Above the Great Dao
Chapter 555 - 258: Surrounding Xiao Wu_2

Chapter 555: Chapter 258: Surrounding Xiao Wu_2

And on the back of the beast, many arrows were shot into the air, startling the birds.

Everyone then noticed that on the back of each beast, there was actually a village.

The people in those villages rarely wore clothes, their faces painted with colorful patterns, bows in hand, they watched them from a distance, highly vigilant.

"They are people who do not pay taxes, living on the backs of Pi, and have almost become wild men," Sun Yisheng said.

Hu Feifei, accompanied by Nannan, stepped out of the small courtyard and looked up at this rare sight.

Nannan asked in confusion, "What do they eat?"

Chen Shi pointed to the crops on the back of the Pi, saying, "They grow crops, the same as we eat."

Sun Yisheng shook his head, "Not the same. Their crops are mainly exotic ones brought from Shen Zhou, called sorghum. There is no soil on the back of Pi. Sorghum is planted in the sweat hair pores of Pi. When planting, they will pluck out the sweat hairs of Pi and sprinkle the seeds into the pores. As sorghum grows and germinates, it will burrow deep into the pores. The secretions of grease and dirt from Pi then become the fertilizer for sorghum, which grows strong."

Chen Shi and Hu Feifei marveled at this.

Planting sorghum on the back of Pi, which migrates with the movement of Pi, truly broadened their horizons.

"They also raise a peculiar kind of pig, called Flea Pig, which is a six-legged parasite that lives on the body of Pi. Flea Pigs are pitch black, hard to see at night; they burrow tunnels in the skin of Pi and drill into its body, subsisting on the blood of Pi."

Sun Yisheng said, "Flea Pigs can grow up to three to four hundred pounds, run very fast, and have an astonishing jumping ability. They can leap dozens of feet from the back of one Pi to another. After taming the Flea Pigs, these people use the tunnels dug by Flea Pigs as wells. Sometimes, they even ride on the Flea Pigs to fight with tribes on another Pi’s back."

The caravan drove under these Pi, and Chen Shi, Hu Feifei, and Nannan looked up in awe.

Above them, the enormous Pi lifted its column-like legs and stepped over them, stirring up a rolling wind.

Before long, they saw the tribal warfare Sun Yisheng had spoken of.

Two robust Pi encountered each other, likely fighting over breeding rights.

The human tribes on the back of the Pi also joined in, their faces painted in vibrant colors as they rode the Flea Pigs. They tied ropes to the tusks on either side of the Flea Pigs’ snouts and sprinted across the back of the Pi. With a powerful leap, they produced a sonic boom in the air, jumping onto the opposing Pi’s back and charging at the opposite tribe with spears!

In the sky, Flea Pigs were leaping everywhere, while occasionally, someone would fall from high above and land with a smack, shattering into pieces.

As the wooden cart passed between the two fighting Pi, it narrowly escaped being crushed several times. The most dangerous moment was when Sun Yisheng, upon seeing Pi’s massive leg about to crush the wooden cart, used his Primordial Spirit to support the falling leg and narrowly escape.

The Pi were so heavy and large that when their legs bore down, Sun Yisheng felt as if a thousand-foot-tall mountain pressed upon him, and even as a high-level practitioner of the Void Refinement Realm, his Primordial Spirit suffered even more injuries.

His Primordial Spirit was severely hurt. Sitting in the wooden cart, he wrapped himself tightly in several layers of clothing even though he held the Sheep Horn Heavenly Spirit Lamp, still feeling cold. His Primordial Spirit basked in the light of the lamp.

Seeing his condition, Hu Feifei brought him to the small courtyard to bask in the sun with the dog.

Sun Yisheng was reluctant to lie down next to Black Pot, but given the severity of his injuries, once he lay down, he didn’t want to move.

Black Pot shoved sunglasses onto its ears and pulled out a scroll from its mouth. Licking its paws, it began to read the book.

Sun Yisheng thought to himself, "There seems to be something odd about this dog."

Black Pot gave him a glance and everything seemed much more normal.

As Black Pot read the book, it suddenly picked up the Sheep Horn Heavenly Spirit Lamp and gave it a gentle shake. Sun Yisheng saw the lamp, the dog, and his Primordial Spirit submerge into the underworld!

He panicked and struggled to call for help, but at that moment, Chen Shi and Hu Feifei had gone to the back of a Pi, trading their spare clothing for some "useless shiny yellow soft stone" with the people living there, oblivious to Sun Yisheng’s cries for help.

Nevertheless, the wooden cart heard him and grew arms to grasp the courtyard.

Sun Yisheng saw the wooden cart sprout large eyeballs around its frame, edging over the courtyard in the sky, blotting out the sunlight, and rolling its gaze onto him.

Sun Yisheng resigned himself, "If I am to die, so be it. Lord Chen Tang, I have done all I can."

In the underworld, Black Pot, like a colossal demon, raised the Sheep Horn Heavenly Spirit Lamp. Its flames blazed fiercely like a spectral moon beneath sheep horns.

Sun Yisheng’s Primordial Spirit stood within this spectral moon, feeling the absorption of Extreme Yin Qi from the underworld burning in the lamp oil, yet from the extreme of Yin sprang Yang, creating Supreme Yang Qi that constantly refined and restored his Primordial Spirit.

He was both startled and delighted, feeling the recovery of his Primordial Spirit greatly accelerating!

"So Black Pot wasn’t harming me, but rather helping to heal my wounds."

Just then, numerous ghosts surged in, their clashing noises shaking heaven and earth. Like a tidal wave, they flooded towards him.

Sun Yisheng was horrified. His Primordial Spirit stood tall at thirty feet, a formidable existence among the Cultivators of the Void Refinement Realm, but in front of these Underworld ghosts and deities that could be hundreds and thousands of feet tall, he didn’t amount to much at all.

"I didn’t expect to die in the Underworld..."

Just as he had this thought, he saw the gigantic black hound stride on Demon Fire, fighting ferociously. It crushed the skull of a thousand-feet-tall ghost deity with a blow, snapped off the arm of another, and with a fierce roar, shattered yet another deity’s head with a bang, breathing out Demon Fire and turning an attacking three-headed ghost deity into ashes!

"These ghost deities are not here to kill me!"

Sun Yisheng realized, "These ghost deities are here for this dog!"

His heart pounded with excitement, "Just what is the background of this dog? Its background must be much greater than mine!"

As the number of surrounding ghost deities and demons increased, Black Pot could no longer hold on; exhausted from the battle, he seized the Sheep Horn Heavenly Spirit Lamp and leaped, escaping the Underworld and returning to the small courtyard.

He placed down the Sheep Horn Heavenly Spirit Lamp, lay on a chair, donned sunglasses, and basked in the sun to rest.

Sun Yisheng felt that his Primordial Spirit had healed quite a bit, and his spirit had also recovered somewhat. He felt a sudden wave of shame, "Previously, I was unwilling to sit beside it, yet it didn’t disdain me as unworthy to sit together..."

Chen Shi and Hu Feifei dismounted from the back of the huge insect with six legs, bringing with them several pounds of "useless golden yellow stones."

They also purchased two six-legged Flea Pigs, with Hu Feifei and Nannan excitedly climbing onto the pigs’ backs, planning to take them out for a spin.

"Whoosh!"

The two Flea Pigs exerted force, leaping into the air and vanishing without a trace.

After a moment, excited shrieks from Hu Feifei and Nannan could be heard from afar.

The speed of the Flea Pigs was truly astonishing; the souls of both riders were nearly shaken out of their bodies.

"Mr. Sun, we have money again!"

Chen Shi called Sun Yisheng out, handed him a few pieces of broken gold, and laughed, "To the locals, this gold is just useless rocks, unable to be forged into spears. They need clothes more, so Feifei and I exchanged some. You take these first, and if it’s not enough, I have more."

Sun Yisheng was at a loss and promptly declined, "Young master, how could I take your money?"

He felt thoroughly embarrassed; not only had he been of no help along the way, but he had also been frequently injured, requiring the care of Chen Shi and the dog, with all three meals provided by Hu Feifei, the fox spirit.

He had been simply freeloading.

And now, he was being offered money by someone younger.

For the first time, he felt such incompetence.

Western Capital.

Wenchang Lane.

A light drizzle fell from the sky, and Grand Ancestor Li Yiran of the Li Family looked up into the rain at a patch of somber cloud.

While other clouds moved with the wind, this somber cloud remained still, forever looming over the Western Capital. Even on rainy days, it stood out from the rest.

With his keen eyesight, what others saw as a strange cloud, Li Yiran saw as a mass made up of corpses.

"Creation Little Five."

Li Yiran withdrew his gaze, chuckled, and then turned around, leisurely saying, "I’ve been waiting for you."

Behind him, a young man in a light green Scholar Robe approached, tall and handsome, with a pale, beardless face, one hand on his white jade belt, and the other holding an oil-paper umbrella, walking lazily through the rain-soaked lane.

He was Creation Little Five.

Li Family Ancestor stepped out from behind him, blocking his path.

At the same moment, both the former Sect Master and the Li Family Ancestor emerged from two other alleys, cornering Creation Little Five at the crossroads.

Creation Little Five, holding his oil-paper umbrella, frowned slightly.

"Back then, when Chen Yindou caused trouble in the Western Capital, I personally came out of seclusion to measure his capabilities."

Grand Ancestor Li Yiran said unhurriedly, "I enjoyed that battle greatly. Chen Yindou was indeed powerful. We both stepped back; he ceased his investigations into the past, and we no longer pursued him for the many he had killed, allowing Chen Tang to avoid death. Now, I wish to measure you up."