Chapter 768: with translation of chapter title

When Xiao Jiu received the news, her whole body went numb.

How could such a thing happen?

It's not that I'm worried about Liu Junyan's safety; he has already transformed into a dragon, and as long as he doesn't arbitrarily stir up wind and rain, causing trouble for the superiors, he has nothing to fear in the water.

What Xiao Jiu worries about is that Liu Junyan just went to Suedi, and then this happened there—obviously someone wants to distract his attention.

To confuse the senses.

This rainstorm came too conveniently and too suddenly.

Xiao Jiu checked the recent weather forecast for Suedi, and there was no warning of a rainstorm, so the problem here is serious.

This rainstorm caused several river dikes to breach simultaneously, and it's unknown how many innocent civilians' lives and property safety will be affected.

The other side truly treats human lives as nothing!

Aren't they afraid of incurring Heavenly Punishment?

Upon reflection, since the other side has the ability to cause this rainstorm and disaster, they must have a way to retreat unscathed.

Old Turtle!

Yes, Old Turtle's fate is firmly gripped in the other side's hands; making Old Turtle take the blame again is hardly a difficult task, is it?

For Liu Junyan to precisely lock onto a target in this chaotic situation is no easy feat.

And there are two targets: one is the ancient well that seals Old Turtle, the other is the mastermind controlling Old Turtle!

Xiao Jiu immediately wanted to bring people to Suedi to assist Liu Junyan, as his side urgently needs manpower.

But she quickly calmed down.

Xiao Jiu, what are you panicking about?

Liu Junyan has already transformed into a dragon; the entire Jiǔyàn qū is under his command—can he not handle this small matter?

Previously, as a married couple, Liu Junyan often needed to bring me along to grow, so we advanced and retreated together.

Now that we each stand on our own, Liu Junyan chooses to be at the front, so I must guard the rear; when Liu Junyan truly can't hold up, that's when I need to support him.

Not to rush over recklessly.

What if they come with a tactic like catching a turtle in a jar or luring the tiger away from the mountain?

Thinking this, Xiao Jiu summoned Huang Fan and carefully asked whether Liu Junyan had brought any manpower over, and whether he had made rear arrangements.

Huang Fan also contacted the brothers from Jiǔyàn qū right away and said confidently, "Seventh Lord has arranged everything; rest assured, news will come from Suedi every two hours."

Indeed.

Xiao Jiu's hanging heart finally settled; she focused on waiting for good news from Liu Junyan while preparing defenses, lest the other side, cornered, come over and strike Yin Dang Hang unexpectedly.

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Liu Junyan rushed to Suedi on short notice, without having time to tell Xiao Jiu.

That day, after Huang Fan lost Old Turtle, the second team of personnel locked onto the Suedi area; in fact, Jiǔyàn qū also dispatched third and fourth teams, who covertly infiltrated Suedi.

These personnel are those cultivated by Jiǔyàn qū in the shadows, not appearing publicly, so they are not easily locked onto.

While Fang Lao was investigating, Jiǔyàn qū was also conducting a tight search.

When Fang Lao moved, he successfully drew the other side's attention, and the people from Jiǔyàn qū took advantage to sneak in.

Thus, the information Fang Lao uncovered is not necessarily entirely accurate.

After all, Suedi is their territory; over more than three hundred years, any information they didn't want discovered has long been concealed by various means.

How could Fang Lao fail to understand this?

Although he had already given Xiao Jiu an answer, his people are still striving to find clues.

Half an hour before the rainstorm broke out in Suedi, Liu Junyan received the news, but it was still too late.

This great formation for summoning thunder and rain was not improvised; it had been set up long ago, linked to the entire Suedi earth veins, pulling one thread moves the whole body.

This is a desperate all-or-nothing gamble.

Even if Liu Junyan had been in Suedi at that time, it would be hard to break the formation within half an hour while ensuring no harm to any innocent.

He could only fall back to the next best option: rushing quickly to Suedi while remotely directing those hidden in Suedi to observe celestial signs and swiftly find a breach point.

If it weren't for them, the dikes breached in Suedi this time would not be just a few simple ones.

That would be a total collapse.

Of course, the other side also lacks the courage to truly risk provoking heavenly wrath and causing massive casualties.

The other side is also probing, in order to uncover the opponents hidden in Suedi's shadows.

Everyone is clever; masters exchange moves, you come I go, true skill shows in the details.

When Liu Junyan arrived in Suedi, half of the personnel Jiǔyàn qū had ambushed there had already been exposed, but Jiǔyàn qū is not to be trifled with; through the trend of the rainstorm and the law of formation catalysis, they precisely locked onto the ancient well where Old Turtle resides.

Moreover, Fang Lao's people and Jiǔyàn qū's people successfully met up; after integrating the information they held, they reconstructed in less than two hours a formation that borrows fortune and life, centered on the ancient well where Old Turtle is, radiating outward across Suedi.

This formation has a total of three nodal points, and on these three nodes sit the ancestral halls of the three major clans that control Suedi's economic lifelines.

Fang Lao traced the genealogies of these three major clans back over three hundred years and indeed found that they are intertwined by countless threads.

These three major clans have borrowed Old Turtle's life and fate.

Each reincarnation in Old Turtle's mouth is not truly a rebirth; its so‑called transmigration is merely the tragic life story woven for it by those three clans.

After all, it cannot ascend to heaven nor descend to earth.

Once it is brought to trial, all efforts come to nothing.

Now, in the three ancestral halls, two of the nodal points have already been offered the turtle essence; only this final turtle essence is needed to succeed.

In other words, Old Turtle actually has no so‑called next life left.

All that remains is for Old Turtle to condense this third turtle essence, after which its utility will be completely exhausted.

This black pot of summoning thunder and rain is Old Turtle's final destination.

It's just that no one expected Old Turtle to find Yin Dang Hang—this is an accident.

Because of this accident, the three great families could only activate the Formation Array early, endure the pain and sever their limbs, completely destroy the old turtle, and put an end to everything ahead of time.

Could Liu Junyan and Old Fang possibly let such a thing happen?

Absolutely impossible!

Old Fang's special status allows them to, within an extremely short time, request personnel from above to restrain and intimidate the three great families.

But even if Old Fang acted quickly enough, the steward of the family among the three great families that had not yet obtained the turtle essence still could not be controlled.

Fortunately, Jiǔyàn qū had successfully surrounded Laojing, but the heavenly thunder rolled down in torrents, striking Laojing directly, preventing them from approaching within two hundred meters.

If this continues, the old turtle will surely die.

Once the old turtle dies, everything will be settled; no matter how much they investigate, it will be of no avail.

Liu Junyan could only grit their teeth, transform into their true dragon form, hover above Gujing, personally block a bolt of heavenly thunder for the old turtle, and then appeal to Shang Cang to seek justice for the old turtle…