Above the Great Dao
Chapter 383 - 189 Eternal Night Approaching_2

Chapter 383: Chapter 189 Eternal Night Approaching_2

"Everyone, listen to me!"

Chen Shi, unable to speak due to the blockage, suddenly exclaimed, "I do not love this!"

The crowd quieted down, each looking at him with uneasy hearts.

Chen Shi’s face suddenly broke into a smile, saying, "But since the respectable lords cherish me, I would be disrespectful not to accept, so I shall gratefully accept!"

The crowd burst into loud laughter, with both host and guests delighted.

Governor Xu exchanged pleasantries with Chen Shi, as if they were old acquaintances, and after a long conversation, everyone was very satisfied.

Giving the reason of their village being poor, Chen Shi humorously declined to keep the lords any longer.

Understanding his point, the guests said their farewells. Chen Shi diligently escorted them to the village entrance, where Governor Xu hurriedly said, "No need to walk us out further."

Chen Shi stopped, waved goodbye, and the guests left reluctantly.

After seeing them off, Chen Shi returned home. Li Tianqing was cleaning the pill furnace, preparing to continue with alchemy. Seeing him return, Li Tianqing sneered, "Chen Shi, I thought too highly of you. It turns out you are no different from those families. Greedy for wealth, lustful, and fond of luxury! They will corrupt you, and you will become as vulgar as they are!"

Chen Shi smiled and responded, "Master Yu says, to survive in this world, one must coexist with it. Am I not doing just that?"

Li Tianqing, irritated, said, "Master Yu offers tribute to the officials of Gongzhou to secure a chance for Red Mountain Hall to survive! And you?"

Chen Shi probed, "The officials from Xin Xiang Province paying me tribute—isn’t that also a way of coexisting with the world?"

Li Tianqing, agonized, exclaimed, "You are not just coexisting with the world, you have become the world! You are now one and the same, utterly corrupted! Do you still have any convictions left? Any principles? At least Master Yu has his convictions and principles!"

Chen Shi sat on a recliner, leaned back, fanning himself with a palm fan, and laughed, "I took their houses, but I would still kill them when necessary, so how am I without convictions or principles? Do you think just because I took their money, I won’t kill anymore? I do so because I am unable to overpower them!"

"You!" Li Tianqing, eyes wide, was at a loss for words.

Chen Shi glanced at him and said with a smile, "You still owe me forty-six batches of spirit pills. Get on with your alchemy!"

Li Tianqing agreed and obediently went back to his alchemy work.

During this time, his alchemy skills greatly improved, and the Resurrection Pills he produced were of increasingly higher quality. He felt his price of ten silver per batch was a bit too low.

However, Chen, known as a benevolent man, had already contracted him for a hundred batches of spirit pills, and even if he wanted to raise the price, he had to complete these hundred batches first.

Before long, Governor Xu’s people delivered the deeds of the provincial city residence to Chen Shi, who accepted them but chose not to move to the city, remaining in Huangpo Village instead.

He knew no one in the city, whereas at home in the village were Zhu Xiucai, his foster mother, and the lovable villagers of Huangpo Village.

Even the young dog joyfully running around freely was something not possible in the city.

Seeing Chen Shi was not moving to the city, Governor Xu had the maids and singers live and clean the mansion without urging Chen Shi further.

One day, as usual, Chen Shi practiced the Three Light Righteous Qi Technique and suddenly felt the spirit pill inside him change from black to yellow—his Golden Core transformed into a shiny yellow, bringing joy to his heart.

"Finally, I’ve broken through to the Golden Core Fifth Transition. Without superior spirits, I am still a few days slower than Li Tianqing."

Just three days ago, Li Tianqing had reached the Golden Core Fifth Transition. Chen Shi could only keep up with the pace of cultivating the Purple Jade Divine Embryo when both shrines in the small temple had spirits presiding over them. Now, with one shrine empty, his cultivation speed was not as fast as Li Tianqing’s.

"Where can I capture a powerful evil spirit..."

As he thought about this, suddenly Black Pot started barking loudly. Chen Shi was momentarily distracted and looked up at the sky, only to see the sky ablaze, with the sun slowly closing its eyes!

"The night is falling earlier again!"

Chen Shi was startled, stood up from under the old willow tree, and saw villagers outside the village carrying pitchforks and hoes, hurriedly running towards the village.

Night had fallen fifteen minutes earlier again!

Chen Shi looked up, noticing the crescent above the dual suns seemed larger than before.

His heart thumped uncontrollably with an ominous thought.

"What if, one day, the sun never opens its eyes again, and regardless of day or night, only the moon prevailed? What would happen?"

Since the first early nightfall, there had been three similar events, accumulating to a total of forty-five minutes of early darkness.

Although the night fell three quarters of an hour early, the day did not arrive early.

That is to say, the night was extended by three-quarters of an hour.

If this give-and-take continues, West Bull New Continent could indeed enter an eternal night!

Everyone could only move about at night, and evil spirits roamed freely!

"At that time, will the disaster be at disaster level or calamity level? Or perhaps... the end of the world?"

Chen Shi shook his head, driving the ominous thought out of his mind.

But a sense of urgency arose within him, he felt that eternal night could become a reality in the future. If he could not enhance his cultivation quickly, he feared that upon the arrival of eternal night, there would be no chance for survival!

"The Outer Heaven True God is the greatest disaster! His changes are often of apocalyptic level!" he thought to himself.

Although this time the night only arrived fifteen minutes early, it seemed insignificant, but the impact it brought was enormous. The day shortened, the night lengthened, and evil spirits became more active, even the demon beasts from the Sea of Darkness invaded more fiercely than before.

When Chen Shi went to the county town to sell medicines made from the Resurrection Pill, he heard news that demon beasts had landed and attacked the military posts in Xin Xiang Province. There were also reports that the demon beasts had broken through the posts and entered the villages and towns, killing many people.

Moreover, the intensity of the moonlight was also increasing, the moon was brighter than before, and the evil spirit in the moon significantly enhanced the power of the evil spirits, and the transformation of corpses became faster!

Qianyang Mountain was still safe, with Chen Shi stationed there, but occasionally passing evil spirits caused harm.

Outside Qianyang Mountain, there were even more incidents of evil spirits.

For a time, both the city and the countryside were in a state of panic.

Li Tianqing was busy with alchemy at home, while Chen Shi, carrying the Black Pot, walked through the streets and alleys to various villages and towns selling talismans, and also exterminating evil spirits.

Whenever he exterminated evil spirits, he only charged five ounces of silver, a very low price.

Having sold many Resurrection Pills, he was not lacking these few ounces of silver now; his main concern was that before the villagers could be harvested for fish and meat, he couldn’t let the villagers be killed by evil spirits.

That day, Chen Shi walked ahead, Black Pot sitting in a wooden cart, which followed Chen Shi as he entered Xianghe Town.

This town was located to the southeast of Qianyang Mountain, with a fragrant river originating from Qianyang Mountain flowing in twists and turns, and eventually pouring into the sea to the east.

Xianghe Town was named after the river, and the town produced a type of fragrant fish, said to be the young of sea demons. They had the form of fish, and each year during the autumnal equinox, the young sea demons would swim upstream, entering the Ice Spring Bay of Qianyang Mountain to hibernate and grow.

The following spring, they would flow downstream, returning to the sea, and become man-eating fish monsters in the Sea of Darkness.

The taste of the fragrant fish was exceptional, with a unique fragrance upon entry, smooth and boneless, the flesh firm yet springy, extremely refreshing, a favorite among gourmets.

When Chen Shi arrived in the town, it was just when the fragrant fish came to market, and the air was filled with the smell of fish, highly tempting.

At that moment, he saw a young monk holding a copper bowl, begging for alms from the shops along the street.

Following the young monk was a young woman with a veiled face, concealing her features.

The monk begged for vegetarian meals only and did not eat meat.

"It’s almost time for a meal, Master!"

Monk Wu Chen, elated, walked out of a restaurant holding a copper bowl, laughing, "The shopkeeper is kindhearted, even offered steamed buns and flower rolls, just out of the oven, so soft... Mr. Chen!"

He looked up and saw Chen Shi, paused in surprise, and quickly blinked at Chen Shi, signaling him to slip away.

The young woman’s voice came through, laughing, "Mr. Chen? Since you’re here, why not join us for a meal? Wu Chen, go ask the shop for another serving."

Chen Shi watched Wu Chen reluctantly enter the restaurant, lamenting, "A master from the Great Baoguo Temple has fallen to the point of begging for food. Miss, may I ask your name?"

"Ying Ruming."

The young woman assessed him and laughed, "The monks of the Great Baoguo Temple begging for alms is also a form of cultivation. Wu Chen lacked this type of cultivation in the past, following me, it’s perfect to refine his spirit."

Chen Shi turned around, faced her directly, and said solemnly, "Do demons also cultivate the spirit?"

—Had a rough night, the building shook as if about to fall apart any moment, trees downstairs toppled in rows, the typhoon was terrifying. Fortunately, everyone’s safe, just no water supply.

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