[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-the-immortals-disappeared":3,"chapter-after-the-immortals-disappeared-after-the-immortals-disappeared-chapter-115":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","After the Immortals Disappeared",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2283999,4468,"Chapter 115: Target: Resolving Calamity and Avoiding Disaster","after-the-immortals-disappeared-chapter-115",115,"\u003Cp>He Yue heard this sentence as soon as he came out and hurriedly said, \"Exactly. The shrine keeper just said that the Water Spirit still makes mistakes sometimes. Perhaps it is facing its own disaster and can no longer divine good or bad fortune?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That makes sense.\" He Lingchuan took a long breath, \"No need to persuade me, I understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said no need to persuade me!\" He Lingchuan interrupted him sharply, \"Don't bother me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was consistent with the eldest son's personality, and He Chunhua did not find it strange, but Lady Ying, who had walked out, said, \"What kind of tone is that? Yue'er was only kindly trying to persuade you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lingchuan turned and walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Chunhua waved his hand to play the peacemaker: \"Alright, alright, he is in a bad mood, don't hold it against him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lingchuan was also in a state of mental turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered the words Nian Songyu said before he died: \"You are not far from death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, a so-called \"Heavenly God\" had possessed Nian Songyu to finish that final sentence for him. He Lingchuan had always treated it as Nian Songyu's deathbed curse and hadn't taken it to heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if the \"Heavenly God\" had seen something? The Heavenly God had initially wanted to possess him, He Lingchuan, but was knocked out during the illusion in his sea of consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That altered illusion, the street corner in the illusion, the glowing mark inside the broken wall plaster at that street corner...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the so-called \"Heavenly God\" was driven out of his sea of consciousness by an unknown force; he hadn't forgotten that scene! Was this the power of disaster? Could these past events, added to the two \"great misfortune\" lots given by the Water Spirit today, all be connected? A sense of urgency he had never felt since crossing over welled up, and He Lingchuan's mind was a tangled mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, a guard ran over all the way to report to He Chunhua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening, He Chunhua immediately called to his eldest son: \"The intelligence has been interrogated! Chuan'er, come here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lingchuan had no choice but to walk back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at your surroundings; the big picture is what matters now, annihilating the fierce bandits is what matters! Besides, if you truly have a calamity, perhaps it is destined for tonight. Evil thieves coming for your life—is that not a great misfortune? As long as we successfully leave County Magistrate Lake, the confusion will resolve itself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Chunhua pressed his shoulder and added: \"Chuan'er, you must trust me, you must trust the Great Shaman, understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lingchuan looked at him and took a deep breath: \"I understand, Father.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only it were that simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Water Spirit is playing god and acting like a ghost; it must have an ulterior motive,\" He Chunhua said gravely. \"It wouldn't do these things for no reason. You are just troubling yourself by believing it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lingchuan nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thereupon, He Chunhua called everyone to return to the main house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way back, He Lingchuan's mind was filled with the thought that if the \"great misfortune\" lot from the Water Spirit could still come true, did it mean he would end up like Nian Songyu, dying miserably in a foreign land? If there was still a glimmer of survival, where could he grasp it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this day on, he had to be constantly vigilant about his own life and find a way to resolve the misfortune clinging to him—if it truly existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most terrifying thing about the Water Spirit's prophecy was that it told a night traveler there was a deep chasm ahead, but didn't say how far away it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, every step he took from now on would be filled with trepidation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh, before leaving Heishuicheng, he should have visited the Great Shaman Zhaomandu; perhaps he could have gained something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that at the time, as a traveler from another world, he had felt guilty and wanted to stay as far away from this mysterious old man as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sounds of muffled groans came from the kitchen one after another. The cottage had poor soundproofing; even with his mouth gagged, everyone could hear Wang Pangzi's pained moans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fatty was truly having a run of terrible luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, the sound of water being splashed came from the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, the personal guard Zhao Qinghe walked out of the kitchen and said: \"My lord, the situation is not good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Chunhua found a chair and sat down: \"Speak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two days ago, this group of mountain bandits did indeed capture a town nearby, but it wasn't Qianteng Town, it was Desheng Town! That place is only forty miles away from County Magistrate Village. Furthermore, the bandits stationed at Desheng Town were not two hundred, but one thousand two hundred!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thousand two hundred, so many! Everyone was moved, and He Yue muttered: \"That's almost catching up to a regular army.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lingchuan had originally thought two or three hundred would be the limit. If two or three hundred fierce bandits faced the local militia, they would have a high chance of winning if they launched a surprise attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would have thought that the bandits in Desheng Town and County Magistrate Village combined would total nearly one thousand five hundred! Never mind a mere town; if these bandits had any discipline or combat capability, they could even raid a city—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ordinary city, caught off guard, as long as these two necessary conditions were met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, these two sentences were just the appetizer; the information that followed was even more shocking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are Buxin people, having come south down the river from Woling Pass this time. They are not ordinary mountain bandits, but rebel deserters!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three key words \"Woling Pass\" flashed through He Lingchuan's mind like lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the trouble the He family had encountered, time and again, ultimately could not be separated from Woling Pass! This group of people were actually rebel troops who had fled from the Woling Pass battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only learned the true situation of the battle at Woling Pass after returning to Heishuicheng from the Panlong Desert. The government troops had won, the rebel leader had been killed, and the remnants had fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just so happened that at this time, the Grand Marshal was rebelling in the capital, attempting to usurp power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The government troops at Woling Pass naturally had to return immediately to protect the Emperor, so they had no choice but to leave the fleeing marauders alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Woling Pass was less than two hundred miles from here; calculating the direction, perhaps this was right on the route of the retreating deserters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything matched up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Qinghe added: \"The leader Lu is not called Lu Han, but Lu Yao.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When this name was spoken, He Chunhua slapped the table and stood up: \"Are you saying, Lu Yao, the Left-Wing General under the rebel leader Hong Xiangqian?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, it is Lu Yao!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Chunhua paced back and forth in the dining room twice with his hands behind his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others rarely saw him this agitated. He Lingchuan nudged He Yue with his elbow: \"How many generals does the rebel leader have?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lingchuan had heard of Hong Xiangqian's big name; this was the rebel leader who had marched north for a thousand miles in two years, captured Woling Pass, and shaken the Dayuan Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the north and west of the Yuan Kingdom, the common people described this man as a green-faced, fanged, cruel, and vicious rebel leader, saying he drank human blood and skinned people alive, and that wherever he passed, there was a thousand-mile drought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was, of course, a necessity of the Yuan Imperial Court's propaganda war. Upon hearing this, He Lingchuan wondered if this man was a reincarnation of a drought demon. As for who was under Hong Xiangqian's command, the original He Lingchuan had only heard vague details, and this was where the lack of common knowledge showed its drawbacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Yue whispered: \"There were four when he first raised his army, fourteen at his peak, and only five left who survived the battlefield after his defeat. The Left-Wing General Lu Yao is worthy of the words 'extremely vicious and evil'; he is a true cannibal who loves to stir-fry and eat the hearts of children under five, even rating them as the world's finest crispy delicacy. It is said he even published a cookbook, 'Fifty Ways to Cook Two-Legged Sheep'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1436,"2026-06-20T02:23:30.219Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","1c0f4be349b843a65ec9e5705daa27fc076f335c4fc5abd1fd61d1ae33834440","after-the-immortals-disappeared-chapter-116","after-the-immortals-disappeared-chapter-114",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-the-immortals-disappeared-cover.jpg"]