A few more sticks of incense burned, and the Black Iron Stick absorbed the Incense Fire Qi, but there was no sense of connection with his mind.
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Chen Shi pondered for a mont, planning to activate the Fourth New Talisman to use the Circulation Fire Realm to stimulate this treasure, suddenly realizing that this item was enormous in the underworld. If it suddenly enlarged, the Chen Mansion might not be able to withstand it.
He imdiately brought out the Fox Grapes Mirror and entered into the Small Heavens within the mirror.
At this ti, so Talisman Masters from Red Mountain Hall had already entered the Small Heavens for cultivation, and there were disciples from the Lu Ban Sect building houses here, planning to construct so cottages for cultivators entering the area for secluded cultivation.
There were also people here engraving steles, carving various cultivation techniques taught by Chen Shi onto them for others to comprehend and practice.
Yu Tiancheng and others had started crafting new Heavenly Court Tokens, which were jade pendants, and ordered them to be distributed to Heavenly Court mbers.
These matters were trivial and required no intervention from Chen Shi.
Chen Shi found an empty space, grasped the Black Iron Stick with his right hand, stirred the Primordial Qi, and Qi-Blood condensed, forming the Fourth New Talisman. Flas imdiately filled the surroundings, instantly creating a Circulation Fire Realm, with Innate Five Qi swirling around the Black Iron Pillar.
"Buzz!"
Accompanied by a vibration, Chen Shi suddenly felt an overwhelming weight pressing down, causing him to involuntarily stumble forward.
Simultaneously, the Black Iron Stick in his hand extended with a swoosh to an unknown length, only to see a sudden flash of light at the barrier of the Small Heavens far away, as if struck by a heavy object!
This Small Heavens was refined by two ancestors of the Li Family, Li Xinshu and Li Kunyu, into a Void Great Realm, spanning several hundred miles. Chen Shi stood over two hundred miles from the Small Heavens’ edge!
A few talisman masters cultivating at the edge of the Small Heavens hurriedly ran forward, only to see a massive Black Iron Stick piercing through the barrier, astonishing them. They quickly left the Small Heavens to report to Yu Tiancheng, saying: "The instructor pierced the heavens with a stick! Made a hole in the sky!"
Yu Tiancheng, surprised, said: "Is this possible?"
He was at the Red Mountain Hall branch in Gaoshan County and hurried to co out, intending to raise the Heavenly Court Token and enter the Small Heavens to take a look. Suddenly, he noticed many talisman masters in the branch with their heads raised, staring dumbfoundedly in the direction of West Capital.
So talisman masters climbed to rooftops, craning their necks to look.
A few highly cultivated talisman masters flew into the air, also staring blankly in the direction of West Capital.
Yu Tiancheng, puzzled, quickly flew up into the air and looked toward West Capital, his expression unexpectedly blank as he murmured: "What’s going on?"
Qing Yang and Hu Xiaoliang were also in the Red Mountain Hall, and seeing the commotion, Qing Yang jumped into the air first and laughed: "What are you all looking at? Let see... What a big stick!"
His expression turned blank, his goatee trembling intensely.
Hu Xiaoliang, seeing this, also hurried to the air and looked toward West Capital, his eyes fixed in astonishnt.
In West Capital City, an enormous Black Iron Pillar, origins unknown, pierced through West Capital City, rising from the city and standing obliquely in the air like a giant black firecracker.
Hu Xiaoliang murmured: "West Capital, it might just explode! Who did this?"
The crowd shook their heads collectively.
Yu Tiancheng intended to speak but suddenly rembered the talisman masters reporting that Chen Shi had pierced a hole in the sky, trembling, and quickly descended from the sky, hastily retrieving the Heavenly Court Token, about to enter the Small Heavens.
At that ti, outside the noon gate of West Capital, it was chilly and quiet, with no one around except a few eunuchs cleaning.
Now it was the ti for the court eting, so ministers were all in the Taihe Palace discussing affairs, as has been the rule passed down for thousands of years, unchangeable.
From the court hall ca the sound of arguing, which the sweeping eunuchs outside were accustod to.
If West Capital’s civil and military officials weren’t noisy at the court eting any day, it would truly be an odd occurrence.
Suddenly, there was a thunderous boom, and the noon gate that had stood for thousands of years was shattered into pieces, and a giant Black Iron Pillar thunderously swept over the heads of the cleaning eunuchs like a colossal mortal cannon, resting on the white jade steps in front of the Taihe Palace, smashing the top steps into pieces.
The massive pillar thrust into the Taihe Palace, flipping the palace roof and the rear hall, scraping past the roof of Wuying Hall, one of the Nine Halls!
Wuying Hall was the powerful treasure left by the True King, and suddenly it was activated, its brilliant light soared to the sky, radiating unmatched might!
The eunuchs sweeping the floor looked dazed, and faint cracking sounds could be heard from the space around them, like space was splitting, or the residual explosion of thunder.
One of the eunuchs turned his head with difficulty to look towards the source of the black iron pillar, only to see the pillar passing through the center of the Noon Gate. Behind it was empty, as if it had suddenly erged from nowhere, with no discernible source.
As for the Noon Gate, only two gate pillars remained, perfectly propping up the black iron pillar. — Though called a black iron pillar, it was actually so thick that even dozens of people might not be able to embrace it together.
In Taihe Palace, the expressions of the civil and military officials were frozen on their faces, maintaining the attitudes from when they were quarreling earlier. Due to intense friction, the main hall above their heads showed signs of being lted by fire. The enormous black iron pillar pressed overhead, giving them an extre sense of pressure. The distorted and strange patterns on it made one’s heart tremble.
Sounds of cracking like sothing exploding emanated from Taihe Palace.
Yan Xianzhi, the Cabinet Chief Minister, was the first to regain his senses, hurriedly adjusting his official hat, which was askew from the fright just now.
He quickly ran outside, shouting, "Hurry! Hurry! Go and see what has happened!"
The civil and military officials hurried outside, only to see that the giant black iron pillar had pierced through West Capital City, reaching outside the city, with no end in sight.
This object was straight, with no sign of bending at all!
The corners of the officials’ eyes twitched.
At the sa ti, Zhuang Wujiu also saw the black iron pillar and was greatly shaken. He rushed over, thinking, "That thief is indeed still in West Capital City! Let’s see where you’ll flee this ti!"
He flew over, and before even landing, he suddenly saw that the black iron pillar was rapidly shrinking, retracting, and with a swoosh, it disappeared!
Zhuang Wujiu landed, arriving in front of the Noon Gate. The two gate pillars of the Noon Gate swayed and collapsed with a loud bang.
Though he was adept at keeping his emotions in check, he couldn’t help but be angered at this mont: "This person actually uses such a thod to provoke ! To provoke Despair Slope! What audacity!"
Yan Xianzhi’s face was also livid, and he let out a sharp cry, saying harshly, "Investigate! Find out who exactly did this!"
In the Minor Heavens, Chen Shi’s hand was pressed down by the stick, his shoulder dislocated, immobilized.
He was completely unaware of the chaos caused outside by this trial of the treasure.
On his side, the stick did not beco thicker but rather elongated several tis, still graspable but exceedingly heavy. Lifting it was out of the question, even pulling his hand out was extrely difficult!
Chen Shi struggled to pull his hand, but it wouldn’t budge, and moving it was imnsely painful. He thought, "My finger bone might be crushed! This stick is good, but how can I retract it?"
He felt a slight inspiration, trying to retract the Circulation Fire Realm and Innate Five Elents Qi around his body. Suddenly, with just a swish, that black iron pillar turned back into an ordinary stick, appearing in his hand.
Chen Shi got up, switched hands, and picked up the black iron stick, waving it, thinking, "This thing is handy enough, but once summoned, it’s not handy at all; too heavy to wield. However, this object is incredibly hard, suitable for using in divine skills like the Ten Thousand Miles Flying Sword Technique. When flown hundreds of miles away to impale soone and then suddenly enlarges! Pfft—"
When the people of Yu Tiancheng entered the Minor Heavens, Chen Shi had already left, not encountering them.
Chen Tang went to Wuchang Street to buy soybean milk, deep-fried dough sticks, and buns, along with so salted vegetables. — Yesterday, when Chen Shi tested the Third New Talisman, the kitchen was also blown up, and the Black Pot had nowhere to cook, so they had no choice but to buy breakfast.
The father and son ate buns with salted vegetables. Chen Tang spoke of his observations, saying, "During the ti I went out to buy food, sothing big happened in West Capital City. When I reached the street corner of our Qianyang Street with breakfast in hand, I heard a loud boom, and a dark pillar appeared from the Noon Gate, piercing through West Capital City. Even Taihe Palace collapsed. I observed for a while before coming back. Fortunately, the food was still hot."
Chen Shi felt a slight stir in his heart, "A dark pillar?"
Chen Tang’s face was grave as he said, "I suspect that an evil spirit has entered West Capital City. Otherwise, why did even the Noon Gate collapse?"
Chen Shi secretly glanced at the iron stick standing in the corner, remaining calm and collected.
Chen Tang noticed his gaze, glanced at the iron stick, and then quickly looked away. This iron stick was so ordinary that it was likely just sothing Chen Shi used for practicing swordsmanship and didn’t even count as a talismanic weapon.
After breakfast, Black Pot tied on an apron to clear the dishes when there was a knock at the door from outside.
Black Pot quickly dried his hands to open the door, only to see the boat granny standing ragged at the door, travel-weary, with old blue-black bruises on her face. She was holding a broken bamboo pole, mostly snapped, and seeing Black Pot, she sheepishly smiled and said, "Is Master Jie at ho..."
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