Yu Lingzi laughed out loud. "Chen Shi, this Daoist Master originally thought you were a man who carried the common people in your heart. Now it seems, this Daoist Master overestimated you. You are arrogant, conceited, and wildly ambitious. If you were to gain power, it would be no blessing for the common people. You would surely plunge the world's living beings into misery and suffering!"
Provoked by Chen Shi's words, he had already begun referring to himself as "this Daoist Master" in his speech.
The Wooden Cart moved, and beneath its wheels, white clouds actually blood one after another, lifting the cart along with the two people inside it up into the air.
This was the art of riding the clouds. Yu Lingzi perford it casually, his Daoist techniques transcendent and breathtaking to behold.
Black Pot looked back, but could no longer see the cart. He hurriedly looked around in all directions, but still couldn't locate the Wooden Cart. Looking up, he saw the cart had already risen hundreds of *zhang* into the sky, keeping company with white jade, speeding through the clouds.
"Woof woof!"
Black Pot quickly activated the Horse Gallop Talismans and Divine Travel Talismans bound to his four legs. He ran faster and faster, as if divinely aided, stepping on the wind as he charged up into the air.
His mouth open, he ran wildly through the wind, climbing higher and higher, getting closer and closer to the Wooden Cart.
Just then, a giant deer ca galloping through the air. It was precisely that sika deer that Yu Lingzi and the others had ridden when they entered the city.
That sika deer was like a moving small hill, its physique massive, its head and tail over twenty *zhang* long. On its back, it carried a mass of Auspicious Clouds, and its body was draped with cloth banners.
Its antlers were even more peculiar. The branches and forks of the antlers had grown many joints resembling plum blossoms, blooming with clusters of plum blossoms. It truly was a plum blossom deer.
It was the mountain-guarding divine beast of Tai Hua Qing Palace, who had followed Yu Lingzi into the Western Capital. Now, it charged in from the side, lowered its head, and thrust its antlers forward. With one flick of its antlers, it hooked Black Pot and flung him far away!
Black Pot spun head over heels, not knowing where he had been flung.
The plum blossom deer stepped on auspicious clouds, galloping to a position below the Wooden Cart, which then landed on the Auspicious Clouds.
The plum blossom deer clip-clopped as it galloped through the air.
The Wooden Cart traveled within the Auspicious Clouds, attempting to break free. However, as it moved forward, it saw the Auspicious Clouds growing larger and larger. No matter how fast it moved, the edge of the clouds always remained ahead of it.
It was the sa when it tried to move backward.
This mass of Auspicious Clouds was likely also a treasure, seemingly refined into one with that plum blossom deer. No matter where the Wooden Cart went, it always remained atop the cloud, unable to escape.
On the Wooden Cart, Chen Shi leaned out to look at the mountains, rivers, and earth below. He saw the landscape entirely beneath him, clouds flowing beneath the cart's wheels.
Yu Lingzi sat opposite him, speaking calmly. "Chen Shi, your killing intent is too heavy. You are arrogant because of your talent, looking down on the world's heroes. You think I ca here as a persuader, asking you to give up the fight for the top scholar position, because the Young Master fears you? Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous! The Young Master knows nothing of this matter and disdains to know! Forget the Young Master, even against , you might not necessarily win!"
His eyes observed his nose, his nose observed his heart. He didn't look directly at Chen Shi, saying leisurely, "I began cultivating at six years old, placed first in the County-level Imperial Examination at ten, and afterwards entered Tai Hua Qing Palace to cultivate. Now, I have cultivated for thirteen years and have reached the Spirit Transformation realm. Each realm is a separate heaven. I am one realm higher than you, which is equivalent to standing in heaven looking down at you, like an immortal looking at a mortal."
Chen Shi withdrew his gaze, his expression strange, unable to help but say, "Yu Lingzi, you mobilized your magic power to transport the Wooden Cart into the air, displaying your transcendent and extraordinary strength. But you are so close to , and you still utter such arrogant words. Do you not know your situation is extrely perilous?"
The jade Ruyi scepter behind Yu Lingzi's head grew even brighter, seemingly about to transform from illusory to real, exuding powerful confidence. "Chen Shi, the inheritance of my Tai Hua Qing Palace is in no way inferior to that of the Thirteen Great Clans. I have cultivated Tai Hua Qing Palace's Tai Zhen Jade Art and have already refined the Tai Zhen Dao Body. The Jade Ruyi Manifestation is the sign of the Tai Zhen Dao Body. The so-called 'Ruyi' ans 'as I wish.' Once my will arrives, any Daoist technique or attack cannot approach my body."
Before he could finish speaking, suddenly, Black Pot ca charging in, stepping on the clear wind with a whoosh, furious, rushing toward the plum blossom deer!
That plum blossom deer was over twenty *zhang* tall, with long, slender legs. It trod on clouds as it moved through the air, unhurried, yet its speed was extrely fast. Black Pot had been ambushed by it earlier, hooked and flung away by its antlers. Now, even running at full speed with all four legs, he couldn't catch up to it for a while.
He had finally managed to chase it down, but the plum blossom deer paid him no mind. It lifted a hoof and aid a kick at Black Pot's skull!
Yu Lingzi still kept his eyes on his nose and nose on his heart. He didn't even look at Chen Shi's every move, nor at the plum blossom deer and Black Pot, his expression placid. "Relying on my Tai Zhen Dao Body, I traveled the Western Ox New Continent, subduing countless evil spirits, and was respected as the Daoist Son of Tai Hua Qing Palace. Facing is like your family dog facing my Tai Hua Qing Palace's plum blossom deer..."
Just as he said this, suddenly, a fierce Yin wind blew with a *whoosh*, causing both the plum blossom deer and Black Pot to vanish!
Black Pot had actually dragged this plum blossom deer into the underworld!
Yu Lingzi's heart jolted in alarm. He hurriedly opened his eyes and saw the Auspicious Clouds were still there, the Wooden Cart still traveling within them, and only then did he feel relieved.
The Auspicious Clouds were a treasure of Tai Hua Qing Palace. This treasure could fly, could grow large or small. With the Auspicious Clouds present, Chen Shi and the Wooden Cart could forget about escaping!
Chen Shi also saw this scene and was inwardly surprised. "Black Pot has grown more capable again! Before, he could only take others' souls and Primordial Spirits to the underworld, not physical bodies! It seems his reading these days wasn't in vain!"
He wasn't worried in the slightest about Black Pot's safety. Smiling, he said, "Yu Lingzi, in a mont, I'm going to make you cry and recite what you just said all over again."
Yu Lingzi was slightly taken aback, then sneered coldly. "Make cry..."
Chen Shi struck!
His five fingers curled inward, forming a half-fist. The mont he struck, a rumbling thunderous roar sounded!
The fist arrived.
It struck Yu Lingzi's throat.
The jade Ruyi behind Yu Lingzi's head flew out to block.
It blocked nothing.
Chen Shi had already withdrawn this fist.
However, his Tai Zhen Dao Body was indeed formidable. Chen Shi's punch only shattered his throat bone. Against other experts at the Nascent Soul Transformation realm, this punch would have sent the neck bone flying out of the neck, causing the lower half of the body to lose all sensation. He only broke the throat bone, making Chen Shi inwardly admire that the Tai Zhen Dao Body was truly extraordinary, possessing unique strengths.
Both of them were sitting cross-legged on the Wooden Cart, very close together.
The space inside the Wooden Cart wasn't large. In such a tiny space, it was difficult to maneuver. However, when Chen Shi launched this strike, his second strike had already arrived by the ti he withdrew his fist.
This punch landed on the upper part of the navel, at the bony tip where it t the ribs, also called the xiphoid process. With one punch, Yu Lingzi's internal organs shook violently. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and he involuntarily doubled over.
His heart turned cold. The jade Ruyi moved according to his will, but it still hadn't managed to block Chen Shi's punch in ti!
As his body doubled over, Chen Shi's right hand had already beco thick and heavy, carrying a thunderous roar as it slapped the back of his head.
By the ti the jade Ruyi flew over, Chen Shi's palm had already been withdrawn. It still hadn't blocked it.
His Primordial Spirit exited his body. The eyes of his Primordial Spirit had already been stabbed by Chen Shi's two fingers. Facing danger, he remained calm. His right hand gathered thunder. Before his thunder technique could erupt, Chen Shi's Five Thunder thod had already blasted his Primordial Spirit in the face, blasting it out from the void!
Then, a punch unleashed a thunderstorm. Yu Lingzi's Primordial Spirit trembled violently, shaken so hard that his spirit and soul nearly separated!
Yu Lingzi inwardly thought, "This is bad! I'm going to die!"
He couldn't afford to care about anything else and imdiately recalled the Auspicious Clouds.
Without support, the Wooden Cart imdiately began plumting rapidly from high altitude.
However, this cart wasn't flustered. With a *whoosh*, the Huagai inserted into the cart fra opened, transforming to half a *mu* in size, pulling it as it drifted and swayed in the air, slowly descending.
Chen Shi threw another punch. Suddenly, his fist struck into the clouds, eting no resistance at all. He let out a light sound of surprise, then swept out with a leg kick. Clearly, it slashed at Yu Lingzi's neck, yet it felt like slashing into misty clouds, eting no solid resistance!
He flipped his hand and unleashed the Five Thunder thod. Thunder blasted into the Auspicious Clouds, yet still, not a shred of its power acted upon Yu Lingzi's body.
Yu Lingzi seized the chance to sorsault and stand up, only to feel his internal organs severely injured, his throat bone shattered, blocking his windpipe. He hurriedly switched to the turtle breathing thod, using his own pores to exhale and inhale.
His head had almost been split open by Chen Shi's slap. His skull had cracks running through it, his brain matter almost shaken into a homogeneous mixture.
His Primordial Spirit was also severely injured, barely maintaining its form without dispersing.
Yu Lingzi was both shocked and furious. He had just been a bit too arrogant and had nearly been beaten to death by Chen Shi!
Chen Shi also couldn't help but admire the sturdiness of his Tai Zhen Dao Body. Imdiately, he stepped forward. As his foot landed, the Ten Extremities Spirit Banner Talisman erupted outward from beneath his feet. In an instant, two hundred and fifty-six talismans stood up around the two of them!
The Ten Extremities Array!
He very much wanted to test whether the Ten Extremities Array could break the Auspicious Clouds!
Yu Lingzi's hair stood on end. Gritting his teeth, he charged toward the outside of the Ten Extremities Array, inwardly anxious. "Why hasn't Elder i dealt with that black dog yet?"
In the underworld, the plum blossom deer couldn't help but be furious beyond asure. It was the mountain-guarding divine beast that guarded the mountain gate of Tai Hua Qing Palace, having lived for a thousand years. Countless disciples of Tai Hua Qing Palace respectfully called it Elder i, its status lofty. It never imagined it would be dragged into the underworld by a black dog!
For it, this was a great humiliation!
It would definitely make this black dog pay a painful price for its foolishness!
The cloth banners draped on its body flew up. The plum blossom deer stood up on its hind legs, becoming deer-headed and human-bodied, with plum blossom antlers growing from its head, the plum blossoms exceptionally vivid.
It wore the cloth banners, on which were talismans of the Thirty-Six Star Lords of Tai Hua Qing Palace. Once activated, it was as if true gods were reviving. Thirty-six Star Lords fluttered around it, aiding it in battle!
Moreover, these Star Lords could form the Heavenly Gang battle formation, its power incredibly great!
"Dog!" Elder i roared angrily, turning its head to look around for that black dog's whereabouts.
Then, it saw the demonic flas floating before it, revolving around a mountain mass.
Elder i's heart trembled slightly. Looking up, it saw a dog's head the size of a small hill, baring its teeth slightly, staring down at it from above.
Sweat beads began to erge on Elder i's forehead, even on its antlers.
That unimaginably huge giant dog raised its massive paw and pressed it down on its antlers.
Elder i didn't dare move, only feeling an irresistible pressure pressing down on its antlers, pressing it so hard that its two hind legs sank into the ground.
This was the underworld. Beneath the ground was magma. Even if it scorched its legs, it didn't dare move.
It froze in place, watching as that giant dog slowly backed away.
"What is it going to do?"
Elder i's eyes darted around. Seeing the giant dog retreating farther and farther, it thought, "Run! Quickly pull out my legs and run! Running for your life isn't shaful for a deer..."
It wanted to flee, but it didn't have the courage to run. Its two legs were trembling desperately, as if they didn't belong to it.
The giant dog retreated to a certain distance, lowered its head, and suddenly began charging forward with a roaring rush!
"It plans to ram !"
Elder i's eyes widened. It thought, "That's right! I ambushed it earlier, ramd into it, then hooked it up and flung it away! It holds a grudge and is here for revenge! It's fine, it's fine, it doesn't have antlers, it's fine..."
The black giant dog charged in with a roar, like a great mountain sliding over. Its head crashed into Elder i's body!
With a trendous bang, Elder i went tumbling away, its two antlers breaking off from its head, flying out for over ten *li* before stabbing into the magma.
As for Elder i, it was flung out dozens of *li*, its fate unknown.
The black giant dog charged over and proceeded to stomp all over Elder i.
A mont later, the black giant dog dragged two antlers and charged out of the underworld.
anwhile, in the sky, the Ten Extremities Array erupted. In an instant, overwhelming killing intent swept across the sky. Two hundred and fifty-six deities ford the array, transforming into a vast killing tribulation!
That Auspicious Clouds was a protective treasure bestowed upon Yu Lingzi by the Sect Leader of Tai Hua Qing Palace. It was a rare treasure, known for being soft, yielding, and offering no point to apply force.
This treasure had saved his life many tis before. However, as the Ten Extremities Array swept over, the Auspicious Clouds were destroyed in an instant. Just as it was about to engulf him, suddenly, the Ten Extremities Array dispersed. Chen Shi stepped forward, grabbed his neck, lifted Yu Lingzi up, and shouted, "Will you cry or not?"
Yu Lingzi's heart was filled with despair. He thought, "Why hasn't Elder i co yet? Elder i..."
Just then, Black Pot charged out from the underworld, bringing two enormous antlers.
Sothing in Yu Lingzi's Dao Heart seed to shatter with a crash. His eye rims reddened, and tears couldn't help but fall.
Chen Shi slamd him onto the ground and shouted, "What did you say earlier? Recite it again!"
The Wooden Cart curiously opened its big eyes, circling around the huge plum blossom deer antlers. Elder i's antlers grew plum blossoms, one cluster after another, red and very vivid.
The cart was also very curious. It grew six arms, lifted the antlers, and inserted them onto the cart, one on each side.
Yu Lingzi watched as the cart, with two antlers inserted, bounced and jumped along the post road on its four wheels, imitating a leaping, running elk, looking like Elder i. He couldn't help but feel a wave of bitterness, tears falling like rain.
On the post road, a halting, stumbling voice sounded.
"I began cultivating at six years old, placed first in the County-level Imperial Examination at ten... equivalent to standing in heaven looking down at you, like an immortal looking at a mortal..."
"I... refined the Tai Zhen Dao Body... The so-called 'Ruyi' ans 'as I wish.' Once my will arrives, any Daoist technique or attack cannot approach my body..."
"Relying on my Tai Zhen Dao Body, I traveled the Western Ox New Continent... Facing is like your family dog facing my Tai Hua Qing Palace's plum blossom deer..."
...
When he reached this point, grief welled up from within. He wailed loudly, deeply prostrating himself on the ground.
"Recite it again," Chen Shi said.
Yu Lingzi lay face down on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.
Earlier, Chen Shi had helped him reconnect the broken bone in his throat, then rummaged through his body for dicinal pills, making him take them to heal his wounds so he wouldn't die. Then, he forced him to recite the so-called "Jade Words and Jade Speech," beating him if he didn't.
Seeing this, Black Pot thought, "The little master has learned to be bad from the big master. Learning to be good from the old master takes two years. Learning to be bad from the big master only takes two days."
He sighed deeply.
A four-year-old dog raising a thirteen-year-old child was just too difficult.
Chen Shi forced Yu Lingzi to repeat the Jade Words and Jade Speech once more, feeling quite satisfied. He thought, "So this is how Chen Tang felt when he made recite things. He must have felt this good inside."
Now he felt very good too.
He took the Wooden Cart and Black Pot and returned to Western Capital City, paying no further attention to Yu Lingzi.
Yu Lingzi cried for a good while. Then, a Yin wind gusted. A plum blossom deer of imnse size, with great difficulty, activated a technique, struggling to crawl back to the mortal realm. It crawled with effort to his side before finally dispersing the technique, lying on the ground panting heavily.
Yu Lingzi was stunned, then overjoyed.
"He didn't kill !"
"The dog didn't kill Elder i either!"
"What great, kind people!"
He was ecstatic, hugging the big deer's neck and crying, refusing to let go no matter what.
Elder i panted heavily, its head now bald. Where antlers once grew, two bloody pits remained.
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