Chapter 23 Underworld

Chapter 23 Underworld

Chapter 23 Underworld
After this battle, Chen Shi was sleepy and tired, and dozed off in the cart. When he woke up, the cart had already arrived at Huangpo Village.

Grandpa was busy boiling the medicine, and it was late at night before the medicine was ready.

Chen Shi drank a basin of medicine and soaked in the medicine jar, where he gradually fell asleep.

Fortunately, the night was peaceful and his old illness did not relapse.

"Have I recovered from my illness?"

When he woke up in the morning, Chen Shi was very happy. He felt that the breakfast made by his grandfather was not so bad.

And this time when his grandfather went to the county town, he kept his promise and indeed brought him some delicious food from the county town, including candied haws, glutinous rice cakes, stinky tofu, and sugar figurines, which made him very happy.

"Grandpa's medicine is useful. My daily practice of Sanguang Zhengqi is also useful. Maybe it can cure my illness!"

Chen Shi looked forward to his future life, so he worked harder. After worshipping his godmother, he practiced the Three Lights Righteousness Technique and used the Big Dipper to temper his body.

The day was very fulfilling. At night, Chen Shi drank medicine and took a medicinal bath, then practiced the Three Lights Righteousness Technique for a while before lying down to sleep.

He slept for an unknown amount of time, and was sleeping soundly when he suddenly felt an extremely intense pain in his heart, and his heart twitched violently!
Chen Shi woke up and realized that his old heart problem had recurred. He struggled to get up from the bed and activated the Three Lights Righteous Qi Technique to resist.

However, the pain was so severe that it drained all his strength. His heart seemed to be flattened and squeezed into a ball, stopping the blood circulation in his body!
He tried to breathe, but couldn't.

The air in the lungs seemed to be emptied by the green ghost hand!

"Grandpa! Grandpa!"

Chen Shi was surrounded by great fear. He opened his mouth to call his grandfather, but no sound came out of his throat.

It's still night time, so grandpa probably isn't at home and wouldn't be aware that he's in any danger.

"Black pot! Black pot!"

Chen Shi wanted to call Hei Guo, but no sound came out. The big black dog in the yard seemed to hear something. It raised its head, listened carefully, then shook its head and went back to sleep.

Chen Shi's vision gradually darkened, until he could no longer see the moonlight outside, and then he could no longer see the beams of the house.

His eyelids became heavier, his head became more dizzy, and his body began to twitch uncontrollably, like a dying fish that had been pulled ashore.

His body bounced violently twice on the bed, and finally calmed down. His limbs twitched from time to time, but the frequency of the twitching became slower and slower, and the amplitude became smaller and smaller.

Finally, Chen Shi calmed down.

There seemed to be a ray of light in the darkness, illuminating the darkness in front of Chen Shi.

He opened his eyes and was surrounded by heavy fog. From time to time, miserable howls could be heard in the distance, like those of a human or a wounded beast.

Chen Shi opened his eyes wide and tried to look around, but he could see nothing.

"Grandpa!" he shouted loudly.

"Grandpa!" "Grandpa!"

Many voices came from the fog, from all directions and corners, everywhere were voices calling for grandpa. I didn’t know if they were echoes or something else strange.

Chen Shi was surrounded by fear. He knew he should stay where he was and wait for his grandfather to come find him, but he couldn't help but take a step forward.

He only felt that his body became lighter than ever before, so light as if it did not exist. The mist was like grains of snow-white, delicate and weightless sand, passing through his body, icy cold.

"I'm probably dead." Chen Shi thought sadly.

He heard footsteps in the fog. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw another figure, a young woman, walking towards him with a pale face and a dazed look.

Her neck was covered in blood, and as she walked, blood flowed out from the crack on her neck, staining her clothes red.

She opened her mouth, as if to speak, but Chen Shi could hear nothing.

The woman lowered her head sadly, but her head fell to the ground.

The woman squatted on the ground, groping around with her hands, but she couldn't find her head.

A woman's helpless cry was heard in the fog.

After a while, she found her head, held it up and placed it on her neck, then silently came behind Chen Shi, walking slowly.

Another person came out of the fog. He was a pot-bellied man. He looked like a powerful man, wearing gold and silver jewelry, and had an air of superiority and dominance. However, at this moment, he looked quite miserable. He had been stabbed countless times and blood was still gushing out of the wounds.

Especially the abdomen, which was full of fat intestines and flowed out, dragging on the ground.

He struggled to hold up his intestines with both hands and followed Chen Shi.

Chen Shi walked forward in a daze, and met more people in the fog. They died in different ways. Some were missing arms and legs, some had a big hole in their heads, some had burst hearts and livers, some had pus all over their bodies, some were blown up to the point of only having half of their bodies left, and some were burned to charcoal...

Chen Shi was not afraid at all. He had seen many ghosts and gods and was no longer afraid of them.

"I must be dead."

He was a little sad. "I was dying in pain on the bed. Grandpa didn't notice, and Black Pot didn't find out either. They would probably be very sad when they found me dead the next day."

He didn't know what his face looked like. If it looked too hideous, his grandfather would cry. He didn't want his grandfather to cry.

There was a long team ahead, with no end in sight. I had no idea how many people were walking mechanically in the mist, not knowing where they were going.

Chen Shi walked forward with the strange people behind him and merged with the team.

They continued to move forward, and more people joined the group.

There were many more people in front and behind Chen Shi. They were from the other two teams. They were walking like zombies and there was no end in sight.

Ahead, more teams appeared, and it was a crowded place. The strange thing was that despite so many people, no sound was made.

Only in the fog could be heard miserable howls from time to time.

Suddenly, a huge claw emerged from the fog. It was bony and covered with scales, not like a human hand. It grabbed a person and then retracted into the fog. Then a chewing sound was heard from the fog.

"Hee hee hee!"

Something laughed in the mist.

Chen Shi was filled with fear, but the people around him turned a blind eye and continued to move forward numbly.

At this time, more claws stretched out from the mist, grabbed people one by one and retracted into the mist. Chewing sounds and giggling sounds could be heard from all directions.

They seemed to have walked into a feast hosted by gluttons in the fog, except that they were the delicacies at the feast, and the monsters hidden in the fog were gourmets, tasting the rare delicacies!
Chen Shi didn't dare to move forward, but his legs seemed to be unobservant and continued to move forward mechanically.

In the fog all around, more and more "gourmets" came to taste the food, more and more laughter was heard, and more claws reached out, grabbing the people who did not know how to resist and shrinking them back into the fog.

Chen Shi's scalp went numb as he saw a huge bony hand reaching out to grab him. He wanted to dodge, but his body kept moving forward mechanically and he couldn't avoid it at all!
Just as he was about to be caught by the big hand, suddenly there was a drum sound, which sounded like a drum, but also like a broken gong. The sound was a bit dull and rustling, but it startled the claw and made it retract.

"Chen Shi——"

There came a call from behind him, accompanied by the faint sound of drums.

There was also a faint smell of incense that entered Chen Shi's nose, also vague.

"Xiao Shi——"

He could hear the call more clearly; it was his grandfather's voice; the sounds of gongs and drums also became clearer.

"Grandpa!" He burst into tears.

Grandpa's voice came: "Xiao Shi, follow the voice!"

Chen Shi tried his best, tried to stop, turned around with difficulty, and walked in the direction of the sound. Every step was extremely difficult, as if he was walking on a mountain of knives or wading through a sea of ​​fire. His legs felt a sharp pain that pierced his bones and scraped his flesh.

He moved forward with difficulty listening to the sound, but the sound was intermittent and could only reach his ears when accompanied by the sound of drums and the smell of incense. If the smell of incense or the sound of drums was stopped, he would lose his direction.

There were people surging all around, and only Chen Shi was going against the flow, being knocked around and stumbling.

He walked for an unknown amount of time, but still couldn't get out of this feast. There were huge, grabbing hands everywhere, and he could be captured at any time.

Just as he was about to be unable to bear it, the thick fog suddenly parted, and out of the fog came a gigantic creature with fireworks spewing out of its nose. It stomped on the ground, shaking it, and rushed towards this side in a reckless manner.

When the huge creature came up to him, Chen Shi realized that it was a black dog. It looked like a black pot, but countless times bigger, like a small mountain.

"Black Pot, is that you?"

The black dog was like a demon from the underworld, ferocious and fierce, with flaming eyes, burning the bony hands that came to grab it, and with a snap, its sharp teeth bit off a big hand. Then, its nose moved, sniffing the smell of incense, and its two burning pupils rolled around, and its gaze fell on Chen Shi.

"Hoohoo!"

The black pot, which was as big as a hill, was so excited that it swept its tail around, creating gusts of wind. It crawled down and let Chen Shi climb onto it, then turned around and ran away.

"Dong dong!"

The sound of gongs and drums became louder and louder, and grandpa's voice calling became clearer and clearer. Chen Shi lay on the back of the black pot, clutching the black dog hair tightly in his hands. Suddenly, he felt that the light in front of his eyes was getting brighter and brighter, so bright that it was blinding.

He raised his hand to block the glaring light, and at this moment a joyful voice came: "He's awake, Xiao Shi is finally awake!"

Chen Shi opened his eyes and gradually adjusted to the light. He looked around in confusion and found himself in an unfamiliar, somewhat dim room. The air was filled with a strong smell of incense and the walls were blackened by smoke.

An old woman with white hair and a turban was sitting in the corner, holding something like a gong in her hand. When she tapped it gently, it made a sound similar to that of a gong or drum, as well as a rustling sound.

There was also a large brazier on the ground, with paper talismans burning in it. The flames were very high, more than one person tall.

There was a big black dog squatting behind the flames. Its eyes were illuminated by the flames like fire, and its nostrils exhaled the smell of fireworks. It was the black pot.

Grandpa sat on the other side of the brazier, with a ball of mixed water and fire floating above his head.

"Where is this place?" Chen Shi wondered.

————Thanks to Aixinjueluo Shengjie for the reward, long live the boss!

(End of this chapter)