On the Avenue.

Chapter 592 Clay Buddha Incident

The Fire Camp has a total of 1,200 heavenly soldiers and one heavenly general. In the case of the Three Purities Demon Well, more than a dozen heavenly soldiers were killed or injured. A lot of reinforcements have been added in the past few days, so the camp is now full.

This trip to Thunder Profound Province was also a normal dispatch. Unexpected events often occurred in various places in the Earthly Immortal Realm, and the Heavenly Court needed to send people to investigate the truth to prevent small disturbances from turning into big ones.

"The Thunder Xuan Province we are going to is one of the three major provinces of the Thunder Department."

After all, Zhong Lin was a scholar of heavenly secrets, and he knew the geography of the earthly immortal world and the structure of the heavenly court like the back of his hand. Sitting on the star raft, he talked freely to Chen Shi and others.

"The three provinces of the Thunder Department, Thunder Capital Province, Thunder Xuan Province, and Thunder Tai Province, are not very powerful. The real power lies in the Nine Departments under the Thunder Department. But whether it is the Nine Departments or the three provinces, they are all doing things below. Above them are the guardian gods, the four guardian marshals, the two generals of the turtle and the snake, the four spiritual gods, and the four saints."

Chen Shi was shocked: "Is the Thunder Department so powerful?"

Zhong Lin said, "These are just the guardian gods. Above the guardian gods of the Thunder Department, there are the Five Marshals of the Thunder Department, the Five Thunder Kings, the Five Thunder Emperors, the Thirty-Six Divine Generals, and the Twenty-Four Heavenly Lords. Above them are the four great heavenly palaces of the Four Saints of the North Pole, and the Heavenly Palace of Thunder Ancestor. Each heavenly palace has 100,000 heavenly soldiers, heavenly generals, and gods."

Chen Shi was shocked. What a huge force the Thunder Department was. It was far superior to the Heavenly Army Battalion under Li Tianwang!
Li Tianwang's status is second only to the Jade Emperor, and it seems that there is a lot of water in it.

But why did such a powerful Thunder Department ask their Heavenly Soldiers Camp to investigate when something happened?
"When immortals practice thunder magic, they often need to borrow the power of the gods of thunder. When they conquer powerful monsters, they also need to borrow the power of the thunder department."

Zhong Lin said, "Most of the heavenly soldiers and generals in the Thunder Department are also immortals. If you don't have a good place to go, you can go to the Thunder Department to be a heavenly soldier. The salary is quite good. But the casualties are a bit high."

Chen Shi asked, "How high is it? Is it as high as our Heavenly Soldiers Camp?"

"That's not the case. Our Tianbing Battalion has the highest casualty rate," Zhong Lin said.

The heavenly soldiers of the Fire Camp showed miserable smiles.

"Is the Thunder Department the most powerful military force in Heaven?" Xiao Dulu asked.

"No. The most powerful one is the Tianting Dou Department. Although the Lei Department is strong, its scale is a little smaller than the Dou Department."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Their star raft was lined up at the back, and there were more than ten star rafts in front, lined up in an orderly manner, passing through the star gate one by one.

The Star Chariot is the troop transport ship of the Tianbing Camp. In conjunction with the Star Gate, it can quickly travel through the starry sky and advance by starlight at an astonishing speed.

The Earthly Immortal Realm is too large, with various immortal islands, immortal seas, star seas, celestial abysses, and natural moats. If immortals were to fly over there, firstly, the speed would be slow, and secondly, they would be exhausted to death. Therefore, it is necessary to rely on star rafts and star gates to travel between places.

The star gate of Tianbingying is at the Tianhe Ferry in Xitiandang, where the star power is the strongest. The star gate is a bronze gate with five layers of portals, carved with dragons and painted with phoenixes, and imprinted with various strange Taoist patterns. When absorbing star power, the Taoist patterns interweave and change continuously, which is quite mysterious and magical.

The water in the Milky Way is condensed from starlight. With the help of the river water, the Star Gate can be activated.

The Star Raft they rode on was made of raft wood.

The cha wood grows on both sides of the Tianhe River, forming a dense forest. At night, the cha wood shines like stars, which is very dazzling. This wood is considered mature when it grows to a height of a thousand feet. When the heavenly craftsmen cut down the wood, they carve pavilions and terraces on the cha wood and imprint various avenue runes on it, which is called the star cha.

The star power is accumulated in the star raft, which can travel between star gates.

Under the Star Raft, starlight flowed, carrying Chen Shi and the others slowly into the Star Gate. Suddenly, boundless star power surged in front of them, and the Star Raft shook slightly, and was pulled by the starlight, whizzing away, faster and faster, and in just a short moment it surpassed the speed of these immortals, reaching an incredible level!
Chen Shi and others were inexplicably shocked and looked outside the Xingcha.

"Don't stick your head out."

The general guarding the Star Raft quickly raised his magic sword and whizzed past the side of the ship, forcing everyone's heads back onto the Star Raft. He shouted, "The Star Raft is too fast. If you stick your heads out and get hit in the face by the starlight, your skin and flesh will be gone in an instant. Your skull will be full of small holes and will be very soft and will break at the slightest touch!"

The heavenly soldiers were awed and dared not look around again.

The Star Raft shuttled rapidly through the starry sky, heading towards the Thunder Mysterious Province.

"This starlight is so powerful, can we collect some and refine it into a magic weapon?"

Chen Shi suddenly had an idea and took out the Purple Sky Gourd. He raised the gourd and collected the rapidly flashing starlight outside.

His Purple Heaven Gourd was a gourd grown on the Purple Heaven Vine, which was the best of the earthly spiritual roots. Before its lifespan was exhausted, it would use its remaining power to produce a gourd. After Chen Shi got this treasure, he used it to refine it, but he never knew what it was used for, so he kept it in a small temple and offered incense.

The Purple Sky Gourd collected starlight, making a whooshing sound, and continuously absorbed the starlight outside the raft into the gourd.

This gourd doesn't look big, but the space inside is amazing, like a world. Even if Chen Shi swallowed up Changhong and collected starlight, he couldn't fill it up in a short time.

Seeing this, the others also took out their magic weapons and tried to collect the starlight.

Seeing this, the heavenly general guarding the Star Chariot just sneered and did not stop it.

Suddenly, their magic weapons were pierced by the starlight and were riddled with holes, as if they were corroded by ants and insects.

"Snapped!"

An immortal's magical weapon exploded and turned into powder.

Everyone felt extremely painful as they watched the magic weapon turn into scrap metal.

The general sneered, "The starlight outside the chariot is the Xuantian Aurora. Not to mention ordinary immortal magic weapons, even the golden immortal magic weapons can't resist it! Do you still want to capture the Xuantian Aurora? Don't dream in the daydream!"

"How can we collect his gourd?" Everyone pointed at Chen Shi.

Chen Shi was still offering up the Purple Sky Gourd to collect the Mysterious Sky Aurora. After a long while, he still hadn't collected enough.

The general was also a little hesitant, thinking: "Could the gourd in his hand be the treasure of Taiyi Jinxian? It doesn't have any powerful Taoist patterns, but it doesn't look like it."

Zhong Lin saw this and thought to himself, "Is the gourd produced by the Purple Sky Vine that the Purple Sky Immortal Lord lost similar to this gourd? Could Fellow Daoist Chen and Fellow Daoist Hei really be the number one and number two bandits on the Zhuxian Ranking?"

He collected himself.

Bai Fangfang said: "Friend Zhong, you are a scholar of heavenly secrets, you know the mysteries of heaven, can you please tell me whether this trip of ours will be auspicious or disastrous?"

Zhong Lin calmed down, cast a fortune, and looked at it carefully. He said: "The fortune shows that our trip is very unfavorable. As the saying goes, a clay Buddha can hardly save himself when crossing a river. This time we are investigating the clay Buddha incident, which is more dangerous than good..."

"Don't confuse the public with your monstrous words!"

General Zhang Xian came over and scolded, "Friend Zhong, you are a scholar of Tianji, so you are a bit superstitious and calculating. But you didn't expect that even Tianji Strategy would be destroyed! Not to mention your tricks?"

Zhong Lin said: "The Thunder Department has strong soldiers and countless heavenly soldiers. The head of the Thunder Department Xuan Province is the Supreme Jade Capital Zuogong Immortal Weng, Ge Hong Ge Tianshi. He is a Tianshi from the ancestral land, how powerful is he? With him, why do we need to investigate the clay Buddha incident? It is obvious that we are sent here to die."

Zhang Xian glared at him, but he also knew that talented people often had extraordinary abilities, and he couldn't help feeling uneasy.

"Could it be that we didn't behave properly last time, and the higher-ups suspect us and deliberately send us out to die?" he thought to himself.

Chen Shi finally filled the Purple Sky Gourd. Although the gourd was filled with Xuantian Aurora, it seemed to have no weight, but it was heavy after collecting so much. Xuantian Aurora was overflowing from the mouth of the gourd, and Chen Shi resisted the urge to look over. This Xuantian Aurora was extremely powerful, and if you looked at it, you would probably go blind, and your head might even be opened up with a transparent hole from front to back.

"Xuantian Aurora can be used to refine Xuantian sword energy."

He thought to himself, "Although the Hunyuan Sword Qi in the sword box given by Heaven is not bad, it is just usable. If the Xuantian Aurora in the Purple Sky Gourd is refined into sword Qi, its power will definitely be far greater than that of the sword box!"

He sat upright, raised the gourd, floated it in front of him, activated the Hunyuan Sword Sutra, and kept injecting the sword sutra's Dao patterns into the gourd, trying to condense the Xuantian sword energy.

His attainments in the Hunyuan Sword Scripture were extremely high, and he could be ranked among the best in the Earthly Immortal Realm. But after a moment, Chen Shi noticed that the Xuantian Aurora was gradually condensing under the blessing of his sword scripture pattern, and he couldn't help but feel happy.

Unknowingly, the Star Raft arrived at the Thunder Province, gradually slowed down, and stopped at a star gate.

Chen Shi has already cultivated a Xuantian sword energy, but the sword energy is still very rough, without much edge, more like a hammer.

If one wants to refine the sword energy to be indestructible, one needs to prepare several more sword energies in the gourd, so that the sword energies can temper each other and their sharpness will gradually increase.

"At least two sword energies are needed, one yin and one yang."

Chen Shi sensed it carefully and found that there was still a lot of Xuantian Aurora in the gourd, enough to refine another sword energy, so he felt relieved.

The light inside the star gate gradually dissipated.

Some soldiers came and hooked the Star Raft, allowing it to dock.

Everyone flew out from the raft, and another soldier from the Thunder Department came over and asked, "Is this the Gengwei Chensuo Huoying?"

Zhang Xian stepped forward and said, "That's right. I am the general of the Fire Battalion, Zhang Xian."

He handed in his military token.

The Thunder Department soldier took out a military token and compared it with his. After confirming the identity of the new general, the two men put away the military token. The Thunder Department soldier said, "I am Wu Xie, a military officer of the Thunder Xuan Province. I am here to welcome you on the orders of the Xuan Province God Lord."

Zhang Xian thanked him and asked, "We are immortals. When we come to this treasure land, we should pay respect to Master Ge."

Wu Xie, a soldier from the Thunder Department, said, "This is unfortunate. Master Ge has been practicing immortal arts and has been in seclusion for many years. Over the years, it has been the Lord God who has been taking care of the affairs of the Thunder Province."

The Ministry of Thunder also follows the path of co-governance by gods and immortals, and some official positions are held by immortals. Tianshi Ge Hong serves as the Lord of Heaven in Xuan Province.

Chen Shi really wanted to meet this Heavenly Master from his ancestral land, and he felt disappointed when he heard that Ge Tianjun was in seclusion.

Wu Xie led them away from the ferry and headed towards the site of the Clay Buddha incident. He said, "Everyone, this Clay Buddha incident is very harmful. We used the Exorcism Banner made by the Supreme God of the North Pole Exorcism Institute, but it didn't have much effect. Instead, the Exorcism Banner was contaminated by the Great Dao."

Zhang Xian was shocked: "The avenue is polluted?"

Zhong Lin also became nervous and asked, "Could it be that there is something wrong with the Great Dao?"

"That's not true."

Wu Xie shook his head and said, "If it was an abnormality of the Great Dao, I'm afraid there would have been heavy casualties. The level of this incident is far less than that of an abnormality of the Great Dao. However, although the level is not high, it is very tricky. The clay Buddha incident first occurred in a temple in Feng'an County of Lei Tingxuan Province. The temple enshrines the Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta. The people of Feng'an County are quite Buddhist and made a golden statue for the Bodhisattva."

Chen Shi followed them, concentrating on refining the second sword energy along the way.

"The Bodhisattva would occasionally descend into the golden body, and every time he descended, it would cause a great sensation."

Wu Xie led them all the way across the mountains and rivers of Lei Ting Xuan Province and arrived outside Feng'an County.

Everyone looked towards Feng'an County and saw that although this place was called a county, it could actually be said to be a land kingdom of God. It had a vast territory, covering more than 100,000 miles, with many majestic mountains and steep ridges, and fairy mountains and divine mountains floating in the sky.

The fairy mountain is the residence of the immortals, with a misty fairy air; the sacred mountain is the palace of the gods, with the smell of incense and burning. The atmosphere is different and it is easy to distinguish them.

If the fairy mountains and sacred mountains in the sky are included, the territory of Feng'an County will be more than 100,000 miles.

"During this temple fair, the Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta will also descend in his golden body to bless the people."

Wu Xie said, "But just before the advent, a strange thing happened."

His face looked strange, and he said, "The golden body of the Bodhisattva suddenly turned into a body made of mud. This golden body of the Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta has been placed in the Thunder Mysterious Province to absorb incense for more than 100,000 years. It has long been refined to be comparable to the peak golden immortal, and is extremely powerful. This sudden change into a mud body is both a loss and a shame for the Bodhisattva. This incident happened under the nose of my Thunder Mysterious Province, and we are also to blame, so we sent many people to investigate. Then another strange thing happened."

Bai Fangfang was a little nervous and asked quickly, "What's the weird thing?"

“Almost everyone in Feng’an County has turned into clay figures.”

Wu Xie's expression became even more strange, and he said, "The heavenly soldiers and gods we sent to investigate this matter also turned into clay figures after entering Feng'an County. Fellow Daoist Longhuang, Fellow Daoist Longhuang!"

He called out, and the clouds in the sky dispersed, revealing a dragon-headed god who looked down and said, "So it's Brother Wu, what do you want to call me for?"

"These are fellow Taoists from the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Soldiers Camp. They have been ordered to come and investigate the Clay Buddha incident."

Wu Xie apologized, "You've been to Feng'an County. Come and show them the pros and cons."

The dragon-headed god said, "Heavenly Army? Under the command of Heavenly King Li? Aren't those guys a bunch of newly ascended recruits? Why were they sent to investigate this matter? Did they offend someone?"

As he spoke, he descended from the clouds. Everyone then noticed the auspicious clouds in the sky, and above the clouds were many heavenly soldiers and generals, as well as gods in full armor, standing in the air, motionless and very solemn.

They are soldiers from the Thunder Department. After the Clay Buddha incident, they were ordered to guard here to prevent the pollution of the avenue from leaking out.

What they sacrificed in the air, covering the entire territory of Feng'an County, was a bright mirror. It was like a sun, hanging high in the sky, emitting pure yang light, illuminating the entire Feng'an County.

On the one hand, this treasure prevents people from escaping from it. If anyone tries to escape, it will immediately trigger the Pure Yang Dao Fire and burn them to death. On the other hand, it uses the Pure Yang Dao power to suppress the pollution of the Great Dao.

The dragon-headed god, Long Huang, walked down from the clouds and said, "Fellow Daoists, look carefully at my face."

Everyone in the Huozi Camp looked at him, only to see that half of Long Huang's face was collapsed, as if he had been slapped in the face, leaving his face deformed.

"My face wasn't hit, I touched my face and it became like this."

Long Huang said, "There were three hundred people who came with me into Feng'an County to investigate the immortals and gods of the clay Buddha. We didn't feel anything unusual. Someone felt his nose itchy, so he pinched his nostrils and his nose fell off. The others checked their bodies and suddenly found that we had all turned into clay figures without knowing when."

He sighed and said, "I was careless and got my face like this. Our bodies and souls have all turned into mud. It's very dangerous. I realized something was wrong and immediately led them out. It was raining at that time..."

His face shuddered, and he said, "They were soaked by the rain, their bodies became soft and rotten, and stuck together. Because I am a dragon god, my cultivation is higher than theirs, and I still have some magic power left, so I avoided the rain and escaped."

Hei Guo's eyes widened and he tugged at Chen Shi's collar. Chen Shi nodded slightly and whispered, "The realm of ghosts and gods."

(End of this chapter)