On the Avenue.

Chapter 450 Memory Recovery
The ancestral home of the Xia family, one of the thirteenth-generation families, was in Beilai City. Although the sun had been out for four years and the world was in chaos outside, everything was still in order in Beilai City.

The destruction of the upper world did not seem to have dealt much of a blow to this family. Before and after the disaster, the Xia family collected countless food and grass, and lived a life of plenty. The people nearby also benefited from the Xia family and were not displaced.

Beilai City has a developed business, the vegetable market, restaurants and inns are still busy, and the school is also open as usual.

Chen Shi walked through these places barefoot, thinking: "The aristocratic families have to have some dignity in front of their own homes, not as shameful as other places."

He walked through Sheep Street and saw some monks leading ghosts like Shen Shen to sell, chained with irons. Next to them were some male and female slaves, their hands and feet tied with cow tendons, placed next to the Shen Shen.

Shen Shen looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he stretched out his long tongue, wrapped it around the slave girl next to him, and planned to put her into his mouth to enjoy his feast.

The monk rushed over and stuck a talisman on its forehead.

Catching ghosts is a good business nowadays. The captured ghosts can be sold for a lot of money, especially Shen Shen, because the flesh and blood can nourish the soul. The flesh and blood of this kind of ghost can also be used as a good medicine to treat diseases. Nowadays, many people are invaded by Yin Qi, which hurts Yang Qi and makes them weak and sick. Taking Shen Shen's flesh and blood can raise Yang.

Therefore, many monks teamed up to capture the shrews and make a living from them.

——As for the buying and selling of male and female slaves, it was also common. Many male and female slaves were captured from other places, and some could not survive and simply sold themselves to leave a bowl of food for their families.

Chen Shi took in all kinds of life in the city and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

He bought a pair of cloth shoes at a stall, tried them on and found they fit him well. Just as he was about to pay and leave, a voice said with a smile, "Chen Zhuangyuan, it has been five or six years since we left Xijing. You are more elegant than ever."

Chen Shi looked in the direction of the sound and saw the Minister of Rites Xia Canghai walking towards them, accompanied by some experts from the Xia family, forcing other people on the street away.

"It turns out to be the Shangshu Lord."

Chen Shi greeted him and asked, "When did Lord Xia return to the north from Xijing?"

"It has been some time."

Xia Canghai came to him and said with emotion, "When the sun went out, Xijing also suffered a great change. Without the suppression of the Nine Palaces of the True King, Xijing was invaded by ghosts and gods, and there were heavy casualties. I was also a person in distress. I had to flee with my family. I walked in fear for more than a year before I found my way to the north. Because of the long migration, many family members died."

His face was gloomy, and he was quite touched: "When disaster strikes, even if you are from a noble family and the Minister of Rites, you are no different from a commoner."

Chen Shi's heart was moved: "When the world above collapsed, you left Xijing. What about the people of Xijing?"

"Let's just accept our fate."

"Everyone should accept their fate?"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Lord Xia, you are the Minister of Rites. In this critical moment, you tell me to accept fate? Are you worthy of the official uniform you are wearing?"

Xia Canghai's face darkened: "At this critical moment, what is Master Chen doing?"

"Rescue!"

Xia Canghai sneered, "So how many people did Master Chen save?"

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "Not much. Among the people in the fifty provinces, only two or three out of ten were saved because of me."

Xia Canghai laughed loudly, shook his head repeatedly, and said, "Master Xiao Chen is really good at joking!"

His face darkened, and he changed the subject, saying, "When you entered the city, someone recognized you and told me. Master Chen, there was a young man in my Xia family named Xia Tianjie who died in Gongzhou. Do you know about this?"

"I killed him."

Chen Shi readily admitted, "I went to raze Fengyang Villa and killed hundreds of your Xia family ghosts and gods. Xia Tianjie attacked me and died in my hands."

The corners of Xia Canghai's eyes twitched. Suddenly, the dark clouds in the sky were squeezed by an invisible force and dispersed in all directions. A vast void realm of hundreds of miles emerged. There was a primordial spirit hundreds of feet away, like a god, sitting in the realm, overlooking everything.

In Beilai City, the monks suddenly felt an endless sense of oppression. They all looked up, staring blankly at this primordial spirit. They were shocked by the power of the primordial spirit and could hardly breathe.

Chen Shi was used to seeing the souls of powerful people in the Return to Void Realm, so he didn't think anything of it. But to other cultivators and ordinary people, the souls of people in the Return to Void Realm were too powerful and too terrifying.

"Lord Fengyang died at my hands, and Commander Xia Xiude also died because of me."

Chen Shi said frankly, "The Xia family ghosts and gods are doing evil in the local area, so I killed them."

Xia Canghai's aura was getting stronger and stronger, his face was grim: "Do you know that Xia Tianjie is the next generation leader of my Xia family?"

Chen Shi seemed to be unaware and said, "Lord Fengyang did evil, so I killed him. Xia Tianjie tried to kill me, so I killed him too. Lord Xia, if you want to avenge him, you will die too. We are all officials in the same court, and you don't want today to be your death anniversary, do you?"

Hei Guo looked around anxiously, and saw powerful Xia family monks walking towards this side on the street. Some were standing on the roof, some were standing in the air, and many other monks brought heavy magic weapons to seal off Yang Street from front to back, left to right, up and down.

Xia Canghai said coldly: "Chen Shi, tell me the truth, what are you doing in Beilai City?"

“Buying shoes.”

Chen Shi lifted up his big toe hidden in his new shoes, rubbed the upper, and said with a smile, "My shoes are broken, I came to buy a new pair."

Xia Canghai stared at the cloth shoes on his feet and sneered, "Chen Shi, you'd better come to buy shoes!"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Master Xia, what do you think I am here for?"

Xia Canghai snorted, "Chen Shi, Beilai City is my Xia family's place after all. My Xia family will not attack you in the city for the sake of the people in the city. Once you leave Beilai City, life and death will be determined by fate. This time, my Xia family will not hold back!"

He retracted the Void Realm and turned to leave Yang Street.

The Xia family cultivators around were still murderous and stared at Chen Shi, not dispersing.

Chen Shi called on Hei Guo and walked out of the city.

When passing by a teahouse, an old man in the teahouse stood up, bowed and said with a smile: "This young man is still calm in the face of the Xia family's strong men. He is very courageous. I wonder if you can do me a favor and sit for a while?"

Chen Shi looked at the old man and saw that his hair was gray and he was dressed very elegantly, with a tall crown and phoenix feathers on his head, which was not the style of the Ming Dynasty.

The tea set was already placed in front of the old man, who was smiling and waiting for guests.

"Could it be a figure of the Xia family's ancestor level?"

Chen Shi was not afraid at all and walked straight into the teahouse. The teahouse was already full of people. Each of them was holding a teacup, but none of them drank the tea. They all looked at him.

Someone was clearly facing away from him, his body not moving, but his head twisted behind him with the back of his head facing the teacup.

They had strange smiles on their faces and stared at him intently with somewhat fanatical eyes.

Chen Shi was filled with awe, and walked straight towards the old man with a tall hat, saying, "Excuse me for disturbing you."

The old man smiled and said, "I dare not. Please take a seat, young scholar."

The two men sat down, and the old man poured tea for Chen Shi. He noticed that the tea drinkers in the teahouse were still staring at Chen Shi, so he coughed immediately.

The tea drinkers turned around and drank their tea.

Chen Shi took in this scene without saying anything.

The old man smiled and said, "These are my brothers from my hometown. They have heard of your great name for a long time, so they are eager to meet you. They are all rough people with strange tempers, so please don't blame them."

Chen Shi drank his tea and said with a smile, "I have a grudge against the Xia family. I'm afraid what the old gentleman said just now will cause trouble."

The old man said sternly: "I am not afraid of trouble. I came here to ask an unreasonable request."

He carefully took out a piece of paper, pushed it in front of Chen Shi, and said, "I have a fragment of a technique here. I heard that Chen Zhuangyuan is extremely talented and knowledgeable. I wonder if you can help me complete the missing parts of this technique?" Chen Shi read it carefully and was more and more surprised. He said, "This is a method of cultivating evil energy! Old sir, where did you get this technique?"

The old man smiled and said, "It's a family tradition."

Chen Shi glanced at him and said, "Did your father give it to you?"

The old man's face was a little stiff, and his hands trembled a little.

He is the High Priest of the Divine Capital. When the people of the Divine Capital found Chen Shi this time, he rushed here as soon as possible, just to help Chen Shi complete this magic skill.

Chen Shi pondered over it again and again, and said in deep thought: "This is a magic skill, but it is extremely profound. There was once a county magistrate in Xinxiang County who practiced magic. He practiced by drawing the essence of moonlight and refined evil spirits, and ended up becoming an evil spirit. The county magistrate was transformed by a demon and lost his reason..."

A customer in the teahouse said, "I know this method, but it can't be considered a true magic method. This method is practiced by practitioners on moonlit nights, absorbing the evil energy in the moonlight, causing themselves to become evil. This way of practice has nothing to do with the techniques."

Chen Shi glanced over and asked, "Your Excellency has extraordinary insights. May I ask what your name is?"

The tea drinker stood up and bowed, saying, "I dare not. Mr. Yunxu, I greet Chen, Chen... Chen the Champion!"

Chen Shi thought about it and had never heard of this name, so he said, "What you call evil transformation is to use evil energy to advance rapidly, and the skills are not magic skills. What I am talking about is practicing magic, which is not contradictory. As for this fragment, it refines evil energy to the extreme, refines righteous energy into evil energy, and practices magic, which is indeed a magic skill."

He was full of praise, and felt that the person who created this technique was truly a genius, thinking beyond the reach of others. He praised, "Old sir, your ancestor is truly a prodigy! I have roughly deduced that although practicing this technique will turn you into an evil being, you can still retain some of your rationality. What is the name of this technique?"

When the High Priest heard the word "Lingzu", his white hair fluttered slightly. Even if the Creator Xiaowu used Cangcuo's Seven Killing Magic Sounds, it could only make a strand of his white hair tremble seven times. The lethality of Chen Shi's words seemed to be even greater.

"This skill is called Xuanyin Jiutian Jue. Does Chen Zhuangyuan have any way to make up for it?"

Chen Shi fell into deep thought, deducing the operation of this technique, and said: "I can make up for it..."

The High Priest's heart was beating violently, but he calmed himself down and asked, "How long will it take to complete it?"

Chen Shi pondered over and over again, trying to figure out how the Xuanyin Jiutian Jue worked, and said with difficulty: "It will take a long time... at least four or five days!"

The high priest frowned: "Four or five days? Not four or five months? Not four or five years?"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Although the Xuanyin Jiutian Jue is a magic technique, it only lacks a few realms. It is not too difficult to make up for it. Why would it take four or five years? However, I am eager to go home these days, and I have things to do with the Xia family. I am afraid I don't have the time to help you make up for it."

The chief priest smiled slightly and said, "As long as you can make up for this skill, we should also show our gratitude and help you get rid of the trouble."

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "The Xuanyin Nine Heavens Art opened my eyes. I completed it and gained a lot. You don't need to repay me. The Xia family is very powerful, but I have ways to deal with it and will not implicate you."

"With a flick of my finger, I level mountains and rivers, overlooking the world and thousands of troops!"

A tea drinker was extremely excited and shouted, "Facing a great family, he is not afraid at all! He is worthy of being a child scholar blessed by God, God... the true God. This kind of heroism is first-class in the world!"

Chen Shi looked over in surprise, and saw that all the tea drinkers were very excited, looking at him with some fanaticism and admiration.

"Where did these people come from? I was just bragging, why are they so respectful to me? And this Yunxushan man is so excited that he seems like a hired helper of mine!"

He suppressed his doubts and said with a smile, "Don't worry, old sir. I will teach you this skill in the teahouse, and then we will go our separate ways."

"Then I'll trouble you, Your Excellency!" The chief priest stood up and bowed deeply to the ground.

Chen Shi stood up and returned the greeting, saying, "Please don't let other things disturb me in the next few days."

The high priest smiled and said, "With us here, nothing can disturb you, Your Excellency."

His heart was filled with joy. It had been fourteen years since he met Chen Shi in the underworld.

Fourteen years of waiting, all for this magical skill that can defeat the true gods beyond the sky!

With this magic power, one can, firstly, defeat the True God from Beyond Heaven, and secondly, defeat the Hill of Despair!
He originally thought that he would have to wait longer, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth!

The chief priest waved his hand, signaling everyone to leave the teahouse and not disturb Chen Shi.

Everyone quickly stood up and walked out of the teahouse.

Chen Shi calmed his mind and carefully studied the Xuanyin Nine Heavens Technique.

Black Pot said: "Woof."

Chen Shi nodded gently: "I know. These people have strange origins and ulterior motives."

Black Pot asked suspiciously, "Woof?"

Chen Shi smiled: "But this technique is indeed ingenious and extremely important to me. It can make up for my shortcomings and allow me to escape the control of the Blood-Transforming Divine Sword."

He read the Xuanyin Jiutian Jue once and realized that this magic skill was full of evil thoughts, hatred towards the heavens, the earth and all living beings. It was extremely domineering and crazy.

However, this technique of refining the evil spirits between heaven and earth made him realize that Yin and Yang are Tao, and good and evil may also be Tao.

Perhaps the Xuanyin Nine Heavens Technique could allow him to go one step further and truly master the Blood-Transforming Divine Sword!

"It's not difficult to complete this technique, but if I practice this technique, will the True God from the outside world grant me a demon fetus?"

Chen Shi unconsciously activated the Xuanyin Nine Heavens Technique, and the seal left by Chen Yindu in his sea of ​​consciousness gradually lit up. As the magic power worked, Chen Yindu's seal gradually melted, and many fragments of memories, like trickles, poured into Chen Shi's mind.

Chen Shi was stunned, opened his eyes, and was lost in thought.

"Black Pot, I suddenly remembered something from my childhood."

Chen Shi exclaimed, "I remember one time Uncle Xiaowu took me out to play, picked me up, and opened his mouth as big as a bathtub, trying to put me in his mouth! He really wanted to eat me!"

He couldn't help but feel scared.

Black Pot asked doubtfully, "Woof?"

"I don't know why, but I suddenly remembered this memory."

Chen Shi was also a little confused. In his mind, there were still many scattered memories, all of which were stories from his childhood, but they only stopped when he was five or six years old.

He continued to practice the Xuanyin Nine Heavens Technique, and more fragments of memories came to him. Chen Shi suddenly remembered what happened on the day he took part in the county examination.

In the sky, purple air penetrated the vast sky, and the innate Tao fetus descended from the purple light. Strange fragrance filled the ground, and accompanied by the grand and deafening Tao sound, it slowly fell into his shrine.

"There's something wrong with this technique!"

Chen Shi was about to stop practicing when suddenly, another memory flooded into his mind.

Many tall people, bringing some children about his age, came to Xinxiang County.

"Brother Chen Shi, my name is Wen Wu Yu!"

A little girl ran after him, panting, "Brother Chen Shi, wait for me!"

"Don't follow me! It's annoying!"

Chen Shi turned around and said fiercely, "If you follow me again, I will take off my pants and pee!"

(End of this chapter)