On the Avenue.

Chapter 390 A gentleman is like jade
"My father was beaten by his father, and my grandfather was beaten by his grandfather."

Yan Shaoling suddenly felt that her heart had broadened a lot, and she laughed heartily, "Then, it's no big deal if he beat me up."

Her father was Yan Hanqing. He went to Beijing with Chen Tang to take part in the imperial examination, but was forced into a tie by Chen Tang. She felt resentful about this incident for the rest of her life.

Her grandfather's name is Yan Chenfu, the previous head of the family, who has now retired. The reason why he had a feud with Chen Yindu was that Chen Yindu kidnapped Yan Chenfu's sister. Yan Chenfu was furious and chased Chen Yindu, and was severely injured. Fortunately, his sister was afraid that he would be beaten to death, so she came back with him and did not become Chen Shi's grandmother.

Everyone had more or less heard about the past where two generations of the Yan family were "bullied" by Chen Yindu and Chen Tang, and they felt a little relieved after hearing this.

If I were the only one being beaten, it would be a great humiliation, but since my parents and grandparents had also been beaten, it would be nothing.

What's more, he was not the only one of his peers who was beaten.

"Chen Zhuangyuan is already very powerful, but is Li Tianqing really that powerful?"

Cui Xingcai said, "I don't believe it. After I recover from my injuries, I will definitely go down to the mortal world to meet him."

Xu She nodded gently: "I also want to meet this Li Tianqing and see if he is really as powerful as the rumors say!"

Ma Zhe said: "Count me in!"

"And I."

"And I!"

……

They were very excited. Li Qianyun hesitated for a moment and said, "I also want to see him again."

Everyone shared the same hatred for the enemy. Li Tianqing, who was teaching talisman masters far away in the small universe, suddenly had an idea and felt that he seemed to be involved in many causes and effects.

He didn't know that he had already become famous in the upper realms, and the future leaders of the thirteen families regarded him as their lifelong enemy.

"Why do I suddenly feel like I've been robbed of this?" he thought to himself.

But it was just a small matter, he didn't take it to heart.

The world above, Yuxiaotian.

This place is higher than other places in the upper realm. The mountains are made of beautiful jade, and the sky is as transparent as jade. Ganoderma lucidum grows everywhere. This place seems to be close to the fairyland, with fairy air floating in the air, falling from the sky from time to time and spreading into the valley.

The thirteen ancestors of the thirteen families each sat in the void and withdrew their gazes. The competition between Chen Shi and the descendants of the major families could not be hidden from their eyes.

Their aura was ethereal, not like that of human beings, but of immortals who had ascended to heaven. However, there were thick flesh tentacles rooted in the void behind them, and the evil spirit and immortal spirit on them showed a strange harmony.

"A scholar who has obtained a congenital Dao fetus should not be underestimated, regardless of whether he has a congenital Dao fetus or not."

"He can use other people's methods and be better than others. It's really amazing. If I were a real god, I would also give him the innate Dao fetus. Even after his innate Dao fetus is taken away, I will give him the innate Dao fetus a second time!"

"It's true that he's a talented person. He defeated twelve people using twelve different methods, all of which were to find each person's weakness and attack. If he trains in this area, he might become even stronger. He's indeed a formidable opponent for Yang Bi."

"Indeed. It makes people want to kill him. After all, the Western King's Jade Seal and the True King's Tomb are in his hands..."

The thirteen ancestors fell silent.

None of them wanted another true king.

Suddenly, an old ancestor said, "A tree that stands out in the forest will eventually be broken. The key is, who will break it? The world above, or the Hill of Despair? Or some other force?"

At this time, Yang Bi knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Disciple begs the ancestors not to take action against Chen Shi."

The thirteen ancestors were all surprised and their eyes fell on him.

"You have the support of the upper realm, and we are here to guide you. We have taught you all kinds of immortal techniques, and you are extremely talented. That is why you can compete with him."

An old ancestor said, "He doesn't have these. He is like a wild animal who has trained himself to be extremely strong. If he had resources like you..."

Yang Bi said: "I beg you, my ancestors, not to touch him before the Slope of Despair is destroyed."

The thirteen ancestors understood what he meant. One of them waved his hand and said, "Yang Shaohu, although we value you, it is not your turn to make the decision. Go and practice well, and we will make the decision."

Yang Bi stood up and left.

The other twelve ancestors frowned slightly.

"Yang Shaohu has no confidence in us. He is worried about defeat before he wins. He plans to keep Chen Shi as a spark. If we lose in the future, Chen Shi may be the hope of Xiniu Xinzhou... Oh no, my evil spirit is counterattacking and I can't control it!"

The old ancestor who was speaking trembled violently, and the thick lines of flesh and blood on his back suddenly tightened, pulling his body into the void!

The other twelve ancestors each used their own magical powers, and magical light burst out, illuminating the void and suppressing his evil changes.

I saw countless flesh and blood rolling and squirming in the void, gradually forming the appearance of the old ancestor, but many times more ferocious. It looked at them viciously, trying to pull the old ancestor into the void, and descend from the void itself!
Everyone's magic burst out, defeating the evil flesh and blood, and constantly tempering it with magic light, finally suppressing this wave of evil.

The old man was the ancestor of the Gao family, named Gao Xuan. He looked like a teenager, but at this moment he was pale, panting heavily, and said in a hoarse voice: "The old way won't work, it really won't work!"

He sounded like a wounded and dying wolf, and his voice was filled with despair.

"Brother Gao Xuan, calm down. If your Dao Heart collapses, you will become like a True King."

After a while, Gao Xuan finally calmed down and said to everyone, "I'm fine, don't worry. What happened to the female fairy in Qixia Temple? Why didn't she continue to transform into an evil spirit?"

The other ancestors were silent.

Gao Xuan's eyes flickered, and he said, "Either she has a problem, or Chen Shi has a problem."

In Bailang Palace, the fairy in white woke up and found herself lying on the bed, covered with bedding. She quickly and quietly lifted the quilt and tiptoed out. As soon as she walked out of the door, she saw more than a dozen men and women in Bailang Palace, all looking at her.

The fairy in white was frightened and hurriedly hid in Chen Shi’s small temple, sitting on the shrine, her heart pounding.

Yan Shaoling spoke quickly and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Chen Zhuangyuan had a beautiful mistress in his golden house... Wait a minute!"

Her face suddenly changed and she immediately remembered that Yan Xianzhi, the chief minister of the imperial cabinet, had informed the Yan family that there was a woman in white beside Chen Shi, who was a fairy from Qixia Temple, a great evil spirit from prehistoric times!
"Could it be her?"

Her heart trembled. Although this female fairy had the word "fairy" in her name, she was actually a remnant of prehistoric times, tainted with evil spirits. If such an evil fairy were to come to the modern world, there would probably be a disaster or catastrophe-level upheaval!
Even if she was severely injured by the True King Nine Palaces, I am afraid she still possesses catastrophic-level strength!
"Chen Zhuangyuan, I'm injured and need healing!"

Yan Shaoling made a prompt decision and said with a trembling laugh, "I won't bother you anymore! Goodbye." Without waiting for Chen Shi to answer, she immediately flew up and turned into a beam of fire and disappeared. However, her injuries were indeed serious. The flame fell from the sky and crashed into the valley with a loud bang.

Chen Shi felt a little guilty: "Did I hit this girl too hard? Rather than letting her suffer, I might as well be a good person and send her off..."

Another flash of fire rose in the valley, and Yan Shaoling staggered, trying to fly away.

"Chen Zhuangyuan, I suddenly remembered that I have something important to do! Goodbye!"

"Chen Zhuangyuan, I'll go first too!"

"Hahaha, I was just refining the elixir. I'm afraid the elixir furnace will explode if I don't check on it during this period of time!"

……

Gao Shaokun, Xu She and others flew up and left Bailang Palace. Some of them were seriously injured. Some fell from the air, and some could not dodge and crashed into the mountain.

Chen Shi watched them go away. Only Zhang You stayed in Bailang Palace and was not in a hurry to leave.

Chen Shi smiled and asked, "Why don't you leave?"

Zhang You smiled and said, "If there was any danger, it would have already broken out in Xijing."

Chen Shi's heart skipped a beat, and he whispered, "Qixia Temple?"

Zhang You nodded slightly.

Chen Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders.

Zhang You was surprised and asked, "Aren't you afraid?"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "If there was any danger, it would have erupted in Xijing."

The two looked at each other and laughed.

Chen Shi looked at the magnificent mountains and rivers of Jieshangjie, feeling relaxed and happy. He said leisurely, "Brother Zhang, there is one thing I don't understand. Please enlighten me. Why do the Thirteenth Family want to control Xiniuzhou when they have such a beautiful place? Why don't the Thirteenth Family move here and become a member of Jieshangjie? Why bother struggling in Xiniuzhou?"

Zhang You pondered for a moment and said, "To cultivate oneself, to regulate the family, to govern the country, and to bring peace to the world, this is the aspiration of a man..."

Chen Shi interrupted him: "Tell the truth."

Zhang You had no choice but to stop and said, “You can’t survive in the upper world.”

Chen Shi was slightly stunned, not understanding what he meant.

"Although there is also sun and moon in the upper world, they cannot make crops grow, and they are seriously evil."

Zhang You said, "The spiritual herbs planted here are all watered with immortal energy. If they are not watered, they will surely die. But there is too little immortal energy to feed so many people."

Chen Shi asked, "What is missing in the upper world that prevents crops from growing?"

Zhang You shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Chen Shi looked around, but saw towering gods with holy light, and there was no evil in them.

Zhang You said: "Today I saw you attack, using the name of Li Tianqing, forcibly restraining your killing intent, deliberately injuring but not killing. It must have been very difficult to endure."

Chen Shi glanced at him and said nothing.

"You have a deep prejudice against my Thirteenth Family!"

Zhang You turned around and faced him, saying sincerely, "Brother Chen, the thirteen noble families are not all the playboys you imagine, nor are they all the drunkards you imagine. You have been to Xijing and met the thirteen ministers of the cabinet. How do they perform as officials? Without them, the world would have been in chaos long ago! Without them controlling the government, who knows how many people would have claimed to be kings!"

He raised his arm, pointed at the gods standing between heaven and earth, and said, "The purpose of our ancestors in the Thirteenth Family opening up the upper realm was by no means to abuse their power. In fact, it was to accumulate strength, eradicate the Slope of Despair, drive out the true gods, and let the real sky reappear in the world! Our Thirteenth Family has been forbearing since the time of the True Kings, and generation after generation has been fighting for this goal!"

Chen Shi looked at those majestic and vast gods and said, "In every generation of the Thirteen Families, many masters of the Return to Void Realm and the Mahayana Realm will be born, but the gods of the Upper Realm are mainly the clan masters. Other beings of the Return to Void Realm and the Mahayana Realm will not enter the Upper Realm after their death, but enter the underworld. That's why you can control the underworld."

Zhang You said: "It took our Thirteenth Family six thousand years to master the underworld one by one. But mastering the underworld is not for our Thirteenth Family, but to better accumulate strength to fight against Despair Slope and the True God from Beyond Heaven. The sincere hearts of our ancestors in the Thirteenth Family have never changed!"

Chen Shi said leisurely: "But what I see is that you thirteen noble families control all resources. The poor have no place to stand, the poor have no way to advance, and there are talented scholars but no place to use their talents. Brother Zhang, do you see it?"

Zhang You hesitated for a moment, nodded slightly, and said, "I saw it too."

Chen Shi continued, "From the examination for the scholar, to the examination for the juren, to the examination for the jinshi, to the examination for the top scholar, they are all controlled by the aristocratic families. Ordinary people have no background and can only choose the ones you have chosen. Even if they work hard to pass the examination for the juren, they have to wait for ten years or even a lifetime to be assigned a small official position. They work hard to pass the examination for the jinshi, but they are just a small official of the ninth rank or even no rank. If they don't rely on you, they won't even be able to be this small official. Brother Zhang, do you see it?"

Zhang You was silent for a moment and then said, "I saw it."

Chen Shi said: "Have you ever been to the countryside? Have you seen the people's livelihood declining? Have you seen evil spirits running rampant and causing trouble for your neighbors? The aristocratic families control the wealth of the government and the country, and regard all living beings as ants, regard all living beings as blood food, and regard all living beings as elixirs for longevity. To me, you are the biggest evil spirits. If I am not using the name of Li Tianqing, I can't help but want to kill you."

Zhang You exhaled a breath of foul air and said, "You also saw that Li Qianyun, Xia Tianjie, and Ma Zhe had no ill will towards you. In fact, they admired and worshipped you! They believed that even if your innate Dao fetus was cut off, you would definitely become a dragon and a phoenix among humans! They are the future patriarchs of the thirteen families. Are these lovely people also going to be driven out and killed?"

He looked straight at Chen Shi.

Chen Shi looked away without making eye contact with him: "The world has given the Thirteen Families more than six thousand years, and you still cannot change the world. Instead, you have become one with it, becoming more and more integrated with it. Gradually twisted, you have become an evil spirit hanging over the heads of the world. If you can't do it, give up your position and let someone who is capable do it. Instead of blocking them and strangling them."

He paused and said, "Six thousand years ago, your idea was good, but now, you have become an obstacle. Besides, I didn't kill you all. Didn't I hold back just now?"

Zhang You looked into the distance, sighed, and said, "You used Li Tianqing's name to hold back. If you were Chen Shi, you would have killed us all. Yang Bi invited you here, but he made a mistake. He should know that he can never change you. If I were Yang Bi, I would mobilize the most powerful force to kill you immediately!"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "So you are not Yang Bi. Yang Bi can see further than you."

Zhang You nodded gently and said, "He can indeed see further than me. His strength is unfathomable. Without a divine fetus, you may not be his opponent."

Chen Shi said: "The images of the heavens and the earth are all my images. I am me, so why do I need a divine fetus?"

He paused and said, "Li Tianqing can betray the Li family, why doesn't Brother Zhang betray the Zhang family?"

Zhang You shook his head: "This method was passed down by our ancestors, and this body was given by my parents. This soul is the soul of the Zhang family. Even if it is shattered into pieces, it is just death."

Chen Shi looked into the distance and said, "If there is a chance, I will personally send you off."

Zhang You came to his side and stood shoulder to shoulder with him: "You dare to say that you will win before I even make a move?"

(End of this chapter)