Above the Great Dao
Chapter 322 - 164 Repaying a Debt of Gratitude

Chapter 322: Chapter 164 Repaying a Debt of Gratitude

Fei Tianzheng departed.

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing looked at Cao Yunshen’s corpse on the ground without speaking.

The kick Fei Tianzheng had delivered just before had cracked Cao Yunshen’s skull wide open, and his brains spilled over the ground.

Cao Yunshen’s eyes were wide open, staring at the ground, although he had already ceased breathing.

This man was considered a hero in Gongzhou City. Originally a Scholar from the countryside, he had later become a government Scholar and gained a reputation. But after waiting six or seven years, the court never assigned him a position. One year, during a great flood that destroyed many fishing boats and killed numerous people, Cao Yunshen invited the boat granny to form the Cao Elder Association.

The Cao Elder Association grew strong under his lead, contending with the Salt Elder Society, Tianlao Society, and Red Mountain Hall. Cao Yunshen was cunning and adept at networking, seamlessly weaving among the Thirteen Families like a fish in water.

But that was during peacetime.

Now, with Demon Transformation underway and the order collapsing, his cunning and networking could not save him.

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing shouldered the enormous fish and kept walking outwards when suddenly, a loud noise came from the main hall of the Cao Elder Association. Chen Shi looked back and saw a huge wave surging towards the sky with a black carp, already in the mid-transformation into a dragon, within the water.

On the head of the black carp sat an old crone with her hair wrapped up, holding a walking stick taller than herself, commanding the great waters as she rushed toward Minjiang.

That was the revered boat granny of Minjiang.

Originally just a black carp, but it lived for so long and possessed such intelligence that the local fishermen revered her as the boat granny.

Cao Yunshen, being from the countryside, brought the village’s tradition to the city, requiring members of the association to address the boat granny of Minjiang as their godmother.

The boat granny of Minjiang, previously injured by the boat girl and her daughter, knew that this was a matter of life and death and attempted to escape back to Minjiang.

Fei Tianzheng, Xia Chuli, and other high-ranking officials ignored her, allowing her to flee into the river while they continued to sit down and savor delicious dishes. Many house servants and subordinates were sent to pursue the boat granny of Minjiang.

Such trivial matters didn’t require their personal intervention.

The killing of Cao Yunshen just now was primarily because he was a dog raised by Fei Tianzheng himself. When the dog disobeyed, the master naturally had to kill it.

Otherwise, Fei Tianzheng wouldn’t even bother lifting a finger to kill Cao Yunshen himself.

As for the boat granny’s escape, it was left to his subordinates to handle.

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing carried the large fish out of the Cao Elder Association’s main hall, and the two walked silently along Minjiang.

After a moment, Li Tianqing broke the silence, "Within the Demon Domain, the Demon Transformation continues, and many people have been affected by the Demon’s influence. Even those officials who have cultivated their Primordial Spirits and ascended to the Divine Descent or Refining Void stages can hardly avoid being swayed by the Demon Transformation, harboring malicious energy."

"Tianqing, why bother to gloss over their actions?" Chen Shi shook his head and said, "You and I are also within the Demon Domain, yet why are our hearts not harboring any Demonic Nature?"

Li Tianqing sighed, giving a bitter smile, "Little Ten, this is the last shred of face for our Great Family. Why must you tear it away?"

At that moment, the river waters surged violently, and the old crone standing atop the head of the black carp swung her walking stick, churning up great waves that thundered mightily and assaulted the experts brought by the various Great Families.

Suddenly, numerous Water Stabilizing Talismans flew out, as many as hundreds, and the enormous water volume was frozen in mid-air!

The river water also stood still, no longer flowing.

Numerous soldiers rushed in swiftly, landing on the river surface and rushing forward, stepping on the water.

Below the water, because of the Water Stabilizing Talismans, it was extremely difficult for the boat granny of Minjiang to swim, and she was soon caught up by these soldiers. The one leading them was a man Chen Shi had seen before, Xia Luoying, the son of General Xia and an Assistant General in the border army.

His cultivation was immensely high, and with considerable Mana, he stood out conspicuously in the air.

He was commanding these soldiers to besiege the boat granny of Minjiang.

"It’s the border army!" Li Tianqing observed for a while and said in a low voice, "Gongzhou, being near the sea, has built six defense garrisons for fear of sea Demons landing and has kept many border soldiers."

Chen Shi was not familiar with the border army, but he had heard of fellow Scholars who, failing to achieve the next Scholar rank, went on to join the border army and guard the garrisons. Although they were well-compensated monthly, often mere months would pass before government officials from the local government office would come to pay the Scholar’s family a few pieces of Silver.

Whenever wives received these few pieces of Silver, they would invariably cry sorrowfully. Chen Shi had once envied them for receiving the Silver until he learned that it was because their men had died in the garrisons - that Silver was intended as a consolation.

These border soldiers were exceedingly brave. While striding over the river, they used various Skills to attack the boat granny of Minjiang, who struggled mightily to swim below the surface.

More than a dozen border soldiers propelled their spears high into the air, which burst forth with dazzling talisman patterns, whistling through the air and plunging into the river!

Under the river, blood gushed forth immediately.

Those spears were tied with chains, and as they were thrown, they pulled along those dozen soldiers across the river at high speed.

Suddenly, many more border soldiers rushed to the surface, lighting fist-sized Bullets filled with gunpowder and hurling them into the water, causing thunderous blasts from beneath.

There were also numerous border soldiers who wielded heavy weapons such as hammers and axes, their surfaces also adorned with various talisman patterns, which they smashed down into the water.

Along the riverbank, scores of soldiers lit their Three-eyed Fire Guns and Bird Guns and fired at the boat granny of Minjiang swimming in the river.

The boat granny of Minjiang was widely revered, her Mana strong and unfathomable, surpassing even Cultivators in the Divinity Transformation Stage, but in the face of more than a hundred border soldiers, she did not stand a chance, being beaten and wounded all over.

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing secretly shuddered with fear. The army fought differently from how Cultivators battled.

The weapons of the border army, including firearms and talismans, when unleashed in waves, could kill even those significantly surpassing them in cultivation realm!

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