Zhai Zhu

My grandfather is very eccentric, performing daily rituals of offering incense to himself, standing in front of his own spirit tablet and eating candles.
Villagers are fearful of my grandfather.
I am fearful of him too.
Later, I discovered that what they were afraid of was not my grandfather, but me.
Even grandfather is afraid of me.
...
My name is Chen Shi.
The Chen of honesty, the Shi of sincerity.

Above the Great Dao

It turned its head and saw, to its horror, the Evil Bodhisattva raised its eight arms, supporting its own head, and gently turned it left and right. Then, accompanied by a loud sound, it actually detached its own head!


The Evil Bodhisattva remained seated, steady as ever, and placed its head to one side.


The tall, lanky kiln worker did not bother to check on Jin Hongying and the others, and instead, one by one, grabbed two ceramic figures and headed straight for the Evil Bodhisattva's head.


It was only now that Chen Shi noticed that right where the Evil Bodhisattva had set down its head, there happened to be a kiln hole, which must have been built recently and used very few times.


That kiln worker placed the two ceramic figures into the kiln hole, climbed onto the Evil Bodhisattva's head, and flipped open one of its eyelids. Suddenly, a fierce true fire burst from the eyes of the Evil Bodhisattva. The flames were intensely bright, and in a moment, melted the two ceramic figures!


Chapter 60: Riding an armored horse as if endowed with wings, upon decapitation a fire spontaneously ignites from the furnace_2