Above the Great Dao
Chapter 612 - 279: Princes and Generals, Can They Be Bred_2

Chapter 612: Chapter 279: Princes and Generals, Can They Be Bred_2

Chen Shi spoke loudly, "I disagree! I still want to compete for the top scorer title! I want to fight for the scholars from the countryside! Moreover, I don’t lack a wife! I have saved a lot of money, and when I return to my hometown, I can marry many wives! Xuanxuan, thank you!"

Saintess Xuan raised her voice, "I know! If someone invites you to the Small Jinhua Temple, don’t go!"

Chen Shi replied loudly, "Alright! I won’t go!"

Saintess Xuan said loudly, "I’m going back now, you continue your training!"

She waved her hand, and Chen Shi waved back.

Saintess Xuan left the Guangji Storehouse, a smile lingering on her plump face.

Walking on the courier path outside the Guangji Storehouse, the wind blew, and the dandelions by the road danced in the wind, twirling and floating upwards.

She looked up at the drifting dandelions, and tears streamed down like broken strings.

At that moment, she understood what it meant to have feelings.

Unfortunately, she had been rejected.

She didn’t want to stay in Western Capital City anymore; she wanted to return to the Bodhi Dojo.

She wanted to go back and tell Master Miao Yin that she now understood what it felt to have emotions, and also why cutting off these feelings could elevate her Buddhist cultivation.

But Master, what should I do if the other person had not been moved, and it was only me who felt this way?

Please teach me, Master, how can I cut these feelings off?

Chen Shi took off his clothes and continued his training, testing various Body Refining Techniques from the True King’s Tomb, tempering his physical body.

Saintess Xuan’s confession was just a distracting noise from his training, and he soon put it out of mind, his focus pure again, with no more disturbances—of course, he didn’t realize it had been a confession.

There were many types of skills in the True King’s Tomb, and the Body Refining Techniques each had their strengths; it wasn’t the case that techniques ranked lower had nothing commendable.

And Xiaolang’s Emperor Chapter Skill was not flawless; it too had its shortcomings.

In this cultivation session, Chen Shi aimed to temper every aspect of himself to the extreme, to realize the Taoist Body mentioned in the Xiaolang’s Emperor Chapter Skill, and with this Taoist Body, disrupt Chen Tang’s preemptive strategy and push him out of the main hall!

It was in the afternoon when Black Pot’s calling came, and he stopped to perform the returning fire to the source.

Above his head and behind his brain, the Six-layered Sky withdrew in order, entering his body, his muscles and fascia constantly throbbing, divine light shining all around, his skin gleaming as if it were fine jade.

After a while, this phenomenon subsided, returning to normal.

This was the returning fire to the source.

Even if one cultivated a divine skill such as Xiaolang’s Emperor Chapter Skill, this step could not be omitted.

Chen Shi got dressed, went to the water well in the Guangji Storehouse to fetch a bucket of water, washed his face, climbed onto the wooden cart, and headed towards Western Capital City.

It was not yet evening. The wind blew some dandelions into the sky.

Watching them float away, Chen Shi’s mind soared with the dandelions, "I’ll give it another try tonight. Even if I can’t get rid of Chen Tang, I can at least sleep well."

"Brother, brother, might you give me a ride?" A young Taoist stood by the roadside, waving his hand, his face all smiles.

Chen Shi stopped the cart and said, "It turns out to be Yu Lingzi. Where do you plan to go, Taoist?"

The young Taoist said with surprise, "You recognize me, brother?"

Chen Shi smiled, "When you entered the city with the young master, you were sitting on a lotus platform atop a plum deer. I was watching from below. A passerby next to me called out your name, Taoist."

Yu Lingzi laughed, "I see. I plan to enter Western Capital City, do I happen to be on your way?"

Chen Shi replied cheerfully, "You are indeed. Please, Taoist, get on the cart."

The wooden cart was quite tall, one had to climb up. Chen Shi reached out his hand, and Yu Lingzi pulled on it, both exerting strength. Yu Lingzi was pulled onto the cart, rubbing his own hand, he laughed and said, "Brother Chen sure has great strength."

Chen Shi looked at his own hand that had turned pale from the pinch and laughed, "The Taoist’s strength is also considerable."

Black Pot obediently jumped down from the cart and started running ahead of it. He judged the situation, feeling that staying on the cart would most likely end badly, so he got off in advance.

Yu Lingzi sat cross-legged opposite Chen Shi, gazing at him.

Chen Shi responded with a smile.

The wooden cart rattled along, gradually picking up speed.

Yu Lingzi laughed and said, "Brother Chen, do you know of the Taihua Qing Palace?"

Chen Shi replied, "I’ve heard of it. It’s said to be a Taoist sacred land, but I’m not very familiar with it."

Yu Lingzi said, "Years ago, the eunuch leading the Great Ming’s Treasure Ship fleet sailed into the Dark Sea. At that time, our Taihua Qing Palace was already on board, with eighteen Taoists. The eighteen Taoists of the Taihua Qing Palace followed the eunuch to the West Bull New Continent, where evil spirits lurked everywhere, and demon kings were a common sight. The eighteen Taoists summoned the Ancestor Master Tablet, established the lineage of The Three Pure Ones, invited the ancestors to descend, and fought shoulder to shoulder with the Great Ming soldiers. Three years later, only three of the eighteen Taoists remained."

As he recounted the history of the Taihua Qing Palace, he said, "The three Taoists, covered in blood, fought their way into the heartland of the West Bull New Continent, where the Demon Qi was heaviest, vanquishing the hordes of demons, and they placed the Ancestor Master Tablet on an unnamed barren mountain, guarding it for forty-nine days. In these forty-nine days, countless demon lords and evil spirits rushed up the mountain, intending to ravage it. But still, they managed to defend it. Later, Emperor Cheng Zhu granted awards and named the mountain West Taihua Mountain, making it a Taoist sacred land for our Taihua Qing Palace."

Chen Shi listened with blood boiling, wishing he could go back in time to witness the eighteen Taoists vanquishing the hordes of demons.

Yu Lingzi continued, "Taihua itself has a history. Taihua Mountain, also known as Hua Mountain, was originally the Western Peak of the Five Sacred Mountains in the Huaxia Divine Continent, where the Taoists established the Qing Palace. So, our Taihua Qing Palace is a branch of China’s Taoist order. Generations of Taoists from the Qing Palace dare not forget their roots."

Chen Shi praised, "The Taihua lineage, passed down from generation to generation, is truly admirable."

Yu Lingzi stated, "The Taihua Qing Palace is well aware that demon kings and evil spirits are always ready to strike back, and therefore, we Taoists cultivate day and night, ever-ready to suppress demons and uphold the Taoist way. Our Taihua Qing Palace’s ability to exorcise demons is unparalleled in the West Bull New Continent. I’ve heard that Brother Chen has an evil spirit lurking within his Sea of Consciousness, which erupted in Gongzhou once, endangering the lives of the local people. If Brother Chen is willing to accompany me to the Taihua Qing Palace, we will do our utmost to expunge all the demons within you!"

Chen Shi inquired, "How many days will it take to reach the Taihua Qing Palace?"

"Not long, it will take about fourteen or fifteen days."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "If that’s the case, I’ll go to the Taihua Qing Palace with the Taoist once the Imperial Examination and the imperial examination are over."

Yu Lingzi shook his head, sighing, "After the imperial examination, that opportunity will no longer exist. Brother Chen, you have only one chance, and that is today."

Chen Shi shook his head, "Then, I must give up this opportunity."

Yu Lingzi frowned slightly, patiently saying, "There are few in this world who can help you remove the demon within, not even the Thirteen Families. Even for our Taihua Qing Palace, we must humbly summon the Ancestor Master Tablet to have full confidence in assisting you in exorcising the demon. This opportunity is extremely rare!"

Chen Shi was most sincere as he said, "Taoist, there is something I do not understand. If the Taihua Qing Palace is indeed a Taoist Sacred Land, a place of tranquility and inaction, why then would you act as a lobbyist for a young master?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Lingzi realized that his intentions had been guessed and did not conceal them, responding earnestly, "Senior Brother Chen, it is not that I wish to act as a lobbyist for the young master, but rather the world now needs the young master! You must have seen it, how the political abuses have been long-standing, the countryside disrupted, evil spirits rampant, the court powerless, and the common people growing poorer and weaker! Our Taoist order senses that the fortunes of the West Bull New Continent are declining day by day! West Bull New Continent needs a True King, needs a revolution, a change in circumstances! Now is the time of great change..."

As he spoke, his expression shifted slightly, he flicked his fingers, and out in the wilderness, one after another, the Heaven Listeners turned to wood, grew branches on their heads, and soon sprouted leaves, quickly turning into towering trees.

Yu Lingzi’s eyes flickered: "What is meant by a great change? It is that the heavens are changing! It is that the Outer Heaven True God is changing! Now is our best opportunity, to take advantage of the changing heavens, to select a True King, eradicate the long-standing problems, break free from shackles, and usher in the prosperity of the True King Era once more! That person..."

Chen Shi cut him off, calmly saying, "Why can’t that person be me?"

Yu Lingzi’s gaze turned cold, "You don’t bear the Zhu surname."

After a pause, he continued, "If you don’t bear the Zhu surname, you cannot gather the people’s hearts, there will be thirteen kings who will rise against you, and various ambitious schemers will sway public opinion, proclaiming themselves as kings, leading to great chaos!"

He said passionately, "For the sake of the world’s common people, I ask that Brother Chen give up the competition for top scorer!"

Chen Shi tapped his finger against the wooden cart’s side, thud, thud, at a steady pace, neither hurried nor slow, as though knocking on hearts, resounding with each heartbeat.

"Yu Lingzi, why do you not have confidence in the young master, believing he cannot defeat me and win the top scorer?"

His tapping stopped; he looked straight into Yu Lingzi’s eyes, "If he is the man of destiny, why should he fear me?"

Chen Shi leaned back, "If he cannot even defeat me, what right does he have to lead the world and defy fate?"

Yu Lingzi’s expression darkened: "You’ve already killed Shen Hongniang; it’s time to make concessions."

Chen Shi shook his head, "Shen Hongniang, I had to kill. The young master, I must also kill. There is no room for compromise. Taoist, please return."

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