Chapter 24: Corpse-raising Ground, Mirror Lake Villa

Chapter 24: Corpse-raising Ground, Mirror Lake Villa

Chapter 24: Corpse-raising Ground, Mirror Lake Villa
"Thank you, Grandma Sha." Grandpa was relieved to see Chen Shi wake up.

The old woman put down the strange musical instrument in her hand and said with a chuckle, "Old Chen, we are all family, why are you being polite? If it weren't for your water and fire refining, I might not be able to find Xiao Shi from the underworld with my soul-calling technique alone. Even if I could call him back, I'm afraid his body would have rotted."

Grandpa dispersed the ball of water and fire above his head, looked at Chen Shi, and asked: "Xiao Shi, how do you feel? Does your chest still hurt?"

Chen Shi wanted to speak, but his throat was hoarse and no sound came out.

"He's been dead for seven days, and his body is completely cold. We'd be lucky if we could bring him back on the seventh day."

Granny Sha came up to Chen Shi, opened his mouth and looked inside, then smiled and said, "The muscles in his throat are relaxed, so he can't speak yet. Once he gradually warms up and gets familiar with his own body, he'll be able to speak."

"It's a body, not a corpse," Grandpa corrected her.

"It's all right. It's all right."

Granny Sha's eyes narrowed into slits as she smiled, and said, "Old Chen is quite capable. This Water and Fire Refining Technique is really enviable. You used this thing for cultivating corpse transformation on Xiao Shi. Hehe... I saved your grandson this time. Will you pass on this Water and Fire Refining Technique to me?"

Grandpa was alert and shook his head, saying, "Please help me. I have paid you. But I don't have much time left. If Granny Sha agrees to become Xiao Shi's godmother, I will teach you everything I know about water and fire refining."

"Become Xiao Shi's godmother?"

Granny Sha's face suddenly changed. She glanced at Chen Shi who was lying on the bed and said hesitantly, "Become his godmother? I'm afraid my life isn't that tough... Do you want to take a chance? Hehehehe... I don't dare!"

She cried, "Old Chen, do you want to give away this hot potato before you die? You are afraid, right? I dare not accept this wealth! I am afraid that I will not be able to accept it and become a sinner..."

When she said this, she lost control of her emotions and burst into tears.

Chen Shi, who was lying on the bed, was a little puzzled: "Why is the old woman crying? Why did she say that she would become a sinner?"

After a while, Chen Shi was able to speak and asked for water.

Granny Sha gave him some water to drink and started to chase people away. Seeing Grandpa putting the still unable to move Chen Shi onto the wooden cart, she didn't know what touched her nerves and started crying again.

"Old Chen, when you die, you can't take the water and fire refining with you to the grave!"

She cried, "If you pass it on to me, I will wear mourning clothes and be your daughter!"

Grandpa didn't even raise his head: "You come and be Xiao Shi's godmother."

"Don't do it!"

Granny Sha refused bluntly, "You'd better take the water and fire refining to the grave, and I will dig your grave when the time comes!"

The Jiama Talisman gradually flowed and the wooden cart started slowly.

Hei Guo ran in front of the cart with brisk steps. Chen Shi lay on the cart, his body swaying from side to side. The wooden cart left the village where Grandma Sha lived.

Chen Shi forced himself to look outside. The village looked unfamiliar. He had never been there during the Moon Festival.

"Grandpa is very familiar with Granny Sha. Granny Sha even calls me Xiao Shi and knows my childhood nickname."

Chen Shi blinked. He must have been here before, but he just couldn't remember it.

"Choo Choo Choo!"

Grandpa called the dog from the cart. The dog turned around, looked at the wooden cart going to another road in confusion, and then ran over happily.

"We're not going to Huangpo Village, we're going to another place."

Grandpa said to Gouzi, "Xiao Shi's body is too cold, and his blood is having trouble circulating. He needs to go to the Zhiyin corpse-raising ground to recuperate for two days."

Hei Guo nodded seriously and ran to the front of the wooden cart to lead the way.

Chen Shi's voice was weak, and he tried to raise his voice and said, "Hei Guo, thank you."

The dog was slightly startled and wagged its tail.

"This is Gangzi Village, in the north of the mountain. Granny Sha was a good person. When you were born, she came to hold you, touched your bones, and praised your bones as being incredibly good. Later, when you took the county exam and ranked first among fifty provinces, she came to congratulate you. You died..."

Grandpa seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be talking to Chen Shi, "After you were injured, she was also very angry. She ran around for you and tried every way to call back your soul. If I die in the future, I will leave you a copy of "Water and Fire Refining Secrets". You can give it to her to repay her kindness."

He paused and said, "She is a person who values ​​friendship and loyalty. If you give her the Water and Fire Refining Technique, she will remember your kindness and find ways to repay you. Although she doesn't dare to be your godmother, she will definitely do her best to protect you."

Chen Shi lay in the car, listening to the rolling sound of the wheels, and whispered, "Grandpa won't die."

"Hey."

Grandpa laughed out loud and touched his head, "Silly boy, how can there be immortal people? I dare not stay. When the moon rises, I am afraid that I will not be able to bear the hunger..."

He fell silent.

Chen Shi quickly changed the subject and asked, "Grandpa, is Hei Guo a normal dog? How could it enter the underworld to save me?"

"Do you doubt it, too?"

Grandpa's eyes fell on the black pot, his face gloomy, "I have suspected it for a long time, but I just can't find any evidence against it."

The gouzi in front noticed the gazes of the grandfather and grandson, and couldn't help but shiver.

It is really difficult to make a living in the Chen family.

Why is my life so full of ups and downs?
I clearly just want to be an ordinary dog.

The black pot led the way, and the wooden cart followed the dog into the mountains, going farther and farther along the rugged mountain road.

Some mountain roads are dilapidated and steep, and even humans find it difficult to climb up, but wooden carts can roll up as if they were on flat ground.

After a long time, they came to a place with beautiful mountains and rivers. There were not very high mountains all around, a valley in the middle and a deep pool in the center. The water was very pure and clear. Looking into the pool from a high place, it was like an eye that was clear on the outside and dark on the inside.

Next to the pond is an extremely old villa. The tall pine trees block out all the sunlight. The villa is pitch black and one needs to adapt for a while before being able to see the surroundings clearly.

Black Pot sneezed several times. It was so cold here that it was shivering with cold.

It stopped outside the door and did not enter the village.

On the door of the villa, the words "Jinghu" are written.

Chen Shi found it strange that there were no mosquitoes in the villa. He was lying there unable to move, so mosquitoes should have bitten him, but there was not a single mosquito.

Not only were there no mosquitoes, but there were also no birds singing. Everything was so quiet, so quiet that it was a little eerie.

A big tree came into Chen Shi's sight. The tree was very thick, and its bark was like pieces of dragon scales. It grew upside down, and its trunk was straight. It took three or five people to hug it.

There was a coffin under the tree, pitch black, standing upright, leaning against the trunk.

Chen Shi rolled his eyes, trying to take a closer look, but the second dragon scale tree and the vertical coffin had already come into view.

Then came the third big tree and the third black coffin.

The wooden cart stopped under a large dragon scale tree in the center of the villa. Under the tree there was also an upright black coffin. The coffin was not big and was probably not for adults.

Grandpa opened the coffin, put Chen Shi in it, and closed the coffin lid again.

Strangely enough, it was extremely cold here, but when Chen Shi lay in the coffin, he felt his body gradually warming up.

His heart beat gradually, becoming stronger and stronger.

What made him feel even more strange was that when he lay in the coffin, he felt calm and peaceful inside, as if he was very familiar with this place.

He even fell asleep comfortably and didn't wake up until his grandfather opened the coffin.

Grandpa touched his hand; his palm was warm and his heart was beating strongly.

Chen Shi walked out of the vertical coffin, stretched his arms and legs, and felt that his body had recovered. However, he had a lot of questions.

"Grandpa, have I been here before?"

"Ah."

"I used to lie in this little coffin?"

"Ah."

"It was like this the last time I was here?"

"It's worse than this time. Last time you were... badly injured."

Chen Shi thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Was it the time when I passed the examination and ranked first among the 50 provinces? How long have I slept here?"

"Yes, it's been a long time." Grandpa said sullenly.

He packed up the wooden cart and looked over.

Chen Shi closed the coffin lid solemnly, taking great care of his other "home" for fear that it would be damaged.

The grandfather and grandson got on the wooden cart. Chen Shi looked at the other vertical coffins in the villa. There were eight vertical coffins here, and the other seven black vertical coffins were distributed under the ancient trees. He did not see any ghosts, and wondered if there were people sleeping in these coffins.

However, he vaguely sensed an extremely strong sense of oppression coming from several vertical coffins, and the sense of oppression became stronger and stronger wherever he looked!

Apparently there was something in the coffin, something very remarkable!
"This corpse-raising site was found by me and a few friends."

Grandpa controlled the compass and the wooden cart drove out. He said, "We can't say we are friends. We just know each other and have exchanged a few words. They are afraid of death, just like me, so they gathered together to build this villa. If the body is placed here, there is no need to worry about it breaking down or rotting. Some old guys can't wait and have moved in. But everyone who moves in must follow a few unwritten rules."

He paused and said, "You are not allowed to ask about other people's origins, you are not allowed to ask who is living here, you are not allowed to reveal this place to outsiders, and no more than two people can come at a time. If you disobey this rule, we will attack you in groups. Hehe, if they get up from their coffins, it will be scary."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "No wonder Gouzi didn't follow in."

The wooden cart drove out of the villa, and Heiguo hurried over. There was a very gorgeous carriage parked not far from Gou Zi.

Unlike my grandfather's wooden carriage which was so rustic, that carriage had a wooden frame, copper for the shaft, gold for embellishments, and pearls for decoration. The roof was covered with a canopy, and there were four horses in front of the carriage. Even the horses were covered in gold and silver armor.

There was a driver sitting on the shaft of the cart, holding a whip in his hand.

Sitting in the car was a man who looked like a prince of noble descent, dressed in white clothes as white as snow, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, a handsome appearance, and a graceful demeanor.

Seeing the grandfather and grandson coming out, the man in snow-white clothes stood up and got out of the car slowly.

He had a long sword at his waist, the scabbard of which was made of large lacquer with a diamond-shaped texture. It was narrower in the middle, like a woman's waist. The hilt and the tail of the scabbard were both carved and polished from tortoise shell, which was very gorgeous and eye-catching.

The man in white wore his sword with the hilt facing downwards, he had a tall figure and walked calmly.

After he left the chariot, he saw the four horses in front of the chariot suddenly petrified and turned into four stone horses!
The driver actually turned himself into a pottery figurine, still holding up the reins as if to restrain the horse.

Chen Shi was just being surprised when he saw the man in white approaching the grandfather and grandson and bowing to them.

Grandpa also bowed in greeting.

"It's been a long time since we last met. Teacher Chen is still as elegant as ever."

"I dare not. Xiao Wangsun is very elegant and graceful, and I am far inferior to him."

The two exchanged polite words.

Xiao Wangsun's eyes fell on Chen Shi's face, he looked at him deeply, and praised: "Water and fire are refining, it is indeed extraordinary."

Grandpa's pupils shrank slightly.

Chen Shi felt creepy, as if he was being stared at by a wounded leopard again. He wondered, "Why did Grandpa want to kill me again?"

Xiao Wangsun also sensed the murderous intent. Without saying anything more, he said, "I apologize." After that, he walked straight into the manor.

Chen Shi looked back and saw Xiao Wangsun coming to an upright coffin. The coffin was like a small house, 12 feet high and 18 feet long, with extremely gorgeous runes engraved on the surface, and the various runes were dazzling.

The coffin lid automatically opened and flew out, followed by a yellow coffin lid, then a silver coffin lid, then a golden coffin lid, and finally a jade plate that was about the same size as a normal coffin lid.

Xiao Wangsun walked into the coffin, and layer after layer of coffin boards flew into the coffin, sealing him inside.

(End of this chapter)