Chen Shi walked into the quarry. The wind was howling and everything outside was frozen. However, there was some warmth at the foot of the mountain and the ice and snow melted.
There are tombstones piled everywhere here, with no names engraved on them.
Du Yiran was packing her bags and throwing the ax and chisel into her void.
He was dressed very thickly, with a sheepskin jacket on the outside and a woolen side underneath, stuffed with a cotton-padded jacket. He looked very fat, but he had actually lost weight with age.
He wore a sheepskin hat and covered it tightly. His face looked a little dark due to the wind and sun.
Chen Shi has grown to half a man and is taller than him. He is very old and has become shorter.
"Grandpa Du!"
Chen Shi stepped forward, knelt down and knelt down, saying, "Chen Shi thanks Grandpa Du for rescuing me!"
Du Yiran continued to pack her things and said: "Get up. Your life or death has nothing to do with me. It's only because I owe Chen Yindu a favor that I agreed to him to save you. This is a matter between our older generation, what kind of favor do you think?" Don’t keep it in mind.”
Chen Shi kowtowed several times, stood up and said, "No matter what, Grandpa Du is my savior. Why is Grandpa Du here? My grandpa said you were doing it in the Yellowstone Mountains..."
Du Yiran looked up at him and said, "Are you evil?"
Chen Shi nodded.
Du Yiran coughed twice and said, "I knew he would arrange it for me.
However, since I am neither alive nor dead, I can almost be regarded as evil."
He packed up and said: "It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. The people of the Yan family are scared away by me and will soon realize that I am not as strong as they thought."
He walked along the mountain road, his steps were very fast, and he said quickly:
"They will find that my tombstone is useless against ghosts and gods, it can only deal with living people, and it is useless if it is too far away. Then they will come back! I am too old to defeat them."
There is a small hut in front, a stone house, lonely and simple, which should be Du Yiran's residence.
Chen Shi quickly followed him, and Du Yiran opened the door and walked in, saying: "You and Gouzi come in, close the door. By the way, see if anyone else is following."
Chen Shi closed the door as instructed, then opened the door and took a look outside, and couldn't help but be stunned.
I saw that just a moment ago it was ice and snow outside the door, but now it was the river bank under the moonlight, with green mountains in the distance and a pleasant climate.
He looked up and saw the moon in the west.
Chen Shi closed the door in a daze, thought for a moment, and opened it again. The elk and green mountains outside the door disappeared, replaced by a lake with sparkling waves under the moonlight.
At this time, the moon is in the south.
Chen Shi closed the door and opened the door. Waves of waves could be heard outside, and in the distance there was a frontier military sentry tower guarding the coast, and a voice came from: "That stone house has appeared again!"
Chen Shi closed the door, went to the window of the stone house and looked out. There were giant beasts rolling in the sea and attacking the coast. Many soldiers on the border guard tower were fighting with these monsters.
"The Thirteenth Aristocratic Family has become a big deal."
Du Yiran's voice came from behind him, "If the Yama Palace falls, all ten Yama Palaces will fall."
When Chen Shi heard this, he was shocked and turned around: "What does Grandpa Du mean?"
"Among the ten palaces of Yama, Master Qingtian ranks fifth, and is commonly known as the King of Hell.
In addition to the King of Hell, there are nine other Yamas, all of whom have fallen."
Du Yiran put down his axe, took off his sheepskin hat, took off his thick sheepskin jacket and cotton-padded jacket, hung them on the wall, and said, "The Yama of Xuanming Palace disappeared more than a thousand years ago, and now the Yama of Xuanming Palace belongs to the Gao family." Yin Shen.
Yama of Puming Palace disappeared more than 800 years ago, and the current owner of Puming Palace is a deceased ancestor of the Li family.
There are also Yuejue Palace, Taihe Palace, Mingchen Palace, Shenhua Palace, Bizhen Palace, Qifei Palace, and Suying Palace. The masters of these Yama Palaces have gradually been replaced by A member of the Thirteenth Family."
He stamped his feet, shook the snow off his feet, and said:
"When we went to rescue you, we encountered several battles between ghosts and gods. It was the Xia family who mobilized their forces, pretended to be demons, and surrounded and suppressed the ghosts and gods in Suying Palace.
At that time, your grandfather was only looking for you and didn't notice this.
He is very smart, and he would have noticed something was wrong here in the past, but it's a pity that he was so preoccupied with finding you that he had no time to look around."
He shook his head, washed his face, and went to the back room to change into clothes made of more sophisticated materials, including silk and satin.
He opened the door and walked out, and Chen Shi followed him quickly outside.
It's already getting light outside.
The location they were in was not the seaside, but a small town in the mountains. The residents of the town seemed to be very familiar with Du Yiran, and they all greeted him and called him Du Shimao.
Du Yiran had a straight face, as if everyone owed him a thousand dollars, and just nodded lightly to everyone's greetings.
People respect him very much.
Du Yiran took Chen Shi to have breakfast, ordered a portion of brown rice porridge and noodle soup, looked at Chen Shi and the black pot, ordered some meat, and said: "You guys need to eat more to grow stronger."
He paused and said: "The Xia family pretended to be demon gods, which is very weird. Chen Yin didn't even go to investigate, so I will."
I entered the underworld alone.
I originally thought that the devil was causing trouble inside, but as more and more clues were discovered, it turned out that the Thirteenth Aristocratic Family had completed changing cages and changing birds in the underworld, almost replacing the Ten Palaces of Yama.
If the King of Hell hadn't been really capable, I'm afraid he would have been replaced by them long ago."
He was old and couldn't eat meat in the morning. He could only drink brown rice porridge to nourish his stomach. He looked at the fire-scented hibiscus chicken soup in front of Chen Shi and swallowed, "Why did you come here?"
Chen Shi told the story of his search for his mother's soul, and said: "I am going to rescue my mother, but there are too many guards outside Yuanchen Palace, so I can't do anything, and there is also a huge thing that looks like a black pot standing outside."
Du Yiran said: "Eat the hibiscus chicken quickly to avoid getting cold."
Chen Shi wolfed down a bowl of hibiscus chicken soup quickly. In addition to chicken, the chicken soup also had rice soaked in it and pepper. It was spicy and smooth, and tasted good. After eating it, his stomach was steaming.
Du Yiran pushed another bowl of clear soup, mutton and tofu in front of him and motioned for him to eat it. It seemed that he was very satisfied watching Chen Shi gobble it up.
"Four years ago, your grandfather went to the underworld to look for you. He went out alone that time and didn't tell anyone."
Du Yiran looked at the black pot that was devouring it and whispered, "When he came back, he brought back a small black dog as big as a palm."
The black pot was at another table, and he was eating a red and white duck soup pot. He was holding the pot and drinking with his head raised. When he heard the words, he froze there and his ears pricked up.
"I came to see him and saw this dog from the underworld."
Du Yiran lowered her voice, as if she wanted to hide it from the black pot, but her eyes kept staring at the black pot, and whispered, "I originally wanted to ask him what he gained from going to the underworld this time, but I was stunned when I saw this little black dog. .
This little thing has its own realm of ghosts and gods, and even tried to change my perception, which shocked me.
I asked him where it came from, and your grandfather said, he picked it up.
I didn't believe it and asked again, and he said it was given as a gift."
The black pot turned his back to them, his ears gradually raised back, and he got closer and closer to the two of them.
Du Yiran stared at its ears and lowered her voice:
"I asked him who sent it, and he said that he made an agreement with an extremely powerful ghost and god, and that ghost and god sent it.
He made a deal with the ghost.
The back of Black Pot's head almost touched their table.
Chen Shi coughed, and Heiguo quickly sat upright.
Chen Shi said: "What deal did my grandfather make with that ghost and god?"
Du Yiran said: "The deal is, if the dog is safe, your mother will be safe."
Chen Shi was stunned and looked back at the black pot.
Du Yiran finished the porridge and said with emotion: "I'm so full."
When Chen Shi got up to pay the bill, Du Yiran pressed his hand and said, "I'll do it."
Chen Shi smiled and said: "Grandpa Du obviously didn't eat anything, it was me and the black pot who ate it."
Du Yiran shook her head and said: "You are my grandson, and there is no reason for you to pay when you come to my place.
I'm old and have bad gastrointestinal problems. I can't eat randomly but I feel very satisfied just watching you eat."
He went to pay the bill, took Chen Shi back, and continued the previous topic, saying: "During the time when I went to the underworld alone, I encountered many dangers and could always escape death. But all the time I walked at night and finally crashed." Evil.
I encountered a big battle. The ghosts and gods of the Yan family pretended to be demons and besieged a ghost and god.
The ghost god has a strange crescent moon between his eyebrows, his face is very dark, and his combat power is extremely high.
However, he was still unable to defeat the four hands with his fists and was caught by them.
During the melee, a strange book flew into my body and became compatible with my body.
Since then, strange things have happened around me."
Chen Shi listened quietly.
"I was originally a stonemason, carving tombstones for people.
In our countryside around the Yellowstone Mountains, many elderly people feel that their life span is short, so they choose their own tombs and order tombstones in advance, so many people come to me."
Du Yiran is already in the Mahayana realm. With such cultivation, why worry about not having money to spend, but he just likes to make money with his own hands.
Carving tombstones is his craft. The country people are not very literate, so he needs to write on the tombstones and engrave the names of the deceased.
It's not much money, but it's enough to support the family.
The old man came to him to carve a tombstone, intending to wait a while before he died. However, as soon as Du Yiran's name was carved, the person on the other side died.
Gradually, people discovered this rule.
As long as Mason Du carves a name on a tombstone, the person will die immediately.
Behind his back, people called him King Duyan and regarded him as an evil spirit.
But on the surface, they all respect him, and their names are engraved on the tombstones.
"Later I found out that many people from out of town came to me to carve tombstones for fear of him, not to erect tombstones for their elderly people, but to kill their opponents."
When Du Yiran said this, she coughed violently and became breathless. After a while, she said, "These bastards have ruined my reputation. Although I don't have a good reputation, it's not good either.
From then on, I only carved tombstones for dead people.
As long as there is still breath left, I will not engrave the name."
The two returned to the stone hut, and Du Yiran said: "Chen Shi, the Thirteenth Family has become a trend. I can't stop it, Chen Yin can't stop it, and you can't stop it either.
I took action to save the three judges this time just because since I got this book, I had to do something for the King of Hell.
That's all.
Chen Shi, I am old and cannot fight against the Yan family, let alone the Thirteenth Family."
He stopped talking when he said this.
Chen Shi nodded slightly and said, "Grandpa Du, I understand."
Du Yiran said: "As long as you understand.
My energy and blood are insufficient, my intestines and stomach are not good, and my body is old and decayed. Even if I eat, I can only watch you eat.
During the years when I went to the underworld to investigate, my body was injured and I didn't have a few years left to live.
Even if your grandfather comes here and begs me to take action, I won't take action.
I want to take care of myself as long as I can, and I can’t take any more trouble.”
Chen Shi smiled and said, "Grandpa Du, don't worry, I'm not someone who likes to fiddle either.
The Thirteenth Generation family is powerful, so we can let them go and live our lives."
Du Yiran breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and said: "Your grandfather is a bad person. He led Sha Qiutong, Qingyang, Hu Xiaoliang and A Zhuo to do evil and was called the five evil people. They also wanted to recruit me to join the gang, but I refused. Also. Fortunately, I often help them, otherwise they would have slipped deeper and deeper into sin."
He opened the door and said, "Without me, they would have fallen a long time ago. It was me who corrected them."
There is ice and snow outside, but it is not a quarry, but another place.
Du Yiran said: "Chen Shi, I will live in seclusion from now on. Don't tell others. When Qingyang and others ask, you will say that I am dead. You can go back to Xiandu, and I won't see you off."
Chen Shi quickly said: "Grandpa Du, wait a minute!"
He gathered his thoughts and picked a few longevity-prolonging ginseng fruits from the small temple and placed them in Du Yiran's hand, saying, "This is my filial piety to you."
Du Yiran glanced at it and said: "Ginseng fruit? I have eaten it. It will increase my life span by a few months, but it is of little use to me. You can keep it or give it away."
Chen Shi said with a smile: "These ginseng berries are different, mine are stronger. Grandpa Du accepted them, after all, it was my heartfelt wish."
Du Yiran placed the ginseng fruit on the table.
Chen Shi told him to eat, and then walked out of the stone house.
It was freezing cold outside. Chen Shi looked back and saw that the wooden door of the stone house was closed. The moment it was closed, the house and the door disappeared without a trace.
"Grandpa Du's magical powers are unfathomable."
Chen Shi couldn't help but admire.
"Black Pot, let's go to the underworld to find the three judges!"
A gust of dark wind blew by, and Chen Shi and Hei Guo disappeared from the snowy field.
In the stone house, Du Yiran opened the door. Outside, there were beautiful mountains and clear waters, birds singing and flowers fragrant. A waterfall of flying beauties and jade hung on the cliff in front, and the water fell into the deep pool under the cliff.
Du Yiran made herself a cup of tea and sat quietly on the recliner, shaking gently and occasionally letting out a violent cough.
He is indeed old. In those years, he followed Chen Yindu to the underworld and fought with the ghosts and demons in the underworld, and he has been injured more and more.
He is the oldest among the Six Great Evils, and Chen Yindu also calls him big brother, so he takes great care of others and contributes the most.
Later, he went to the underworld alone to search for clues about the Ten Palaces of Yama, but was ambushed many times, and the Yin Qi had corroded his internal organs.
"If I were a few years younger and I still had energy, I would accompany you to save your mother, save the King of Hell, and fight with the Thirteenth Family. But I am old."
He looked at the rainbow hanging under the waterfall and whispered, "Facing the Yan family, I only dare to carve the stone tablet in advance and attack them secretly.
I can only pretend to be sophisticated, and I don't even dare to face them directly.
I am really old. My friend Qingyang died and Chen Yindu also left early. Sha Qiutong, who was originally as beautiful as a flower, has become an old woman.
There is also Tianhu, who can only rely on the realm of ghosts and gods to survive.
He sighed, dying here quietly like this might be a good thing.
The tea is cold on the table.
Du Yiran looked at the tea cup and did not dare to drink it. The tea was cold and would hurt her stomach.
He looked at the ginseng fruits that Chen Shi gave him, hesitated, picked up one and put it into his mouth.
"Isn't this the fruit of the ginseng grass dolls in Qianyang Mountain? When I was a guest in Qianyang Mountain, they all had their heads bald... Eh!"
Du Yiran's body was shaken violently, and there was a loud sound caused by the surging energy and blood in his body, just like the waves of the angry sea hitting the coastal rocks!
"This ginseng fruit is really powerful!"
A majestic force of energy and blood erupted from the stone house!
"boom!"
The peak energy and blood of the Mahayana realm soared into the sky, lifting the roof of the stone house off, and the next moment the waterfall flowed backwards and rushed into the sky!
In the sky, qi and blood condensed into a blood cloud dozens of miles in size, with lightning and thunder in the cloud.
A young and strong figure stood under the blood cloud.
Du Yiran was stunned, as if he had returned to the age of twenty with his peak cultivation.
Chapter completed!