On the Avenue.

Chapter 646 The Servant Takes Action
Shang Dugong and the others looked worried. They gathered together to discuss the matter. Tang Feng, the alchemist, said, "What do we do now? We've never fought before. How fierce is the landlord, Master Chen? He can't beat us, so he's asking us for help. If we go out and fight for him, he'll see that we're all bark and no bite and he'll definitely raise our rent."

Bai Lu Xiaotong said, "We've fought before! Aren't there many heavenly soldiers, generals, and deities buried in the back mountain?"

"Can they be the same?"

The village girl, Qu Lihua, said, "How weak are those people? This time, we're going to fight someone that even the landlord, Master Chen, can't handle!"

The mangy dog ​​shivered and barked, "Woof."

"The leper is right, let's take it one step at a time."

Duke Shangdu sighed and said, "If the enemy is too strong, we should come back quickly if we can't defeat them."

Bai Lu Xiaotong's father was an honest farmer. He said, "If we can't beat the enemy, can we not beat the landlord? Let's just kill him and bury him in the back mountain, then there won't be so much trouble."

Everyone was a little hesitant.

Bai Lu's father said, "What are you hesitating about? We're just farmers. How can we fight against the landlord's enemies? What if we get killed in this fight?"

These words resonated with everyone, and they all nodded in agreement.

Bai Lu's father said, "If you ask me, I'd say we should just use a pitchfork to suddenly poke the landlord in the back and kill him!"

"This plan is brilliant!"

Shang Dugong's eyes flashed with a fierce light as he looked around for Chen Shi, but couldn't find him. He immediately asked, "Where is the landlord?"

The burly alchemist Tang Feng said, "It seems he's gone out."

Chen Shi left Fuluo Village and headed southeast until he arrived at the Green Mountain where the Changchun Emperor resided. This place was rich in immortal herbs, many of which had already transformed into fairies. They were very beautiful, but had eccentric personalities and would eat people at the drop of a hat.

A beautiful fairy descended from the clouds, her long sleeves and ribbons fluttering, her alluring gaze lingering on Chen Shi. She came to his side, took his hand, and led him into the bushes.

Chen Shi firmly refused and broke free from the fairy's hand.

Behind the bushes, the fairy's true form, the immortal plant, opened its blood-red maw, drooling, lamenting the loss of the meat that was about to be devoured.

Unbeknownst to Chen Shi, he ventured deep into the mountains, attempting to find the location of the Changchun Emperor. However, the mountain paths were complex, and he forgot which way to go. When he tried to turn back, he could no longer find the way he had come.

Just then, the sound of a zither drifted over, ethereal and melodious.

Chen Shi's heart stirred slightly. Following the sound of the zither, he unknowingly arrived at a palace deep in the mountains. Two celestial children were already waiting there. Upon seeing Chen Shi, they bowed and said, "Master Chen, we have been waiting for a long time on the Emperor's orders. Please follow us."

Chen Shi followed the two fairy boys into the palace, walked across the covered bridge and strolled along the path, and came to a rockery and fishpond. They went around it and arrived at a pavilion with the words "Mingfei Pavilion" written on the plaque.

A handsome man with a pale face walked out of Mingfei Pavilion and greeted her, saying, "Changchun greets fellow Daoist."

Chen Shi quickly returned the greeting, saying, "Chen Shi greets fellow Daoist. I am deeply ashamed that I have come here so abruptly and disturbed your rest."

The handsome man was none other than Emperor Changchun. Although he appeared somewhat sickly, he possessed an elegant demeanor, giving off the air of a gentleman. He smiled and said, "My humble body has been afflicted with illness for a long time. I cannot live, nor can I die; I can only suffer in vain. There is no question of recuperation. What brings you here, Fellow Daoist Chen?"

Chen Shi hesitated for a moment, then mustered his courage and said, "I am afraid I must ask you for help. My sect is surrounded by enemies who want to wipe us out, so I would like to ask the Emperor for your assistance."

Emperor Changchun asked in surprise, "Who is besieging your sect, fellow Daoist?"

"A master from the Yunxiao Cave Heaven lineage."

"Cloudy Cave Heaven? So it's a master from the lineage of the Red Essence Immortal."

Emperor Changchun said to the two celestial children, "This is not a big deal. You two can go. If the Great Immortal Chijing arrives, I will take action later."

The two celestial children bowed and said, "We will obey your decree."

Emperor Changchun smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Chen, I am suffering from an old ailment and have difficulty moving around, so I will not see you off. If you are in any danger, Changchun will certainly help you."

Chen Shi bowed deeply in gratitude, and Emperor Changchun quickly helped him up, laughing and saying, "It's just a small matter, nothing to mention."

Chen Shi took his leave, and the two celestial boys hurriedly followed him. One of them asked, "Young Master Chen, where are we going now?"

Chen Shi said, "I will go to find the Goddess Yuanjun and ask her for help."

The two celestial children exchanged a glance, and the one in green said, "Although the Cloud Sky Cave is powerful, as long as the Great Immortal Chi Jing does not come out, my Changchun Palace is enough."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "It's better to be prepared. May I ask your names?"

The white-robed fairy boy said, "My name is Youyu, and he is my junior brother Tao Tang."

The three arrived at the residence of the goddess Yuanjun, where Ding Sisi, dressed in red, was already waiting. She said, "Yuanjun already knows the young master's purpose. Yuanjun said that I will step forward this time. If I cannot stop her, Yuanjun will appear to help."

Chen Shi expressed his gratitude, saying, "I regret that I cannot personally thank the Primordial Lord."

Ding Sisi smiled and said, "My mother is injured and cannot receive guests. She will see them when she is better."

She smiled and said, "My mother also said that we have to help Young Master Chen. Who knows, in the future, the place where we live might become Young Master Chen's Dao Realm!"

Chen Shi blushed and said, "Miss Sisi is teasing me. The Heavenly Court appointed me as the lord of this place, and I was unaware that there were actually senior masters living here in seclusion. By the time I found out, I had already planted the seed of the Dao Realm. If I achieve something in the future, I will certainly not dare to be presumptuous and will allow you seniors to continue to live here."

Ding Sisi said, "The Heavenly Court has granted you this place, and there's nothing we can do about it. After all, you're a resident, so you need someone to help you out."

Chen Shi laughed and said, "Sisi, you're joking. It's all thanks to the seniors who have taken care of me."

The four returned to Fuluo Village. The villagers were startled when they saw the two boys, Youyu and Taotang. When they saw Ding Sisi, they quietly put away their weapons, such as axes, kitchen knives, and rolling pins.

Chen Shi said, "I am very grateful for your help this time!"

He bowed deeply to the ground in front of everyone.

Everyone quickly returned the favor.

Outside Jin'ao Island, one after another, black iron immortal cities came from all directions, surrounding Jin'ao Island and making it completely impassable.

These celestial cities were originally built to defend against Jin'ao Island. As the saying goes, "An army is raised for a thousand years to be used in a single moment." These celestial soldiers and generals have been receiving their salaries for thousands of years. Jin'ao Island has never committed any evil deeds, and apart from its treacherous environment, it is actually quite peaceful.

Now that Jin'ao Island is committing evil deeds, these celestial soldiers and generals are extremely excited, feeling that their opportunity to make a name for themselves has arrived.

Qiao Guxian recovered his cultivation before Jiao the Cripple, suppressed the external forces within his body, and looked at the scene outside Jin'ao Island, frowning involuntarily.

Senior Sister Jingmei came to his side and whispered, "Junior Brother Jiang and Junior Brother Chen have both entered the Cliff of Ascension. Even if the Great Immortal Chijing came, he wouldn't be able to break in."

Qiao Gu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I wonder if the Heavenly Court knows about the changes on Jin'ao Island. Even if they do, I'm afraid it will be too late to rescue them."

Senior Sister Jingmei said, "They are deities, and their actions must be within the scope of their divine duties. They cannot disobey their divine duties. If we come to help them, we will be punished. They might even be sent to the execution platform."

Qiao Gu fell silent.

Senior Sister Jingmei said, "Fortunately, there are other fellow disciples outside. They can save their lives." At this moment, in a celestial city opposite, celestial light emanated, and a pillar of light descended from the sky, falling into the city. Then, many beautifully dressed girls carrying flower baskets descended from the sky around the pillar of light, scattering the petals from their baskets in all directions.

Within the pillar of light, a figure slowly descended; it was a handsome young man.

"Who is this person, so vain?" Senior Sister Jingmei asked in surprise.

Qiao Gu's face darkened, and he said in a low voice, "He is Yong Guike from Yunxiao Cave Heaven."

Senior Sister Jingmei was startled and remained silent. Qiao Gu's persistent cough was a Daoist injury left to him by Yong Guike.

Qiao Gu was a renowned genius in his time. Even though he placed his Dao Integration Ground in a dangerous place like Penglai West, his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, and he quickly became a True Immortal and a Golden Immortal.

After he cultivated to become a Golden Immortal, he advanced one Dao realm every hundred years. In six hundred years, he successively crossed six Dao realms, directly approaching the Taiyi Golden Immortal level.

He encountered Yong Guike of Yunxiao Cave Heaven during his travels when he was about to break through to the next level.

The lineage of Confucius and the lineage of the Three Pure Ones are enemies. They started fighting at the slightest disagreement. Qiao Gu was no match for Yong Guike because he had to leave some of his cultivation to suppress the heretics in the Dao Realm. He was severely injured by Yong Guike.

Qiao Gu's Dao injury was extremely severe, requiring him to use sixty to seventy percent of his cultivation to suppress it. His cultivation was originally very high, with a strong chance of breaking through to become a Taiyi Golden Immortal in one go. However, due to the Dao injury left by Yong Guike, his cultivation had stagnated, and he had not made any progress for ten thousand years.

Yong Guike's cultivation level was similar to his back then, but he has continued to improve himself over the years and has become the most dazzling young powerhouse in Yunxiao Cave.

Qiao Gu remained expressionless, but the Dao wounds within his body were burning with pain, seemingly reminding him of this hatred.

Yong Guike seemed to sense him as well, and looked in his direction.

Their eyes met, and Yong Guike landed in the immortal city.

Celestial light also shone down over other celestial cities, and fairies scattered flowers to welcome the arrival of Taiyi Golden Immortals.

In the Shang Dynasty, the title of Taiyi Golden Immortal was practically synonymous with the strongest being. Times have changed, and now the number of Taiyi Golden Immortals is hundreds of times greater than it was then. Yet, they remain incredibly powerful, comparable to the mighty Dao Gods of Heaven and capable of challenging even the most powerful demons who roam the world!
"The Cloud Soaring Grotto Heaven only had five Taiyi Golden Immortals, but now sixteen have arrived!"

Qiao Gu gasped, indicating that at least eleven of them came from other grotto-heavens!

Over the past hundreds of thousands of years, the Sanqing lineage has branched out into numerous sects with many experts. This time, Yunxiao Cave Heaven has undoubtedly invited Taiyi Golden Immortals from other branches to assist them, determined to seize Jin'ao Island!

In one of the immortal cities, Yong Guike stood respectfully, bowing as he welcomed the arrival of the Taiyi Golden Immortals.

"Uncle-Master Jun, Uncle-Master Chun, Uncle-Master Liu..."

He was of a lower generation, so he exchanged pleasantries with everyone. His senior brother, Uncle Jun, chuckled and said, "Fellow Daoist Yong, you are already a Taiyi Golden Immortal, at the same level as us. Why be so humble? Once you have reached that level of cultivation, you are our fellow Daoist."

Yong Guike bowed and said, "Uncle-Master, a teacher for a day is a father for life. My master and uncles-master address each other as fellow Daoists. If I also address them as fellow Daoists, wouldn't that mess up the seniority?"

Everyone laughed.

Master Chun said, "The thought that Fu Lao Er would call his disciple a fellow Daoist made me happy, and before I knew it, I had mastered the Three Flowers on the Top."

He laughed heartily, and sure enough, clouds rose from above his head, revealing three lotus flowers.

This lotus is no ordinary flower; it is the flower of the Great Dao, the essence of the Daoist arts of the Taiyi Golden Immortal. Only by cultivating to the sixteenth Dao realm can one hope to have the Dao flower bloom.

Now, Master Chun has actually managed to make one of the three flowers bloom, which is truly enviable.

Seeing this, some of the other Taoists burst into laughter, saying, "I saw the three flowers blooming on Brother Chun's head, and suddenly I felt the spring breeze. My head has also blossomed with Taoist flowers!"

Having said that, he patted the top of his head, and sure enough, three flowers sprouted, blooming into a Dao flower.

Everyone was full of praise, and several more Taoists revealed the three flowers on their heads, some blooming one flower and some blooming two.

If all three flowers on the top of the head are in full bloom, then one has reached the perfect Taiyi Golden Immortal stage and possesses the qualifications to attain the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Among the crowd, the one with the strongest cultivation was "Fu Lao Er" as everyone called him, Fu Gucheng, Yong Guike's master.

When Fu Gucheng first became an apprentice, he consistently ranked second in strength within the sect, earning him the nickname "Fu the Second." Later, his senior brother, who had always been second, died at the hands of a great demon during a training expedition, making Fu Gucheng the sect's number one. However, the nickname "Fu the Second" persisted.

His cultivation has reached the eighteenth realm, the Tai'an Huangya Heavenly Dao Realm. Because he has just entered this realm, the third Dao Flower has not yet bloomed.

"Will our master appear this time?" Uncle Chun suddenly asked.

Fu Gucheng shook his head and said, "The Tongtian lineage is no longer what it used to be. Now it's just a few cats and dogs. Why bother our master, Junior Brother Kuang?"

Kuang Daoren was also a Taiyi Golden Immortal. His legs and neck had been broken by Jiao the Cripple, and his injuries had not yet healed. He lay on a sika deer with his head turned to one side and said, "What are your orders, Senior Brother?"

Fu Gucheng said, "You mean that Fellow Daoist Jiao Huang's cultivation is unfathomable, and he has already become a Taiyi Golden Immortal. I wonder how many Golden Flowers he has cultivated?"

After a moment's thought, Kuang Daoren said, "I have never seen him wield the golden flower."

Fu Gucheng said, "He didn't activate the Golden Flower? In that case, his cultivation level is probably just at the sixteenth level of the Dao Realm. He's nothing to worry about."

He climbed the city tower of the immortal city, looked down from above, and had a panoramic view of Jin'ao Island. He laughed and said, "This mountain-protecting formation is quite interesting."

Yonggui said, “Master, look at that clear spring!”

Fu Gucheng didn't need any reminder; he had already taken in the Jade Purity Dao Spring. His heart was burning with excitement, and he laughed, "Fellow disciples, today we will break his mountain-protecting formation!"

Everyone agreed in unison, each activating their Dao Realm and summoning the Three Flowers on their heads. Just as they were about to make their move, a cawing sound came from above, a noisy, demonic sound that pierced their brains like a steel needle.

The crowd was somewhat weak, and upon closer inspection, they saw a handsome young man walking towards Biyou Palace, followed by a duck and a mangy dog.

The duck was walking in front. As if sensing the presence of the group, it turned its head and suddenly stood up, quacking loudly and flapping its wings vigorously.

Everyone stared in disbelief. With a hum, a dazzling light burst forth from the duck's head. When the light faded, three lotus buds were seen growing from the clouds above the old duck's head.

One of the lotus flowers swayed slightly, and slowly opened, accompanied by bursts of divine light.

Fu Gucheng and the others stared in disbelief. This duck had actually cultivated the Three Flowers on its head and even managed to open a Dao Flower!
Master Chun exclaimed incredulously, "A duck from Jin'ao Island has actually achieved such a feat..."

The mangy dog ​​also swayed its body, and a bright light shone from the top of its head, with three flowers forming and a Dao flower blooming!

Fu Gucheng and the others were even more horrified. The duck was just an ordinary Muscovy duck, and the mangy dog ​​was just an old dog that had shed its feathers. They had no special bloodline.

However, their cultivation levels were so high that Fu Gucheng and the others were somewhat dazed, feeling as if their years of diligent practice had been wasted on dogs.

Then came an elderly man with a cane, a strong and powerful man, a young child, and village girls, farmers, women and others following Chen Shi.

These country folk had dazzling halos around their heads, each with three flowers on their crowns—some had one, some had two, and even the very old man had three golden flowers!
Fu Gucheng's eye muscles twitched uncontrollably, and his heart was filled with panic.

So many masters are hidden on Jin'ao Island! It seems that the duck and the dog are the weakest!

(End of this chapter)