On the Avenue.

Chapter 264 Chao Wen Dao

The power of the Great Five Thunder Talisman was extremely strong. Before the bullets from the Red Barbarian Cannon arrived, the power of the Great Five Thunder Talisman had already invaded their surroundings, even their bodies and souls.

The five thunders are heaven, earth, water, dragon and community commander.

The sky thunder comes from the sky god, the ground thunder comes from the earth god, the water thunder comes from the water god, the dragon thunder comes from the dragon god, and the community order comes from the divine power of the wild god and the grass god who are worshipped.

The Five Thunder Talisman borrows the power of five gods and transforms them into thunder.

When used between the fingers and palms, it becomes Palm Thunder or Five Thunder Talisman.

When used between heaven and earth, it becomes the Great Five Thunder Talisman!

The Red Cannon projectile that was fired from the sky was covered with large Five Thunder Runes. At this moment, the runes had exploded, forming extremely bright talisman patterns around the projectile, connecting the divine power between heaven and earth.

Chen Shi and those candidates felt a strong tingling sensation in their bodies. That was the effect of the water mines. The water in their bodies felt like it was evaporating, decomposing, and exploding!

Some of the candidates had weaker cultivation and swelled up like balloons.

They acted decisively and mobilized their qi and blood to suppress the abnormalities in their bodies.

At this time, their hair became fluffy, stood up and fluttered towards the sky.

A tingling sensation also came from the soles of their feet, as if a ray of lightning had penetrated their bodies, connecting heaven and earth!

Land mines and sky thunder are coming!
At the same time, everyone's souls were shaken, and it seemed as if there was a dragon's roar in their ears, making them unstable. This was the influence of the dragon thunder!

The smell of incense in the dilapidated ancient temple behind them suddenly became strong, as if an evil spirit had struck out some evil thunder, making them feel as if they were being pointed at by everyone but would die without any cause!
Even before the five thunders exploded, they were already feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Everyone saw dozens of projectiles dragging flames and bursting with thunder, bombarding them at such a fast speed that it was too late to escape!

The Great Five Thunder Talisman is just an appetizer. The real explosion of thunder and fire will occur at the moment the projectile hits the ground. The Nine Yang Thunder and Fire will be accompanied by the five thunders, smashing everything, shattering everything, and dissolving everything.

One of the scholars reacted very quickly and had already offered up his own golden elixir. Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning, and the golden elixir turned into ashes.

The scholar fell to the ground and died without even a sound.

When the others saw this, they were horrified and dared not offer their golden elixir.

Chen Shi raised the Huagai, which flew into the air, spinning in the air, rapidly changing into an area of ​​several mu in radius, shielding the power of the five thunders.

Chen Shi said loudly: "You can now sacrifice your golden elixir, Nascent Soul, and Primordial Spirit!"

Sun Yisheng summoned his own soul, and the ten-foot-high soul activated his sword skills. Sword energy pierced through the sky and met the incoming projectiles.

Other scholars who were taking the exam also offered their golden elixirs and primordial infants, but most of them were golden elixirs, and only one or two had cultivated into primordial infants.

With the protection of Huagai, the Five Thunders no longer hurt anyone. Everyone used their own spells, such as Ziwu Zhanxie Sword, to fight against the projectiles.

However, as soon as all the magic spells flew out of the coverage of the Huagai, they were shattered by the five thunders. The magic spells could not fly out of the coverage of the Huagai at all.

Even for a great master like Sun Yisheng who was at the peak of the Void Refinement Realm and whose sword energy was extremely condensed, most of it was shattered by the horrifying thunder and fire before it even touched the projectile.

Fortunately, there was still a lot of sword energy that hit the projectile, and the projectile exploded in the air. At the moment of the outbreak, blazing flames and thunder expanded rapidly outwards, covering acres of space, and then thunder rolled, dull and grand.

Many people were pierced through the body by the thunder, and felt their spirits shaken, and their souls were divided into three souls and seven spirits, and they were about to fly in different directions!
Sun Yisheng wasn't feeling well either. He used magic to block the bullet, but the recoil force caused his soul to suffer a relapse of old injuries!
The thunderous sound vibrated his old wound, almost causing it to split open.

The great invention of the Medicine Saint Sun Simiao is a powerful weapon for slaying gods and eliminating demons, but it is even more effective against monks!
As long as you haven't killed the Three Corpses, you will be afraid of thunder. The Medicine Saint's gunpowder clears the way with thunder and fire. No matter how high your cultivation is, you cannot withstand the bombardment of artillery. It's just a matter of how much gunpowder you have.

Sun Yisheng didn't care about the injury of his soul. He waved his arms and stretched out his ten fingers. More sword energy flew into the air, like a peacock spreading its tail, to meet the remaining bullets.

His realm was high and his spells worked extremely fast. Even artillery shells were destroyed by him one by one!

In an instant, the projectiles were already hundreds of feet away from them, and another batch of projectiles were hit and exploded. The raging waves of fire swept across the earth and melted the sand and gravel!
The flesh on Sun Yisheng's hands was peeled off, revealing his bones. His injuries flared up, but he still mobilized more sword energy to meet the remaining bullets.

Bullets exploded in the air one after another, and the last bullet flew two feet in front of them, about to hit them. Sun Yisheng was shocked by the continuous recoil, and his blood was boiling. It was too late to block the bullet. He gritted his teeth and prepared to use his Yuanshen Dojo to resist the bullet.

"Even the dojo can't neutralize the full power of this projectile! Among all the people present, I'm afraid I'm the only one who can survive the bombardment. I can't protect these scholars..."

Before he could finish his thought, suddenly a sword energy like a dragon flew out from the canopy and struck the bullet.

The projectile exploded!

Thunder and fire poured down, air waves rolled, and accompanied by the sound of thunder, sweeping away everything!
Sun Yisheng was about to resist, but he saw a magnificent scene like the heavenly palace emerging under the umbrella in the air. Twelve hundred talismans lit up, turning from a flat surface to a three-dimensional one, forming twelve hundred gods of all sizes, arranged in an orderly manner.

The Luo umbrella was spinning, bearing the raging impact of thunder and fire. Countless thunders exploded outside the umbrella, and waves of fire surged.

The Luo umbrella spun with a whistling sound, and was hit by the explosion of thunder and fire, causing it to slide backwards. The people under the umbrella followed the Luo umbrella's rapid steps, retreating more than a hundred steps in succession. The Luo umbrella blocked all the power of the projectile and stopped.

Everyone stopped.

Chen Shi raised his hand, and the Luo umbrella shrank rapidly. The gods in the sky turned into talismans and returned to the umbrella surface and umbrella pole and fell into his hands.

However, the runes on the umbrella also became much dimmer as a result.

But the Luotian Dajiao still blocked the bombardment!
However, the ancient temple where they lived collapsed in the artillery fire and no longer exists.

Chen Shi leaned on his Luo umbrella and asked doubtfully, "Could it be that the Shenji Camp is bombarding us?"

He had seen the Shenji Camp bombarding Xiao Wangsun, and many masters of the Shenji Camp were like gods descending from heaven in thunder and fire, besieging Xiao Wangsun on the mountaintop. The combination of the Red Cannon and the personal strength of the monks formed a stranglehold, and even a mountain was flattened!
Even a powerful man like Xiao Wangsun almost died on the spot.

But, isn’t Jin Hongying the leader of the Shenjiying?

Could it be that Jin Hongying didn't care about their friendship and murdered him on the road?
They had secretly seen Xiao Jin taking a bath before. How could Xiao Jin be so heartless?

Sun Yisheng suppressed his injuries and thought to himself: "My injuries have never healed since I set out on the journey west..."

He took the most bombardment, and his old injuries recurred, which made him feel a little depressed.

The thunder and fire dissipated, and in front of him was a molten ground, emitting hot steam. Even he felt a little terrified.

In the distance, there was another burst of artillery fire, and streaks of flames flew over.

"Run back!" Chen Shi shouted.

Everyone woke up and immediately ran back the way they came.

Once these artillery shells are fired, they cannot turn in the air. As long as you run back and get out of the range of the artillery fire, you can survive.

After all, the Red Cannon is heavy and inconvenient to move, so as long as it is faster than the Red Cannon, it will be fine.

Their cultivation levels varied, their running speeds varied, and they each activated their armor and horse talismans, making it impossible for them to escape the bombardment range in a short period of time.

Sun Yisheng quickly caught up with the wooden cart and looked up, only to see the bullets in the air, dragging fire and thunder, drawing an arc in the air, and actually changing direction in the air and bombarding them!

Sun Yisheng was a little distracted, and exclaimed: "These projectiles are already talisman soldiers!"

The projectile is a disposable object. It is made by repeatedly drawing talismans and offering incense to them. Over time, it can communicate with spirits. When it flies in the air, it can be controlled by people.

However, such bullets are definitely worth a lot of money!
"Who on earth could mobilize the power of the Divine Machine Camp to kill us?"

Sun Yisheng thought of Chen Tang's instructions, and his heart moved slightly, "Could it be the Thirteenth Family?"

He and Chen Shi, one on the left and one on the right, escorted the crowd, like an angry dragon running on the desolate plain, rolling forward.

And above their heads, lightning and fire were approaching rapidly!
Chen Shi asked loudly: "Master Sun, how do they know our location?"

Sun Yisheng came to his senses and shouted, "In the sky! There must be spies hiding in the clouds, following us and monitoring our actions!"

The projectiles were already approaching, and Chen Shi urged the Luo Umbrella to fly up, shouting, "You take care of the spies, and I'll guard the wooden cart!"

Sun Yisheng hesitated for a moment, but saw that the umbrella was getting bigger and bigger, covering an area of ​​about acres. A sword light flew out from the umbrella, splitting out a dark spring. On the other side of the dark spring was the gloomy underworld.

A bullet the size of a human head flew over, hit the Youquan, and then exploded in the underworld.

Seeing this, Sun Yisheng no longer hesitated. He immediately soared into the sky and looked around. He found three clouds flying with the wooden cart, four or five miles above the ground.

His spirit roared away and headed straight for the clouds.

There was a person hidden in each of the three clouds, crawling in the cloud with a lightning-proof talisman on his body.

The clouds under their feet were also specially refined and could be raised up and float in the air.

Seeing him running towards them, three people immediately stood up from the clouds. One of them waved a flag, and suddenly thunder and fire rolled towards them.

The flag was a talisman weapon, with thunder and fire symbols drawn on it, and accompanied by saltpeter and gunpowder, it was terrifyingly powerful. Sun Yisheng's soul urged the dojo to charge forward, and the dojo shook endlessly in the explosion of thunder, fire, and gunpowder.

He walked through the sea of ​​fire, swung his sword, beheaded the man, then turned around and a flash of sword light flew out to meet the other man who was rushing towards him.

The man saw the sword light split into two, two into four, four into eight, eight into sixteen, and it kept splitting!

This man remained calm in the face of danger, and used his Taoist magic, as if he had grown thousands of arms, each of which used magic to block the sword lights.

However, when the sword light decomposed for the tenth time, he finally couldn't stop it.

"Chucky!"

Sword lights pierced through his body from all directions.

The man's eyes widened, keeping his body intact, and asked sternly, "Chen Tang's Xuanwei Sword Scripture?"

Sun Yisheng's soul flew past him, and his voice reached his ears: "You know the Xuanwei Sword Manual? So, you are a master in the Xijing Shenji Camp. I have only learned the tenth interpretation of Master Chen's sword manual. If you can block the tenth interpretation, I can't kill you."

"Is Chen Tang so strong?"

The man's eyebrows and beard were furious, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe it!"

He could not maintain his body and suddenly broke into countless pieces of flesh.

Sun Yisheng was chasing the last man and looked down in a hurry. He saw a sword under the canopy swimming like a dragon, sending the attacking bullets into the underworld.

The bullets exploded in the underworld without hurting them.

Some of the bullets went off course and exploded around the wooden cart. Waves of fire and waves of air rolled, sweeping everything away. However, the wooden cart was moving at an incredible speed, leaving the waves of fire and air behind.

However, the speed of the projectile was too fast. If there was any mistake, I'm afraid all of them would die under the umbrella!

Sun Yisheng caught up with the last man, who was a talisman master. With a wave of his hand, hundreds of feet of talismans burst out, transforming into various gods to besiege him, making him extremely difficult to deal with.

Sun Yisheng ignored the gods and demons transformed by the talismans and fought him quickly, exchanging injuries for injuries. Finally, he killed the talisman master even though his soul suffered dozens of injuries!

He fell from the sky and was about to return to his physical body when suddenly a projectile came towards him.

Sun Yisheng hurriedly activated the Yuanshen Dojo, and the projectile crashed into the dojo and exploded.

Sun Yisheng's body trembled violently. He took a deep breath to keep his spirit intact and return to his physical body.

His face was pale, and he wanted to block the bullets for Chen Shi, but he spat out a mouthful of blood, felt dizzy, and his soul was about to collapse.

"Master Chen, tell Master Chen Tang that I did not run away."

Sun Yi was very angry and said to Chen Shi, "I have failed him in his kindness. I may not be able to send you to Xijing..."

"You can't die!"

Chen Shi reached out and grabbed the sheep-horn sky-spiritual lamp, shouting, "Black pot, black pot! Save them!"

Hei Guo stood up hurriedly, pulled Sun Yisheng's soul out of his body, and stuffed it into the flame of the lamp.

Chen Shi's face was gloomy as he supported Sun Yisheng who was about to fall.

The other scholars hurried to help and put Sun Yisheng onto the wooden cart.

Everyone ran around the wooden cart and finally ran out of the artillery range.

Chen Shi slowed down. The sky was filled with fiery clouds and it was getting dark.

Many candidates were terrified and looked around, whispering, "The evil spirit may be coming."

When the fire clouds dispersed, the moonlight sprinkled on the earth, but the moonlight was also gray-yellow.

The wind is going to blow again.

Chen Shi stopped the car and said to everyone, "We will spend the night in the wild."

He cast a talisman to calm the wind on the wooden cart, then took out the lantern left by his grandfather and hung it on the front of the cart.

The sky darkened and the wind started to pick up outside the car.

Everyone sat leaning against the wooden cart, and saw that the wind outside was getting stronger and stronger, with howling winds and flying sand and rocks.

In the darkness, some strange figures approached them, but when they encountered the light of the lanterns, they quickly retreated as if they were burned.

Sun Yisheng was coughing in the cart. The people took out various elixirs they had prepared and put them into the wooden cart. Chen Shi thanked them and returned the elixirs to everyone.

"His soul is injured, these elixirs are useless."

There were some magical herbs in front of Chen Shi's small temple, but he didn't know the properties of the herbs. Fortunately, there was a pharmacist among these scholars, the scholar who wanted to treat their injuries before, named Huang Fengnian. Chen Shi brought Huang Fengnian's consciousness to the small temple and asked him to identify the properties of the herbs.

"This one is a holy medicine for healing soul injuries, called the Soul-Fixing Grass. And this fruit of the Sun-Returning Flower can also be used. But if you want to maximize its effect, you have to refine the elixir."

Chen Shi picked elixirs and asked Huang Fengnian to prepare the medicine, but after the herbs were prepared, an alchemist was still needed to refine them into pills.

A scholar raised his hand and said shyly, "I am an alchemist. I am OK at refining elixirs, but my furnace is not very good and I can't control the temperature."

Another female candidate said, "I am more proficient in fire magic, maybe I can help you control the temperature."

They worked together and quickly refined the necessary pills and fed them to Sun Yisheng.

Chen Shi checked and found that Sun Yisheng's injuries had stabilized and were not as serious as before.

Hei Guo took Sun Yisheng into the underworld and used the power of the underworld to recuperate his soul.

Chen Shi sat by the car and asked everyone, only to find out that these candidates all had one or two specialties, including pharmacists, musicians, talisman masters, alchemists, fortune tellers, feng shui masters, and people from all walks of life.

"Although I passed the imperial examination, I can't live without money. I have to make a living, right?" said the female scholar named Tian Yue'e with a smile.

Most of the techniques they practiced were the Tianxin Zhengqi Jue, which could only reach the Jindan realm. Only one person broke through the Jindan realm, and that was the pharmacist Huang Fengnian, who broke through by accidentally eating a superior spiritual medicine.

Those who have passed the imperial examination and cultivated to this level are not stupid. Unfortunately, without the right skills, they cannot go any further.

"You didn't change to other skills?" Chen Shi asked.

They all laughed.

"Where can I go to change it?"

Tian Yue'e smiled and said, "A master in our county asked me to be his mistress, a wild woman without any official status, and said he could give me a method to cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage. I thought about it for three or four days, but still refused. My father worked so hard to support my schooling, and I have worked hard to cultivate for so many years. I am not meant to be a mistress for the master."

Huang Fengnian said, "The county magistrate of our county asked me to work in the government office, saying that he could promote me. I have worked with him for several years, but he never gave me the Nascent Soul Realm technique that he promised to give me. I think he can use this technique to keep me hooked for the rest of my life."

Another female scholar laughed and said, "You are much better off than me. At least you have a way. I don't even have a way. I live in the village, and I am the only scholar in our village."

Everyone was talking at once, talking about their experiences. As they talked, they all started laughing. Their faces, which were sunburned red, made their teeth look very white.

Chen Shi couldn't help but say, "Everyone, with your abilities, you can't pass the imperial examination! Why do you still risk your lives to come to Xijing?"

"Because you can change your destiny." Tian Yue'e said with a smile.

Someone whispered, "This is our only chance to change our fate. If we don't grab it, our life will be over."

They laughed and said, "If we fail the exam, our life will be over."

Chen Shi was silent for a moment, and said silently in his heart: "Not teaching the people to fight is abandoning them. Not teaching people how to fight is abandoning them. The court has abandoned us."

He taught them the method of tempering the Seven Dipper Refinements, saying: "You can follow the Seven Dipper Refinements, practice the Seven Returns, Eight Transformations, and Nine Returns, and you will soon be able to cultivate into a Nascent Soul. As for the method, I will pass it on to you when I come back. Let's go to Xijing together and test him with a score that will scare the hell out of him!"

He stood up, took off the canopy on the car, and said, "You guys stay by the car, I'm going to go out for a while. Sister Feifei, take good care of Nannan. It's getting dark, don't run around."

Everyone was comprehending the Seven Refinements of the Big Dipper, and were shocked when they heard this.

Tian Yue'e asked, "It's getting late and the wind is strong, where are you going?"

"revenge."

Chen Shi walked into the howling wind with his canopy, and heard a voice, "The Master said, if you hear the truth in the morning, you can die in the evening. I heard their cannon fire, so I will rush over to kill them at night!"

It's a dark and windy night, it's the perfect time for murder and arson!
——5,000-word chapter
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