On the Avenue

Outside Xijing City, where the sunset glows, a white elephant comes into view.

The giant elephant is snow-white, as if carved from white jade, but it is very large, taller than the city tower of Xijing. There is fluff growing upward on the elephant's head, forming the shape of a fountain. On the fluff, someone has built wooden boards and laid golden blankets.

Several strong men, about seven feet tall, stand shirtless at the four corners, looking around vigilantly.

On the elephant's back is a wooden building with three floors and terraces on all four sides. There are people standing on each terrace, wearing golden armor, and behind them stands a few feet tall Yuanshen. In the wooden building on the third floor, several people who look like scholars stand by the windowsill, looking out, talking and laughing.

"Which one is the young master?" Everyone looks up, and someone shouts. At this time, another giant elephant comes into view, walking towards Xijing City.

There was also a strongman guarding the head of the giant elephant. The yellow-turbaned strongman was golden and powerful. He roared suddenly, which was comparable to the roar of a tiger and a dragon, and the sound was thunderous.

On the back of the elephant was a lotus platform, four or five feet in radius. The most eye-catching thing was a monk with a golden body of six feet. There was Buddha light behind his head, presenting a pure land vision.

This pure land was called the Western Paradise.

The monk stood on the lotus platform, overlooking the people on both sides of the streets and buildings in Xijing City, like a Buddha overlooking all living beings. "Is the young master a monk?"

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Someone shook his head and said, "That's not the young master! The monk is the holy son of Dabaoguo Temple, Wuxiang."

There was also a woman on the lotus platform, with a solemn appearance, holding a pure bottle in her hand, and a great compassion. She was Xuan Shengnv of the Bodhi Daochang, and her secular name was Ji Xuanxuan.

The other was also a young man, who looked elegant and romantic, but Chen Shi heard from people around him that this person was a disciple of Fan Kongliu from Shuiyue Shengjing, another holy place of Buddhism. He practiced with his hair uncut, but he was a playboy and had affairs with many women.

Chen Shi's eyes fell on them, and he thought, "These people are all masters! But Saint Xuan is among them, is she just a sham?" He glanced at the crowd and felt that although these people were also very outstanding, they should not be young masters.

Two white elephants entered the city one after another. They were too big and could not pass through the city gate, but various talismans lit up on the four legs of the two white elephants. There were hundreds of talismans on each thick elephant leg, which made the giant elephant step on the blue clouds, rise slowly, walk in the air above the city gate, and walk into the city.

Everyone looked up and felt that it was like two floating white islands.

Suddenly, another giant sika deer came over, with antlers with branches and forks on its head. On each fork of the antlers, there were people standing, with legs crossed, carrying bows and arrows, and looking around vigilantly. These sharpshooters were all very skilled, with souls floating behind them, several times larger than their bodies.

Their souls had three heads and six arms, each of them drew a bow and arrow, ready to go. They must have practiced some strange and mysterious skills, which caused their souls to have such strange phenomena. On the back of the sika deer was a cloud of celebration, with rays of light and auspicious air. On the cloud stood several young Taoists, each of whom had a good appearance.

"The young Taoist holding a whisk and with Ruyi's appearance behind him, his Taoist name is Ling Yuzi, and he is a Taoist from the Taoist holy land, Taihua Qing Palace." Someone beside Chen Shi said excitedly.

Chen Shi looked at Ling Yuzi, and saw that his aura was so strong that his blood was extremely vigorous. The jade ruyi behind him was hidden with extraordinary skills. The aura he exuded was still very strong even with so many people around him, and he even felt pressure.

"It's really extraordinary!" Chen Shi praised.

"The Taoist Jin Lu with a sword on his back is from the Taoist holy land, the Taoist of the Supreme Haoyuan Palace!"

Chen Shi's eyes fell on Jin Lu, but he couldn't sense Jin Lu's aura, and he couldn't help but say: "This person has real skills."

The third Taoist sat in the Qingyun, with a white jade hairpin on his head. Chen Shi looked at the person next to him, but the person didn't speak, obviously didn't recognize this Taoist. "I thought he knew everyone." Chen Shi thought.

After the sika deer passed, three more deer came. The passerby next to Chen Shi was still very excited, and he introduced the people on the back of the deer incessantly, but they were outstanding children from major families.

After the white elephant and the sika deer, the crowd was bustling and the atmosphere was extremely warm. The people on the white elephant and the sika deer seemed to be the foreshadowing before the arrival of the young master, and the highlight was about to begin.

Even Chen Shi was infected by this atmosphere and looked forward to it.

But outside the city, the brilliance overshadowed the sunset, and a rainbow light rose, turning into a large and small Taoist temple, coming towards Xijing. "It's the master of Fuzheng Pavilion!" There was a cheer from the crowd.

There are quite a few of those Yuanshen Taoist temples, which contain the mysteries of different Taoist methods. There are either Sanskrit sounds or chants of gods in the Taoist temples, which are grand and mysterious.

One by one, the strange beasts of different shapes walked towards this side with their feet on the sunset. On the backs of the strange beasts, standing or sitting, stood the masters of Fuzheng Pavilion, with solemn appearances and solemn expressions.

Behind these dojos is a dazzling void realm, boundless and boundless, with the sun and the moon floating in the sky. Although the sunset has risen and the bright moon has appeared, the sun and the moon in the sky still illuminate the world, as bright as day.

At this moment, a fire unicorn stepped on the flames and walked out of the void realm. "Young Master!" someone shouted.

"Young Master!" "Young Master!" "Young Master!"

Inside and outside Xijing City, the atmosphere was extremely warm, and everyone raised their arms and shouted, with a fanatical look.

Suddenly, a voice full of masculine magnetism was heard, overcoming the shouts of the crowd, and reaching everyone's ears clearly: "Zhenzhou's punishment officer Du Wanshu, you are an official in Zhenzhou, but you are raising evil spirits. I used the common people to feed evil spirits and make immortality medicine to achieve immortality. I have been pursuing your crimes for a long time, and you have stolen all the stolen goods. Now that you are in Xijing, what escape route do you have? "

The fire unicorn's head is like a hill, with blazing flames rising from the top of its head, like hair growing upwards.

In the flames, a young man appeared. He was so condescending that his face could not be seen clearly. He said loudly: "Even if someone in the court protects you today, I will take your life to seek justice for the people of Zhenzhou! Du Wanshu, please die." !”

As soon as he finished speaking, a white-haired old man in Xijing City rose into the sky, fled towards the inner city, and said angrily: "Sir, what grudge do I have against you? Are you determined to take my life? I'm going to file a complaint!" "

"I have no selfish grudge against you, but I want to kill you for the people of Zhenzhou!"

In the flames above the head of the fire unicorn, the young man spoke righteously and jumped away, catching up with the white-haired old man in an instant.

The white-haired old man must be Du Wanshu, the executioner of Zhenzhou. Seeing that he could not escape, he immediately turned around, activated his soul, and fought desperately with the young man. But when they met, there was only a flash of sword light, and Du Wanshu was beheaded. In an instant, Blood spilled from the air, pouring on the heads and faces of the people below. Du Wanshu’s head and body fell from the sky

The young man turned into a ray of light and returned to the top of the fire unicorn, still standing in the raging flames, shining with thousands of lights. "Master——"

A sudden shout came from beside Chen Shi, which startled Chen Shi. The man's voice was so split and vibrating. "Master! Master!"

People all around raised their arms and shouted, as if they had seen the great savior. The shouts were deafening. Countless voices gathered together and turned into a raging torrent, with each wave drowning out the other. In the cheers of everyone, the young master stood on top of Huo Qilin, and Huo Qilin stepped forward and walked into Xijing.

When Chen Shi saw this situation, he let out a sigh of relief.

He had heard the young master's voice. In the Taiping Sect, after he killed Peng Wanshan, the leader of the Taiping Sect, he heard the young master's voice from the burning Qianli Sound Talisman. At this time, a voice came from behind Chen Shi: "This man is a sage, a treacherous and evil person."

When Chen Shi turned around, it was Chen Tang who came to look for him.

Chen Tang held the lantern and looked at the young master standing above Huo Qilin. He suddenly handed the lantern to Chen Shi and said, "Go home, it's time to eat." Chen Shi responded.

The sun has closed and the moonlight is shining.

But the moonlight is not as bright as the sun and moon in the void realm of Fu Zhengge Changshi. These two rounds of sun and moon enter the city, illuminating half of Xijing as bright as day, and there is no need for lanterns at all. "Don't turn out the lights."

Chen Tang said, "I don't want to borrow his light."

When Chen Shi heard this, he looked at Chen Tang without extinguishing the lantern. The father and son walked towards the inner city, gradually getting away from the noise.

Chen Tang was silent for a long time and said: "Young Master is trying to build momentum and has a grand plan. Since you are at odds with him, you must be careful in your dealings in the future. I think he looks like a saint but is very ambitious on the inside. He is not an easy person."

Chen Shi asked in confusion: "Why do you say this?"

Chen Tang said: "I recognize Du Wanshu. I met him when he came to Beijing to report on his work three years ago. His surname is Du. He is not from the Thirteenth Family. He is very old. If evil spirits are used to extend life, how can he be so old? ? He is going back to Zhenzhou after debriefing, and he doesn’t have enough money, so I should give him a few taels of silver.”

Chen Shi said: "Did Du Wanshu feed evil spirits to refine the elixir of longevity?"

Chen Tang said: "If feeding evil spirits can refine the elixir of immortality and lead to immortality, then the first person to refine the elixir must be the Thirteenth Family, and it will not be his turn. Du Wanshu must have died in vain."

He paused and said: "Du Wanshu has no powerful background. The young master uses other people's heads to build momentum for himself, so he will not offend any aristocratic family. This man's palace is extremely deep, and he is definitely not a blessing to the world!"

Chen Shi took a deep look at Chen Tang and almost said that his brother wanted to join Tianting, but luckily he held it back.

Chen Tang has always enforced the law impartially. If he said this, it would be impossible for Chen Tang to kill his relatives and send him to the Yamen.

The father and son returned home and put out the lanterns. During dinner, Chen Shi said, "I'm going out for a few days and I may not be back for three or four days." Chen Tang asked, "Where are you going? What are you doing? Who is around?" You tell me clearly before you go out."

Chen Shi said calmly: "I am informing you, not asking for instructions." Chen Tang clenched his fists

Chen Shi put down his chopsticks

The two looked at each other.

Chen Tang snorted, opened his fists, continued to eat, and said calmly: "Don't get too close to unscrupulous people, it is easy to break the law." Chen Shi picked up the chopsticks and sneered: "My friend just doesn't Three or three? Chen Tang, you don’t even have any friends.”

The veins on Chen Tang's forehead were beating wildly, and he suppressed his anger and said: "If you continue to behave randomly, sooner or later you will be on the Ten Thousand Souls Banner!" Chen Shi bit the end of his chopsticks, grinding his teeth and said, "It's not certain who of us will be on top of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner first." Here!" Heiguo sighed, picked up the bowl, ordered some food, and went out to eat.

After a while, Chen Shi's voice came from the hall: "The people who are coming with me are not random people, they are Grandma Sha, Uncle Qingyang and Uncle Hu. Don't worry." Chen Tang said with an angry voice: " They are just bad people! They led your grandpa into trouble!"

"Chen Tang, have you ever thought that it was grandpa who led them astray?" "He is my father, you are not allowed to speak of him like this!"

The two had a quarrel, and Black Pot was thankful that he had the foresight to come out early.

The next day, Chen Shi took the black pot and the wooden cart, as well as four days of food, and after leaving the city, he met up with Granny Sha, Qingyang and Hu Xiaoliang who had come, and they all headed for Du County. Xijing City is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea. It is a place where dragons rise and is extremely prosperous.

But a hundred miles outside Xijing, the surroundings are desolate, and the villages, towns, and county towns are all dilapidated and old.

When they passed a town, many talisman masters were dealing with a tree ghost that was active during the day. The tree ghost was uprooted, and the branches grabbed a sword. Thousands of swords followed the branches and flew, killing a group of talisman masters sweating.

Chen Shi observed that these talisman masters should be the talisman masters of Hongshan Hall. Although it was dangerous to fight against this tree ghost, they could still deal with it, so they did not help. Moreover, there was a talisman master in the Nascent Soul Realm sitting next to him, which should be to train the skills of these talisman masters.

"Hongshan Hall is indeed much stronger than before." Chen Shi thought to himself. The wooden cart was very fast, and in the evening, it arrived in Du County.

Du County is located in the deep mountains of Huangyan Mountain Range. The geography is dangerous, snakes and insects are everywhere nearby, and evil spirits and demons occupy the mountains as kings.

On the outskirts of Du County is the famous Death Valley. It is said that a demon transformation once broke out, which lasted for a hundred days and no one could solve it, causing the demon to mature. On the hundredth day, the True God from the sky focused his eyes and evaporated the mature demon along with everything within a hundred miles, leaving only a big pit. The remaining demonic energy in the pit is still very heavy, and evil spirits like to run here, so it is called Death Valley.

Zhuge Jian quickly found them, greeted everyone, and said: "Fortunately, I have found a reincarnated Yincha, but I am not sure if it is Yincha Zhong Kui. This person was born nineteen years ago, and his parents are from Shennan Village. Shennan Village is in the Death Valley, where evil spirits are everywhere. It is said that the godmother is a vine that grew from an uninhabited land after the demon transformation, stained with demon blood, and has spirituality."

Everyone walked and talked as they went to the Death Valley.

Zhuge Jian told the story, "On the night he was born, many evil spirits came to Shennan Village, surrounded the village and attacked Shennan Village. The godmother of Shennan Village could not resist. Seeing that the evil spirits were about to rush into the village, this person was born and cried loudly. It is said that the evil spirits exploded and died one by one. His parents thought he was a bit supernatural, so they asked a witch to see him. The witch said that she saw this child eating ghosts, one at a time, so she named him Tiechi. His family name is Tie."

Death Valley is desolate, and there are evil spirits in the woods, more than in other places.

The demonic energy here is heavy, which is deeply loved by evil spirits. However, in such a dangerous place, there are still villages and towns. The villagers reclaimed farmland and planted crops, and they were actually happy.

"The yamen runners of Du County dare not enter Death Valley to collect taxes, so many people live here. Except for the danger, it is more comfortable than the days outside." Zhuge Jian smiled.

They passed through the town and heard the sound of reading. Chen Shi followed the sound and saw a private school. The teacher was teaching some children. The teacher was born with a strange appearance, with a leopard head, round eyes, iron face and curly beard. He looked strong and powerful, but he was holding a book and teaching the children to read and write.

Chen Shi retracted his gaze, and Zhuge Jian said, "Tie Chi was born with a strange appearance, with a burly body and a high forehead, as if he was about to grow horns. After he was born, there were rumors nearby that he turned into a strange man with a cow's head and a human body at night, eating evil spirits everywhere." Chen Shi looked at the private school teacher with a leopard head and round eyes, and said, "Could it be this person?" Zhuge Jian shook his head and said, "Not this person. This gentleman is from the town, named Yongnan. Although he looks old, he is less than 20 years old. I also suspected him and investigated him, but his family background is clean and he is good at studying, but he didn't pass the examination." He walked out of the town and said, "Let's go out of the town and walk a few miles to Shennan Village. By the way, Yongnan has a younger sister who was born a few hours later than him. She is weak and looks very beautiful."