Above the Great Dao
Chapter 392 - 194 Martial Arts Truth

Chapter 392: Chapter 194 Martial Arts Truth

Fu Leisheng held the letter, the ink on the paper had just dried. The words on it stirred his emotions intensely, awakening ambitions sealed since his youth.

He couldn’t help recalling the question he had posed to Chen Shi, "This is the way of the world! Can you change it?"

A passionate heat surged within him, warming his chest, making it increasingly heated.

"Perhaps, he is the one who will change the world?" he murmured.

Since the bloody battle in Xinxiang County where Mr. Zeng was killed, he had been a private school teacher in Bridge Bay Town. Perhaps believing he had avenged Tian Huaiyi and Shen Yusheng, he gradually became content with his life, never imagining that Chen Shi still harbored this blood feud.

He hadn’t expected to receive a letter from Chen Shi tonight.

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His heart burned with fire.

Irrepressible.

Unable to sleep, Fu Leisheng walked out into the courtyard, took a long bamboo pole, and used it as a spear to practice in the yard.

The bamboo split the air, making a whooshing sound.

The spear moved like a dragon, as tumultuous as his surging heart.

"Chen Shi is audacious indeed!"

Provincial Governor Li Yin, Deputy General Yan Wang, and the censor Xia Mingdong were furious but did nothing as they watched Yan Jingshu and Xia Weiyin die at the hands of Chen Shi.

This man was a fugitive, arriving in Xin Xiang Province’s capital, not indulging in pleasures yet killing with a bamboo on his very first day!

Governor Xu Jian and others came, shocked to find the two ladies of the former governor deceased.

"Chen Shi is an utterly lawless villain!"

Governor Xu Jian’s face darkened as he clenched his fists tightly and coldly said, "On his first day in the provincial capital, to commit such a grave crime! Gentlemen, let us return to the government office and discuss this at length!"

The men held back their anger and followed him back to the government office.

Before settling down, the censor Xia Mingdong asked gravely, "Governor Xu, do you know exactly who Chen Shi is? Why does Western Capital insist on granting him the title First Scholar? Why are the deaths of several previous governors linked to him, yet he remains at large?"

He too was enraged, as Xia Weiyin hailed from the Xia Family, and although married into the Li Family, she was still of Xia blood, a tie that couldn’t be severed.

Now that Xia Weiyin had been killed by Chen Shi, even his usually composed nature could not contain his anger.

The others listened intently at these words.

They had been briefed by their family before taking office—each governor’s demise was linked to Chen Shi, and so was the death of Gongzhou’s officers. They were advised to treat Chen Shi courteously and try to win him over.

But the specifics had not been made clear.

Governor Xu Jian said, "Chen Shi’s grandfather, Chen Yindou, was the West Capital Butcher, a fact you should all be aware of, right?"

At this, everyone nodded. Li Yin said through gritted teeth, "Merely bones in a tomb! The West Capital Butcher is dead, he can’t protect him!"

Governor Xu continued, "There were two Demon Transformations in Gongzhou. The first was caused by the death of Zen Master Ku, and the chief culprit of the second was Chen Shi. Fourteen officers of Gongzhou were devoured by him, eaten."

"Eaten?" The crowd’s expression changed, thinking they had heard wrong.

"Eaten."

Governor Xu repeated solemnly, "I was as astonished as you when I heard it from an elder of my family. I thought I had misheard, but the elder confirmed repeatedly that Chen Shi consumed those fourteen officers of Gongzhou."

He paused, his expression a mixture of humor and gravity, "He consumed their Primordial Spirits, one by one. He was even picky, not eating their physical bodies. Several powerful Independents also met their end this way."

A silence fell over the group.

Though they were high-ranking members from the Thirteen Families, each with strong cultivation, they esteemed themselves highly but knew their abilities were likely on par with those officers of Gongzhou. If those officers were devoured by Chen Shi, they would likely meet the same fate!

"I observe that Chen Shi is merely in the Golden Core Realm; how could he have consumed so many experts?" Li Yin said, his anger subsiding, his expression becoming serene.

"He harbors a Demon inside him,"

Governor Xu said, "The Demon possessed Chen Shi, using his body to devour others. I must confess, the Independent Han Qian, also known as Cold Mountain Wanderer, a senior of my Xu Family, disapproved of our family’s actions and hence resigned to become an Independent. All this was told to my family’s elders by him. Unable to bear the heavy casualties of the Xu Family, he also warned the elders that Chen Shi harbored over a hundred Demons inside him."

The group was inwardly shaken, over a hundred Demons?

How could such a terrifying thing be possible?

Cold Mountain Wanderer, a senior adept who had attained the Mahayana Realm and a witness of the Gongzhou Demon Transformation, surely wouldn’t lie. But over a hundred Demons inside Chen Shi seemed far-fetched!

How had Chen Shi managed to stay alive, not devoured by these Demons?

Logically, he should have been consumed by them long ago!

Governor Xu sighed, "Currently, Western Capital is hindered by the sudden appearance of corpse clouds, unavailable to spare manpower. The intention from Western Capital is to appease Chen Shi as much as possible, to prevent another outbreak of a Demon Transformation from the Demons within him."

The men exchanged glances, each sighing. Even if they desired to deal with Chen Shi, they lacked the power to do so.

"Regarding the matter of the two madams, it’s best not to escalate the situation, to avoid unnecessary complications."

Governor Xu spoke to Yan Wang, Xia Mingdong, and Li Yin, "The deaths of the two madams are indeed heartbreaking, but what’s done is done, and we are powerless to change it. As for avenge, there will always be opportunities in the future. When Western Capital can spare the resources, he will not be left to run amok."

Li Yin, tears falling, said, "Pity my two sisters-in-law, to die so wrongly. In the future, I, Li Yin, will personally avenge them!"

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