Above the Great Dao
Chapter 183 - 102: There is an Evil Spirit in Your House_2

Chapter 183: Chapter 102: There is an Evil Spirit in Your House_2

He shook his head, spread out the other documents, and said, "It doesn’t matter how long Chen Shi has been dead. The important thing is whether Chen Yindou is dead."

These documents were information about Chen Yindou organized by spies from various routes.

Although the Li Family in Xinxiang didn’t have much power on the surface, they had been operating in secret for a long time, collecting various messages and compiling them into archives.

The Li Family’s goal was the True King’s Tomb, and they naturally placed great importance on a figure like Chen Yindou.

"Chen Yindou’s death remains a mystery; there has been no conclusion to this day. At the time of his burial, only his garments were interred, and there was no body in the coffin. This phenomenon is unsettling."

Xia Weiyin listened quietly.

Her ability to remain evergreen in the Li Family over the years was not because of her powerful skills but because she was quiet enough and good at listening.

Li Xiaozheng said, "When he was buried, among those knocking on the coffin was a spy from our Li Family. Ten years ago, Chen Yindou caused a great disturbance in the Western Capital. The Five Armies, Divine Machine, and Divine Strategy, the three major camps guarding the Western Capital, were severely damaged, and numerous nobles in the Western Capital were killed or injured. I heard that at that time, the University Scholar of the Cabinet was seriously injured, and the overseer of the Eastern Factory was crippled and could only sit in a wheelchair. But Chen Yindou was also seriously injured and afterward, retreated to Qianyang Mountain. It’s said that there was a gentleman’s agreement between them, Chen Yindou would not dwell on the past, and the Western Capital would not seek trouble with the Chen Family. In this way, there was peace for ten years."

Xia Weiyin said, "If Chen Yindou is dead, then there will no longer be peace."

Li Xiaozheng nodded lightly and said, "What’s strange is that Chen Yindou’s coffin did not contain Chen Yindou. Many in Western Capital probably can’t sleep now. If he is really dead, those high-profile figures can rest easy; but if not, it is a headache indeed."

He paused and said, "These high-profile figures want to use me to test the waters, to see if Chen Yindou is really dead. At this moment, many eyes must be watching this place, and perhaps many within the Li Family are also watching me, hoping I will take the initiative to test."

Xia Weiyin said, "But the master will not take the initiative to test."

"No."

Li Xiaozheng smiled slightly and added, "Such humiliation is nothing to me. When I hadn’t yet secured my position in the Li Family, my half-brother scolded me and spat on my face. I didn’t flinch; the saliva dried in the wind, and I never wiped it off. Now it’s just a corpse. As long as I am sufficiently composed, the impatient one will certainly not be me, but the nobles of the Western Capital."

Xia Weiyin sighed and said, "The master is talented and strategic, with a forbearing heart, but the youngsters we brought might not have the master’s temperament."

Li Xiaozheng laughed, "That’s where you need to discipline them."

Xia Weiyin said, "I will try my best. What if Chen Yindou is really dead?"

Li Xiaozheng laughed, "Then Chen Shi, an orphan who dares to shake the big tree, certainly deserves death."

Xinxiang County.

Chen Shi held an umbrella, Fu Leisheng stood up, disbelieving as he looked at the small temple behind him.

This small temple exceeded his understanding, overturned his perception!

Even more so than when he saw the policy paper written by Chen Shi!

The policy paper was merely a misinterpretation of Confucius’s words, while this small temple was like overthrowing the altar!

Heresy!

Demon!

That was the first thought that popped into Fu Leisheng’s mind, then another thought emerged: "Should I exorcise demons and make a heroic sacrifice?"

He thought it over, not yet willing to make such a sacrifice, so he calmly followed Chen Shi away.

Black Pot, hidden under the eaves, not wetted by rain, saw them coming, hurriedly stood up, and followed them.

It started raining in the sky, light at first, pattering, but gradually it intensified.

The river surface rushed loudly, numerous stone dragon heads emerged from both sides of the river, spewing streams into the Qingqu River.

Now the pleasure boat was out of business, not far from the dock, a boatman and his daughter were mooring their boat, wearing rain hats and straw coats, busy working hard.

"Daddy, look! Look!"

The boat girl saw the two men and the dog onshore, quickly tugged at the boatman, pointing toward the shore. The boatman looked and could not help but exclaim in astonishment, "I’ve seen a ghost! To seek revenge against the Li Family and still live! Truly have seen a ghost!"

The father and daughter watched the two men and the dog walk away, unexpectedly the boat girl suddenly shouted, "Daddy, the boat, the boat!"

The pleasure boat wasn’t moored well, nearly swept away by the current. The father and daughter then scrambled to secure the boat.

Chen Shi and Fu Leisheng were too exhausted to notice them, but Black Pot stopped, looked across the river, then caught up with Chen Shi.

Opposite the father and daughter, under the eaves of a row of houses, stood a green sheep, reared up on its hind legs, leaning against the storefront to take shelter from the rain.

The hooves of the green sheep were not hooves but sharp claws, clumsily holding a pen in one, while the other hand held a volume of white paper, scribbling and drawing on it—a scene depicting Chen Shi invoking Huang Hu to strike down Mr. Zeng.

No matter how hard the green sheep tried, it couldn’t draw well, so it peered over at the man with curly beard nearby, who was drawing exquisitely.

"Little Ten was right; he can indeed summon the Mountain Lord," said the man with curly beard, putting down his brush, his face filled with worry, "Summoning the Mountain Lord’s mount to kill the enemy, hehe, isn’t that a great audacity? Isn’t he afraid of divine retribution?"

The green sheep nodded repeatedly, its face also full of worry, "Today he can summon the Mountain Lord’s mount, tomorrow he might dare to summon the Mountain Lord himself!"

What kind of existence was the Mountain Lord?

The guardian of Qianyang Mountain, the sovereign of all beings on Qianyang Mountain, summoning the Qianyang Mountain Lord to kill enemies was a hundred times more rebellious and outrageous than summoning Great Snake Xuan Shan or Chen Yindou!

"The key question is, what is the origin of this small temple?" asked the man with curly beard, "This broken little temple, how can it command the Qianyang Mountain Lord?"

The green sheep pondered, "This filthy little temple is given by Little Ten’s stone foster mother, but who is this stone foster mother?"

The two evil spirits looked at each other, "Chen Yindou, the foster mother he found for Little Ten, what on earth is she?"

Puzzled, they rolled up the scroll, grabbed an umbrella from the corner, and left one after another.

"Let’s go find Granny Sha! By the way, did you notice? Little Ten’s black dog has been watching us!"

"I noticed too. We watch Little Ten; it watches us! This creature is becoming less and less like a dog!"

The Ten Thousand Soul Banner in Xinxiang County had already sensed the aura of the two great evil spirits, but the 8,000 spirits within the banner, forged and tempered, were suppressed by the evil spirits’ aura, unable to move.

By the time they had left Xinxiang town, the power of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner finally recovered.

Chen Shi passed by the Temple of Literature, where the rain was getting heavier, the divine sacrifice was already over, and the scholars had long returned home.

He looked at the Temple of Literature, recalling his obsession with obtaining the Divine Embryo, and felt somewhat downhearted.

But he soon pushed the thought to the back of his mind.

"Is the Innate Dao Embryo comparable to a great tiger?" he thought to himself.

Even though the rain poured down heavily, Chen Shi continued with Fu Leisheng on the wooden cart, taking advantage of the rainy night to head to the countryside.

The Li Family was powerful and influential, but could they really contend against Chen Shi, and could they contend against Fu Leisheng?

Thus, Fu Leisheng decided to hide in the countryside for a while.

Since it was late, he first stayed at Chen Shi’s house.

Chen Shi went to borrow some vegetables, eggs, and meat from the village. Black Pot put on an apron and cooked four dishes for them.

Fu Leisheng watched dumbfounded as the black dog bustled about, cooked a soup, and was even preparing to cook medicine for Chen Shi, only snapping back to reality after a long while.

"Chen Shi, have you noticed that there’s something odd about your family dog?" he whispered, unable to hold back any longer.

The dog, tending the fire by the stove, pricked up its ears, slowly turned its head, and cast a mournful glance at him.

Chen Shi sighed and said, "Please, eat the dishes. This is just how a poor family’s dog behaves."

Fu Leisheng was skeptical, thinking to himself, "Is there a person under that dog skin? There’s definitely something off about this dog!"

The next morning, when he saw Black Pot preparing breakfast, he suddenly felt that it was normal for the dog to behave this way, absolutely no problem.

"Oh no! My mind is being influenced by this dog!"

Fu Leisheng shuddered, "There’s an evil spirit in Chen Shi’s house, and it’s this dog! It’s looking at me again... I’m overthinking it; this dog is clearly very normal."

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