, how do you get into Hades?"

Lord Wuwang said, "If you go from Wuwang City, you can go directly to the underworld. You can go there in your physical body. With a physical body, your strength will increase greatly, and the chances of saving your life will be greater. In other places, the physical body cannot go to the underworld."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Grandma Sha can also handle this matter. Lord, you don't need to worry about this matter. Just wait for my news."

Lord Wuwang looked at him deeply and said with a smile: "Since the True King is so confident, I will wait here for the True King to return victoriously."

He placed the spear in his hand in Chen Shi's hand and said, "The True King carries this spear. This spear and the pen are one body, and it is extremely powerful. It can keep you safe. If you encounter a dragon beard pen, you should be able to use this to defeat it."

Chen Shi stood up and grabbed the pen and spear.

The pen holder is made of bamboo, which has been soaked in the blood and energy of the judge of the underworld and refined by Lord Wuwang for so many years that it has become as white as jade.

The spear is four feet long and feels very heavy when held in one hand.

He held the butt of the gun in one hand and raised it horizontally.

The tip, body and tail of the gun are all in a straight line.

He held the gun with both hands, without exposing the butt of the gun, and shook the gun with his waist. The gun shook its body like a dragon, causing the tip of the gun to rotate with great resilience.

"Nice gun."

Chen Shi praised it and looked at it carefully. He saw that the gun was branded with some natural ghost characters from the underworld. When he looked at it, he felt that these ghostly characters were distorted. If he looked away, it would not move.

In addition to the ghost writings from the underworld, there are also some talisman imprints from the world of the living, which should have been made by Lord Wuwang.

Chen Shi examined them carefully and found that these talismans from the Yang world were not the top-level ones. They were just ordinary ones, and the attainments of the talismans were not very high either.

Wuwang Mansion Lord was born in a low-class family and had no contact with top-level talismans. Later, he became a mansion lord by chance. He lived in seclusion and could not go out to search for more skills and talismans. The talismans he could get were usually brought by cultivators from the mortal world who came to Wuwang City.

Even though the talismans contained in this spear are not of high quality, their power is terrifying!
Lord Wuwang’s cultivation is so profound that even a simple talisman can give people a feeling of turning decay into magic.

The martial arts he practiced was not a top-level inheritance, but he spent more than a thousand years and relied on a simple martial arts method to cultivate his skills to an unfathomable level, which really made people sigh at the wonder of fate.

"I named this gun Wuwang."

Lord Wuwang said, "It can judge good and evil, and determine life and death."

Chen Shi always used any weapon he could get his hands on, but the Wuwang Spear was too long and didn't fit his hand. He said, "This spear is too big. Does the Lord have any weapons like a short sword or a short knife?"

Lord Wuwang smiled and said, "This spear is not big. The True King can place the Wuwang spear on this altar, light a stick of incense, and offer sacrifice to the spear, and then you will know the reason."

Chen Shi followed his instructions, placed the Wuwang Spear on the altar, lit a stick of incense, and inserted it into the small tripod in front of him.

The scent of incense floated into the gun, as if there was a spirit in the gun that absorbed the incense.

Chen Shi gradually realized that his soul seemed to be connected to this gun.

This feeling becomes clearer and stronger as the incense burns.

Lord Wuwang said: "Now the True King is holding this spear, and he has a thought in his mind."

Chen Shi held the Wuwang Spear and thought to himself, "Make it smaller."

The Wuwang Spear is indeed smaller.

Chen Shi thought of the bamboo pole used for flying swords, and the Wuwang Spear turned into a length of one or two feet and flew around him.

Chen Shi raised his hand and grabbed Wuwang, and the spear became about fourteen or five feet long.

Chen Shi ran with the gun in hand, the tip of the gun pointed at the ground, and rushed out of the building at high speed. He jumped up and shouted in mid-air: "Big!"

The Wuwang Spear whistled and grew rapidly, pushing his hand apart, and the tip of the spear stuck into the ground, becoming ten feet thick and more than thirty feet long!

However, when Chen Shi wanted to make it bigger, the Wuwang Spear remained motionless. It was obvious that more than thirty feet was the limit of this magic weapon.

Chen Shi stood on the top of the Wuwang Spear and looked down. Wuwang City was right at his feet, which was a refreshing feeling.

His mind moved slightly, and the Wuwang Spear became smaller and smaller, gradually returning to a length of one foot.

Chen Shi landed and grabbed the gun in his hand.

Lord Wuwang stepped forward and said with a smile, "The so-called sacrifice requires incense. Without incense, it cannot be called a sacrifice. Using one's own blood and talismans to continuously refine weapons is called tempering, which is different from sacrifice. After a long period of incense, the treasure will become spiritual and can change according to one's will. Only then can it be called a magic weapon. The True King takes this spear with him and burns three incense sticks in the morning and three in the evening. Don't treat it unfairly."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "This trip concerns our lives, how can we treat it badly?"

He stood up to take his leave.

Wuwang Mansion Lord saw him off cordially, and when Chen Shi walked out of the mansion, he saw Nannan sleeping on the back of Hei Guo. Chen Shi picked her up and put her in the wooden cart.

When we returned to Huangpo Village, it was still dark.

Nannan had played all night and was very tired, so she didn’t wake up during the whole journey.

Chen Shi sent her back to her room to rest. Hu Feifei was still sleeping, lying in bed in a daze. When she saw him carrying Nannan in, she woke up. Instead of getting up, she lifted the quilt.

Chen Shi put Nannan in bed, Hu Feifei covered him with the quilt, sat up from the bed, and whispered, "I waited for you to come back last night, but I was too sleepy so I went to sleep first. Have you eaten? If not, I'll get up and cook for you."

Chen Shi said: "It's still some time before dawn, you should go to sleep first and talk about it when the sun comes up."

Hu Feifei shrunk back into the bed, leaving only her head exposed, and chuckled, "It's still dark, don't you want to do something with me?"

Chen Shi thought for a moment and said, "I'll go practice."

He walked out of the house. Hu Feifei got up and looked through the gap in the window. Indeed, Chen Shi was practicing the Eight Extremes Golden Palace Divine Chapter in the yard. She thought to herself, "I am a vixen and he is a scholar, can't something develop? That's what the book says. It seems that the book is lying to me..." She yawned and lay down again.

At dawn, Hu Feifei heard Chen Shi's surprised and happy voice coming from the yard: "Tianqing wrote me a letter!"

Hu Feifei got up and opened the door sleepily. Chen Shi was holding a letter in his hand. He was very excited and said with a smile: "Feifei, Tianqing has sent a letter!"

Hu Feifei rubbed her eyes and asked, "Who is Tianqing, the vixen?"

"Li Tianqing, my friend, you have seen him!"

Chen Shi shook the letter and laughed, "He said in the letter that he verified our guess!"

Hu Feifei read the letter. In the letter, Li Tianqing greeted Chen Shi and told him about how he found an ancient temple, completely blocked the doors, windows and walls around the temple, prepared all kinds of life-saving medicinal herbs and medicines, as well as drinking water and food, and then destroyed the golden elixir.

He nearly lost his life, and recovered after a month of recuperation.

"This person has wasted his golden elixir?"

Hu Feifei was surprised. Is it so cruel?

Chen Shi paced back and forth excitedly and said, "Just keep reading!"

Hu Feifei continued reading. Li Tianqing said in the letter that he began to practice again in the temple. At first, nothing unusual happened. But on the tenth day, suddenly a ray of sunlight shone down in the temple.

Now, after a month of meditation, he has refined the golden elixir and discovered that his lifespan has reached 200 years. He expects that his lifespan will continue to increase as his cultivation level improves.

Chen Shi was extremely excited and said with a smile: "Now, I can be sure that it is not the technique that has a problem, nor the divine fetus, but the sunlight and moonlight that have a problem!"

He looked up at the sky. Two suns were shining on the earth. They were the eyes of the true God from outer space. The sunlight illuminated all living things and contained infinite heat.

"The two lights of the sun and the moon can only help cultivators improve their realm, but not their lifespan!"

Chen Shi clapped his fist and said with a smile, "Tian Qing's move is a great achievement for the country and will benefit future generations! You are worthy of being my best friend!"

Hu Feifei saw his bright eyes and thought to herself, "Is this a man's ambition?"

She didn't quite understand this ambition.

But I also feel that a man with a persistent ambition will have a very charming charm.

Chen Shi ran excitedly to grind ink, picked up his pen and wrote a reply to Li Tianqing. He wrote it once but was not satisfied, so he crumpled the letter and threw it aside. He wrote it again but was still not satisfied.

After writing it more than ten times, he was finally satisfied and asked Hu Feifei to read it first.

Hu Feifei read the letter. Chen Shi was full of enthusiasm in praising Li Tianqing's feat. Hu Feifei felt the surging emotion between the lines and smiled, "It's really well written."

Chen Shi ran out excitedly and said, "I'm going to the provincial capital to mail a letter!"

Hu Feifei hurriedly said, "Come back! Have breakfast before leaving!"

Chen Shi had no choice but to stop, but he was a little anxious while eating. He finished his meal in a hurry and rushed out immediately.

Hu Feifei shook her head.

In the afternoon, when Chen Shi sent the letter back, he was still a little excited. He couldn't help telling Hu Feifei that it was so courageous and a great achievement for Li Tianqing to abandon his golden elixir and start over.

The next day, just as night fell, the village godmother Sang Yu informed Chen Shi, "There is a little ghost outside looking for you."

Chen Shi said: "Just let him in."

Godmother Sang Yu then let the little ghost in. When he arrived at Chen's house, Chen Shi thought it was a child from another village, but when he got closer he found that it was indeed a little ghost.

He is the tea boy beside Lord Wuwang, with green skin, a ghost face and fangs.

There is a lantern ghost following him, who should be responsible for lighting.

The little ghost said, "My master asked me to ask you when you will leave."

Chen Shi was in a good mood and said with a smile: "Go back and tell the Lord that I am a man of my word and will go in a few days."

The little ghost left with the lantern ghost.

Chen Shi continued to practice, burning incense to the Wuwang Spear every morning and evening.

After another two or three days, the little ghost came to Huangpo Village with the lantern ghost again. Godmother Sang Yu let him in. The little ghost asked to see Chen Shi and said, "The master asked me to come and ask you when you will leave."

Chen Shi said, "Wait two more days. You can tell the Lord that I didn't steal his gun, but I'm not sure yet."

Go back, little devil.

Chen Shi burned incense for another two days, and practiced the Wuwang spear as he wished, sending and receiving with one heart.

That evening, he was practicing the Eight Extremes Golden Palace Divine Chapter when suddenly a huge fire broke out in his dantian. The golden elixir did not go up or down in the fire, did not turn or shake, as if his qi and blood had entered a state of meditation.

There was no sound in Chen Shi's ears, no color in front of his eyes, no thoughts in his mind, and all five senses were lost, falling into dead silence.

The sea of ​​fire is like a field, the golden elixir is like a seed, and in the silence, there is only a ray of hope hidden in the elixir.

This is crucial at this moment.

Two days passed, and the little ghost came with a lantern and wanted to enter Chen's house, but he only saw a huge fire in the void and could not get close.

This fire is invisible to ordinary people, but it can be seen by ghosts and gods, blocking his way.

The little ghost stood at the edge of the sea of ​​fire, looking forward, but saw that the sea of ​​fire was endless, stretching for countless miles, so vast that it was impossible to cross it.

He waited for a long time, but saw the sea of ​​fire shrinking continuously, gradually shrinking to a radius of several feet. He seemed to vaguely see the outline of an adult sitting cross-legged in the void. The sea of ​​fire, several feet in size, was in the adult's belly.

Suddenly, a yellow bud grew in the fire, glowing with golden light. Suddenly, the yellow bud grew two leaves, like a person growing arms, slowly stretching them out and raising them upwards like a person raising his head.

The yellow buds took root, like human feet, and gradually became more and more like a human, absorbing the sea of ​​fire like absorbing a rainbow.

Suddenly, the yellow sprout leaped out of the sea of ​​fire, transformed into a bean sprout-sized Nascent Soul, and flew up into the sky, as if leaping into the azure sky!

The little ghost looked up and saw that the Nascent Soul had both form and spirit, and it was vaguely the face of Chen Shi.

This scene echoes what an ancient sage named Bai Yuchan said in China.

"The ninth transformation of the golden elixir is called the Nine Returns. It is like a dung beetle dying, its dung ball splitting, and its cicada flying, with both its form and spirit being wonderful. (Excerpt from Bai Yuchan's Haiqiong Chuandao Ji)"

Suddenly, all the strange visions in front of the little ghost disappeared, and the outline of the adult became clearer and clearer, his internal organs gradually appeared, then his bones and meridians became clearer, and finally his skin and clothes appeared.

When the strange vision completely disappeared, only Chen Shi was left sitting in the courtyard.

The little ghost calmed himself down, walked forward with the lantern ghost, bowed and said: "My master asked me to come and ask you when we will set off?"

Chen Shi stood up and said with a smile: "Now that I have cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, my chances of success are even higher. Go back and tell the Lord that we can set out after daybreak!"

(End of this chapter)