On the Avenue.

Chapter 579 Heavenly Mark
Pu Shenbu stopped and looked at Chen Shi with a puzzled look on his face. He whispered, "As far as I know, few people who are thrown into the prison can get out. Who is this Chen Shi?"

It is very difficult to overturn a verdict sentencing an immortal to death. After all, if the criminal is innocent, the officers who arrested him, the yamen who tried the case, and the lords who reviewed the case will all be punished for this matter. Therefore, anyone who is thrown into the Heavenly Prison is sentenced to death and there is no possibility of walking out alive.

"Unless you have a strong background and are able to rescue someone from the prison."

As Pu Shen watched Chen Shi and the others walk out of the prison, he thought to himself, "This suspect named Chen Shi must have a powerful background!"

Xuanhuanghai, Houde Guangda Heavenly Palace, the Queen Mother Hou Tu called a maid, handed over a handwritten order, and said: "Huixue, you take my handwritten order to the prison in the Heavenly Palace and take Chen Shi out of the prison. He worked for me and suffered a little injustice."

The palace maid was named Feng Huixue, and she was a fairy serving the empress. She acknowledged her status, took the imperial edict, and left immediately.

Feng Huixue went to the Heavenly Palace and arrived at the prison. She gave the Queen's handwritten letter to the Heavenly King who was guarding the prison. The prison king unfolded the letter and quickly ordered people to check Chen Shi's whereabouts. After a while, he said, "Senior sister, you came at an inopportune time."

Feng Huixue was surprised: "Has Chen Shi already ascended the Immortal Execution Platform?"

The Prison King smiled and said, "That's not the case. The Heavenly Court sent people here to find out the truth. The fight between Chen Shi and General Yin Fenglou was a fair fight. The two signed a life and death agreement. Chen Shi accidentally killed Yin Fenglou. It was an accidental injury. Yin Fenglou, as a general, fought privately with his subordinates and violated the Heavenly Law. He has already admitted his mistake and accepted the punishment. Chen Shi is innocent and has been released. He is still serving as a Heavenly Soldier in the Heavenly Soldier Guard."

Feng Huixue's heart was slightly shaken, and he said, "He was originally sentenced to death, but now he is acquitted? Yin Fenglou was accidentally beaten to death by him, and then Yin Fenglou confessed his crime and accepted the punishment?"

The Prison King blinked and said helplessly: "This is the news I got."

Feng Huixue frowned slightly. The death row prisoner was acquitted, and the consequences were serious. She was afraid that all the immortal officials who solved the case would be charged with dereliction of duty!

People like Chen Shi, who have no background and ascended from a marginal world, can never overturn the verdict even if he is beheaded.

Not to mention making the deceased confess his crime and accept punishment.

"There must be something wrong here."

Feng Huixue remained calm and asked with a smile, "May I ask Heavenly King, who took Chen Shi away?"

The Prison King said, "People from the palace. Young Master Chen is still serving in the Geng Guard, Chen Force, and Huo Camp. Senior Sister, go ask Chen Shi, maybe he knows some reasons."

Feng Huixue felt slightly moved and said goodbye and left.

She left the prison and thought for a moment. She did not go directly to see Chen Shi, but hurried back to Houde Guangda Palace and told the empress about it, saying, "The young master was released by someone from the palace."

The Queen Mother Hou Tu was surprised and asked, "Is this true?"

She has billions of clones spread across various worlds of the Xuanhuang Sea. The adopted son of one of her clones should not have attracted her attention, but Chen Shi's deeds in Xiniu Xinzhou aroused her admiration, so she favored Chen Shi.

The incarnation of Hou Tu in Xiniu Island, at her instruction, left the task of beheading Yin Fenglou to Chen Shi, in order to test Chen Shi's courage and chivalry.

Yin Fenglou was just a true immortal, opportunistic and his means of ascending to heaven were not glorious. This person killed millions of people in the Lingtai Realm and caused countless people to lose their country and family, but he got this opportunity to ascend to the earthly immortal world and become a heavenly soldier.

Afterwards he stayed in Heaven and rose from a small soldier to the commander-in-chief of the Fire Camp.

For a person like this, if the Queen Mother Hou Tu met him, she would overestimate him if she looked at him. But the Queen Mother was a deity and could not control immortals. Even if Yin Fenglou committed a serious crime in the mortal world, she had no right to ask about it.

The Queen then asked Chen Shi to deal with this person. If Chen Shi dared to get rid of Yin Fenglou, then the Queen would acknowledge this adopted son, protect him, and use him.

If Chen Shi did not dare to attack Yin Fenglou, then Chen Shi would be just the adopted son of Hou Tu of Xiniu Xinzhou, and had nothing to do with her true self.

What the queen didn't expect was that someone had actually taken the lead and rescued Chen Shi from the prison and cleared his name.

She was puzzled: "Why did that person from the palace...the palace fall in love with my adopted son?"

"My lady, I have heard something else."

Feng Huixue said, "A great demon was born near the Heavenly Palace, comparable to the Taiyi Golden Immortal, and it caused chaos in the Heavenly Palace. The Heavenly Dao magic weapon, the Heavenly Secret Strategy, was shattered by the great demon."

Upon hearing this, Empress Hou Tu was both angry and amused. She sneered, "A demon comparable to the Taiyi Golden Immortal broke into the Heavenly Palace and destroyed the Heavenly Dao magic weapon? This is too absurd. Do you really think it's the same as the previous riot in the Heavenly Palace?"

Feng Huixue asked tentatively: "What does your Majesty mean?"

Instead, Hou Tu Niangniang was no longer angry and said with a smile, "This incident has satisfied many people. Well, I won't expose their tricks."

Feng Huixue didn't know what she was thinking, and didn't dare to guess, so she said, "Then what about Chen Shi..."

Empress Hou Tu smiled and said, "The one in the palace has taken a fancy to him, so I'm just happy to be free and wait and see."

In Huoziying, Bai Fangfang, Xiao Dulu and some other immortals gathered together to celebrate Chen Shi's release from prison and his new life.

There are very few old people among the heavenly soldiers. They are all immortals who have recently ascended to heaven. When they get together, there are not so many rules and regulations, and they often talk about anything.

"When I was in the lower world, I thought that after ascending to heaven, I would be free from worries and live a carefree life. I never thought that the first thing I would do in heaven would be to serve ten years of corvee labor."

Xiao Dulu said, "At least I am in Mangzhou, and I am also the leader of a sect. I am respected by the world. I don't know how many seniors and peers have praised me as a genius."

He laughed heartily, tilted his head back and drank the wine in the jar.

Another heavenly soldier named Dai Qingxi was touched by his words and said bitterly, "I have been regarded as a genius by others since I was young. I have rarely encountered setbacks in my life. I can be said to be the pride of Shuangtian Continent. I also think highly of myself and thought that after ascending to the earthly immortal world, I would be able to rise to prominence and roam freely in the vast world. I didn't expect..."

He shook his head, his eyes red.

The other heavenly soldiers had the same feeling as him. When they were in the lower world, who was not gifted and outstanding? Who was not a genius in the eyes of others and a peerless strongman? Who would have thought that after ascending to heaven, they would become heavenly soldiers?

Everyone is a genius, but when all the geniuses gather together, no one is a genius anymore.

What makes them even more discouraged is that these geniuses in the world of earthly immortals are no different from pawns charging into battle. If they are the first to rush into battle, the chances of casualties are extremely high.

"I am the true king who rules Xiniuzhou."

Chen Shi laughed and said, "After coming to the Earthly Immortal Realm, aren't you going to be a soldier? I was even almost taken to the Immortal Execution Platform."

Bai Fangfang was drunk. She stood up, staggering, and laughed, "Ascension, ascension. All heroes in the world are within my grasp!"

Most of the people were sober now, and they all said, "Fairy Bai, be careful with your words, be careful with your words!"

Bai Fangfang also knew that she had said something wrong, so she immediately restrained herself and sat down. Chen Shi changed the subject and said, "When I was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, I felt the earth shaking outside, which was very scary. Later, I heard that the demon invaded the Heavenly Palace and the Heavenly Secret Strategy was destroyed. Is this true?"

"It's true."

Zhong Lin, the scholar of Tianji who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up and said, "That great demon was extremely terrifying. He broke into the Heavenly Palace from nowhere and went after Tianji Ce. He broke through countless immortal palaces and halls along the way, and many famous immortals and gods were severely injured by him. Several commanders of my Tianbingwei went to support him, and several of them were killed or injured. Tianji Ce suffered even more casualties. There are Tianji scholars in Tianji Palace, called Tianji Guards, and most of them died."

He paused, and said, "I went there to check it out. It was indeed a great demon who took action. His demon cultivation was extremely domineering, comparable to Taiyi Jinxian, and his destructive power was extremely strong."

Xiao Dulu said: "If it's not a demon, then who else could it be? Only such a brutal thing can catch the Heavenly Court off guard."

Zhonglin hesitated and did not respond.

He checked all the traces left by the attack. It was indeed a big demon that attacked the Heavenly Palace. It was impossible for someone to disguise himself as a big demon and disguise himself so vividly.

Chen Shi's eyes flickered, and he thought, "Zhong Lin's words have hidden meanings. He may have suspected that the Heavenly Secret Strategy was not destroyed by the Great Demon, so he went to check. Why did he have such a suspicion? Did he suspect that someone in the Heavenly Court destroyed the Heavenly Secret Strategy? Then, for what purpose did this person destroy the Heavenly Secret Strategy?"

He couldn't help but fall into deep thought. The Queen Mother Hou Tu had mentioned to him many times that the contradiction between the immortals and gods in the earthly immortal world was gradually intensifying. The gods thought that the immortals were lawless, and the immortals thought that the gods were too controlling. This time, would the immortals condone the demons to attack the heavenly court and destroy the Heavenly Secret Strategy?
"There are so many benefits to destroying the Tianji Strategy." He said silently in his heart.

After the destruction of the Heavenly Secret Strategy, no one knew how many cultivators had achieved immortality through the integration of the Dao, and the ascension of immortals was no longer controlled by the Heavenly Secret Strategy. Moreover, the Heavenly Court also lost a Heavenly Dao magic weapon, and its strength was damaged.

"This is most likely caused by an immortal being who controlled the demons and attacked the Heavenly Palace. Their target is the Heavenly Secret Strategy!"

Chen Shi thought to himself, "Tianji Ce should have sensed the danger coming, and when I merged with the Dao, this treasure took the opportunity to imprint the Dao pattern of the Heavenly Dao into my consciousness. In this case... wouldn't I be carrying the Heavenly Dao? Wait a minute, if this matter is known to outsiders, I'm afraid I'll be in danger!"

After he arrived at the Heavenly Palace, he realized that the current situation in the Heavenly Palace was a little strange. All the immortals who ascended to Heaven worked for the Heavenly Palace, and the immortals and gods seemed to be in harmony. However, in every war, many heavenly soldiers were killed and injured. It was hard to say that there was no problem.

Could it be that the gods are intentionally weakening the vitality of the immortals?

At this moment, Chen Shi noticed someone's eyes were on him, and he immediately looked up, meeting Zhong Lin's gaze.

Zhong Lin withdrew his gaze.

Chen Shi glanced at Hei Guo with a questioning look.

Black Pot shook his head.

Chen Shi raised his eyebrows, looking confused: "This Zhonglin, I don't even know where the blame came from!"

The Tianbing who came to celebrate Chen Shi's release from prison actually didn't have much connection with Chen Shi. They were all friends of Hei Guo, and they came to congratulate him for Hei Guo's sake.

Hei Guo had naturally figured out the details of these immortals long ago, but Chen Shi was greatly surprised that even Hei Guo could not figure out the details of this man named Zhong Lin.

After the banquet, everyone returned to Tiandao Residence.

Zhonglin also said goodbye and left.

He returned to his Tiandao Residence, only to see a group of strange-looking men with serious faces who had come into the courtyard at some point in time. They were all wearing wide robes with long sleeves, and their hands and feet were completely hidden in the robes, so that no hands or feet could be seen.

Behind them, each of them had a vertical text, floating in the air, arranged from top to bottom, shining brightly. The text was extremely complex, composed of heavenly patterns, explaining the mysteries of heaven.

Zhong Lin was startled and bowed quickly: "Zhong Lin greets all the Taoist brothers!"

Although he was also a Tianji Xiushi, he had only joined the Tianji Xiushi for a short time and had not yet become a true immortal, so his status was much lower than these Tianji Xiushi. However, although his cultivation was not as good as theirs, his understanding of the Heavenly Dao was extraordinary, and his accuracy in interpreting the Tianji Strategy was very high, so the senior Tianji Xiushi also valued him very much.

"Zhonglin, the Tianji Palace was attacked, and the Tianji scholars suffered heavy casualties. The Heavenly Court wants to rebuild the Tianji Strategy, and we Tianji scholars need to hand in the Heavenly Dao Patterns that we have comprehended."

One of the Tianji scholars handed over a jade slip and said, "You also need to hand in the Heavenly Dao Patterns that you have learned and comprehended."

Zhong Lin took the jade slip with both hands and said, "Zhong Lin understands."

"Are you still looking for that ascended golden immortal?"

Another Tianji scholar said earnestly, "Now is a time of trouble. The Tianji Strategy has been destroyed. The Tianji Palace is in need of people. Check whether this is an accident or someone did it on purpose. If you come back, you will have more strength."

Zhong Lin said, "With all of you Taoist brothers here, I can't interfere. Although finding that golden immortal is a small matter, I just want to see it through to the end."

Seeing this, those talented scholars stopped persuading him.

"The Heavenly Court prohibits the integration of Taoism, so what about the heavenly soldiers who integrate Taoism?" another scholar of Tianji asked.

Zhonglin bowed and said, "I don't know either."

The scholars did not ask any further questions.

Zhong Lin imprinted the Heavenly Dao patterns he had learned and understood on the jade slips and handed them to them. The Tianji monks left.

"More than half of the cultivators in the Tianji Palace were killed or injured. The remaining Tianji scholars only have one tenth or even one hundredth of the complete Tianji Dao patterns. It will be difficult for the Heavenly Court to restore the Tianji Strategy."

He shook his head secretly, thinking of Chen Shi again, and wondered, "Why does he have the aura of the Heavenly Dao? Moreover, after going to the Heavenly Prison, the aura of the Heavenly Dao on him has become even stronger, which is very strange."

Chen Shi and his companions did not have a few days of peace, as soon as they received a mission. The commander-in-chief of the Gengzi Guard ordered all the heavenly soldiers' camps of the twelve institutes to go out and search for the source of the demon to prevent a second demon attack.

The Huozi Camp where Chen Shi was located was also among them.

After Yin Fenglou's death, the commander-in-chief arranged a new general for the Huozi Camp, whose name was Zhang Xian and who was very respectful to Chen Shi.

Everyone cast their spells and left the Heavenly Palace under the leadership of Zhang Xian. In the distance, a battalion of Heavenly Soldiers also flew out and dispersed, probably responsible for searching in different directions.

It was the first time for them to leave the Heaven and come to the Earthly Immortal Realm. They couldn't help but look around, very curious.

But in this fairyland, there are fairy mountains everywhere, holy places all over the ground, many dragons in the clouds, many phoenixes in the mountains, unicorns lying by the water, and vermilion birds living on volcanoes. It is truly magnificent.

Zhang Xian said: "The Fire Camp is responsible for searching Huanxian Valley this time. It is rumored that this place is where the Three Pure Ones pacified the demons, and the aura of the founder of the immortal way remains."

"Has the Three Pure Ones really left the earthly immortal world?" Chen Shi asked.

(End of this chapter)