Above the Great Dao
Chapter 640 - 290 Your Father Misses You_2

Chapter 640: Chapter 290 Your Father Misses You_2

He led Chen Shi forward, and the geography ahead transformed greatly, becoming the Imperial Palace. The buildings and palace halls on either side receded behind them, then they arrived at another building where thirteen masters released overwhelming auras; they were the thirteen Cabinet Ministers discussing affairs of state.

With Chen Shi, Creation Small Five walked among these thirteen top masters in the world, yet these masters from various great families seemed oblivious to them, as if they couldn’t see them, continuing to argue over different state policies.

The two left the Cabinet and appeared at Caishi Kou, where executions were taking place. The bright blade light descended from the sky; Chen Shi and Creation Small Five passed through the blade light unharmed.

Suddenly, their surroundings changed, and they were walking in the underworld of the Western Capital, passing by giant Primordial Spirits.

These Primordial Spirits belonged to the thirteen families and the top masters of the Returning Void Realm and the Mahayana Realm in the Western Capital. Although they governed the void and pierced the Netherworld, they dared not protest when seeing the two.

Creation Small Five laughed and said, "After mastering the Luotian Dajiao and Circulation Heaven Great Jiao, if you are even slightly smarter than your father, you can grasp the principle of Circulation Transformation and understand your own Ghost God Domain. Look."

He drew a Taishang Eight Trigrams Protection Talisman and stretched this talisman from a plane to a three-dimensional form, allowing Chen Shi to clearly see the process of the talisman’s transformation.

The three-dimensional Eight Trigrams began to change, transforming into wind and rain, into thunder and lightning, into the vast heavens and earth!

Creation Small Five grabbed the Qian and Kun Trigrams, offering up the two trigrams, causing Heaven and Earth to be inverted!

Chen Shi looked up at the sky, where the Western Capital floated, with buildings oriented towards the ground, people walking in the sky of the Western Capital, yet remaining oblivious to everything.

"Your grandfather once said, what he feared most was rote learning; you must comprehend and understand what you learn. He was originally the least talented person but became the strongest through comprehension and understanding."

Creation Small Five continued softly, "The Taishang Eight Trigrams Protection Talisman was learned alongside him, the Supreme Trigram Protection Technique was passed to me by Lady Sha, but the Qiankun Transformation was something I realized from the talisman and technique, cultivating the Ghost God Domain. The Eight Trigrams Protection Talisman isn’t particularly complex, nor is the Supreme Trigram Protection Technique a top cultivation technique. Despite their simplicity, why do they house such vast power of the Ghost God Domain?"

He tapped Chen Shi’s forehead and smiled, "Use your brain, feel, understand. This is the bottom-line wisdom my dad taught me. I’m passing it to you. Defeating Chen Tang isn’t difficult; the challenge is to understand this bottom-line wisdom."

He turned and left, his voice trailing behind him, "Go back, defeat Chen Tang, don’t let me down."

Heaven and Earth returned to normal, and Chen Shi found himself back on the bustling street, standing still for a long time.

People came and went on the street, bustling about, men and women brushed past him, yet within the busy marketplace, it felt as if he alone existed in the world.

Though the talisman is the simplest, the ability to comprehend the Ghost God Domain requires immense talent!

The greatest treasure in this world is not the Immortal Law from the True King’s Tomb but these ubiquitous talismans!

After a while, Chen Shi moved his steps and returned to the Chen Mansion.

During dinner, Chen Shi appeared mature and steady, showing respect to Chen Tang like a father.

Chen Tang treated him with the affection of a father for his beloved son.

After dinner, Black Pot came forward, cleared away dishes, and then withdrew from the main hall, leaving the father and son alone.

"Did Creation Small Five teach you many things?"

Chen Tang spoke indifferently, "You can showcase it now."

Chen Shi kept his eyes on his nose, his nose on his heart, smiling, "Chen Tang, Uncle Five indeed taught me a lot, but none of these things need to be used against you."

Chen Tang uttered a sound, enigmatically, "You haven’t learned, have you?"

Chen Shi smiled, saying, "Chen Tang, I have seen what you call the core children of the family, and that was just so-so."

Chen Tang remained expressionless, "Are you talking about the people at Qixia Temple? They’re not what I refer to as core disciples. The core disciples I’ve mentioned are now Sect Masters of the thirteen families, possessing Returning Void Realm cultivation, unlike those you encountered at Qixia Temple."

Chen Shi raised his eyes to him, "You know I visited Qixia Temple?"

Chen Tang, eyes on his nose, nose on his heart, said, "What you did wasn’t clean enough, like Yindou does things sloppily, of course, I went to see."

Chen Shi said, "Yindou is your father, speak more respectfully. Have you ever fought with the true core disciples of the family? What was the outcome?"

Chen Tang maintained a calm demeanor, "If you can surpass me, then you can surpass them."

Chen Shi smiled, "Good."

Black Pot stood guard outside the door, suddenly hearing the sound of wind rising in the main hall, a fierce gale began. It turned to look, only to see shadows of chopsticks flickering everywhere inside the humble room. Suddenly, with a bang, Chen Shi slammed against the wall, nearly crashing into the spirit tablet of Chen Yindou, while Chen Tang flew out, almost skimming the ground, and with a bang, smashed the artificial mountain in the yard!

Black Pot was startled.

"Splat."

Chen Tang fell into the pond below the rockery.

A thud came from the main hall as Chen Shi collapsed from the wall.

The Black Pot’s ears twitched again and then drooped, rising to wag its tail as it walked away.

Little Five squatted on the rooftop of the Chen Mansion, watching the scene, excitedly saying, "Well done!"

The Black Pot looked up, but Little Five had already disappeared from sight.

Not long after, Chen Shi and Chen Tang sat under the eaves, one drenched from head to toe, bruised and battered, the other with several bloody holes, sitting there lost in thought.

"Chen Tang, you were a bit ruthless," Chen Shi looked at the injuries on his body and said.

"You kicked my lower parts and poked my eyes," Chen Tang said with a dark expression.

Chen Shi was silent for a moment, then said, "Chen Tang, I can beat you now; I’m powerful now. I want to be the top scorer. You support me."

Chen Tang said, "Competing for the top scorer will put you in danger. The young master is determined to be the top scorer; if you compete with him, he’ll stop at nothing to ensure you can’t."

Chen Shi raised his eyebrows, "Me competing for the top scorer makes things difficult for you? Delays your official career advancement?"

"How dare you speak to me like that?" Chen Tang got angry, jumping to his feet.

The Black Pot was about to deliver new clothes but stopped upon hearing this.

Chen Shi snorted and said, "I’m determined to fight for this top scorer. Chen Tang, when you went to the capital for the exams, you could only get fourteenth place; you didn’t dare compete with them, you were cowardly. I won’t be as cowardly as you; I want to do it and be first!"

Chen Tang roared in anger, raised his hand, and made a gesture to hit him.

Chen Shi stood up, straightening his neck, leaning his face forward, "Hit me! Why don’t you hit? After grandfather saved my life, you never came back to see us!"

Chen Shi’s anger rose as he shouted, "You don’t come back for New Year, don’t come back for festivals! Even when grandfather passed away, you didn’t come back! Chen Wu is reckless, but at least he knows to come back and offer a few kowtows to grandfather! You can’t even match up to Chen Wu! Go ahead and hit! Beat your own son, throw a tantrum at home, be a hero!"

Chen Tang was forced to retreat step after step.

Chen Shi moved his head closer, sneering, "You’re a hero! You left grandfather and me in the countryside, didn’t raise me, didn’t give grandfather a proper farewell! You still want to beat me! Kill me then, it doesn’t matter because I’m not your son! You’re even worse than an eunuch, Eunuch Feng at least supports me! Chen Tang, if you’re a hero today, do it in front of the Black Pot, in front of mother’s face, in front of grandfather’s memorial tablet, kill me!"

Chen Tang snorted angrily, abruptly withdrawing his hand, shouting, "I’m worried about your safety!"

Chen Shi sneered, "Chen Tang, your obedient son isn’t here today! I’m fighting for the top scorer, I want to kill the young master!"

"You’re rebelling!" Chen Tang trembled with fury.

"I am rebelling!"

Chen Shi set up the small temple and tossed the Fu Shen Tianji talisman from the shrine before him.

At this moment, Fu Shen Tianji was still repairing his body; most of it was restored, an arm had regrown, and a torso, but no legs, sitting on the ground. Still a bit deranged, upon seeing Chen Tang, he recognized him and called out, "Chen Tang, your father wants you to come home."

He paused, then said, "Your father misses you."

Chen Tang was deeply rattled, unknowingly shedding two streams of clear tears.

Fu Shen Tianji suddenly went into a frenzy, knocking Chen Tang down, swinging his eight arms and furiously pounding him, shouting, "Little Five! Fight me to the death!"

Chen Shi jumped in fright, worried that Fu Shen Tianji might kill him, hastily retrieving the Heavenly Mechanism back into the small temple.

Fu Shen Tianji became muddled again, climbing to sit atop the shrine.

Chen Shi looked at Chen Tang, seeing him sitting dazedly on the ground, beaten bruised and battered, somewhat lost.

"Do you really want to be the top scorer?"

Chen Tang shakily stood up, saying, "I didn’t dare to become the top scorer back then. But my son wants to be the top scorer, I will definitely support him."

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