Chapter 386: Dajiang Dragon Raises Flood Waves, Three Hundred Miles Urgently Turns Back

In the Earth Temple south of Jiankang City, under the majestic and solemn divine altar, a man in a black robe was looking up at the Earth God statue. Looking at the dignified deity, he gave a mocking smile, and the cold, sneering laughter echoed in the empty small temple, with faint echoes.

Under the reflection of the eternal lamp, the face of the Earth God statue looked both angry and resentful.

At this moment, someone outside the door said coldly: "The clan uncle is an officially canonized righteous god, why must you be so rude?"

The black-robed man turned his head without surprise, his tone implying mockery: "I just didn't expect that someone like me could appear in a god's shrine..."

"You called me over so late just to laugh these two times? I remember the rules of the demonic path are strict. Even if you are the most outstanding true transmission of your generation in your sect, if you ruin the great affairs of those old demons, you will still be refined into a god and demon, driven by those old demons." The visitor said coldly: "Cooperating with us is a matter decided by several Heavenly Demon leaders. If you behave so frivolously, I will have to carefully consider our cooperation!"

He walked into the temple and nodded slightly to the statue. At this moment, the temple door behind him suddenly closed, and a layer of divine power isolated the inside and outside of the god temple.

Walking to the divine altar, under the flickering light of the oil lamp, the visitor's face was vaguely revealed; it was Master Sima Wu Yue, the Prince of Donghai.

The black-robed man no longer engaged in verbal sparring. Master Sima Wu Yue's threat was still useful, so he said directly: "Something went wrong with that matter outside Jiankang City..."

"What?" Master Sima Wu Yue was shocked and furious: "Are you trash? You can't even handle a few mortals?"

The black-robed man shook his head slightly, retorting: "I'm afraid it wasn't a problem on our side! Wuyou Wuyou Naihe could a small group of mortals attract Wang Longxiang?"

"I acted very covertly. As a true transmission of the Yu Yu Jiuyou Dao, I even abandoned my face to disguise myself as a wandering Daoist to lure that person into taking action. At this time, not even a few people in the Yu Yu Jiuyou Dao know about it. Wang Longxiang could find that place; it seems the news didn't leak from our side!"

Master Sima Wu Yue guessed that Wang and Ma share the world, and the Wang family has deep influence among the aristocratic families, so it's not strange to get some secret news. But this matter involves a wide range, and if it leaks, even with his status, he wouldn't be able to bear it!

He paced back and forth, anxious: "Can you abandon that target?"

"You are pushing too hard. A girl of the six Yins is not so easy to find... If we abandon that half-finished Heavenly Ghost, the time for action will have to be delayed by another three years! I can't explain it on my side, and on your side..."

"This matter cannot be delayed!" Master Sima Wu Yue said decisively.

He became even more irritable and roared: "That Wang Longxiang was beaten like a stray dog three years ago. His Wang family offended my sixteenth younger sister and was challenged by the sword, yet they still haven't learned their lesson."

"Li Er is indeed a talent of the heavens. It is said that when he disappeared, he was only twenty, and his cultivation was no more than Foundation Establishment. Two years later, when he reappeared, he was able to challenge Longxiang with his sword, and even escape calmly from the hands of a Nascent Soul True Person. Legend has it that this person is related to the Supreme Louguan Sect that was wiped out a few years ago, inheriting the Supreme Louguan Sect's orthodoxy. Three years ago, the Tao Tianshi confirmed his identity at the Three Mountains Routine Dharma Assembly and vouched for him in the Supreme Dao." The black-robed man said calmly: "Can we... from the Sixteenth Princess..."

Master Sima Wu Yue raised his head and stared at him, his eyes gloomy, his voice low: "If you are not afraid of the Tao Tianshi, feel free to provoke her!"

"Wuyou Wuyou Naihe much did Wang Longxiang discover?" Master Sima Wu Yue suppressed the agitation in his heart and asked calmly.

The black-robed man shook his head slightly: "I did it very carefully and withdrew early. I used the most secret Formless Yin Demon in the Yu Yu Jiuyou secret transmission to monitor that place. As long as a Nascent Soul True Person didn't personally investigate, absolutely no one could discover it!"

"When taking action, for the sake of safety, I dismantled the magic art of refining the girl of the six Yins, disguised it as a longevity evil art, and used a wealthy family in the local area to take action, killing the girl. Only the place where he buried the corpse was prepared by us in advance with a blood cellar, used to seal and refine the soul of the girl of the six Yins."

"Then why not clean it up?" Master Sima Wu Yue's face turned ruthless, cold: "He is the ghost woman's blood relative. Originally, I wanted to use him to blood-sacrifice the Ghost Mother, causing a curse of mutual slaughter between blood relatives, adding another layer of power to the Heavenly Ghost. Who would have thought that just after taking action, Wang Longxiang had already found that place, and a wandering cultivator who didn't know life from death got involved, using magic to capture that person's soul and investigating the location of our blood cellar for refining the Heavenly Ghost! However, his magic art is not refined, and he has to wait until dawn to perform the ritual."

Master Sima Wu Yue had calmed down by now, sneering lightly: "Wang Longxiang? It's not difficult to deal with him!"

He paced back and forth, took out a jade pendant from his waist, and handed it to the black-robed man: "The River God of the Ruxu River has a son, a dragon species. Over a hundred years ago, he rode a flood, wanting to raise huge waves and enter the sea to become a dragon via the Dajiang. On the way, he was blocked by Xu Xu Daofu. The huge waves raised by this dragon drowned nearly ten thousand people. The Daoist academy originally wanted to behead this evil dragon, but my Master Sima family considered that the Ruxu River God's cultivation was not shallow and might be of use, so we intervened and changed it to suppression in the Juchao Lake."

"You take this jade pendant, go see the River God, and say that the favor of help a hundred years ago is being repaid today. Ask him to release the dragon restriction, raise the Juchao Lake water, and ride the waves down. At that time, all the aftermath will be handled by my Master Sima family, and he will certainly not be blamed by the Daoist academy."

"A dragon crossing the Dajiang will inevitably raise floods again, but there are millions of people on the left bank of the Dajiang. I will ask the Imperial Observatory to pray for help, and he will have to go!"

The black-robed man took the jade pendant and sighed: "They all say we of the demonic path are ruthless and kill without blinking, but they don't know that I have killed very few people. This time, I took the sect's mission to refine the Nine-Child Mother Heavenly Demon and killed over ten thousand people. And your poisonous scheme this time will cause more deaths than I have killed in my life. To talk about being ruthless, you are still the more powerful ones... Prince of Donghai, you have good aptitude, do you have the heart to enter my demonic sect?"

Master Sima Wu Yue's face was cold, and he flicked his sleeves: "Get out!"

The black-robed man was not angry, sneered, rolled his black robe, and turned into yin wind to escape.

... In the Long Gong of the Ruxu River water eye, a majestic man with a tall and straight figure and luxurious robes took the jade pendant from the black-robed man's hand. Strands of dragon qi on it turned into golden threads and merged into the River God's hand. The River God frowned: "The Master Sima family is really getting worse, actually colluding with demonic cubs, hmph! After this, we are even..."

The black-robed man did not speak, just nodded slightly, and turned to leave.

After the black-robed man left, the River God drove the waves and arrived in an instant at a deep abyss water eye in Juchao Lake.

In the abyss, a huge dragon was bound by nine iron chains, covered in wounds. Seeing the River God, the dragon snorted angrily and retreated into the depths. The River God called out to it: "Child! It's not that your father can't bear to see you suffer, but the disaster you caused at that time was truly too great, and several Heavenly Masters wanted your life!"

"I suffer here day and night, my muscles and bones are all locked. These chains also lead to nine dragon-locking wells. Every time those mortals lift the chains to release water for the bitter wells, it's like pulling my tendons! I have to live like this for another four hundred years!"

The dragon opened its bloody mouth and roared: "If you had a way to save me, you would have done it long ago. If you have no way to save me, why come to see me? When I am free, I will make the two banks of the Dajiang float with corpses for a thousand miles..."

The River God frowned: "Child! The human race is powerful, with the Heavenly Court managing them above and the Daoist academy monitoring them below. If you do this evil thing, I'm afraid even your father can't save you!"

The dragon roared: "When I enter the sea as a dragon, what can the Daoist academy do to me? The Hong Hong Sihai are the territory of the Dragon Clan. If they have the ability, let them go find trouble with the Long Gong!"

The River God sighed: "I came this time to help you escape, but remember, do not be bound by your nature... You must know that although Xu Xun has ascended, there are still three Heavenly Masters, Zhang, Tao, and Sun, in the human world."

"The Hong Hong Sihai... If the Hong Hong Sihai Long Gong didn't fear the Three Pure Ones, why would they have killed so many dragon descendants for Xu Xun... Alas! I have a Dragon-Suppressing Talisman here to help you suppress your nature. Remember, you must not discard this talisman!"

Hearing that he was about to be free, the dragon tossed and turned excitedly, pulling the iron chains. Wuyou Wuyou Naihe could he not agree? The River God frowned, feeling that this statement was ominous, but seeing its determined attitude, he felt slightly relieved. He silently operated his magic power, sending out two mysterious lights from his eyes, which intersected and twisted, cutting the nine iron chains.

The evil dragon was free from its bonds, both ecstatic and furious. It tossed and turned from the abyss, raising huge waves.

A spiritual light flew out of the River God's sleeve, turning into a jade talisman that landed between the dragon's horns. Only then did it calm down, hurriedly transformed into a half-human, half-dragon monster, and thanked its father. The River God flicked his sleeves: "Go! Remember, do not remove the jade talisman... I have to deal with the Daoist academy's questioning, so I won't accompany you!"

The evil dragon was suddenly free and couldn't care about so much. It raised thirty-zhang huge waves in Juchao Lake and rushed downstream.

As the jade talisman on its head emitted an invisible fluctuation, the thirty-zhang huge waves were slowly pressed down, finally leaving only one zhang high, rushing towards the Dajiang along the Ruxu River.

The black-robed man hiding in the dark sneered: "With this little movement, how can you stop Wang Longxiang?"

After saying this, he possessed a Formless Yin Demon, turned into an invisible yin wind, and swept across the river surface. When the journey was halfway through, the yin wind blew past the evil dragon looming in the huge waves. The black-robed man appeared from the wind, reached out gently, and took the jade talisman from the dragon's horns without a sound.

Away from the jade talisman, the evil dragon could no longer suppress its nature. By the second half of the journey, the flood peak gradually rose. The moment it rushed into the Dajiang, the huge waves had returned to thirty zhang high.

The huge waves, like small mountains, raised the river surface, throwing the passing ships high into the air. With just one wave, they were smashed to pieces.

The evil dragon hidden in the huge waves took the opportunity to open its mouth and swallow the people who fell into the water.

The huge spiritual energy carried by the evil dragon stirred up three thousand miles of wind and clouds. It was the scorching summer, and in an instant, dark clouds gathered, summoning the sky full of rain clouds on both banks of the Dajiang. Mountain torrents roared, breaking through all obstacles, rushing out like a group of galloping horses that had lost their reins.

Sweeping everything on both banks, trees, houses, downstream along the river...

The distant faint thunder reached Brother Qian Chen's ears. He looked up slightly at the sky. It was the rainy season, and a few muffled thunders were normal.

"Dawn is coming!" Brother Qian Chen looked at the sky and thought to himself: "Sent a Formless Yin Demon to watch us for so long, are those demons planning to give up on the Heavenly Ghost here? Otherwise, why haven't they taken action yet?"

With Brother Qian Chen's attainments in the demonic path, he didn't need to wait until dawn to find the location of the Heavenly Ghost blood cellar.

But this time, the demonic path's actions were too clean. He was afraid that if he pushed too hard, the demons would abandon this place, so he gave them a night to prepare. If it were true as Brother Qian Chen thought, that the demonic path and the Master Sima family were colluding, they would naturally have ways to lure away Wang Longxiang, the one they feared most. At that time, Brother Qian Chen, who had no background and looked ordinary in cultivation, would naturally not be an obstacle in their eyes.

As long as these people dared to show their faces, Brother Qian Chen had ten thousand ways to deal with them.

But Brother Qian Chen would never have imagined that Master Sima Wu Yue, in order to cover up this matter, could go to such lengths.

The sky turned white, and the evil soul in the silver bells gradually stabilized. The bells floated up, beginning to refine the soul of Xin Xin Wuxu inside.

Although there were a few muffled thunders, the dark clouds had not yet swept over this place.

When the first ray of sunlight fell at dawn, Brother Qian Chen breathed slightly towards the east. A strand of purple qi containing the essence of the sun fell, transforming into a lotus flower in front of Brother Qian Chen. Wang Longxiang saw this scene and frowned slightly. This strand of purple qi was extremely pure, and although weak, the magic power it contained was extremely profound, making him have three parts of doubt about Brother Qian Chen's origin.

Brother Qian Chen swallowed the purple lotus into his abdomen, rolled it with his Primordial Taiji Jin Dan, and in an instant, refined it into innate purple qi. The purple qi transformed into a strand of mysterious magic power, like a talisman, a spell, or a spiritual root, but it was a high-level magic power with true spirit, intertwined with the innate clear qi, and the divine talisman turned outside the lotus flower.

Brother Qian Chen had never expected that this innate purple qi would be so compatible with the innate clear qi and Taiqing divine talisman he cultivated.

He collected the purple qi into his mysterious aperture and the clear qi into his dantian, only then isolating the entanglement between the two.

Only then did he open his eyes and think to himself: "The Daoist book of Geng Geng Yuanzi records this, but there is no record of innate purple qi transforming into a lotus flower? Could it be that I have cultivated the innate clear qi to the realm of the Taiqing divine talisman, causing this mutation in the magic power?"

"Innate Yin Yin Ziqi" is a magic power that can be cultivated by the Supreme Louguan Sect after forming the Core. It has the uses of avoiding demons, protecting the body, pure yang, internal refining, and killing.

Brother Qian Chen was only able to cultivate it after forming the Jin Dan. Unfortunately, there is no sun in the Samsara Realm, so he could not breathe the purple qi at sunrise. He only knew it now, so it was his first time refining it.

Therefore, he did not yet know that innate purple qi, innate clear qi, and innate jade qi all form their own supernatural powers, which can transform into lotuses, divine talismans, and auspicious clouds, each with its own wonders.

"The Daoist book of Geng Geng Yuanzi records that a Supreme Louguan Sect True Person who has cultivated this magic power can offset it when someone breaks their protective magic treasure with magic arts or curses them secretly, as long as the innate purple qi falls. I don't know how powerful a spell my lotus flower can block?"

Brother Qian Chen put away the purple qi, stood up, reached out and summoned the silver bells from the ghost woman's hand. The ghost woman followed nervously. Brother Qian Chen rolled up the red gauze beside her to cover her, saying: "It is daytime now, this red building can protect you, and with the locust wood puppet as a possession, it should allow you to fear no sunlight."

"Thank you, Immortal Master, for your great kindness! As long as I find my daughter's remains and let her rest in peace, this concubine is willing to let her soul fly away and scatter, and will no longer disturb others!"

The ghost woman knelt on the ground.

Brother Qian Chen nodded slightly, and the bells in his hand floated up, constantly blown by the wind, making crisp sounds.

It flew around Brother Qian Chen, as if sensing something, trembling slightly, making an even more excited bell sound. Brother Qian Chen was no longer prepared to wait. If those demons still didn't take action, then let them not take action; Brother Qian Chen would find another way, there was no need to let this poor mother wait too long.

Wang Longxiang also stood up to follow. The bell sounds in the sky were urgent, and the sound of horse hooves outside the door stopped abruptly...

"Wang Longxiang..."

A Daoist priest came in a hurry holding a talisman decree outside the door, rushed into the courtyard and said: "The Daoist academy has a decree. A dragon crossed the Dajiang, raising floods, endangering millions of people on both banks. You are ordered to return immediately, block the dragon along the river! Do not let the flood drown Jiankang! Receive the decree!"

The talisman decree turned into a spiritual light and shot towards Wang Longxiang.

Wang Longxiang suddenly raised his head, turned his sleeves, and stopped the spiritual light. He roared: "There are so many True Persons in Jiankang, can't they deal with one evil dragon? Why must I go back?"

The Daoist priest just shouted sternly: "Wang Longxiang, receive the decree!"

Wang Longxiang just didn't move. The Daoist priest stepped forward again and said in a low voice: "This flood peak came down from Juchao Lake, and tens of thousands of people have already drowned. Now, both banks of the Dajiang from Wuhu are a vast expanse of water, and I don't know how many families have fed the fish and shrimp. The area around Jiankang is the most prosperous within three thousand miles. If the flood peak hits Jiankang, do you know how many people will die? Now, only you can block this evil dragon. True Person Wang, I beg you!"

A nameless anger rose in Wang Longxiang's heart. He drew his long sword and pointed it at the visitor.

The man just said calmly: "If the True Person delays here for a moment, a family will die on the other side. Is this a small matter, or a big disaster?"

"This big disaster might not have started from a small matter!" Wang Longxiang gritted his teeth.

The Daoist priest was speechless, just offered the talisman decree again. Wang Longxiang's face changed several times, and finally he said sadly: "Wang Longxiang, receives the decree!"

The talisman decree turned into a spiritual light and was collected into his sleeve. He turned to Brother Qian Chen and said: "It will be dangerous for you to stay here. Follow me to block the evil dragon first, and we will investigate this matter when we return!"

Brother Qian Chen shook his head calmly: "If I go, I'm afraid I'll never find the girl's bones again!"

Wang Longxiang was silent for a moment, then said: "You don't know who you are dealing with!"

"Daring to refine such heaven-defying demonic objects as the Nine-Child Mother Heavenly Ghost near Jiankang, naturally they are not small characters."

Brother Qian Chen sneered at himself: "But I might not be unable to deal with it... You go ahead! When you return, drink with me on the demon bones!"

Wang Longxiang lowered his head and was silent for a moment, then held the sword blade in reverse, handing the handle to others.

Brother Qian Chen reached out and took the long sword he handed over. The two looked at each other without words, and then he set up a sword light, flew up, and went towards Jiankang without looking back.

At this moment, the silver bells were suspended above the Xin family ancestral hall, vibrating constantly, making urgent bell sounds. This bell sound seemed to have touched something. In the Xin family, from the moment the red building appeared, the people had already left.

At this time, the Xin family ancestral hall emitted strands of demonic qi, as if lifting a lid. The big tree at the door of the ancestral hall had withered overnight, covered with ravens, watching the deep ancestral hall and making harsh calls. Brother Qian Chen tied the sword Wang Longxiang sent to his back, still grabbing his iron sword, and said to the ghost mother beside him who was ignorant and worried: "Let's go!" ===== CHAPTER 387 =====

Wang Longxiang lowered his head in silence for a moment, then held his sword by the blade, offering the hilt to another.

Brother Qian Chen reached out and took the long sword he handed over. The two looked at each other in silence, and then he raised a streak of sword light, leaped into the air, and headed toward Jiankang, never to return.

At this moment, the silver bell was already suspended above the Xin family ancestral hall, vibrating incessantly and emitting urgent chimes. This ringing seemed to trigger something; from the moment the red building appeared, the people in the Xin household had already fled.

At this time, the Xin family ancestral hall was emitting wisps of demonic qi, as if a lid had been lifted. The large tree at the entrance of the ancestral hall withered overnight and was covered in crows. They stared into the deep, dark ancestral hall, emitting harsh cries. Brother Qian Chen tied the long sword Wang Longxiang had sent to his back, still gripping his iron sword, and said to the confused and deeply worried Ghost Mother beside him, "Let us go ourselves!"