On the Avenue.

Chapter 410: The Gatekeeper
"Yu Shu Wang Ling Guan Huo Fu? Is this Wang Ling Guan also a deity from China?"

Chen Shi was greatly encouraged. He looked at the mountain and saw that the terrain was complex and steep. It might not be easy to find where the Fire Palace was hidden. So he asked, "Brother Dao, can you help lead the way to this temple?"

Taoist Yuyi hesitated for a moment and politely declined, saying, "Fusheng Town still depends on me to protect it. If I follow you into the mountains, I'm afraid the town will be invaded by evil spirits and everyone in the town will die."

Chen Shi looked around and saw many evil ghosts hiding in the dark outside the town, obviously eyeing Fusheng Town covetously. He smiled and said, "How about this, I'll let Hei Guo stay and help you guard Fusheng Town. You lead me to find the Fire Palace, and we'll come back after we get there."

Taoist Yuyi asked in confusion: "Who is the scapegoat?"

Hei Guo reached out and patted him on the shoulder. Taoist Yuyi turned around and saw the big dog standing up. He was startled, but then he calmed down.

In today's world, evil is rampant, and he is no longer surprised. ——The black pot made him think so.

"Having Senior Heiguo help you guard Fusheng Town is a hundred times better than me." Heiguo asked him to say so.

Seeing this, the scholars hurriedly said, "Master Yu, you can't agree to this. Leave our town to Black Dog... Senior Guo, it will be absolutely safe!"

The people of Fusheng Town have gathered at this moment, and they nodded when they heard the words, showing a look of relief.

Taoist Yu felt something was not right, but he could not find out what was wrong. He said, "The reason why I know that temple is called Wang Lingguan Fire Palace is because when the mountain emerged from the ground six days ago, it shone brightly and a few golden characters appeared, which were Yushu Wang Lingguan Fire Palace. Later, the golden characters shrank into the mountain and disappeared, but I guess where the golden characters disappeared is the place you are looking for. As for whether you can really find it, I am not completely sure."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Brother Dao, it's nothing even if you can't find it."

They were about to set off when Chen Shi suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky.

Taoist Yu was surprised and looked up as well, only to see a red light exploding in the air, like a cluster of blooming flowers. The red light stuck to the sky and slowly spread out in all directions.

"What is that?" The people in the town were puzzled and talked among themselves.

Chen Shi's expression changed slightly.

"Magic transformation!"

The red light spreading in the sky is the expanding devil's domain.

There is a demon species nearby, and it "took root and sprouted" at this time!

"It's a demonic transformation!"

Taoist Yu showed a panicked look and shouted, "Everyone, listen up, gather here immediately. I will use my magic to send you away!"

A scholar rushed to the town at high speed, shouting, "Bring food and livestock!"

Another female scholar grabbed his wrist and said, "Qian Yu, it's too late to take away the food and livestock! The speed of the demon transformation is too fast. If you pack up the food and livestock, you won't be able to escape!"

Scholar Qian Yu shook her hand off and said angrily, "Without food and livestock, what will we eat? There is nothing to eat outside!"

The female scholar was stunned and said in despair: "If we take the food and livestock with us, we can't escape..."

Qian Yu was extremely confused and didn't know what to do.

At this moment, another ball of red light exploded in the distant sky, and the light flowed all over the sky, like a red cover, slowly covering it.

Chen Shi looked up with a serious expression.

The second demon realm.

At this time, another ray of rising light came into his sight. Chen Shi turned his head and saw that around Fusheng Town, clusters of light were rising from the ground, rising slowly to the sky, and then exploding on the dome.

He was stunned.

Taoist Yu was also stunned, and the scholars who were arguing stopped arguing and stared blankly at the sky.

The townspeople who came with their families were still clamoring. Some couldn't find their children and shouted their children's names. There were husbands yelling at their wives, telling them not to pack up and to save their lives. There were also people supporting their trembling mothers and walking forward with difficulty.

When everyone arrived at the town's streets, everything suddenly became quiet.

They looked up and stared blankly at the sky.

One demonic realm after another is blooming around Fusheng Town.

Many demonic realms intersected with each other, like round covers falling from the sky.

The first level of the demonic realm has been formed.

The villagers stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do. A few scholars came to their senses and looked at Taoist Yu with anticipation.

Taoist Yu opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but nothing came out.

He is the godmother of this town. He has cultivated a golden body and possessed supernatural powers. In the eyes of the scholars, he is almost omnipotent.

The godmother's path of cultivation begins with the extraordinary power to condense the divine appearance. After the divine appearance is formed, as the incense continues, it will evolve from the divine appearance to a golden body that can be hidden or visible. The godmother with a golden body is equal to ghosts and gods, and her strength is also extremely powerful, comparable to the cultivators in the state of transformation.

Even powerful ghosts and gods, such as the Yin Shuai and the Judge of the Thirteen Families, are blessed by the incense of ghosts in the hells. Their cultivation strength even surpasses that of their lifetime, reaching an incredible level.

However, Fusheng Town is a small town with too few residents and limited incense. Although Yu Dao Ren has cultivated a golden body, his strength is only equivalent to the spirit transformation realm, which can only compete with ordinary ghosts and evil spirits. If he encounters ghosts and gods, let alone Fusheng Town, he may not even be able to save his own life.

Not to mention the changes in the devil nowadays.

"call--"

A gust of wind blew, and the trees in the town that had been corroded by the yin energy and had become withered suddenly bloomed with flowers. The grass and trees that had long been dry were now full of flowers.

A duck quacked and flew quickly between the stunned people. Suddenly, its head slowly opened and a bloody flower blossomed on its neck.

A woman screamed in fear and reached out to grab her face, only to peel off a thin petal from her face.

She was extremely terrified and stretched out her hands to grab around, peeling off layer after layer of petals on her face!

"Don't reveal it!"

The female scholar rushed over and shouted, "If you reveal it again, you will die!"

The people in the town fell into anxiety. Some felt their faces starting to itch, and some felt the back of their heads starting to itch, but they didn't dare to scratch it.

However, it soon became more and more itchy!

"I can't bear it anymore!"

A man yelled and raised his hand to scratch his head. Soon the back of his head turned into thin petals and spread out.

The more he scratched, the more itchy it became. He shook his head violently, and his entire head turned into a spinning petal, slowly blooming.

The petals were dripping with blood and were extremely bright.

"Haha, it's finally not itchy anymore!" The voice came from somewhere, as the man with the big flower on his neck.

Taoist Yu was completely disheartened.

At this time, Chen Shi's voice came: "Black Pot, I'm leaving this to you. Suppress the demonic transformation."

Taoist Yu laughed and said, "It's impossible, it's impossible!"

He seemed to have gone mad, shouting, "We are finished, we are all finished! The devil's domain has been formed, no one can escape! Even if we escape, the outside world is full of demons! All living things are destroyed! Destroyed! We will all die!"

Suddenly, the black pot revealed its true form and transformed into a giant beast as big as a mountain. Its head and tail were longer than the town of Fusheng. Its whole body was burning with devilish fire and emitting rolling devilish energy. It let out a muffled roar that sounded like thunder, rolling back and forth, deafening!
In Fusheng Town, all demonic changes were suppressed by it. The demonic energy in everyone's body subsided, and the bodies that were changing stopped changing!

However, the people whose heads had turned into big flowers just now did not change back. Only by killing the demon and eliminating the demonic transformation can they return to normal.

Taoist Yu looked up at the huge black dog in front of him. Is this still the same dog from before?
"Woof!" Hei Guo barked at Chen Shi.

Chen Shi nodded and said, "You are right, the demon will definitely come to you and try to get rid of you. Shiji, come out and help too!" As soon as he finished speaking, Taoist Yu saw a woman with an abnormal head-to-body proportion flying out from the small temple behind Chen Shi's head. Her figure was getting taller and taller, and she exuded a powerful aura like a demon.

"Shiji, I'll leave this to you and Heiguo." Chen Shi ordered.

"Respect the decree!" Niangniang Shiji bowed.

Taoist Yu stared at Lady Shiji in a daze. The oppressive feeling that this big-headed woman brought to him was even stronger than being blamed for something!

Chen Shi called him several times before he came to his senses. He saw that Chen Shi had already come out of the town, so he hurriedly followed him.

He hurried to Chen Shi's side, looked at the young man, and after a moment, he mustered up the courage to ask, "May I ask who exactly you are, sir?"

Before Chen Shi could answer, Zhu Xiucai beside him said lazily, "He was a famous scholar in the past, the current top scholar, and also the true king of Xiniu Island, Chen Shi. Xiao Shi, don't forget to bring the Western King's Jade Seal."

Taoist Yu was filled with shock and confusion: "True king? He possesses the Jade Seal of the Western King? But, he is clearly just a teenager..."

Chen Shi responded, raised his hand and waved it lightly, and the Jade Seal of the King of the West flew out from the wooden cart.

Zhu Xiucai flew into the small temple behind his head and continued to sit on the shrine, saying, "Xiao Shi, there is something wrong with the magic transformation this time. How could so many magic transformations suddenly break out at the same time?"

Chen Shi nodded gently and said, "I have the same suspicion. So many demonic transformations erupting at the same time are definitely not natural! These demonic transformations seem to have surrounded this mountain by chance, as if they were intentionally targeting this mountain... Teacher, do you know who Wang Lingguan is?"

Zhu Xiucai thought for a moment and said, "According to the records of my Zhu family, Wang Lingguan should be a gatekeeper."

"Door God?"

Chen Shi was surprised. Judging from the direction of the demonic transformation, the target of these dozens of demons was probably Wang Lingguan. They wanted to use the demonic transformation to assimilate him or even destroy him before Wang Lingguan revived!

Is it necessary to have such a big fuss just to deal with a mere door god?

Chen Shi asked, "Teacher, in what book did you see Wang Lingguan?"

Zhu Xiucai pondered and said, "It seems to be a book that records various magic skills, called the True Scripture of the Fire Train King Lingguan. But it only has the name, no content. This skill has been lost."

Chen Shi thought about it carefully and found that there was no such skill in the True King's treasury.

"Who is he guarding for?"

"I don't know about that."

Zhu Xiucai said, "However, the status of door gods is not very high."

Chen Shi was even more surprised. So many demons came here, and if they were not here to deal with Wang Lingguan, who else could they be here to deal with?

"Is he here to deal with me?" Zhu Xiucai murmured.

Chen Shi followed Taoist Yu up the mountain and gradually reached a high place.

He was high up and looking around, he saw huge flowers blooming among the vast land, lakes, swamps and mountains.

Those magic flowers were extremely large, covering several acres in radius, but the flowers had not bloomed yet, but were still in the bud state.

The flower bud seems to be breathing, growing bigger and smaller.

Suddenly, one of the flower buds rotated and bloomed outward, and a tall body flew out from the bud, with long stamens connected behind it.

The tall figure floated in the air, motionless.

"This is the demon species that caused the demonic transformation! There are dozens of similar demon species!"

Chen Shi calmed himself down and quickly caught up with Taoist Yu.

They soon arrived in front of a cliff. Chen Shi looked back and found that the tall figure that had just emerged from the big flower had disappeared. Only a withered big flower was left in its place.

Chen Shi was slightly startled: "The demons are taking action! We have to be quick!"

Taoist Yu walked hurriedly and suddenly said, "It should be nearby!"

Chen Shi grabbed a handful of dry yellow leaves and blew them out. They turned into orioles that flew around, searching for Wang Lingguan's fire palace. However, after flying all over the surrounding mountains and forests, they still couldn't find it.

He raised up his primordial spirit, which stood on a high place and looked down, but did not find any traces of palaces or temples.

In the distance, the magic flowers have withered and the magic seeds have disappeared.

Chen Shi's heart was filled with awe. He waved his sleeves and the withered yellow leaves flew up. He blew out a breath of true energy and a strong wind blew. The withered leaves turned into orioles that flapped their wings and flew away, making his search more thorough.

"found it!"

Chen Shi suddenly noticed an oriole turning into a dead leaf and burning. He immediately flew up, lightning exploded under his feet, and with a whoosh he arrived in front of the falling ashes.

He raised his finger and touched it lightly, and suddenly a burning sensation came.

Chen Shi's eyes lit up, he pushed his palm forward and shouted, "Show yourself!"

"Om-"

Pieces of talisman barriers emerged, shining with golden light. The talismans had no paper. Instead, they were written directly in the air with a gold pen mixed with cinnabar to form a seal!

Behind this barrier is an ancient temple.

Chen Shi looked at these sealing talismans. The talismans were in the form of Fire Deity talismans and Thunder Deity talismans. The talismans were painted with the gods of the Fire Deity and Thunder De lineages, and the divine language was written next to them.

Some talismans are not even included in the Luotian Dajiao and Zhoutian Dajiao left by Grandpa and Creator Xiaowu!

"There should be a more advanced grand ceremony above the Luotian Grand Ceremony and the Zhoutian Grand Ceremony!" Chen Shi thought to himself.

He memorized the talismans and immediately tried to break the seal.

He was originally a master in the art of talismans, and he quickly broke the seal and arrived in front of the Fire Palace of Jade Pivot King Lingguan.

At the same time, outside Fusheng Town, Hei Guo sensed that powerful demonic energy was rapidly approaching this side. He couldn't help but become nervous and roared anxiously.

Madam Shiji also sensed those powerful auras and thought to herself that something was wrong: "I must be more courageous this time and not embarrass myself in front of the envoy again... Hey, these demons don't seem to be coming for Fusheng Town."

Hei Guo was on high alert, but suddenly raised his head with a look of confusion.

Those dozens of demon species are now running towards the mountain ahead!

"Their target is the envoy!" screamed Niangniang Shiji.

Chen Shi stood in front of the Jade Pivot King Lingguan Fire Palace and saw a deep courtyard with a golden pagoda in the middle. It was twelve stories high and 16 or 17 feet high, but it had no doors or windows. When he got closer, it didn't look like a pagoda, but rather a solid magic weapon.

"It should be a golden whip, but it's too big." Chen Shi looked up at the golden whip and murmured.

The main hall of the Fire Palace came into view, as did one shrine after another, with a row on each side. The main hall was deep and extended all the way down. There were a total of five hundred shrines on both sides!

"Five hundred divine thrones..."

Chen Shi was suddenly stunned. "Who is Wang Lingguan guarding the door for? Whose door needs five hundred Lingguans?"

As he spoke, he saw the shrine in the center. Although there was no statue of the deity, there was a couplet on the left and right sides.

On the left are: Lingguan Tianjiang, the incarnation of Taojun.

On the right are: Jade Emperor, the commander-in-chief, and Yiqi God.

Chen Shi murmured, "So he's guarding the Jade Emperor's door..."

(End of this chapter)