On the Avenue.

Chapter 278 It’s the father’s fault if the son doesn’t teach

Seeing that there was no way to escape, the boatman and his daughter looked at each other, then suddenly raised their feet and slammed them down. The world turned upside down, the Qushang River was upside down, and the pleasure boat had appeared in the underworld!

The father and daughter revealed their true forms, which were two horse-headed ghost gods, hundreds of feet tall, with ghostly fire all around them!
The boatman held a bamboo pole in his hand, like a spear piercing through the sky and earth, and shouted sternly: "Zhong Kui, others may be afraid of you, but my father and I are not afraid of you!"

They are now in Xijing City. Chuan Gu and his daughter pulled them into the underworld. Suddenly, extremely huge spirits appeared around them, sitting in the sky.

That is the primordial spirit of a Mahayana being, extremely powerful and even ghosts and gods cannot approach it!

Their eyes penetrated the Yin and Yang worlds, and everything was vivid in their eyes.

The underworld in Xijing is thousands of times larger than the world of the living. These souls are scattered around in groups of three or two, suppressing one side.

They were attracted by the commotion here, and looked over one after another, each showing a look of surprise: "Three ghost gods? No, it's four!"

"And Chen Shi is among them!"

Zhong Kui did not take any action. The iron chi behind them had already revealed the true form of the Bull-Headed Rakshasa, which was about a thousand feet tall and his body was like an iron mountain, standing among the clouds and mist. He slapped the boatman with a slap, and the boatman turned around, roared, and stabbed out with his spear.

The spear spun, making a strange sound like ghosts crying and gods howling, which was extremely shrill.

The boatman walked firmly, his muscles clattering and jumping, pushing his physical strength to the extreme.

He is a creature from the underworld who has cultivated a body of ghosts and gods, and thus became a ghost messenger and a divine official in the underworld.

This skill was not easy to come by. It relied on his extraordinary talent and was also the result of his hard work.

He has captured many powerful figures roaming the world of the living, including some who were in the Return to Void Realm and the Mahayana Realm. They refused to die even when their lifespan was up, and used various methods to save their lives, and even set up various traps and formations, calling on their friends to try to kill the ghosts who came to claim their lives.

He grew up in this kind of fighting, and he believed that his skills were as good as any judge or ghost commander. It was just that the underworld was nepotism, so he fell to the level of a ghost messenger.

When he thrust out the gun, the tip of the gun was like a cluster of flowers, dazzling the eyes.

"What a powerful ghost god!" A Mahayana soul in the sky exclaimed.

The bodies and souls of ghosts and gods were melted into one, indistinguishable from each other, and when this move of using the spear was performed, even they felt it was perfect!
The Bull-Headed Rakshasa slapped down with one palm, and the spear exploded with a popping sound. In an instant, the boatman's hands were covered in blood, and his arms were a bloody mess. Not only was the spear smashed to pieces, but the ghost's body was also broken!

The extremely powerful force crushed down on the boatman, and he raised his hands to receive it. A huge crack appeared in the ground beneath his feet, forming a gully hundreds of miles long.

The muscles in his thighs were stretched to the extreme, his skin exploded, and the blood in his body boiled, gushing out from the pores on the surface of his skin, hot as fire.

His legs were shaking and he couldn't hold it in any longer, so he fell to his knees with a thud.

In Xijing, many Mahayana spirits were moved upon seeing this scene.

The boatman is a horse-headed ghost god, and he is extremely powerful. He may not be as powerful as them in the world of the living, but in the underworld, the power of ghosts and gods has skyrocketed, and they can borrow the power of heaven and earth in the underworld. Even they are a little afraid.

However, in front of the bull-headed monster, he was defeated before he could even launch a single attack!
Such strength is admirable.

At this time, a Mahayana soul set its gaze on Zhong Kui in red beside Chen Shi.

"It's him!"

"The monster that fought with the Judge of Fire and Earth in the underworld last night!"

They each showed their true colors. Last night, the Fire Judge and the Earth Judge joined forces to attack Zhong Kui. They killed each other in the underworld. Zhong Kui only showed his upper body in the underworld, but he was able to kill the two judges. The Earth Judge was nearly eaten by Zhong Kui.

Fortunately, hundreds of ghosts and gods from the underworld heard the news and came to kill Zhong Kui.

That battle caused the underworld to collapse and the earth to split, and it almost affected Xijing!

With so many Mahayana and Return to Void realm beings in Xijing, as well as the Nine Palaces of True King to suppress them, they were able to block all the powerful attacks.

Chen Shi and others did not see that scene because they were trying to escape, but the strong men in Xijing saw it clearly.

They saw that this ghost god in red clothes, iron face and curly beard, even though he was surrounded, he still killed and ate many ghosts and monsters.

This battle made the spectators feel a little frightened.

Later, the number of ghosts and gods increased, and more powerful ghosts and gods came from afar, so Zhong Kui in red had to retreat and return to the world of the living.

"Why is he standing with Chen Shi?"

These souls were extremely shocked. “Could it be that Chen Shi has other backers besides Creator Xiao Wu?”

At this moment, the boat girl knelt down and bowed to Chen Shi, saying, "My father and I know we are wrong, and we are willing to go find your mother's soul!"

This scene shocked the minds of those Mahayana beings, and they all began to doubt whether they had seen it wrong.

"Chen Shi's backer in the underworld is so powerful that he even made the underworld officials kneel before Chen Shi!"

Zhong Kui looked at Chen Shi, and Chen Shi nodded slightly.

The pleasure boat returned to the world of the living.

In Xijing, those powerful spirits were in doubt and confusion.

"That red-robed ghost is not Chen Shi's backer! Chen Shi nodded, and the red-robed ghost took them back to the world of the living! It seems that Chen Shi is his backer!"

This discovery shocked them beyond words.

Chen Shi also has power in the underworld, and it is even more terrifying than in the world of the living!
They saw this with their own eyes, there was no way they were wrong!

Not long after, the father and daughter were escorted to the Xinxiang Guild Hall, and when they came to Nannan's side, Tiechi kicked them in the knees, and they fell to their knees.

The Lord Qingtian sat on a chair, looking at the two of them with a serious expression, his legs hanging in the air, swaying restlessly. He nodded slowly and said, "I am still a child, no need to be polite."

She is already very skilled.

Tie Chi looked at Zhong Kui suspiciously. Zhong Kui shook his head and whispered, "It is indeed the Lord Qingtian, without a doubt."

Tie Chi lowered his voice and said, "But when the great master Qingtian saw me, he said the same thing... Look, the kid surnamed Chen even gave the great master a candied haws to eat!"

Zhong Kui hesitated for a moment and said, "It should be what Chen Shi taught her. The Lord Qingtian is still in the mystery of the womb and has not awakened his memory."

"I'm going to crush him to death!"

Tie Chi took a step forward, and Zhong Kui shook his head: "He has no ill intentions. The Lord Qingtian is extremely dependent on him. If you try to harm him, the Lord will resent and hate you. Besides, we are ghosts and gods in the underworld, and we do need allies in the world of the living, otherwise you can't go back."

Tie Chi hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll listen to you."

The Lord Qingtian jumped off his chair and happily went to eat the candied haws. Hu Feifei quickly said, "Children, eat less candy at night!"

Nannan turned around and looked at Chen Shi.

Chen Shi said: "It's still early, remember to rinse your mouth after eating."

Nannan cheered.

"Just spoil her!" Hu Feifei complained.

Chen Shi reached out his hand to the boat girl, pulled her up, and said with a smile, "When are you two leaving?" The boat girl looked at her father and said, "Master Jie Yuan, please allow my father to recuperate for two days."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "If you two had been honest with each other at the beginning, why would it have come to this?"

The father and daughter were both silent and unhappy.

Chen Shi finally felt relieved and planned to go home to report that he was safe. Hu Feifei stopped him and said, "Xiao Shi, you should concentrate these days and stop running around. You should focus on preparing for the exam. The date of the exam has been set, it will be the 25th of this month, in just a few days."

Chen Shi nodded sternly and said, "I will definitely study hard when I return."

Hu Feifei said, "This time, we will test the civil exam first and then the military exam. The civil exam will be about the interpretation of classics and policy, and the military exam will be about cultivation and magic. The first place will be the champion. Then there will be a palace exam to decide who will be the champion. But that will be a competition between the top ten candidates in the exam."

Chen Shi asked, "Do you have any reference?"

Hu Feifei said: "I asked, and the Xijing exam does not allow spirits to participate. I will find the clan leader. The clan leader has great magical powers, and maybe he can let me in."

Chen Shi said: "So, have you found your ideal husband?"

Hu Feifei was worried and said, "I've picked out two or three, all of them are pretty good, but I don't think they'll be the top scorers."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Don't even think about the top prize. I'm sure I'll get it this time!"

When he got home, it was already late at night. Chen Tang was ready to go to bed. Seeing him coming back, he said, "I left some food for you and Hei Guo. Don't rush to eat. I'll ask the maid to heat it up."

Chen Shi and Hei Guo went to wash their hands. After a while, the food was heated up and served on the table.

Chen Tang sat beside them, watching them eat, and asked, "How is it going?"

Chen Shi picked up some food and said, "Although it was a bit tortuous, it was still going smoothly. My two friends have agreed to go to the underworld to save my mother, but they are injured and need to recuperate for a few days."

Chen Tang asked with concern: "How did you get hurt? Is it serious?"

"I asked someone to beat him up."

Chen Shi was eating rice, his mouth full, and he said in a muffled voice, "It's a bit serious."

Chen Tang said sternly, "You should be honest with others and not hit your friends easily. The imperial examination is coming soon. Did you learn the literary examination from Zhu Xiucai?"

Chen Shi nodded.

Chen Tang was relieved: "I also learned from him. You are taking part in this joint examination, and I am not worried about you in the written examination. Zhu Xiucai's attainments in classics, history, and literature are rare in the world. He has many classics that cannot be seen in the world. If you learn from him, you will definitely be among the top three in the written examination."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "So you also studied with Zhu Xiucai back then? Why didn't you pass the imperial examination and become the top scholar?"

Chen Tang said calmly, "I ranked first in both the county and provincial examinations, and I ranked fourteenth in the metropolitan examination. The thirteen people ahead of me were children of thirteen aristocratic families. Among them, my essay in the literary examination was recited by many candidates in Xijing."

He looked at Chen Shi deeply and said: "As long as you study hard under Zhu Xiucai, you will have no problem taking the exam."

Chen Shi straightened his chest and said with a smile: "I will definitely have no problem with the written test!"

Chen Tang said: "It's just a martial arts test, how confident are you?"

Chen Shi raised his Yuanying, and the snow-white baby floated in the air, curled up its body, slowly spread its limbs, and yawned.

Chen Tang looked at his Nascent Soul, his eyes flickering, "It's not enough. Most of the children of the thirteen families who participated in the examination have already cultivated into Yuanshen. The difference in realm is difficult to make up. The children of the thirteen families have all kinds of resources that you don't have. If their qualifications are not high, they will buy first-grade divine fetuses and second-grade divine fetuses to make up for their qualifications. If their talents are not high, they will take all kinds of elixirs and use dragon liver and phoenix blood to change their tendons and marrow to change their talents. If their comprehension is not high, they will ask various teachers to teach them privately to improve their comprehension ability."

Chen Shi said seriously: "I will only be stronger than them, and I will never be inferior to them."

Chen Tang shook his head and said, "Words are not enough. Chen Yin didn't teach you anything, right? Your skills should have been taught to you by Zhu Xiucai. What skills did he teach you?"

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "Mr. Zhu didn't teach me any martial arts. I found my martial arts from the tomb of the True King."

Chen Tang was stunned: "True King Tomb Technique? It's almost the same. Which of the Ten Books of Cultivation did you learn?"

Chen Shi's eyes widened and he said in a lost voice, "You are learning the Ten Books of Cultivation? Chen Tang, what is your level of cultivation?"

Chen Tang frowned slightly, being very sensitive about him calling her by her name.

Seeing that he did not answer, Chen Shi suddenly saw the sword on the table, and an idea flashed in his mind. He said, "You are practicing the Xuanwei Sword Sutra from the Ten Books! Your swordsmanship is subtle and mysterious. I have seen the power of the Xuanwei Sword Sutra in Lord Sun Yisheng! The Xuanwei Sword Sutra can allow cultivators to practice to a high level and reach the Ascension Realm. Zhu Xiucai teaching you this technique is indeed very good for you! But..."

He put down his chopsticks and smiled: "I found a better one from the True King's Tomb."

Chen Tang raised his eyebrows, took out a chopstick from the chopstick cage, and said: "I don't need the divine fetus, I only use the magic power of the Divine Transformation Realm to simulate the strength of the core children of the family, and compete with you to let you know the strength of the most core children of the family."

Chen Shi pushed the stool back, stood up, and said with a high fighting spirit, "Chen Tang, I have wanted to fight with you for a long time! We can't fight here, let's go out of the city and have a fight!"

Chen Tang sat on the round stool without getting up. He held the chopsticks and said calmly, "If a son is not taught well, it is the fault of the father. I didn't beat you enough, so you became unruly. We don't have to go out. We can stay in this room. When you can force me to get up and leave this room, you will have the strength to compete with the core children of the thirteen families."

"it is good!"

Chen Shi raised his cultivation to the extreme in an instant. Force fields spread out behind his head, forming the sixth level of the sky, and his magic power was powerful and boundless!
Each layer of the sky is equivalent to an Eight Extremes Golden Palace. The six layers of Eight Extremes Golden Palace stacked together make his blood and energy extremely vigorous. His body is so fast that it is difficult to capture with the naked eye. His attacks are like thunder. He does not need to condense the Five Thunders with his fingers and palms. He just strikes out with all his strength, which will emit a thundering sound and destroy people's souls!

He did not strike Chen Tang's fatal spot, but directly hit Chen Tang's collarbone, just wanting to teach Chen Tang a small lesson.

However, as soon as he extended his hand, Chen Shi's palm felt sore and swollen, and the chopsticks touched his palm, and all the strength was removed.

Chen Shi immediately turned around, raised his thigh and was about to chop Chen Tang on the back of the neck.

At this time, the chopstick broke into two, two into four, and four into eight, and were stabbed into the palms, soles of his feet, wrists, ankles, elbows, knees and other joints.

Where he was stabbed, Chen Shi suddenly felt his hands lose feeling, as if they were cut off, and then his forearms, calves, upper arms, and thighs disappeared from his senses one after another.

The chopstick was dazzling in front of him, splitting into more and more pieces, stabbing him in front and behind.

Chen Shi felt as if his internal organs were cut off and disappeared from his senses one after another!
Chen Tang wiped his throat with his chopsticks, and Chen Shi suddenly felt like only his head was left floating in the air.

His eyes flashed golden light, ready to chop Chen Tang down with two golden rays, but Chen Tang's chopsticks had already touched his forehead.

Chen Shi lost all his senses and fell to the ground.

Black Pot was startled. The fight was over so quickly that it didn't have time to finish its meal.

It hurriedly ate its rice, ready to put down its bowl and chopsticks to help Chen Shi up.

Chen Tang put down his chopsticks, picked up Chen Shi, and said, "You continue to eat. I'll take him back to his room. He hasn't had a good rest these days and is too tired. Let him have a good sleep."

The black pot sat down again.

Chen Tang sent Chen Shi back to the room, took off his coat and shoes, put him in the bed, and covered him with the quilt.

He looked at Chen Shi's face, and his serious expression gradually relaxed into a smile.

At three o'clock in the morning, Shen Hongniang from the Matchmaker Society led the masters of the society to ambush at the place where Guangjiku had to pass, quietly waiting for Chen Shi's arrival.

Chen Shi still hadn't come long after daybreak, but the cattle and sheep in the fields had already given birth to several litters, and the remaining two pregnant women could not hold on either.

Shen Hongniang looked towards Xijing with dull eyes, "Is Chen Shi coming to Guangjiku? Is he assured of receiving the monthly imperial rations?"

(End of this chapter)