Above the Great Dao
Chapter 439 - 212: Mingfeng Pavilion, A Tough Battle!

Chapter 439: Chapter 212: Mingfeng Pavilion, A Tough Battle!

"When did the Divine Hand Du die?"

Chen Shi had already left Joy Forest and was heading straight for Mingfeng Pavilion, while Situ Wen was still pondering this question.

He hadn’t seen Chen Shi make a move, hadn’t sensed Chen Shi deploying a spell. With his puppet Mechanician hiding in Chen Shi’s eardrum, all he knew was that Chen Shi had swiftly turned around and then walked out of the gambling house and Joy Forest.

To kill a Nascent Soul Realm expert should certainly not be silent and unnoticeable, especially since there were eight other Nascent Soul Realm experts by the side of this particular master!

Divine Hand Du hadn’t even activated his Silent Illuminating Divine Transformation Skill. His Nascent Soul hadn’t been summoned, his gold-threaded garment hadn’t been put to use in time, and the Eight Great Diamonds hadn’t made their move. Could he really have died just like that?

Situ Wen even doubted for a moment whether Chen Shi was boasting.

"How exactly did Divine Hand Du die?" he couldn’t help asking.

"His gold-threaded garment didn’t protect his head."

Chen Shi summoned Black Pot and explained, "The gold-threaded garment acts like armor. Who wears armor without a helmet? Wearing a gold-threaded garment without protecting the head is even worse than not wearing at all. I simply punched him in the back of the head."

Situ Wen waited for him to continue, but after a moment, Chen Shi remained silent.

"You threw a punch, and then?" he pressed.

Chen Shi said, "After that, he died."

Situ Wen almost went mad, stuttering, "How could he just die? What about his Nascent Soul? His Silent Illuminating Divine Transformation Skill? And the Eight Great Diamonds? The Eight Great Diamonds had a Combined Attack Technique that hadn’t been deployed yet, how could he just die?"

Chen Shi seemed puzzled and said, "I was there to kill, and the simpler the better. Just to kill him. It’s not like I purposely increased the difficulty. Why would I let them use the Silent Illuminating Divine Transformation Skill and the Combined Attack Technique of the Eight Great Diamonds? Wouldn’t preventing them from casting spells and achieving a single-strike kill be more effective?"

Situ Wen fell silent for a moment and said, "His gold-threaded garment..."

"He wasn’t wearing a helmet," Chen Shi said.

Situ Wen, agitated, stuttered, "Who wears a helmet into a gambling house?"

Especially since that gambling house was someone else’s property.

Entering your own premises, surrounded by your own guards, with eight great experts for protection, would you still need to wear a helmet?

Chen Shi puzzledly said, "If he didn’t wear a helmet, why bother wearing the gold-threaded garment at all? Isn’t it redundant?"

Situ Wen remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "If you were to kill me, how many moves would you use?"

Chen Shi thought for a while and said, "Two moves."

Situ Wen couldn’t contain his curiosity, "Could you tell me which two moves?"

Chen Shi said, "If I were to kill you, first I would turn the silver needles into grasshoppers, clinging to your Mechanician, following you to the Chang Mountain gathering. Then these little grasshoppers would crawl onto the critical components, arriving at the position of the pavilion. When you stand in the pavilion, I would appear on the street opposite the Chang Mountain gathering, drawing your attention."

Situ Wen took a sharp breath and murmured, "My attention would be drawn away by you, all my power used to drive the components, and at that moment, those grasshoppers would change back to silver needles, piercing through me instantly. Right?"

"That’s right," Chen Shi said.

Situ Wen shivered and after a moment, he said, "That is one move."

Chen Shi explained, "Me showing up in person to attract your attention is one move; the flying sword killing is another. Two moves."

Situ Wen fell silent again.

"Then why didn’t you use those methods to kill me?" he couldn’t help but ask.

Chen Shi smiled and said, "I find your Mechanician very interesting. With the Mechanician being interesting, you must also be a fascinating person. My grandfather taught me to be kind to others, that I shouldn’t always be fighting and killing, and that I should make interesting friends. So I decided to go to Chang Mountain gathering to see if you were an interesting person."

He was a child who listened to his grandfather’s words very much.

Situ Wen was silent for a long while before saying, "Thank your grandfather for me."

If it wasn’t for that old man’s words, he’d probably be stone-cold by now.

"No need for thanks," Chen Shi said.

The two arrived at Mingfeng Pavilion, a theater primarily for operas. Yudou had a dozen small and large opera troupes, and Manager Qiu was the head of all these troupes.

Manager Qiu lived in the Peony Pavilion of Mingfeng Pavilion. It was now the second half of the night, the sky was not yet bright, and the moonlight was clear and bright.

Chen Shi, accompanied by Black Pot, climbed over the wall and entered Mingfeng Pavilion, where a room was already lit, with an old hand getting up early, practicing in his room, rehearsing his laughter.

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha—"

Chen Shi followed the corridor toward the Peony Pavilion. In the courtyard, a woman lifted her water sleeves, dancing amidst the white mist, probably an early rising dan character practicing her dance, graceful and charming.

Chen Shi passed through the mist and heard an old hand clearing his throat in the distance.

"At Baima Slope, Yanjin Pass!"

"I’ve cut down Yan Liang, executed Wen Chou!"

"I once beheaded the old Cai Yang in the ancient city!"

"His third brother Yide has a nature and a familiar eight-foot snake spear aiming for the throat—"

...

Chen Shi passed by a small lake in the garden, came to the other side of the lake to the Peony Pavilion, which was a stage, and heard Situ Wen’s voice, "I’ve met Manager Qiu a few times. Sometimes he appears as a man, other times a woman, and sometimes a lean old man, reserved with few words, and at times a charming young girl, seldom seen in true form and also a person of few words. I don’t know much about him, I heard he used to be an opera singer and later made a fortune as a troupe leader. Then he gained the support of a noble patron, said to be a gentleman, who taught him the Thunder Body technique, and Manager Qiu’s strength has grown and grown."

Chen Shi listened from across the water as the aged voice continued: "...shattered the bride and the waters flowed backward! His fourth apprentice is Dragon Chang Mountain, a peerless hero across the states! At Changban Slope, saved Ah Dou, striking fear into all of Cao’s soldiers!"

Chen Shi’s palm shook gently, breaking the latch of the Peony Pavilion, stepping inside, and closed the door behind him.

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