On the Avenue.

Chapter 526: Seedlings
The person who came was none other than Zi Tian Xian Jun. He sensed that something had happened to Zi Tian Teng, and rushed over at high speed, while using his magic sword to kill the thief who stole the treasure.

Unexpectedly, the thief used his hand to open the immortal gourd and released the immortal fire that had accumulated from three disasters, which almost destroyed his immortal realm.

In the first three calamities, Zi Tian Xian Jun relied on Zi Tian Ivy to survive, and the calamities were absorbed by the Zi Tian Ivy. After the Zi Tian Ivy absorbed the calamities, it was unable to refine them. After the flowers bloomed and fruits were produced, they could only be stored in this gourd.

This calamity fairy fire is extraordinary and can destroy the foundation of the immortals. Even the Purple Sky Immortal Lord cannot extinguish the fairy fire, he can only suppress the fire.

"The release of the calamity fairy fire burned the purple sky, which was also a calamity. I will open another world, but it will take countless efforts to restore the splendor of the purple sky."

Just as Immortal Lord Zi Tian thought of this, he suddenly heard a loud bang. Something in the fairy fire below exploded, and immediately countless ghosts flew out of the fairy fire and fled in all directions.

There were millions of these souls, plus the ant-men, rat-men, and bee-men who were burned to death, a total of tens of millions of souls. As soon as they escaped from Zi Tian, ​​they entered the cycle of reincarnation between heaven and earth and were drawn to the underworld in various places.

"My Samsara Jade Plate!"

Zi Tian Xianjun groaned, feeling extremely painful, "The reincarnation artifact that I obtained with great difficulty from the Holy Mountain was actually burned!"

The Samsara Jade Plate is the foundation for the operation of Zitian's underworld. There are 80 million souls imprisoned in Zitian. The reincarnation, rebirth, and rebirth of these souls all rely on this magic weapon. The underworld is only responsible for examining the "merit" of each soul in this process. The so-called merit is the contribution made to Zitian.

With the Samsara Jade Plate, it would be no problem for him to build another Purple Sky.

The Samsara Jade Plate was destroyed, and even if he built another Purple Sky, he would lose his livelihood. He could not control so many souls to work for him, plant immortal medicine, pick immortal honey, and refine immortal pills.

The reason why he could have such a high status and be named an immortal king was not because of his cultivation, but because Zitian was rich in various immortal medicines. Zitian Immortal King was also good at refining pills and using immortal pills to make friends with people. Many immortals asked him for favors, so he was named an immortal king just by virtue of his cultivation as a golden immortal.

He lost the Purple Sky Vine and the Immortal Gourd, and his Samsara Jade Plate was burned, so his foundation was also lost.

"The robbery is coming, but there is still a way."

His eyes flickered, and he thought, "I can only survive the robbery by completely relying on other strong men. Although I am inferior to others, at least I can survive... Damn it, who is plotting against me?"

In Houde Palace, Empress Hou Tu held up the Purple Heaven Gourd in her hand, opened the gourd mouth, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please look."

The gourd was originally huge, but in her hand, it seemed only about a foot high.

Chen Shi came closer and looked into the gourd, only to see a bright yellow and golden color inside, which were the gourd seeds.

Although the gourd is big, it contains only three seeds.

"so little?"

Chen Shi was a little surprised. The gourd was so big, but there were only three seeds in it.

"It is difficult for the Purple Sky Vine to bloom and bear fruit. If the gourd had many seeds, it would have been planted all over the Earthly Immortal Realm. If the Purple Sky Vine had not known that its end was near, it would not have bloomed and borne fruit. For it, three seeds in the gourd are already too many."

The Queen Mother Hou Tu poured a gourd seed into his palm and said with a smile, "It produces three seeds, and I only hope that one of them can grow into a Purple Sky Vine. If the other two seeds can grow into one more plant, it will be a profit."

The seeds of the Purple Fairy Gourd fell into his hand, heavy but containing tremendous vitality. Chen Shi just held them in his hand and felt his hair and skin growing quietly.

The Queen Mother Hou Tu instructed: "The rune imprint on this treasure is the most magical. It is a spiritual seed condensed from the absorption of disaster and immortal energy. You should bury it in the soil together with Wu Qi, and don't let it show at all. Then pour some water from the Taoist spring, wait for a few days, and Wu Qi will be resurrected. Oh, and set up a rack next to it to facilitate climbing."

"Climbing rice seedlings?"

Chen Shi was a little confused. Only vine crops need climbing vines. For example, the watermelons planted by Old Lady Wuzhu need ridges left for the watermelon vines to grow. The beans planted by Grandma Yuzhu need to be supported by a rack so that the beans can climb up the rack to grow better.

Do I need to climb the vines when planting Wuqi?

When Chen Shi thought of Wuqi emerging from the earth and growing in a winding way, he felt a chill down his spine.

The Queen Mother Hou Tu took out another gourd seed, handed the gourd to him, and said, "I left one seed, you still keep this seed, maybe it will be useful in the future. This Purple Sky Vine is extremely precious, but the Purple Sky Immortal Lord uses it to support his Dao Realm, which can be said to be a waste of natural resources."

Chen Shi asked for advice: "Godmother, how can we use the Purple Sky Vine so as not to waste it?"

Niangniang Hou Tu smiled and said, "The Purple Sky Vine is a rare spiritual species. It is good at searching for the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, gathering it and refining it into Taiqing Qi. Immortal Lord Zi Tian planted this species in his own realm to support it. Where can it search for the spiritual energy of heaven and earth? Even if it can refine a little Taiqing Qi, it is meager and cannot be used for much."

Chen Shi's heart moved slightly, thinking of what he saw in Zi Tian Xian Jun's Dao realm. When the sun orbited around the Zi Tian vine, it would absorb strands of purple air from the vine. Could it be that the purple air was the Taiqing air?

He asked the Queen Mother Hou Tu, and the Queen Mother smiled and said, "It's that kind of purple air. Purple air comes from the east, which has been used to describe the Taiqing saints since ancient times. Zi Tian Xianjun was afraid that if he showed the Purple Sky Vine, it would be taken away, so he kept it in the Dao realm, but this also restricted the Purple Sky Vine. The Taiqing purple air he collected was very limited, not enough to help him break through the realm, otherwise he would have cultivated to become a Taiyi Jinxian long ago."

Chen Shi was a little uneasy and said, "Godmother, I took his gourd and his Purple Heavenly Dao Realm was burned. Are we going too far by doing this?"

Empress Hou Tu sneered, "Did you? Zi Tian Xian Jun relied on his immortality and escaped from the reincarnation cycle, so he was no longer under my control. So he searched for souls everywhere, turned people into ant-men, beastmen, and bee-men, and enslaved them. He also borrowed the Samsara Jade Plate from Lingshan Mountain to control these souls, making them live and die, generation after generation, to work for him. I didn't kill him, but only took the Zi Tian Xian Gourd, which was already a bargain for him!"

Chen Shi said: "Those ant-men orcs..."

Niangniang Hou Tu said: "When the Purple Heaven Dao Realm is burned, they will also die. Their souls will escape from Purple Heaven and fall into reincarnation in different worlds. In the future, they may be reborn and no longer be enslaved by the Purple Heaven Immortal Lord."

Chen Shi thought for a moment and said, "My godmother is a good person."

Niangniang Hou Tu chuckled and said, "How am I a good person? The reason why I let you steal Zi Tian Xianjun's gourd is because Zi Tian Xianjun interfered with the reincarnation and affected my interests. He is an immortal king and is not in the reincarnation. I can't do anything to him, so I have to borrow your hand. If he loses the immortal gourd, he will not be able to survive the disaster and will die in the disaster. I always do things for myself, how can I be a good person?"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Although godmother does everything for herself, the results are all good deeds."

Queen Hou Tu said with a smile, "Stop flattering me. You stole the immortal gourd, but Zi Tian Xian Jun is not dead yet, and he may meet you again in the future. It's not a good thing for you to take the blame on yourself, right?"

Chen Shi looked worried and sighed.

The Queen Mother Hou Tu was very happy: "I have committed so many evil deeds now! You can go out and worry about it. I am a little tired."

When Chen Shi walked out of Houde Palace, he saw Taoist Liu outside the palace looking at him with a flattering smile. Chen Shi lowered his head, hugged the Purple Sky Gourd tightly, and planned to walk past.

Taoist Liu coughed, and the flattery on his face became even more intense. He said in a soft voice, "Your Majesty, do you think those three willow leaves of mine are..."

He rubbed his hands and seemed quite embarrassed to ask for his magic weapon back.

Chen Shi stopped and said, "Those three willow leaves... well, that's a problem. I think your magic weapon still has room for improvement. You need to reach a new level, a new realm, and new developments through new measures. Therefore, you need to use new methods, put forward new requirements, achieve new breakthroughs, and reach new heights. Do you understand this principle, fellow Taoist?"

Taoist Liu was bewildered, watching him walk down the hill, and suddenly realized: "Where is my Three Wonders of Heavenly Immortal Formation?"

Chen Shi hurried back to the Imperial City, and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "The three willow leaves of Taoist Liu are indeed a problem. I saved his life, but his willow leaves were destroyed, so I must compensate him. But how to compensate him..."

He couldn't think of a solution for a moment, so he simply put it aside for the time being. After all, the most important thing was to make a witch contract.

He wandered around several palaces, intending to find a secluded corner to plant the witchcraft and gourd seeds. After searching for a long time, he found an empty space in the imperial garden. The palace was newly built, and the imperial garden only planted some trees, flowers and plants, and there was still a lot of space, so he didn't choose any good trees.

Chen Shi chose a crape myrtle tree that was several hundred years old. The tree had its crown pruned and had not yet sprouted new buds.

He dug a pit under the tree, and then moved Wuqi and the pot over. Caner, with white hair and a white dress, ran over with her ponytail dragging, "Brother, I'm hungry!"

Chen Shi put down the pot and looked at the mulberry leaves around her neck. She had already eaten all of them.

"My appetite seems to have grown a lot recently."

Chen Shi was surprised and tied another hibiscus leaf to her.

The silkworm squatted nearby, eating mulberry leaves while watching Chen Shi fish out Wu Qi's skeleton from the pot, plant Wu Qi and the golden gourd seed under the crape myrtle tree, and then add soil.

Chen Shi poured the Daoquan in the pot, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to himself: "In a few days, the gourd vine will grow out and can climb up along the crape myrtle tree."

He shuddered at the thought that perhaps it was a witch crawling out of the soil and growing up the tree like a vine.

"It won't be like this! Can'er, let's go."

Chen Shi called out to Caner, who quickly jumped up and down to catch up with him, with her two ponytails swinging back and forth behind her.

Chen Shi noticed that in such a short period of time, she had eaten half of the hibiscus leaf!

"If we keep eating like this, I'm afraid the hibiscus leaves will be finished in a few days." He couldn't help but worry.

"Ever since the Queen Mother asked me to spin silk, my appetite has increased a lot. The Queen Mother said that I am growing!" said the caner righteously.

Chen Shi squatted down and looked at her. The girl was only as tall as his waist, and he couldn't see where her height was.

"The Queen said that I'm going to transform, so I eat more." Caner said.

"Metamorphosis?"

Chen Shi was slightly startled, not quite understanding what it meant. But being able to eat is not a bad thing.

"But it's a bad thing. I've run out of hibiscus leaves here. How can I get more?"

He thought of the hibiscus tree that day. Only by going back there could he pick enough hibiscus leaves for the silkworms to transform.

"However, without the willow leaf boat, how can we cross the dark sea? Besides, it is difficult to discern the road in the darkness."

Chen Shi hesitated for a moment, and decided to trouble the Queen Mother Hou Tu for this matter.

"But there is no rush right now. We still have enough hibiscus leaves to eat for a few days. I wonder how the battle is going?"

As a true king, he had been busy running around with the Queen Mother of the Earth these days and had not paid attention to the war. Fortunately, his skeleton body was at the front line, and Chen Shi's consciousness was connected to the skeleton body. In just a short moment, he knew everything about the war during this period.

After the Li, Yang, Xu, Zhang, and Xia families were destroyed, the Gu, Ma, Gao, Jiang, Fei, and Zhai families were also destroyed one after another, but the speed was much slower than before.

This is because the underworld forces of these families fought back. This force is really strong, with countless ghost soldiers and gods everywhere. Yang Bi had to adopt a steady and cautious formation to reduce casualties, use superior forces to encircle and eliminate the opponent's weak links, and nibble away at them step by step.

However, of the thirteen aristocratic families, only the Cui family remains.

The Cui family has now gathered the remnants of other families and is full of experts, but the demise of the Cui family is only a matter of time.

At this time, Yang Bi was mobilizing his troops to encircle the Cui family in both the Yin and Yang worlds.

He adopted the tactic of surrounding three sides and leaving one side open, leaving a weak point in the northwest corner to make it easier for Cui family's masters to break through.

But up to now, not a single ghost or descendant of the Cui family has escaped. The temperament of this family is extremely fierce, which gives Yang Bi a headache. He is afraid that it will be difficult to eradicate the Cui family without some sacrifices.

Chen Shi's skeleton body came to Xiaozhutian and found Yang Bi, saying: "The reason why the Cui family did not flee is because they knew that even if they fled, they would have nowhere to go and would be hunted down and killed by us. So they fought to the death. As long as we give them a little hope of escape, they will run away."

Yang Bi asked, "Where is the hope?"

Chen Shi's skeleton body said, "My uncle Chen Wu once disguised himself as a Heavenly Daoist from Despair Hill. We can let him take the Supreme Emperor, Du Yiran, Granny Sha and others and disguise themselves as Heavenly Daoists, saying that they came here on the orders of the Heavenly Lord to make peace with the two families. Zhuang Wujiu often walks in the human world. Many people know him and know that he is from Despair Hill. We can let Chen Wu pretend to be Zhuang Wujiu."

Yang Bi smiled and said, "To eliminate the last great family, why don't you let Your Majesty personally take the lead? Your Majesty has destroyed thirteen families in one fell swoop, which is a great achievement."

Skeleton Chen Shi shook his head and said, "You were the one who defeated the eleven great families, and you also defeated the Cui family. I won't take the credit from you."

Yang Bi bowed his head and said, "I am afraid that my achievements will be too great to be feared by the Lord."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "If you don't trust me, I can give you a red-lettered iron certificate and a golden medal of immunity from death."

Yang Bi couldn't help but laugh and said, "I've read history books thoroughly, and all those who had the red-lettered iron certificate and the golden medal of immunity from death died miserably in the end!"

Chen Shi couldn't help laughing and said, "Brother Yang, we are nominally the monarch and his subjects, but this is only for the common people. In reality, we are fellow Taoists, people who seek the Tao. Now that the world is pacified, the Heavenly Lord has been eliminated, and the moral principles have been established, I will learn from the sages and abdicate the throne of the True King, and devote myself to seeking the Tao and ascending to heaven."

Yang Bi was touched when he heard this and said, "Yes. I was originally seeking the Tao, but I was drawn into the muddy stream. If the world is at peace, I will resign. If there is a day of peace, I will also resign."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Yang Bi smiled and said, "At that time, as a fellow Taoist, I beg Your Majesty to give me some face and have another fight to see who is better."

Chen Shi laughed and said, "Of course I am a male!"

Yang Bi smiled and said, "Not necessarily. By the way, what has Your Majesty been doing in the imperial capital these days? If there is nothing else, you can lead the army in person."

He was still worried that his achievements would overthrow his master, so he tried to pass on the credit for pacifying the thirteen families.

"Robbery, stealing, burning, killing, and such people." Chen Shi sighed.

Yang Bi was puzzled.

Chen Shi withdrew his consciousness and left one thought on the skeleton. Hu Feifei hurried over and asked him to review the memorials.

These days he was running around overseas, very busy, and had accumulated a lot of memorials, most of which were submitted from various places to congratulate the true king on his ascension to the throne, while some were reports of demonic changes, floods, and famines in the local area.

Chen Shi reviewed the memorials, while Hu Feifei explained the general meaning of each memorial, and Chen Shi made the decision. The two worked from morning to night, and from night to morning, and finally finished reviewing the pile of memorials.

Chen Shi stretched himself and was about to take a rest when suddenly Caner ran over in panic, shouting from afar, "Brother, brother! Human! Human! The human has grown!"

Chen Shi was slightly startled, then he realized: "Wu Qi! Wu Qi has grown out!"

(End of this chapter)