On the Avenue.

Chapter 357 A Thought

"Automatically enter the state of concentration?" Niangniang Shiji was stunned.

The current state of Chen Shi's skeleton body is called mind guarding, also known as mind guarding one thought, which means retaining a trace of consciousness and letting this trace of consciousness guard the body.

This is often used in cultivation.

For example, focusing the mind on the Dantian, focusing the mind on the center of the eyebrows, etc., are all about turning the mind into one thought, staying in a specific place, in order to refine the Qi.

There are also cultivators whose souls leave their bodies and roam the universe. They must leave a thought behind to protect themselves, lest their souls get lost in the universe and not be able to find the way back.

Chen Shi's mind was guarding, and it was obvious that he unconsciously left a thought to guard his body.

Niangniang Shiji observed Chen Shi's skeleton and found that when the skeleton was tired of practicing, it would actually rest. Moreover, at night, it would soak in the magma pool with its arms comfortably opened, served by burly palace maids.

After washing, he would put on a fur cloak and a crown and walk around the palace in an elegant manner.

He did not stay in the palace all the time, but would go out and walk around, but he did not talk or communicate.

Niangniang Shiji looked at Chen Shi's skeleton walking back and forth in front of her and sighed in her heart: "God, this body looks delicious, but it's a pity that it can't be absorbed."

She rarely came out. She looked at the huge copper coin in the East Palace and thought to herself, "The copper coin is still there, but where is the god who controls the copper coin? Could someone as powerful as you have fallen? No, it's impossible!"

She floated up, flew out of the palace, and landed in the eye of the huge copper coin.

Shiji Niangniang touched the copper coin lightly, carefully sensing the breath in it. This treasure is extremely powerful, and has been sacrificed for a long time. With the incense from all over the world, its owner will most likely leave his own breath in it.

She used her spiritual sense to probe the inside of the copper coin, but could only find a lot of scattered extraordinary powers and many broken thoughts, but nothing else.

"These regrets may be Brother Zhao Dao's last consciousness."

Niangniang Shiji sighed and felt sad.

At this moment, the sound of magical power came from the palace. Niangniang Shiji was startled and flew into the air, flying above the palace!
I only heard someone in the palace shouting, "Kill the tyrant king."

There was chaos below. Dozens of ghosts and gods rushed into the palace, fought with the guards, and rushed towards the palace where Chen Shi was.

These ghosts and gods obviously did not know that the original soul had left. At this moment, what was in the skeleton was only Chen Shi's thought. Even if they killed Chen Shi, they would only kill Chen Shi's skeleton body, which would not cause any harm to him.

Niangniang Shiji noticed that many ghosts and gods had already invaded the palace, and she rushed to the palace in a hurry, thinking: "The Lord has entrusted the safety of this body to me. If I don't do a good job, won't my status be lowered again?"

"Support the prince! Revitalize the government!" shouted ghosts and gods.

At the same time when Niangniang Shiji rushed into the palace, she saw a flash of blood in the palace. Chen Shi's skeleton figure was as fast as a ghost. It passed through the crowd of ghosts and gods and suddenly stopped.

The bodies of the dozen or so ghosts and gods in the palace froze, and suddenly their bodies shrank rapidly, turning into mummies.

In front of him, a ghost general roared, and his body swelled rapidly, revealing his true form of a ghost god that was dozens of feet long. He was filled with raging anger, and he punched out. Before the flames even touched Chen Shi, they began to expand like an explosion!
This is a peculiar fire magic, the power of blood. The temperature of the flame is extremely high and it will explode when touched. It is incredibly powerful!

The blood lake hell behind Chen Shi’s skeleton was spinning wildly, and he raised his hand to meet the punch.

That ghost general was from the Fire Goblin tribe. His body was extremely sturdy, but his skeleton looked extremely thin. The moment the fists of one big and one small collided, raging flames surrounded Chen Shi's skeleton, whizzed past and burned his bones red and glowing, but they were not burned to ashes!
At the same time, another ghost god rushed out from the other side of the hall. He raised his hand and a huge flood rushed over like a devastating force, hitting Chen Shi's skull. Water and fire met, and between cold and heat, even the most solid magic weapon would be shattered!
Chen Shi's skeleton body was still standing in the same place. The divine power of the Blood Lake Hell exploded, and the fire goblin in front of him vomited blood. He was knocked back by the huge force. Just as he was flying in the air, he saw huge hands from the Blood Lake Hell behind Chen Shi's head grabbing his head and face, and dragging him into the Blood Lake Hell!

The fire goblin was terrified and struggled hard, but was still dragged into the blood lake hell by the ghost hands!
Chen Shi’s skeleton turned around and looked at another water goblin.

When the water goblin saw that the situation was not good, he immediately fled. He stopped and turned into a river. Waves flew out, lifted his body and rushed out of the palace.

Chen Shi's skeleton raised his foot and stomped heavily, and the blood lake hell behind his head spread out. In an instant, the radius of sixteen miles with the royal palace as the center turned into his blood lake hell!
The water goblin fell into the blood lake hell and struggled hard, but he felt his blood rapidly draining away. In the blink of an eye, he turned into a pile of bones and sank into the blood lake. Only the wronged soul was left struggling in the blood lake.

"Shh-"

The blood lake hell stood up in mid-air and shrank rapidly, turning into a blood lake with a diameter of about one foot, hanging behind Chen Shi's skeleton.

And on the ground, the dozens of ghosts and gods that had just attacked the palace had turned into dried corpses on the ground.

The other guards were fine, but they were all in a state of confusion.

Niangniang Shiji was also surprised and confused. She originally planned to help, but when she saw the actions of Chen Shi's skeleton body, she knew that there was no need for her to intervene.

However, this is just a skeleton, yet it has been refined to such a terrifying level!

But what made Niangniang Shiji feel the most incredible was that the consciousness and fighting instinct left by Chen Shi was so terrifying!

"Perhaps the envoy himself did not realize that the fighting instinct left in this thought could make the skeleton body so powerful!"

Chen Shi, with his skeleton body, sat cross-legged, activating the Blood Lake Sutra to refine the blood and energy he had just plundered, in order to consolidate and expand the Blood Lake Hell.

Niangniang Shiji protected him and thought, "The ones who attacked him this time should be the ghosts and gods who covet the throne. They didn't dare to come in person, so they bribed a group of ghosts and gods to attack the palace. These guys must have seen me leave the palace, so they rushed in to try to get rid of the envoy."

To dare to do this under the noses of the patriarchs of various ghost tribes can only be described as being blinded by lust for power!
In the next few days, Chen Shi's skeleton body was just like usual, practicing, bathing, sleeping, practicing again, bathing, and sleeping.

Occasionally, they would encounter one or two assassination attempts, but before Niangniang Shiji could take action, Chen Shi's skeleton body would personally kill the ghost assassin!

Only then did the people of Tianchi realize that although King Chen looked weak, he was actually extremely powerful.

On this day, Chen Shi's skeleton body refined all the divine blood in his body, walked out of the palace, left the Tianchi capital, and headed towards Wuliang Cliff.

Niangniang Shiji followed closely behind, being on guard against any sneak attack.

In the capital of Tianchi, they would not mobilize ghosts and gods of a hundred feet or a thousand feet to assassinate Lord Chen, but outside, they had no taboos.

Niangniang Shiji followed Chen Shi all the way, and indeed encountered a thousand-foot-tall ghost god who had awakened the power of his bloodline. However, after a slight collision with her, he immediately retreated and did not dare to attack Chen Shi.

Chen Shi's skeleton body came to the blood stream and collected the divine blood as carefully as Chen Shi did, then returned to Tianchi Kingdom to continue his practice.

Niangniang Shiji widened her eyes. Is this something that can be achieved with just a thought?

At the Chen family in Huangpo Village, Chen Shi’s mother, Wu Qingyu, had a frosty face and looked at Chen Tang with anger.

Chen Tang was holding a box, standing by the wall with his head down, not making eye contact with her. Hei Guo stood beside him with his tail between his legs and his head down.

Qingyang whistled and looked around.

The fox tribe leader Xiaoliang sat on the wall and sighed.

Grandma Sha was covered in dust and dirt. She was holding her son Xiang Tianyu in one hand and her apprentice Xiao Dingxiang in the other, with a smile on her face.

Ah Zhuo sat on the doorstep honestly.

"My dear niece, Xiaotang is not to blame for this..."

Du Yiran coughed and was about to speak when Wu Qingyu's cold gaze swept over. Du Yiran remained silent and did not plead for Chen Tang.

This time they were exorcising the demon for Chen Shi in the underworld. Chen Tang made all the preparations, but something still went wrong.

Previously, they successfully removed more than 60 demons and put them into the God Search Bag to suppress them, and nothing happened. Chen Tang's arrangement was indeed ingenious, and removing demons was easy and labor-saving. Even if they encountered a demon with amazing strength, they could suppress it as much as possible.

But they also discovered that the further they went in, the stronger the demons became.

When the sixty-fourth demon possessed the body, its demon domain had expanded to more than four hundred miles. Even with the many masters brought out by Chen Tang, it was difficult to trap that demon in the demon domain.

Chen Tang had no choice but to use the Heavenly Secret to suppress the demon. Granny Sha blasted the demon soul out of Chen's body, and Hei Guo took the opportunity to bite it and finally sealed it.

It was just when it came to the 65th demon that Chen Tang's arrangement finally showed flaws.

This demon was even more terrifying. When Chen Tang mobilized the god Tianji to suppress it, the demon took the opportunity to possess Tianji.

It broke away from Chen Shi's body, and immediately another demon occupied Chen Shi's body and took the opportunity to escape!

Chen Tang and others fought fiercely with Fu Mo Tianji and finally suppressed him. Then they went to search for "Chen Shi". After searching for several days, they finally found "Chen Shi". After another fierce battle, they finally captured him.

They sent Chen Shi's body back to Huangpo Village, and that's when Wu Qingyu's training of her husband happened.

"You almost caused the lives of several uncles!"

Wu Qingyu said angrily, "Xiao Shi was almost lost by you! Didn't you say it was foolproof?"

Chen Tang said: "I didn't expect two demons to appear at the same time. It's my fault."

Wu Qingyu slowed down her tone and said, "Two demons, one occupied Fu Shen Tianji, and the other occupied Xiao Shi's body. So is it possible that there are multiple demons in Xiao Shi's body at the same time?"

Chen Tang said: "When the sea of ​​consciousness dries up, the abyss appears. If the sea of ​​consciousness is still there, the abyss will be closed. When a demon occupies Xiao Shi's body, the sea of ​​consciousness will emerge and the abyss will close, so there will not be a situation where multiple demons occupy one body."

Wu Qingyu said: "You are talking about a demon crawling out of the abyss. But what if two or three demons crawled out of the abyss at the same time?"

Chen Tang shook his head and said, "I have read the court's records of demon transformations, and there has never been a case of two demons occupying one body."

Wu Qingyu shook her head and said, "They don't have as many demons in their bodies as Xiao Shi."

Chen Tang thought for a moment, and said solemnly, "Madam is right. Aunt Sha, please call back Xiao Shi's soul first. We need to make a long-term plan."

Granny Sha performed a ritual to summon Chen Shi's spirit.

Chen Shi woke up slowly, but saw Granny Sha, Du Yiran and others in the yard discussing with Chen Tang and Hei Guo how to plan and deal with the twin demons or triple demons. The discussion was very heated.

"I woke up!"

Chen Shi asked, "Have you removed all the demons in my body?"

"Mmmm."

Everyone was vague and said, "Are you awake? It's good that you're awake."

Chen Shi was suspicious and asked, "Dad, did you fail to remove all the demons from my body? Could something have gone wrong again?"

Chen Tang looked calm and said, "There was a small mistake. But we have found the crux of the problem and we won't make the same mistake next time."

They continued to discuss countermeasures, leaving Chen Shi aside.

Wu Qingyu brought the hot food and placed it on the table, saying with a smile, "Let them be. You've been tormented by them for many days and haven't eaten a single grain of rice. Eat more now."

Chen Shi sat down to eat, wolfing down his food.

He had eaten nothing during his time in the underworld, and his body was chased all over the place in the world of the living, so he was already starving.

Wu Qingyu smiled as she watched him eat and said, "Eat slowly. If you don't have enough, there's more in the pot."

Chen Shi stared at her in a daze. Wu Qingyu looked at herself in confusion and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

Chen Shi swallowed his food with great effort and lowered his head, saying, "When I was a kid, I always fantasized about having this moment myself, with my parents by my side, when I saw other people's homes. Now it's finally become a reality, and I feel very happy, but I'm also afraid it's fake, that I'm just dreaming, and when I wake up you won't be there."

Wu Qingyu reached out and rubbed his head, smiling and saying, "Our family is now reunited, and we will never be separated again in the future."

Chen Shi ate his meal and said in a muffled voice, "We still need to find Grandpa! I am sure I can refine the evil spirit in Grandpa!"

Wu Qingyu smiled and said, "Yes, we still need to find your grandfather!"

Chen Shi hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Mom, I'll tell you a secret. I'm in the underworld, and I'm the king of the Tianchi Ghost Kingdom. Do you believe it?"

Wu Qingyu's eyes flickered and she smiled, "Yes, of course I believe it."

Chen Shi scratched his head and said, "This is so outrageous, you actually believed it."

Wu Qingyu chuckled and said, "I've seen even more outrageous things happen to you in the past. How can I not believe that you want the throne of the Tianchi Ghost Kingdom?"

(End of this chapter)