Chapter 217: Heavenly Master Xu Slays the Flood Dragon Twice

This jade ring, in the shape of a coiled dragon with its head and tail connected, has the ability to gather the spirit machine of the Earth's dragon veins.

These three-headed wicked flood dragons were able to shed their forms and attain spirit, not being bound by the ore vein itself, manifesting spirit bodies and cultivating a dragon phase, all by relying on this object.

One could only hear them saying underground: "Big Brother, that foreign monk is truly useless; he couldn't even handle such a small matter. Once we defect to the Poyang Dragon King, we will be free and at ease, no longer needing to beg this one or bow to that one."

"That foreign monk has some skills, he just had bad luck."

"That Daoist has some skills. The Yushan centipede dragon from before was considered our kin, yet it was beheaded and killed, and the Five Elements Divine Sand locked the flow of Earth Qi."

"During this period, he has been setting up altars and performing rituals, gathering the heaven and earth spirit machine within a hundred miles. If he hadn't gathered the spirit machine, we wouldn't have been able to take the opportunity to shed our forms."

The Wufeng Shizhe's wind carried the sound of the three flood dragons' conversation from underground, causing Xu Jia to be quite astonished: "So their premature birth actually had a cause related to my register conferment."

"This has nothing to do with you. Even if you didn't confer the register, they would still be born; it is only a matter of time."

The Wufeng Shizhe's eyes lit up: "There is a treasure below, left behind by the Heavenly Emperor in the past. If I can offer it to the First Emperor, perhaps I can be absolved of my mistake!"

The First Emperor ascended from the Desire Realm to the Form Realm, established the Cultivation Great Qin, held the position of a Fifth-Rank Imperial Lord in the Heavenly Court, and was even the Purple Micro Upper Minister, serving as the chancellor to Ziwei Dadi.

The Wufeng Shizhe bumped into a bathing immortal maiden, who was a female immortal in the Afang Gong. It is said that in the Formless Realm, she belongs to the "Lishan Sect," an immortal school passed down by the legendary Great Immortal "Furry Woman," a disciple of Lishan Old Mother.

In Xu Jia's estimation, the Desire Realm is the realm of mortals, or even low-magic worlds.

The Form Realm is the "Cultivation World" in the true sense.

The Formless Realm is the "Empty Spirit Immortal Realm," where the true immortals and Buddhas reside.

As for the "Great Luo Heaven," that is where the Dao Ancestor dwells.

He himself is still in the Desire Realm, belonging to a "small world." Previously, Huang Zhenren of the underworld mentioned that his small underworld governs the reincarnation of living beings in five hundred small worlds like Blue Star Earth.

Previously, Dai Yu of the Wuyue Prefecture also said that ascension is a sequential process, not done in one step; one can ascend through the "Heavenly Gate" within the Dharma Realm.

Xu Jia's Three Days Authority Alliance Register also allies with the gods of the Three Realms: the Desire Realm, the Form Realm, and the Formless Realm.

This Wufeng Shizhe is a deity of the "Form Realm," only performing rites in the Desire Realm.

This also confirms from the side that the "Three Realms are interconnected."

Of course, the fact that Xu Jia can communicate with his past-life Golden Body temple system has already confirmed this point.

The same Heavenly Court, different worlds.

However, the next moment, he saw two figures appear above the clouds in the sky: one with red hair and a green face and a thunder-god beak, the other tall and sturdy, wearing golden armor. The one with the thunder-god beak untied a chain from his waist and threw it downward; instantly, the chain became like a dragon.

Then a bolt of lightning struck out, attaching itself to the chain and charging straight toward the Wufeng Shizhe.

The Wufeng Shizhe was greatly alarmed: "How so fast!"

It turned out these two were indeed heavenly generals of the Thunder Department, come to arrest the criminal official! The chain locked onto the Wufeng Shizhe as if it had a spirit; the electric light almost scorched him, and as the chain pulled upward, the Wufeng Shizhe shouted: "I am wronged!"

That tall Spirit General said in a muffled voice: "Whether you are wronged or not, once you reach the heavens, there will be a time for explanation!"

Xu Jia carefully observed these two heavenly generals and found they looked somewhat like the thunder gods in the Five Thunders Register from the Dragon Tiger Impeachment Secret Technique that Wang Mintong had sold him for five hundred taels of silver.

He immediately said: "Are you the Jizui Leigong and Zhengyang Dajiang above?"

The two thunder gods were surprised: "Who are you? How do you know our names?"

Xu Jia said: "I am Xu Jia, a Heavenly Master of the Three Pure Ones Ancestral Altar of the Numinous Treasure Sect, governing this territory."

Upon hearing that he was a Heavenly Master, the two thunder gods did not dare to be negligent, only saying: "He violated the heavenly laws, stirred up mortal desires, and spied on a heavenly maiden bathing. According to the law, he should be demoted to the Desire Realm to undergo three cycles of tribulation before he can return to the Form Realm."

Stirring up desires leads to being demoted to the lower realm; this is a characteristic of the Heavenly Court, and of course, also a characteristic of the underworld. When Xu Jia worked in the underworld, occasionally underworld deities would also reincarnate.

Mostly they reincarnated to become impartial "Judge" types of figures, like "Bao Qingtian."

"He did not intend to..."

"Intentional or not, stirring up desire is a mistake." The two thunder gods said: "The Nine Heavens Inspection Messenger has already confirmed it. Now that we are arresting him, we are to escort him to the South Sea to be reincarnated as turtle offspring."

"Then why go to the South Sea? How about casting him here instead?" Xu Jia knew he couldn't be like Chenxiang, splitting the old heavenly laws to establish new ones. If immortals stir up desire, the Three Realms are restless. This guy didn't tell him the truth; he said he saw it by accident, but it was confirmed he had stirred up desire, and he was immediately caught by the thunder gods! "I am wronged!"

"Wronged about what? Are you wronged because you didn't stir up desire before looking, but stirred up desire after seeing?"

Jizui Leigong said: "I will grant this Heavenly Master a favor!"

He then said: "In the Little Mao Mountain territory, there is a grass turtle currently laying eggs; let's cast him there!"

Immediately, they were about to escort him away.

Xu Jia still said: "Two, please stop!"

"Heavenly Master, what other important matter is there? We are on official business and cannot stay too long."

"There is no major matter, but I am currently dealing with a wicked flood dragon. Since the two thunder gods are here, if you can assist, I will certainly set up a sacrifice to thank you afterward."

At this moment, a voice came from underground: "This is bad, it was already enough with this little Daoist, why did he have to summon two thunder gods!"

The thunder god said: "No, no, isn't this accepting a bribe?"

Xu Jia said: "I originally intended to invite this Wufeng Shizhe to join me. Now that you have arrested him, this wicked flood dragon will summon floods, and as it travels through the water, it will go from here all the way to Poyang. How many houses and farmlands will be flooded? It is currently the time when rice flowers are blooming, yet there is continuous overcast rain. If there is another disaster, I fear the casualties will exceed three hundred thousand people. If I cannot control the flood dragon, I will write a memorial to the Heavenly Court explaining this matter."

"If you delay his arrest until I have finished my business, that would also be fine!"

The two thunder gods said: "Without official documents, we cannot perform rites. Whether this wicked flood dragon is truly a wicked flood dragon can only be determined after it causes a flood. We cannot say it is a wicked flood dragon just because it hasn't caused a flood yet!"

"That is so, that is so!" The wicked flood dragon underground also heard this: "We are all good flood dragons, traveling through underground water routes, not on the surface, not on the surface!"

The two thunder gods then said: "However! So much Earth Li Qi leaking out is indeed suspicious. Although Earth Li belongs to the Plague Department, and the fifth month is a poisonous month, a plague month, we are not sure if this is the Plague Department performing its duties..."

"Hahaha, these two thunder gods aren't listening to him!" The wicked flood dragon below cheered, its middle head biting onto the dragon ring, while the two gold and silver heads mocked and ridiculed.

Its massive body began to move directly along the underground water veins.

A tremor shook the earth and mountains, and high-pressure water jets sprayed from the mine shafts from time to time.

It didn't matter if it didn't move, as Xu Jia couldn't sense the changes in Qi, but now that they moved, Xu Jia immediately sensed the changes in Earth Qi.

At the same time, he called out to Chang Yu in his heart. The two thunder gods wanted to escort the Five Peaks Envoy away. The Drunken Thunder God was relatively upright, but that Zhengyang Thunder General was in human form, and he feared he didn't know which sect's Thunder Law practitioner held the position. He said: "A Numinous Treasure Heavenly Master is even rarer than an Upper Pure Heavenly Master or a Dragon Tiger Heavenly Master. If we offend him like this, I fear it won't be easy!"

"He is only at the Human Immortal cultivation level, not a Heavenly Master in the Form Realm; he is a practitioner in the Desire Realm. Even if his Heavenly Master Register technique is special, it might not be obtained. You and I also cultivated our way up, ascended to the Upper Realm, and obtained our positions; what are we afraid of him for?"

That Zhengyang Spirit General said: "Didn't you see he also has a position? A position in the Wuyue Prefecture!"

Jizui Leigong said: "I saw it, and then what? Wuyue Prefecture, is it that great?"

Zhengyang Dajiang said, "Is he that impressive? The six levels of the Desire Realm are all lower realms. As long as it is a lower realm, it basically falls under the jurisdiction of the Wuyue Prefecture to manage the mountains and waters. If you grant others a convenience, in the future, when they enforce the law, they will also grant us a convenience."

Jizui Leigong made an 'oh' sound: "If you want to help, then help; there is no need to persuade me to join you."

"We shall act separately. I will go send this Wufeng Shizhe to be reincarnated, and you go help this Heavenly Master Lingbao. Neither will be delayed!"

Zhengyang Dajiang nodded: "Fine!"

Having said this, the two Thunder Generals parted ways. Jizui grabbed Wufeng to go for reincarnation. Upon arriving at the territory of Little Mao Mountain, he saw an old mountain turtle digging a hole, so he directly pressed Wufeng's head down, intending to stuff him in.

As it turned out, the mountain turtle's egg was too large and could not be squeezed out, so it was suffocated to death.

Thus, Wufeng could not be reincarnated there either.

Looking left and right, there was only a small pond where a large catfish was spawning, so Jizui Leigong stuffed Wufeng into the pond.

The next moment, this Wufeng Shizhe became a fertilized catfish egg.

Jizui Leigong said: "Don't say I didn't take care of you. Originally, I was going to extract your Dharma Power and sever your foundation, but I only extracted your Dharma Power and did not sever your foundation. You still have a chance to cultivate again!"

Having said this, he left.

On the other side, that three-headed evil Flood Dragon escaped through the underground water veins. For a time, it did not come up to the surface, but the earth still shook and the mountains swayed. Dexing County had become a human purgatory; the City God, having received resentful incense and the evil Qi of earth-rot, had already begun to transform in the direction of a terrifying deity.

One could see a tall, faceless man whose entire body was woven from black hair sitting on a throne of skulls, with a blood-red river circling beneath his feet. City God, City God—the term itself includes the city structure and the moat outside.

A mysterious black book appeared in his hand, and a bloody bone pen made marks upon it.

"Retribution for good and evil, seizing your life span!"

He was seen first making an 'X' on the "Sin Register".

Instantly, the wicked people in the city who had been reported by the dead in the underworld died suddenly one by one, and their sinful souls were hooked to this place, only to be swallowed by the spreading darkness beneath the City God's feet.

Subsequently, countless Ghost People emerged from the underground, chanting: "Great is the image of his life, to send him to his death!"

Eventually, it evolved into: "Send him to death! Send him to death!"

Huang Pipo exclaimed that it was bad luck: "Didn't Master Xu tell us to come and capture those evil gods that had already been restrained? How did this City God become the greatest evil god!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry and save the people!" Hu Jinhua released her soldiers and employed her Illusion Technique, casting it upon the houses of the commoners to confuse the underworld soldiers searching everywhere for the living.

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"Heavenly Master! I have come to assist you!" Zhengyang Dajiang caught up with Xu Jia's pace.

Xu Jia took out one of the Dragon-Suppressing Nails he had forged previously and threw it into the sky: "Borrowing your Thunder Hammer for a use!"

Zhengyang Dajiang wielded his thunder implement and struck with force. He also had a keen eye and immediately sealed the path of that earth dragon.

Seeing that he had such tacit understanding, Xu Jia threw out another Dragon-Suppressing Nail.

Seeing the Dragon-Suppressing Nail pierce the ground with the power of thunder and pin down the Earthly Evil, evolving into an Earthly Pillar within the Dharma Realm that blocked the path ahead, the three-headed evil Flood Dragon turned around and fled.

But the second Dragon-Suppressing Nail had already pinned it down.

Xu Jia had refined a total of nine Dragon-Suppressing Nails. Originally, there were three flood dragons, three nails for each, pinning the head, the 'seven-inch' vital spot, and the tail. In truth, it was not fatal, only injuring their spirit and form. Hundreds of years later, when the nails rusted, they would still have a path to survival. But this was actually a three-headed dragon, and it had shed its form, so the nine Dragon-Suppressing Nails transformed into the "Nine Palaces Array".

One must first trap it and force it out of the ground to fight it; otherwise, if it kept hiding underground, it would be very difficult to deal with.

Soon, the nine Dragon-Suppressing Nails occupied the eight directions, and Xu Jia personally drove the last one into the center. For a moment, a howl like a cow and a tiger was heard: "Stinking Daoist, we three brothers have already retreated three stages for your sake, yet you still press us step by step!"

The next moment, the earth split open, and earth fire and earth water gushed out. Amidst the poisonous Qi and misty Qi, this three-headed dragon was revealed. Beside its huge bronze head were two smaller heads, one gold and one silver. The bronze head already possessed a Dragon Phase, while the gold and silver heads looked more like pythons.

It was just that it could not soar into the sky, and even its dragon tail could not leave the earth. It roared, spitting flames and poisonous smoke from its mouth toward Xu Jia.

In the sky, Zhengyang Dajiang was shocked upon seeing this: "What kind of dragon species is this? I have never seen it before!"

Ordinary dragon species are all of flesh and blood; when has one ever seen a body of five metals?

He struck down a bolt of lightning, but although it landed on the dragon's body, it was immediately conducted into the earth, causing it only to falter.

At this time, Chang Yu had already arrived. Without a word, he lunged and bit, his huge body pinning down the evil dragon. The earth-nature of Gouchen combined with the essence of the Earthly Pivot Eating Qi Method allowed his momentum, like that of a mountain, to be unleashed—not to mention he still held the Register Conferment.

The evil dragon bit back, roaring: "You are also of our kind, why help an outsider!"

The bronze teeth bit through the skin and flesh, revealing the jade-colored muscles and bones inside; this was the manifestation of long-term jade consumption.

Xu Jia said: "Earth Department Gouchen Marshal! Seize that Jade Ring!"

Xu Jia's eye for detail was extraordinary; he recognized that the dragon-shaped Jade Ring was a treasure.

Chang Yu fought in close quarters and also sensed that this object was extraordinary, vaguely having some connection with himself. After all, he was the Mountain God of Yushan, and Yushan got its name from the legend of the "Heavenly Emperor Relic Jade".

One was gold, one was jade; when gold and jade collided, there was the sound of gold and jade. The evil dragon's body was dented in some places, while the scales on Chang Yu's body were shattered in many.

Zhengyang Leigong said: "That evil dragon does not fear thunder and lightning. Heavenly Master, it is not that I did not assist you!"

At this time, Jizui Leigong returned and said: "That Wufeng has already been sent for reincarnation, right there in Little Mao Mountain."

At the same time, he looked down at a soaring snake and a three-headed evil Flood Dragon entangled together, creating a sense of the earth collapsing and mountains crumbling.

Xu Jia said: "That Dexing City God has turned evil. You two go look there! I will personally slay this dragon!"

Jizui Leigong said: "He is an underworld deity, it does not matter. Just watch me!"

He was seen looking up to the sky and letting out a long cry: "Cock-a-doodle-doo~~" With this crow, the dark clouds in the sky instantly dispersed, the sun came out, and those evil ghosts and malevolent spirits hid away one after another.

Even that evil City God obediently returned to the City God Temple.

(End of chapter)