Legend of the Stone Forest

In ancient Lunan, the black-horned king of the dragon shoal wreaked havoc on the land. Guanyin transformed into a slovenly old beggar woman, carrying a broken gourd on her back and leaning on a bamboo staff, and mingled with the crowd at the lake sacrifice in a jesting manner. She first toyed with the demon king, then used a giant boulder from the sky to transform into a vast stone forest, turning the black dragon and its shrimp soldiers and crab generals into stone statues. The novel follows the escape and growth of the village boy Agen and the orphan girl Xiaolian as its main thread, linking together strange tales such as "Willow Branch Seals the Demon" and "Stone Frogs Croak at Night," unfolding a mythological epic of southern Yunnan amidst humor and laughter. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Legend of the Stone Forest — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠