Above the Great Dao
Chapter 323 - 164 Repaying Kindness_2

Chapter 323: Chapter 164 Repaying Kindness_2

"Cultivator, how can one break through a military assault?"

Chen Shi’s mind suddenly flashed with such a thought, and he couldn’t help recalling the scene where Xiao Wangsun faced the bombardment by the Divine Mechanism Camp.

Xiao Wangsun refined two flying swords, the long sword protecting his body, to meet the incoming artillery, while his short sword flew out to slay the enemy.

So, if it were him, how would he face an army’s attack?

Chen Shi thought hard but found himself without any strategy!

The two of them continued to carry the large fish towards Red Mountain Hall, moving away from the Min River, while the shouts and battle cries from the river gradually faded away.

Suddenly, Chen Shi stopped in his tracks and said with a smile, "Tianqing, you go ahead with this big fish to Red Mountain Hall."

Li Tianqing was startled and understood his intention, immediately responding, "Wait for a moment; I’ll come to support you!"

"No need!"

Chen Shi put down the large fish and said with a smile, "I’m just going to show off a little trick and then return; it’s not dangerous. Black Pot, you follow Tianqing back to ensure his safety."

Black Pot let out a noise.

Li Tianqing lifted the large fish over his head and hurriedly made for the main branch of Red Mountain Hall.

Chen Shi, however, came to a house by the street side, entered this family’s kitchen, and grabbed a porcelain bowl.

He supported the porcelain bowl with one hand, bottom-up, and with the other hand formed a sword technique, all the while mouthing words as he walked towards the river bank.

Gradually, a strange talisman pattern emerged on the bottom of the bowl, displaying a fish in the center, with the dragon patterns and names of the Four Sea Dragon Kings on the top, bottom, left, and right.

This talisman was known as the Fish Summoning Talisman, a talisman often sought by fishermen.

When Chen Shi followed his grandfather to sell talismans, some fishers who often couldn’t catch fish would look up eagerly and beg his grandfather to draw a few Fish Summoning Talismans for them.

Such talismans were not particularly useful, but they sold very well.

Chen Shi traced his fingertips underneath the bowl, drawing a pattern of a Taotie around the edge, forming the structure of a Taotie Swallowing Sky Talisman.

When the talisman was finished, he had arrived at the banks of the Min River.

In the distance, Xia Luoying was leading the frontier forces in a besiegement against the Min River Granny, and the surface of the river had been stained blood-red. However, due to the Water Stabilizing Talisman, the water was still, and the section of the river near Chen Shi remained relatively clear.

He stood at the river bank with the porcelain bowl, squatted down, and slowly submerged the bowl beneath the water’s surface.

Chen Shi recited the Fish Summoning Spell silently, and after a while, a cry of surprise came from afar: "The black carp is gone!"

"Search quickly!"

"She’s been seriously injured and can’t have escaped!"

A small black fish swam into Chen Shi’s bowl, and he lifted the bowl, walked up the riverbank, and headed towards Red Mountain Hall.

On the river, there was complete chaos as the frontier soldiers searched in all directions, yet they never found the whereabouts of Min River Granny.

Chen Shi carried the bowl, careful and alert. A few of the frontier soldiers whooshed past him, one of them halting to inspect Chen Shi’s bowl, seeing only clean water and a black fish pattern at the bottom, with nothing else present.

The soldier from the frontier moved on.

Chen Shi walked neither too quickly nor too slowly, unintentionally covering several miles and avoiding those annoying large mushrooms, gradually nearing Red Mountain Hall.

Suddenly a voice called out, "Hold on. You’re the one who can’t be named, aren’t you?"

Chen Shi stopped and looked towards the source of the voice, seeing Xia Luoying hovering in the sky, looking down on him from a great height.

Footsteps shuffled around in hiding.

Chen Shi, with a start, felt goosebumps arise on his body, realizing: "There are fourteen muskets aiming right at my brow, temples, throat, heart, back, both legs, and dantian! And there’s another one, aiming at the back of my head!"

That was exactly where the divine shrine would appear!

And Xia Luoying, standing on high, could oversee the crown of his head—the Heavenly Gate, where the Golden Core entered and exited!

These frontier soldiers had him surrounded!

Chen Shi’s spirit was strong, and his senses were exceptionally sharp. He could clearly perceive these experts scrutinizing parts of his body, but with the muskets firing, the bullets moved extremely fast—he probably wouldn’t have time to dodge!

Chen Shi bent his body and said, "So it’s Lord Xia. What piece of wisdom does Lord Xia wish to impart?"

Xia Luoying stared at the bowl in Chen Shi’s hand and commanded, "Smash it."

Chen Shi was astonished and said, "This bowl of water is for my ailing mother... she’s bedridden..."

Xia Luoying’s face darkened, and his voice grew louder by several degrees, "I said, smash it!"

Chen Shi clenched his teeth and smashed the bowl with force.

Despite smashing it strongly, he did so skillfully—the bottom of the bowl remained intact, and it was the edge that broke.

The murderous intent around him slightly receded, and Chen Shi sensed a few gazes shifting away from his back and heart, but the other stares didn’t move.

Xia Luoying was just about to leave when he caught sight of the bottom of the bowl. The shape of the black fish remained intact, which caused his face to shift subtly, and he barked, "Kill him!"

At his command, the sound of muskets rang out, carrying the force of thunder, and numerous bullets whistled through the air, charging straight for Chen Shi!

Chen Shi released power from his feet, rolling his body upward, already stepping on the Big Dipper in mid-air, sidestepping through the sky, charging toward the first frontier soldier!

Suddently, his forehead tightened—a sensation of intense danger!

Without a second thought, Chen Shi mobilized his qi-blood, using the power of thought to construct a Golden Bell Talisman!

Golden light surged over his body, and a large bell quickly formed. At the same moment, in front of the frontier soldier, the musket’s muzzle flashed with thunder, and the Thunder Sound exploded, piercing the Golden Bell and striking Chen Shi right in the face.

The Golden Bell Talisman had barely formed when it shattered, the great bell collapsing!

Chen Shi quickly retreated, as the second Eight Trigrams Protection Talisman took shape, yet the flash of gunfire still penetrated the layers of the talisman’s defenses, hitting Chen Shi right between the eyebrows!

"Boom!"

Thunderfire exploded, and Chen Shi’s head flung back as his body flew backward and crashed into a wall a several yards away, collapsing it.

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