Above the Great Dao
Chapter 272 - 143 Red Mountain Lady (Seeking Monthly Ticket Mid-Month)

Chapter 272: Chapter 143 Red Mountain Lady (Seeking Monthly Ticket Mid-Month)

Chen Shi’s eyes could see clearly at night, just not too far away, he had to strain his eyes, and noticed that the dark figure was a black bear, dressed in human clothing — a scholar’s Daoist robe, with its head sporting a hair bun secured by a hairpin.

It wore a rather large Daoist robe, covering its plump body.

——Scholars wearing Daoist robes, legend had it, originated from Emperor Jia Jing, who was himself a Taoist, known as Emperor Wan Shou and Purple Extreme Immortal, and he bestowed Daoist robes to the civil and military officials. Afterwards, scholars considered wearing Daoist robes a matter of honor.

If one encountered this bear at night, they would certainly mistake it for a plump female scholar. Only upon closer inspection could one tell it was a bear.

However, by the time one realized, it was often too late — the black bear would pounce directly on you and devour you!

While the black bear was quietly eating the legs of that scholar, it looked around warily, making very little sound as it ate, probably fearing waking the others.

Suddenly, it seemed to detect something and turned its head to look in Chen Shi’s direction.

Chen Shi’s gaze flickered, just as he was about to use a spell to slay the black bear, suddenly a divine light burst forth in the room. Behind Zhao Kaiyun’s head appeared a Divine Embryonic Shrine, and with a hum, a Sword Qi shot out!

The black bear, incredibly agile, managed to dodge Zhao Kaiyun’s Meridian Evil Slayer Sword at such a close distance, it grabbed the half-eaten scholar, and with a loud crash, broke through the wall, escaping the room!

"Evil Spirit, you still want to flee!"

Zhao Kaiyun had not expected it to be able to dodge his Sword Qi. He leapt up and gave chase, when suddenly a whistling wind blew past him, almost making him fly forward.

Zhao Kaiyun steadied his stance amidst the turmoil, only to see that the figure who dashed through the shattered wall was not tall — it was Chen Shi, heading straight for the black bear!

"Don’t get close!"

Zhao Kaiyun cried out in alarm, only to see Chen Shi’s figure brush against the soaring black bear. A massive shadow, as if struck by lightning, flew sideways, crashing through several walls before coming to a standstill.

The other scholars were immediately awakened and got up to look outside.

They were all scholars, blessed with Divine Embryos; now one by one, their divine shrines were raised, and the Divine Embryos glowed, lighting up the station as if it were daytime.

"What’s happened?"

All around was noisy, inquiries were everywhere.

Zhao Kaiyun hurriedly advanced, only to see that the Black Bear Spirit’s entire body was fractured, like a puddle of mud collapsed under the wall, lifeless.

Zhao Kaiyun, bewildered, rushed to Chen Shi’s side, only to see Chen Shi’s Qi-Blood billowing, forming a blood cloud around him, holding the scholar whose leg had been bitten off in mid-air.

"He’s been hit with an Enchantment Talisman, his soul is bewitched, walking between the Yin Yang Two Realms, hence he’s been unconscious all this time."

Chen Shi held up the scholar with his Qi-Blood, his right hand formed a Sword technique, and he spoke swiftly, "I will call his soul back with a Soul Summoning Talisman, and let his soul return to his body!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than his Sword technique hand traced out a Soul Summoning Talisman in the air, Qi-Blood condensed into a talisman, and immediately it hummed and brightened up. The twisted, mysterious characters shimmered with light, and Chen Shi gently pushed it into the scholar’s body.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

The scholar woke up, clutching his leg and screaming in agony.

Chen Shi paid no attention to the scholar but moved toward the dead Black Bear Spirit, as if searching for something.

Zhao Kaiyun hurried over, full of admiration for Chen Shi, and said, "Brother Chen, your talisman skills are outstanding. If you go to Red Mountain Hall, you could probably earn a monthly salary of thirty taels. At the very least, you’re instructor material! It’s outrageously bold for this Evil Spirit to have come to the station to eat people!"

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "It’s not an Evil Spirit."

"Not an Evil Spirit?" Zhao Kaiyun paused.

Chen Shi felt behind the bear’s head, then suddenly grabbed a tough hair and pulled hard; the Black Bear Spirit’s body began contorting and changing, rapidly transforming from a bear into a woman!

"This is Beast Creation Skill, a type of spell. This woman must have cultivated the Beast Creation Skill, which allows her to turn others into livestock, and herself into fierce beasts."

Chen Shi speculated, "She became a black bear, unable to control the beastly nature, that’s why she came out to eat people."

Zhao Kaiyun, upon seeing the wooden token hanging from the woman’s waist, was shocked and exclaimed, "She’s a disciple of the Tianlao Society! This is trouble! Brother Chen, let’s get out of here!"

He tore off the wooden token and ran.

Chen Shi quickly followed him, asking, "What is the Tianlao Society? Brother Zhao, if this time a disciple of the Tianlao Society lost control of their Beast Creation Skill and came to the station to eat people, we are in the right. Why do we need to leave?"

Zhao Kaiyun, signaling him to keep quiet, hurried out of the station, and only then said, "Righteousness won’t get us anywhere! Do the Gongzhou officials bother with justice? I am a Talisman Master of Red Mountain Hall. Let’s go there, place this token behind the incense burner at Red Mountain Hall, and borrow the power of Red Mountain Lady’s Incense Fire Qi to suppress the token; the Heavenly Elder wouldn’t dare to provoke Red Mountain Lady!"

Chen Shi felt uneasy, having seen the powerful and fearsome Evil Spirits venerated by the Gongzhou Cao Elder Association, the Salt Elder Association, and Red Mountain Hall during the day; they were as formidable as Evil Gods. Indeed, it was not a good thing to be targeted by such beings!

"Brother Zhao, I’ll hold onto the Tianlao Order, so as not to drag you into this," Chen Shi said.

Zhao Kaiyun hesitated for a moment but handed the Tianlao Order to him, saying, "This item must not be damaged, for if it is broken, the Heavenly Elder will sense it. If it knows you killed its disciple of the Tianlao Society, it will assuredly capture you, and life will be worse than death!"

Chen Shi expressed his gratitude.

Although Zhao Kaiyun had only just met Chen Shi and had exchanged only a few words with him, he was very enthusiastic, taking on Chen Shi’s problem as his own and actively providing strategies for him.

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