Chapter 43: Script of Salvation
After successfully calming the emotions of everyone in the Martial King Manor, Shi Yi went alone to the manor's memorial hall.
The memorial hall was not large, but it was solemn and imposing.
At the very top were the ancestral tablets of the Stone Clan. Below them were the tablets of Shi Yi's grandfathers' generation. Originally, there were only ten tablets, but now there were five new ones beside them.
Further down were the tablets of Shi Yi's father's generation. There were many memorial tablets there as well. The men of the Stone Clan were not afraid of death; the memorial hall was filled with new tablets, piled high.
These new tablets belonged to the Stone Clan men who had already passed away.
They might not have been the smartest, but not a single one was a coward.
Why was it the Martial King Manor?
And not the Stone King Manor?
The reason was simple.
The men of the Stone Clan were brave and straightforward, fearless and dauntless, with strength to pull up mountains and spirit to cover the world. They were men of blood and guts. Even knowing they would surely die, they still possessed the great courage to charge forward even against a thousand or ten thousand men.
This kind of great, fearless courage.
Sounds foolish, doesn't it?
Knowing about Bi An, knowing about Ya Zi, waiting like a hare by a stump, just waiting for you to go and die one by one.
But can you just stand by and watch your parents and relatives wait for death without trying to save them?
Therefore...
The current Martial King Manor is almost ruined.
Besides Shi Yi, the direct descendant, Shi Hao has the highest seniority. As for the Stone Clan men with combat power, they have basically all been buried in the mouths of Bi An and Ya Zi.
It can be said that the current Martial King Manor is just a group of old, weak, women, and children. If Shi Yi hadn't returned, Yu Yuexian alone would not have been able to support the vast Martial King Manor.
Because in terms of both status and title, Yu Yuexian had a significant gap.
Just her surname alone meant she couldn't firmly hold the position of the Martial King Manor's head.
If it weren't for having Shi Yi as her son, allowing the mother to gain status through her child, the remaining survivors of the Rain Clan would have had no way to let her temporarily manage the power of the Martial King Manor's head.
Now that Shi Yi has returned to the Martial King Manor, as the direct descendant, he has successfully taken over the power of the head and has also successfully stabilized the nearly shattered Martial King Manor with his identity.
Finally.
Don't ask why the Stone Country royal family and the Stone Country Human Emperor didn't step in to help and just watched the Martial King Manor suffer such a great calamity.
Human hearts are far more sinister and malicious than beast hearts. The internal strife among humans themselves is the most dangerous.
In the eyes of the Stone Country Human Emperor.
Without these Stone Clan Old Ancestors, Shi Yi, the Double Pupil user, would naturally have to rely on himself in the future. Coupled with the marriage alliance with the Sixteenth Princess, Shi Yi could be firmly tied to the Stone Country royal family.
But he didn't realize that Shi Yi was no longer a newborn calf, nor was he someone he could easily manipulate. At the same time, it was impossible for him to be bound by a mere Stone Country royal family.
"Eighth Grandfather, Ninth Grandfather, Eleventh Grandfather, Thirteenth Grandfather, Fifteenth Grandfather, please rest in peace. Yi'er will definitely avenge you."
Shi Yi knelt on the prayer mat in the middle of the memorial hall, looking so lonely and helpless.
Dressed in mourning clothes, he knelt heavily and kowtowed five times before the spirit tablets of his Eighth Grandfather, Ninth Grandfather, Eleventh Grandfather, Thirteenth Grandfather, and Fifteenth Grandfather.
He knew.
Those five kind and amiable grandfathers from the past would never return. Although they had been strict with him, it was only because they wanted him to reach greater heights in the future.
A few minutes later.
"Father, although your image doesn't appear much in my memories, please rest assured, I will take good care of Mother and won't let her suffer any grievances."
Shi Yi solemnly kowtowed three times before Shi Ziteng's spirit tablet. This was a promise to his father; he didn't want to lose any more loved ones.
Speaking of which.
What did tears taste like?
And what did sadness feel like?
Shi Yi didn't know. He only knew that salty water had, at some point, streamed down his cheeks.
True sorrow wasn't hysterical crying, but being alone in solitude.
Just like that.
He didn't know how long he stayed there.
In Shi Yi's soul consciousness sea, among the thirteen scriptures emanating ancient Dao charm, one scripture, sensing Shi Yi's sorrowful emotions, suddenly lit up at this moment.
This scripture was a supreme scripture with three names.
And these three names could all be said to be its true name.
These three names were, respectively, the Supreme Wonderful Script of Limitless Salvation of the Numinous Treasure, the Supreme Wonderful Script of Limitless Salvation of the Primordial Beginning, and the Supreme Wonderful Script of Limitless Salvation of the Numinous Treasure of the Great High Cavernous Mystery.
Abbreviated as: Script of Salvation.
"I wonder if there is reincarnation in this world, if people have past and present lives. If not, then let the future me create the Netherworld Underworld and the Six Paths of Reincarnation for people to be reborn in this world!"
Shi Yi's mind was completely immersed in his soul consciousness sea. He quietly looked at this Script of Salvation emanating Dao charm and set a goal for his future self, a goal he didn't know if he could achieve.
Meanwhile, in reality.
Shi Yi changed from a kneeling posture to sitting cross-legged, and he gradually began to chant the Script of Salvation.
"The human path is vast and indistinct, the immortal path is boundless."
"The ghost path is joyful, when entering the gate of life."
"The immortal path values life, the ghost path values the end."
"The immortal path is always auspicious, the ghost path is always ominous. High above, pure, spiritual, and beautiful, singing sorrowfully in the vast sky. Only wishing for the immortal path to be achieved, not wanting the human path to be exhausted."
"In the Northern Capital's Spring Quarters, there are myriad ghosts gathered, only wishing to obstruct human destiny, severing the gate of human life. Ah, people sing the Cavernous Chapter, to control the Northern Luofeng."
"Binding and chanting the demonic spirits, beheading the six ghost blades."
"All heavens are vast and mighty, my Dao flourishes day by day."
"Fall"
"Fall"
"Fall"
It was as if Shi Yi's mouth was stuck, no matter what, he couldn't recite the second part of the Script of Salvation. In the unseen world, there seemed to be a force preventing him from reciting the full Script of Salvation.
But even with only one-third of the Script of Salvation.
It had already caused unimaginable celestial phenomena.
At this moment, the Martial King Manor, no, the entire Stone Country, was enveloped in a golden auspicious glow. An unimaginably large golden lotus bloomed in the sky.
However, at this time, Shi Yi's consciousness was still in his sea of consciousness.
He didn't know what was happening outside. After discovering that he couldn't recite the second and third parts of the Script of Salvation, he didn't force it. He just devoutly and silently recited the first part of the Script of Salvation.
Only.
Every time he recited the first part of the Script of Salvation, a golden lotus bloomed for him.
Shi Yi's first devout recitation: The deaf gained hearing. In the Stone Country, among the billions of people, anyone who was deaf regained their hearing because of the blooming of the golden lotus.
Shi Yi's second devout recitation: The blind gained sight. In the Stone Country, among the billions of people, anyone who was blind regained their sight because of the blooming of the golden lotus.
Shi Yi's third devout recitation: The mute gained speech. In the Stone Country, among the billions of people, anyone who couldn't speak regained their speech because of the blooming of the golden lotus.
Shi Yi's fourth...
There was no fourth time.
Shi Yi fainted and fell into the Willow Deity's embrace.
"What a foolish disciple. If I hadn't stopped you in time, by the time you finished reciting the scripture, it would have been the time of your death and the dissipation of your Dao. This scripture is a truly supreme Dao scripture, containing supreme Dao essence. Even the immortal families and undying lineages of the Immortal Domain would descend to snatch it."
"Fortunately, the golden lotus formed by the Dao essence only bloomed in the Stone Country. Perhaps some Dao lineages in the Nine Heavens Ten Earths will be interested, but they won't descend for this incomplete scripture. At most, they will arrange for the Dao lineages in the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm to come to the Stone Country to inquire about this incomplete scripture."
Just now.
In Shi Yi's tenth Grotto-heaven, a Grotto-heaven filled with earth, water, fire, wind, yin, yang, chaos, and the power of the five elements, the Willow Deity lay in the small world she had created.
She heard Shi Yi's recitation. With her cultivation and knowledge, she knew it was a supreme scripture as soon as she heard it. She instantly shielded and concealed most of the scripture's content.
Because of this.
Of the ten characters in the Script of Salvation that Shi Yi devoutly recited, at least nine were inaudible and indistinct. Only a few characters could be heard.
This was still the first part of the Script of Salvation. If Shi Yi had truly finished reciting all three parts and recited the Script of Salvation completely, the Willow Deity would not have been able to conceal it.