On the Avenue.

Chapter 341: A Gentleman Hides His Weapons
Wu Qingyu looked towards the loess slope and saw that Chen Shi was tired from practicing and was lying on the legs of the fairy in white. The fairy was sitting under a tree and helping him clean his ears.

"She is a little bit older."

Chen Tang said, "But she's not that big. She's just too pretty. I'm worried that she will confuse Xiao Shi and make him lose his ambition."

Wu Qingyu said: "I think she is a very good girl, quiet and shy. I don't know which bastard beat her up and made her a little bit stupid. If she can recover her memory, she would be a good match."

Chen Tang said, "She has been following Xiao Shi and even crawling into Xiao Shi's bed. This is not a good idea. One of them doesn't understand the relationship between men and women, and the other has lost her memory. If they continue to be so muddle-headed, something bad will happen sooner or later."

Wu Qingyu smiled and said, "I think we should just let it take its course and not interfere."

Chen Tang nodded.

At noon, the county magistrate Hu Feifei rushed over from the county town, and Chen Shi took his daughter to accompany the county magistrate to travel around the mountains and rivers.

Wu Qingyu said, "The county magistrate is not bad either. Her ancestors were good friends of my father, so if they can get married, it will be a perfect match."

Chen Tang disagreed: "County Magistrate Hu is a vixen."

Wu Qingyu sneered and said, "Are there not enough of you scholars who keep vixen?"

"Although I am a scholar, I have never raised one! Moreover, vixen are good at using their beauty to seduce people, making them indulge in women and lose their ambition to make progress."

"I think the county magistrate seems to be a tough guy. He has been with Xiao Shi for such a long time, but he still hasn't succeeded."

"That's true. Let it be."

When Chen Shi and Hu Feifei returned to the village, they saw from afar a young man in light green clothes standing by the road at the entrance of the village, waiting for them.

The young man looked young, but he was already very tall, no different from an ordinary person, with a delicate appearance, and the calmness and restraint of a child from a wealthy family.

Floating behind his head was a small courtyard with the layout of a temple in it.

"Azure!"

Chen Shi was surprised and happy. He left Hu Feifei and rushed over, saying with a smile, "Tianqing, you are finally back. I was worried about you for a long time. I went to look for you after returning from Xijing, but unfortunately you are not here!"

The young man was Li Tianqing. He had grown a lot taller in the past six months. His skin was not as white as before, and he looked much more mature. He smiled and said, "I just came back from another place. I saw my grandfather and mother. When I heard you were coming, I hurried over. Congratulations on being the top scorer in the high school entrance examination!"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "I can pass the exam and become the top scholar, and so can you. This thing is of no use. The court won't even give me an official position. I thought that if I passed the exam and became the top scholar, I could become a real king."

The two of them left Hu Feifei and the female fairy in white aside and chatted enthusiastically. Chen Shi told them about his experiences during this period, the various strange beasts and attacks he encountered on the way to Beijing for the imperial examination, the Buddhist hell, the killing of the young master, and the treacherous events in Xiandu to save his mother. Li Tianqing's eyes lit up as he listened.

"During this time, I took Guan Shengdijun with me to avoid the pursuit of the Li family. First, I arranged for my grandfather and my mother to stay in Qianyang Mountain, and then I ran around to fight with the pursuers."

Li Tianqing also talked about his experiences during this period. When Chen Shi heard him observe the weaknesses of each opponent and formulate winning strategies, he couldn't help but break into a cold sweat for him.

The two knew each other early and had a very good friendship. They talked nonstop, from their experiences to their techniques, from their techniques to their spells. They started demonstrating their skills outside the village. A rumbling sound could be heard outside Huangpo Village, and from time to time, spells were cast out.

"By the way, I've been having health problems lately."

Chen Shi looked around and quietly told Li Tianqing about his strange behavior in the morning.

Li Tianqing was surprised and asked, "You also have this problem? To be honest, I had it half a year earlier than you. I had to use the Calming Talisman to suppress it."

Chen Shi was a little worried and said, "Just now, when I went out to play with the county magistrate, I kept glancing at her chest intentionally or unintentionally. I might have been controlled by the corpse god. My lower corpse god is terribly strong."

Li Tianqing said: "My lower corpse god must be very strong. By the way, did you see Xiao Jin in Xijing?"

Chen Shi was a little depressed, and said with a gloomy face: "I saw him. But Xiao Jin and Xiao Wangsun were very close. I saw them sitting in the same car..."

When Li Tianqing heard this, he felt as if his soul was hit hard by a magic weapon. His face was pale and he was sad.

"Xiao Shi, I suddenly want to drink."

"Me too."

The two teenagers ran to the town to drink, and when they took the first sip, they frowned.

Li Tianqing stuck out his tongue and said, "It's too spicy! Shopkeeper, add two ounces of water to the wine."

"I also need to add water to my wine," Chen Shi said.

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper shook his head and went to add water, muttering, "If you don't know how to drink, don't drink it. You're wasting the small bottle of fine wine..."

The two drank the wine diluted with water and it was indeed not as spicy.

While drinking, the two young men recalled the past when they met Jin Hongying, and comforted each other not to be sad, saying that there would definitely be such a beautiful big sister who would like them in the future, and they would not be seduced away by a pretty boy like Xiao Wangsun.

It was midnight before they returned to the village arm in arm, singing sad songs along the way. After returning to Huangpo Village, the two did not go to sleep, but lay on the green tiles on the roof and howled until dawn.

"They seem to have broken up." Wu Qingyu was woken up by them and said to Chen Tang.

Chen Tang frowned and said, "It seems so."

"Which one is Xiao Jin?"

"It should be Officer Jin Hongying of the Shenji Camp." Chen Tang was a little unsure.

Wu Qingyu couldn't help but ask, "Does Lord Jin know about their breakup?"

Chen Tang shook his head and said, "I don't know... I mean I don't know. But I guess Lord Jin probably doesn't know either."

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing were sad for two or three days before they got over the blow of the breakup.

Chen Shi spent more than half a month copying all the techniques outside the True King's Tomb and put them in the Small Universe. After Li Tianqing returned, he asked Li Tianqing to study these techniques, and if he met the talisman master of Hongshan Hall who had questions, he would ask Li Tianqing for guidance.

Li Tianqing is thoughtful, good at thinking and observing, and has amazing comprehension. Chen Shi discovered long ago that he is good at finding the weaknesses of others and taking advantage of them.

The more skills and spells he was familiar with, the stronger his ability to crack them would be. Studying these skills from the True King's Tomb had greatly improved him.

On this day, Xiandu was filled with joy. Many ghost messengers, ghost generals and judges came from all directions. The Yamas of the Yama Palace, such as Xuanming, Puming, Zhoujue, Taihe and Mingchen, also came to Xiandu to congratulate the judge Wei Ling for succeeding the position of Yama of the Fifth Palace and becoming the new King of Yama.

Yang Bi knew that Young Master Wei Yue was a fool, and fearing that he might make a mistake, he personally took charge of the matter. He set up an ambush early, but if there were any accomplices of the Qingtian Master, they would all be captured in one fell swoop!
Only when Wei Ling ascended the throne and became the new generation of King of Hell did he feel a little relieved.

There were ghosts and gods in Xiandu who were dissatisfied and spread the news: "The King of Hell still needs to have the Book of Life and Death in his hand to control the life and death of the people in the world. Wei Ling doesn't have the Book of Life and Death in his hand, and doesn't control hell. What kind of King of Hell is he?"

Yang Bi asked Young Master Wei Yue, "How would you deal with this kind of thing?" Wei Yue said, "Find the person who spread the news and kill him to prevent future troubles."

Yang Bi laughed and said, "Killing them can certainly eliminate future troubles, but ghosts' words are scary. If you kill one ghost, the other ghosts will talk even more."

Wei Yue said: "Then kill them all!"

Yang Bi said patiently, "Brother Wei, why don't you find the ghost who spread the news and promote him to be a ghost messenger? There are many ghosts in the underworld, and most of them have no livelihood. They can only beg for food in the immortal capital and cannot go to the world of the living. If you give him a job, he will definitely not be willing to give it up, and will definitely protect you in every way. How much he hated you in the past, how much he will protect you in the future."

Wei Yue's eyes lit up and he smiled: "I promoted him to be a ghost messenger, and then sent him to a dangerous place on business. I took the opportunity to kill him, so that other ghosts and gods would not gossip about him!"

The corner of Yang Bi's eye twitched, and he wanted to kill him and replace him with another young master, but he held back and thought to himself: "This waste doesn't need him to do anything, he just needs him to be in this position."

The matter of King Yan ascending the throne came to an end. Yang Bi breathed a sigh of relief and called the children of the Yang family to ask, "Has Chen Zhuangyuan made any unusual moves these days?"

"No unusual movement."

The Yang family disciple said, "Chen Zhuangyuan usually stays in Huangpo Village. The farthest place he has been is Xinxiang County. He practices every day, morning and night."

Yang Bi then asked who had contact with him, and the Yang family member said, "Li Tianqing had close contact with him, and Magistrate Hu of Xinxiang County also often went to Huangpo Village. Chen Zhuangyuan would also go to the mountains to burn incense and had close contact with some spirits in the mountains."

Yang Bi was quite surprised: "I thought he would not be content, but I didn't expect him to stay in Huangpo Village so obediently. How is his cultivation progress?"

"Brave and brave."

The Yang family disciple said, "The soul is nearly six feet high."

Yang Bi couldn't help but be moved. The six-foot-tall Yuanshen was the key to breaking through the realm of God's descent!

It took Chen Shi a very short time to break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm and reach the Primordial Spirit Realm of 100cm!
"Not counting the eight years since his death, he is only twelve or thirteen years old. In such a short period of time, he is going to break through to the God's Descent Realm? No, no!"

Yang Bi paced back and forth, muttering to himself, "His divine fetus was cut off by someone, so he can't get the second blessing from the True God of the Outer World. If he didn't have the divine fetus given by the True God of the Outer World, he wouldn't be able to cultivate to the God Descent Realm, nor could he cultivate to the Refining Void Realm... No, I'm going to go see him and see how he breaks through and cultivates to the God Descent Realm!"

He set off again and came to Huangpo Village.

On the loess slope, Chen Shi was sitting under an old willow tree, holding a book in his hands. The fairy in white was leaning beside him, listening to him explain the meaning of the scriptures in the book.

"...A gentleman hides his weapon on his body and waits for the right time to strike. This sentence means that a gentleman hides his weapon on his body and looks for the best time to strike, striving to kill the enemy with one blow."

Yang Bi was walking up the loess slope accompanied by a woman in green with a bird's head and a human body. Hearing this, he stopped in his tracks, wondering, "Is this what this sentence means? Did I misunderstand it?"

He calmed himself down, climbed up the dirt slope, and thought to himself, "After all, he is a well-known top scholar in Beijing. There must be a deep meaning behind his interpretation of the Book of Changes."

Chen Shi's voice came from the slope: "...The extended meaning is that we must be prepared in advance. Only by being prepared can we avoid danger. Just like carrying a sharp weapon in your arms that can kill your opponent with one move, you must have various skills in your chest so that you can judge the situation in adversity and find the best time to strike, so as to rise up."

Yang Bi was slightly startled, his eyes widened: "It works! It works! You are worthy of being the top scholar!"

When he reached the top of the slope, Chen Shi stuffed the book into the mute fairy beside him and said with a smile, "Brother Shaohu, how come you have time to come to my place?"

Yang Bi smiled and said, "I came here to tell you that the coronation ceremony of the new generation of King of Hell in the Fifth Hall was held in Xiandu yesterday, and it was very successful. During the coronation ceremony, two judges tried to assassinate King of Hell Wei Ling, but I have already captured them."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Congratulations."

Yang Bi looked at him and asked in confusion, "Aren't you filled with righteous indignation and wanting to beat me to death?"

Chen Shi shook his head, looked at Nannan who was fishing with the boatman and his daughter, and said, "Do you think that I saved the Qingtian Master in order to destroy the plan of your Thirteenth Family?"

Yang Bi smiled and said, "Isn't it?"

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "No. I met her in the Rouge Lane of the Young Master. Her mother had been forced to death, and she was raised by the madam as a little bastard. When she was eleven or twelve years old, she was allowed to receive customers. It was a blessing from heaven that she could live to adulthood. So I want to kill the madam and the Young Master. As for supporting the Qingtian Master to regain the throne of the King of Hell, what does it have to do with me?"

Yang Bi's eyes flickered as he said, "A gentleman hides his abilities and waits for the right time to act. I heard it clearly just now."

Chen Shi smiled calmly and said, "I am a gentleman. The reason why I hide my weapon is not to find an opportunity to kill you or the Thirteenth Family. Instead, I want to make sure that when you and the Thirteenth Family mess with me, I must have a weapon in my arms that can kill you and the Thirteenth Family."

Yang Bi thought for a moment and said, "You are not harboring the intention to kill, but the intention to guard against? That is why you have to hide your weapon."

Chen Shi nodded: "That's exactly the truth."

Yang Bi thought for a moment and praised: "As expected of the number one scholar, his literary talent moved the capital. If everyone in the world had the ambition to hide their talents, this era would be no less than the era of the True King."

He said, "Chen Zhuangyuan, you don't have a true divine fetus, so why are you cultivating so fast? Without a divine fetus, you can't break through the divine transformation realm, you can't descend to the divine realm, and you can't refine the void. You will be trapped in this realm..."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "In the era of the True King, how did the cultivators cultivate without divine fetuses and without the blessings of the True God?"

Yang Bi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "You own the tomb of the True King and the treasure of the True King. Naturally, you have obtained the skills that have not been modified in the True King era. But you know the skills, but the refining method has long been lost. Even my Thirteenth Family does not have the refining method. How can you cross the two realms of God's Descent and Refining Void and directly enter the Fusion Realm?"

He humbly asked for advice, saying, "I know you have already cultivated a 10-foot-tall Yuan Shen, but without the True God descending to strengthen your divine fetus and Yuan Shen, how can you feel the response of heaven and earth and achieve the communication between heaven and man by breaking through the void? If you can't break through the void, how can you transform the Yuan Shen force field into a Yuan Shen Dao field?"

Chen Shi smiled slightly, and his soul suddenly appeared behind him. It was over ten feet tall, with a bright and dazzling divine light, which was extremely eye-catching!
Yang Bi's expression changed slightly: "Your Yuanshen has surpassed the height of 10 feet?"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Shaohu, do you think that the six-foot-tall Yuanshen in the Spiritual Transformation Realm is the limit? I practiced yesterday and accidentally broke this limit. You don't know how to break the void? Yesterday, I took the Yuanshen into my body, absorbed the positive energy of heaven and earth to practice, and suddenly I realized what it means to break the void."

Yang Bi bowed and asked, "Can you teach me?"

"Why not?"

Chen Shi said, "The body is a small world, and the body is a big world. The so-called void is the barrier of the human body. The so-called shattering of the void is to shatter the barrier between the flesh body and the external world, so that the flesh body and the world are compatible. The soul can enter and exit the flesh body without going through the gate of heaven. The limbs, bones, hair and skin can all enter and exit without any obstacles. This is shattering the void."

Yang Bi's mind was shaken. After a moment, he exhaled and said, "Did you figure this out?"

Chen Shi nodded gently: "You are almost at the stage of fusion, right?"

Yang Bi nodded silently.

Chen Shi said: "What a coincidence, my next realm is the fusion realm. As long as I shatter the void and my soul and body merge, there will be no more obstacles."

Yang Bi's eyes showed a hint of murderous intent, but it soon disappeared, and he smiled and said: "You are missing two realms. You don't know how powerful the gift from the true God is."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "What if I could be this powerful, or even stronger, without the blessing of the true God?"

Yang Bi stood up and walked down the slope. Suddenly he stopped and said, "When you reach the fusion stage, compete with me. If you beat me, I will fight to the death to protect you and will never let the Thirteen Families touch you. But..."

He came to the bottom of the slope, got into the car and sat down, and said to the man on the slope: "Chen Zhuangyuan, you have to think clearly. You follow the path of the True King, but why did the True King banish all the immortals in the world? Do you think you can escape the disaster?"

(End of this chapter)