On the Avenue.

Chapter 419 Erniu, I'll take you home
The beggar was in rags, his upper body leaning against the wall, his body stinking, many of his wounds already rotting, and he looked like he was dying. Although he had many wounds on his body and his clothes were tattered, it was still clear that he must have lived a life of luxury.

His skin was very white, there were no calluses on his palms, and his fingers were long and slender, with no signs of exertion.

People who work in the countryside often have short, thick fingers and rough skin.

He was clearly not a country boy.

Chen Shi's eyes flickered: "Situ Tiangong, is this beggar from your town?"

Situ Wen stepped forward, looked carefully, and shook his head, saying, "I don't recognize him. I haven't been back for many years, and there are many people in the town that I don't recognize... Aunt An Xiu, do you recognize this person?"

An old woman came over, still in good spirits. She looked at the beggar and said, "I couldn't recognize him for a moment. He looked unfamiliar..."

Chen Shi endured the pain in the back of his head and smiled, "So, you are a refugee from another place?"

In the wooden cart, Hei Guo suddenly noticed that the Iron Ruler beside him was quietly floating up, and the Jade Seal of the King of the West was also slowly floating up at this moment. It was wrapped like a dumpling, unable to move, and could only move its eyes. It saw the prehistoric patterns on the Iron Ruler gradually light up, as if there was lightning flowing under these patterns.

At the same time, in the small temple behind Chen Shi's head, Zhu Xiucai suddenly felt the righteousness of heaven and earth flowing through his body. He floated up involuntarily, and was shocked: "Xiao Shi thinks I am a divine fetus? Are there enemies outside?"

Chen Shi rarely treated him as a divine fetus, but only asked him to help him practice. This time he fought against more than 30 Yin messengers and was injured, but not as seriously as Hei Guo. Chen Shi treated him as a divine fetus at this time to borrow his magic power.

Xiao Linyi also sensed an unusual atmosphere, and strands of righteousness flowed through her body, connecting her cultivation with Chen Shi's.

The beggar said, "Aunt Anxiu, don't you remember me? My name is Erniu, and I live in the east end of town."

"Two cows?"

Aunt An Xiu looked at him carefully and said in surprise, "You are really a badass. How did you end up like this?"

The beggar was exhausted and said, "I fought with others and was injured by them. I fled all the way here. Aunt An Xiu, where are my parents?"

"He is really from Qinghe Town." Chen Shi suppressed his murderous intent, and the iron ruler in the wooden cart fell quietly.

The scar on the back of his head was still burning, and the excruciating pain came again.

This scar only hurts a little when it rains. It doesn't hurt or itch on normal days. The last time it hurt so much was when I was in Taihua Qingyang Palace, when the eldest senior brother from Despair Hill killed Taoist Jinghong.

That time, he knew that when he got close to the innate Taoist fetus, this scar would cause severe pain!
"Wuwang should be nearby!"

His mind moved slightly, and his soul soared into the air, looking down at the surroundings from a high vantage point, taking in everything within a hundred miles.

There are no other strange phenomena around Qinghe Town except for some sneaky ghosts and evil spirits, and passing ghosts.

Situ Wen ordered a disciple of Lu Ban, "Go and ask Doctor Tan to come and treat Er Niu. We can't let him die."

Chen Shi's soul was high above, overlooking Qinghe Town, taking everything in, but finding nothing.

He withdrew his spirit and his gaze fell on Erniu again.

Behind him, Aunt An Xiu kept mumbling, "Erniu is a poor kid. His father is the old man at the east end of the town. He is addicted to gambling. When his family fortune was gambled away, he sold Erniu and went back to gambling, where he lost everything again. Later, he sold his eldest son, the house, and his wife ran away."

Situ Wen smiled and said, "Aunt An Xiu can still recognize him. She has a really good memory."

Aunt An Xiu smiled and said, "Erniu looks pretty much the same as he did back then. He was probably around ten years old when he was sold. The Taoist priest who bought him led him like an animal..."

Chen Shi's heart was slightly moved, and he said, "Erniu was bought by a Taoist priest? I wonder where he has been practicing these years?"

Zhong Erniu raised his eyes and looked at him.

Zhong Erniu is a young man, about twenty years old, with a regular appearance. He is not handsome, but he has an extraordinary temperament. Even though his clothes are tattered and his body is covered in blood, he seems like a nobleman.

What's strange is that he has an earring hanging under his left ear. The shape of the earring is a sun on the outer layer and a crescent moon on the inner layer. The crescent moon hangs in the middle of the sun, which is very delicate.

"The Taoist took me to a hillside to practice, and later he became my master." Zhong Erniu said.

Chen Shi came in front of him, squatted down, and faced him, and said: "How many of you are on the hillside? What kind of skills are you practicing? I am the current top scholar. If you have any questions, please tell me and I will guide you."

Zhong Erniu looked away, lowered his brows, and said, "Thank you, but I don't need your advice. I am the best among my peers on our hillside. Even if my master encounters something he doesn't understand, he still needs to ask me for advice."

Chen Shi said, "You are only the best among your peers on your hill. You will not be able to do well outside of your hill. Tell me your cultivation method and I will definitely be able to teach you. There are too many people who have benefited from me. Maybe you have benefited from me too."

Zhong Erniu laughed softly, and suddenly he coughed violently. After a while, he took a steady breath and said, "The sect's skills must not be leaked. Please forgive me."

Zhu Xiucai's voice came: "Xiao Shi, he didn't answer any of your questions. He definitely has questions."

"So, you actually don't want to get any benefits from me?" Chen Shi looked directly at Zhong Erniu, as if trying to see into his heart.

Zhong Erniu looked up and the two men's eyes met.

He still didn't answer Chen Shi's question.

Suddenly, a long iron ruler came flying over with a whoosh, like a sword, making a sharp whistling sound, and arrived in front of Zhong Erniu in an instant, about to pierce his forehead. Chen Shi suddenly raised his hand and grabbed the ruler.

Chen Shi didn't even blink, staring at Zhong Erniu, as if to see if he would reveal any flaws.

If Zhong Erniu had shown any abnormality, Chen Shi would not have grabbed the iron ruler, but would have let it pierce his head!

However, Zhong Erniu did not show any abnormality.

But the absence of abnormalities is the biggest abnormality.

Chen Shi smiled and shook it gently. The iron ruler suddenly became five feet long and was stuffed into Zhong Erniu's hand. He smiled and said, "You left home when you were young and have been gone for many years. This time you were beaten and seriously injured and fled here. You must have never been back to your hometown. Qinghe Town has changed a lot in recent years. You may not recognize the way home. I will support you and send you home."

Zhong Erniu remained calm, and with his help, he managed to stand up and said, "You are such a good person."

Chen Shi's eyes were fierce, but he had a smile on his face. He supported him and suddenly turned to Aunt An Xiu and asked, "Where is Erniu's hometown?"

Aunt An Xiu used to talk a lot, but for some reason, as soon as these two people started talking, she seemed to be intimidated by a great majesty and dared not say a word. Upon hearing this, she hurriedly said, "Follow me."

When she said this, she felt her throat become hoarse and her chest felt as if it was blocked.

She hurriedly led the way.

Situ Wen also noticed something was wrong and was about to speak, but his throat was as dry as a desert and he couldn't utter a single word.

The conversation between Chen Shi and Zhong Erniu was obviously just an ordinary conversation, but the oppressive feeling was too strong. He was so nervous that his heart was pounding and he had a strong sense of uneasiness.

"Master Situ, you don't have to follow us." Chen Shi's voice came from the front. Situ Wen stopped and felt relieved.

Chen Shi supported Zhong Erniu and followed Aunt An Xiu, and asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Erniu, who hurt you?"

Zhong Erniu leaned on a ruler with his other hand and staggered forward, saying, "They are three old men. One is named Yan, one is named Fei, and one is named Gu."

Chen Shi asked, "What realm are you in?"

"Half a realm lower than them."

Zhong Erniu answered very carefully, saying, "But my realm is different from theirs. They may be missing a few realms. They are walking the old path."

Chen Shi's face was gentle, and he smiled, "The old road and the new road are both ways to become immortals, and there is no difference when ascending. So you are taking the new road. The people on the slope are also taking the new road like you, right?"

Zhong Erniu did not answer.

Chen Shi said, "It seems that there are people on your slope who are taking the old path. The new path has four more realms than the old path: Divine Shrine, Divine Embryo, Divine Descent, and Refining Void, but it lacks the two realms of Crossing the Tribulation and Ascension. It's hard to say which is better."

Zhong Erniu said seriously: "Of course the new path is better. The new path has a total of fourteen realms, and the old path has a total of twelve realms. The new path has two more realms than the old path, which is enough to widen the gap. Otherwise, how can I fight against these three seniors with the new method?"

Chen Shi said leisurely: "The four realms of the new path are all centered around the divine fetus. They borrow the power of the true gods from outer space, but it is borrowing power after all. For example, you are practicing the new path, but your divine fetus does not belong to you."

Zhong Erniu gripped the iron ruler tightly until his knuckles turned white.

Aunt An Xiu stopped in front of an abandoned old house, interrupted their conversation, and said, "We're here. This is Old Zhong's home, but Old Zhong has long been dead. He owed gambling debts and was forced to death. This house has been abandoned for many years."

Chen Shi supported Zhong Erniu and walked past her. Instead of going to the Zhong family's old house, they walked out of the town.

Aunt An Xiu was extremely surprised and asked quickly, "Where are you going? This is the Zhong family's old house..."

"Aunt Anxiu, come back." Situ Wen called the old woman.

Aunt An Xiu stopped and said to Situ Wen, "This is clearly the Zhong family. I am not mistaken."

Situ Wen shook his head and said, "The Zhong family he is looking for is not this one."

Aunt An Xiu was even more surprised and murmured, "Besides this place, where else is the Zhong family?"

At this time, Doctor Tan from the town came hurriedly and asked, "Who is sick?"

Situ Wen waved at him, signaling him not to come closer.

Doctor Tan was stunned and full of doubts.

As they were talking, Chen Shi and Zhong Erniu had already walked out of Qinghe Town and came to the outside of the town.

Qinghe Town was built along the river, next to a Qingshui River. At the bend of the Qingshui River, between the farmland and the jungle, there is a cemetery where the deceased people in the town are often buried.

Chen Shi supported Zhong Erniu and walked towards the grave mound.

Zhong Erniu coughed repeatedly, took a few breaths with difficulty, and said: "My divine fetus does not belong to me, so does the divine fetus of others belong to them? All divine fetuses are from the true gods outside the sky, not you and me."

Chen Shi supported him and walked into the cemetery.

There were stone tablets in front of the graves. Chen Shi read the contents on the tablets and said, "But those whose divine fetuses are taken away will die."

Zhong Erniu said: "You have gone astray. Since ancient times, it is not the divine fetus that is powerful, but the master of the divine fetus."

Chen Shi was furious: "What I said is that the person whose divine fetus is taken away will die!"

Zhong Erniu said: "Everyone will die."

The two people's eyes met and crossed.

Chen Shi smiled and said, "The scholar who lost his innate Dao fetus, after resurrection, is still the world-famous Chen Zhuangyuan. And some people may be nothing without their innate Dao fetus. Erniu, what's your father's name? I think I found your family."

In front of the two of them, there was a stone tablet standing in front of a grave covered with dead grass. No one had worshipped this grave for a long time.

There were a few words scribbled on the tombstone. It was the grave of a man named Zhong Yin.

Zhong Erniu smiled and said, "It's my father's grave."

"boom!"

The iron ruler in his hand suddenly exploded. It expanded rapidly from an iron rod as thick as an egg, and instantly became several miles thick, flattening all the graves!
Zhong Erniu's palm was originally holding a Zhangtian iron ruler. His fingers should have been broken by the expanding iron ruler, and the iron ruler should have hit his body and seriously injured him. However, he seemed to be prepared. His palm changed from holding to lightly pushing. The iron ruler expanded for several miles, and his body was like a goose feather, floating backwards for several miles.

The iron ruler expanded to the edge of Qinghe Town and then stopped by itself, without hurting the people in the town.

In Qinghe Town, everyone was blown away by a gust of wind and could not stand steadily. After the wind passed, they looked up and saw a black iron pillar several miles thick standing in front of the town, completely blocking the other side of Qinghe Town.

This pillar is so huge that it completely blocks the aftermath of the magic power at the other end of the pillar, preventing it from endangering Qinghe Town.

At the other end of the pillar, Chen Shi’s accumulated anger reached its peak. Zhu Xiucai and Xiao Linden immediately realized that their cultivation was mobilized, and tremendous magic power erupted from Chen Shi’s body!
Chen Shi had never mastered such a powerful strength before. This magic power was as vast as the ocean. It seemed as if the power contained in a vast world of thousands of miles was mobilized by him. Around him, the earth was shattered, the space was shaking, the sky and the earth were turned upside down, and the water, fire, mountains and marshes were in turmoil!

Zhong Erniu smiled, and a shrine appeared behind him. The divine fetus in the shrine suddenly opened its eyes. At this moment, the great Dao of heaven and earth, whether righteous or evil, seemed to be at his disposal. Even the sixty-four changes of the Eight Diagrams could not affect him in the slightest.

He was covered in wounds, but with this divine fetus, he was able to turn the tables and occupy Chen Shi's Bagua Dojo!
"Chen Shi, you will never know how powerful your innate Dao fetus is."

Zhong Erniu smiled and said, "You guessed correctly, I am Zhong Wuwang of Despair Hill, and your innate Dao fetus is in my hands."

Chen Shi roared and took a step forward. The Ten Absolute Spirit Banner Formation took shape in an instant, transforming into a force that could destroy everything. It rotated with his outstretched palms and destroyed everything in front of it!
Zhong Wuwang waved his hand, and the innate Dao fetus behind his head waved his palm accordingly, bringing with it the Dao power of the surrounding heaven and earth, to meet the Lingban Ten Absolute Formation!
In the small temple behind Chen Shi's head, Zhu Xiucai and Xiao Linden both felt their breaths shaken, feeling the power from the innate Taoist fetus.

"Is the innate Dao fetus so strong?"

Zhu Xiucai couldn't believe it. When Chen Shi participated in the Xinxiang County examination, he was blessed by the true God and obtained the innate Taoist fetus. The innate Taoist fetus at that time was extremely amazing, but not as terrifying as it is now.

Today's innate Dao fetus, after experiencing the descent of the gods and the refining of the void, has reached a level that is strong enough to compete with him and even the Little Linden Fairy!
The Ten Absolute Spirit Banner Formation exploded with a crackling sound, and the shadows of the gods were annihilated and disappeared one after another.

Chen Shi's palm flipped up and down.

Behind him, the Jade Seal of the King of the West rose up, and the geographical map of the fifty provinces of Xiniu Xinzhou emerged. The geographical maps of Xinxiang, Lingzhou, Gongzhou, Qingzhou and other places became brighter, and the power of gods from all over the place was mobilized to bless the jade seal!
Chen Shi summoned up the supreme kingship of Xiniu Xinzhou and smashed it down with a loud bang.

(End of this chapter)