Chapter 344: You sealed not only our retreat, but also theirs

How is that possible?

Hui Moqiong has been guarding here for so many days, Liu Junyan personally led people to set up the Formation Array; that thing couldn't possibly have come from above.

Thus only one possibility remains—there's a problem at the bottom of the tower.

Combining that the water surging up from the tower's base is seawater…… I suddenly looked at Liu Junyan, then lowered my gaze to the Soul-guiding Lamp in my hand, and it dawned on me.

Just now, when Liu Junyan closed her eyes, she must have been mentally sketching a map of the ley lines centered on the underground tower.

The nearest sea to this area…… is only the Ling Sea!

The bottom of the underground tower actually connects to the Ling Sea!

This is utterly unbelievable.

The reason we are confident we can take this tower is because we made a parallel comparison with Yun Chan Temple in Lingnan.

The piece of flesh suppressed in Yun Chan Temple has been there for many, many years, and it's still firmly suppressed.

Thus we think the freshly formed flesh in this underground tower is easier to control than that piece in Yun Chan Temple.

Even to the point of being eliminated.

But after all our calculations, we still missed something…… there is no connection from beneath that tower in Yun Chan Temple to any other place.

No wonder.

No wonder, after the inner elixir was stripped away, there was no sign of the struggle we expected; it turns out it was waiting here.

This matter involves the Ling Sea, so it's inevitably tied to the Zhu Pan River and Wufu Town.

After all the twists and turns, the problem still revolves around the Ling Sea and Wufu Town.

"Seawater has already overflowed, and it's rising unusually fast." Hui Moqiong asked, "Seventh Lord, what should we do next?"

Now we only have two options to choose from.

One, start from the underground tower and attack the Ling Sea; two, turn back to Wufu Town, first hold Wufu Town and then talk.

After all, the recent series of changes in Wufu Town are very likely preparations for tonight.

Liu Junyan lifted her eyes to look at the sky.

Dark clouds rolled.

It was the same portent of an impending mountain storm.

Liu Junyan turned her head to look at me and asked, "Xiao Jiu, dare you?"

I froze for a moment.

Then I glanced at the inner elixir in the Soul-guiding Lamp, firmly nodded: "Dare! As long as I still have a breath, I will surely protect it!"

Liu Junyan gave a bitter laugh: "In the end, I still have to bring you to face all this."

I shrugged and said nonchalantly: "Just training; if we don't face it now, later if we want to grow, we'll have to take a beating."

Hui Moqiong kept scratching his head: "What riddles are you two playing? I can't understand a word."

"Mo Qiong, did you remember the seal formation I taught you earlier?" Liu Junyan suddenly asked sternly.

Hui Moqiong immediately said: "I remember it clearly!"

"The seal of the underground tower is yours now." Liu Junyan said, "After Xiao Jiu and I enter the tower, you watch the water level inside the tower; when you feel the tower is empty, seal this tower completely—can you do it?!"

It's both a question and an order.

Hui Moqiong instinctively wanted to accept the order, but as the words reached his lips, he froze again.

Then he frantically waved his hands: "No, this isn't right."

"First, although the blood filth inside the tower is no longer corrosive, the yin killing qi within is so heavy it's unimaginable; for you two to enter the tower now is very dangerous.

Second, since the tower connects to the Ling Sea, from the Ling Sea to here is several dozen li; the underground water channel won't be too wide, so even if your swimming is excellent, you'll inevitably run into trouble in such a confined space.

Finally, after you go down, you actually have me seal the tower…… are you crazy, or am I?!"

Hui Moqiong became visibly agitated, glaring at Liu Junyan and shouting: "The seal formation is what you taught me; you said we'd need this land in the future, so if we're sealing it, it must be like an iron bucket—unbreakable for a hundred or a thousand years. Once I seal this tower, you'll have no chance to turn back!"

After we go into the water, our goal is to head straight for the Ling Sea.

But the Ling Sea side will definitely have defenses tonight.

Our enemies are likely guarding the exit, a single man holding the pass.

By then we'll be walking into a trap; even if we wanted to turn back, we couldn't.

If we can't get in there and can't turn back here, in Hui Moqiong's view we're cutting off our own retreat.

He can't do it!

Liu Junyan, however, lightly said: "If you can't do it, then take your people back to Wufu Town to fetch Huang Fan."

A fatal blow.

Hui Moqiong instantly fell silent, his face as grim as if smeared with soot from a pot bottom.

Liu Junyan raised her hand, patted Hui Moqiong's shoulder just like she would pat Huang Fan, and said: "Mo Qiong, you need to understand that what you seal tonight is not only our retreat, but also theirs."

Hui Moqiong gave a heavy hum.

Then he started the vehicle.

These days, they've already cleared a road here; the vehicle can go straight toward the underground tower.

When the vehicle stops, and I and Liu Junyan walk toward the underground tower, Hui Moqiong shouts from behind us: "Tomorrow morning…… tomorrow morning I'll be waiting for you at Dang Pu to have breakfast together……"

Liu Junyan replied: "If we miss breakfast, we'll surely make it for lunch."

Hui Moqiong laughed.

His laugh was uglier than crying.

This underground tower has quite a few levels, but no door; we crouched low and slipped in through the cracks in the tower body.

In the video given by Fang Chuan Zong, they filmed the situation inside the three above-ground levels of the tower body.

Although we've watched and studied it repeatedly, the moment we stepped into the tower's interior, we were still shocked by the scene inside.

Inside the three-story tower above ground, the interior was densely covered with reliefs; each Buddha statue had its own features, none repeated.

We weren't in the mood to admire; stepping onto the edge of the tower and looking down, we could see the entrance to the underground level, where the seawater had been stained red with blood.

The light from the Soul-guiding Lamp spread across the water surface, as if something inside suddenly flickered away.

A surge of Yin Cold Qi shot up from below, making the hairs on my whole body stand on end.

Liu Junyan lightly patted the back of my hand and said, "Xiao Jiu, wait here for me; I'll go down first to take a look."

This wasn't the time to show off; I nodded obediently and warned, "Āyàn, be careful."

As his words fell, Liu Junyan leapt forward, his movement as smooth as a dolphin's, slipping into the water without raising a splash.

But the next moment, his body was violently shoved back by an invisible force.

I instinctively reached out and grabbed him, easily pulling him back to my side.

Liu Junyan wiped water from his face, then, disbelieving, dove back into the water.

The same thing happened.

Liu Junyan returned to my side again.

What's going on?

The third time, when Liu Junyan jumped into the water, he suddenly transformed into his true form—a white flood dragon's body submerged, and I heard a earth‑shaking roar.

The entire tower began to tremble.

The white, scale‑covered flood‑dragon tail swiftly slipped in and vanished without a trace.

I stared at the still‑rippling water surface, waiting patiently.

One second, two seconds…… ten seconds……

The white flood‑dragon tail, dripping with large drops of water, surged up from underwater, precisely coiled around my waist, and dragged me into the water……