On the Avenue.

Chapter 381 With ulterior motives
"Chen Shi" neither denied nor admitted it, and just walked out of the crowd.

Qingyang followed him, feeling confused and uncertain.

Dan Chengzi was not a person from the True King era, but the headmaster of the Qingyang Palace in Taihua more than 3,000 years ago. He lived in the same era as Qingyang and was of the same generation.

At that time, Qingyang was not yet the ancestor, but a young lamb. It ran all over the mountains and would jump onto the roof of Qingyang Palace, where it would stand and look at the mountains. It would also crawl into its parents' laps to enjoy their love.

Dan Chengzi died early, before he was a hundred years old.

Qingyang's parents also died and did not live to see him grow up.

After that, Qingyang became much calmer and no longer roamed around the mountains and fields. Instead, he sat in Qingyang Palace, accepting incense from Taoists and believers.

He gradually became the Qingyang Patriarch of Mount Taihua and saw off generation after generation of Taoists.

None of these Taoists who cultivate immortality can become an immortal. Even if they use all their means, they can only live for one or two hundred years.

"Is he really Dan Chengzi?"

Qingyang kept looking at "Chen Shi" and thought silently, "How could he become a disaster? Why did he fall into the underworld? How did he enter Xiao Shi's body? Why did he call Xiao Shi the emperor?"

Dan Chengzi walked gracefully among the Taihua Mountains.

When he came to Qingyang Palace and saw the ruins, he could only sigh with disappointment. Then he came to Feisheng Cliff. Legend has it that this is the place where the Three Saints sought the truth and attained immortality. The Three Saints stood here, united the heaven and the earth, and finally ascended away.

"It's fake, all fake." Dan Chengzi smiled and shook his head.

Qing Yang lost his voice and asked, "The ascension of the Three Saints is fake?"

"The Three Saints follow the traditional cultivation system, which is incompatible with the Dao, so their ascension is of course fake."

Dan Chengzi sneered and turned away, "The Three Saints are either still alive or have been killed by the True King. It is impossible for them to ascend to heaven."

He came to the Demon-Suppressing Cave to reminisce about the time when he guarded this place, and then went to the Eighty-Eight Demon Peaks to pay homage to the traces left by his ancestors' battles to eliminate demons.

"Demon, is it really a demon?" He looked at the eighty-eight demon peaks and shook his head.

Dan Chengzi returned to the main peak of Taihua and came to the Qingxu Temple, where the young Taoists lived. Young Taoists who had just joined the Qingyang Palace of Taihua often lived here. Some young Taoists would live here for more than ten years or even decades, and train themselves to become middle-aged Taoists or elderly Taoists.

Dan Chengzi has lived here for a long time, so he has deep feelings for Qingxu Temple.

"We've found the Zhenwu Sword for Killing Evils!" came the cheers of Patriarch Qiongyang.

The Qiongyang Patriarch also suffered this time, and was affected by Jinghong's evil transformation and fell into a transformation, but at that time she fell into the mountains and forests, and no one discovered her transformation. After the evil transformation ended, she woke up, found her shed skin, and quickly put on her clothes.

The place where the Zhenwu Zhuxie Sword fell was not far from the place where she transformed. At that time, Chen Shi borrowed Qingyang's magic power and almost killed Jinghong with one sword. The sword flew out of his hand and pierced into the mountain. It would be difficult to find it without careful search.

Dan Chengzi walked over, looking a little excited: "I have never seen this immortal weapon before."

Qingyang followed him, his eyes flashing, and said: "This sword is the treasure that the True King used to kill the Taoist Tianzhen. The person who sacrificed this sword must be a peerless master of my Qingyang Palace."

Dan Chengzi pondered and said, "Then the one who raised this sword should be the former headmaster. Most likely, he was ordered by the True King to kill the immortals."

"Do you know when Taoist Tianzhen died?"

Qing Yang said, "If you know the time, you can know which master it is."

Dan Chengzi shook his head.

Qingyang said: "Xiao Shi came here to respond to the request of Taoist Tianzhen and return the Zhenwu Zhuxie Sword. I also want to ask Taihua Qingyang Palace to bring Taoist Tianzhen's body back to Taihua Mountain."

Dan Chengzi said with emotion: "Back then, the fire-burning Taoist boy of the Zhenyang Patriarch was so powerful that the headmaster at that time had to use the Zhenwu Sword to kill him. If he hadn't died, who knows, he might have been able to find a way to merge the old ways with the Tao."

He finally saw the Zhenwu Zhuxie Sword, stepped forward to touch the sword, felt the boundless power of the immortal weapon, and praised it again and again, saying: "It is worthy of being an immortal sword. After so many years, it has not been corroded by this world and has not undergone evil changes."

Upon hearing this, the Qiongyang Patriarch standing by was shocked. He looked at him and suddenly asked, "You are not Xiao Shi! Who are you?"

Dan Chengzi looked her up and down and said with a smile, "The Great Powerful Divine Mantra of Thunder? You practiced it well. Have you practiced the Ascension Divine Mantra in it?"

Patriarch Qiongyang was shocked physically and mentally, and he said in a lost voice: "How do you know that there is a mantra for ascension in the Great Power Mantra? Chen Yindu once told me that this technique is missing a mantra, and it can ascend to heaven if it is completed. He tried to complete it, but still failed... No! Who are you?"

Dan Chengzi smiled slightly: "You want to learn? I can teach you. I have found the complete Ascension Mantra, I guarantee it is the authentic one."

Patriarch Qiongyang was overjoyed and was about to ask for advice, but Qingyang looked gloomy and shouted, "Qiongyang, don't be rude. Back off!"

The Qiongyang Patriarch was eager to learn the Ascension Mantra, which was a major flaw in her technique and also a major flaw in her life. She had been with Chen Yindu for a long time and had studied with him for a long time, but she still had not been able to complete her technique.

But Qingyang was her ancestor after all, so when he gave the order, Qiongyang had to retreat.

Qingyang looked at Dan Chengzi and said, "If you practice the Ascension Mantra in your Great Mighty Mantra, will you become like Taoist Jinghong?"

Dan Chengzi smiled and said, "It's very likely."

"You want to harm her!" Qingyang said coldly.

Dan Chengzi shook his head and said, "How could it be to harm her? The purpose of practicing Taoism is to seek immortality. If she doesn't even have the courage to change herself to evil in order to seek immortality, how can she be worthy of immortality?"

Qingyang looked at him deeply. Just now, when he heard that the natural disaster was Dan Chengzi, he couldn't help but feel happy. Only now did he regain his sanity.

Although Dan Chengzi is the founder of Taihua Qingyang Palace, he is a disaster after all, more dangerous than the devil and more terrifying than Jinghong!
He was even more deeply influenced by the evil spirit between heaven and earth and harbored evil intentions.

"Dan Chengzi, what kind of skills are you practicing?"

Qing Yang suddenly asked, "It shouldn't be the Immortal Map of the Golden Cicada Escapes, right? Could it be that you deliberately put the Immortal Map in your coffin? The Immortal Map is just an experiment of yours, right?"

Dan Chengzi put his hands behind his back, walked out of the palace, and said with a smile: "The Celestial Immortal Diagram is a method of longevity. Those who practice this method can indeed live forever. The person who dares to dig up my grave must be a person who has committed a great crime. He must be talented and ambitious. He may be able to make this method work."

Qingyang sneered, "But you didn't expect that the person who dug up your grave would look down on the Heavenly Immortal Map you left behind, thinking that it could only help one become a fake immortal. As a result, this technique ended up in Jinghong's hands. You left behind the Heavenly Immortal Map with ill intentions!"

Dan Chengzi sneered and said, "It is the heaven and earth that are changing. What does it have to do with the method of cultivation? What does it have to do with the people who practice Taoism? I am just following the will of heaven, that's all."

Qingyang quietly grasped the Zhenwu Zhuxie Sword: "So, you sought immortality and turned into a disaster?"

Dan Chengzi's eyes fell on the Zhenwu Zhuxie Sword: "Qingyang, the heaven and earth are changing evilly. How can a cultivator not change evilly and be in harmony with heaven and earth?"

Qingyang looked down at the sword and said, "You passed us the original star map so that we can merge with the Dao?"

Dan Chengzi smiled and said, "Qingyang, you practiced the original star map. Tell me, is it an evil method or a righteous method?"

Qingyang held the Zhenwu Zhuxie Sword tightly, his face uncertain.

The original star map is not an evil method.

But the Golden Cicada Escapes from the Shell Heavenly Fairy Picture is not an evil method!

It is a hundred times more evil than the evil dharma!
Dan Chengzi walked out and said, "Isn't the purpose of the True King's canonization to allow the cultivators of the world to practice new methods and harmonize the heaven and earth? Qingyang, what's wrong with what I did?"

A fierce light flashed in Qingyang's eyes, and he turned around with his sword in hand and walked towards him. Dan Chengzi had his back to him, as if he didn't notice his murderous intentions, and smiled, "Have you forgotten who this body of mine belongs to?"

Qingyang hesitated.

That was Chen Shi's body, he couldn't bring himself to do it.

Dan Chengzi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't do anything wrong in the world of the living."

When he said this, Chen Shi suddenly fell to the ground and turned into a soulless corpse.

Qingyang inserted the Zhenwu Zhuxie Sword into the ground, raised his hand to feel Chen Shi's breath, and found that Chen Shi's heart was still beating, and his qi and blood were gradually recovering. It should be Dan Chengzi who revived Chen Shi's body.

But Chen Shi’s soul has not returned yet, he is just a living corpse.

"Strange Scourge. What is his purpose? Also, why did he say that Xiao Shi is their emperor?"

Qingyang pondered for a moment, then called a Taoist priest and said, "Go and invite some people who are proficient in summoning spirits."

After Chen Shi died, his soul floated to the underworld and returned to his skeleton body.

During this period, the Blood Lake Hell in the skeleton's body has been cultivated to the extent of a hundred miles in extent, and the magic power is extremely powerful, almost comparable to the masters at the peak of the Spirit Refining Realm!
The Blood Lake Hell even has some of the atmosphere of the void realm.

Especially the bones of the skeleton, which have been tempered through thousands of hammerings, and even powerful magic weapons can hardly damage them in the slightest. Every move he makes gives people the feeling of moving stars and changing constellations.

This tiny skeleton actually has a strong sense of oppression!
However, the Blood Lake Sutra is still far from being able to be elevated to the level of the Blood Sea Hell, so there is no way to expect it to be elevated to the next level in a short period of time.

Chen Shi was a little absent-minded. He had no time to check the progress of the skeleton body's cultivation. His mind was all on the world of the living.

He paced back and forth in a state of confusion.

"Is the young man who killed Jing Hong the senior brother Wuwang from Despair Hill?"

"The divine fetus he sacrificed is my innate Taoist fetus? It is indeed very powerful!"

"Is Uncle Qingyang safe? If Uncle Qingyang seeks revenge on him, I'm afraid he will be in great danger!"

"After I die, will the natural disasters hurt others? Will he be eliminated by Wuwang?"

He was restless and muttering to himself. After a long while, Chen Shi stopped and whispered, "Uncle Qingyang, I don't need you to risk your life for me. I will avenge myself! I will take back my divine fetus myself!"

He was clearly a skeleton, but he felt a burning sensation in his chest.

"I have only been practicing for three years, and in three years, I have already reached the fusion realm!"

"Give me ten years, and I will trample Wuwang under my feet!"

"Uncle Qingyang, don't do anything stupid!"

He waited silently, and every moment was torment.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Shi suddenly felt a strange pulling force coming, which was not as strong as the one used by Granny Sha to summon spirits. It seemed to be caused by someone else.

He didn't care about anything else and immediately followed the force, leaving his skeleton body in Tianchi Kingdom.

The skeleton body was guided by one thought and continued to practice step by step, and its cultivation level increased day by day.

Chen Shi woke up and saw a group of Taoist priests with big noses around him. The old Taoist priest who led the group was Jingyue Taoist priest, one of the four elders of Taihua Mountain, who was good at summoning souls. But Qingyang was afraid of making mistakes, so he gathered all the Taoist priests who were good at summoning souls in Taihua Mountain to summon Chen Shi's soul together.

When Chen Shi saw Qingyang, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

"Thank you all Taoist priests for your help." Chen Shi stood up and bowed to everyone.

"Don't dare!"

Everyone returned the greetings, and Taoist Jingyue also hurriedly returned the greetings, saying with a smile: "Little Chen Zhuangyuan gave us the Huanzhenwu Zhuxie Sword and risked his life to save us, and even died. We are calling back the soul of Little Chen Zhuangyuan as a token of our gratitude."

Chen Shi said, "You are too polite, elder. If you don't mind, please call me Chen Zhuangyuan or Master Chen next time. I am the only top scholar in my family. My father didn't pass the imperial examination."

Taoist Jingyue thought, "Just like his grandfather, he likes to show off. But who makes him a benefactor?"

So he called him "Master Zhuangyuan".

Chen Shi was very happy and felt that the Taihua Qing Palace had been able to stand for all these years because of its unique features.

Qingyang came over, and Chen Shi bowed and said, "Uncle Yang."

Qingyang looked him up and down, then smiled and said, "I'm relieved that you're okay."

Chen Shi smiled slightly and said, "I am relieved that you are safe."

Qing Yang laughed and said, "I've thought it through. I worked for your grandfather and I've already risked my life once. I can't be so foolish as to risk my life again for you. You have to avenge yourself. If you can't win, I'll help you."

Chen Shi stepped forward and hugged him tightly, not letting go.

"Let go, Xiao Shi, let go! It hurts, it hurts!"

Qingyang cried, "I'm still injured, it hurts!"

Chen Shi let go of his hand, his eyes reddened, and he felt a little embarrassed: "Uncle Yang, I thought I would never see you again. I was so worried in the underworld..."

As he spoke, tears began to fall.

Qingyang was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm not that stupid. Don't worry, if I encounter such a dangerous situation again, I won't rush forward."

Having said that, Chen Shi knew that if he encountered such a thing again, Qingyang would still be the first to rush forward.

Among the six villains in Wuhu, Qingyang speaks the most harshly, but has the warmest heart and always takes the lead. When facing danger, he is always the first to rush forward, withstand the opponent's strongest attack, and give the other five a chance to survive.

"Xiao Shi, there is one more thing."

Qingyang hesitated for a moment, and told the story of Tianzai Dan Chengzi's appearance in detail, saying, "Dan Chengzi passed us the original star map, and it is very likely that he had bad intentions. When your grandfather and I dug up the grave, we found the Golden Cicada Shedding its Shell Heavenly Immortal Map. He must have put it in his own grave on purpose."

Chen Shi's heart was moved and he blurted out, "He wanted to test whether he could become an immortal by practicing a new method that was in harmony with the great Dao of heaven and earth! But this was too dangerous, so he chose to test it on other people! But my grandfather saw that the method he taught was just so-so and didn't fall for it. Jinghong found the method copied by my grandfather and regarded it as a treasure, which led to this disaster."

Qing Yang nodded gently and said, "There is one more thing. When I told him about the Taoist Tian Zhen, he did not show any surprise, as if he knew the Taoist Tian Zhen. Taoist Chang Ying is also the headmaster, but Chang Ying does not know the Taoist Tian Zhen."

Chen Shi asked in confusion: "You mean..."

Qing Yang said: "The immortal fire that burned the seal of Taoist Tian Zhen may be related to him. Even if he didn't set the fire, he probably knows who did."

Chen Shi was stunned and murmured, "What is Tianzai Danchengzi planning by releasing Tianzhen Taoist and letting him endanger the Yin and Yang worlds?"

Qingyang hesitated for a moment, but still told the whole story, saying, "Xiao Shi, Dan Chengzi respects you as the emperor. Did you do anything illegal in the underworld?"

(End of this chapter)