On the Avenue.

Chapter 599: Heavenly Rules Are Useless

Zhang Xian and his companions had already started packing up and were ready to return to Heaven. Xiao Dulu and his companions were afraid that Tudigong and Chu Xiangxiu would escape, so they asked the gods of thunder for various seals to seal the two inside and out and restrict their Taoism.

Zhonglin revealed his identity as Tianji Xiushi to the officers and soldiers of the Thunder Department, and requested that they could help escort the Earth God and Chu Xiangxiu to the Heaven.

This return to heaven is bound to be a great achievement. Because they solved the case of the Clay Buddha, these heavenly soldiers will definitely be rewarded. They will receive a lot more elixirs and immortal spirit liquids every month, and they may even be promoted.

The gods of the Thunder Department were also very enthusiastic and hospitable to them.

I don't know when Ge Tianshi came out of retreat, and personally met Chen Shi and others, encouraging them, saying: "Thanks to you fellow Taoists, the people of Thunder Xuan Province have been spared from disaster. This is just a small token of my respect."

A Thunder Department soldier came forward and gave each of the Fire Battalion's Heavenly Soldiers a small cloth bag. Everyone opened it and saw that there wasn't much in the bag, just two three-inch tall jade bottles, one milky white and the other red. There were also a few Five Thunder Talismans blessed by the Thunder Department's God General himself, which were extremely powerful.

"Two jade bottles, one is the Thunder-infused Nectar, which is also a fairy spirit liquid, better than the spirit liquid in Yaoguang Pool. The other is the Tianyang Pill refined by the alchemist of my Thunder Department, which promotes the pure Yang Qi and refines the Pure Yang Pill Thunder."

Master Ge smiled and said, "It's just a little local specialty. I hope you will accept it."

Zhang Xian quickly asked everyone to accept it and thanked Master Ge.

Master Ge left Chen Shi behind and said, "You are a young hero. You solved the case of the clay Buddha and saved the people of Thunder Province from danger. Your merits are immeasurable. This also saved me. Otherwise, I might not be able to sit in Thunder Province. Ge Hong has no way to repay you, so he has prepared a small gift. I hope you will accept it."

A divine general presented a jade pendant to the side. Ge Tianshi said, "This treasure is called Danyang Xuantan. It was refined from a piece of ancient precious jade I obtained in the Dark Sea. This precious jade was born in the wind cavity of the earth vein. The strong wind in the wind cavity blows for eternity and never stops, refining the ancient precious jade into a rare treasure. I refined this treasure into Xuantan. After offering it up, standing on the Xuantan, it is invulnerable to all kinds of magic. Fellow Daoist Chen and I hit it off at first sight, so I will give this thing to you to avoid this disaster."

"A treasure that can help us avoid disaster?" The soldiers of the Fire Camp were all greatly shocked and cast envious glances.

Chen Shi didn't think it was anything precious. In Qianyang Mountain of Xiniu Xinzhou, there were hundreds of rare treasures that were no less precious than those in Xuantan of Danyang, and they were all stolen by him personally.

"Except for the Fusang tree that was stolen by Wu Qi. Well, my godmother also stole two items." He thought to himself.

He took the Danyang Xuantan and handed it to Hei Guo, saying, "Tianshi, there are many suspicious points in this clay Buddha incident. How can we close the case if we haven't caught the person who cast the spell to make it rain? This person must still be in Feng'an County!"

Master Ge Tianshi said meaningfully: "For the Thunder Department, the Clay Buddha case has been concluded. This time the Thunder Department won a great victory. While taking down the culprit, they also drove away the Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta. It's a double happiness. As for who the person who cast the spell to bring rain is, is it really that important to the Thunder Department?"

“But hundreds of thousands of people died!”

Chen Shi thought of the countless clay figures being beaten into mud by the rain, and the clay figures pushing wooden carts and throwing the dead clay figures into the deep pit. He couldn't help but get angry and said, "Are the lives of these people not important?"

Master Ge looked at him in surprise and asked, "How old is Fellow Daoist Chen this year?"

"Thirty-six."

Master Ge Tianshi was surprised and said, "At the age of thirty-six, you have become a celestial being. You are indeed a young hero. Your talent is extremely high, and even in the world of earthly immortals, it is rare. But it is no wonder that you think so. When you live for five hundred years, you will look at mortals again, and your mentality will change a little. You will only feel that mortals have a short lifespan, and five hundred years have passed more than twenty generations."

He said quietly, "When you live to be five thousand years old, your mentality will change. You will see that ordinary people are just like ants, born in the morning and dying in the evening. You will feel that you are not the same as them. When you live to be thirty thousand years old, the people in the world will be just ants to you, no different from other living beings. In the Clay Buddha Case, hundreds of thousands of people died in Feng'an County. It was indeed a lot, but who cared? Did the Thunder Department really care? Did the Heavenly Court really care?"

Chen Shi was silent for a moment, and then said, "Tianshi, you and I were ants like them back then. When we were ants, did you and I care?"

Master Ge's heart was slightly shaken, as if he remembered some stories from his youth, then he shook his head and smiled, "Fellow Daoist Chen is still young. When you reach my age and have experienced a few disasters, you won't think so anymore."

He bowed and said, "You all still have to go back to heaven to report, so I won't see you off."

Chen Shi looked towards Feng'an County. White banners were hung in many places in the county and funerals were being held. The survivors were commemorating the dead.

"This Earthly Immortal Realm is nothing more than a large Xiniu Continent."

He felt a sense of absurdity in his heart, and whispered, "There are no men in the entire earthly immortal world."

Tianhe Ferry.

Wu Xie, the military officer of the Thunder Department, came to see them off. The soldiers of the Fire Battalion boarded the Star Raft one by one. Someone cheered, "No one from our Fire Battalion died this time."

Everyone laughed when they heard this. When the Heavenly Army Battalion was dispatched, there would be casualties. Of course, the casualties were the soldiers of the Heavenly Army Battalion, and there were also many who were completely wiped out. They actually didn't lose a single person this time, which was a miracle since the establishment of the Heavenly Army Battalion.

Bai Fangfang smiled and said, "Not only did no one die, but everyone received a reward. After returning to heaven, there will definitely be more rewards!"

General Zhang Xian said with a smile: "This time it's all thanks to Brother Chen Dao! If it weren't for Brother Chen Dao, I'm afraid we would have suffered heavy casualties."

Everyone responded and praised Chen Shi. Chen Shi smiled and said a few humble words, his eyes fell on Tudigong and Chu Xiangxiu.

At this time, only a voice was heard saying, "Donor Chen!"

Chen Shi looked back and saw the golden statue of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva coming to the ferry, followed by thousands of disciples from the Mahanapa Temple. He immediately jumped off the Star Raft and greeted them, saying, "I have offended many people in this case. I hope the Bodhisattva will forgive me."

Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta returned the greeting and said, "Donor Chen, please do not be polite. I will also leave Thunder Profound Province this time, taking all my disciples and consorts with me, and I will not leave any of my teachings behind."

Chen Shi looked behind him and saw many women in the Mahanabha Temple. They should be Ming Fei.

The Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta said to the Earth God on the Star Raft: "I have already found out the monk and consort who framed you. I have also brought them here."

He waved his hand, and a monk brought up several other monks, as well as an old man and a beautiful woman.

The Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta said, "I want to preach in Thunder Province and promote Buddhism. These people are my disciples. They were greedy and thought that if they wanted to promote Buddhism, they had to eliminate you, so they designed to harm you. Today, Thunder Province no longer has my temple in the West, so I will execute these people according to the rules of the Heavenly Court."

He raised his hand and pointed, and thunder suddenly appeared in the sky. With a few crackling sounds, lightning fell from the sky and struck these people.

The lightning was the extinct immortal thunder. When it struck them, their bodies turned into ashes instantly. Their spirits disintegrated, their cultivation was wiped out, and only a wisp of ghost was left to be swept away to the underworld.

Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva clasped his hands together and bowed to the Earth God and Chu Xiangxiu: "Please forgive me, both donors."

The God of Land and Chu Xiangxiu were tied up tightly, unable to move, and were also put under a silencing spell, unable to speak.

Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta only wanted peace of mind and did not need their understanding. He said to Chen Shi: "Donor Chen, Heaven is not a good place. You don't know that the dispute between Heaven and the immortals is becoming more and more intense. The contradictions between the two sides are on the verge of a war. This clay Buddha case is just a prelude. If the way in Heaven doesn't work, you might as well go to the West. My Western Paradise has both the immortal way of longevity and the prosperity of the gods, and I don't want to give up the worldly fireworks."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Thank you for the Bodhisattva's advice. Since Bodhisattva knew that there was an immortal who was secretly making trouble and using you to sow discord between the Heavenly Court and the Western Heaven, why did you allow yourself to be bullied and not find out who that person was?"

Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta shook his head gently: "This is the cause and effect between the Heavenly Palace and the immortals. Why should I, the Western Paradise, bring disaster upon myself? Goodbye."

He moved his mind slightly, and offered the Eighteen Right Mind Beads, took all the disciples into the Pure Land of Bliss, and boarded another Star Raft. The boatman of the Star Raft thought that a big business had come, but when he saw this, he cursed inwardly that he was a poor ghost.

Chen Shi waved goodbye and said to Hei Guo, "This Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva may not be a good person, but he is upright enough."

Their star ship was also preparing to set sail. At this time, Long Huang hurried over and said from afar: "Boatman, stop!"

The Star Raft stopped in the Star Gate. Long Huang came up to it and said to Chen Shi, "Master Ge is going to retreat and cannot come to see you off in person, so he ordered me to deliver the book to you."

He took out a letter, and Chen Shi opened it. Long Huang said, "The Heavenly Master said that when the Clay Buddha case broke out, the names of the immortals in Feng'an County were all in the letter. Only these few survived."

Chen Shi was slightly startled and read the letter, which contained the names and realms of various immortals.

The realm of most immortals is only the celestial realm, but the celestial realm is unable to resist the pollution of the great way and cannot use any magic power.

"Among all the immortals, only two have such strength." Master Ge Tianshi said in the letter.

Chen Shi continued reading.

The first one was the mayor of Feng'an County City, whose surname was Chao and whose name was Huang. Chen Shi had seen him before, when the Great Power Bodhisattva recovered his power in the Fairy City, Chao Huang knelt down to him and helped the Bodhisattva recover his power.

The second person is a disciple from Jin'ao Island, his surname is Jiang and his name is Guo. He has a great master, and he traveled outside the island and came to Feng'an County, where he was involved in the Clay Buddha case. Even if he turned into a clay figure, he still had the ability to retain some of his cultivation.

Chen Shi flipped over the back and saw that Master Ge had written: "May my brother still keep this in mind 30,000 years from now."

Chen Shi folded the letter, jumped off the Star Raft, and waved his hand, saying, "Everyone, you go back to Heaven first to report. I will leave in a few days."

Everyone looked at him in confusion.

Black Pot said: "Woof?"

"Yes!"

Everyone asked, "The case has been settled, why are you staying?"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "The case of the clay Buddha has been settled for the Ministry of Thunder and for the Western Heaven, but it has not been settled for me. You go back to the Heavenly Palace first, and I will go and settle the case."

"Are you going to commit a crime?"

Bai Fangfang became excited and was about to jump off the Star Raft, "We'll go with you!"

Chen Shi glared at her and said, "What are you going to do? Is this against the law of heaven?"

Bai Fangfang was frightened and didn't dare to mention going together. The other immortals also hesitated and didn't dare to get off the boat.

Hei Guo jumped down and stood with Chen Shi.

Zhang Xian quickly sent a message: "Master, the one who cast the spell to bring rain is most likely one of ours!"

Chen Shi raised his foot and kicked the Star Raft, forcing it to drive into the Star Gate. He thought to himself, "Our own people? I and Hei Guo are our own people!"

The Star Raft was pushed by the starlight in the gate, moving faster and faster, and soon disappeared in the light of the star gate.

Chen Shi turned around and said with a smile: "Black Pot, let's go and close the case!"

Hei Guo followed him and headed towards the fairy city.

Long Huang hurriedly followed him and warned him in a low voice: "Without evidence, this kind of thing is a violation of the law of heaven and deserves death!"

Chen Shi looked at the crooked-faced dragon god and said, "Brother Long Huang, your Thunder Department follows the Thunder Law and obeys the will of Heaven. Above you are the Thunder Ancestor, the Four Saints of the North Pole, the Five Heavenly Palaces, below you are the Five Marshals, the Five Thunder Kings, the Five Thunder Emperors, and your army numbering in the millions. You rule the Earthly Immortal Realm in accordance with the Way of Heaven. Tell me, what is the Way of Heaven?"

Long Huang was slightly startled, then shook his head and said with a smile: "Heaven's Way? That's too complicated, how can I explain it clearly?"

Chen Shi said: "Kill someone and pay with your life, owe a debt and pay it back, that's the way of heaven! Acting on behalf of heaven, that's the way of heaven! Why bother to explain it? Just do it!"

Long Huang was startled.

Chen Shi left him behind and floated away, whispering: "I wanted to give Tian Tiao a chance, but Tian Tiao is useless. If Tian Tiao doesn't work, then I'll do it myself!"

Feng'an County, Changyi.

Chen Shi and Hei Guo came to a fairy mountain in Changyi. According to the letter from Ge Tianshi, Jiang Guo, the disciple from Jin'ao Island, settled here when he traveled here.

This fairy mountain is not big, only four or five miles in radius, floating in the sky, and the fairy spirit in the mountain overflows from the void, forming a spiritual spring. The spiritual spring is not enough to establish a sect, but it is enough for one or two immortals to practice.

Master Ge took this fairy mountain under the ownership of the Thunder Department and used it to entertain passing fairies on a daily basis.

When Chen Shi arrived at the fairy mountain, he felt from afar that the air in the fairy mountain turned into a strong wind, whistling past, and suddenly rolled back and blew from behind. The wind was very strong.

When we walked out of the valley, we saw a young man sitting beside a spiritual spring, breathing in and out from afar.

The strong wind that was blowing back and forth just now was this person's breathing.

Chen Shi watched silently. With every breath the young man took, sword energy flew out from his lips. The sword energy was sharp and overbearing, even more powerful than the murderous aura of the Blood-Transforming Divine Sword, which made people shudder.

"not him."

Chen Shi carefully sensed the murderous aura, made a judgment, turned around and left, thinking, "If this is the person, why would he bother to sow discord between the West Heaven and the Heavenly Court?"

The young man was Jiang Guo. He suddenly became aware of something and opened his eyes. Sword energy in his eyes shot towards Chen Shi with great power!
Without hesitation, Chen Shi turned around and swung his sword. Between his hands, invisible sword energy surged and transformed into a sword light hundreds of feet long, meeting the sword energy. This was the sword technique of the Blood-Transforming Divine Sword!
The flashes of swords and the auras of sabers annihilated each other and dissipated into nothingness.

Chen Shi continued to walk outside.

The young man Jiang Guo looked over in surprise: "Heavenly Blood-Transforming Divine Sword! My fellow disciple!"

(End of this chapter)