On the Avenue.

Chapter 330 This is so powerful
Chen Shi walked into the quarry. The wind was howling and everything outside was frozen, but it was somewhat warm at the foot of the mountain and the ice and snow were melting.

There are tombstones everywhere, but no names are engraved on them.

Du Yiran was packing his bags and throwing the axe and chisel into his own void realm.

He was dressed very warmly, with a sheepskin coat on the outside, the woolen side on the inside, and a cotton jacket tucked in, making him look fat, but in fact he had become thin due to old age.

He wore a sheepskin hat that covered him tightly, and his face looked a little dark due to the wind and sun.

Chen Shi has grown into a teenager, taller than him. He is very old and has become shorter due to his old age.

"Grandpa Du!"

Chen Shi stepped forward, knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Chen Shi thanks Grandpa Du for saving me!"

Du Yiran continued to pack up and said, "Get up. Your life or death has nothing to do with me. I only agreed to save you because I owed Chen Yindu a favor. This is a matter between our elders. You don't have to bear any favor in mind."

Chen Shi kowtowed several times, then stood up and said, "No matter what, Grandpa Du is my savior. Why is Grandpa Du here? My grandfather said that you were doing something in the Yellowstone Mountains..."

Du Yiran looked up at him and said, "Are you doing evil?"

Chen Shi nodded.

Du Yiran coughed twice and said, "I knew he would plot against me. However, I am neither alive nor dead, so I can almost be considered an evil spirit."

He packed up and said, "We should not stay here for long. The people of the Yan family were scared away by me, and they will soon realize that my strength is not as strong as they think."

He walked along the mountain road at a fast pace, and said quickly: "They will find that my tombstone is useless against ghosts and gods, and can only be used against living people, and it is useless from a distance. Then they will come back to kill me! I am old and cannot defeat them."

There is a small stone house in front, lonely and very simple. It should be Du Yiran's residence.

Chen Shi quickly followed him. Du Yiran opened the door and walked in, saying, "You and Gouzi come in and close the door. Oh, and see if anyone else is following."

Chen Shi closed the door as he was told. After hearing what was said, he opened the door again and looked outside. He was stunned.

I saw that it was snowy outside the door just now, but now it was a riverside under the moonlight, with lush 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 while, and opened it again. The elk and green mountains outside the door disappeared, replaced by a lake, sparkling in the moonlight.

At this time, the moon is in the south.

Chen Shi closed the door, then opened it. There were waves outside. In the distance, there was a sentry tower guarding the coast. Someone said, "That stone house has appeared again!"

Chen Shi closed the door and went to the window of the stone house and looked out. There were huge beasts tumbling in the sea and attacking the coast. Many soldiers in the border sentry tower were fighting with these monsters.

"The Thirteenth Family has become a major force."

Du Yiran's voice came from behind him, "If the Yama Palace falls, all ten Yama Palaces will fall."

Chen Shi was shocked when he heard this and turned around: "What does Grandpa Du mean?"

"Among the Ten Yama Kings, the Lord of Heaven is ranked fifth, commonly known as the King of Hell. In addition to the King of Hell, there are nine other Yama Kings, all of whom have fallen."

Du Yiran put down his axe, took off his sheepskin hat, and his thick sheepskin and cotton-padded jackets, and hung them on the wall. He said, "Yama of Xuanming Palace disappeared more than a thousand years ago. Now the Yama of Xuanming Palace is the Yin God of Gao Family. Yama of Puming Palace disappeared more than eight hundred years ago. Now the owner of Puming Palace is a deceased ancestor of Li Family. And the owners of Zhoujue Palace, Taihe Palace, Mingchen Palace, Shenhua Palace, Bizhen Palace, Qifei Palace, Suying Palace, these Yama Palaces have also been gradually replaced by people from thirteen families in more than a thousand years."

He stamped his feet to shake off the snow on them and said, "When we went to rescue you, we encountered several battles between ghosts and gods. It was the Xia family that mobilized their forces, pretending to be demons, and besieged the ghosts and gods in Suying Palace. At that time, your grandfather was only concerned with finding you and didn't notice these things. He is very smart, and if it were in the past, he would definitely have noticed something was wrong. Unfortunately, he was so focused on finding you at that time that he had no time to look around."

He shook his head, washed his face, and went to the inner room to change his clothes, which were made of fine silk.

He opened the door and walked out, and Chen Shi followed him quickly outside.

It's getting light outside.

They were not at the seaside, but in a small town in the mountains. The residents of the town seemed to be very familiar with Du Yiran. They greeted him and called him Du the Stonemason.

Du Yiran had a stern face, as if everyone owed him a thousand strings of cash, and he just nodded slightly in response to everyone's greetings.

People respected him very much.

Du Yiran took Chen Shi to have breakfast and ordered a bowl of brown rice porridge and noodle soup. He looked at Chen Shi and Hei Guo and ordered some meat dishes. He said, "You guys are growing, so eat more."

He paused and said, "It's very strange that the Xia family pretended to be the devil. Chen Yin didn't investigate, so I went to investigate. I went into the underworld alone. I originally thought that the devil was making trouble, but as I found more and more clues, it turned out that the thirteen families had already replaced the ten kings of hell in the underworld. If the king of hell didn't have some skills, 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-smoked hibiscus chicken soup in front of Chen Shi and swallowed his saliva. He said, "Why did you come here?"

Chen Shi told the story of his search for his mother's soul and said, "I was going to rescue my mother, but there were too many guards outside Yuanchen Palace, so I couldn't do it. There was also a huge monster similar to a black pot guarding outside."

Du Yiran said, "Eat the Furong Chicken quickly before it gets cold."

Chen Shi gobbled down the bowl of lotus chicken soup quickly. In addition to chicken, the soup also contained rice and pepper. It was spicy and smooth, and tasted good. After eating it, his stomach felt hot.

Du Yiran pushed another bowl of mutton and tofu stew in front of him, motioning him to eat it. It seemed that he felt very satisfied watching Chen Shi wolfing down the food.

"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 being devoured and whispered, "When he came back, he brought back a small black dog the size of a palm."

Heiguo was at another table, eating a pot of red and white duck soup. He was holding the pot and drinking from it. When he heard this, he froze there, his ears perked up.

"I came to look for him and saw this dog from the underworld."

Du Yiran lowered his voice, as if to hide the secret from Hei Guo, but his eyes were fixed on Hei Guo, and he whispered, "I wanted to ask him what he got from this trip to the underworld, but I was stunned when I saw this little black dog. This little thing has its own ghost domain, and even tried to change my cognition, which scared me. I asked him where he got it, and your grandfather said he picked it up. I didn't believe it, so I asked again, and he said someone gave it to him as a gift."

Hei Guo had his back to them, his ears gradually erected backwards, getting closer and closer to the two of them.

Du Yiran stared at its ears and lowered his voice: "I asked him who sent it, and he said that he had reached an agreement with an extremely powerful ghost god, and that ghost god gave it to him. He made a deal with that ghost god."

The back of Hei Guo's head was almost touching their table.

Chen Shi coughed and Hei Guo quickly sat up straight.

Chen Shi said, "What kind of deal did my grandfather make with that ghost?"

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 am really full."

Chen Shi stood up to pay the bill, and Du Yiran pressed his hand and said, "I'll do it."

Chen Shi laughed and said, "Grandpa Du obviously didn't eat anything. It was all eaten by me and Hei Guo."

Du Yiran shook his head and said, "You are my grandson. There is no reason for you to pay for my place. I am old and my stomach is not good. I can't eat anything. I am very satisfied to watch you eat."

He went to pay the bill and walked back with Chen Shi, continuing the previous topic, saying: "During the time when I went to the underworld alone, I encountered many dangers, but I always managed to escape death. However, walking at night for many years finally caused me to encounter evil. I encountered a big battle. It was the ghost of the Yan family pretending to be a demon god and besieging a ghost. The ghost had a strange crescent moon between his eyebrows, his face was very dark, and his fighting power was extremely high. However, he was still outnumbered and was captured by them. During the melee, a strange book flew into my body and was compatible with my body. Since then, strange things have happened around me again and again."

Chen Shi listened quietly.

"I was originally a stonemason, carving tombstones for people. In the countryside around Huangshi Mountain, many elderly people feel that they don't have much time left, so they will choose a grave and order a tombstone for themselves in advance, so many people come to me."

Du Yiran has already reached the Mahayana realm. With such a level of cultivation, he has no reason to worry about having no money to spend, but he just likes to earn money with his own hands.

Carving tombstones was his craft. Villagers were not very literate, so they needed him to write on tombstones and engrave the deceased's name. The money was not much, but it was enough to support his family.

The old man came to him to carve a tombstone because he planned to die after some time. However, often the person died just as Du Yiran finished carving the name.

Gradually, people discovered this pattern.

As long as Mason Du carves a name on the tombstone, the person will die immediately.

Behind his back, people called him Du Yanwang and regarded him as an evil spirit, but in public they all respected him, fearing that he would carve their names on their tombstones.

"Later I found out that many guys from other places asked me to carve tombstones, not to build tombstones for their elderly family members, but to kill their rivals."

Du Yiran coughed violently when he got to this point. He was in a slump and said after a while, "These bastards ruined my reputation. Although I don't have a good reputation, it doesn't work. From then on, I only carved tombstones for the dead. As long as there is still breath, I won't carve names."

The two returned to the stone hut, and Du Yiran said, "Chen Shi, the Thirteen Aristocratic Families are already in power. I can't stop them. Even Chen Yin can't stop them, and neither can you. I rescued the three judges this time only because I have obtained this book and I have to do something for the King of Hell. That's all. Chen Shi, I'm old, and I can't fight against the Yan family, let alone the Thirteen Aristocratic Families."

He stopped talking here.

Chen Shi nodded gently and said, "Grandpa Du, I understand."

Du Yiran said, "It's good that you understand. My Qi and blood are insufficient, my stomach is not in good condition, and my body is already old. Even if I eat, I can only watch you eat. During the years I went to the underworld to investigate, my body was injured, and I don't have many years left to live. Even if your grandfather ran here and begged me to help, I would not help. I want to enjoy my old age and can't toss anymore."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Grandpa Du. I am not someone who likes to make trouble. The Thirteenth Family is powerful, so let them be and we will live our lives."

Du Yiran breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and said, "Your grandfather is a bad guy. He led Sha Qiutong, Qingyang, Hu Xiaoliang, and Ah Zhuo to do evil things. They were called the Five Evils. They also wanted to recruit me to join them, but I sternly refused. Fortunately, I often help them, otherwise they would definitely slide deeper and deeper into evil."

He opened the door and said, "Without me, they would have fallen long ago. It was me who corrected them."

It was icy and snowy outside, but it was not in the quarry, but somewhere else.

Du Yiran said, "Chen Shi, I will live in seclusion from now on. Don't tell anyone else. When Qingyang and the others ask, just say I'm dead. Go back to Xiandu. I won't see you off."

Chen Shi hurriedly said, "Grandpa Du, wait a moment!"

He used his mind to pick a few longevity ginseng fruits from the small temple and placed them in Du Yiran's palm, saying, "This is my gift to you."

Du Yiran glanced at it and said, "Ginseng fruit? I've eaten it before. It only adds a few months to my lifespan, but it's not very useful to me. You can keep it or give it to someone else."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "These ginseng fruits are different. Mine are stronger. Grandpa Du, please accept them. After all, it's a token of my love."

Du Yiran put the ginseng fruit on the table.

Chen Shi told him to eat first, and then he 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 closed, the house and the door disappeared without a trace.

"Grandpa Du's magical powers are unfathomable." Chen Shi couldn't help but admire him.

"Black Pot, let's go to the underworld and look for the three judges!"

A gust of cold wind blew, and Chen Shi and Hei Guo disappeared from the snowfield.

In the stone house, Du Yiran opened the door. Outside, there were beautiful mountains and clear waters, birds singing and flowers blooming. A waterfall was hanging on the cliff in front, and the water splashed into the deep pool under the cliff.

Du Yiran made herself a cup of tea and sat quietly on the recliner, rocking gently and occasionally coughing violently.

He was indeed old. During those years he followed Chen Yindu into the underworld and fought with the ghosts and demons in the underworld, which had already injured him severely.

He is the oldest among the six evil men in the Five Lakes, and Chen Yindu has to call him big brother, so he takes good care of others and contributes the most.

Later, he went to the underworld alone to search for clues about the Ten Kings of Hell, but was ambushed repeatedly, and the evil spirit had corroded his internal organs.

"If I were a few years younger and still had energy, I would accompany you to save your mother, save the King of Hell, and fight against the Thirteen Families. But I am old."

He looked at the rainbow hanging under the waterfall and whispered, "When facing the Yan family, I dared only carve a stone tablet in advance and sneak attack them. I could only pretend to be profound and dared not even face them directly. I am really old. My friend Qingyang died, Chen Yindu also passed away early, and the once beautiful Sha Qiutong has become an old woman. And the Sky Fox can only rely on the realm of ghosts and gods to survive."

He sighed, thinking that it might be a good thing to die here peacefully.

The tea on the table has gone cold.

Du Yiran looked at the teacup and didn't dare to drink it. The tea was cold and would hurt the stomach.

He looked at the ginseng fruits that Chen Shi gave him, hesitated for a moment, picked up one and put it in his mouth.

"Isn't this the fruit of the ginseng dolls in Qianyang Mountain? When I was a guest in Qianyang Mountain, I plucked out all their heads... Hey!"

Du Yiran's body shook violently, and a loud noise caused by the surging blood and energy came from his body, like waves in a raging sea hitting the rocks on the coast!

"This ginseng fruit is really powerful!"

A powerful force of energy and blood burst out from the stone house!
"boom!"

The peak energy and blood of the Mahayana realm rushed up into the sky, blowing off the roof of the stone house, and the next moment the waterfall flowed backwards and rushed up 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. It was as if he had returned to the age of twenty with his cultivation at the peak of its peak.

(End of this chapter)