Above the Great Dao
Chapter 326 - 165 Old Beggar_2

Chapter 326: Chapter 165 Old Beggar_2

Chen Shi became alert, his index finger at the bottom of the broken bowl traced the Taotie Swallowing Sky Talisman as he said, "Do you recognize me, senior? May I know what you want to discuss?"

His index finger rested on the broad mouth of the Taotie Swallowing Sky Talisman, ready to erase it at any moment and release Granny Min.

The old beggar shook his broken bowl and smiled, "I’m looking for Young Master Chen!"

Chen Shi felt as if the heavens and earth were trembling with the old beggar’s bowl. His face changed instantly, and he hastily erased the broad mouth of the Taotie Swallowing Sky Talisman. From his broken bowl surged a massive whirlpool of water, with Granny Min sitting atop the swirling water, swinging her cane heavily towards the old beggar’s head!

"Shua!"

Granny Min vanished, and Chen Shi found himself seated atop the head of a massive black fish. Beside him was Granny Min, leaning on a cane, her head wrapped in white cloth.

The fish had the body of a black carp and the head of a dragon, swimming in the sea, surrounded by urgent, successive waves that crashed onto the black carp’s body, unsettling the giant carp-dragon.

Chen Shi looked around only to see the endless sea with no end in sight.

At that moment, a gigantic face appeared in the sky, pushing the clouds apart. It was indeed the face of the old beggar.

"Water and Fire Refining, death and rebirth, the Five Lakes Wanderer is indeed formidable!"

The old beggar looked towards Chen Shi on the sea’s surface and revealed a satisfied smile, "Searching everywhere in vain before finding it without effort. I didn’t expect to find additional gains amidst this Demon Transformation!"

Chen Shi’s heart sank as he shouted, "Senior, are you an Independent? I am also an Independent, we are all Independents, how can you attack your own kind?"

The old beggar laughed, "Independents seek the great path, unbound and unrestrained. Anyone can become a fellow traveler, yet no one is truly a fellow traveler."

At that moment, a dog’s bark echoed.

The old beggar was surprised to see a black dog charging out of the Red Mountain Hall, barking fiercely at him.

"This dog... impressive, it’s trying to change my perception!"

Astonished, the old beggar looked at Black Pot and praised, "I haven’t eaten dog meat in a long time. I’ll have a good meal tonight."

At Yu Tiancheng, Li Tianqing, Master Luo, Master Xiao, and a host of Talisman Masters and instructors rushed out of Red Mountain Hall to support Chen Shi, all surprised to see Black Pot barking furiously at the old beggar.

The old beggar didn’t seem to mind. He shook the bamboo stick used to shoo dogs, pushing Black Pot aside with a smile, then held out his broken bowl and said, "Gentlemen, spare a bite to eat?"

Li Tianqing said, "Just a moment, sir!"

He hurriedly returned to Red Mountain Hall and cut a piece of fish meat to put into the bowl.

The old beggar glanced at him in surprise and smiled, "You’re a good man. For your kindness, I’ll spare your lives."

He headed towards the Daxing Zen Temple, leisurely saying, "Having captured the Corpse Disintegration Immortal using Water and Fire Refining, and discovering the secret to immortality, once I dispatch this demon, I’ll have much to talk about at the Independent’s assembly!"

Black Pot suddenly lunged forward to bite the old beggar’s trouser leg. With a gentle flick of his bamboo stick, Black Pot howled miserably and fell a distance away.

Seeing this, Li Tianqing and others immediately rushed forward. A robust rabbit, transformed by Yu Tiancheng, led the charge with Red Mountain Lady standing on his shoulders, the little red-dressed girl yelled, "Beat up the stinky beggar!"

The old beggar laughed, "Apparently, you aren’t appreciative."

With that, he shook the broken bowl, and everyone’s world spun as they plunged into the water with regular thuds.

Standing atop the original body of Granny Min, Chen Shi looked up and saw figures dropping from the sky into the sea. He quickly urged the giant fish to swim swiftly towards them and rescued them. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Everyone was perplexed.

Li Tianqing called out loudly, "Senior, I too am an Independent, we are all fellow travelers of Jianghu, why not show some leniency?"

Chen Shi interrupted him, shaking his head, "Independents act without considering good or evil, following only their desires. All conventional morals and values cannot bind them."

The old beggar’s voice came through, laughing heartily, "Chen Shi, you are right. Good and evil, morality and ethics are just restraints imposed on the strong by the common folk. We Independents are always free and pursue the path of true freedom; how could we let these things bind us?"

Everyone was powerless.

Carrying his broken bowl and leaning on his bamboo stick, the old beggar chuckled and walked towards Daxing Zen Temple. Upon reaching a street corner, he ran into an old woman head-on.

The old woman was knocked off balance by him and laughed, "Beggar, you’ve got strength!"

The old beggar’s Primordial Spirit was also shaken, uttering a "whoosh" as it broke free from his body and was knocked out of Gongzhou City!

With a shock in his heart and an empty physical shell, he recognized the old woman, exclaiming, "It’s Granny Sha! Being Independent as well, why would you plot against me?"

He knew that although Granny Sha’s cultivation was not high, she was extremely adept in soul manipulation. Having been taken by surprise and his Primordial Spirit knocked away, he struggled to combat her with just his physical body, so he immediately tried to stall for time.

His Primordial Spirit shook, stabilized his form, and immediately flew back!

Just then, nine tails rising to the sky gently waved, and the old beggar’s Primordial Spirit fell into the nine heavens, layer upon layer of heaven and earth unfolding before him!

The old beggar’s Primordial Spirit dashed, covering ten thousand li in an instant, but he still couldn’t escape from the nine layers of heaven.

"Granny Sha, you have an accomplice!"

The old beggar immediately shook his broken bowl; however, just as the bowl began to sway and he hadn’t yet managed to gather Granny Sha into the bowl, a green sheep taller than a human suddenly charged diagonally, its sharp and pointed horns striking the old beggar’s back.

The old beggar was sent flying, and while midair, he looked back only to see that green sheep furiously sprinting in the air, actually catching up to him, forcefully lifting him by its horns and tossing him into the sky!

A thought surged in his mind, "It’s the Five Lakes Independent pair of rascallious brothers plotting against me!"

Granny Sha caught the falling broken bowl and carefully leveled it out to prevent it from shattering.

The green sheep and the bearded burly man came closer, peeking into the bowl. Granny Sha hastily tapped each of their heads with a knock, signaling them to keep quiet.

The three of them silently retreated.

Far away, Granny Sha waved her hand, and suddenly the broken bowl tipped over, a stream of clear water flowing out.

Inside the bowl, Chen Shi and the others suddenly felt as if the ocean were pouring out, the seawater also crazily draining, and Granny Minjiang struggled to stabilize her form, flowing out with the gushing seawater.

Everyone’s vision blurred, and then they saw the roaring seawater suddenly dry up, everyone along with a black carp dragon appeared on the street, sliding several dozen feet before coming to a stop.

People looked around in bewilderment.

Yu Tiancheng, transformed into a giant rabbit, jumped up and kicked the broken bowl, which clanged loudly but remained impressively intact, unbroken.

All of a sudden, the broken bowl flew up and disappeared without a trace.

Chen Shi quickly got to his feet, rushed to a nearby house, found a porcelain bowl, and quickly drew the Taotie Swallowing Sky Talisman, scooped up a bowl of water, and flashed it in front of Granny Minjiang.

Granny Minjiang lay on the ground, gasping for air, her large mouth gaping, on the verge of suffocating. She was gathered into the bowl by him and immediately transformed into a small black fish, swimming back and forth.

Chen Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and Black Pot approached him, quietly calling out twice. Chen Shi nodded slightly and quietly said, "It must have been Granny Sha’s action. I heard that beggar yell out ’Granny Sha.’ It’s strange, Granny Sha isn’t my godmother, so why did she also come to Gongzhou?"

He was quite puzzled.

"However, with the Independent gathering near at hand, and this old beggar being Independent, I fear there might be other Independents in the city unable to restrain themselves and strike at that Demon seed."

Chen Shi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, "The Demon Domain will definitely be broken, and all we have to do is survive until the Demon Domain is broken. But..."

He was somewhat confused, wondering why these Independents seemed like no saints at all?

"Could Grandpa also not be a good person?" he thought.

The old beggar tumbled through midair, crashing into a patch of mushrooms.

At that moment, the nine heavens dispersed, and his Primordial Spirit roared back, entering his body.

The old beggar flipped to his feet, hands empty, and angrily demanded, "Where’s my bowl? Damn it, someone even stole the old beggar’s bowl!"

Before him, a golden-bodied great Buddha rose, a huge mushroom cap atop his head, towering above, and suddenly under the cap, pop-pop sounds occurred as numerous eyes sprouted, looking down at him.

The old beggar swallowed, his Adam’s apple rolling difficultly, muttering, "I originally wanted other Independents to deal with this Demon. The damned old lady conspired with the brothers from Five Lakes Independents to plot against me, making me fight to the death with this Demon... Brother, I was knocked here..."

The golden-bodied Buddha lifted its huge foot and stomped down heavily, the voice resonating, "...foolish mortals, why not ascend to paradise together?"

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