On the Avenue.

Chapter 397 Self-rescue
Everyone thought that the early dark had a regular pattern, coming a quarter of an hour earlier every once in a while. Even Chen Shi thought so.

But this time the sun didn’t rise again until a day and a night later, indicating that it is very likely that the pattern they thought was not a pattern at all!
They are just observing the sky from a well, thinking that they have observed patterns and regarding the patterns as truths. However, on a larger time scale, the patterns and truths they observe will no longer exist.

This time the sun went out for a day and a night, but next time it might never come back again!
"The ancestors of the thirteen families in the upper world must have known what happened at the end of the True King era. They survived and have continued to this day! They must know how to deal with this disaster!"

Chen Shi suddenly thought that although he had been to the upper world, he didn't know how to get there.

The thirteen families have been preparing for thousands of years. If it were so easy to find the world above, I'm afraid Despair Hill would have wiped it out long ago.

Grandma Sha came to Huangpo Village. She now looked like a young girl in her twenties, beautiful and dignified. Since she regained her youth, she rarely panicked, but at this moment she became at a loss.

"Xiao Shi, I've never seen anything like this in my life."

She was extremely frightened and murmured, "I have never seen... Where is your father? I can't ask your father. Your father can't do it. We have to ask your grandfather for this matter. He always has many tricks..."

She paced back and forth, talking to herself.

Chen Shi took her to his home. Chen Tang and Wu Qingyu were not at home, so there was only Black Pot at home.

The black pot boiled water and brought a cup of tea. Granny Sha held the cup with both hands, her eyes were dazed, and she suddenly said, "Something bad is going to happen, isn't it? A lot of people will die, right?"

Chen Shi was still trying to comfort her when Hu Xiaoliang's timid voice came from outside the door: "Is Granny Sha here too? Xiao Shi, where's your dad? I won't look for him... What do you think about this? I always feel scared and a little ominous..."

The bearded man's body was trembling slightly. Hei Guo poured him a cup of tea. His hands were shaking as he took the tea, and his voice was trembling as well.

Chen Shi brought another small stool and asked him to sit down.

Hu Xiaoliang had just sat down when Qingyang's voice came: "Something bad has happened! Xiaoshi, where is your father... I won't look for him."

He rushed in and saw Granny Sha and Hu Xiaoliang were both there. He breathed a sigh of relief, poured himself a cup of tea, motioned Chen Shi not to move the stool, drank the tea in one gulp, and said, "The sun went out for a day and a night this time. I'm afraid it's not accidental! If Old Chen doesn't come back, we can't solve it! This is not a catastrophe, but it's a hundred times more terrible than a catastrophe!"

Du Yiran walked in from outside and said, "Chen Yindu has many clever ideas. He must have a solution here."

Granny Sha's eyes suddenly lit up a little, and she looked up and said, "That's right. Find Old Chen! I know where he is! I'll go find him! But..."

She said with some difficulty: "If I go to find him, I will have to walk for several days."

Ah Zhuo's voice came from outside: "It will take several days to go. The underworld is not peaceful, let's go look for him together!"

"it is good!"

Granny Sha, Hu Xiaoliang and the others all stood up and walked out in a hurry. Qingyang said, "There is no time to lose, Granny, cast the spell immediately!"

Hu Xiaoliang asked, "Xiao Shi, are you going?"

Granny Sha shook her head and said, "We can't take him there! If he goes there, the owner of the green ghost hand will get angry and crush him to death..."

They left quickly, leaving Chen Shi and the black pot there.

Chen Shi thought to himself, "They came to my house, asking where my father is, but they were actually looking for my grandfather. But they also knew that my grandfather was in the underworld, so they came here subconsciously. But..."

He was looking forward to it: "Is Grandpa really coming back? When Grandpa comes back, our family will be complete!"

The world is above the world.

The thirteen ancestors had already explored that broken world and returned to Yuxiaotian, quietly listening to Yang Bi's report about the sun going out for a day and a night.

"It's about to begin."

Gao Xuan recalled the past and said, "That was what happened at the end of the True King era. It started with the sun going out."

Fei Zi Chong sighed, "Countless people will die. The scene back then is still vivid in my mind."

“But there is nothing we can do.”

Xia Gongjin said, "The people will find a way to survive and work hard to stay alive. We have only one goal, which is Slope of Despair! Only by getting rid of Slope of Despair and eradicating the True God can all this end!"

Everyone was excited and nodded.

Yang Bi remained silent and listened quietly. After the ancestors finished speaking, he said, "May I ask, ancestor, how long will it take for the sun to completely go out?"

Zhang Longhu said: "The first time, the sun went out for one day and one night. The second time, the sun went out for two days and two nights. The third time, the sun went out for three days and three nights, and then it came back as usual. When it came the fourth time, people thought the sun would go out for four days and four nights, but that time the sun never came back."

Yang Bi was shocked and asked, "How did our ancestors deal with this great change back then?"

Xia Gongjin shook his head and said, "At that time, it was the true king who held the power of the world, not us."

Yang Bi frowned slightly and asked, "Then why did the sun shine again later?"

"I don't know."

Fei Zi Chong said, "At that time, Xiniu Island fell into darkness, and the people were living in poverty and exchanging their children for food. The True King went to Despair Hill, and later, Despair Hill sent the True King's body back. Not long after, the sun came out as usual. Yang Bi, you shouldn't think about these things, you should concentrate on practicing. Our goal is Despair Hill, don't be distracted."

Yang Bi said yes, bowed to the ancestors, and stood up to leave.

He returned to his residence, pondered for a moment, and then prepared the Qingyun chariot to drive out of the upper world. Not long after, the chariot arrived at Huangpo Village.

When Chen Shi saw Yang Bi getting off the Qingyun chariot, he was slightly startled and walked forward to greet him.

He was at a loss as to how to get to the upper world, and he had not expected that Yang Bi would come to Huangpo Village.

Yang Bi got off the car and greeted him.

Chen Shi returned the greeting.

Yang Bi repeated his conversation with the thirteen ancestors verbatim, saying, "These are all I know. After I told you this, I will prepare to deal with Despair Hill. After we part today, I wonder if we will have the chance to meet again."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "I really want to see you again, but the next time we meet, I'm afraid you'll kill me."

Yang Bi nodded gently and said, "If we meet again, it means that I have solved the problem of Despair Slope and there is no more trouble. At that time, you will no longer be my confidant, but a great threat to my Thirteenth Family. Of course, I will get rid of you as soon as possible."

Chen Shi laughed and said, "I hope you die on the Hill of Despair, but I also don't want you to die."

He said seriously: "But I still say that for us monks, all great power belongs to ourselves."

Yang Bi smiled and said, "I have thought about what you said seriously. I don't think it will work. The pinnacle of my current cultivation realm is the Mahayana realm, and I can't go any further. No matter how strong my personal power is, it can't match the power of the thirteen families. But if we concentrate the power of the thirteen families, we can flatten the slope of despair!"

Chen Shi said: "Have you ever thought about breaking through the Mahayana stage and ascending to become an immortal? If you possess the power of the Dao..."

Yang Bi interrupted him: "Even if it is a new path, the path will change. Brother Chen, the change of the new path will only happen later than the old path."

He bowed deeply and said goodbye, then turned around and boarded the Qingyun chariot.

Chen Shi suddenly said, "Yang Bi!" Yang Bi turned around.

"If you can't win, run away!" Chen Shi shouted.

Yang Bi was slightly startled and smiled: "I understand. Thank you."

Chen Shi waved his hand and watched the Qingyun chariot go away.

He calmed himself down and returned to Huangtu Slope to meet Zhu Xiucai. He told Zhu Xiucai about the second time the True King went to the Despair Slope and died. He said, "The True King died in battle at the Despair Slope. He was not assassinated, nor did he commit suicide out of despair."

Zhu Xiucai looked into the distance, stunned for a long time, and then said: "In times of crisis, the true king will definitely shoulder the burden of protecting the common people. He is definitely not a coward who commits suicide to avoid natural disasters. He is a man of great talent and strategy. He took the initiative to reform the old laws, create new laws, and confer immortals on the world. How could such a monarch die at the hands of the thirteenth family ancestor? My ancestors did not bring shame to the old Zhu family."

"But his descendants hanged themselves here." Chen Shi said.

Zhu Xiucai groaned.

Chen Shi continued, "In the battle of Despair Hill, not only did the True King die, but my godmother was also buried under the loess hill. Also, the avatars of the gods from the Chinese Divine Continent were buried in the mountains and rivers. Their statues were smashed, their faces were killed, and their temples were destroyed. This is no less tragic than the death of the True King."

His heart was filled with emotion. The Qianyang Mountain King Temple, this temple sank into the ground along with the mountains and disappeared until it suddenly emerged from the ground a few years ago.

The statue and image of Qianyang Mountain Lord also vanished into thin air. It was not until he was deified for the second time that he awakened Qianyang Mountain Lord from death and made him the mountain god of Qianyang Mountain again.

The same is true for Gongzhou Mazu Temple, which is hidden in the mountains and guards the sea.

In the Guandi Temple in Qingzhou, the statue was broken and the temple was buried deep underground.

……

The local gods who originally guarded Xiniu Island were either killed or took the initiative to hide away and disappeared without a trace.

This event had a huge impact, comparable to a series of major events like the True King's canonization, the replacement of the old law with the new law, and the True King's death!

Chen Shi looked at the stone tablet of his godmother and murmured, "What happened at that time? Why was my godmother buried under the loess slope?"

Zhu Xiucai hung on the rope and shook his body: "I don't know. I was born too late. At that time, I faced a court that was already corrupt and rotten to the extreme."

At that time, he was full of ideals. He wanted to save the court, change the world, explore the secret of the decline of the True King era, be a savior, and recreate the prosperity of the True King era!

However, he was beaten to a pulp by the current situation.

He was completely desperate and could only go to the tomb of the True King and hang himself on an old willow tree.

Even if you have all kinds of supernatural powers, your heart is dead as ashes.

Chen Shi implied that he was not as good as the real king, and he admitted it.

Faced with the doomsday scene, the True King still dared to charge into the Hill of Despair, but faced with the pressure from the thirteen families, he could only despair and hang himself here.

Now that I think about it, it really brought shame to the True King.

"What a damn world!" Zhu Xiucai suddenly cursed angrily.

Hei Guo pricked up his ears and looked at him warily.

At this time, Chen Tang's voice came: "Xiao Shi, Xiao Shi! Come back quickly!"

Chen Shi walked down the loess slope and returned to Huangpo Village. He saw Situ Wen's magic weapon, the Cardinal, parked outside Huangpo Village. It was very tall and consisted of a series of pavilions. Chen Tang, Li Tianqing, Situ Wen, Yu Lingzi, County Magistrate Hu and others were busy around the Cardinal.

They raised the Heavenly Order, opened the portal to the Lesser Heavens, went in and out, and carried out many magic weapon parts.

People from the Ministry of Industry are piecing these magic weapons together.

"The coach is here!" Situ Wen came forward, beaming with joy.

Chen Shi looked at the people busy at work, and saw huge furnaces gradually forming under their hands. He asked, "What are you doing?"

He just felt that these stoves were somewhat familiar.

Situ Wen smiled and said, "Master, do you still remember the incomplete Xuanji Baibian furnace you gave me? You once said that if the Xuanji Baibian furnace is combined with the cardinal, the cardinal can fly just by burning coal."

Chen Shi's eyes lit up: "You made it?"

Situ Wen nodded vigorously, a little embarrassed, and said: "My Lu Ban Sect couldn't make this originally, but it was with the help of the brothers in the Tianting Engineering Department that we slightly modified the Xuanji Baibian Furnace, so that the cardinal can fly even if it burns coal."

Chen Shi looked at one of the furnaces and saw various bright and thin lenses inside the furnace, but the talismans on the inner wall of the furnace were very different from before. It can be seen that many changes have been made, even the method of sacrifice has changed.

"Can this thing really fly by burning coal?" he inquired.

Chen Tang came over and said, "You can burn coal, but you need to mobilize the cardinals to transmit power. One stick of incense requires three thousand kilograms of fine coal. You can also use the mana of the cultivators, which is more convenient, but the mana consumption is huge."

He lit up one of the furnaces, and the talismans on the furnace wall suddenly became bright, reflecting on the lenses. The lenses rotated, and with a whoosh, a sword light as thin as a hair suddenly spurted out from the furnace mouth!
Chen Shi was stunned: "Xuanwei sword energy?"

Situ Wen smiled and said, "Old Master Chen made some minor changes to the talisman of the Xuanji Baibian Furnace."

Originally, the Mysterious Baibian Furnace would spew out various forms of true Qi with great power, comparable to the full-strength attack of cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Realm and the God Descent Realm. However, after being transformed by Chen Tang, the talismans on the furnace wall were transformed into talismans of Xuanwei sword Qi, which were reflected on mirrors. The mirrors rotated around the furnace wall, and every time it rotated a circle, various forms of Xuanwei sword Qi flew out of the furnace.

The sword energy that was sprayed out was not long, only about three inches, and extremely thin, but when it flew out of the furnace mouth about ten feet, it would become larger, becoming about a foot, and when it reached two feet, the sword energy would expand to three feet.

Moreover, the more sword energy that spurts out from the furnace, the faster the mirror rotates, the more sword energy that is ejected!
Chen Shi also summoned a sword furnace, mobilized his magic power, and injected it into the furnace. More than a thousand mirrors in the furnace were rotating, and suddenly sword energy spurted out from the furnace mouth. A huge force came and pressed the sword furnace downwards!

Chen Shi held up the sword furnace with both hands to strengthen his magic power. Suddenly, the sword energy in the furnace penetrated the sky and formed a sword energy torrent that was several miles long and rushed straight into the sky!
Chen Shi felt a huge pressure from his arms, which caused his legs to sink and sink into the mud.

He continued to increase his magic power, and suddenly, the ground around him rumbled, and he actually pressed a huge pit with a radius of four or five meters!
Chen Shi's body trembled due to the pressure. He slowly withdrew his magic power. The madly spinning lenses in the sword furnace gradually slowed down, and the torrent of sword energy gushing out of the furnace mouth also gradually subsided. Chen Shi only felt that the pressure was getting less and less.

Finally, the mirror in the furnace stopped rotating and the sword energy dissipated.

"nice one!"

Chen Shi put down the sword furnace and praised, "What a great thing! If this thing is installed on the cardinal, I'm afraid it can fly to the sky! But it also consumes a lot of energy, and I can't last long with my magic power!"

The monks from the Ministry of Works of the Heavenly Court installed the assembled sword furnaces on the cardinals. There were a total of eight sword furnaces.

The cardinal's house is not dead heavy. It has a hidden power transmission mechanism inside. There is a huge furnace in the central part. Many Luban Sect monks are transporting coal to the furnace room.

Wu Qingyu brought Huo Dou and whispered to calm this half-demon, half-ghost monster. She took some black dog blood from it and asked the talisman master of Hongshan Hall to draw the talisman on the cardinal.

Chen Shi asked, "What are you going to do by assembling the cardinal?"

Wu Qingyu said: "Fly to the outer world and check what happened to the outer world true god! We have to save ourselves."

(End of this chapter)