Above the Great Dao
Chapter 562 - 261: Testing the Waters

Chapter 562: Chapter 261: Testing the Waters

This investigation had imparted a sense of defeat upon the elders of the Thirteen Families. Originally, they intended to probe the depths of Creation Little Five before deciding whether to take action against Chen Shi.

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing had committed numerous evils, creating the Red Horse Bandits in Qingzhou and ruining the spiritual plantations of the Thirteen Families. Ostensibly the properties of the Wan Family, these Spiritual Medicines were in fact meant to prolong the lives of these elders. Chen Shi and Li Tianqing didn’t take all the Spiritual Medicines, only one-fifth, leaving four-fifths behind. But this act would cause these people to live twenty years less!

How could they tolerate this?

Before dealing with Chen Shi, they must first probe the depths of Creation Little Five.

They had emerged from seclusion, and their purpose in going to the Western Capital was to probe Creation Little Five’s depths.

Creation Little Five’s depths were indeed probed by them. However, their own depths were also probed by Creation Little Five.

Such an outcome shouldn’t have occurred.

With the strength of the Thirteen Families, their true capacities should not have been discerned by others.

Yet Creation Little Five was far too cunning!

The battle in the streets of the Western Capital gave these celestial beings the feeling of old men and women fighting, their divine Spells and Divine Skills reduced to bare-knuckle brawling.

There were those knocked over, kicked to the ground, with fingers broken, toes crushed, eyes gouged, noses picked, and despicable techniques used to attack the groin—despite being cornered, they too resorted to such lowly tactics.

Most crucially, when Creation Little Five wanted to leave, he simply left. These supreme beings, to their astonishment, could not detain him.

How severe Creation Little Five’s injuries were, they could only guess.

This was what they truly dreaded.

"My face is in the dirt," sighed Fei Yuji, the elder of the Fei Family, her spirit dampened.

The others shared this feeling of losing face.

Ma Jun suggested, "Since it’s rare for fellow Daoists to gather, why not find a scenic spot to rest awhile and share a cup of wine?"

The elders of the Great Families nodded in agreement. Now that Creation Little Five had departed, uncertain of his injuries, they dared not separate for fear of his attack.

If it were someone like Chen Yindou, they wouldn’t have these worries, after all, Chen Yindou had pride in his bones, but Creation Little Five clearly lacked it.

Creation Little Five was like Chen Yindou in his youth, yet unbound by moral and emotional constraints.

They needed to gather together, to seriously discuss strategies, and to no longer fight alone.

At the entrance to Wenchang Alley, the kid with the umbrella was still looking around, waiting for the Scholar to come back for his umbrella. His friends came to ask him to play football, but he declined.

It had been a while since the old folks beat up the Scholar, and he hadn’t shown up yet.

He was about to place the umbrella by the wall, when the Scholar appeared, braving the rain.

"Your umbrella!" the child exclaimed excitedly.

Creation Little Five took the umbrella, and the child ran off towards his friends. Then, suddenly stopping and turning back, he said, "When you fight next time, you can’t show off by using only one hand! You used one hand, and when lots of people were on them, you got knocked down. You need to use both hands, catch an old man and beat him continuously, beat that old man to a pulp, and when the other old men see how fierce you are, they won’t dare hit you!"

Creation Little Five’s expression was solemn, "I’ve learned my lesson. How do you know all this?"

"We play football in the streets, and when we meet others who play, we have to compete. If we don’t do well, we fight, and after being beaten a lot, I understood."

Creation Little Five nodded lightly, feeling there was reason in his words, "I’ll treat you to soy milk."

"No!" The child ran off.

Creation Little Five, not irritated by his refusal, walked to Wuchang Street holding his umbrella to drink soy milk, his heart tinged with melancholy, "I said that when fighting with me, they would not reveal a trace of the power of their divine Spells and Skills. But it happened, an innocent bystander was shattered by the shock. I lost."

His injuries were severe, but what vexed him most was the death of that person who tried to break up the fight.

Although he had not perished directly by his hand, the leakage of his power indicated his skills were not yet perfected, his control not yet meticulous.

He was good in everything, except that he set his standards too high.

When he used to research with Chen Yindou, Chen Yindou had also mentioned this point, feeling that he was overly meticulous about details, and thus lost perspective on major issues.

Creation Little Five sat in the soy milk shop, closing his umbrella, and thought to himself, "But I just can’t change."

Although severely injured, he wouldn’t die in a soy milk shop, so he would still drink the soy milk.

This was one of the few pleasures he had since entering the capital.

In the Western Capital, many eyes were watching him, but he was indifferent.

Eunuch Feng Tianhuan, the former supervisory official, arrived again at the Yan residence, seeking the former Cabinet Scholar, Yan Xianzhi.

Eunuch Feng sat in his wheelchair with two maids squatting beside it, diligently massaging his paralyzed legs.

"My Lord Yan, have you seen the elders of the families ganging up on Little Five?" Eunuch Feng inquired.

Yan Xianzhi sighed, somewhat dispirited, "I have. It was just dozens of old men and women beating up a young Scholar, so much for the Complete Mahayana Realm and peerless experts, their dignity utterly lost."

He found it both amusing and pathetic. Despite being beaten black and blue, with multiple wounds inflicted, among them were four of his own Yan Family’s ancestors.

As a former University Scholar and a presence in the Returning Void Realm, Yan Xianzhi might not have compared to the family elders, but he had a broad vision and insight, recognizing that despite the battle appearing like a street brawl between the elderly, it was indeed extremely dangerous.

After all, the mystic object, essential for maintaining the fortune of the West Bull New Continent, had reacted to the threat, releasing its power. Anyone with eyesight knew this battle was no small matter.

Eunuch Feng shifted and said, "Lord Yan, it was before Little Five arrived in the Western Capital that you resigned from your position as University Scholar, to avoid unnecessary risks and a tarnished reputation. Now, the current University Scholar is Mr. Zhang Fuzheng, Zhang. He’s the one with the damaged reputation and troubled woes. With Creation Little Five’s tumult, the Thirteen Families will likely compromise and disclose who stole the Innate Dao Embryo."