On the Avenue.

Chapter 323 Yuanchen Palace, Little Yasha

In the underworld, rumbling thunder was heard, and the green-faced, fang-toothed ghost that Chen Shi transformed into climbed up from the top of the black pot and looked around. He saw thick smoke and a huge black volcano spewing out magma and devilish fire.

The flames illuminated his face, making his blue face appear dark red.

The heat wave was so strong that it could cook them even if they were far away from the ground.

This volcano was so huge, much bigger than the black pot, that it almost blocked his vision. There was thunder and lightning in the rolling smoke. It was Yin thunder, not earthly thunder.

The thunder in the mortal world is called yang thunder. It is pure yang, extremely hard and strong, and indestructible. A bolt of thunder can cut off all yin energy.

But this Yin Lei is different.

Thunder contains evil energy. If it hits a living thing, its flesh and bones will melt away. If it hits a cultivator, its foundation will be damaged and its cultivation will be reduced!
A cultivator with low cultivation level will have his soul beheaded and die!
The most insidious thing is that Yin Thunder can also damage one's aptitude and comprehension. Even a very smart person will become dull if struck by Yin Thunder, and both his comprehension and memory will be as bad as a rock.

Chen Shi glanced at the boat girl beside him, only to see that the ghost the boat girl had transformed into was also a yaksha, with a green face and fangs, a bald head, red hair near the neck, and red beard on the cheeks and mouth. He was a head taller than the yaksha he transformed into, and much stronger.

The boat girl was a female demon, wearing a black bellyband that covered her chest and a pair of large black shorts around her waist, which were tattered and full of threads. She held a three-pronged fork in her hand and carried a rag bag on it.

Chen Shi looked down and saw that his upper body was bare-chested, with only a pair of red shorts around his waist, which were also in tatters, not much better than the ones he wore when he was fleeing.

Chen Shi touched his chin, which also had flying red beard. He reached out and touched his forehead. His head was completely hairless and looked very clean.

"From now on, when I comb my hair, I only need to comb the back of my head and beard, and skip the process of tying my hair up," he thought to himself.

The boat girl raised her hand and pulled her bellyband, lifted it up, pointed to the distance, and said, "Master Zhuangyuan, Xiandu is in the north. We should be able to reach Xiandu in a month or so."

The human language she spoke turned into gibberish. Chen Shi originally thought that he couldn't understand it, but he actually could understand it.

Chen Shi looked in the direction of her finger, and saw huge volcanoes coming into view. There was no telling how many there were, emitting billowing devilish energy and gushing magma, which gathered into a long river and flowed towards the north.

"This volcano is the Yellowstone Mountains in the mortal world. It is extremely huge. Even at my speed, it will take more than 20 days to cross it, and then we will enter the northern ice field."

The boat girl said, "Once we reach the northern glaciers, we are close to the fairyland. But the journey is extremely dangerous. The Yaksha ghosts we have transformed into do not have a high status in the underworld. They are low-level ghosts and gods, and are easily captured. If we encounter a powerful person, he may even capture us and eat us."

She looked around warily and said, "There are many ghosts and gods in this volcano, and they feed on Yakshas."

"No need to bother."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Let Hei Guo cast a spell and take us directly to my Yuan Chen Palace, saving us a month's journey and preventing us from getting into danger. Hei Guo, I have prepared a stove for you."

He jumped off the black pot's head, came to the bank of the long river of magma, took out a rural stove from the small temple, and looked at the black pot expectantly.

Hei Guo was a tall and strong man, but the stove was so small that Hei Guo couldn't help but doubt whether he could get in.

The boat girl also jumped down and said, "Go to your Yuanchen Palace? You are a fugitive, and your Yuanchen Palace is probably guarded by ghosts and gods! Why don't you go to Lord Guo's Yuanchen Palace?"

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "There are more ghosts and gods in the Yuanchen Palace who are blamed."

The boat girl looked at the black pot with sparkling eyes.

I didn’t expect that Mr. Guo also made a great contribution.

She thought to herself, "Thank God, my father and I have performed great deeds since we came back to life! When the little King of Hell returns, he will definitely be promoted three levels!"

Hei Guo was muttering something, and his huge body began to shrink slowly.

But judging from Hei Guo's appearance, he seems to be struggling, and he probably isn't very familiar with this kind of magic.

Chen Shi and the boat girl waited quietly on the side.

A loud rumbling sound was heard in the distance, and a huge ghost god emerged from the crater of a volcano, standing up from the magma. It looked many times larger than the black pot.

It stepped on the fire cloud and roared away, with flames billowing in the sky.

In the distance there is a strange ghost god, with a huge upper body and a lower body grown together with the volcano. It has three arms, two on the left and two on the right, and an arm in its belly button. It uses the top of the mountain as a basin, scoops magma out of the volcano and pours it out, splattering it everywhere. While scooping, it laughs sinisterly.

The magma poured out by the ghosts formed a long river of fiery red magma. Many red-skinned and fang-toothed ghosts came to the river, scooped up the magma with iron pots and basins, and poured it into their mouths with their heads tilted back.

They drank like they were drinking strong liquor, and one of them was staggering. When they were drunk, they took iron pots and iron basins to hit each other on the head, making a clanging sound.

Some drunken ghosts were grabbed by a group of six-legged sneaky ghosts with dog-like heads but very rough looks, carried on their backs, and trotted all the way to the volcano.

These ghosts then sacrificed the drunken little ghosts to the three-armed ghost god, praying for the ghost god's protection.

Chen Shi also saw a strange flower farther away, about several hundred miles in size, with petals blooming in all directions and spewing out demonic energy.

Its evil energy even eroded the barrier between the Yin and Yang worlds, revealing the Yang world.

There are many ghosts and gods waiting nearby, and it seems that as long as this thing corrodes the barrier, they will immediately rush into the world of the living.

Chen Shi looked around and saw several thick tentacles emerging from the crater, sweeping along the ground.

The tentacles were covered with slime, and once the little ghosts were touched by the slime, they could not escape and were then pulled into the crater. Chewing sounds and giggles could be heard from the crater.

"It's really not certain that we can get out alive after crossing this huge volcano." Chen Shi thought to himself.

The ghosts and gods here seem to be more powerful than those in other places. Even a ghost messenger like Chuan Gu would have a chance of death if he wanted to pass through this place!
Even when the black pot is shrunk to its maximum size, it is still about four or five meters long, which is still too big compared to the stove.

But it can no longer shrink.

Chen Shi took out the salt, and the man with the black pot stood up, standing beside the stove and casting a spell, mumbling something in his mouth.

It grabbed the salt and sprinkled it into the stove, and suddenly a green flame ignited under the stove.

Chen Shi and Chuan Gu jumped onto Hei Guo's back. Chen Shi hugged Chuan Gu's thick waist, and Chuan Gu hugged Hei Guo's neck. Hei Guo leaped under the stove. When his huge body touched the stove mouth, it began to shrink rapidly, like a whale swallowing a rainbow, and was sucked into the stove!

When a few red-skinned ghosts saw them disappear, they bravely ran over and looked into the stove. They saw a blazing flame under the stove and a black dog running wildly in the fire with two people!
The red-skinned kid was very naughty, so he picked up some stones and threw them under the stove.

Suddenly, a three-pronged fork flew out from the fire and pierced one of the little ghosts. Seeing this, the other little ghosts scattered and dared not approach.

The trident shook off the imp's body and retracted into the fire.

Chen Shi retracted the trident, and with one hand tightly grasped the boat girl's slender waist, his fingers clasping the abdominal muscles that were harder than steel, to prevent the black pot from being thrown off by the running.

The flames were burning fiercely as they galloped through the sea of ​​fire. Countless huge volcanoes on both sides flashed by, as well as the towering ghosts and gods, the towering magic trees, and the demon gods who entrenched themselves on the top of the mountains and established palaces and sects, all became a fleeting glimpse.

Chen Shi looked back in the flames, and to his surprise, the stove was right behind him.

"This is a kind of escape technique!"

He couldn't help but be extremely surprised. This escape technique was even faster than the one he used to travel back and forth through the Lesser Universe!
In a short period of time, the scene around the stove flame changed from a forest of volcanoes to an ice field, but the sea of ​​fire was still burning and there was no sense of coldness at all.

Suddenly, a dazzling light shone from the front. Chen Shi and Chuan Gu could not help but raise their hands to cover their eyes, but the light stung their eyes and made them tear up.

Hei Guo also quickly covered his eyes with his ears and continued to run in the fire.

At this moment, a strong feeling of weightlessness came. The two men and the dog felt empty under their feet and fell diagonally. Then they fell to the ground, tumbling and rolling. Chen Shi's head hit a pillar, making him dizzy and finally stopped.

The boat girl's head was stuck in the flower bed, her legs were outside, and the black pot was on the ground with her buttocks, sliding all the way into a palace. Chen Shi shook his head and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

The horrifying scenes around him disappeared, replaced by a soft divine light. In front of him was a little ghost with pointed ears and indigo skin. It put its big head in front of him and looked at him with concern.

"Are you awake?" The little ghost said happily when he saw him wake up.

Chen Shi was startled and stood up quickly. The little ghost was a young Yaksha, wearing only ragged shorts, a towel on his shoulders, and a small grey round hat on his head, which was also quite tattered, with two pointed ears sticking out through the two holes in the hat.

"Who are you?" Chen Shi asked in surprise.

"Master, have you forgotten?"

The little devil in the round hat said, "I am your servant. Master, I have worked for you for three years without receiving a penny. Look at this salary..."

Chen Shi shook his head, ignored it, and looked around.

He saw that the pillar he had just hit was actually a translucent jade pillar without any flaws.

He looked down again and saw that the ground under his feet was paved with white jade, and every jade brick was white and warm.

The palace is also made of jade, the red walls are red jade, the tiles are colored glaze, the brackets are gold, and the rockery is silver. There are fairy trees everywhere in the garden, birds singing and flowers blooming, and dragons swimming in the pond, leisurely and contented.

Chen Shi was stunned: "Is this my Yuanchen Palace?"

The little devil in the round hat took off his hat and looked at him expectantly, waiting for him to pay him for his three years' wages.

The boat girl pulled her head out of the flower bed, patted the dirt off her beard, and asked, "How do you prove that you have worked here for three years?"

Upon hearing this, the little devil in the round hat thought about it and realized he had no evidence to prove. He fell to his knees, clutching his round hat tightly. He felt hopeless and cried bitterly.

The boat girl came to Chen Shi and whispered, "Don't pay attention to these little things. They are little yakshas, ​​doing odd jobs in the underworld. They can be found everywhere and often do not live to adulthood. Don't pay them wages first. If you let them work for another two years, they will tire themselves to death."

Chen Shi hesitated for a moment and said, "Isn't that bad? Since I hired this little Yaksha, I have to pay it. But, what kind of money does the underworld use to settle accounts?"

“Paper money.”

The boat girl said, "Paper money mixed with the scent of incense is hard currency in the underworld. The ghosts can live longer and become stronger by absorbing the scent of incense in the paper money. However, they are creatures of the underworld and have never lived in the world of the living, so there are no relatives in the world of the living to burn paper for them. If they want to make money, they can only work for the ghosts in Xiandu, and the boss will give them some paper money to fill their stomachs."

Chen Shi said: "I see. Then how can I see how much paper money I have?"

"There is a Yuanbao tree in the Yuanchen Palace, on which paper money burned by your relatives and friends is hung. Only those with the scent of incense can hang it, and those without can't hang it."

Upon hearing this, Chen Shi immediately walked towards the courtyard of Yuanchen Palace.

This Yuanchen Palace is like a temple, divided into the front hall, the back hall, and the left and right side halls. Chen Shi indeed found his Yuanbao tree in the courtyard of the back hall.

The ingot tree was golden and had many branches. Hanging with golden paper money, the paper money was indeed filled with the scent of incense. Some of the paper money had a strong scent of incense, which actually formed into gold ingots, hanging on the tree!

"This is the Yuanbao tree. You have a lot of money."

The boat girl was surprised and said, "It seems that dying early is good. Chen Tang must have burned a lot of paper money for you in the past ten years. After some people die, there are no relatives or friends to burn paper money or offer incense."

Chen Shi asked, "What will happen to ghosts without burning money or incense?"

The boat girl raised her head and pointed to the sky.

Chen Shi looked up and saw streets in the sky extending in all directions, with magnificent Yuanchen Palaces everywhere.

Those Yuanchen Palaces are magnificent, but many of them are dim and illusory.

Some Yuanchen Palaces were even collapsing and turning into nothingness bit by bit.

The streets connecting those Yuanchen Palaces also became transparent and gradually disappeared!

"Those Yuanchen Palaces are ghosts forgotten by the world. Without incense, they gradually die. When a person dies, he becomes a ghost. When a ghost dies, he becomes a demon. When a demon dies, he becomes a xi. When a xi dies, he becomes a xi. When a xi dies, he becomes a yi. Xiyi is emptiness."

The boat girl said, "The Yuanchen Palace was constantly disintegrating and collapsing during this process, and eventually it disappeared along with the rest. The oil ran out, the lights went out, and it was completely plunged into darkness."

Chen Shi looked up and saw that the streets of Xiandu were endless and there were countless Yuanchen Palaces. Every moment, someone was forgotten, and the Yuanchen Palaces collapsed and turned into nothingness.

There are many little yakshas working in the Yuanchen Palace. At this time, they pack their bags, carry their bags on a stick, leave their employer dejectedly and walk along Tianjie, looking for their next employer.

Chen Shi saw a huge army of little yakshas on the street, going door to door looking for work opportunities.

Whenever they encounter new arrivals in the Yuanchen Palace that already has little Yakshas, ​​they will block the door and not let other little Yakshas in.

"It turns out that there is no freedom in the underworld either." Chen Shi murmured.

He raised his hand, took off a few pieces of paper money and gave them to the tearful little Yakṣa.

The little yaksha was filled with gratitude. He knelt down and kowtowed to him several times, then went to work happily.

"Why pay it a wage? After a few years, it will be exhausted to death. Wouldn't that save money?" complained the boat girl.

Chen Shi smiled and said, "It does the work, and I pay for it. Isn't that natural? How can we go against the grain? We are now big Yaksha, so we are its same race. Girl, how can we find my mother's Yuanchen Palace?"

At this moment, the little Yaksha hurried over, pulled Chen Shi and the boat girl, and went into a back hall.

Black Pot ran over, and the little demon shouted, "Come in! Come in! It's getting dark, the monsters are coming out!"

Hei Guo hurried into the hall. The little Yaksha closed the door with great effort and nervously lay in front of the crack of the door, looking out.

Chen Shi also leaned over and looked out through the crack in the door.

The sky outside suddenly darkened, a blood moon hung in the sky, and gusts of cold wind were blowing, indicating an ominous sign.

There were noises coming from the front hall and the side halls. Chen Shi looked carefully and suddenly saw a huge eyeball emerging from the front hall. It was almost as big as the front hall and was rolling around.

Then the eyeball squeezed out and actually came out from the temple door. Then another eyeball squeezed out, followed by the nose, mouth, forehead, and when the whole face was squeezed out, Chen Shi saw it clearly.

That's his face.

However, there is a high bulge in the middle of his head, which is a bit sharp. At first glance, he doesn't look like a good person and has a bit of evil in him.

Behind this head is a worm-like body with many legs, which is fat and big, and covered with armor-like bone plates.

The boat girl came over. She was tall and looked over Chen Shi's head.

Hei Guo also came over. It was taller than him and looked out through the crack in the door.

"Master Zhuangyuan, these are your three corpse gods!"

The boat girl was surprised and said, "The one opposite is the lower corpse god, named Peng Qiao, who is in charge of lust. Master, your Peng Qiao is terrifyingly strong!"

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