On the Avenue

The underworld at this time is not as lively as before. From the underworld, you can still see some magnificent souls, who are in both the Yin and Yang worlds at the same time, but the number is not as large as before.

After the competition for the top scholar, the ancestors of the Li, Fei, Ma and other families were severely injured and had to leave Xijing and return to the major families to heal their wounds. The ancestors of the major families in Xijing have left completely.

The black pot fell into the underworld, and its body became as huge as a mountain, falling rapidly. It seemed to fall into an endless mosquito, and there were flying sky listeners with big ears flapping everywhere.

These sky listeners did their best to avoid this mountain-like giant dog and avoid the magic fire. They flew in groups in the same direction.

Among every ten sky listeners, there is a sky listener, whose body is much taller than other sky listeners.

They ignored Chen Shi and the black pot and flew over. The black pot landed, and Chen Shi looked up at these sky listeners.

Among every hundred Tianting listeners, there is a Tianting Venerable, who is very powerful.

Tianting Venerable is taller than Tianting Deacon, surrounded by the realm of ghosts and gods, and can fly without the help of ears.

Among the thousand Tianting listeners, there is a Tianting Venerable King, who is more powerful than Tianting Venerable. These Tianting Venerable Kings can sense Chen Shi's gaze and will immediately look at him. The moment Chen Shi's eyes meet his, he only feels his ears itchy, and his blood and qi will involuntarily flow with it, and his ears seem to grow.

He immediately spreads out the Yuanshen force field to eliminate the influence of Tianting Venerable King.

Tianting Venerable King's ghost and god realm is even larger, covering a radius of 100 feet, flying in the air, with more than a thousand Tianting listeners, more than a hundred Tianting Deacons, and more than ten Tianting Venerables.

And there are more than ten similar Venerable Kings!

In front of Tianting Venerable King is Guangxiao Venerable Lord, who has met Chen Shi once.

Guangxiao Zunzhu also ignored Chen Shi and Heiguo, and continued to lead the crowd to fly forward. Many Tianting listeners flew over the underworld like locusts.

Chen Shi was extremely surprised. He looked in the direction of their flight and saw the huge black iron pillar standing tall from afar.

"What are these Tianting listeners doing there?" He wondered in his heart.

At this time, huge faces suddenly appeared in the sky of the underworld. They were the existences of the Huanxu Realm Mahayana Realm in Xijing. They also noticed the movement in the underworld, so their souls looked down.

These souls were extremely huge, and their faces covered the sky. When they saw those Tianting listeners, their faces changed drastically and they all shrank their heads.

Chen Shi also saw the soul of Eunuch Feng, who looked somewhat similar to Eunuch Feng, but much younger.

Eunuch Feng's soul also noticed Chen Shi and Heiguo, and was surprised. He waved his hands at him again and again, indicating that he should not go over.

Chen Shi looked up at the sky, but saw that those beings in the Huanxu and Mahayana realms in Xijing closed their eyes or looked away, not paying attention to what was happening in the underworld.

"What are they afraid of?" He was puzzled.

Suddenly, a rosy road appeared in front of Chen Shi and stretched far away, and at the end of the rosy road was a void realm. Eunuch Feng's soul sat in the void realm, guiding him and Hei Guo.

Chen Shi hesitated for a moment, and did not chase those heavenly listeners, but let Hei Guo follow the rosy road and walk into the void realm.

When he arrived in the realm, Hei Guo's body returned to its original shape.

Eunuch Feng's soul was thousands of feet high, and his appearance was dignified, and he actually had a bit of heroic spirit. It was hard to tell that his body was an old eunuch sitting in a wheelchair.

"No. 1 Scholar, you are going to die!"

Eunuch Feng's soul looked down, his voice rumbling and shaking, "You dared to run over to see the Lord Tianting's action. I think you missed your grandfather and wished you could go to the underworld to accompany him earlier!"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "I came to find Zhuang Wujiu, but I didn't expect to meet these Tianting people. I didn't mean to join in the fun."

After the No. 1 Scholar competition, Eunuch Feng got what he wanted, drove away his two adopted sons Bai Sihai and Yan Shuangtian, and sat on the throne of the eunuch in charge of the seal and the supervisor of the East Factory again. This old eunuch never showed his true colors, but in the No. 1 Scholar competition, Chen Tang's words "Master Feng, why don't you take action yet" made Eunuch Feng very proud.

If everyone hadn't been injured and afraid of Chen Tang's Fu Shen Tianji, Eunuch Feng would have been buried that night.

Afterwards, the Thirteen Aristocratic Families looked up to him and thought the old eunuch had guts.

After Eunuch Feng regained power, he was busy repairing the relationship with the Thirteen Aristocratic Families. He had not visited Chen Tang and Chen Shi for a few days. Unexpectedly, Chen Shi wanted to make a big move again in a blink of an eye, which made him tremble with fear.

"Chen Zhuangyuan, you have to remember one thing in Xiniu Xinzhou. You can provoke the East Factory, the imperial court, and the Thirteen Aristocratic Families, but you can't provoke the Heavenly Listeners."

Eunuch Feng said earnestly, "Although we have many spies in the East Factory, the imperial court is powerful, and the Thirteen Aristocratic Families have a wide range of eyes, there are always places that we cannot reach, leaving you a chance to survive. But the Heavenly Listeners must not be provoked! Provoking them will lead to endless troubles, and even bring yourself a fatal disaster!"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Sir Feng, aren't you curious about the movements of these Heavenly Listeners?"

"No! I'm a eunuch. After cutting off that thing and those two things, I have no desires or demands."

Eunuch Feng said, "I haven't been killed in dealing with the Thirteen Aristocratic Families for so long. It's not because of how strong my strength is or how wide my network is, but because I never ask things that I shouldn't ask, and I never provoke people I can't afford to provoke. Knowing how to advance and retreat, and how to avoid, is the way to survive."

He had good intentions and said: "Master Xiao Chen, your father's survival to this day is partly due to Chen Yindu's remaining power, partly because he is indeed useful, and partly because he knows what can and cannot be done. You You are alive today because of the efforts of three scoundrels from two generations: your father, your uncle, and your grandfather. You killed the young master. They don't kill you because the cost of killing you is too high and the gain is not worth the loss, so they allow you to live. But in this world, there are behemoths that even the Thirteenth Family cannot afford to offend. They don't care about your father and your uncle. You and your grandfather don’t care how many people will die if you provoke them.”

Chen Shi solemnly thanked him.

At this time, Black Pot suddenly barked twice.

Eunuch Feng didn't understand. Chen Shi's expression moved slightly and said: "The black pot said that something happened in the underworld, and that iron pillar emits divine light that reaches the sky and the earth! Governor, look..." "I don't want to look!"

Eunuch Feng sneered, "Our family can survive until now..." Chen Shi smiled and said, "Isn't it okay to take a look?"

Eunuch Feng hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, just take a look. But we agreed that we will never interfere."

When his soul looked down, the entire void was like a bright mirror, reflecting what happened in the underworld in the void.

At this time, many Heavenly Listeners were surrounding the iron pillar that stood tall on the sky and the ground. The strange and ancient textures on the surface of the iron pillar slowly lit up at some point, and the whole body exuded divine light, illuminating the earth of the underworld, and the light became more and more powerful!

"This residue seems to be powerful!"

Eunuch Feng was surprised, "It has been decades since I was castrated, and this iron pillar has not changed at all! How could such a change happen today?"

Chen Shi asked: "Does the governor know the origin of this thing?"

Eunuch Feng composed himself and said: "This object is a prehistoric remnant. It existed before the people of the Ming Dynasty landed on Xiniu Xinzhou. According to an ancient book in Dongchang, this object was discovered when the underworld was opened in the era of King Zhen. . It is too big, even for the strong men of the True King Era, They couldn't move it at all, so they had to let it stay here. They also explored what this thing was and tried to study the text imprints on it, but in the end they couldn't figure it out. There were also similar incomprehensible things. There are so many, where can I study them?”

Suddenly, Chen Shi saw Zhuang Wujiu's figure, with those Heavenly Listeners surrounding him, protecting him in the center.

Zhuang Wujiu flew slowly around this iron pillar.

Wherever he flew, the texture of the iron pillars kept lighting up, as if they were inspired by him. Chen Shi's heart moved slightly: "Zhuang Wu Jiu understands the imprints of words on leftover things!"

Eunuch Feng said: "Zhuang Wujiu's background is extraordinary, don't read any further. Master Xiao Chen, I will send you back to the earthly world."

Chen Shi's eyes were dazzled when he and Heiguo appeared in Dongchang. Eunuch Feng was sitting in a wheelchair, with a young eunuch pushing the wheelchair behind him.

Chen Shi secretly regretted it. He really wanted to see how Zhuang Wu Jiu could activate the power of the prehistoric remnants. There are many prehistoric remnants in Xiniu Xinzhou. These things are distributed in the Yin and Yang realms. They are ancient, huge and elusive.

However, those Tianting people are extremely dangerous, especially King Tianting and Lord Tianting, whose strength is even more powerful.

If he approaches rashly, even Eunuch Feng may not be able to protect him!

"Governor Feng, just now you said that Dongchang recorded some things from the True King's era. Can you let me see the records in this regard?" Chen Shi asked.

Eunuch Feng smiled and said, "Of course you can."

He waved his hand, the young eunuch stepped back, and the wheelchair moved forward automatically. Dongchang is not a big place, with a few alleys, and there are many eunuchs in it. When Eunuch Feng arrives, they all call him godfather.

Chen Shi was surprised, the real king was gone, why were there so many eunuchs?

"Dongchang is the only place that has not been completely penetrated by the Thirteenth Family. Although there are people from the Thirteenth Family, they cannot control Dongchang."

Eunuch Feng seemed to know what he was thinking, and said, "Ordinary people can't climb up in Xijing. The most talented people can only reach the level of your father. But as long as you are castrated, you can hope to become a palm eunuch! Although it is not He is not an official, but his power is no less than that of the Thirteenth Family! It is hard to find a job as a scholar, and you don’t want to go back to the countryside, and you can’t get a wife or have children, so there are not many people who come to work in our Dongchang. If you work in the Hanlin Academy. Not happy..."

Chen Shi quickly said: "I am very happy!"

Eunuch Feng sighed regretfully and said: "Our family is very optimistic about you and thinks that if you have been in Dongchang for a few years, you will definitely take over my job and become the new governor of Dongchang! However, Chen Tang only has one son, you. He certainly won’t allow it.”

He paused and said: "The imperial court arranged for you to work in the Hanlin Academy, and I agreed. I didn't mean to let you sit on the bench, but I hope you will study and follow the path of a saint. The Hanlin Academy is the most suitable place. You have You are a talented person who has written books and established a reputation all over the world. It is impossible to say that in a few years, you will be Chen Shengren. "

Chen Shi asked for advice: "What is a saint?"

Eunuch Feng said: "Writing books and establishing doctrines are the words of a saint. Walking in virtue in the world is the deeds of a saint. With words and deeds, you can be called a saint. At that time, countless people will build temples for you and establish your life. Temple, build a golden body, offer sacrifices, and burn incense. When you die, the incense will immediately become a god."

"I'm not a saint." Chen Shi interrupted him. Eunuch Feng stopped the wheelchair and looked at him doubtfully.

"I don't do things for righteousness, and I don't want to be bound by morality. My grandfather told me that it is extremely dangerous to put yourself in the position of a saint, and it is even more dangerous to be respected as a saint by others."

Chen Shi said, "If you become a saint, others will ask you to act like a saint. When you encounter a disaster, they will ask you to spend money to provide relief. When they see people suffering, they will ask you to save them. When they see benefits, they will ask you not to fight for them. When they see disadvantages, they will ask you to take responsibility. When they don't like your relatives and friends, they will ask you to kill them for the sake of justice. If you don't do it, you are hypocritical. If you are asked to be generous when your interests are damaged, otherwise you are dishonest."

Eunuch Feng frowned slightly.

Chen Shi said: "To be a saint is to put yourself on the fire and let others roast you. You have to endure the pain and can't say it hurts. My grandfather said, don't be a saint in other people's hearts, be a layman, whoever imposes the morality of those saints on you and restrains you, break his legs."

Eunuch Feng slapped the wheelchair and said angrily: "My legs were broken by your grandfather!"

Chen Shi smiled and said: "I would like to write a book to explain the master's knowledge, but I'd better forget about being a saint."

Eunuch Feng smiled and said: "After you write a book, you must give me a copy. I must read the article of the champion."

"Okay!" Chen Shi laughed heartily.

Eunuch Feng led him into the library of the East Factory. Rows of books were neatly stacked, and there were several eunuchs copying books. Some books should be old and need to be copied new ones to prevent the books from being lost.

"When your grandfather was the Minister of Rites, he also came to our house and borrowed this book."

Eunuch Feng searched for a while, stood up from the wheelchair, took a book from the bookshelf, handed it to him, and said, "At that time, my family had just been castrated, cut off the treasure, and the beard had not fallen off completely, so we had a good relationship with him. Who would have thought that this old bastard would break both of our legs!" He was so angry that he slapped the wheelchair.

Chen Shi flipped through a few pages and saw that the book was a handwritten copy, which was left by a eunuch named Liu when he studied the text and talisman marks of the remnants.

Eunuch Liu not only studied the huge black iron pillar in the underworld, but also studied many remnants of Xiniu Xinzhou, copied down the text marks on it, and tried to decipher the mystery of these text marks.

Chen Shi flipped through it roughly and saw that there were a few pages of translation notes in the book, and the handwriting was different from that of Eunuch Liu.

"It's Grandpa's handwriting!"

Chen Shi's heart was slightly shocked, and he said, "Master, can you lend me this book to read for a few days?" Eunuch Feng smiled and said, "You can take it to copy, but you have to return it. This thing is a unique copy!"

Chen Shi thanked him again and again, resigned, and hurriedly left with the black pot.

Eunuch Feng watched him go away and whispered, "There are also deciphered runes left by Chen Yindu on that book, but they are as incomprehensible as ghost paintings. I hope you can understand them."

--Sorry for the late update. I will try my best to write the second update!