On the Path to the Great Dao

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Silence filled the Governor's camp, immediately followed by an uproar. Around Governor Zhao Tianbao, it was as if various sounds suddenly burst forth. Then officials from the three departments—Provincial Administration, Surveillance, and Regional Military Commission—shouted in anger one after another, rushing out of the camp to chase Chen Shi.

Then various prominent figures of Xinxiang Province also acted as if mourning their deceased parents. Cursing angrily and shedding tears, they counted Brocade Guards and went out of the camp to capture the rebel.

The Masters of Tianlu, Digang, and Huangting Prefectures rushed the fastest.

Of the four Zhao prefectures, Zhao Yanlong was the Master of Xuanying Prefecture. He was actually taken advantage of while porcelainized; his Primordial Spirit was destroyed and his physical body killed. Seeing their own kind injured, they watched with hate in their hearts, naturally rushing out to avenge Zhao Yanlong.

Governor Zhao Tianbao's face darkened. He lifted his foot. With this step lifted and landed, he had already arrived in the air. Rising rapidly in the world was nothing more than this.

His aura had fully bloomed. All people and objects within a radius of several kilometers seemed to be suppressed by a Mountain-Moving Talisman, as if walking while carrying a golden mountain.

Behind him, his Primordial Spirit emerged, over ten zhang tall, majestic and spectacular. The Primordial Spirit wore an angry expression, like a Wrathful Wisdom King, indescribably ferocious and terrifying, full of oppressive feeling.

Those Brocade Guards who had rushed out of the camp preparing to make contributions were instantly suppressed by his aura, unable to move.

And the cavalry soldiers raised by other prefectures stopped their horses one after another, unwilling to walk forward anymore. Only the officials of various departments could resist Governor Zhao Tianbao's aura suppression.

However, they were also making a gesture. At this moment, Governor Zhao Tianbao's aura bloomed, indicating he wanted to execute the murderer personally, so they naturally fell behind a step on purpose.

The experts of Tianlu, Digang, and Huangting Prefectures did not stop their steps, still running forward wildly. Their speed was extremely fast, rapidly closing the distance with Chen Shi.

Although Chen Shi used the Armored Horse Talisman and his speed increased greatly, how could he compare with these elites of the Zhao family?

From a distance, people sacrificed their Golden Cores. More than twenty Golden Cores flew forward along the provincial road. Wherever they passed, invisible needles pierced the leaves on both sides, leaving them riddled with holes. The tree trunks also twisted and bent!

The river water flanking the road seemed to boil, bubbling and emitting steaming heat!

There were also many Nascent Souls flying out. Wherever they passed, even the ground of the provincial road showed cracks!

This was destruction caused by the overflow and dispersion of the power of Golden Cores and Nascent Souls.

If sacrificing Golden Cores and Nascent Souls in normal times, because they were in balance, they seemed to have no power. But as long as the Golden Cores and Nascent Souls were urged, their power would become extremely terrifying.

The Zhao family was furious.

Killing one of their Prefecture Masters, one of their relatives, right in front of their faces. Even if the opponent was the King of Heaven, they would kill him to avenge Zhao Yanlong, let alone the opponent was not the King of Heaven, but a wet-behind-the-ears child!

Although their speed was fast, Governor Zhao Tianbao's speed was faster. When taking the second step, he had already arrived above Chen Shi.

At that moment, his heart became incomparably peaceful. The anger just now vanished without a trace.

Even his chilling, copious killing intent vanished. He was calm and composed, like an enlightened old monk.

Peaceful without any emotional fluctuations.

Below, those experts from various prefectures chasing to kill also suddenly had their states of mind restored to peace. Distracting thoughts did not arise, killing intent did not rise, as if they had fasted and chanted Buddha's name for a lifetime, reluctant to even step on an ant, let alone kill a person?

They saw a black-clothed young man holding an oil-paper umbrella by the roadside.

A chill took hold of Governor Zhao Tianbao. He wanted to make himself tense, but simply couldn't get tense. He wanted to make himself afraid, but the heart of fear also disappeared.

“Go!”

His reason told him he had met an unimaginably high expert. He immediately turned around and said to those chasing Zhao family experts: “Return to the provincial capital.”

The Zhao family experts also looked peaceful, put away their Golden Cores and Nascent Souls, turned around, and walked towards the provincial capital.

And other officials who chased up also stopped one after another, looking at the Governor and others in bewilderment.

By the roadside, the black-clothed youth holding the oil-paper umbrella smiled, watching Chen Shi speed away.

An old, powerful hand gripped the handle of the oil-paper umbrella, taking this oil-paper umbrella away.

The black-clothed Xuan Shan was somewhat helpless, saying: “Little Du, this treasure of mine cannot help you completely suppress your demonic nature. Daytime is fine, but when the moon comes out at night, you will be in danger.”

Chen Yindu held the umbrella handle, looking as usual, saying: “Wrong. Not that I am in danger, but the world is in danger.”

He walked away holding the oil-paper umbrella.

“Do not start a massacre.”

The black-clothed Xuan Shan said, “Your current state is unstable. Killing will make you fall at a faster speed.”

Chen Yindu waved his hand: “I hold an ordinary umbrella; my heart is an ordinary heart.”

Governor Zhao Tianbao returned to the government office. The group of experts of the Zhao family also returned to their respective homes. Others did the same, thinking it strange.

Zhao Tianbao ordered a maid to make tea for him. When the tea reached his lips, his old Buddha mentality suddenly disappeared. What followed was anger and fear. His hand holding the teacup was shaking, making the teacup and saucer collide with ding ding sounds, and tea spilled onto his clothes.

Zhao Tianbao put down the teacup. His hand was still shaking, disobeying commands.

He didn't know how his state of mind was affected. With his cultivation realm, how could he be affected by someone?

Yet he was affected, letting go of the heart of revenge and anger, returning home calmly like this. Along the way, he actually hadn't raised killing intent or the thought of resistance!

He didn't know how to counter this influence, didn't even know how the other party influenced him!

This means was too terrifying!

Seeing the tea spill on him, the maid hurriedly knelt down to wipe it for him. Zhao Tianbao waved his hand, dismissing the maid. Usually, he liked this maid very much. Occasionally, he would deliberately spill some tea on himself for the maid to wipe, enhancing the mood.

He remembered the first time he deflowered this maid was using this method, deliberately holding the tea unsteadily, spilling some water on himself for her to wipe. While wiping, he got aroused and made his move. That maid was also willing, so she half-refused and half-accepted.

But today he didn't have such thoughts.

He composed himself.

“Yanlong's revenge cannot go unavenged!”

After a moment, he stabilized his mind and whispered, “If this great vengeance is not avenged, my Zhao family cannot gain a foothold in Xinxiang Province! For my Zhao family to become a Noble Family and pass down for thousands of generations, we must execute that kid, exterminate his entire family, raze his clan! We must kill until corpses cover the wild and blood flows like rivers to deter other Noble Families!”

“So, my grandson must die?” A voice came from outside.

Zhao Tianbao started. He hurriedly stood up, only to see an old man wearing burial clothes holding a green oil-paper umbrella walking into the study.

That old man was quite tall. His clothes made one somewhat uncomfortable, and his complexion was somewhat green. Facing Zhao Tianbao, he was completely at ease, entering the Governor's study as if entering his own home, not acting like an outsider at all. “I always worry that after I leave, my grandson will have no one to take care of him and will be bullied. His life has been too pitiful, suffering quite a lot of torture. I cannot let him continue to suffer. But I cannot kill all enemies and people with malice towards him, so I solve one when there is one, so I can die in peace.”

Chen Yindu held the umbrella one-handed, looked at Zhao Tianbao, and said, “You managed your family poorly, leading to Zhao family descendants doing evil and bringing disaster to neighbors, bringing great calamity to your Zhao family. I have always been very tolerant, indulging your Zhao family. The few times you attacked my grandson before, I just watched and didn't intervene. But this time won't do; I must intervene. But rest assured, I won't kill innocents indiscriminately, only you.”

Zhao Tianbao's eyelids twitched violently, sensing a strong sense of oppression.

“Destroying a Noble Family is hard; I have tried many times. But destroying your Zhao family is not hard.”

Chen Yindu said, “After you die, your Zhao family will be leaderless. Someone will replace the Zhao family and punish you for the crime of causing the Demonic Transformation. How many of the Zhao family can survive is hard to say.”

Zhao Tianbao was horrified and shouted: “Who are you? My relationship with Cabinet Elder Yan of the Xijing Cabinet is not trivial...”

“Dead people have no value.”

Chen Yindu shook his head and said, “I am not an unreasonable person. I came to kill you to eliminate future trouble. But I don't mind you resisting. If you can kill me, you can live, and incidentally kill my grandson. Do you have any last words?”

Zhao Tianbao knew that since the man came to his door, he would absolutely not let go of this grudge. He immediately said: “Wait a moment, sir.”

He ground ink and lifted a brush, writing a final instruction on paper. After a moment, he put down the brush and said: “Sir, coming from afar, you must be fully prepared, but I will not sit and wait for death. Who will die is yet unknown! Please!”

He urged his Primordial Spirit, merging Primordial Spirit with Divine Embryo!

A dull sound came from the study. The window lattice vibrated with a crash, then everything subsided.

Chen Yindu walked out of the study holding the green paper umbrella, turned to close the door, and left gracefully.

Rain began to fall, pitter-patter.

The rain was not heavy.

Old man, green umbrella, walking in the rain, gradually drifting away.

After a long time, the maid who came to clean the tea set discovered that Governor Lord Zhao Tianbao was dead. A piercing scream emitted from the study.

The Zhao Manor of Xinxiang Province was in chaos.

The Governor's wife took Zhao Tianbao's suicide note. Written on the paper was that after his death, the Zhao family would inevitably suffer blows from other prominent families, and the blame for the Qianyang Mountain Demonic Transformation would also be thrown on the Zhao family. It told the person who got the note not to make a sound, take a portion of the young Zhao family descendants and family property, leave Xinxiang immediately, hide their names, and preserve the bloodline for the Zhao family.

The Governor's wife immediately ordered people to prepare. The manor was in chaos.

The mansion was about to collapse.

The fall of a Noble Family often came very suddenly.

Only Chen Shi did not know about this.

He killed Zhao Yanlong and ran wildly all the way, catching up with Li Tianqing. The two fled back to Qianyang Mountain, still in shock.

The two walked cautiously towards Huangpo Village, fearing that strong experts from the provincial capital would arrive at Huangpo Village one step ahead to bring the two to justice.

On the way, they saw people walking. Although they hadn't completely relieved the porcelainization, they were indeed walking!

“Little Ten, there are fish swimming in the water!” Li Tianqing discovered something and shouted.

Chen Shi came to the ditch and sure enough saw fish swimming at the bottom of the water, and fish jumping out of the water surface.

A melodious, long roar drifted from the distant forest, loud and magnificent. That was the roar emitted when an exotic beast awakened. If in the mountains, one would think it was the call of a dragon. However, Chen Shi had once tracked this sound but didn't find the source.

He was both surprised and delighted.

Alive.

Qianyang Mountain survived this Demonic Transformation and came alive again!

They returned to Huangpo Village. A group of ducks in the village quacked, swaying their butts as they walked out. However, Yuzhu, who usually herded the ducks, didn't follow. Her body probably hadn't completely recovered from porcelainization.

Chen Shi grabbed a duck. That duck laid an egg for him, then swayed its butt to follow the duck troop.

Chen Shi held the warm egg. After a moment, he saw Yuzhu walking out slowly. She was probably worried about the duck flock.

Chen Shi walked quickly into the village. Villagers were moving their steps slowly, cautiously greeting each other. They looked to be in good spirits.

Chen Shi quickened his pace and arrived at the center of the village. The originally porcelainized Divine Tree had also recovered vitality, lush and green.

The Tree's Aspect, the young girl, sat on the tree. Seeing him approach, she reached out her hand to him. In her hand was a bright red fruit.

Chen Shi hesitated. The girl laughed: “Before it was poisonous, now it's not poisonous.”

Chen Shi accepted the fruit and took a bite. The clear, sweet taste went straight to his internal organs.

He returned home and saw Li Jindou lying on Grandpa's reclining chair. His legs were amputated, wrapped in circle after circle of white cloth to prevent continued bleeding.

Jin Hongying was helping Madam Sha exercise her muscles and bones. Xiao Wangsun stood aside.

All four had extremely heavy injuries.

Seeing them enter, Black Pot wagged his tail, welcoming them with a smile.

“Where is my Grandpa?” Chen Shi asked.

At this moment, Grandpa's voice came from outside: “Little Ten, I'm back.”

Chen Shi looked back. Grandpa stood outside the door, holding a green rain umbrella, smiling at him.

(End of this chapter)