On the Avenue

Chapter 200 Living Sacrifice

Chen Shi put on newly made clothes, a white jacket underneath, a purple-breasted light green round-neck blouse on the outside, a pair of white-soled black-top soap boots with raised toes, and a small gold crown on his head.

In addition, he also has several other sets of clothes, including two sets of red and black flying fish suits embroidered with flying fish, with wing-shan crowns of different colors, one set of light red and light green robes, and several straight-waisted trousers. sets and five hairbands, all placed in the wooden cart.

Gouzi was wearing red trousers embroidered with peach blossoms and green leaves, his waistcoat was also red, and his back was embroidered with armor and horse charms. It was loose, and when he stood up, he looked like a human and a dog.

Chen Shi also bought Gouzi a pair of tortoiseshell spectacles with two dark blue glass lenses. He put a ribbon through the frame and tied it behind the ears of the dog's head.

This way, looking directly at the sun won't be too dazzling.

"By the way, someone also gave me a Caiyun Chariot. Riding in a wooden chariot is not as majestic as riding in a chariot. It is better to take a Caiyun Chariot to Yudu."

Chen Shi was about to change the carriage, but suddenly the wooden carriage opened its bloody mouth and swallowed the Caiyun Chariot whole into its belly. He had no choice but to give up and continue traveling in the wooden carriage.

The wooden cart turned on its wheels, walked out of the high threshold of Chen's house, crossed the steps, and came outside.

Qing'er said: "Master, I will go with you so that I can take care of your food and daily life."

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "It's no use if you go, it's better to stay at home."

Qing'er said: "Master, don't stay in the bathing capital for a long time. In April next year, I will enter Beijing to take the imperial examination. Xijing is a long way away, so don't delay it."

Chen Shi nodded and said, "Before I go to Xijing, I have to come back."

He got on the car and the wooden cart drove away.

Chen Shi said to the black pot: "It's really troublesome to live in a big house, and you have a woman taking care of you. It's better to be at home in Huangpo Village."

The bathing capital is located in the southwest of Xinxiang and due south of Gongzhou, which is a long way away.

They walked along the provincial post road. On the evening of the first day, they walked out of Xinxiang Province and came to the coastal military post station. They saw huge city walls standing high along the coastline. Every few miles on the city wall, there was a border military guard station. Tower, built on the city wall.

There is a giant bronze mirror upstairs, guarded by six or seven border troops, forcing the monsters in the sea to retreat.

Chen Shi stayed at the Border Army Post for one night. At night, he heard the roar of monsters in the sea, like thunder rolling on the other side of the wall.

But it was a peaceful night.

The next day, Chen Shi drove along the inter-provincial post road, but saw that a guard station on the way was captured by monsters. The guard station was destroyed, the bronze mirror was broken, and the soldiers did not know whether to die in battle or to retreat.

Darkness came a moment earlier, causing the monsters to become more powerful than before and break through the defense of the guard.

Going forward, there is still a section of the city wall that has collapsed. There are sticky traces left by the monster climbing on the ruins. Not far away, there is the corpse of the monster, which is extremely huge. A section of the skeleton covers the road.

The wooden cart passed under the skeleton, and several monks were seen sawing the bones. Chen Shi stopped to inquire, and one of the monks said: "Sawing the bones to make treasures."

"How did this monster die?" Chen Shi asked.

"I don't know. I heard that when the monster conquered the city wall, a red light flew from the coast, and the monster died."

Chen Shi thanked him and drove the wooden cart to leave.

"He was beaten to death by Mazu Empress with blood Ganoderma lucidum." He said to the black pot.

Suddenly, the monster's bones collapsed, and several monks who were sawing the bones fell down and fell to the ground, rubbing their buttocks and screaming in pain.

The monster was huge in size, but the essence in its bones was rapidly losing. After losing its essence, it turned into dust and fell to the ground. Soon the whole bones turned into powder and were piled together.

The monks ignored the pain and stepped forward to check, exclaiming in shock: "The energy has been drained by something!"

"There's something evil around here!"

Chen Shi's heart moved slightly: "It must be Empress Shiji's fault!"

In the small temple, Empress Shiji breathed a sigh of satisfaction.

These days, Chen Shi concentrates on his practice. She helps Chen Shi regulate his energy and blood and refine the golden elixir, and she also gets great benefits.

But she is a demon after all, and she is good at absorbing the stone nature of bones. Seeing this monster skeleton, she couldn't help but be happy, and simply absorbed the monster bones.

"When I was a demon in Skull Mountain, I took a breath, and all the stone nature in the bones of humans and animals for miles around was sucked away by me."

Empress Shiji was still unfinished and said, "Humans and animals cannot die yet. They are still alive and can only squirm. Later, I was beaten to death and became a god. This way I will not absorb the nature of bones and stones."

Chen Shi said cautiously: "My wife, don't you think you were beaten to death by the master and disciple because you did something wrong?"

Empress Shi Ji said: "I am a stone spirit, and I can practice cultivation. I don't have the sense of right and wrong like you people. I only know how to refine human bones, and I can cultivate immortality very quickly. Later, I was beaten to death by the pair of masters and disciples as a devil, and they blamed my skills. Not as good as human beings.”

Chen Shi thought for a moment and said, "You are not allowed to hurt others at will when you are under my sect."

Empress Shiji smiled and said: "After I was beaten to death, I knew how powerful I was and didn't dare to hurt others at will. Moreover, I was named Lord Yueyouxing, so I am a righteous god after all."

Chen Shi said sincerely: "The disabled righteous god."

They settled in Fei County, rested for one night, and continued on their way.

Because Mazu was guarding the territory of Gongzhou, even if there were sea monsters that broke through the border blockade, they would all die under the blood of Ganoderma lucidum, leaving only huge skeletons. Empress Shiji was very excited and absorbed these bones along the way to strengthen herself.

However, she absorbed the bones of dozens of monsters before and after, which only made her hair thicker. Not to mention growing a body, it was even difficult to grow a neck!

"I need to absorb demons."

Empress Shiji was still unfinished and said to Chen Shi, "It's best to be a demon. If the demon is too strong, I'm afraid I will be damaged. That little girl Ying Rumeng is very good, but her strength is not weak. I haven't regained my supernatural power." , can't digest her. But demon seeds are easy to digest. Or if you find treasures such as divine bones and demon bones, they will grow quickly after I absorb them, which will help me. Quickly regain strength.”

Chen Shi smiled and said: "Where can I find these places you mentioned? It's been so many years before one or two demon species appear, and Ying Rumeng is running all over the place. Where can I easily meet her? And the divine bones How could the Demon Bones, a place filled with demonic energy, be found so easily?"

Empress Shiji also knew that he was right and sighed.

The wooden cart drove out of Gongzhou and into Yudu.

Empress Shi Ji suddenly screamed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I feel the breath of the little witch!"

She was confused and lost her voice: "I also noticed the aura of the demon species!"

Chen Shi was stunned. It couldn't be such a coincidence, right?

Before he could speak, Empress Shiji exclaimed: "The demonic energy here is very strong, and the farther you go, the more evil it becomes... Weird, really weird! This is the place where the evil energy is deep as I just said! Your Majesty , we are in the right place!”

She said excitedly: "This demon species has attracted a lot of evil spirits and rushed there! It has developed, it has developed this time! I can't believe that not only can I recover all my cultivation, but I can also recover my true body!"

Chen Shi raised his head and looked into the distance.

That's the direction of Bath City.

Could it be that Yudu is a place filled with evil spirits?

Empress Shi Ji repeatedly urged him to walk faster, lest Ying Rumeng slip away, and said: "This little girl must be here for that demon seed! She was born early and is not yet an adult, so she wants to absorb the demon seed. , to help myself grow. This girl is so slippery, I have recovered a bit this time, and I can’t let her run away!”

Chen Shi drove the wooden cart and drove along the coastline, stopping in Duocai County (the prototype of Duocai County: Baltimore City, Baltimore).

Chen Shi went to the county town and bought a lot of swords. That night, the swords turned into birds and flew quietly to the bathing capital.

He did not rush to Bath City immediately, but rested in Ducai County, waiting until the birds entered Bath City, and observed the human geography of Bath City, the distribution of various streets, and the layout of large and small buildings.

He controlled these birds to find Prince Zheng's Mansion, flew into the Prince's Mansion, landed on a tree, and observed the people in Prince Zheng's Mansion.

Chen Shi stayed in Duocai County for two days, but never left for the bathing capital. Empress Shiji couldn't help but become anxious and urged him to leave as soon as possible.

Chen Shi still had no intention of moving and continued to observe.

Suddenly, he saw Scholar Pei raising his head and looking at the birds on the tree, and his heart moved slightly: "Young Master did not execute Scholar Pei, which is quite impressive."

Just as he thought of this, Scholar Pei waved his sword energy and flew over, knocking down the bird that the sword he controlled had transformed into.

Chen Shi suddenly lost his vision, but there were other birds.

Just listen to Scholar Pei shouting: "Quick! Quick! Shoot down these birds!"

Chen Shi's heart moved slightly, and he controlled the birds to flutter their wings. Suddenly, one after another, as if out of control, they broke away from his control and fell down.

Chen Shi stood up suddenly, extremely surprised.

In Yudu City, there was an extremely powerful master who broke his flying sword spell in the blink of an eye!

Is it the powerful people from Prince Zheng's palace, or is it the young master who takes action himself?

Chen Shi's face turned gloomy. He stayed in Duocai County for another day and finally broke through to the ninth level of the Golden Core. Then he called the black pot and drove to Yudu.

At noon, Bath City finally came into view.

The city wall was being built outside Yudu City. The city wall here was broken by monsters in the sea and collapsed for more than ten miles. When Chen Shi passed by, many people were recruited by the government to repair the city wall. Many people are digging the foundation. The foundation is more than ten feet wide and three to four feet deep. It is extremely huge.

Empress Shiji exclaimed in shock: "The underground of this section of the city wall is quite full of demonic energy. There should be something underground!"

Chen Shi got out of the car and watched, and saw many big men digging underground. Suddenly, blood poured out of the ground. The people were so frightened that they dropped their iron picks and ran up, screaming in surprise.

Several well-dressed people who were respected by the craftsmen came over. The leader was a potbellied man who was kind to others and always had a smile on his shiny face.

Someone shouted: "Master Qianxiang is here!"

Chen Shi asked a craftsman, "Who is this Qian Xiangzhu? He treats others with kindness."

"The master of money and incense in the Luban clan is the most generous person."

The craftsman must also be from the Luban Sect. He puffed up his chest and said, "We, the skilled craftsmen of the Luban Sect, are responsible for building this section of the city wall. Now that we encounter difficulties, we need an expert like Qian Xiangzhu to help!"

Chen Shi has always respected these craftsmen. He is a talisman master and a craftsman.

Although the Master Qianxiang was fat, he was as light as a swallow, extremely dexterous, and leaped like flying. He soon reached the depths of the foundation, stood by the blood pool, and offered sacrifices to the Nascent Soul.

Nascent Soul measured the size of the blood pool, and suddenly dived into the blood pool, going deep into the ground to measure the depth of the blood pool.

Qian Xiangzhu stood by the blood pool, Yuanying flew up, and said strange words in his mouth, fast and urgent, as if he was talking to someone.

After a while, the owner of Qianxiang ordered people to burn incense and worship. However, after the incense candle was lit, a dark wind suddenly blew and the incense fell and the candle went out.

Master Qian Xiang lowered his face and performed the ritual in front of the incense candle. Dark clouds suddenly filled the sky above the blood pool, and thunder rolled down. The blood pool also churned on its own, fighting against the thunder.

After a while, the blood pool receded, revealing the ground.

Qian Xiangzhu seemed to have spent too much energy and blood and needed someone to help him climb up from the ground. He panted and said: "The evil spirits in the ground have been removed. It's time to start work. Wait a minute, Lao Liao, you take ten of them first. The diligent brothers went down and leveled the blood-soaked ground."

Old Liao, the craftsman next to Chen Shi, said so, and quickly called more than a dozen young people to get off the foundation and walk down the steps.

When Chen Shi was about to leave, Empress Shi Ji smiled and said: "There are evil spirits in the ground that absorb the moonlight and create a climate, so we have to drive stakes. The fat man and the thing have made an agreement. The thing is not fragrant, and there is nothing he can do to avoid it. So we can only drive raw piles.”

Chen Shi asked: "What is driving piles?"

"It is a living sacrifice."

Empress Shiji said, "Sacrifice a living person to that thing underground. When that thing is full, it will not cause trouble. Now that thing has become the climate, if we don't drive piles, this city wall cannot be built. These ten These few people are Fatty Qian's sacrifices to that thing in the ground!"

Chen Shi had heard his grandfather say similar things.

When building the city wall in the past, it was necessary to guard against the enemy's spells. Many black dogs had to be killed, and the blood of the black dogs was mixed with glutinous rice soup to build the city wall. You also need to kill a lot of people and build them into the city wall. The wall will not fall down if it is hit by spells.

However, those killed at that time were often death row prisoners.

Is there any reason to sacrifice one's own people as living stakes?

Chen Shi walked out and suddenly took a step back. He was one or two feet away from Master Qian Xiang. He took a step back and stepped in front of Master Qian Xiang.

Even though Qian Xiang was majoring in Nascent Soul, his realm was higher than Chen Shi's, he had no time to prepare himself. Chen Shi came to his side and bumped into him.

His body as fat as a ball was immediately knocked out and fell deep into the foundation!

Qian Xiangzhu was shocked and angry, and encouraged his cultivation, but Chen Shi's collision actually scattered his energy and blood. The energy and blood rushed left and right in the body, making it difficult to gather.

He activated the Nascent Soul, and a surge of mana from the Nascent Soul surged out. Just as he was about to catch his body, he saw Chen Shi standing at the edge of the foundation, looking down, and pressed down with his palm intentionally or unintentionally.

Qian Xiangzhu suddenly felt a mountain-like force pressing down on him. Yuanying could not hold up his body and hit the foundation with a roar.

He showed a look of fear and screamed: "Pull me out quickly! Pull me out quickly!"

Lao Liao and others were coming down the steps. When they saw Qian Xiangzhu landing, they hurriedly speeded up and prepared for rescue.

Unexpectedly, Qian Xiangzhu seemed to be embedded in the ground, unable to move. The fat on his body melted away rapidly, and soon only a white skeleton was left lying there, with countless white insect-like tentacles as thick as hair flying among his bones. It seems that I haven't eaten enough, and I still have more to say.

Seeing this situation, how could Lao Liao and others dare to go down? Standing there at a loss.

"The piles have been driven."

Empress Shiji chuckled lightly and absorbed the stone nature in Qian Xiangzhu's bones. Qian Xiangzhu's bones immediately shattered with a crash and turned into powder.

Those white insect-like tentacles seemed to be frightened and hurriedly retracted into the depths of the earth.

Empress Shiji absorbed the nature of bone and stone, making her realize that there was a big guy who was thousands of times more terrifying than herself, and she didn't dare to make any mistakes.

Chen Shi glanced deep into the foundation, with an indifferent expression, turned around and squeezed out of the crowd, heading towards Yudu.

In the city of Yudu, the witch Ying Rumeng's face suddenly changed slightly, and she called Monk Wuchen who was begging for food: "Stop begging, let's leave Yudu quickly!"

Monk Wuchen was puzzled: "Didn't Uncle Master say that this place is extremely evil and that it is a good place to practice Buddhism? Now that the evil atmosphere has not been eliminated, why are you in a hurry to leave?"

"The enemy is here!"

Ying Rumeng said quickly, "I sensed the aura of my enemy. He has also entered the city. If we don't leave, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave!"

Monk Wuchen quickly followed her and said, "Uncle Master, if we don't stay here to slay demons, where can we go to practice?"

"I noticed another extremely demonic place, a hundred times more demonic than here. Let's go there."

Ying Rumeng looked up to the west.

"Xi-Jing!"