Above the Great Dao

Chapter 1542 714: Senior Brother_3

Fan Xiao slightly frowned, feeling that killing him now might not fully clear his Dao Heart and thus unable to achieve enlightenment.

Jiao Quezi needed to seek out the master who blinded one of his eyes by leaving a Golden Needle in it, and only by avenging this could he achieve enlightenment as a Daluo Golden Immortal.

Fan Xiao killed Chen Shi to avenge his junior brothers and sisters, following the same logic.

However, Chen Shi's Hongmeng Division was like a Golden Needle piercing into his Dao Heart, turning into a thorn in the flesh and a needle in the eye, making him extremely uncomfortable.

Even if he killed Chen Shi, the flaw in his Dao Heart would prevent him from achieving enlightenment as a Daluo Golden Immortal.

Seeing his expression, Chen Shi smiled and said, "Senior Brother, I'm giving you the chance to stay by my side, giving you ample time to unravel my Hongmeng Division. The moment you unravel it, that's when you can strike and kill me for revenge."

"Alright." Fan Xiao agreed.

Chen Shi guided him patiently, "The Supreme taught you all the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection, and based on the Small Circulation Tribulation Array, I deduced another move. This move the Supreme might not have taught you. Are you interested in seeing it, Senior Brother?"

Fan Xiao shook his head, "I've already broken away from the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection, walking my own path and have no need to witness this move."

He paused, then said, "Back then, after deducing the Small Circulation Tribulation Array, I was disheartened and chose to walk the path of Sword Dao."

Chen Shi was surprised, "You already knew the Supreme was withholding one move? Why didn't you tell Xi Muran and the others?"

Fan Xiao remained silent, not answering.

Chen Shi also did not press him further.

The two stood silently facing each other.

Fan Xiao broke the silence, "I've heard about your trip to the North Sea Mine."

Chen Shi nodded, "I led you there by intentionally leaving traces."

Fan Xiao remained silent, felt that the moment he came to see him, he was led passively, so he changed the topic, "You cried when you left the mine; someone saw it."

Chen Shi replied, "Lamenting the hardships of people's lives, shedding tears is not excessive."

Fan Xiao said, "Tell me about it."

Chen Shi let out a long sigh and recounted his experiences in the Ancestral Court to Fan Xiao, finally saying, "Immortal Wencheng deserved his fate of a thousand cuts, but the events he experienced back then, I want to witness them myself and go through it once."

"I faced much adversity in the West Bull New Continent, endured many hardships, and the people in the village also suffered numerous inhumane things. But after my ascension, once I entered the Heavenly Court, I had the support of my godmother, protection from East King, and land granted by the Great Heavenly Venerate. I did not suffer in the Earth Immortal Realm and became Heavenly King Chen just like that. I even thought my poorest attire was what the lower-level immortals wore.

"Everything went smoothly for me, and even when I reached Penglai West, I turned it into one of the few Holy Lands in the world. In my view, your Immortal Court's rebellion against the Heavenly Court is nothing more than a power struggle among the higher ranks, unrelated to lower-level immortals, merely a redistribution of interests among you. But Immortal Wencheng's madness made me realize that perhaps I was wrong."

Fan Xiao inquired, "What did you see in the North Sea?"

Chen Shi tried to smile, but the muscles on his face only twitched.

"Although the Evil Spirit runs rampant in the West Bull New Continent and the Thirteen Families control the government and the regions, scholars can still learn the Heavenly Heart Righteous Qi Technique, can still pursue learning and take the imperial exam. Although they can only become minor officials, at least they can survive."

He was silent for a moment, then said sadly, "It was in the North Sea that I discovered all upward paths were blocked. Those in power tossed some leftover crumbs, or perhaps not even crumbs, merely some trivial benefits, for which the lower-level immortals desperately fought, squeezing themselves, while pressing down on others."

He remembered Guan Qinshuang, who was Black Taibao, as an example.

Guan Qinshuang, when she was Black Taibao, desperately exploited others; as a mining slave, she exploited herself.

In the end, this woman was drained, her life or death unknown to anyone, left with only a vague certainty of having died.

"In the West Bull New Continent, outside there are Evil Spirits, above are the Families, but people are at least still people. But in the North Sea, immortals slaughter each other for the meager scraps that fall from the higher-ups' fingers, battling life and death, no longer human."

Chen Shi said, "The moment I left the mine, I realized there were countless Guan Qinshuangs in the North Sea, their lives or deaths mattering to no one. I was enveloped by sadness, feeling injustice for them, unable to stop my tears."

Fan Xiao's cold and frosty face seemed to slightly thaw, "Junior Brother Chen, this is why the Immortal Court must overthrow the Heavenly Court. The Immortal Court is growing stronger in the North Sea, enough to contend with Beidi because the immortals' lives are too hard here."

Chen Shi shook his head, "The Immortal Court is just another Heavenly Court. Even if lower-level immortals support the Immortal Court and overthrow the Heavenly Court, it will just become another Heavenly Court. The condition of the lower-level immortals won't change. They are simply beguiled by the Immortal Court, becoming its tool against the Heavenly Court."

Fan Xiao snorted, "Heavenly King Chen, you are stubborn, not understanding that the Supreme's heart is incomparably vast."

Chen Shi also snorted, "Immortal Emperor Supreme? I have a blood feud with him and will definitely kill him!"

Fan Xiao's eyes gleamed with murderous intent.

Chen Shi remained indifferent, turning towards the Beast Hunting Team, smiling, "Senior Brother, you will follow me these days and join the Beast Hunting Team with me."

Fan Xiao followed him.

Reaching the Beast Hunting Team, Chen Shi motioned for him to stop, then approached Captain Pang Yunji, lowered his voice, "Boss, that over there is my senior brother, he's more skilled than me, already at the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, about to reach the Dao Realm. He wants to join our Beast Hunting Team to earn some money and become a True Immortal. How much do you think he's worth?"

Pang Yunji was taken aback, "You're going to sell your senior brother?"

"Sell!"

Chen Shi decisively said, "He'll work enough to earn his own ransom. Boss, just treat him like livestock; he's tough and won't die!"

Pang Yunji paid Chen Shi and smiled at Fan Xiao.

Fan Xiao did not always respond coldly to goodwill, nodding with a smile.

"Sold yet he smiles, what a peculiar temperament." Pang Yunji shook his head.