Above the Great Dao-Chapter 1559 - 722: Plotting Against the Hidden Dragon

Chen Shi brought Cui Zhenzhen to the nearby Heavenly River Crossing, boarded the Star Shuttle, and headed towards Penglai West.

On the Star Shuttle, Cui Zhenzhen was a bit too lively, looking around, even sticking her head out, almost getting it sliced off by the Mystic Sky Aurora. Fortunately, Chen Shi pulled her back in time.

"This is my first time riding on a Star Shuttle." She said somewhat sheepishly.

Chen Shi asked, "Then how did you get to the North Sea? It's quite a distance from the Heavenly Court to the North Sea."

Cui Zhenzhen replied as if it was obvious, "I flew here. At that time, many of my senior brothers also left the Heavenly Soldier Camp and went around looking for things to do. Just that everywhere was full, later someone said there was money to be made at the North Sea, with Golden Mountains and Silver Mountains all over the place, earning enough in just a year to cultivate into a True Immortal, so more than ten of us headed straight to the North Sea. We traveled and stopped, flew for more than ten years, and finally arrived at the North Sea."

The Earth Immortal Realm is extremely vast, for ordinary immortals, flying from the Heavenly Court to the North Sea in over ten years is already considered fast.

Chen Shi asked, "Who told you there was money to be made at the North Sea?"

"The Black Taibao of the Heavenly Court."

Chen Shi thought it should be those Black Taibao.

"What about those immortals who went to the North Sea with you?"

"Some died, some left."

Cui Zhenzhen felt some melancholy; those immortals who left the Heavenly Soldier Camp with her supported each other, and there were even a few pairs who fell in love, but unfortunately, those days and those people have all gone, never to return.

She brushed away the gloom in her heart, perked up her spirit, and asked cautiously, "Teacher, may I ask? Why are you and Mr. Fan so concerned about me?"

Although she called Fan Xiao Mr. Fan, he did not appear old; instead, he seemed very young, quite a handsome Immortal.

Chen Shi was also extraordinary in demeanor, elegant in appearance.

With two outstanding young immortals vying for her favor, it inevitably filled her with a moment of joy.

"The reason he and I vie for you is partly to repay you for the kindness of selling blood to treat us, and partly due to a dispute over our paths."

Chen Shi said with a smile, "The dispute between him and me is essentially a dispute between me and the Immortal Court's path. We went to the North Sea together to hunt beasts, fish, and be medicine slaves, partly to observe the lives of bottom-tier immortals, and partly to validate whether our chosen paths are correct.

"The competition for you is not for you but for the support of the hearts of bottom-tier immortals. If you join Heavenly Court, it means my path has failed, and Fan Xiao's Dao Heart will be strengthened, making it more challenging to undermine my Dao Method. If you join my Golden Turtle Island, it means the Heavenly Court's path lacks people's support, and Fan Xiao's Dao Heart will suffer greatly. It will become more difficult for him to break my Dao Method."

Upon hearing this, Cui Zhenzhen dismissed her doubts but felt somewhat disappointed, saying, "Are you competing for me, not because of my looks?"

Chen Shi said seriously, "Zhenzhen, you don't possess beauty, don't overthink."

Cui Zhenzhen was crestfallen.

Chen Shi asked, "Then why did you choose me instead of Fan Xiao?"

Cui Zhenzhen admitted with a bitter smile, "I didn't have time to choose; you took me out of the city. I was originally planning to choose Mr. Fan."

Chen Shi was taken aback and inquired, "Why did you choose Fan Xiao instead of me?"

Fearing he might be upset, Cui Zhenzhen chose her words carefully, saying, "When I was a heavenly soldier in the Heavenly Court, I heard people mention Golden Turtle Island, and it didn't have a good reputation, as if all bad things under the sky were done by Golden Turtle Island. So, I would rather go to the Immortal Court..."

"I see."

Chen Shi was somewhat disappointed and murmured, "You didn't choose based on whose path was correct. It seems the competition between me and Fan Xiao isn't over yet."

He lit an incense, and the incense fire gently rose, without any response for a long time.

Chen Shi recited in silence, "Foster mother above, your child Chen Shi has an important matter to report."

After a while, the incense fire gradually formed the image of Lady Houtu, who was very pleased to see Chen Shi and said with a smile, "Crown Prince, are you on a Star Shuttle? What do you seek from this palace? You may not know, but a major event occurred in the Earth Immortal Realm! Emperor Beiyin has passed away! My true body is on the way to the Heavenly Court and has no time to handle your affairs, so I am passing your matter to me."

She is a clone of the Earth Emperor Houtu in the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and Chen Shi's true foster mother.

Chen Shi said, "Killing Beidi was the act of the Immortal Court's Right Heavenly Master Hidden Dragon Ancestor."

Lady Houtu was surprised, "Who is this Hidden Dragon Ancestor with such abilities? How do you know it was him? Emperor Ziwei says, the next target might very well be me, and the Great Heavenly Venerate invited me to the Heavenly Court to discuss countermeasures..."

Chen Shi interrupted her, "I was right there when Hidden Dragon killed Beidi."

Lady Houtu's heart trembled slightly, dismissing the thought of leaving immediately, asking, "You were there?"

Chen Shi said, "I was right beside."

Lady Houtu fell silent, likely communicating with the Earth Emperor Houtu, then said after a moment, "Emperor Ziwei says the murderer used a peculiar talisman to alter the fundamental structure of the Immortal Dao, dramatically enhancing Immortal Law. What is this Magic Skill?"

"Primordial Talisman."

Chen Shi said, "The Primordial Talisman was created by Hidden Dragon Ancestor and perfected by my grandfather Chen Yindou and others. When Beidi was first attacked, it was my grandfather who observed Beidi's Dao Method and had six Taiyi Golden Immortals strike and break his Divine Dao."

Lady Houtu grew more shocked as she listened, realizing that it involved Chen Yindou!

Chen Yindou was not a stranger to her; he played a major role in opposing the Heavenly Venerate alongside her and Creation Little Five back in the day, to break the Heavenly Venerate's Dao Realm.

Unexpectedly, all these years without contact, he could even discern Beidi's Dao Method!

Chen Shi harnessed his Primordial Qi, transforming it into nine consecutive trails of Xuanhuang Talismans, and said solemnly, "Foster mother, remember this Talisman immediately and pass it to the Earth Emperor Houtu, so that she can change her Dao Method according to these nine Xuanhuang Yellow Talismans immediately. I'm afraid there may be a fatal disaster if she goes to the Heavenly Court this time!"