Chapter 792: Extra Chapter 4: 29

The soil shifted with extraordinary speed, forcing Xiao Jiu to continually retreat backward.

The Dragon Roar seeped out from deep within Laojing, yet it also sounded as if it came from afar; each time the Dragon Roar sounded, the ground trembled along with it.

Those upturned, dragon-scale-like clods of earth collided as the ground shook, emitting a dull, muffled sound.

Inside Laojing, the golden light emanating from the Golden Scale grew brighter and brighter, almost enough to illuminate the entire heaven and earth.

The Golden Light shone down, falling upon layer after layer of dragon-scale-like soil; those Dragon Scales were instantly coated with a layer of Golden Light, as if they were about to come alive.

Boom!

The rim of Laojing suddenly collapsed inward toward the well opening.

Xiao Jiu instinctively lunged forward, but that piece of Golden Scale belonging to Liu Junyan was still at the bottom of Laojing.

But it was already too late.

Laojing collapsed without any warning.

Moreover, as the collapse happened, Xiao Jiu saw those dragon-scale-like clods of earth that had just been overturned all topple over to the other side in unison.

The ground shook so violently that Xiao Jiu could barely keep her footing.

But her eyes remained fixed on those dragon-scale-like clods of earth, watching them flip and collapse toward Laojing, violently shaking and contracting, quickly filling the void in the well… no, that's not right.

Xiao Jiu looked at the scene before her and finally realized that things might not be as she had imagined.

Those dragon-scale-like clods of earth before her did not seem to be sinking in with the collapse of Laojing; instead, they resembled a mud dragon coiled around the lower half of its body and tail around Laojing, swiftly swimming forward into the depths of the well!

Yes, it was swimming, not collapsing!

Xiao Jiu's heart pounded wildly.

She seemed to have figured something out.

The Branch Vein of this stretch of Suedi had been severed; the old turtle's willingness to be sealed by Xu Chun beneath Laojing was not because it could not defeat Xu Chun, but because the spot beneath Laojing was exactly where the Branch Vein was broken.

With the old turtle present, it had been guarding the breach, protecting this Branch Vein.

When the old turtle died, it entrusted this task to Liu Junyan.

Liu Junyan left behind a piece of Golden Scale, maintaining peace in this area for over five years.

But the Golden Scale was too eye-catching; even the corpse python set its sights on it.

Xiao Jiu wondered, if she had not happened to come to Suedi, could the corpse python obtain the Golden Scale, absorb Dragon Qi, and ultimately become this region's Earth Fiend Immortal?

The answer was no.

Xiao Jiu knew Liu Junyan well; since he had left this Golden Scale, it was a marker of his territory, and if the corpse python dared to disturb the Golden Scale, Liu Junyan would surely appear.

Now the situation was that Xiao Jiu had dealt with the corpse python.

The corpse python didn't even get a chance to approach Laojing.

The collapse of Laojing and the changes in the surrounding soil were not caused by the corpse python.

Then what was causing this series of changes?

In the distance, Fang Chuanzong had already brought people over, successfully subduing those Evil Cultivator.

After his subordinates took the Evil Cultivator away, Fang Chuanzong turned his head to look toward Xiao Jiu.

From his perspective, Xiao Jiu's situation was extremely perilous.

The ground beneath her feet was not only shaking; the soil was also flying up, as if it would swallow Xiao Jiu at any moment.

Fang Chuanzong anxiously shouted, "Xiao Jiu, retreat!"

He shouted while running toward Xiao Jiu.

But the ground's shaking was so intense that, despite Fang Chuanzong's own Xiūwéi, he staggered and nearly fell several times.

As his body tilted toward the ground, Fang Chuanzong realized it wasn't his fault for being unsteady; the ground was rising and falling, leaving him in a depression one moment and on a bump the next.

Both feet could not truly find solid footing.

This ground… seemed like some living creature wandering and rolling about.

Yes, like a living creature!

Like… a Dragon Spine!

Upon realizing this, Fang Chuanzong stood still in place.

He no longer called out to Xiao Jiu.

He simply stared fixedly at Xiao Jiu, watching her gaze locked on Laojing, watching the soil surge and fall like a Dragon Spine swirling around her, then swiftly swimming toward the depths of Laojing.

This sight was overwhelmingly shocking.

Fang Chuanzong, who was several decades old, had witnessed countless grand scenes; being especially shrewd, he could easily guess what would happen next.

This severed Branch Vein of Suedi, under the influence of some force, was striving to connect and reorganize!

What brought all this about was that piece of Dragon Scale, and the master behind that Dragon Scale.

What Fang Chuanzong could think of, Xiao Jiu naturally thought of as well.

Xiao Jiu was waiting.

Waiting for that person to appear.

It had been over five years; this was the closest Xiao Jiu felt to Liu Junyan.

She wanted to see him.

Even if he didn't remember her, even if they met face to face as strangers with no connection, she would still accept it.

She just wanted to see him.

Just one glance would suffice.

The rain grew heavier and heavier, pouring down like a torrent.

Despite such heavy rain, there was no standing water accumulating on the ground; Xiao Jiu heard the subterranean water gurgling, as if all the earth veins in this region had been opened up.

Whoosh!

Roar!

Water sounds, dragon's chant.

Two sounds intertwined together, right below Laojing.

Xiao Jiu clenched both hands tightly; she seemed to sense something, and softly called out, "Āyàn, is that you?"

The last segment of the mud dragon's tail that had been wandering sank into the collapsed Gujing; the Gujing was filled to become flat ground, and no trace of its original appearance remained.

Including the Dragon Scale belonging to Liu Junyan, it was also covered below.

Xiao Jiu waited patiently.

If it truly is the broken Branch Vein being reconnected, this is a process that consumes considerable Mana; she is not in a hurry.

She has waited for over five years.

Xiao Jiu didn't know how long she had stood in the heavy rain, long enough that she began to doubt whether her speculation was merely a fantasy.

She would not wait for that moment to arrive……

Bang!

At that moment, a tremendous sound came from deep underground.

At this moment, many people in Suedi heard it.

For a while, various rumors ran rampant.

The moment that tremendous sound arrived, Fang Chuan Zong let out a big sigh of relief.

Xiao Jiu also laughed.

This is the sound produced when the broken Branch Vein is reconnected and cleared.

The next moment, the rain gradually lessened.

A figure shrouded in Golden Light suddenly appeared at the mouth of the old well that had been filled in.

When Xiao Jiu saw that familiar figure, her whole body trembled.

It really is Liu Junyan!

But…… this figure is not Liu Junyan's physical body.

It is merely an illusion.

Xiao Jiu examined it carefully and quickly determined that this illusion should be a wisp of Liu Junyan's Soul Essence that had separated.

His true form either lies beneath the ground, or perhaps still somewhere else.

This wisp of Soul Essence appeared and disappeared within just a few tens of seconds.

But during those few tens of seconds, he kept looking at Xiao Jiu.

It seemed as if he had been summoned by Xiao Jiu's earlier call.

He vanished too quickly; Xiao Jiu didn't even have time to say a word to him.

A breeze carrying the rain swept past, like a damp embrace, lightly hugging Xiao Jiu…… (Today's just one chapter oh)