Above the Great Dao
Chapter 729 - 324: Invading the Underworld

Chapter 729: Chapter 324: Invading the Underworld

Chen Shi felt uneasy, fearing that he might say something wrong.

Seeing this, Madam Ling Su smiled and said,"The affairs of the older generation have nothing to do with you, so you need not worry. Back then, I was deeply involved with Chen Yindou, and we nearly planned to have a child together. But later, it turned out we were not meant to be, so we parted ways. I heard afterward that he had a son, but with whom, I don’t know."

She looked up and down at Chen Shi, and said,"You’re alright though, you haven’t inherited your grandfather’s flaws. He was a philanderer, charming women wherever he went."

Chen Shi thought for a moment, and said,"My grandfather was quite honest in the village."

Madam Ling Su let out a cold laugh.

Chen Shi wanted to defend his grandfather but remained silent since she was the one wronged.

Madam Ling Su said,"When you died, your grandfather sought me out, intending to ask for my help, but by then, I was too old to move. So, he went to seek someone else. Later, I died and gained some status in the underworld, thinking it would be many years before I could see him again. Surprisingly, he had died. Strange, he should have lived a few more years. How did he die?"

Chen Shi said,"Grandfather avenged me, bloodbathed the Western Capital, getting hurt in the process. Later, to save me, he descended to the underworld numerous times, worsening his injuries. One day he told me that his time had come, and the Yin Messengers were coming to capture him. He feigned death to escape, but couldn’t withstand the moonlight and died."

Madam Ling Su laughed,"No wonder. I even thought, if anyone from our generation could become immortal, it would be him! If anyone could ascend, it would also be him! Died splendidly, died splendidly!"

Chen Shi curiously asked,"Madam Ling Su, what kind of person was my grandfather?"

Madam Ling Su thought for a moment, and said,"Smart, exceptionally smart. I have never met someone so smart! Any Daoist Skill, he could understand just by looking, and mastering them with ease. Things that others couldn’t decipher, he could solve effortlessly. The year I met him, I faced a cultivation puzzle that had troubled me for years, unable to achieve Returning Void. He casually gave me a hint, and I broke through, admiring him ever since."

She reminisced with much sentiment, and said,"I admired him, falling for him deeply. But he was too dangerous, reckless and unrestrained, he changed ancestral cultivation techniques and spells beyond recognition. He didn’t care for ancestral teachings at all. He caused trouble everywhere and offended many powerful factions, always being hunted. He could die anywhere unknowingly. Later, my master said, ’Do you want the sect or him? With the sect, you can’t have him, and with him, you can’t have the sect.’ So, I broke it off with him."

Chen Shi asked,"Madam Ling Su’s sect, might it be the Taihua Qing Palace?"

He had heard Yu Lingzi mention that a certain ancestor of Taihua Qing Palace was his grandfather’s lover. Hearing Madam Ling Su mentioning her sect, he guessed she was from Taihua Qing Palace.

Madam Ling Su’s face turned a shade of pale green, as she coldly laughed,"Do you think I am the little brash Qiongyang from Taihua Qing Palace? Hmph, the Heavenly Master Mansion I hail from, is it inferior to Qiongyang’s Taihua Qing Palace?"

Chen Shi’s face turned ashen, thinking,"I will never again guess where grandfather’s lovers come from."

Madam Ling Su chuckled,"I am already dead, what is there to be jealous of? Chen Shi, don’t mind it. But do not mention Qiongyang again."

Her face turned somber once more.

Chen Shi nodded hurriedly.

Though Madam Ling Su had passed, her Primordial Spirit still appeared to be in the prime of youth, conversing with her in the carriage didn’t feel stifling.

Cultivators may die of old age, but that merely means the physical body perishes, while their Primordial Spirit remains youthful. That Madam Ling Su’s Primordial Spirit retained an appearance of a maiden of sixteen or so shows her remarkable talent.

The Bone Dragon Treasure Chariot sped rapidly through the Immortal City, streaking like the wind, covering thousands of miles before slowing down.

As they traveled, Chen Shi occasionally saw immensely powerful Primordial Spirits that dominated regions, deterring any ghostly spirits, their identities unknown.

The carriage stopped in front of a Yuan Chen Palace, Madam Ling Su alighted and knocked on the door, telling Chen Shi,"In the Immortal City, without the owner’s permission, you can’t enter others’ Yuan Chen Palace. Unless you’re one of the Yin Messengers governing the city."

Hearing footsteps inside, Chen Shi’s heart pounded.

Soon he would see his grandfather!

Chen Shi missed his grandfather dearly.

He missed the days at Huangpo Village, where he rode the wooden cart with his grandfather, celebrated moon festivals, drew talismans, missed the herbs his grandfather brewed, the meals he cooked, missed the toys his grandfather handcrafted, and the clothes his grandfather bought for him.

"With grandfather to raid the prison with me, mother’s soul can definitely be saved!"

Chen Yindou’s Yuan Chen Palace was vast, spanning ten or more miles, not as grand as the Young Master’s mansion, but not small. From inside came footsteps, and with the gate opening, a beautiful woman poked her head out, smiling as she asked,"Who are you looking for?"

Behind the beautiful woman, hundreds of other beautiful women bustled in the courtyard, singing and dancing, densely gathered.

Madam Ling Su’s face turned dark green, coldly laughing,"Old thief Chen sure knows how to enjoy life! While others hide a golden house, he hides hundreds of beauties!"

Chen Shi’s heart skipped a beat, recognizing the beautiful women as the paper figures he had burned for his grandfather.

"However, I didn’t burn so many, unless my father and fifth uncle also burned quite a few?"

Chen Shi attempted to enter the Yuan Chen Palace, only to be blocked by some invisible force.