Above the Great Dao
Chapter 230 - 124 Grandfather’s Hidden Books_2

Chapter 230: Chapter 124 Grandfather’s Hidden Books_2

His hands moved as swiftly as flying, touching the nodes one by one in the order of the "si" hour. The talismans on the wooden box’s surface gradually lit up, and suddenly, with a snap, the box opened, revealing a thick stack of books.

Chen Shi was both excited and surprised, and he took out the books to examine them one by one.

The reason Li Xiaozheng had asked for his help was because his grandfather had left behind a Talisman Array on the stone ship.

If the array couldn’t be broken, even he might have ended up buried on the stone ship.

These books were often reflections on the Divine Embryo, and Chen Shi, after a long inspection, suspected they were notes left by his grandfather during his time in the Divine Embryo Realm.

"Xiao Wangsun said that Grandfather, because he had received an Illusion Embryo, the weakest Divine Embryo, stayed many years in the Divine Embryo Realm without a breakthrough. These notes must be the methods Grandfather researched back then."

He quickly flipped through them; at that moment, the box snapped shut automatically and returned to its original state.

Dingding observed the box and asked curiously, "Young Master, it seemed quite troublesome for you to open the box. What if the sequence to open it was incorrect? What would happen?"

While reading, Chen Shi shook his head and said, "I don’t know."

"I’ll try!" Dingding said excitedly.

She extended her finger, activated her True Qi, and randomly touched a spot on the box. Suddenly, the box became immensely large. Its lid opened like a menacing mouth revealing sharp teeth, and a meat-red tongue shot out from the darkness inside the box and coiled around her waist.

"Snap!"

The box clamped shut, swallowing the girl whole, leaving only a pair of female shoes on the ground.

Black Pot, sensing the commotion, peeked into the courtyard and looked puzzled.

Chen Shi hastily said, "Black Pot, report the time!"

Black Pot quickly reported the time, and Chen Shi swiftly unlocked the box. With a snap, the box reopened, and Dingding was spat out, sopping wet and sticky, as if she had been soaked in some Evil Spirit’s stomach.

"This box might be an Evil Spirit."

Chen Shi thought for a bit and said to the unlucky girl, "When I drew that talisman earlier, I felt the structure was special. Now, thinking about it, it seems somewhat similar to the Southern Taoist Talisman."

Dingding glumly went to bathe, while Black Pot entered the courtyard, took an axe, and began chopping wood to heat water for her.

Chen Shi continued to peruse, briefly checking a few books, when suddenly, on the last page of one book, he saw a line of text: "Little Ten resurrected, no Divine Embryo henceforth, the hardship of cultivation is a hundred times mine. He cannot tread my path, how should he cultivate?"

Chen Shi, reading this, felt deeply moved.

The ink of this line of text looked relatively fresh and was likely added later when Grandfather was searching for a way for Chen Shi to cultivate after his resurrection.

He had once secretly blamed Grandfather for not teaching him how to cultivate, but seeing this line, he understood how much Grandfather had struggled.

He picked up another volume.

This volume depicted some peculiar patterns—patterns of Water and Fire Refining and anatomical drawings of the human body!

Subsequent pages detailed various inhuman experiments on how to apply Water and Fire Refining to corpses to keep them ostensibly alive.

This volume was like a criminal’s notebook, recording how Chen Yindou had traveled far and wide to rob graves and steal corpses for experimentation.

Chen Shi kept flipping, encountering one failure after another and various summaries.

He turned to the last page, where a frustrated old man had written: "The one hundred and twelfth attempt failed! Failure, failure, always failure! Is death truly irreversible?"

Chen Shi could see how agitated and desperate Grandfather had been at the time.

He picked up another book, still notes on experiments with Water and Fire Refining.

He skimmed through it; this book also recorded over one hundred failures.

He picked up another book—the recorded experiments were still marked as failures.

Chen Shi flipped to the seventh book and finally saw two soaring characters at the end of it.

"Success!"

He looked at these seven books, his eyes reddening as he realized that his grandfather had never mentioned how much effort he put into saving him.

It was only today that he understood the hardships involved.

Chen Shi steadied his emotions and picked up another book, his spirit lifted, as this volume was indeed a record of talismans!

He hurriedly flipped through it; the handwriting was his grandfather’s, detailing his view that the "Talismanic Assembly" often revered and idolized gods, borrowing divine power. If one could break free from this aspect, one could create things, forging wondrous life forms, even deities!

"This is the book! This book is the ’Talisman Creation Treasure’! We have one at home too!"

Chen Shi was quite pleased and flipped through the book quickly, observing various detailed anatomical and plan diagrams of marvelous creatures drawn by his grandfather, accompanied by notes on the talismans.

As he continued to flip, the book detailed talismans from Ninth Grade to First Grade required for creation, along with the necessary materials!

Chen Shi steadied his mind, tucked the book into his chest, preparing to study it in detail, and noticed other books, so he picked up another.

Opening this book, it wasn’t about cultivation or talismans but rather looked like a recipe book.

Chen Shi observed for a moment before confirming it was indeed a cookbook!

Just as he was about to close it, he suddenly saw a line of text: "... Little Ten likes to eat. Might have added too much salt, take note next time."

Chen Shi paused, continuing to flip through and saw another familiar line: "... I still can’t taste it, Little Ten doesn’t like it. Perhaps it’s too greasy. Use less oil next time."

His vision blurred as he continued to read; the book was filled with recipes written by his grandfather, who by then was no longer human but a living corpse, unable to taste, only able to guess from Chen Shi’s expressions if the meals were good.

Dingding finished her bath and walked out wearing Chen Shi’s clothes.

Chen Shi was still growing, about her height, and she looked quite impressive in his clothes.

As she walked over while drying her drenched hair, she saw the tear drops on Chen Shi’s face and quickly said, "Young Master, why are you crying?"

Chen Shi wiped away his tears, dazed, and said, "Grandfather never told me how much he loved me; I even suspected he wanted to eat me and was scared for a long time. Dingding, I miss my grandfather."

Dingding didn’t know how to comfort the boy, quickly smiled, and said, "Don’t be sad, what if I kiss your cheek? Or... even your lips."

Chen Shi didn’t kiss her, instead, he kept the book, treasuring it more than any treasure manuals.

"Grandfather, are you doing well in the underworld?"

He silently thought, "Are there any evil ghosts, harmful ghosts, or evil spirits bullying you? Why haven’t you visited me in my dreams? If someone bullies you, I’ll burn a few mortal world masters for you. If you don’t like Granny Sha, I can burn other grannies for you."

"Crack!"

In the underworld, Chen Yindu’s face was somber as he twisted the neck of a Yama King, tossing the corpse aside, his eyes fiercely staring at the other ferocious spirits.

This Yama King was a ghost god of the underworld, slain by him, and it took a long while for the sound of the body hitting the ground to be heard.

He had been guarding this passage linking the mortal world for months.

During these months, not a single spirit had entered Chen Shi’s body!

As a result, Chen Shi hadn’t fallen ill once during this time!

"It seems like the ghost gods in the underworld have begun to notice this place!"

He was injured all over but was growing stronger, catching his breath momentarily, he thought, "I wonder if Granny Sha and the others have dealt with the evil spirit inside Little Ten?"

— Thanks to Alliance Hierarch Zhai Xian Qi Tian for the reward, generous boss!

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