On the Avenue.

Chapter 81 A real man is one who is decisive and resolute!
All three of them felt a little uneasy.

Granny Sha and the other two had long known that Grandma Black Mountain was coming to kill Chen Shi, and they had been paying close attention to the matter. After all, Chen Yindu had entrusted Chen Shi to them before he went to the underworld, so they naturally had to protect Chen Shi.

They knew that Chen Shi was definitely no match for Black Mountain Grandma, but Black Mountain Grandma's real body was still in Black Mountain, and the one in Luwei Town was a newly created body. It was impossible for her to come in her real body, and she could only come using her divine presence.

As long as you use the divine presence, you will be affected by them.

The bearded man and the green sheep are both evil spirits, and they are stronger than Black Mountain Granny. They can influence Black Mountain Granny's judgment and let Black Mountain Granny enter Chen Shi's dream to kill him. Then, with the help of Black Mountain Granny, they can measure the level of the evil spirit inside Chen Shi's body.

However, Grandma Montenegro never came out after she went in.

"When Old Chen mentioned that after Xiao Shi killed someone, the victim's soul disappeared, I thought it was a bit strange."

Granny Sha said, "The Green Ghost Hand is indeed powerful, but it is not the Green Ghost Hand that eats the soul of the person being killed. When we were trying to snatch Chen Shi's soul, we fought with the owner of the Green Ghost Hand across the Yin and Yang worlds, and he did not use his ability to devour souls."

The bearded man and Qingyang nodded.

If the owner of the ghost hand had used such means at that time, their souls would have been eaten by the other party long ago.

Granny Sha continued, "Since it wasn't the green ghost hand that devoured the soul, then someone else must have devoured the soul. This means that in addition to the green ghost hand, there are other things hidden in Chen's body."

The bearded man shook his head and said, "We checked when we rescued Chen Shi, and there was nothing else hidden in his soul. Where did this evil spirit that devoured the soul come from? How did it get into Chen Shi's body? When did it get into Chen Shi's body?"

He couldn't figure it out.

When Chen Shi showed his ability to devour souls, his grandfather Chen Yin was still by his side, so the evil spirit had absolutely no chance to get close to Chen Shi.

What's even more bizarre is that it did not possess a person, but hid in Chen Shi's spiritual world, waiting for an opportunity to eat those who were killed by Chen Shi, or the unlucky ones who accidentally entered his dreams.

This behavior is strange.

Normally, when an evil spirit possesses a body, it will first eat or kill the soul of the original owner, take over the body's nest, and then imitate the original owner's behavior and habits.

It will even imitate to such an extent that even the closest wife or husband cannot detect it, during which time it will look for opportunities to eat those around it.

But the evil spirit in Chen's body did not do so. Its behavior was more like a parasite, parasitizing on the body of its original owner, forcing the original owner to kill people to obtain the nutrients it needed to feed itself.

Qingyang suddenly said: "Grandma Black Mountain is too weak, the best way is for us to go in and investigate in person!"

The bearded man sneered, "If we don't know its level, how can we just barge in and give it a meal?"

Granny Sha said, "We only have two options. Either force it out of Xiao Shi's body, or kill it in Xiao Shi's dream. Qing Yang, don't be impatient. We can always find a chance to pull it out!"

Qingyang sneered and said, "You two are so timid. It will take you forever to find it!"

It left angrily: "I will continue to be my evil spirit, come to me if you have any problems!"

The bearded man watched him go away, then withdrew his gaze and said, "Granny, Grandma Black Mountain should be dead, right?"

Granny Sha tried to summon the soul of Black Mountain Granny, and after discovering something, she shook her head and said, "Black Mountain Granny is not dead yet. She is very cunning and has left her roots in the Black Mountain Granny Temple. What entered Xiao Shi's body was her image, but she still has a very huge and extraordinary power left in the Granny Temple. She will not die just like that."

The bearded man said, "The safety of Xiao Shi..."

Granny Sha laughed and said, "She suffered such a big loss, and she still dares to come to Xiao Shi? If I were her, I would hide far away from Xiao Shi and dare not show my head."

The bearded man thought about it and said with a smile, "She is just a local evil spirit. She dares to provoke Xiao Shi. She is really brave."

Granny Sha also laughed and said, "She actually dared to come into my dream and abuse Xiao Shi! Even I don't dare to do such a thing as coming into a dream and sending messages!"

Chen Shi woke up in the morning and went out to see his godmother in the village. He saw that two branch-like arms had grown from the girl's arms.

The sacred tree in Huangpo Village also became bare, with not a single branch left and only a few scattered leaves.

However, he found that many new buds had grown on the old tree, and he thought that it would soon grow branches and leaves and would not die.

The villagers were in a panic and burned incense and offered sacrifices to the ancient tree, fearing that the tree would die and lose its protection.

Chen Shi waited in the village for a long time, but was surprised that Grandma Heishan did not come to seek revenge. By the afternoon, Grandma Heishan still did not come, and not even a mouse was seen.

"Mother Black Mountain probably forgot about it, or thought it wasn't worth killing me for it, so she just sent some rats to scare me."

Chen Shi felt relieved. He was just helping people from other villages to exorcise evil spirits and killed a man-eating rat, which offended the grandmother. It was an unprovoked disaster.

But mice reproduce quickly, so it seems that Grandma Heishan doesn't care at all about the death of her beloved grandson.

He waited for another two days, but Black Mountain Grandma still did not come to seek revenge. Even the gray-clothed rat was nowhere to be seen in the nearby villages and towns, which made Chen Shi quite puzzled.

However, he soon lost interest in this matter because the spring exam was approaching and he had to review classics such as "The Analects of Confucius", "The Book of Songs" and "The Book of History" in preparation for the written test.

Chen Shi was very confident about the martial arts test, but not so confident about the literary test.

Although he studied hard under Zhu Xiucai, he only studied for two years. Others, on the other hand, studied hard for five or six years in private schools, which was much longer than his.

What's more, what's more crucial is that he had taken the examination for the scholar degree ten years ago, and he didn't know if there would be any problems if he took the examination again this time.

Taking the examination to become a scholar and passing the imperial examination has become Chen Shi's obsession.

He lived in the countryside, and felt that the only way to make a living, besides being a talisman maker, was to pass the imperial examination and become a scholar. Being a scholar was of little use, but a juren could be called a master.

After becoming a master, he can bully the villagers and act tyrannically with justification.

And even if he can't become an official, he can still join Jin Hongying and enter the Shenjiying.

This was the life he could imagine in the future.

For a child who is only eleven years old, it is rare to be able to plan for the future at this age.

However, Mr. Ye from Qiaowan Town died at the hands of the Zhao family, and the private school also fell into decline. The promise that Chen Shi would get him a place in the county examination was naturally out of the question. Chen Shi thought about it and realized that he didn't know many people, and only Shao Jing from the Juxian Tower in the county town was considered a figure.

"Why not go to the county town and ask Shao Jing if he can get me a place in the county exam." Chen Shi did what he thought. He immediately prepared the wooden cart, called for Hei Guo, and drove to the county town.

Before I even arrived at the county town, I could see people queuing up outside the city to be beheaded. Not far away, many people were looking on, and an altar had been set up at the beheading site, asking the true god to supervise the execution.

There is also a Ten Thousand Souls Banner hanging above the altar. It should be the magic weapon of the county government. It is used to collect the souls of beheaded people, refine them into the banner, and increase its power.

Chen Shi also saw people in the crowd practicing blood-sucking beads, and they also offered up the beads, preparing to collect human blood to refine treasures.

There are also some monks who are refining the magic gourd, but I don’t know what its function is.

As for this kind of people, he had heard from his grandfather that anyone who offered such magic weapons at the execution ground usually had some connection with the government, and other people simply did not have this access.

He arrived at the crowd and stood on the car to look around, but there were too many people and his view was blocked.

"What are they doing? Why are they killing so many people?" he asked the person next to him.

"You don't know what to do? You're from the countryside, right?"

The man glanced at him and was kind, saying patiently, "Behead. It's the county magistrate's family. The new county magistrate will supervise the execution. The original county magistrate was Zhao Ji, and I heard he was from the Zhao family in the provincial capital."

Someone nearby said excitedly, "Not long ago, the great master of the Zhao family died. He was originally the governor of Xinxiang Province, but he did evil things. It is said that the evil changes in your village were caused by the Zhao family. Xijing was very angry and ordered the execution of the entire family. Look, the newly appointed county magistrate has supervised the beheading... Hey! What a sharp knife!"

He shouted in praise, and the crowd also began to cheer, praising the executioner for his excellent knife skills.

Chen Shi looked towards the altar. There was a man standing on the altar. The divine fetus in the shrine gathered energy into a knife. The knife light fell down, and it was extremely bright. It was not the traditional invisible sword energy, but visible to the naked eye.

"It seems that it is not as fast as my sword energy."

Chen Shi was surprised, "Why do they all say this man's knife is sharp?"

In order to deal with Black Mountain Grandma, he practiced the Ziwu Zhanxie Sword some time ago. The speed of his invisible sword energy was more than times faster than that of this executioner, so he couldn't help but feel surprised.

After the executioner beheaded the person, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner shook, collecting the dead souls into the banner for refining.

Some people offered up the magic gourd to collect the spilled blood, while others offered up the blood-sucking bead, which rolled over the corpse to collect the blood.

Chen Shi also saw some yamen runners dragging away the mummies and throwing them into a bonfire to burn them. The reason for burning them was to prevent the corpses from being illuminated by the moonlight and turning into ghosts.

"Little brother, do you have tuberculosis? I have some steamed buns here." The man next to him whispered.

Chen Shi shook his head, didn't read any further, and drove into the county town.

The Zhao family has completely collapsed.

Originally there were many businesses of the Zhao family in the county town, but now they have all been transformed into shops of other families, and the casinos and brothels have also changed their owners.

Chen Shi was worried whether Shao Jing was still in Juxianlou. When he arrived at Juxianlou, he stopped the car to ask. The waiter of Juxianlou smiled and said, "Shao, the boss, is still here. Please wait for a moment. I will go and inform the boss."

Chen Shi was quite surprised and thought to himself, "Shao Jing turned out to be the owner of Juxianlou. He is so young, but he has quite a fortune."

This Juxianlou is not a restaurant, but a place that sells all kinds of materials for cultivation. There are all kinds of precious medicinal materials, dried spirit meat, materials for refining treasures, as well as gems, pearls, jade, rhinoceros horns and other items. It is a dazzling array that makes people dazzled.

Soon, Shao Jing came hurriedly and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Brother Chen Shi! Brother, long time no see! I made a lot of money from your piece of Bixi shell. It just arrived in my shop and was bought by a merchant from Lingnan within a few days."

There are many merchants in Lingnan who have traveled far and wide, are knowledgeable, speak with a not very fluent Lingnan accent, and have a good business sense.

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Congratulations, Brother Shao. To be honest, I came to the city this time to ask for a favor."

He hesitated for a moment, but still told his intention.

When Shao Jing heard that he was going to take the county exam, he smiled and said, "It's a small matter. I'll have someone find a private school for you and put your name on it. Come back tomorrow and I'll introduce you to the private school teacher."

Chen Shi was extremely grateful and quickly expressed his gratitude.

Shao Jing smiled and said, "If you have any more treasures, please take care of my Juxian Tower first, as a token of my gratitude."

Chen Shi said goodbye and left the Juxian Building. Suddenly he remembered that there was a small stone in his bookcase. He didn't know what it was, so he thought, "Well, I'll show it to him tomorrow."

"My benefactor, my benefactor! It's really you!"

Chen Shi was strolling on the street when suddenly someone stopped him. Upon closer inspection, he found that it was the husband of Cui'e, the pregnant woman he had rescued in Luwei Town.

When Cui'e's husband saw him, he was surprised and delighted, and wanted to treat him to a meal. Chen Shi shook his head and said, "I was paid to save your wife, so why do you need to treat me to a meal? Why did you come to the city?"

"We are fleeing from disaster. Our godmother was killed by Black Mountain Granny, who occupied this place and originally said that she would protect us if we built a palace for her. But the day before yesterday, those rat people carried Black Mountain Granny away. Without the protection of our godmother, I'm afraid that evil spirits will come to eat people at night. That's why everyone in our town has moved."

Chen Shi was stunned: "The little Taoist priest is dead?"

A feeling of guilt came over me.

When he saw the gray-clothed rats eating people, he said to the young Taoist priest that Black Mountain Granny was stealing your territory and allowing rats to eat your people. The next day, the young Taoist priest went to cause trouble for Black Mountain Granny, who came to his house and beat him to death, causing the fall of Luwei Town.

"If I hadn't encouraged him to cause trouble for Black Mountain Grandma, maybe he wouldn't have died. Luwei Town wouldn't have to be disbanded."

He felt heavy in his heart. The people of Luwei Town would move to other villages or possibly look for new godmothers.

There are many similar ancient trees, relics, and statues in Qianyang Mountain. They can find new settlements, but they may also die in the mouth of evil spirits.

"I heard that the reason why Black Mountain Grandma didn't occupy our town was because she was also seriously injured and wanted to go back to the Grandma Temple to heal her wounds." Cui'e's man said.

"Granny Black Mountain has done evil, we can't just let it go like this! The Master said, if you can hear the truth in the morning, you can die in the evening."

Chen Shi was furious. "First, find out how to get to the Black Mountain Grandma Temple. Then I'll go and kill her this afternoon. We can't let this vengeance stay overnight. It would be unfair to the little Taoist priest if we did!"

(End of this chapter)