Zhai Zhu

My grandfather is very eccentric, performing daily rituals of offering incense to himself, standing in front of his own spirit tablet and eating candles.
Villagers are fearful of my grandfather.
I am fearful of him too.
Later, I discovered that what they were afraid of was not my grandfather, but me.
Even grandfather is afraid of me.
...
My name is Chen Shi.
The Chen of honesty, the Shi of sincerity.

Above the Great Dao

This investigation had imparted a sense of defeat upon the elders of the Thirteen Families. Originally, they intended to probe the depths of Creation Little Five before deciding whether to take action against Chen Shi.


Chen Shi and Li Tianqing had committed numerous evils, creating the Red Horse Bandits in Qingzhou and ruining the spiritual plantations of the Thirteen Families. Ostensibly the properties of the Wan Family, these Spiritual Medicines were in fact meant to prolong the lives of these elders. Chen Shi and Li Tianqing didn't take all the Spiritual Medicines, only one-fifth, leaving four-fifths behind. But this act would cause these people to live twenty years less!


Before dealing with Chen Shi, they must first probe the depths of Creation Little Five.


They had emerged from seclusion, and their purpose in going to the Western Capital was to probe Creation Little Five's depths.


Chapter 261: Testing the Waters