Above the Great Dao
Chapter 545 - 255 Where is My Butt?

Chapter 545: Chapter 255 Where is My Butt?

The Sheep Horn Heavenly Spirit Lamp was incredibly powerful. Chen Shi’s Nascent Soul drew in the Pure Yang Qi from the lamp’s light, and only after a while did the brightness of the light dim. However, as soon as the absorption of the Pure Yang Qi ceased, the light would quickly brighten again.

"How did you get yourself so injured?" Granny Sha examined his Nascent Soul and couldn’t help frowning.

The soul, the Nascent Soul, and the Primordial Spirit, these three entities were the most difficult to heal. Even a sage in the medical field would be helpless in the face of such injuries.

That’s why the Resurrection Lotus, a spiritual medicine that grew in the underworld, was so valuable.

Chen Shi said, "It happened while I was reading."

Granny Sha was surprised. Could reading really damage the spirit and injure the Nascent Soul?

Could it have been the spring palace painting or the Fierce Battle Technique from the Demon Path, or perhaps the Great Joy Secret Record?

She had read those books before, and they had damaged her spirit, but her injuries were far less severe than Chen Shi’s.

"Are you heading to the Western Capital, Sister Sha?"

Chen Shi said, "Chen Tang sent someone to pick me up, so we might as well go together."

Granny Sha laughed and said, "Me, go to the Western Capital? Haha, hahaha! I wouldn’t go to the Western Capital. You go ahead."

As she turned to leave, she said, "Your grandfather wronged your father, and your father wronged you. I want no part in your family’s affairs."

Chen Shi invited Xuan Shan and Granny Zhuang and said, "Thank you for your efforts these past days. Would you elders accompany me to the Western Capital?"

The black-clad Xuan Shan shook his head and said, "If I were to leave, I’m afraid Qianyang Mountain would become restless."

Granny Zhuang laughed and said, "This old body’s roots are here; how could I leave on a whim?"

Chen Shi felt a great loss. During these days of cultivation, he had experienced what it meant to progress rapidly. With Granny Zhuang, Xuan Shan, and Stone Rock Lady as three incredibly powerful spiritual beings acting as his Divine Embryo, his cultivation speed was almost faster than that of the Golden Core Realm!

Without Granny Zhuang and Xuan Shan, it would still be fast, but having experienced something even faster, he couldn’t help feeling a sense of loss.

"Take good care of yourself, Little Ten," said Granny Zhuang as she waved goodbye.

Xuan Shan said, "Take back what you have lost."

Chen Shi smiled and watched them leave, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

He turned and leaned against the wooden cart, shrinking his body, and said to Sun Yisheng, "Mr. Sun, let’s go."

Seeing him sitting in the wooden cart while the carriage remained empty, Sun Yisheng thought, "This young master has a peculiar temperament, preferring a simple wooden cart."

After eating breakfast in Bridge Bay Town, they set off immediately.

As they neared Oilseed Village, Hu Feifei and Nannan were already waiting at the entrance of the village, excitedly waving as they approached.

Sun Yisheng glanced at Hu Feifei and said, "In recent years, the court has been negligent, but there are strict regulations that the Demon Cultivators cannot participate in the imperial examinations. It’s not a concern for the court when a fox demon becomes an Advanced Scholar in the countryside, but heading to the Western Capital to take the exam is quite audacious."

Surprised, Hu Feifei looked at him and said, "You can see my True Body?"

Chen Shi was also quite surprised. Hu Feifei had transformed into a human, and even he couldn’t discern this girl’s True Body. How did Sun Yisheng manage to see it?

Sun Yisheng said, "I am honored that Lord Chen Tang values me and has taught me the Three Eyes Seal Technique from the Buddhist Seal Techniques, which can see through the Transformation Skill. Miss Hu, even if you go to the Western Capital, you cannot participate in the examination. After your Fox Clan chooses a husband, don’t they typically not participate in the examination and wait at home for their husband’s return? You should wait at home too."

Hu Feifei was surprised and said, "You even know the rules of my Fox Clan!"

Sun Yisheng said, "Lord Chen Tang mentioned it once, and I, being an officer, have a very good memory and remembered it."

Hu Feifei laughed and said, "I haven’t found a satisfactory husband and can’t become the matriarch of the Hu Family, so I might as well go to the Western Capital and try for the title of top scorer, to shame those fox spirits when I return."

Sun Yisheng frowned slightly, but since Chen Shi did not speak up, he did not insist on sending Hu Feifei back.

Chen Shi let Hu Feifei and Nannan take the carriage while he himself rode in the wooden cart.

Sun Yisheng rode his horse next to the wooden cart and whispered, "Young Master Chen, remember to keep your distance from this fox lady."

Chen Shi, puzzled, said, "Mr. Sun, why do you say that?"

"The reputation of the women of the Fox Clan is not good," Sun Yisheng explained. "Humans have short lives, and Fox Clan members have long lives. After cultivation, Fox Cultivators often live for a thousand years, and after marrying a human scholar, in two or three decades, the human man will age and weaken, leading the fox woman to abandon him. Some even abandon their husbands immediately after becoming pregnant, taking the child and returning to the Fox Clan."

He paused and added, "I’ve seen several men matched with fox ladies who were once Advanced Scholars with bright futures, but after being abandoned by their fox wives, they withered away, lost interest in food and drink, and fell into lovesickness. Their careers also dwindled."

Chen Shi said, "My grandfather and the Clan Leader of the Fox Clan are close friends, so I brought her to enter the capital."

Sun Yisheng sighed with relief and smiled, saying, "Then I am reassured."

Sun Yisheng’s carriage that had come to fetch Chen Shi was government-standard, with the hub of the wheels bearing the Armored Horse Talisman, the Godspeed Talisman, and clouds drawn beneath the carriage. The horses were mutant types with dragon blood, and their horseshoes were engraved with the Wind Cloud Talisman and Six Ding and Six Jia.

The carriage galloped very fast, as if traveling on clouds, easily covering three thousand miles in a day.

Sun Yisheng initially thought Chen Shi’s wooden cart might not be able to keep up, but he was relieved to see that the wooden cart was even faster than the government-standard carriages.

They traveled along the government road, passing through the Henggong Mountain range, and stopped at a station in Black City County for a midday rest. The station workers hurriedly took the horses to feed them, fix their horseshoes, and cool them down.

Some of the workers seemed to be low-ranking Talisman Masters, drawing talismans on the carriages to prevent them from losing efficacy over the long-distance travel.

Sun Yisheng was about to have the workers redraw the talismans on Chen Shi’s wooden cart too when he saw Chen Shi take out several pounds of Exotic Beast Meat from the cart. The body of the wooden cart split open, revealing a large mouth that swallowed the Exotic Beast Meat in one gulp, chewing loudly.

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