"Empress Shi Ji, a stone from between the Shang and Zhou dynasties, has endured unknown years of worship. Why did the soldiers of the Great Ming bring this stone from the Ancestral Land Divine Continent?"
Chen Shi looked toward the distant dark clouds where lightning writhed within their depths.
"Ji means a stone standing by the water. Empress Shi Ji should be a stone statue of a woman standing by the water's edge. What is her background, and why does only her head remain? Why did the True King want to place her head on the treasure ship?
"Is this stone connected to returning to the Ancestral Land Divine Continent? And why did Grandpa have to arrange a talisman formation around the stone? Why didn't he take the stone away?"
The wooden cart jolted slightly, and his body swayed back and forth. The young girl holding a pipa by his side was dozing off amidst the swaying, tilting her head to unconsciously lean against his shoulder.
Chen Shi caught the faint fragrance coming from the girl, unsure if it was natural body fragrance or the scent of rouge and powder.
--In the morning, he had seen this girl apply some rouge and powder to her face, which made her complexion look white with a rosy flush, even though she had been quite pretty before.
"Achoo!"
He was tickled in the nostril by the hair at the girl's temples and sneezed. The girl on his shoulder was not yet awake, but she quietly opened one eye to peek at him before continuing to sleep.
Of course, she was also feigning sleep.
Yet as they swayed along, she gradually fell fast asleep. Waking up midway through the journey, she complained of a neckache, crooked her head, and took a long time to