On the Avenue.

Chapter 641 Feuds Between Masters and Disciples

The western part of Penglai is filled with strange spiritual energy. To normal immortals, this is pollution of the immortal path, but to Chen Shi, it is like a fish in water.

"What exactly caused this pollution of the immortal path?"

Chen Xing walked inside a gigantic skeleton, the skeleton of a beast, enormous beyond compare. Its fur and flesh had decayed, but the bones remained, their surfaces imprinted with the markings of the Outer Path.

Chen Shi observed carefully and found that the textures of these external paths were still clear, with only some cross-sections appearing at the joints.

He walked inside the skeleton of the strange beast and looked up, only to see that the outer veins on the abdomen were the most densely packed.

He could imagine that when this heretical beast faced an enemy, the marks on its bones would light up layer by layer, making its tendons and bones like powerful and extraordinary immortal artifacts, delivering a fatal blow to the enemy!
The most terrifying part is its abdomen. If it were to swallow countless immortals whole, the immortals would find that countless external paths would light up the moment they were sucked into its belly, refining them!

Countless people will be reduced to ashes inside its belly.

Chen Shi had never seen such a powerful beast before.

"It seems that swallowing 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals in one gulp is indeed possible. It seems that the black pot is also following this route."

Chen Shi suddenly realized that the black pot was a creature born from the Demon Realm of Xiniu New Continent. Although the Demon Realm of Xiniu New Continent was created by the Heavenly Venerable, the black pot could still be considered half a demon.

"Perhaps even a black pot can be this powerful. Take this bone back and let the black pot take a look; it can also serve as its teething stick."

Chen Shi stepped out of the strange beast skeleton and casually tossed it into the Dao Ruins.

In Daoxu Fuluo Village, the villagers looked around and saw the sky suddenly crack open, and a huge object fell.

"What is the landlord throwing into his house again? A lot of things have been thrown in these past few days."

Village chief Shangdugong asked doubtfully, "It looks like the remains of a demon. Shouldn't we avoid bringing just anything into our homes?"

He muttered to himself, "Daoxu is already prone to anomalies, and you're still causing trouble at home..."

Chen Shi clapped his hands and exclaimed, "No wonder Senior Brother Jiang Guo and Senior Uncle Jiao always said it wasn't poverty, but a lack of money. It turns out Jin'ao Island really isn't poor; there are just too many treasures around here."

The reason why Jin'ao Island is poor is mainly because these treasures have been corrupted by heretics. Even if they take them out, they won't get money. Instead, they will be attacked and killed.

However, the pollution from the external path was nothing to Chen Shi.

He has indeed thrown a lot of things into the Dao Ruins Dao Realm these past few days, throwing in anything good he sees.

“In the Dao Realm, there are often celestial palaces and halls where the master lives, surrounded by beautiful wives and concubines. But my Dao Realm is empty.”

Chen Shixin said, "It's time to bring Xiao Duan here and build a palace that belongs to us."

He followed the polluted scent of the main road and arrived at a mine. There must have been a mining site here. Five-colored light still spewed out from the mine shaft, like a peacock spreading its tail, which was very dazzling.

However, Chen Shi realized that the five-colored light should be transformed from the five elements, but it was also tainted by heretical forces, making it both alluring and dangerous.

If one were to be tainted, even an ordinary immortal would likely fall into the Five Elements, with unimaginable consequences.

"Contaminated by yellow light, one becomes too heavy to fly and staggers. Contaminated by golden light, one's skin cracks and one's primordial spirit is easily shattered. Contaminated by cyan light, one's physical body proliferates and becomes difficult to control. Contaminated by red light, one becomes enraged and unable to control oneself. Contaminated by mysterious light, one's extraordinary cultivation is completely lost. This mine is truly vicious."

Chen Shi arrived at the mine entrance and thought to himself, "The five-colored light must be emanating from the contaminated immortal gold in the mine. The light is so intense that the immortal gold must be of extraordinary value. It should be a valuable material for refining weapons!"

The main road here is extremely polluted, and the source of the pollution is the five-colored light coming from this mine.

"Could this place be the source of the Penglai West catastrophe?"

Just as Chen Shi was about to pass through the five-colored light, a thought stirred in his heart. He looked into the distance and saw a demonic bird perched on the nearby hilltop. It was as big as a mountain and shaped like a peacock, but its body was jet black. It was absorbing the five-colored light emanating from the mine. With each breath, a lot of the five-colored light was absorbed into its belly.

"A corrupted demon!"

Chen Shi's heart stirred slightly. This black peacock, like the black pot, must be a strange beast that adapted to its new environment due to drastic changes. Having lived in Penglai West for many years, it had gradually adapted to this place.

He walked forward and came to the entrance of the mine.

The black peacock glanced at him but ignored him.

Over the years, it had seen far too many unlucky souls who, believing there were rare treasures hidden here, ventured into the mine, only to be struck by the Five Elements Light, their cultivation vanishing and their lives ending. This young man was just another unlucky soul.

Chen Shi activated the Primordial Chaos Dao Field and came into contact with the Five-Colored Light. The Five-Colored Light immediately tried to corrupt him upon touching his Dao Field, but was assimilated by his Primordial Chaos Dao Field in the next moment.

Chen Shi tried it out and found no danger, so he breathed a sigh of relief and stepped into the five-colored light, entering the mine.

Inside the mine, the five-colored light shone even brighter. Chen Shi followed the light and saw many corpses on both sides of the mine. Some were standing against the wall, while others were sitting on the ground. They had been dead for a long time, but their bodies had not decomposed and were still lifelike.

Chen Shi looked them over and concluded that these people must be immortals who were mining. It seemed that this place must have been a famous immortal mountain mine in Penglai West in the past, producing precious immortal gold, which was why it attracted these immortals.

However, he was still wearing shackles on his feet, and the marks of immortals were visible on the shackles.

"They are miners!"

Chen Shi felt a slight stirring in his heart: these immortals had been captured and used as slaves to mine.

"When the incident occurred, the miners were all trying to escape, but they didn't expect it to happen so quickly, which resulted in them dying in the mine before they could get out."

Chen Shi looked back out and saw that the nearest miner was only two or three steps away from the mine entrance. He could escape the mine, but he had exhausted his strength and could not take the last three steps.

Others died from their bodies being too heavy, some from bursts of metal energy, and some had their corpses sprouting many plant root-like branches that took root in the mine and climbed everywhere.

“Back then, Penglai West was the most famous holy land of immortals, and it actually enslaved so many immortals to work for them.”

Chen Shi shook his head and continued forward. The space ahead suddenly opened up and became much more open. He finally found the source of the five-colored light.

The miners had hollowed out the center of the mountain, revealing a massive skull. The skull wasn't completely removed; most of it remained buried within the mountain. Judging from its shape, it appeared to be the skull of a humanoid creature.

The five-colored stone was embedded in the center of the skull's brow, about ten feet in diameter, like an eye that shimmered with five-colored light.

It is believed that the miners discovered this five-colored stone back then, which caused a strange change, resulting in the death of all the miners in the mine and the pollution of the Great Dao.

"However, this skull should only be a great demon, and it cannot cause such terrifying pollution of the Great Dao." Chen Shi's heart stirred slightly. The pollution of the Great Dao formed by the five-colored stone was not strong, so there should be other things.

He leaped up, arrived in front of it, raised his hand and made a grasping motion. The five-colored stone trembled slightly and fell off the skull.

"This treasure should also be of some use."

Chen Shi casually tossed the five-colored stone into the Dao Ruins.

The villagers of Fuluo Village were still looking around when they saw the five-colored stone fall from the sky and crash into the ruins.

"Has the landlord's house been contaminated?"

The alchemist Tang Feng said, "It's glowing with multicolored light; something doesn't look right."

The other villagers nodded in agreement. In recent days, Chen Shi had been throwing in more and more things, and the pollution was gradually getting worse, which made them quite worried.

If they hadn't wanted to protect the green monument, they probably would have moved away from here long ago.

Chen Shi looked around and found that there was a lot of excellent immortal gold in the mine, but the immortal gold was also contaminated, so he did not take it and walked out of the cave.

He arrived at the cave entrance and was about to leave when a deep voice suddenly came from behind him: "Fellow Daoist, please wait!"

Chen Shi stopped and looked back. He saw that the one who had spoken was the black peacock that had been absorbing the five-colored light.

The black peacock stood up, its body enormous, and with a flap of its wings, a fierce wind suddenly arose all around.

As it descended the mountain, its body transformed, changing from a peacock into a human form—an old Taoist priest in black. He looked at Chen Shi with surprise and in the blink of an eye, he was standing in front of Chen Shi, bowing and saying, "Fellow Daoist, greetings."

"Thank you for your courtesy," Chen Shi returned the greeting.

The old Taoist in black said politely, "Fellow Daoist, you entered the Five-Colored Cloud Cave just now and managed to escape unscathed, which is truly admirable. I am far inferior to such Taoist skills. However, the five-colored clouds disappeared as soon as you entered the cave. Could it be that you took the five-colored stones in the cave?"

Chen Shi didn't hide anything and nodded, saying, "I did indeed take the five-colored stone."

The old Taoist in black became even more polite, and said with a smile, "To be honest, this Five Clouds Cave belongs to my family, and the Five-Colored Stone is also our family's property. My ancestors have relied on this cave and this stone for their cultivation. Brother, you are an extraordinary person, able to enter and leave safely. Now that you have taken the Five-Colored Stone, I hope you can return it to its rightful owner. There will surely be a reward!"

Chen Shi asked in confusion, "Are you a disciple of Jin'ao Island?"

The old Taoist in black shook his head, smiled slightly, and said, "I am a disciple of Yunxiao Cave, from the Yuqing lineage of the Three Pure Ones. My name is Kong Daoquan. Although I am an unorthodox cultivator, I have attained the Dao. This Wuxia Cave is the property of my Kong family. My ancestors mined immortal mines here. When you entered the mine just now, you must have seen many corpses. Those were the mine slaves hired by my family."

Chen Shi felt displeased thinking of the miserable state of those mine slaves and shook his head, saying, "This is the territory of Jin'ao Island, not the territory of Yunxiao Cave. I'm sorry I cannot hand it over to you."

The old Taoist in black sneered, "This Penglai West was originally the sacred land of my Yuqing lineage. Later, something happened, and my Yuqing lineage left this place. That's why Jin'ao Island came here. What kind of landlord is Jin'ao Island? Fellow Daoist, if you return the Five-Colored Stone to me, my Yunxiao Cave will certainly not be shortchanged by you!"

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "I am a disciple of Jin'ao Island, and Penglai West is part of Jin'ao Island's territory. Fellow Daoist, I cannot give you this five-colored stone."

"Are you a disciple of Jin'ao Island?"

The old Taoist priest in black, Kong Daoquan, sized him up and suddenly burst out laughing, "You are Chen Shi? I've heard of your name before. Two years ago, I heard that Jin'ao Island had taken in a new disciple named Chen Shi. In order to escort him to Jin'ao Island, the deities of Jin'ao Island in the Heavenly Court used their public power for private gain and protected him all the way! So it was you!"

He laughed and said, "If you were an immortal of any other origin, I would have to speak politely and persuade you to hand over the Five-Colored Stone. But you are a disciple of Golden Turtle Island, so there's no need to be polite! You've just entered the sect, haven't your senior brothers and sisters of Golden Turtle Island, or even Jiao the Cripple, taught you how a disciple of Golden Turtle Island should speak when encountering disciples of the Three Pure Ones lineage!"

Chen Shi frowned slightly and asked, "They certainly never taught me. May I ask what I should say if I meet you, sir?"

Kong Daoquan laughed and said, "It seems they really didn't teach you. Back then, you were defeated generals, and it was only because of our mercy that we didn't wipe you out. You should have stayed in the ancestral court. Why did you have to come out? Since you came out, if you speak disrespectfully to the Three Pure Ones, then don't blame us for teaching you a lesson."

Chen Shi asked, "What lesson?"

Kong Daoquan said, “Haven’t you noticed that most of the people on Jin’ao Island are crippled? Back then, your eldest brother Yan Nanbei encountered my Sanqing lineage and was unruly. He was blinded in one eye, meaning he was blind. Your second brother Bai Yunjian made the same mistake and was crippled. He’s still paralyzed to this day. Your Uncle Jiao was furious and went to demand an explanation, and then he became lame in one leg.”

Chen Shi raised his eyebrows.

Kong Daoquan continued, "There's another guy on your Jin'ao Island named Qiao Gu, isn't there? He coughs frequently because his lungs were injured by my senior brother from the Sanqing lineage, leaving him with incomplete Five Elements. There's also Jing Mei, who was very tough on my Sanqing lineage, and she also crippled one of her legs. I heard that she took on a disciple named Jiang Guo a few years ago, but I haven't met him yet, otherwise I'm afraid he would end up like his senior brother and sister."

He changed the subject, a half-smile on his face, and said, "Chen Shi, you are also a disciple of Jin'ao Island. If you hand over the Five-Colored Stone, I will go easy on you."

Chen Shi said, “Fellow Daoist Kong, although Jin'ao Island is small, it is not to be bullied. Since Penglai West has been abandoned by the Yuqing lineage, and my Jin'ao Island has taken it over, then it is my territory. As for the Five-Colored Stone, you only dare to absorb and refine some Five-Colored Light outside the cave, and you don’t even dare to enter the mine. If I give you the Five-Colored Stone, would you dare to accept it?”

The color of the hole was unpredictable, sometimes bright, sometimes dark.

Chen Shi glanced at him, then turned and left.

No sooner had he left than a burst of five-colored divine light suddenly shone from behind him and swept toward him.

Without hesitation, Chen Shi activated the Dao Realm of the Dao Ruins, and the five-colored stone immediately descended from the sky. The ten-foot-tall, strangely shaped gemstone shone brightly, and the external forces surged, blocking the five-colored divine light refined by Kong Daoquan!
Chen Shi turned around, offered his sword, and the sword-nurturing gourd flew out of the demonic realm in the well. Taking advantage of the moment when Kong Daoquan was fighting against the five-colored stone, he unleashed the ninth move of the Hunyuan Sword Scripture.

HarmonyOS splits up!

He unleashed 108 sword strikes in one go, 108 Primordial Chaos Splits, attacking Kong Daoquan from all directions, cutting off all of Kong Daoquan's life force and leaving him with nowhere to go!

Kong Daoquan roared, and his immense magical power erupted, forcefully resisting the external attack of the Five-Colored Stone. Countless black feathers expanded outward to meet Chen Shi's Primordial Chaos Split!

Although he was a True Immortal, his magical power was truly boundless and far surpassed any True Immortal Chen Shi had ever seen before!

The terrifying surge of magical power even caused Chen Shi's aura to fluctuate, making it difficult for him to fully unleash the power of the Primordial Chaos Split!

The lineage of the Three Pure Ones is indeed profound and unfathomable!
Kong Daoquan transformed from a human into a black peacock. Relying on his unparalleled cultivation, he withstood the 108 Primordial Chaos Splitting Techniques, flapped his wings, and soared upwards. His black feathers fluttered down, being cut off by the Primordial Chaos Splitting Techniques, leaving him almost a featherless black chicken.

He was covered in blood, completely unprepared for the serious injury caused by a single wrong decision.

At the same time, Chen Shi soared into the sky, raised his hands, and swung his sword. The Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Sword flew out from under the Demon Tree and slashed down!

The Ninth Form of the Blood-Transforming Divine Blade: Heavenly Pillars Collapse and Earth's Fissures Shatter!
Kong Daoquan did his best to meet the attack, and immediately let out a miserable scream as blood splattered across the sky as one of his legs was severed!

Chen Shi's aura surged violently, causing him to fall from the sky. Looking up, he saw Kong Daoquan flapping his wings and soaring away!

"My knife is poisoned!" Chen Shi shouted a warning.

(End of this chapter)