"Hahaha, stop right there!"
In a split second, more than a dozen Qi-cultivating cultivators suddenly appeared in front, behind, and around Chen Changsheng, laughing wildly at him.
"Who are you?" Chen Changsheng asked calmly.
There were more than a dozen Tribulation Cultivators, and more than half of them were in the early stage of Qi training and were there to make up the numbers. To Chen Changsheng, they posed no threat at all!
"Us? Haha, even Jie Xiu can't see it?"
"He must be a rookie. His spirit beast turned out to be a big yellow dog. Not bad. We'll have dog meat to eat tonight!"
"Boy, have you heard of the Black and White Devils who dominated the Shouyang Mountain?"
Several Tribulation Cultivators started yelling and screaming wildly.
"The Black and White Devils? Are you the robbery cultivators under the command of the Black and White Devils?" Chen Changsheng asked in surprise.
It's really like searching for something without any effort...
Originally, he was thinking about disguising himself and going to Shouyang Mountain to see if he could find the Black and White Devils...
Although Xiao Moxi is gone now, I have promised to avenge her!
"It seems that this kid doesn't know everything. He has even heard of our boss's name!" One of the robbers laughed.
Bai Sha also showed a smile on his face...
He is already very old. What do people like most when they are old?
Of course, it was his heroic deeds in his youth that were widely spread.
Chen Changsheng had heard of his own name, very good!
Give him a chance later and let him join the organization!
"Of course I have heard of it, and I have also seen it... Bai Sha... It seems that you have forgotten me... More than 20 years ago, Treasure Pavilion, Shopkeeper Wan!" Chen Changsheng raised his head and smiled gently.
"Treasure Pavilion, Manager Wan?"
These two sentences instantly brought back Bai Sha's memories...
At that time, he and Heisha were considered to be the most powerful people in Shouyang Mountain. Although they had few Jie Xiu cultivators under their command, they were all elite cultivators at or above the middle stage of Qi training. Unlike now, they were all misfits...
"It's you...you...this is impossible. After so many years, how can you still be so young..."
Bai Sha stared at Chen Changsheng's face intently, revealing an expression of undeniable surprise...
More than 20 years have passed in a flash!
Even immortal cultivators cannot resist the erosion of time.
Back then, Baisha was still in his prime, but now, he is already old...
But the man before him was exactly the same as he was more than twenty years ago. It seemed as if time had not left any trace on his face...
"Guess?" Chen Changsheng chuckled.
"You...you...have you...established your foundation?"
Suddenly, a look of horror appeared on Bai Sha's face...
Build the foundation!
After building the foundation, lifespan will be greatly increased and people will become relatively younger.
Compared to the two hundred years of lifespan of those in the Foundation Establishment Realm, the appearance wouldn't change much in twenty years...
"Haha, you guessed it right, but unfortunately... there is no reward!"
Chen Changsheng sneered, and instantly released the spiritual pressure of the foundation-building realm...
Seven or eight young cultivators, whose strength was only at the initial stage of Qi training, couldn't even fly under this pressure. They cried out and fell to the ground...
If someone falls directly from such a high place, unless they are physically strong, even if they don't die, they will probably be half-crippled...
"Foundation-building ancestor..."
"It's over, they actually robbed the Foundation Establishment Ancestor..."
"What should I do, Foundation Establishment Ancestor?"
“…”
In an instant, all the Tribulation Cultivators were stunned...
The ancestor of foundation building!
That is a high and mighty existence. Even the Wang family, which controls Shouyang Mountain now, only has one foundation-building ancestor!
"You...you...you really established your foundation?"
"How is this possible? How is it possible..."
"How could you possibly establish your foundation?" Bai Sha's expression changed drastically in an instant...
He was naturally well aware of the difficulty of building a foundation for a casual cultivator!
As a Tribulation Cultivator, his wealth was much richer than that of ordinary Qi Cultivators. However, due to his poor spiritual roots, he could only barely cultivate to the eighth level of Qi Cultivation and was unable to advance to the ninth level. Eventually, he watched himself pass the age of sixty and gave up the idea of building a foundation.
The person in front of me has actually established his foundation?
"Nothing is impossible... Back then, you and Shopkeeper Wan teamed up and harmed many fellow Taoists. Today, I will rid them of this scourge of you!"
Chen Changsheng's voice turned cold, and with a casual flick of his finger, the flying sword suddenly soared into the sky, drawing an arc in mid-air...
The speed was so fast that those Tribulation Cultivators didn't even have time to react before being killed...
"Little Moxi, I have finally avenged your parents. Your spirit in heaven can rest in peace!"
"Even if you don't want to rest in peace, I can't help you now..."
"The person who took you away was too powerful. With my strength, it is impossible for me to avenge you..."
"Or, you can wait a few thousand more years until I reach the legendary Divine Transformation Realm..."
"Oh, it seems that we don't need to wait that long. The Yuanying Patriarch only has a lifespan of a thousand years. You can wait for a few hundred years without worry. Maybe the person who wants to kill you will die..."
Chen Changsheng muttered to himself, and then fell into the forest...
There were a total of fifteen corpses of Jie Xiu, and Da Huang had already carried all of them together. Chen Changsheng was the first to find Bai Sha...
"Bai Sha, male, 84 years old, was beheaded to death!"
"Last wish: Kill Taoist Priest Black Skull and avenge Black Evil!"
"Corpse rating: Extraordinary one star, reward: three Extraordinary Essence Blood Pills and ten Mana Pills!"
Is Heisha already dead, or did he die at the hands of Taoist Black Skull?
Originally, Chen Changsheng had thought that after killing Bai Sha, he would follow the trail they had taken to their lair and kill Hei Sha as well...
As for the last wish...
Then it depends on fate...
If the Black Skull Taoist priest was blind and provoked him, he could kill him easily. If he had not met him, Chen Changsheng would not deliberately look for him.
"Huang Jin, male, 31 years old, fell to his death from the sky."
"Last wish: to be noticed by Baisha and become the leader of the Baisha Group in the future!"
"Corpse rating: Extraordinary one star, reward: three Extraordinary Essence Blood Pills and three Mana Pills!"
Oh my god, this is a cultivator with ideals...
Unfortunately, his life was as fragile as paper, and his strength was too weak. He didn't even have the chance to be killed by Chen Changsheng, and fell to his death from mid-air...
"Cui He, male, 44 years old, was beheaded!"
"Last wish: My daughter will find a good husband in the future!"
"Corpse rating: Extraordinary one star, reward: four Extraordinary Essence Blood Pills and five Mana Pills!"
“…”
Fifteen Qi-refining cultivators contributed a batch of extraordinary essence and blood pills and mana pills to Chen Changsheng.
If it was Chen Changsheng at the Qi training stage, he might be surprised, but for the current Chen Changsheng, it could only be used to feed Da Huang...
The extraordinary essence and blood pills of the Qi training realm are no longer of much use to Chen Changsheng, and the mana pills are rarely used. Instead, it is those last wishes that Chen Changsheng really values.
Because there are many last wishes that you don’t need to fulfill yourself. As long as the last wish is fulfilled, there will be a reward.
For example, Cui He's last wish was that his daughter Cui Zhen would find a good husband in the future.
There is no need for Chen Changsheng to go find her in person. He just needs to wait. If Cui Zhen marries well in the future, the mission will be completed naturally. Of course, if she marries poorly or remains a single dog for her whole life, then the mission will be useless.
There are many tasks like this. As long as there are enough wishes, there will always be some that Chen Changsheng can get rewards for free without having to spend any effort.
Over the years, when Chen Changsheng was practicing, he could always obtain some rewards from the wishes he had collected in the past. Little by little, they accumulated into a lot. The progress of Chen Changsheng's medium-grade wood spiritual roots and other five elements spiritual roots was basically achieved in this way.
As long as time is long enough and there are enough willful tasks, Chen Changsheng is confident that he can elevate his spiritual roots to the legendary Heavenly Spiritual Roots...
Even the Five Elements Spiritual Roots...
Of course, this will take a long time...
"Woof!"
Da Huang stood aside, looking at Chen Changsheng with tears in his eyes, his meaning was self-evident...
"Haha, you'll definitely get your share!"
Chen Changsheng smiled and threw over ten Essence Blood Pills and ten Mana Pills.
There is something else hidden inside Dahuang's body, so Chen Changsheng is not afraid of eating too much of it all at once.
It would store the Essence Blood Pills and Mana Pills that Chen Changsheng gave it each time in the space within its abdomen, and then slowly refine them...
"Let's go back to Da Zhou!"
Chen Changsheng summoned his flying sword once again, brought Da Huang with him, and headed towards Da Zhou...
After ten years of time travel, Chen Changsheng left the Great Zhou and entered Shouyang Mountain. After seventeen years of time travel, Chen Changsheng left Shouyang Mountain and came to Longhu Lake. After twenty-eight years of time travel, Chen Changsheng left Longhu Lake and entered Sanyang City!
Now, after forty-two years of traveling through time, Chen Changsheng is sixty-seven years old and has finally returned to the Great Zhou again!
I feel homesick when I’m close to home!
The closer he got to Da Zhou, the more excited Chen Changsheng felt. An indescribable emotion and feeling made Chen Changsheng's hands and feet even tremble...
"You're still too young. You really think of Da Zhou as your hometown..."
"Actually, since entering this world, I've spent the longest time in Sanyang City... but it doesn't feel like home there..."
After entering this world, there are only two places that can give Chen Changsheng the feeling of home.
One is in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, No. 168, Changming Street, Xicheng District!
That was Chen Changsheng’s original home!
One is the Lingtian Office on Shouyang Mountain, with a small courtyard. That's where Chen Changsheng and Xiao Moxi lived together for several years...
As for entering Dragon Lake later, even though Changwei Island was his territory, the cave was well-designed, and he even found the Spirit Eye Spring, he didn't feel at home at all...
As for Lingxi Island and Sanyang City where we went later, there is no need to mention them!
It’s not even my own place, the cave is rented, how can I feel at home?
"We have finally entered the Great Zhou. I don't know what the Great Zhou is like now. Are those old acquaintances still there... Some people should have passed away..." Chen Changsheng said softly.
Even he himself is already sixty-seven years old!
Although there are immortal cultivators in this world, the ordinary mortal kingdom is similar to the feudal society in Chen Changsheng's previous life.
The average life expectancy of people in this world is very low!
In ancient times, people could call themselves old men when they were thirty years old!
It is conceivable how long people at that time could live...
Even Chen Changsheng's old friends, who all held high positions, might not live past sixty...
Haven’t you seen that in feudal society, many emperors died in their thirties or forties?
"It's been a while since I've seen fireworks... Let's go find a place to eat first. I wonder if the Xunxian Club I founded is still around..."
After finding a city, Chen Changsheng couldn't help but chuckle.
Shouyang Mountain is very large, and many areas of it border the Great Zhou.
The direction he came out from was different from the direction he entered Shouyang Mountain that year. The small town that Chen Changsheng encountered now was called Xihua City!
"The list is up, the list is up, go check it out!"
"In this first imperial examination after the establishment of the new dynasty, I, Chen Yaoyang, will definitely be the top scorer in this county!"
"Chen Yaoyang, you're dreaming! The top spot will definitely go to me, Zhang Ming!"
“…”
Walking on the street, the noisy voices of the people around him kept echoing into Chen Changsheng's ears...
"New Dynasty?"
"What's the meaning?"
"Why is it the New Dynasty?"
"Could it be that the Great Zhou is gone?"
"No... should I say, Dajin is gone?"
After Li Ke became emperor, the Great Zhou Dynasty had already collapsed, and the name of its replacement was the Great Jin Dynasty...
However, it is still the bloodline of the Great Zhou royal family!
Chen Changsheng frowned and couldn't help but pull over a jogging pedestrian...
"Brother, I just heard that this is the first imperial examination of the new dynasty? What does this mean?" Chen Changsheng asked.
"What do you mean? It's exactly what it says. This is the first imperial examination of the Dagan Dynasty, and His Majesty attaches great importance to it. Don't pull me, maybe I will pass!" The man waved his hand and headed straight for the direction of the list posted in front...
"The Great Gan Dynasty? ...What about the Great Zhou?"
"No more?"
Suddenly, Chen Changsheng had a bad feeling in his heart and hurried towards the government office...
If we were to ask who in this world knows the most about this matter, it would of course be the officials!
Half an hour later, Chen Changsheng walked out of the County Magistrate's Mansion with a frown on his face...