Above the Great Dao
Chapter 181 - 101 I Want Justice_2

Chapter 181: Chapter 101 I Want Justice_2

And many of the Li Family house servants and the brocade-clad guards immediately mounted their horses, escorting the convoy as it headed out of the city.

Although Chen Shi and Fu Leisheng had killed many, it wasn’t a fatal blow to the convoy; only some consumable items were damaged, which could be replenished upon arrival at the provincial capital.

"Boom!"

Thunder rumbled in the sky, with lightning striking back and forth, as the sound of rain hitting the surface of the Qingqu River beside the road could be heard.

Despite the thunder’s intensity, the raindrops were small.

The storm should have been much heavier, but it must have been partly dispersed by the presence of a Divinity Transformation expert.

After the two ladies’ convoy left, groups of young servants poured out from the Lingnan merchants’ estate, dragging thin-casket coffins one after another. One servant would open a coffin, then two would lift a body in unison and place it inside.

Once inside the coffin, they would quickly take out a hammer and nails and, with a ding-ding-dong, secure the coffin lid tightly, leaving no seams.

On this riverside road, forty or fifty bodies, including those of Li Family house servants and brocade-clad guards, were collected up within the time it took to burn a stick of incense.

Another team of servants came out, invoking water element spells to wash the bloodstains off the ground, with specialized plasterers scraping blood from the walls and repainting them.

Several servants carrying bluestone slabs came by, prying open the rotten slabs on the ground, and, after a thorough cleaning, replaced them with new ones.

They also brought moss, carefully filling the gaps between the bluestone slabs, making it indiscernible that they were recently replaced.

Some girls arrived by the riverbank, digging out the destroyed flowers and planting new, fresh ones.

The fragrance of the flowers was overwhelming and they bloomed splendidly.

Chen Shi and Fu Leisheng stood and watched as, in just a short moment, the road was once again rejuvenated. The recent fight seemed but a dream in a state of drunken stupor, as if it had never happened.

Mr. Zeng stood there throughout, motionless until two more servants brought another thin casket to Fu Leisheng and placed it in front of him. Then he waved, signaling for the servants to back away.

"Mr. Fu, you have guided your disciples well, which I admire greatly."

Mr. Zeng’s expression was gentle as he looked at Fu Leisheng, who remained kneeling and had not risen, and said, "Tian Huaiyi was full of Righteous Qi and unwavering integrity, while Shen Yusheng’s literary flair during the Literary Examination was so stunning it could reach the heavens and receive the blessing of a True God, obtaining a first-grade Divine Embryo. And young brother Chen Shi here, breaking through eighty zhang with a single Sword Qi, surpassed the thirty-six zhang record set by a Child Scholar ten years ago. It’s truly remarkable. Hence, I hold you in high regard, for as a teacher, it’s incredible to have cultivated three such impressive students in one lifetime."

He spoke with a touch of emotion: "When I was about your age, our fates were different. After I became a Scholar, I decided to take the imperial examinations. However, I repeatedly failed. I began taking the examinations at the age of seventeen and continued until I was thirty-five, still without success. But when I was teaching for a junior branch of the Li Family, I gained the favor of that household. As a result, I sent a greeting to the examiners when I was thirty-eight. That year, I was recognized as a Scholar."

He shook his head, "I was overjoyed, laughing and leaping, rushing about wanting to tell everyone I had passed, wishing those who once looked down on me and insulted me would kneel in front of me and call me ’Milord’, wishing to confront those girls who refused me, telling them what a good match they missed. Later, I calmed down, the joy of success still within me, yet I knew it was not solely due to my capabilities, but because of a word of support from the Li Family. Then I realized, even if I were to be appointed to an official position, I would never be promoted, never prosper. That’s why, after becoming a Scholar, I took a teaching position with the Li Family. Without realizing, more than ten years have passed."

Fu Leisheng looked up at him, "In those ten-plus years, how many talents have you cultivated?"

Mr. Zeng began to smile, "There are talents, of course. Even if they aren’t naturally talented, with so many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and so many experts to train them, plus having first or second rank Divine Embryos implanted in them, they essentially become talents. It doesn’t matter if they are taught by me or someone else; their accomplishment would essentially be the same and not any worse. The foundation of the grand noble families is simply terrifying."

He then said solemnly, "In name, I am a teacher to the Li Family’s younger members, but ironically, it is I who have received the most care. Had I not joined the Li Family, I would be trapped at the Golden Core Realm my whole life, just as you are, unable to refine a Nascent Soul. Upon joining the Li Family and reaching the Nine-Turn Golden Pill in my cultivation, I casually mentioned my difficulty in breaking through, and the master of the Li Family arranged for someone to send me an excellent Cultivation Technique along with a variety of spiritual elixirs, helping me break through."

He looked at Fu Leisheng, "To you, such things are unthinkable, right? Mr. Fu, you’ve been stuck at the Nine-Turn Golden Pill for a long time, haven’t you? Do you feel that insufficient Qi-Blood is preventing your breakthrough? Have you never considered that the issue might be with the Cultivation Technique, not with you? Have you never thought that when Qi-Blood is lacking, one could use Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and spiritual elixirs to aid in breaking through? In your entire life, you couldn’t afford a single Spirit Pill needed for an assault on the Nascent Soul Realm! To think of advancing, in your dreams!"

Fu Leisheng grunted.

"But I envy you."

Mr. Zeng heaved a sigh, "I have been a tutor all my life, teaching and nurturing, yet I’ve never been able to cultivate someone like Tian Huaiyi. I can’t change the ways of the world, I’ve only gone with the flow."

He stood in silence and suddenly smiled, "It’s been a long time since I’ve talked to someone like a friend. Mr. Fu, you may take your own life now."

Fu Leisheng’s body trembled, summoning his Divine Shrine Divine Embryo, from which the embryo spat out a Nine-Turn Golden Pill.

He gasped for breath, about to trigger the Golden Pill to die by his own hand, when suddenly a deafening roar sounded in his ears, echoing throughout the entire Xinxiang County, shaking Fu Leisheng to the point of near unconsciousness!

He widened his eyes in horror and saw Chen Shi step forward beside him, raising his hand and chopping down.

At some point, a divine light had emerged behind Chen Shi’s head, and within the gleaming light floated a miniature temple, and a tiger-headed little tiger followed Chen Shi, stepping out, lifting its fuzzy front paw, and chopping down!

From its mouth, it let out a sky-shaking tiger’s roar, and with this paw strike, a howling gale surged in front of the small temple, a huge, furry, glittering golden tiger’s paw, large as a hill, descended from the heavens!

"Whooosh—"

The immense power of the paw strike bore down, and Mr. Zeng’s Nascent Soul had not yet retreated, hastily summoning it; the Nascent Soul sat in the void, impervious to all spells, unharmed by all blades, yet beneath this tiger’s paw, everything shattered to pieces!

Under the terrifying force of the paw, his Nascent Soul had no strength or chance to resist, and was utterly annihilated!

"Bang!"

A heavy thump resounded, which was the sound of the colossal tiger’s paw land on Mr. Zeng’s body, grinding him into mush before slamming hard onto the flagstone ground!

Chen Shi retracted his hand, and the immense tiger’s paw also retracted into the temple. freēNovelFire.com

The little tiger within the temple looked uneasy, not knowing what had just transpired, why it had let out a spontaneous mighty roar, or why it had lifted its front paw and killed the man before it.

All of this seemed only natural.

Chen Shi huffed, took out the oil-paper umbrella from the fish basket, opened it, threw down the basket, and said in a low voice, "It’s always been this way, so that makes it right? A scholar with immense potential is killed by you after his Divine Embryo is taken. Just a flippant word about justice, and it’s all in the past?"

Fu Leisheng was horrified and stared dumbfounded at the small temple behind Chen Shi, where the fragrance lingered.

Fearing that Chen Shi might encounter a Divinity Transformation Realm expert while pursuing the Li Family’s household convoy, he quickly stood up and grabbed Chen Shi’s hand, "This is the way of the world!"

Chen Shi angrily said, "This world is wrong!"

Fu Leisheng shouted back, "Can you change it?"

Chen Shi paused, stunned for a moment, then suddenly shouted, "Rich merchant, come out and clean up! You lot over there, come here! Scrape up Mr. Zeng for me, put him in this coffin! Deliver it to the Li Mansion in the provincial city, and say it was I, Chen Shi, who sent you! If the old ladies want justice, this young master will give it to them!"

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