Chapter 74 Become a great man
Chapter 74 Become a great man
The other end of the Thousand Miles Sound Token fell into silence.
"Has he left...When did he leave?" The voice on the other end was a little hoarse and sad.
"About six days ago."
Chen Shi hesitated. He had been feeling dizzy these days, immersed in sorrow, and had not calculated the time. "Dad, will you come back to see Grandpa off?"
The voice on the other end hesitated for a moment, then said, "You are... Xiao Shi, right? Don't call me dad. My son Chen Shi died ten years ago. He was killed by someone cutting off his divine fetus. I buried him myself..."
Chen Shi's head was buzzing.
what happened?
Didn’t he die two years ago when his divine fetus was cut off?
Why did Chen Tang say that he died ten years ago?
Why eight more years?
What happened in the eight years in between?
The voice on the other end continued, "...My father had gone mad. He thought he could still revive Chen Shi, so he dug Chen Shi's body out of the grave. He was really mad, and he did a lot of crazy things, causing a lot of trouble. The trouble he caused was more terrifying than the devil. Later, I lost contact with him, and he disappeared for eight years. Until two years ago, he suddenly contacted me and told me that he had resurrected Chen Shi, and asked me if I would come home for the New Year. He said that our three generations of grandparents and grandchildren could go back to the way we were before. But I know I can never go back, as my son has been dead for eight years."
Chen Shi listened to the voice and could imagine the middle-aged man on the other side shaking his head and saying, "I don't know what he resurrected. But I know that the person he resurrected was definitely not my son. He summoned a ghost from the underworld!
"I hate him. I hate him for wandering around and neglecting his family. I hate him for not teaching me powerful skills. I hate me for not being able to protect this family! I hate why he didn't come back earlier. If he was at home, Chen Shi's divine fetus wouldn't have been cut off!
"I also hate him for not letting me go, for letting me be immersed in the pain of losing my son, and for torturing me all the time! I hate him for using Chen Shi's corpse to conduct all kinds of crazy experiments and creating a monster like you..."
The middle-aged man opposite seemed to be venting, venting his dissatisfaction with his grandfather over the years and pouring out the grievances in his heart.
He was silent for a moment, then apologized, "I'm sorry, I lost my temper. I will send someone to attend the funeral and repair his grave. If you...if you want to go to the city, I will have someone bring you here and give you a good background. But I will not recognize you. You are not my son..."
"No need, thank you Chen Tang." Chen Shi said.
The Qianli Sound Message Talisman burned out, the flames disappeared, and Chen Shi's face gradually dimmed. He murmured, "No, thank you..."
He walked out of the room in a daze and sat on the doorstep.
The moonlight was as bright as flowers, sprinkling on his shoulders.
Hei Guo came to his side, Chen Shi stretched out his arms, hugged the dog's neck, and was in a daze.
On the day the coffin was buried, many people came to see it off. A group of foxes came out from the hillside not far away and kowtowed to the coffin from afar.
Another green sheep came to a tree not far away, stood up like a human, held three incense sticks in its claws, and offered a sacrifice from a distance.
There were a few unfamiliar faces at the funeral. When saying goodbye to the coffin, they knocked on it intentionally or unintentionally. When they heard the sound coming from inside, their faces changed slightly, but they said nothing.
Jin Hongying came behind them, grabbed one of them by the back of the neck and lifted him up.
"Lord Jin, we are from Xijing and we are doing our jobs according to orders. Please don't make things difficult for us little people." The man whispered.
"From Xijing?"
Jin Hongying was awed. She snorted, put him down, and whispered, "Get lost!"
The men left in a hurry, whispering to each other, "The coffin is empty, with only some clothes. How should we explain when we get back? Is he dead or alive?"
"Report the truth, and the higher-ups will make the decision."
Chen Shi moved his ears, listened to the discussion of these people, and looked in the direction of the sound, but those people had disappeared.
"Granny, those people just now said that grandpa's body was not in the coffin. What's going on?" Chen Shi asked Grandma Sha.
Granny Sha said, "It was originally a cenotaph, with no body. Old Chen had died two or three months ago, and he stayed in the world of the living because he couldn't let you go. He became confused and lost his mind under the moonlight, and turned into a corpse. He also fought with the evil Bodhisattva, who broke his faith, and he was about to turn into a demon. But he practiced water and fire refining, which is the way to become a corpse immortal, and his body is incorruptible. This time he went to the underworld in his physical body."
Chen Shi was stunned for a moment, then he was ecstatic: "Grandpa is still alive?"
"died."
Granny Sha corrected him, saying, "He's been dead for almost three months. His physical body has reached the end of its lifespan, and he just uses the corpse reincarnation method to make himself look alive."
"Grandpa is still alive!" Chen Shi said excitedly.
Granny Sha frowned slightly and said, "He's really dead. You don't understand the method of corpse reincarnation. Corpse reincarnation is a different kind of immortality. This method emphasizes the refining of water and fire. It is a method of refining corpses and rebirth..."
"Grandpa is still alive! He's living in the underworld!" Chen Shi smiled and cried.
Granny Sha frowned. This kid was crazy and didn't listen to what she was saying at all. But as an elder, she had to explain it to him clearly to avoid him misunderstanding.
"Xiao Shi, do you know about ghost immortals? Ghost immortals are people who become ghosts after death. They are worshipped by people with incense and sacrifices. Their spirits linger for a long time and they live forever, thus becoming immortals. Because they have no physical body, they are called ghost immortals."
Granny Sha patiently explained, "Higher than ghost immortals are corpse immortals. The so-called corpse immortals are those whose bodies do not decay after death, hiding from the heavens and the seas, and who have experienced the tempering of fire and water disasters, and who have gained eternal life in death, hence the name corpse immortals. Although the so-called corpse immortals can live forever, they need to die once. Your grandfather is really dead!"
Chen Shi smiled and said, "I know. But I know he is still alive! He just lives in the underworld, and we can't meet. But he is still alive!"
Granny Sha shook her head: "This child must be too grief-stricken and has gone insane."
Chen Shi became optimistic and his spirits improved because he knew that his grandfather was still alive.
The reason why grandpa left was not because he died, but because he didn't want to harm him, didn't want to harm the world, and didn't want to become an evil spirit who only knew how to kill.
He was in high spirits. As long as his grandfather was not dead, the two of them would see each other again one day!
"Xiao Shi, sister is leaving."
After the funeral, Jin Hongying said goodbye to him, hunched over, her chest heavy, she pinched his cheeks and said with a smile, "When you pass the imperial examination, come to Xijing to find me, and I'll arrange for you to join the Shenjiying! Who knows..."
She nudged Chen Shi's shoulder and smiled softly, "We can still develop some kind of relationship."
She turned and walked towards Li Tianqing, leaving Chen Shi with a red face. Then she saw Jin Hongying rubbing Li Tianqing's shoulder, making Li Tianqing's face red as well.
"Chen Shi, we, grandpa and grandson, are leaving too."
Li Jindou sat in the basket and said to Chen Shi, "After this separation, I don't know when we will meet again. But Xiao Tianqing should come over in a while. He has discovered that treasure ship, and the Li family will definitely send someone to check it out, and they will probably let him lead the way."
Li Tianqing took out some old books, put them in Chen Shi's hands, and said, "These are the books I promised you. When the Li family comes, I won't disturb you, so as not to bring you danger."
He thought for a moment and said, "The treasure ship is too dangerous. I'm afraid that few of the people who came this time will be able to return alive." Li Jindou knocked him on the head and said, "Can't you tell them that the treasure ship is dangerous? Besides, the Li family has many masters. No matter how dangerous the treasure ship is, can it be more dangerous than the kiln factory?"
Li Tianqing thought for a moment and said, "It's probably more dangerous than the kiln factory."
Li Jindou was startled and hesitated, "Should we tell the Li family about this treasure ship? After all, we are all family..."
"Grandpa, in order to survive, you must tell the Li family."
Li Tianqing looked calm and said, "No matter how dangerous we tell them, the Li family will definitely send people here, and there will definitely be heavy casualties. We can't change that."
Li Jindou sighed and said nothing more.
Li Tianqing carried him on his back and left.
"Xiao Shi, if you have any problems, please come to Gangzi Village to find me."
Granny Sha was also about to leave. She hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll still need the Sheep Horn Heavenly Spirit Lamp for a while. I want to use it to find someone..."
Chen Shi asked, "Hasn't your mother-in-law been found yet?"
"No."
Granny Sha frowned deeply, extremely worried, "I don't know where this child has gone. I'm so worried."
Chen Shi saw them off, but he didn't see Xiao Wangsun. He was startled and asked, "Could it be that Xiao Wangsun has left?"
He returned home and was alone in the empty house. He was stunned for a long time and still felt a little uncomfortable.
He got up again and went out of the village to see his godmother at Huangtugang. Perhaps chatting with Zhu Xiucai would help him relieve his boredom.
He arrived at the foot of the loess hill, and saw Xiao Wangsun standing next to an old willow tree on the hill. He seemed to be talking to Zhu Xiucai, and looked quite excited.
Chen Shi was suspicious and was about to step forward, but he saw Xiao Wangsun with a gloomy look on his face. He took out a cloth bag, hung it on the branch where Zhu Xiucai hanged himself, and turned and left.
"Senior Xiao! Prince Xiao!"
Chen Shi called out, and Xiao Wangsun stopped and looked at him. His eyes were red, as if he had been crying, but he smiled and said, "It's Xiao Shi. Master Chen has been buried, and I am planning to leave too. Do you have money? Lend me some silver."
Chen Shi took out a few taels of silver, which was the silver he exchanged for the silver notes. When Li Jindou, Jin Hongying and others left, he gave them travel expenses so that they would not be without money on the road.
Xiao Wangsun thanked him, took the silver, and said with a smile: "Now we can hire a carriage."
He had been accustomed to luxury since childhood and had long been unaccustomed to walking. If there was no carriage, he would rather not go out.
Chen Shi handed over another book, and Xiao Wangsun opened it and was slightly startled. The handwriting on the book was immature, it was the handwriting of a child, word for word, without any cursive writing.
But the book seemed heavy in his hands, because it was none other than the "Water and Fire Refining Technique", the corpse-reincarnation technique that Chen Yindu brought out when he risked his life to break into the True King's Tomb!
"My grandfather asked me to give it to you before he died." Chen Shi said with a smile.
Xiao Wangsun accepted the "Water and Fire Refining Technique", looked at him deeply, and said: "Master Chen will not take the initiative to leave this technique to me, he will leave it to Granny Sha. He thinks that I am young and don't need it. If I have this technique, I will do evil. But thank you, Xiao Shi."
Chen Shi asked, "Senior Xiao, are you not going to explore the True King's Tomb?"
Xiao Wangsun shook his head and said, "A place where porcelain is made for the True King is so dangerous, let alone the True King's Tomb? I won't go. Hehe, what about Wangsunfu? Facing this world, aren't you desperate and hanging on a tree? Even if I can open the True King's Tomb and take out the map of the mountains, rivers and communities of fifty provinces, I will not achieve anything in the future. Won't I hang myself on the southeast tree?"
He laughed and walked away.
"Singing loudly to get drunk and comfort myself, dancing at sunset to compete for glory... I laugh out loud at the sky and go out, how can I be a weed! Xiao Shi, see you in the future!"
He waved vigorously without looking back.
Chen Shi watched him go away.
Only when Xiao Wangsun disappeared from his sight did Chen Shi retract his gaze, walk to the old willow tree, and burn incense to the stone tablet godmother.
During the funeral period, he was immersed in grief and did not leave the village to visit his godmother.
Zhu Xiucai said lazily: "Xiao Shi, that fool just dropped something on my branch. I'll give it to you."
Chen Shi also saw that Xiao Wangsun had hung a cloth bag at the place where Zhu Xiucai was hanged. He was surprised and took off the bag, opened it and looked inside. He saw a square jade seal lying quietly in the bag.
"What is this?" Chen Shi took it out and looked at it in the sunlight.
There are some reverse characters engraved in seal script on the jade seal.
He identified each word one by one and whispered, "The Imperial Seal of Heaven will forever protect the Western Wasteland."
There are two jade-carved buttons, one of a dragon and one of a tiger, on the seal for easy gripping.
"What is this?" Chen Shi asked puzzledly.
"It's just a broken seal from a family that has fallen on hard times. Xiao Shi, you can take it. If you have no money left, you can pawn it and sell it for a few taels of silver."
Zhu Xiucai urged, "Do you have any more incense? Light some for me! My addiction is getting worse and worse!"
Chen Shi put the jade seal into his sleeve pocket, took out a few incense sticks and lit them.
Zhu Xiucai took a long breath of the incense and saw Chen Shi brought some books. He said happily, "You have new books? They are Master's books. I have studied Master the most. Come, let me tell you about them."
In Qiaowan Town, Xiao Wangsun hired a carriage and was driving across the stone bridge across the river to Shuiniu County when suddenly the carriage sank and Jin Hongying's sneering laughter was heard from outside.
"Xiao, old thief, quickly hand over the Western King's Jade Seal, and I will spare your life today! If you say anything more, I will send you to hell!"
Xiao Wangsun sighed, suddenly rushed out of the carriage and fled.
Jin Hongying chased after him and shouted, "If you don't hand over the Western King's Jade Seal, I will not let you go even if I chase you to the ends of the earth!"
Hades.
After crossing the Naihe Bridge on the Wangchuan River, the underworld became vast and dark, and there were dangers everywhere, but Chen Yin was not afraid at all.
His physical body is in the underworld, and his strength is at its peak. Even though the underworld is full of evil spirits and demons, he can run rampant without fear.
He went deep into the underworld, trying to find the secrets of the underworld and the existence that left the ghost handprint on Chen Shi’s chest.
"Live as a hero, and die as a ghost hero! Xiao Shi, grandpa will first build a vast kingdom for you in the underworld, and will come to succeed you to the throne after you die!"
(End of this chapter)