Above the Great Dao
Chapter 283 - 147 Sword’s Edge Passes, Life and Death Boundless_2

Chapter 283: Chapter 147 Sword’s Edge Passes, Life and Death Boundless_2

"Are his parents still alive? How has he lived these past eighteen years?" Chen Shi thought to himself.

The other eleven Caiseng infants had already flung themselves to his left and right when suddenly, a brilliant light burst from behind Chen Shi’s head. A small temple flew out from the Jade Pillow Bone at the back of his skull, following the light to its brightest spot.

Inside the temple, the Red Mountain Lady was sitting in a side shrine, peering outside when suddenly, a surge of Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi poured into her, filling her entire body.

The Red Mountain Lady was surprised, "Eh, am I being controlled as a Divine Embryo?"

Her mana was mighty and boundless; she could have freed herself from Chen Shi’s control at any moment, yet she couldn’t be bothered to struggle.

She saw her hands being manipulated by Chen Shi, following his movements as he formed sword techniques. Sword Qi rapidly took shape within the temple.

"Such simple swordsmanship, yet so fast!" she mused internally.

Chen Shi’s sword technique was changing so quickly that it was dizzying. In just an instant, eleven Sword Qi had formed.

"Swoosh!"

Eleven Sword Qi shot out from the temple simultaneously. Though they were eleven separate Sword Qi, when they shot out together, they made the same sound!

The eleven Caiseng infants surrounded him, ready to tear him to shreds, when suddenly, with a loud bang, all the jars exploded at once!

"Everyone, I send you off to rebirth."

Chen Shi stood in his original spot, the eleven Caiseng infants falling to the ground all around him, struggling in agony and emitting black smoke from their bodies.

Chen Shi cast Rebirth Talismans one after another, the street became exceedingly bright. The Rebirth Talismans marked the insides of these Caiseng infants, bringing out their wrongful spirits, and opening a path to the underworld.

Han Mingyu was striving to raise the Caiseng infants, preparing to kill Chen Shi, when suddenly all eleven Caiseng infants were killed in one go. He felt both heartache and terror and turned to flee in haste.

"I’ve toiled in the Golden Core Realm for nearly twenty years to finally refine these twelve Caiseng infants, yet this young brat has destroyed them entirely!"

As he ran frantically, he regretted deeply.

His disciple Qiu Yingying deserved to die for eating a fellow student at the post station. Why had he lost his mind and gone looking for trouble with Chen Shi?

But wasn’t this kid just a Scholar heading to take his exams?

How could he have such overwhelming strength that he could easily slay such demonic things as Caiseng infants?

Is this something a Scholar could do?

"With such strength, why even bother taking the Scholar exams?" he criticized inwardly.

In the midst of his thoughts, he had already caught up to the twelve people who had been moving the jars before.

These twelve were his disciples as well as cultivators of the Tianlao Society. Seeing him approaching in haste, they were taken aback and were about to ask their master what had happened when suddenly one of them was pierced through the brow by a Sword Qi, the back of his head exploded, spattering brain and blood on the faces and bodies of the nearby Tianlao Society cultivators, covering everything.

The remaining eleven cultivators were horrified, looking fearfully towards the street corner.

Han Mingyu had already dashed past them, shouting, "Stop him for your master!"

Chen Shi walked around the street corner, forming sword techniques with his right hand, the air in front of him violently shaking and becoming extremely distorted.

In the vision of those eleven people, the form of the youth under the moonlight started to blur.

"Swoosh!"

"Swoosh!"

"Swoosh!"

The youth’s sword techniques were being performed, and all eleven Tianlao Society cultivators had learned this Skill—it was the method of wielding the Meridian Evil Slayer Sword, only Chen Shi was doing it so fast that it was almost impossible to catch with the naked eye.

They stood on the street, watching as the young man walked towards them.

Suddenly, they heard the sound of various objects falling to the ground behind them. Someone turned to look, only to see a lantern hanging under the eaves of a family’s home on the street split in two, and half a lantern with the still-burning candle inside gently drifted to the ground.

At the street corner, a water vat was cleanly severed in half, its upper portion spilling water all over the ground with a crash, scattering shards everywhere.

Several households’ pillars appeared as if they were cut by something extremely sharp yet invisible to the naked eye, the pillars sliding down diagonally from the cut surface and causing the eaves to collapse as well.

At the end of the street, the head of a stone lion in front of a rich family’s house suddenly slipped off, followed by a sword mark around three feet in length appearing on the wall.

Then came several light sounds, and the walls and gates of that wealthy household were also marked with several crisscrossing sword marks.

Chen Shi passed by the eleven Tianlao Society cultivators, in pursuit of Han Mingyu.

Behind him, the sound of blood plasma mixing with the air in the trachea, spraying into the air, as well as the noise of flesh hitting the ground could be heard.

Black Pot sat on a wooden cart, which rumbled forward, carefully avoiding the bloodstains and limbs on the ground.

In recent years, the power of the Tianlao Society had been growing, especially this year when the Outer Heaven True God underwent a strange change. First, the day turned to night a quarter-hour early, and then a crescent moon appeared during daytime, making the world even more chaotic and allowing the Tianlao Society to expand further.

In Gongzhou City, aside from the main hall, the Tianlao Society had two other incense halls, one named Beast Creation Hall and the other Caiseng Hall. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

Both incense halls also worshipped the Heavenly Elder, with numerous disciples.

At the fifth watch of the night, it was time for the disciples of Caiseng Hall to begin their morning lessons.

In the front and back courtyards of Caiseng Hall, many disciples moved several altars out of the cellar to bask in the moonlight. The moment just before sunrise was when the yin energy was at its heaviest, so bringing out the harvested babies at this time was the most important morning lesson of the day.

As for other hours, they were not suitable; too much moonlight absorption during these times could easily lead to wicked transformations.

A few disciples led over some black dogs, slaughtered them on the spot, collected the Black Dog Blood, mixed it with cinnabar, then squatted in front of these harvested babies, carefully tracing the talisman patterns.

They were meticulous and took their task seriously.

But the other disciples had it much easier. Two disciples moved from one harvested baby to another, lighting incense for them; one laughed, "The goods Master Han brought last time were good; even after their limbs were cut off, not a single one died in more than ten days. Master Ge plans to feed them medicine for a few more days before they are slit open and stuffed with medicinal herbs."

Another female disciple said, "Master Han has made a merit, and it won’t be long before he becomes an Incense Master. But I’ve heard that Master Han lost a disciple, flew into a rage, went to catch someone, but ended up catching the wrong person, someone from the Red Mountain Hall. I heard he ran out in the middle of the night, probably to catch the real culprit."

The male disciple looked towards the cellar beside him and laughed, "That person is quite tough. I wonder if he can survive. But speaking of which, there are only four Incense Masters in our Tianlao Society. If Master Han becomes an Incense Master, he will be on par with Master Ge. They already have grievances; won’t they start fighting?"

At that moment, an instructor with a stern look came over, glaring at them fiercely and snapped, "Is the matter of your superiors something for you to discuss? If you’re not careful when you step outside, you won’t know how you died! Get out, there are more babies in the corridor that need incense!"

The two hastily bowed and said, "Master Hu magnanimously spares us."

They quickly went to the corridor, where many more altars were also placed, sealed at the top. Inside were new babies, just recently "planted," and if they survived, they could gradually be used for sacrificial refinement.

While lighting incense, they talked, "Our Caiseng Hall is really flourishing, refining more and more babies."

"Isn’t that the truth? With the world being so unsettled lately, the incense masters feel in danger, so they’re eager to refine more babies for protection."

As they were speaking, suddenly there was a loud bang as the door was smashed open and a figure dashed forward in a sprint.

Seeing the person’s face, the male disciple exclaimed in surprise, "Master Han? Slow down! These are newly made babies; they can’t withstand being bumped into!"

No sooner had he said this than a bloody sword qi flew out from Han Mingyu’s neck, his head flew up into the air.

The blood-red sword qi grazed the walls on both sides of the corridor, igniting sparks at an incredibly fast speed, and whizzed past the necks of the two disciples in a flash!

With murderous intent, Chen Shi entered the corridor of Caiseng Hall.

From the tiny temple in the back of his head, Red Mountain Lady whispered, "Master Chen, you said you’d only kill one instructor of the Tianlao Society, didn’t you?"

"What if I pull up an incense hall?"

Chen Shi’s expression was grim as he walked forward through the corridor, everything in front silent.

"That would be a serious matter..."

On the shrine, after thinking for a moment, Red Mountain Lady suddenly gritted her teeth and raised three fingers, "You’ll have to take me out for three days of fun!"

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