Chapter 28: 8 Trigrams, the Storm Rising, 2 Worlds Traveling Through the Dragon Gate

Chapter 28: 8 Trigrams, the Storm Rising, 2 Worlds Traveling Through the Dragon Gate

Chapter 28: Gossip stirs up storms, two worlds shuttle through the Dragon Gate

"He's already turned into bones, but he's still alive?"

Chen Shi's heart skipped a beat, and he struggled to pry open the thin and bony fingers that were holding the bronze lamp, then swam upstream holding the bronze lamp.

The bronze lamp did not look big in the thin and bony hands, but in Chen Shi's hands, it was almost as tall as him, frighteningly large, and also very heavy.

He looked back and saw that the tall and thin skeleton had completely awakened and seemed extremely angry. He squatted on the riverbed with only skeletal legs left. He leaped up and was about to jump up to chase Chen Shi!
With a crisp sound, the thigh bone of the tall and thin skeleton was broken, and the direction of the jump was skewed, and it fell to one side.

Chen Shi was both shocked and amused.

The thin and bony skeleton was covered with scars, some caused by sharp weapons, some by blunt objects, and some by burns from magic.

It cannot use force, because if it does, the damaged bones will break.

Not only that, Chen Shi also saw that several of its ribs were broken and no one knew where they fell.

Now that one of its legs is broken, it swims like a three-legged toad, and its posture is indescribably ridiculous.

Even though it's ridiculous, its swimming speed is still far faster than Chen Shi!

Chen Shi did not dare to delay. He used all his strength to swim towards the surface of the river. As he swam, all kinds of thoughts surged into his mind.

“The reason why the tall and thin skeleton is still alive is because he, like me, also traveled from the world of the living to the underworld, so his flesh and blood disappeared and turned into bones.

“I’m afraid this copper lamp is definitely not Granny Sha’s treasure, but his treasure!

"Granny Sha was thinking about this copper lamp, so it must be something extraordinary. But why was Granny Sha so sure that the copper lamp would fall into the Forgotten River? That's right, this person must have received a fatal injury at that time, and fell into the Forgotten River with the copper lamp!

"Grandma Sha was not sure whether the man was dead or not, so she waited for nine years. After nine years, the man must have died from his injuries, so she asked me to go down to the river to look for the lantern.

"But Granny Sha didn't expect that when this person entered the Forgotten River, his flesh and blood disappeared, leaving only bones, and his fatal injury was gone. But he couldn't get out of the river, so he could only sleep at the bottom of the river."

Just as he thought of this, he suddenly saw wooden boats shuttling back and forth on the river, coming from all directions.

Standing on the wooden boat were extremely powerful figures, none other than the tall and thin weirdo!

Chen Shi was shocked. If he went up now, he would be caught by these tall and thin weirdos and eaten on the spot!
Just as he was about to turn around, he saw the tall and thin skeleton chasing him from below.

Chen Shi held the copper lamp in both hands and kicked the water with his legs, trying to avoid the tall and thin skeleton, but the tall and thin skeleton was getting closer and closer to him!

Above the river, a blue stone road came from the world of the living and led directly to the Forgotten River. At the end of the blue stone, Granny Sha's small body stood majestically on the altar.

The sight of the wooden boats made her heart tighten.

"Oh no. These old enemies are here so quickly!"

She knew that if the passage was occupied by these evil spirits, it would be difficult for Chen Shi to come in. She was afraid that he would be caught and eaten by the evil spirits before he even showed up. So she made up her mind and took a step forward, walking onto the green stone road.

"The Emperor of Heaven gave birth to me, the Emperor of Heaven raised me, the sun and the moon illuminated me, the Big Dipper assisted me, the mountains and rivers guided me, the hundreds of gods served me, the yin and yang connected me, the God of Wind sent me, the Heavenly Kitchen provided for me, the purple clouds covered me, and the magic medicine cured me!"

The little old woman's clothes were fluttering, and there were loud noises coming from all around.

"The journey is endless. If I enter the sea, I will go out of the gate of heaven. If I enter the river, I will go out of the gate of earth! God of Destiny has raised me up. What can I ask for? What can I not predict?"

Divine light shone all around her, presenting a strange vision of the Big Dipper circling around her, the sun and the moon hanging down, yin and yang connected, purple clouds formed a canopy, and the divine light that penetrated her body condensed into a magical medicine behind her, and runes intertwined to form the shape of an eight-diagram furnace outside her body.

The so-called Tai Shang Bagua Body Protection Talisman is actually a simplified version of her Tai Shang Bagua Body Protection Secret!

Granny Sha went to meet the boats.

"Xiao Shi, return to the sound of my drum!"

Thunder exploded, and suddenly an extremely strong lightning flashed down from the water surface, illuminating the bottom of the Forgotten River clearly.

Chen Shi tried his best to avoid the pursuit of the tall and thin skeleton in the water. He looked up hastily and saw a princess of the emperor shrouded in brilliant golden light on the river. She had a majestic body and her every move could turn the river upside down. She was fighting with the group of inhuman monsters in the wooden boat!

The drum beats vibrated, accompanied by rustling sounds, and the drum beats became more and more frequent!
The drum sound came from the world of the living, guiding Chen Shi and urging him to go to the world of the living quickly.

"Om-"

A huge Bagua rune trembled, one long and two short, and passed through the Wangchuan River, causing a flood and making Chen Shi and the tall and thin white bone unstable.

The Bagua rune suddenly turned into a mountain, rising up from the water and suppressing the strange man in the wooden boat.

Granny Sha's voice came from the river: "Come on! Nine years ago, I broke into the underworld alone and snatched the soul of that child. I was not afraid of you then, and I am not afraid of you today!"

"call--"

Suddenly, the Zhen hexagram rune from the Eight Diagrams entered the water, and when it jumped out of the water, it turned into thunder. Thick lightning struck the surface of the river, and with flashes of lightning, balls of thunder and fire ran around on the surface of the river!
The Li hexagram turned into flames, the Xun hexagram turned into roaring black wind, the Kun hexagram turned into thick yellow earth, and the Qian hexagram turned into the blue sky, causing the surface of the Wangchuan River to become dark and gloomy!

The water of the Wangchuan River was swept away by this terrifying wave, causing Chen Shi and the tall and thin skeleton to become unstable.

They have no flesh and blood, and have to rely on their bones to paddle in the river, which is already inconvenient. Adding the impact of the water current, it is even more unstable.

Fortunately, Chen Shi is a skeleton and does not need to breathe, otherwise he would have drowned in the water long ago.

"My mother-in-law is so strong?"

Chen Shi was extremely surprised. Granny Sha looked like an old country woman who knew some skills in summoning spirits and made a living by doing so. He didn't expect that she was so powerful!

A green stone road connects the two worlds of Yin and Yang, and even walks on the stone road and rushes to the Forgotten River in the underworld to save him!

Is this something a little old country woman can do?
"Grandpa said that when I was injured, she ran around for me and tried every way to call back my soul."

Chen Shi suddenly thought, if Granny Sha used all her strength to summon the soul, how spectacular would the scene be?

But he didn't remember anything. All the memories from two years ago turned into a dream bubble, a blank.

Chen Shi tried to swim towards the blue stone road, but was swept away by the rapids again and again.

The water flow here is getting faster and faster, and the closer it is to the water surface, the faster it becomes. The strength of those wooden boat monsters is also extraordinary. What's more important is that there are many of them, and they are increasing in number!

More wooden boats came speeding from afar, each with a tall and thin weirdo on board, joining the battle and besieging Grandma Sha!

Even though the Tai Shang Bagua Body Protection Technique was extremely powerful, Granny Sha still found it extremely difficult.

Chen Shi looked up from the bottom, and saw blue stones constantly flying up and exploding on the blue stone road, making the road connecting the two worlds shorter and shorter!
There are too many tall and thin weirdos coming here, and I’m afraid that Granny Sha won’t be able to hold on soon!

The beating of the drums became more and more urgent, and it was obvious that Granny Sha was extremely anxious.

Chen Shi gradually became anxious. The tall and thin skeleton who was tumbling in the rapids with him was getting closer to him. It would not take long before he could be caught.

Suddenly, Chen Shi saw a bony fish more than ten feet long in the rapids. It was Da Gun. He was moved and stopped fighting against the current. Instead, he swam along the current towards Da Gun.

The big Gun was charging against the current. Although it had turned into bones, the bones and fins on its body still retained the shape of a fish, and it swam much faster than Chen Shi and the tall and thin Gun.

Da Gun was coming towards him. Chen Shi immediately held the bronze lamp in one hand and grabbed the fish fin with the other. He suddenly felt a huge pulling force on his hand, and a violent bump came. Da Gun was carrying him through the water at an extremely fast speed!

Chen Shi was surprised and delighted. Suddenly, Dayun's speed slowed down. Looking back, he saw the tall and thin skeleton grabbing Dayun's fish tail and climbing up with his hands interlaced.

"The ghost lingers!"

Chen Shi gritted his teeth, put his arms through the goat horns one after another, put the goat horn copper lamp behind his back, and climbed forward with his hands crossed.

The tall and thin skeleton was faster, and Da Gun's body was only about ten feet long. It wouldn't take long for the tall and thin skeleton to catch him.

Chen Shi lowered his head and climbed forward, but the bones on the fish's back were too thick. He almost slipped down while holding the bones. He had to climb hard and reached the spine. Using both his hands and feet, he stepped on the big bones on the fish's belly and tried to climb towards the gills.

A tall and skinny skeleton was chasing him from behind, and its huge skeleton hands, which were four times larger than those of an ordinary person, opened and grabbed his hind legs.

Chen Shi quickly retracted his legs to avoid the grab, finally reached the fish gills and quickly dived in.

The tall and skinny skeleton also came to the fish's gills, but its body was too big to get in, so it had to stretch out its long arms and struggle to grab around inside.

Chen Shi hid in the fish's mouth, trying his best to avoid the huge bony hand.

The tip of the bone of that huge white bony hand was extremely sharp. If it touched him, it would easily cut off his bones!

Suddenly, Chen Shi's eyes fell on the fishhook on Dayun's larynx. This fishhook and iron chain were exactly the ones that were hung on Dayun's larynx when he entered the Wangchuan River.

Chen Shi immediately took off the fishhook, tied the chain to his somewhat thin right arm bone, and smashed it at the big bony hand.

There were many deep wounds on that huge bony hand. If he could break it, he would be much less of a threat.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his fist wrapped in the iron chain touched the arm bone of the big hand, he was shaken so hard that all the bones in his body seemed to fall apart, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

The big hand sensed the touch and immediately turned to grab Chen Shi.

At the same time, Da Gun swam faster and faster. Suddenly, a faint blue light came from nowhere and submerged Chen Shi, the tall and thin white bones, and Da Gun!
At the same time, Grandma Sha's green stone road also collapsed. Grandma Sha, who was standing at the end of the stone road, let out a helpless sigh, and her body was pulled by an invisible force and retreated to the world of the living.

"Buzz!"

On the altar next to Dejiang, the space shook violently, and Granny Sha's figure suddenly appeared on the altar, and her aura quickly fell.

The surging air waves caused by the spatial shock made the five ghost kings unable to stand steadily and slid backwards. The altar was also crushed with a loud bang and collapsed!
Granny Sha was staring straight ahead. On the river ahead, black gas dissipated and the green stone road completely collapsed and disappeared.

Her body trembled and she couldn't hold back her tears.

She still failed to save the child.

Just like back then.

At this moment, the surface of the river suddenly cracked, and a huge fish emitting a blue-black light all over its body jumped out of the water, opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, and with a "puff", spit out a black shadow.

The black shadow stretched out in the air. It was small, and it was Chen Shi. On his back was a sheep-horn copper lamp that was almost as tall as him. The copper lamp was still on, emitting a faint light.

Chen Shi stretched his body in the air and fell towards the shore. He was holding a piece of iron chain in his hand, at the end of which was a big fish hook.

It was probably because the fishhook got stuck in Da Gun's throat, making it impossible for Da Gun to swallow it, so he had to spit it out.

There was actually a monster with a human body and a horse's head crawling on the gills of Da Gun. It was thin and tall, about three or five adults tall, but it was covered in blood and wounds, and one of its legs was broken.

This horse-headed monster is the tall and thin skeleton who was chasing Chen Shi. He is the underworld's messenger. Because his injuries were too severe, he had to hide under the Forgetful River to save his life. At this moment, Chen Shi stole his sheep-horn bronze lamp, and he did not care about his serious injuries and followed Dayun to the world of the living.

Like Chen Shi and Dayun, he regained his flesh and blood body the moment he traveled through time.

As the body recovered, the injuries also recovered.

Its injuries are much more serious than those nine years ago!

The horse-headed monster would not allow the goat-horn bronze lamp to be stolen. It immediately jumped up on one leg and pounced on Chen Shi from behind.

Granny Sha was stunned, having no idea why.

With a loud bang, Chen Shi bent his knees and landed steadily.

Behind him, Da Gun jumped out of the water again, opened his bloody mouth, and swallowed the horse-headed monster that pounced on him in mid-air. Then he plunged into the water with a bang, splashing waves several feet high.

(End of this chapter)