"Stone Rock Lady, a stone from between the Shang and Zhou dynasties, has been worshiped for countless years. Why did the soldiers of the Great Ming bring this stone from their ancestral land, Shenzhou?"
Chen Shi gazed at the distant dark clouds, lightning moving within them.
"The meaning of 'Rock' is a stone standing by the water. Stone Rock Lady should be a statue of a woman standing by the water. What is her origin, and why is only her head left? Why did the True King place her head on the Treasure Ship?
"Is this stone related to the return to the ancestral land of Shenzhou? Why did my grandfather set up a talisman formation around the stone? Why didn't he take the stone away?"
The wooden cart was rather bumpy, rocking his body from side to side, and the girl beside him holding a lute dozed off, unconsciously leaning her head against his shoulder.
Chen Shi smelled a fragrance from the girl, not knowing whether it was her body scent or the scent of rouge and face powder.
