On the Avenue.

Chapter 277 Conquer them
Granny Sha shook her head and said, "Unless you can mobilize a dozen Mahayana masters, you will have a chance to fight him. Xiao Shi, just give up on this idea."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. Just focus on healing your wounds. I will do it myself."

Even if Granny Sha and the others wanted to worry, they were powerless. They also knew that he always had his own opinions, so they did not ask any more questions.

Hei Guo's speed in the underworld was faster than in the world of the living, and he sent them to Gaoshan County in the second half of the night. However, although Chen Shi could activate the Youquan Youlong Sword to send them to the underworld, he didn't know how to activate this sword to enter the world of the living.

Granny Sha borrowed the Wandering Dragon Sword, observed it for a while, and said, "This thing was transformed from the dragon energy in the mountains of the Yang World. It has been nurtured for thousands of years, but it was broken into by someone and contaminated with the energy of the underworld. It is easy to enter the Yang World. Just sacrifice this treasure and stimulate it with the Yang energy, and you can enter the Yang World."

She mobilized her own pure yang energy, raised the Youlong Sword, and the sharp sword flew into the air, cutting the two worlds of yin and yang. On the opposite side was a quiet street, and there were bang bang sounds coming from it. It was the night watchman knocking on the gong.

Judging from the sound, it’s already the fourth watch.

The crowd walked out of the underworld and came to the street in the world of the living.

Suddenly there was a clanging sound. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the night watchman threw his clapper on the ground, looked at them in horror, turned around and ran away as if he had seen a ghost.

Granny Sha returned the Youquan Youlong Sword to Chen Shi and said, "You have only sacrificed this sword, but you have never refined it. You should temper it repeatedly with the Yin and Yang energies to achieve the greatest effect. The Yin energy can inspire this sword to travel through the underworld, and the Yang energy can inspire this sword to travel through the world of the living."

Chen Shi was surprised and said, "I thought that the moonlight must be used to illuminate the sword in order for it to open the underworld."

He sent Grandma Sha and others to the branch of Hongshan Hall, dragged Qingyang's body out of the wooden cart, climbed onto the roof, and placed it under the moonlight to dry.

Not long after, Qingyang came back to life, reconnected his broken bones, and jumped off the roof. However, his injuries were too severe, and the jump shook his soul, causing him to die again.

Chen Shi then sent it to the roof to continue drying.

After Qingyang was resurrected, he became much more obedient and sat obediently on the roof to bask in the moonlight.

Chen Shi picked some magical herbs from the small temple and gave them to the three people. Their complexions became better.

Chen Shi was relieved then. He said goodbye to Zhuge Jian, took the black pot and the wooden cart, left Gaoshan County and headed for Xijing.

It was already daybreak. When they arrived in Xijing, it was already past the time for roll call. Chen Shi hesitated for a moment, looked in the direction of Guangjiku, and thought to himself, "I still need to deal with Zhong Kui, so I can't go and see who they are planning to ambush."

He was quite regretful and did not go to Guangjiku, but went straight to Xijing Xinxiang Guild Hall.

About three or four miles away from Guangjiku, several shepherds were grazing their sheep. The flock consisted of ewes with big bellies. Not far away, there were a few cows, also with big bellies, scattered on the grassland of more than ten acres nearby.

In addition, there were two or three pregnant women with big bellies under the tea stall. They supported their lower backs with their hands, ate matcha cakes, drank sugar water, and chatted with a smile, but their eyes glanced around from time to time.

There were men carrying firewood on the road, and porters carrying a sedan chair were resting under a tree. A fat woman was sitting in the sedan chair. She had a flowered handkerchief in her hand and kept wiping her sweat. Then she shook the handkerchief and scolded the porters, urging them to hurry up.

The scene was idyllic, except for the fat woman, who looked like the eldest lady of a wealthy family in Xijing going on an outing, which made her look a little unusual.

"It's time to come."

Several shepherds looked towards the post road, each with a confused look on their face.

"You've only been in office as ambassador of Guangjiku for a few days, and you haven't come to report for duty yet? You're truly a dandy boy who treats the laws of the Ming Dynasty as nothing!" a shepherd said indignantly.

The old man selling tea under the tea shed came up to the pregnant women and whispered, "Can you still hold on?"

One of the women propped her waist up with the table, gritted her teeth, and uttered, "Yes! For the sake of the young master's cause, the child can be born a few days later, but I will also plot against this guy!"

Another woman said, "Ouch! You kicked me!"

The third woman cried out, "Oh no! I'm afraid she's about to give birth!"

"Hold on! Hold on! You have to trick that kid Chen Shi no matter what!" The others encouraged her.

The woman couldn't hold on any longer and was carried away to give birth.

The fat woman in the sedan chair was Shen Hongniang, the head of the Hongniang Society. She had a big belly, not because she was pregnant, but because she was too fat.

The porters' legs were shaking with exhaustion, but they were not just pretending. It was really tiring to carry her.

The influence of the Matchmaker Society spread across fifty provinces. Although it is an inferior business, it is an excellent business.

Xijing is a good place with many powerful people and many desires. It is full of lights, wine, women and material desires, which has led to many strange hobbies. There are often affairs between high-ranking officials and nobles, and they need a matchmaker to act as a go-between.

Shen Hongniang did this kind of business in Xijing.

She has access to the private information of countless high-ranking officials and celebrities, and she is still alive today thanks to these private information.

She knew that these secrets could save her life or take her life, so she took refuge with the young master and was appreciated by him, which is why she is still alive today.

Today's plan to kill Chen Shi is also to repay the young master's kindness.

More cattle and sheep were about to be born, but Chen Shi had not come yet.

Shen Hongniang looked a little embarrassed. She clenched her flowered handkerchief and gritted her teeth, saying, "This is how the Ming Dynasty ended! The Ambassador of Guangjiku was lazy and absent on the fourth day after taking office! If you dare not go to Guangjiku today, you will empty it tomorrow!"

A porter asked cautiously, "Are you still waiting?"

"Wait!" Shen Hongniang gritted her teeth.

They waited until the afternoon, and everyone was starving, but Chen Shi still hadn't arrived.

Several more cows and sheep gave birth and were taken away by the shepherds, but two pregnant women were still holding on.

"Is Chen Shi not going to be on duty?" someone whispered.

Shen Hongniang was so angry that she laughed: "I came to wait for him at three o'clock in the morning, but he still didn't come when the sun was about to set! Is this Guangjiku still the place where he eats the emperor's food? What do the officials of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Justice do for a living? What do the officials of the East Factory do for a living? Are we going to let this beast do whatever he wants?"

"Master, what should we do now?" asked the porter.

Shen Hongniang said in a stern tone: "Retreat! Go back and rest! Come on time at 3:00 tomorrow morning!"

Everyone looked at each other with bitter expressions.

Several porters immediately lifted the sedan chair and headed towards Xijing.

Shen Hongniang's eyes flickered as she sneered, "You can choose not to come today, but can you choose not to come tomorrow? This is where you work after all!"

Chen Shi sat on a wooden cart, which rumbled away from Xijing and headed towards the Death Valley in Du County.

Hei Guo ran very fast in front of the wooden cart, and Nannan rode on the dog's back, giggling.

This time when Chen Shi went to the Xinxiang Guild Hall, he wanted to tell Hu Feifei that he wanted to take his daughter out. Hu Feifei had originally planned to follow him, but was persuaded by him to go back.

He had not slept for two days and one night, running around, first from Xijing to Death Valley, then from the underworld to Gaoshan County, then to Xijing again, and then from Xijing to Death Valley again. Now he was sitting in the car drowsy.

Suddenly, Chen Shi woke up, looked around, and thought to himself: "The place where we encountered the remains should be nearby!"

This is Dongshan, one of the three mountains surrounding Xijing. The wooden cart passed through the post road in the mountains. You can see the majestic mountains but not the huge black iron pillars.

Chen Shi stopped the car, raised the Youlong Sword, mobilized the pure Yin energy, separated the Yin and Yang worlds with one sword, and looked into the underworld.

His head appeared in the sky of the underworld. He was looking around, and when he turned around, he saw the huge pillar.

Chen Shi pulled his head back and looked behind him, but saw nothing.

"Weird, so weird!"

He tried it a few more times, but it was still the same. "There is a huge pillar at this location in the underworld, but not in the world of the living. Could it be that there was also an underworld in the era of the remnants?"

He had no time to study it carefully and continued driving forward.

When they arrived at Du County, Nan Nan couldn't hold on any longer and had fallen asleep in the car. Chen Shi didn't go directly to Death Valley, but went to the inn in the county town, booked a room, and put the little girl in bed.

Nannan woke up just as she got into bed, staring at him with her bright eyes.

"Big brother, Nannan is hungry." She said in a low voice.

Chen Shi took her out of bed, took her downstairs, and went to the night market in Du County to find something to eat.

The black pot and the wooden cart followed behind and also got a good meal.

The next day, Nannan didn't wake up until the hour of Si. Chen Shi didn't ask her to get up early, but went out of the city early, found a deserted place, and practiced the Xiaolang Emperor's Chapter. After practicing for half an hour, he returned to the county town and bought some black dog blood and cinnabar to trace the talismans on the wooden cart and the umbrella.

Nannan woke up and Chen Shi took her to eat again. Nannan made a fuss with Heiguo for a while before they set off for Death Valley.

It was the time when the private schools were over. In the town of Wangyou in Death Valley, many children rushed out of the private schools and ran outside happily.

Private school teacher Yong Nan chased after them and said, "Don't run too fast, or you'll fall! It's getting dark, don't leave town!"

Although he is tall and ugly, he has a gentle personality and treats these children very well.

After the students left, Yongnan locked the door. Outside the door, a girl of about eighteen or nineteen was waiting for him. She had two braids on her chest, her hair was black and shiny. She smiled and said, "Brother, there are guests at home, and we are waiting for you!"

"guest?"

Yong Nan was surprised and followed his sister Yong Xiner towards home.

He is nineteen years old this year, the same age as his sister, and they are born to the same twin. However, his sister is fair and pretty, while he is very ugly.

When his sister Yong Xiner grew up, people proposing marriage to him came to his doorstep. However, many of them wanted his sister to be a concubine in a wealthy family. He was very angry and beat the matchmakers back. He didn't know who he offended, but none of the matchmakers came to him again after that.

Someone told him that he had driven away the matchmaker from the Hongniang Society, and if he offended the Society, his sister would never be able to get married.

Therefore, even though my sister is already nineteen years old, no one has come to propose marriage to her.

A while ago, a man named Zhuge Jian came here. He was handsome, but a little old.

He followed his sister home, but saw a wooden cart parked outside the door. A black dog was sitting in front of the cart, looking at him with a smile.

Yongnan raised his flying eyebrows.

When they walked into the house, they saw a young boy holding a little girl sitting in the yard, talking to his parents.

Seeing him come in, the young man stood up with the little girl in his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Yongnan, you chased me so hard last night."

Yong Nan's eyes fell on the little girl beside him and his expression suddenly changed.

At this moment, the two suns in the sky slowly closed, and blazing divine fire flowed from the eyes of the True God, filling the sky for tens of thousands of miles and forming a sea of ​​fire in the sky, like red clouds.

The true god from outer space, with the eye between his eyebrows fully opened, transformed into a bright moon hanging in the sky.

The moonlight shines on the earth.

At the same time, the surroundings suddenly became dark and gloomy, Wangyou Town disappeared, and ghost lights appeared all around. They had already arrived in the underworld!
The two thousand-foot tall ghost gods, Black and White Impermanence, stood behind Nannan and Chen Shi.

The black pot turned into a giant dog, stepped on the devil's fire, and stood behind Yongnan.

Yongnan transformed into a taller ghost god in red, with a deep demonic aura and accompanied by extremely powerful and extraordinary strength.

He did not take action, but looked behind Nannan in surprise.

Behind Nannan, there was a crescent moon hanging in the sky of the underworld.

A crescent completely different from the one formed by the vertical eye between the eyebrows of the True God from Outer Space!
Zhong Kui looked at the crescent moon and was greatly shocked.

"I am Zhong Kui, the student, and I am here to pay my respects to the great Lord!" He knelt on one knee and stepped forward to pay his respects.

Nannan raised her head and looked at the huge ghost god with a solemn expression: "I am still a child, no need to be polite!"

She felt a little worried. This sentence was taught by Chen Shi, and she had been practicing it haltingly along the way. If she couldn't learn it, he would not take her out to play at night.

Zhong Kui stood up and said, "We should not stay here for long. We may be haunted by ghosts. If they find out the whereabouts of the Lord Qingtian, we will never be able to escape! Let's talk outside."

He waved his sleeves, and the three men and the dog reappeared in the courtyard of the Yong family.

Black and White Impermanence also disappeared.

A moment later, Chen Shi and Zhong Kui were standing on the stone bridge in the small town, with water flowing under the bridge, and Nannan was riding on the black pot and running around.

Chen Shi briefly recounted his discovery of Nannan, and said, "I heard that there has been a drastic change in the underworld, and many ghosts and gods are tracking down the whereabouts of the Lord Qingtian. I am also very worried about the safety of the Lord Qingtian, so I took the liberty to come and visit you, and would like to ask you to come out and help me."

Zhong Kui said: "For the safety of the great Lord Qingtian, I have no choice but to do it!"

Chen Shi asked, "Who is Tie Chi? Is he also a messenger from the underworld?"

"He is Yin Shuai Niutou Luosha. He and I were chased and ambushed, so he had to reincarnate here."

Zhong Kui said, "We were both speechless when we were born, and we didn't breathe our last breath even after being spanked. We finally remembered who we were. However, due to the limitations of our physical bodies, I am Yongnan during the day, and my cultivation is only at the Nascent Soul stage. I can only show my true form at night. The same is true for Tie Chi."

"It's enough."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "I have something else that I need your help with."

"What's the matter? But it doesn't matter."

The next evening, as night fell and the lights came on, Xijing was still extremely lively.

The boatman and the boat girl moored the pleasure boat at the pier of Qushang River to attract passengers. At this time, Chen Shi came to the pleasure boat with a big man in red clothes with a leopard head and round eyes.

"We just want to beat them both?" asked the sturdy man in red.

The boat girl suddenly felt something was wrong and quickly gave her father a look, signaling him to run away quickly.

The boatman didn't understand yet and was confused.

The boat girl immediately grabbed his hand and turned around to escape. At this moment, there was a thud, and a huge man as big as an iron tower jumped from the shore to the deck, blocking their retreat.

The big man had a ferocious body and a bulge on his head, as if horns were about to grow out.

The boat girl's face suddenly changed.

Chen Shi smiled and said, "We must fight until they agree to rescue my mother. Then, I'll trouble you two."

Zhong Kui walked towards the father and daughter.

——I have been suffering from chronic prostatitis these days. My waist hurts and I can’t sit for a long time. I think it’s because I sit in front of the computer for too long every day. I need to exercise.

(End of this chapter)