Above the Great Dao
Chapter 366 - 182 Defiance_2

Chapter 366: Chapter 182 Defiance_2

Qian Ke said, "I think she hid the truth because she must have encountered some terrifying things in the underworld back then."

Han Shan’s heart stirred and he said, "I heard that Lady Hua Li was also invited by the Five Lakes Wanderer back then, she might know some inside stories."

Not long after, Lady Hua Li was invited to the Void Great Realm and met two predecessors.

Qian Ke was an old woman with a kind and benevolent look, she spoke about their concerns, "We are also worried about the child, Chen Shi, and want to know more about him."

After pondering for a moment, Lady Hua Li chuckled and said, "My cultivation was weak initially, so the Five Lakes Wanderer didn’t ask me to take action. Later, when I made some progress, he finally invited me. I only took part in the last rescue operation, but I didn’t contribute as much as Granny Sha and the others, so I don’t know much."

The two elderly from Han Qian exchanged glances, knowing she was reluctant to speak more about Chen Shi.

Qian Ke smiled and said, "Just tell what you can."

After pondering again, Lady Hua Li said, "At that time, we went to the underworld with Black Pot... Black Pot is the black dog that was always by Chen Shi’s side. The Five Lakes Wanderer habitually blamed it for his mistakes, hence the name Black Pot."

She continued, "We endured a terrifying battle; endless ghosts and spirits from the underworld surged towards us. Suddenly, the Five Lakes Wanderer and Black Pot disappeared, leaving only us to withstand the ghastly assault. Just when we were about to succumb, the Five Lakes Wanderer and Black Pot returned, the Five Lakes Wanderer badly injured and Black Pot carrying the unconscious Chen Shi on his back."

Her expression turned peculiar as she said, "We fought our way out and returned to the mortal world. Despite his severe injuries, the Five Lakes Wanderer didn’t rest and kept adding seals on Chen Shi’s forehead, creating an aura like that of the Complete Heaven Divine Sovereign Heavenly Palace."

Han Shan twitched at the corner of his eye, his voice hoarse, "Circulation Heaven Great Jiao?"

Lady Hua Li hesitated for a moment before nodding gently.

"Impossible!"

Han Shan declared, "The Circulation Heaven Great Jiao has been lost for thousands of years; the Five Lakes Wanderer couldn’t possibly perform it! The Circulation Heaven Great Jiao symbolizes the harmony and order of the universe’s gods. He couldn’t have restored the Circulation Heaven Great Jiao; at best, he could only use an incomplete version!"

Lady Hua Li replied, "I lack knowledge and don’t know if it’s incomplete. All I know is that after the Five Lakes Wanderer sealed Chen Shi, Chen Shi returned to his body and often retreated to Mirror Lake Villa for recuperation. When I met him, he didn’t remember who I was. It seemed as if all memories from two years ago had vanished."

Han Shan and Qian Ke froze.

Chen Yindu had rescued Chen Shi’s ghost from the underworld, and it was Chen Shi’s ghost that was sealed by the Circulation Heaven Great Jiao.

Clearly, the Circulation Heaven Great Jiao’s seal wasn’t meant for the demons in the Sea of Consciousness.

At that time, the demons hadn’t reached Chen Shi’s Sea of Consciousness yet.

After the sealing, Chen Shi woke up in his body having forgotten all his past memories, as if reborn.

Thus, the question arose: did Chen Shi’s memory loss stem from being dead for too long or from being sealed by Chen Yindu?

If it was the latter, what exactly did Chen Yindu want to seal?

"There are many secrets hidden within Chen Shi," Han Qian’s elders thought to themselves.

"Han Shan, the Five Lakes Wanderer hasn’t resolved this himself, we better not interfere."

The Independent Qian Ke spoke gravely, "I think, being cautious might let us live a few more years."

Han Shan nodded repeatedly.

Although they had their reservations about Chen Yindu, they deeply admired his strength and wisdom.

If even Chen Yindu couldn’t handle it, their interference might lead them to death without knowing how.

"No wonder Granny Sha has been yelling at me, it’s not that she wanted to scold me intentionally; her pressure has been too much lately."

Cold Mountain Wanderer said, "In her heart, I’m still her teacher."

Despite saying this, he still felt somewhat aggrieved.

Lady Hua Li held back her laughter, took her leave, and was seen off by the elders of Han Qian.

At Phoenix Ridge, Chen Shi scattered the thundercloud hovering in the sky, set up a shrine, and using the light from the shrine, thoroughly searched the entire Taiping Sect.

He was looking for the Resurrection Lotus collected by the Taiping Sect.

As he passed by the altar, he saw Xiaodingxiang and Xiaotian along with the dozen children still standing on the altar. Even after the thunderstorm had soaked them, they were still waiting for their master’s command and dared not leave.

These children seemed unaware that only they remained in Taiping Sect and were still waiting to open the underworld to stealthily harvest white lotuses.

Chen Shi paused, extended his palm, and a tiny cow-eared knife in his palm transformed into a skylark, which took flight and landed in front of Xiaodingxiang. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel-com

Xiaodingxiang watched the skylark circling her in awe and delight, reached out her palm, and the skylark landed in her hand, hopping and pecking at her fingertips.

"You are that little sparrow that picked the white lotuses!"

Little Dingxiang’s heart was filled with joy as she ran toward Chen Shi, laughing, "You are that boy who called for help! You are still alive! That’s great, so great! I thought you were dead!"

She was so overjoyed that tears fell from her eyes.

Another little boy said timidly, "Little Dingxiang, don’t make noise. Aunt Wei will whip you..."

Chen Shi laughed, "Your Aunt Wei will never whip you again. The evil ones on this mountain have been killed by me. You are free now, and when dawn breaks, I will have someone send you home!"

The boys and girls in front of the altar were each stunned, unable to believe his words.

At that moment, more than a dozen frail boys and girls came over, one child said with a sobbing tone, "Aunt Wei is dead, so many people are dead..."

Some bold children went to check, and indeed it was as he said.

Some were frightened and scared, some cheered loudly, while others were so terrified that they squatted on the ground and cried.

Chen Shi asked Little Dingxiang, "Do you know where the picked white lotuses are kept?"

"I do!"

Little Dingxiang said, "Every time we pick white lotuses, they are collected by the housekeeper and put in a chest. Then the chest is taken to the Sect Leader’s room."

Chen Shi laughed, "Lead me there."

Little Dingxiang led the way ahead, guiding him to Peng Wanshan’s residence.

Peng Wanshan was a cultivator, abstaining from the company of women. His residence had no family or servants, clearly focused solely on his cultivation.

Such people were very rare.

"No wonder his cultivation is so high."

Chen Shi praised inwardly, entered the Sect Leader Peng’s room, and looked around, finding the chest Little Dingxiang had described.

The chest had a talisman seal, very intricate, featuring a ghost’s head with its mouth open.

To open the box, one needed to reach into the ghost’s mouth to break the seal inside. If one failed to open the talisman seal correctly, their arm would be snapped off!

Chen Shi glanced at it and knew how to activate the talisman. He reached in and casually broke the seal.

The chest opened.

The interior space of the chest was quite large, likely enhanced with something like the Taotie Swallowing Sky Talisman, but the craftsmanship was not very sophisticated, only about three or four times larger than a normal chest.

The chest was stacked with layers of white lotus, about three or four hundred plants. It seemed the Taiping Sect had been collecting them for a long time, intending to send them all to Yudou.

"That Yudou gentleman said the quantity was not enough, it seems this gentleman needs a large amount of Resurrection Lotus for some Cultivation Technique."

Chen Shi thought to himself, recalling when he had taken the Resurrection Lotus and his soul had grown immensely, speculating, "Could this type of lotus be a treasure for cultivating the Primordial Spirit?"

There was also a stack of silver notes in the chest, quite thick.

Chen Shi’s heart raced as he picked them up and flipped through them. Most were hundred tael notes, the standard notes of Wan San Bank!

These silver notes could be cashed in at any bank in any province or county on the West Bull New Continent!

Unlike some small banks’ notes that could only be exchanged at specific banks which was quite inconvenient.

Chen Shi estimated there were at least a hundred hundred-tael silver notes here!

"Ten thousand taels of silver... that’s a lot! You could build so many houses, marry so many brides! Marry one as the first wife and put her in the east room, then another as the second wife in the west room, and a third wife in the south room, a fourth wife in the north room, also buy seven or eight maids to attend to them, and hire a dozen scholars to paint talismans daily, making money to support the family..."

Chen Shi’s eyes gleamed, "I can also give Grandfather a few young old ladies to burn, Granny Wu Zhu talks too much, so I won’t burn her, just burn ones twenty years younger... But, Grandfather said, one shouldn’t use the money from the dead..."

He set down the silver notes, his expression fluctuating.

After a moment, he picked up the silver notes again.

Chen Shi gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with tears, put down the silver notes, turned to leave, but then turned back again.

"Grandfather, forgive your unfilial grandson for defying your teaching. I want to see how fierce this ghost really is!"

Chen Shi, carrying the chest, stepped out the door elatedly, and with that step, he became the wealthy Chen, the wealthy businessman.

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