On the Avenue.

Chapter 396 The Day the Sun Went Out

Yang Bi collected a lot of information about Chen Shi, including many records about Chen Shi's suspected use of the divine fetus.

There are records that Chen Shi's divine fetus was suspected to be a stone woman with a big head, named Shiji.

There are also records that his divine fetus may be a giant snake Xuanshan. Some people also saw his divine fetus as a black dog.

Other records say that Chen Shi's divine fetus was a variety of strange things, including various evil spirits, and even his godmother in the village.

His divine fetus is not fixed, but if the divine fetus is counted, I am afraid that Chen Shi’s strength is still much stronger than his.

Yang Bi even suspected that Chen Shi could possess three divine fetuses at the same time!

He put forward a restriction condition for the duel with Chen Shi this time, that is, Chen Shi was only allowed to bring one person to the upper world, the purpose was to limit Chen Shi's strength. But he didn't expect that Chen Shi would only bring the female fairy from Qixia Temple, and no one else.

This time when fighting with him, Chen Shi simply did not use any divine fetus.

He couldn't help feeling discouraged that he was tied with him without using the divine fetus.

"Perhaps Chen Shi is right. For practitioners like me, all great power belongs to ourselves."

Yang Bi looked back at the upper world, where the majestic gods stood between the mountains, supporting the world. The Thirteen Families had been preparing for too long to fight against Despair Slope and overthrow the True God, but the power of the Thirteen Families was too dispersed. Without a flexible brain to dispatch them, the Thirteen Families would be a mess.

But dispatching this powerful force requires him to be distracted.

If he were not distracted, his cultivation would probably be close to that of his ancestors.

"It's just that Chen Shi, there is one thing you haven't thought about. The Mahayana realm is the pinnacle realm for every cultivator."

He whispered, "No one can take that step and become an immortal. Even if I practice with all my heart, it will only allow the thirteen families to have one more Mahayana master, and it won't change anything."

In Huangpo Village, Chen Tang kept looking back.

At this moment, he saw the gods retracting their gazes. This scene made his heart beat faster: "The battle is over! Who wins and who loses?"

If Chen Shi wins, will the upper world still have Chen Shi as a threat?
If he loses, will Chen Shi die at the hands of his opponent's magic?
He was worried about gains and losses, and at this moment, one god after another disappeared from his sight.

Chen Tang was stunned. When he looked back, the gods were still nowhere to be seen.

His heart sank; he could no longer see the world above.

It should be the strong ones in the upper world who closed the upper world to him.

"Xiao Shi, is he alive or dead?" he said silently in his heart.

Over the next ten days, he continued to look back from time to time as usual, even though he could not see the world above, he still maintained this posture. He did this not out of habit, nor to comfort himself, but because he did not want Wu Qingyu to notice anything unusual.

But he knew his wife was smart and would definitely see through the clues and become suspicious. Now he just hoped to delay it for a day.

On the fourteenth day, three dragons came pulling a huge blue chariot and landed outside Huangpo Village.

Wu Qingyu passed by Chen Tang and said softly, "Husband, you don't have to pretend anymore."

Chen Tang was slightly startled, and hurriedly followed her, thinking, "Is what I did so obvious?"

The couple walked forward and saw Chen Shi coming down from the Qingyun chariot. When he saw them, he smiled.

Chen Tang and Wu Qingyu both breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Tang looked calm and asked, "How is the battle going?"

Chen Shi said: "Yang Bi, a rare talent among men, has a cultivation level that is not inferior to mine at the same level, which is amazing."

Chen Tang nodded: "So you should not underestimate the heroes of the world."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "So far, I have only met one person. The rest of me are just mediocre, nothing special."

Chen Tang was quite helpless and said, "Haven't you met a Yang Bi now? Maybe in the future, you will meet a second Yang Bi, and a third Yang Bi."

Chen Shi didn't care: "We'll talk about it when we meet. If we haven't met yet, then I'm just an ordinary person, nothing special."

Chen Tang really wanted to draw out the Xuanwei Sword and tell Ni Zi that he was the best, but he thought that even if he drew out the Xuanwei Sword, he would not be a match for Ni Zi at the same level, so he could only think about it.

"What about the world above?" he asked again.

"The strength of any god in the upper world is not inferior to that of the great snake Xuanshan. There are powerful ones who are comparable to the Qianyang Mountain Lord, whose divine power is like the ocean and unfathomable. The ancestor of the thirteenth family has the ability of an immortal, his Tao is in harmony with heaven and earth, and his power is immeasurable."

Chen Shi paused, and said firmly, "The upper world has huge loopholes. If we encounter the Slope of Despair, we will definitely be defeated. After six thousand years of preparation, we will completely destroy the enemy without any second thoughts."

Chen Tang's heart was slightly shaken, and he asked, "Is it really so?"

Chen Shi said: "The only thing we can count on now is that there are other hidden forces in the world above."

His eyes flickered, "I suspect that among the thirteen ancestors of the thirteen families, in addition to the thirteen old ancestors, there are also second ancestors and third ancestors, who should also be still alive. For example, the Li family's unique skills are divided into two volumes, the first volume is the Yi'antang Collection, and the second volume is the Nancheng Zong Yi Collection. The Yi'antang Collection is the practice of the sect master's lineage, and the Nancheng Zong Yi Collection is the practice of other disciples. The Nancheng Zong Yi Collection was created by the second ancestor of the Li family, which is all-encompassing and not much inferior to the first ancestor. However, I did not see the second ancestor of the Li family when I went to the upper realm this time."

Chen Tang's eyes lit up. "If all the major families have second and third ancestors alive, then there are dozens of immortals! Add to that the Mahayana ghosts and gods from the underworld and the upper world, and it is not impossible to fight against Despair Hill! Xiao Shi, you are a little too worried. Their understanding of Despair Hill must be far better than yours."

Chen Shi hesitated: "I hope so. Dad, let's prepare for the demise of the Thirteenth Family first."

Chen Tang looked at him deeply and thought, "My son plans to take out the Western King's Jade Seal from the corner of the wooden cart after the Thirteenth Family is destroyed, and ascend the throne to become king?"

He thought about it and it seemed to be feasible!

At this time, Hei Guo's cry came, and Chen Tang asked in confusion: "The night falls earlier again? During the time you were in the upper world, the night fell earlier once."

Chen Shi looked up at the sky, only to see it gradually turn red. The sun was blazing, flames were floating in the air, covering Xiniu New Island.

"It got dark earlier twice recently?" Chen Shi asked.

Chen Tang nodded.

It was getting dark quickly.

The moonlight was bright. Chen Shi was lying under an old willow tree on the loess slope, looking up at the bright moon in the sky, lost in thought. Hei Guo was lying beside him.

This night was extremely long.

Chen Shi had already had a nap, but when he woke up, it was still dark, so he went to the loess slope.

"Mr. Zhu, do you know how the era of the True King ended?" Chen Shi suddenly sat up and asked.

Zhu Xiucai was hanging under the crooked willow tree. His body had straightened up and swayed in the wind. He said, "How should I know? I have only been dead for more than a thousand years. When I died, the True King era had already passed for five thousand years."

Chen Shi hesitated for a moment and said, "I have seen the real body of the True King. There is a golden thread on his neck, which was left by a skilled craftsman when he sewed his head and body together. He did not die of natural causes, but was beheaded."

Zhu Xiucai hung under the tree, motionless, not moving even in the wind, and not speaking a word.

Chen Shi cautiously probed: "Do you think that the True King was murdered by the Thirteenth Family? The ancestor of the Thirteenth Family took advantage of his unpreparedness and quietly killed him, and then destroyed all the history of the True King's era."

Mr. Zhu did not answer.

Chen Shi said to himself: "I have a reason for this guess. The True King conferred immortality and killed all those who were about to become immortals. The ancestors of the thirteen families had served as prime ministers in the cabinet, so they must have assisted the True King in conferring immortality. Those who were disobedient were killed by them. But the ancestors of the thirteen families should also be people who were about to become immortals. The True King killed all the semi-immortals in the world, and they will be the next to deal with. So they took the initiative..."

Zhu Xiucai interrupted him and said, "The real king did not die at their hands."

Chen Shi's eyes flickered, and he said, "Then, the True King committed suicide! The True King sealed all the immortals in the world, but his cultivation had also reached an extremely high level, so he had to become an immortal. He was afraid of endangering the people of the world, so he committed suicide! Before committing suicide, he burned all the historical records of this era, so that people in later generations would not be able to find the secret of becoming an immortal! In this way, no one can become an immortal, and no one can become a disaster!"

Zhu Xiucai shook his head and said, "The True King did not commit suicide. Don't make blind guesses!" Chen Shi said excitedly, "I know! The True King must have eliminated the other semi-immortals and wanted to ascend to become an immortal. He wanted to overcome the calamity, ascend to heaven, and merge with the Tao! He turned into an evil spirit, underwent an evil transformation, became a disaster, and then was killed! It must be like this!"

"Woof! Woof!" Hei Guo said excitedly.

Zhu Xiucai could no longer hold back and stretched out the rope with both hands, then landed lightly on the ground, angrily saying, "It's not what you think! The reason why our ancestor died was because of the same thing that happened back then!"

Seeing that he was finally willing to come down from the crooked willow tree, Chen Shi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Teacher, you are finally willing to come down. So what happened that year?"

Zhu Xiucai snorted, and his arms became longer than his body. He untied the rope hanging from the tree, put it around his neck, and said, "I will hang myself here, and I cannot leave easily. Only with this rope tied around my neck can I move freely. Follow me."

He floated up and flew through the air, the rope hanging from his head dangling like a braid.

Chen Shi and Hei Guo followed him, and saw Zhu Xiucai floating towards the tomb of King Zhen.

Chen Shi hurriedly said, "Master Zhu, please wait a moment! I will go get the Western King's Jade Seal!"

"No need." Zhu Xiucai's voice came.

Chen Shi had no choice but to follow him, and the man, the ghost and the dog soon arrived outside the tomb of the True King.

The stone statues outside the True King's Tomb stand majestically. As long as you step into them, the realm of ghosts and gods will be activated, and the stone statues will be resurrected, turning into divine beasts and tearing apart the invaders.

But strangely enough, when Zhu Xiucai walked into the realm of ghosts and gods, these mythical beasts, when they saw him, all lowered their heads and crawled down without hurting him.

Chen Shi thought to himself: "Mr. Zhu is indeed the true descendant of the king. He must have come here and entered the tomb before, so he could teach my father the skills."

He followed Zhu Xiucai, and the tomb guardian beast with goat horns and human body raised an oil lamp and greeted them. Zhu Xiucai said, "Give me the lamp, I don't need you to lead the way."

The tomb guardian beast with goat horns and human body said yes and handed the oil lamp to Zhu Xiucai.

Zhu Xiucai held the oil lamp, and Chen Shi and Hei Guo followed him through the forest of steles and into the tomb of the real king.

They walked through a long, dark corridor, deep into the mausoleum.

Although Chen Shi entered the tomb of King Zhen twice, he had never explored the interior of the tomb and did not know what was inside.

Zhu Xiucai brought them to an ear chamber. The ear chamber was not big and contained some burial objects such as urns, pots, jars and enclosures. They did not look like extraordinary magic weapons but were probably containers for storing grain.

Zhu Xiucai grabbed a handful of rice from a pottery jar and said, "You come and pinch it."

Chen Shi pinched the rice grains and frowned slightly.

Zhu Xiucai asked: "What did you find?"

Chen Shi said honestly: "These rice grains are empty."

Zhu Xiucai opened another large vat and said, "Come and see the rice inside."

Chen Shi walked forward and grabbed a handful of rice grains, very lightly. He squeezed them and frowned slightly. These rice grains were also hollow, with only a layer of husk and no rice grains inside.

Zhu Xiucai said with a hint of fear in his voice, "This is the anteroom where the True King was buried. These vessels should have been filled with grains such as rice, millet, and sorghum. However, at the end of the True King's era, there was no rice left in the rice bowls."

Chen Shi put down the rice husks in his hand and reached deep into the jar, and found that the rice inside was also just husks!
He came to another large vat and grabbed a handful of rice, but it was still husks!
He opened other jars and pots and checked them one by one. These vessels were classified according to the five grains, but they did not contain grains!
Among the burial objects of the True King, there were no real grains, but only husks!

"Even the true king is like this..."

Chen Shi was horrified and shuddered several times.

If even the true king is like this, what about ordinary people?

Ordinary people, is there any way out?
"What's the cause?" Chen Shi said in a hoarse voice.

"Maybe at the end of the True King era, there was no sun." Zhu Xiucai's indifferent voice came.

"No sun?"

Chen Shi shuddered again. Without the sun, crops could not grow. Even if rice grew, it would not produce any grains!

And now, the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer.

Chen Shi's Adam's apple rolled with difficulty and asked, "What do you want to eat?"

Zhu Xiucai was silent for a moment and said, "I don't know."

Chen Shi asked, "How long did it last?"

Zhu Xiucai shook his head: "I don't know."

"How many people died?"

"I don't know."

……

Chen Shi's mind was in a mess. When he came to his senses, he was shocked to find himself back on the loess slope. Zhu Xiucai was still hanging on the crooked tree, and he didn't know when the rope had been tied properly.

Hei Guo lay at his feet, sighing and looking worried.

Chen Shi stood up and saw that the moon was still hanging in the sky, but the people in Huangpo Village had already gotten up and were cooking.

"What time is it?"

Chen Shi was panicking and asked loudly, "Why hasn't the sun come out yet?"

His voice reached Huangpo Village, and the villagers of Huangpo Village finally remembered it. They looked up at the sky, confused.

Yes, why hasn’t the sun come out yet?
The moonlight is bright and clear.

The moon seems to hang in the sky forever and never set.

"Atang, it's Si time." Wu Qingyu whispered behind Chen Tang.

Chen Tang looked up at the moon in the sky and said in a dull voice: "I know. The sun hasn't come out yet."

Chen Shi was also looking up at the sky.

In Gangzi Village, Sha Qiuting also looked up and gazed at the moon.

In the distance, in Qianyang Mountain, the giant snake Xuanshan was perched on the top of the mountain, its head looking at the moon in the sky.