On the Avenue.

Chapter 260 Surrounding Xiaowu
After Chen Shi left, Zhou Qianying, Wang Ping and others stepped forward. The iron tower-like strong man searched for the elixir and fed it to Ma Zongzhou. He then took out the holy medicine for flesh growth, took off Ma Zongzhou's clothes, and smeared the holy medicine all over his body.

Several girls turned around hurriedly, not daring to look.

Ma Zongzhou had three ribs broken by Chen Shi, and he was kicked dozens of times in the lower body and abdomen, and beaten with a stick countless times. His whole body was beaten black and purple. If Chen Shi had not had no killing intention and had restrained his strength, Ma Zongzhou would have died when he was hit by Chen Shi's first punch.

When everyone saw this, they were shocked and horrified. They looked at each other and dared not speak.

They were feeling uneasy. After all, they had just been chatting and laughing with Chen Shi, and had treated Chen Shi like an injured little brother, taking extra care of him. They also wanted to use the relationship with Chen Shi to bring their family closer to Chen Tang.

And now, Chen Shi had brutally attacked Ma Zongzhou, the son of the Ma family, and almost beat him to death. They couldn't help but worry that when Ma Zongzhou woke up, he would vent his anger on them.

At this time, dust was flying in the rear, and another group of people and horses were coming along the post road with great momentum. It was the team of the Ma family in Meizhou.

Zhou Qianying and others were confused and stood there watching.

After all, the Ma family is an extremely old family with many children. There are seven children participating in the Xijing examination this time, and Ma Zongzhou is one of them. He has always liked to be alone, so he left the main group and went forward. Unexpectedly, he met Chen Shi and was beaten up.

Ma Zongming, who led the team this time, was two years older than Ma Zongzhou and was also from the lineage of the clan leader. He frowned as he looked at the unconscious Ma Zongzhou.

The Ma family retainers around were very angry. Two or three hundred of them were filled with murderous intent. They sacrificed all kinds of shrines, and their divine fetuses, golden elixirs, primordial infants, and primordial spirits all emitted astonishing power, and were ready to chase Chen Shi.

"Stop it all!"

Ma Zongming stopped them and said in a deep voice, "We are going to Beijing to take the imperial examination, not to kill people. Your mission is to escort the seven of us to Beijing. Other matters have nothing to do with you."

As soon as this statement came out, the crowd was furious.

An old man from the Ma family said, "Zong Ming and Zong Zhou are also members of the Ma family who went to Beijing to take the imperial examination. They were beaten like this. Chen Shi is bullying our Ma family too much! Our Ma family follows the True King and suppresses all kinds of demons. We are not someone who can bully us! If we don't punish Chen Shi today, Zhao Shi and Qian Shi will come to bully us tomorrow!"

"That's right!"

A young girl from the Ma family stood up and said angrily, "Brother Zongming, Chen Shi has done many evil things. Our uncle in Xinxiang was bullied by him and had to bow and scrape before him. Our cousin Ma Weigong in Gongzhou was killed by him! And in Qingzhou, he and the scum of the Li family, Li Tianqing, murdered our Ma family's medicine man! Now he is bullying Brother Zongzhou again, can we still tolerate it? Should we continue to tolerate it?"

As she spoke, tears rolled down her cheeks and she felt extremely aggrieved.

Ma Zongming shook his head and said, "We are going to Beijing to take the imperial examination. Let's not make things complicated. Chen Shi has done many evil things, but whether to deal with him is up to the elders of the family to decide."

He looked around and said, "To be honest, several of my Ma family's ancestors have left their homes and gone to Xijing because of the matter of the medicinal fields in Qingzhou."

Everyone's grief and anger disappeared, and everyone looked shocked.

The medicinal fields of Qingzhou are of great importance.

Chen Shi's actions in Qingzhou seemed to be just to eliminate the Wan family, but in fact, they forced out many ancestors of the thirteen families!

The ancestor of the Ma family went to Xijing. On the surface, it seemed to have nothing to do with the medicine field, but in fact, he wanted to deal with the forces behind Chen Shi.

The existence behind the Xijing corpse cloud!
"Whether or not we can move Chen Shi will soon find out."

Ma Zongming said calmly, "As the younger generation, we should not act on our own, lest we ruin the plans of our ancestors. Next time, when you see Chen Shi, you must treat him with courtesy and not be rebellious at all. Do you understand?"

Everyone suppressed their anger and nodded in agreement.

When Zhou Qianying and others saw that the Ma family did not take any action and did not chase after Chen Shi, they looked at each other and felt awe in their hearts.

"Who is behind Chen Shi? Even the Ma family is holding back. Could it be that the Chen family is stronger than the Thirteen Aristocratic Families?"

Chen Shi's wooden cart slowly went deeper into the hinterland of Xiniu Xinzhou. The surroundings gradually became desolate. The post roads had fallen into disrepair and were often interrupted. In some places, there were no post roads at all, only country roads.

Sometimes you walk for dozens of miles and don’t see a village.

There were many white bones on the roadside, and I didn't know whether they were human or animal. When the moon came out, they crawled slowly on the ground.

But because it was daytime and the moonlight was weak, they were not very powerful and many of them were crushed by cars.

Farther away from the road, there were some tall and thin people wearing black clothes, much taller than the trees. They were thin and leaned out of the woods, motionless, watching the wooden cart pass by.

They turned their heads and watched the wooden cart go away.

Sun Yisheng was awed and whispered, "That's a ghost. It's daytime now and they can't move, but they run very fast at night! We have to move faster and find a safe place before dark."

Not long after they walked, another group of giant beasts slowly passed by in front of them. Those giant beasts were like moving hills, with four legs and two arms. Their arms reached out to the ground to support their walking.

Their necks are very long, reaching into the clouds. There are some plants floating in the clouds between the mountains, and these giant beasts eat these plants for survival.

However, there is a kind of big bird that builds its nest among these plants. In order to protect its young, the big bird flies up and pounces on the heads of these giants, pecking them until they are bleeding.

And from the back of the giant beast, many arrows shot into the air, scaring away the birds.

Only then did everyone notice that there was a village on the back of each giant beast.

The villagers wore little clothes, had their faces painted with all kinds of paint, and held bows and arrows. They watched them from afar, very warily.

"They are people who do not pay taxes and live on the backs of okapis. They are almost turning into savages." Sun Yisheng said.

Hu Feifei took her daughter out of the small courtyard and looked up at this rare scene.

Nannan asked in confusion: "What do they eat?"

Chen Shi pointed to the back of the okapi, where there was a field of crops, and said, "They grow crops and eat the same as us."

Sun Yisheng shook his head and said, "It's different. Their crops are mainly crops brought from Shenzhou, called sorghum. There is no soil on the back of the ape, so the sorghum is planted in the ape's sweat pores. When planting, they will pull out the ape's sweat hair and sprinkle seeds in the pores. After the sorghum grows and sprouts, it will go deep into the pores. The oil and dirt secreted by the ape will become fertilizer for the sorghum, which thrives very well."

Chen Shi and Hu Feifei were amazed.

Planting sorghum on the backs of ogres and migrating with them was truly an eye-opener for them.

"They also raise a strange kind of pig, called a flea pig, which is a six-legged parasite that lives on the body of the okapi. The flea pig is pure black and difficult to see at night. It will arch a channel in the okapi's skin, drill into the okapi's body, and live by drinking the okapi's blood."

Sun Yisheng said, "Flea pigs can grow to 300 to 400 kilograms, run very fast, and have amazing jumping ability. They can jump dozens of feet from the back of one ogre to the back of another ogre. After these people domesticated the flea pigs, they used the holes dug by the flea pigs to make wells, and sometimes they would ride on the flea pigs to fight with the tribe on the back of another ogre."

The convoy passed under these ocelots, and Chen Shi, Hu Feifei and Nannan looked up.

Above their heads, a huge okapi raised its pillar-like legs and strode across the sky, creating a rumbling sound in the wind.

Not long after, they saw the tribal war that Sun Yisheng had mentioned.

Two adult okapis encountered each other and probably fought for the right to mate.

The human tribe on the back of the okapi also participated in this battle. People from both tribes painted their faces in colorful colors, rode on flea boars, tied the fangs on both sides of the flea boar's mouthparts with ropes, sprinted on the back of the okapi, suddenly jumped up, and even made a sonic boom in the air. They jumped onto the back of the opposite okapi, holding spears and sharp blades, and killed the people from the opposite tribe!
The sky was full of jumping flea pigs, and from time to time someone would slip and fall from the sky, smashing to pieces with a thud. The wooden cart passed under the two fighting okapis, and was nearly trampled to death by them several times. The most dangerous time was when the okapi's extremely heavy legs were about to crush the wooden cart. Sun Yisheng urged his soul to hold up the okapi's falling legs, and the wooden cart was able to escape.

The ogre was so heavy and big that when its legs pressed down on him, Sun Yisheng felt as if a mountain a thousand feet high was pressing down on him. Even though he was a master in the Void Refinement Realm, he was still severely injured by the pressure.

His soul was more seriously injured. He sat in the wooden cart, holding the sheep-horn heavenly spirit lamp, but still felt cold. He put on several more sets of clothes, wrapped himself tightly, and warmed his soul in the flame of the lamp.

Seeing this, Hu Feifei sent him to the small courtyard to bask in the sun with the dog.

Sun Yisheng wanted to refuse to lie on the recliner with Heiguo, but his injuries were too severe and he didn't want to move after lying down.

The dog pushed 叆叆 to his ear, took a book out of his mouth, licked his paw with his tongue, and turned the page to read.

Sun Yisheng thought to himself, "There seems to be something wrong with this dog."

As soon as Hei Guo glanced at him, he became much more normal.

Hei Guo was flipping through a book. After a while, he suddenly picked up the sheep-horn sky-spiritual lamp and shook it gently. Sun Yisheng then saw the lamp, the dog, and his soul sinking into the underworld together!
He was horrified and struggled to call for help, but Chen Shi and Hu Feifei had already run onto the back of an okapi and were exchanging their extra clothes for some "useless golden soft stones" from the person living on its back. No matter how Sun Yisheng called for help, the two did not hear him.

But the wooden cart heard it, grew arms, and grabbed the courtyard.

Sun Yisheng saw huge eyeballs growing on the four sides of the wooden cart, which moved closer to the sky above the small courtyard, blocking out the sky, and then turned around and stared at him.

Sun Yisheng thought to himself, "If you want to die, then die, Master Chen Tang. I have done my best."

In the underworld, the black pot was like a giant demon. It raised the goat-horn sky lamp. The flame was blazing like a dark moon under the goat's horn.

Sun Yisheng's soul was in the dark moon. He felt that it absorbed the extremely yin energy from the underworld and burned in the lamp oil, but the yin turned to yang and produced the extremely yang energy, which was constantly refined into his soul to repair his soul.

He was surprised and delighted, and felt that his soul's recovery speed had greatly increased!

"It turns out that the dog is not trying to harm me, but to help me heal my wounds."

At this moment, many ghosts and gods came from all directions, the sound of fighting was earth-shaking, and they surged towards this side like a tide.

Sun Yisheng was horrified. His soul was ten feet tall, which made him a powerful being among the cultivators in the Void Refinement Realm. However, in front of these underworld ghosts and gods that were often hundreds of feet tall, it was not enough.

"I didn't expect that I would die in the underworld..."

Just as he thought of this, he saw the giant black dog stepping on the devil fire, pouncing on the fight, smashing the head of a thousand-foot ghost god, biting off the arm of another ghost god, and with a roar, it made the head of another ghost god explode with a bang, opened its mouth and spit out devil fire, burning the three-headed ghost god that was pouncing on it into ashes!
"These ghosts and gods are not here to kill me!"

Sun Yisheng realized, "These ghosts and gods are here to kill this dog!"

His heart was beating wildly: "Who is Gouzi? I'm afraid his background is much greater than mine!"

There were more and more ghosts and monsters around, and Hei Guo could not hold on any longer. He was exhausted from killing them, so he bit the sheep's horn Tianling Lantern and jumped out of the underworld and returned to the small courtyard.

It put down the sheep-horn lantern, lay down on the chair, put on its hat, and rested in the sun.

Sun Yisheng only felt that his soul injury had healed a lot, and his spirits had recovered a little. He felt ashamed in his heart: "I didn't want to sit next to it before, but it didn't despise me for not being worthy of sitting with it..."

Chen Shi and Hu Feifei got off the back of the six-legged giant octopus and brought back several kilograms of "useless golden stones".

They also bought two six-legged flea pigs. Hu Feifei and Nannan happily climbed onto the pigs' backs, planning to ride them out for a stroll.

"sudden!"

The two flea pigs exerted their strength, leaped into the air, and disappeared without a trace.

After a while, the excited screams of Hu Feifei and Nannan were heard in the distance.

The flea pig's speed was so fast that the two men were almost scared to death.

"Master Sun, we are rich again!"

Chen Shi invited Sun Yisheng out, gave him some broken gold, and said with a smile, "To the locals, these golds are just useless stones that cannot be used to make spears. They need clothes more, so Feifei and I exchanged some. You can use them first, if you don't have enough, I have more here."

Sun Yisheng was at a loss, and kept asking, "Master, how can I take your money?"

He just felt ashamed. Not only did he not help much along the way, he was also injured repeatedly and needed to be taken care of by Chen Shi and Gou Zi. All three meals a day were prepared by the vixen Hu Feifei.

He can only eat and drink for free.

Nowadays, we still need money from the younger generation.

For the first time, he felt so incompetent.

Xijing.

Wenchang Lane.

There was a drizzle in the sky. Li Yiran, the great-grandfather of the Li family, looked up in the rain and looked at a dark cloud in the sky.

All other clouds move with the wind, but this dark cloud floats in the sky, motionless, always covering Xijing. Even on rainy days, this cloud seems out of place with the other clouds.

His eyesight was extremely sharp. To other people, Cang Yun was just a strange cloud, but in his eyes, this Cang Yun was made up of corpses.

"Creator Xiaowu."

Li Yiran retracted his gaze, laughed, turned around, and said leisurely, "I've been waiting for you."

Behind him, a scholar in a light green Taoist robe came over. He was tall, handsome, with a fair face and no beard. He held the white jade belt around his waist in one hand and held an oil-paper umbrella in the other. He walked in the rain alley, looking a bit lazy.

He is the Creator Xiaowu.

Li's great ancestor walked out from behind him and blocked his way.

At the same time, the ancestor of the Li family and the former clan leader came from two other alleys and blocked Creator Xiaowu at the intersection.

Creator Xiaowu held up an oil-paper umbrella and frowned slightly.

"Back then, Chen Yin was causing trouble in Xijing, so I personally came out to assess his capabilities."

Li Yiran, the great grandfather of the Li family, said leisurely, "I had a lot of fun in that battle. Chen Yindu is indeed very strong. Let's each take a step back. If he doesn't investigate what happened back then, we won't pursue the fact that he killed so many people, and Chen Tang doesn't have to die. Now, I want to weigh your opinion again."

(End of this chapter)