They also knew that on this path they could not walk too far, so they might as well save as much as they could for their retirent while they still had ti.
Having reached a mutual agreent, Li Yan no longer stood on ceremony and directly asked, "Do you know where they are hiding, elder?"
"I’m not sure about that."
Feng Laohai shook his head and said, "I had returned to that Dragon King Temple, but after Huo Jiao left, the place mysteriously caught fire and turned to ruins."
"Between Sui Ning and Nanchong, there should still be a village in the deep mountains. Although I don’t know its exact location, I can find it."
Li Yan said in a deep voice, "Please elaborate, elder."
"The Dragon Worship Sect operates very secretly and their influence is not small. Even if there are so clues, they can easily erase them, but I found sothing peculiar."
"Our cargo ship was traveling a hidden waterway, and the first ti we t with misfortune was after the Pai Sect’s collapse in Shu."
"In my view, these matters were originally secretly handled by the Pai Sect. They also caused a stir in Chongqing Prefecture, so arranging a few sacrifices would have been easy enough."
"Now that the Pai Sect is in trouble, the people of the Dragon Worship Sect have to manage on their own, and because of their ssy work, our people discovered them."
Saying this, his eyes already showed a murderous intent, "As long as we disguise as a fleet and traverse that waterway again, we’ll surely lure them out!"
...
The night wind was bone-chilling, the bright moon hung high.
On a secluded river channel, several cargo ships were slowly advancing.
In the Shu region, there were many waterways; besides the renowned rivers, there were countless unnad channels.
These waterways were not even marked on the court’s map.
Perhaps due to a mountain flood, they could disappear or reappear; only the most familiar locals knew where they led.
On the deck, Li Yan wearing a bamboo hat, dressed in common work attire, gripped the Duan Chen Blade and looked left and right.
This river way was not ford in a little while.
It andered through several mountain ridges, very secretive, and there were no villages around.
According to Feng Laohai, it could lead to Tongnan, from where one could take a land route; it was the ancient secret salt road.
Everywhere it passed was desolate and uninhabited.
In the vast territories of the Divine Land, places like this were countless, providing hiding spots for so secret forces.
No one could be sure if deep in so unknown mountain lay the cave mansion of a cultivator from Ancient Tis.
"Young Hero Li, we’re almost there."
At this mont, Feng Laohai whispered a reminder.
This old man had changed his outfit to war robes, holding a Black Wood long staff in his hand.
Do not underestimate the stick as a weapon.
As the saying goes, "The spear fears a shaking head, the stick fears the point."
A shaking spear thrusts at you in a dizzying manner, making it hard to guard against, and before you know it, it could pierce your eye and heart.
A stick aid at the acupoints is equally deadly.
Striking with the stick at acupoints, hitting the vital spots can lead to death.
Feng Laohai’s practice of the Five Lang Eight Trigrams Stick made him a master in this realm.
Upon hearing the old man’s words, Li Yan looked up.
In the distance, the river channel suddenly beca rapid, with towering mountain ranges on both sides, surrounded by chaotic rock slopes, as if there had once been an Earth Dragon Roll.
Buzz!
anwhile, the Dragon Pattern Jade Tablet in his bosom trembled slightly.
It’s right here!
Li Yan’s eyes glead with excitent.
At that ti, the Dragon Lady appeared in a dream, but due to an interruption from a Yin Bureau task, he only saw the underwater scene, not knowing what was above.
Finally, he had found the place.
Calculating by ti, the River God was suppressed when Li Bing built the River Dam during the Qin Dynasty, and the Dragon Girl Temple sank beneath the river then.
Though it was a long ti ago, the Dragon Worship Sect had been conducting human sacrifices here, indicating there surely was a deeper aning.
Maybe, he could complete the Dragon Lady’s mission.
Thinking of this, Li Yan turned to Lv San.
Lv San shook his head slightly, "Found nothing."
At this mont, an eagle falcon Lidong was hovering in the sky, ready to notice any movent first.
Upon hearing that the people of the Dragon Worship Sect hadn’t been drawn, Li Yan didn’t care and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, wait here, I’ll go explore in the river."
Having said that, he imdiately ford a spell with his fingers, chanting, "Nuogao! Innocently Taisu, Ren and Gui Essence..."
Before the Mystic Water Escape Spell was completed, his whole body was enveloped in thick water mist and disappeared before everyone’s eyes, followed by a splash as he hit the water.
For Li Yan, with his current Dao level, his Escape Technique was sharper.
The sound of rushing water filled his ears, his whole body went like an arrow, unimpeded, diving straight to the riverbed.
The river here is rapid and deep.
Upon reaching the riverbed, the Dragon Girl Temple he saw in the illusion imdiately appeared before his eyes, covered in water plants, mostly buried in silt.
But Li Yan wasn’t in a hurry to approach.
He saw bodies floating around the Dragon Girl Temple, both young boys and girls, all dressed in bright red wedding robes.
The wedding robes, soaked for years, were already decayed.
But these corpses still seed lifelike, rely with closed eyes and pale faces, as if just asleep.
Turns out they were being suppressed!
Li Yan imdiately understood what the Dragon Worship Sect was doing.
Marriage concerns the great path of humanity and bloodline continuation; though a joyful event, it has many taboos.
And this was obviously a kind of evil skill.
The boys and girls represented Yin and Yang, the human sacrifices were already sinister, yet this thod of ghost marriage was used to harmonize Yin and Yang, artificially creating an evil formation.
The Dragon Girl is the daughter of the River God Great Lord.
Though father and daughter by na, they are completely different matters.
The Dragon Girl’s origin is from that ti humans sacrificed to the River God Great Lord, forming after death when a girl’s spirit combined with dragon energy.
It can be said the adversary dug out the foundation.
Moreover, due to the Dragon Girl’s benevolent nature, frequently protecting the people along the river, her incense offerings grew more prosperous.
Sooner or later, she would replace the River God Great Lord.
But the River God Great Lord had no way to deal with her, even though suppressed, still drawing dragon energy from Ba Mountain.
Sooner or later, the Dragon Girl will completely replace the River God Great Lord, reappearing in a new form as the Water God of Shu.
But this process was disrupted.
The River God Great Lord was released, began rebirth, suppressed the Dragon Girl, and was to beco the calamity of Erlang’s Holy True Lord.
After all, the Holy True Lord, as the god of Guankou, suppressed the River God Great Lord for thousands of years, both deeply entangled in karma.
Buzzing noise!
The Dragon Pattern Jade in his bosom quivered more violently.
Suddenly, everything around beca vague and blurry.
Really picked a perfect ti!
Li Yan couldn’t help but curse inwardly.
Fortunately, with Mystic Water Escape now, he wouldn’t drown in the water, allowing himself to be dragged into the illusion by the Dragon Girl.
Soon, everything around beca vague and blurry.
The Dragon Girl Temple in the distance, the covering silt also disappeared, colorful as if newly built, much larger than it appeared before.
The view quickly zood in.
Li Yan entered the dream, stepping into the main hall of the Dragon Girl Temple.
He finally saw the appearance of the Dragon Girl statue, dressed in a white palace robe, hair black as ink, horns atop her head, ribbons fluttering, holding a massive flower basket.
Li Yan’s gaze focused on the flower basket, showing a trace of surprise.
Though the Dragon Girl statue was colorful, it was a clay sculpture, only the flower basket in her hand looked quite exquisite.
The flower basket is made of copper, crafted with gilded hollow artistry, quite intricate, inside several flowers were blooming, as if soone had just placed them.
Besides this, everything else was vague.
This flower basket, is the Dragon Girl’s Divine Artifact!
Li Yan imdiately understood.
If the Dragon Girl wants to break free, even to beco a Mortal God again, this item is indispensable...
In just the blink of an eye, all illusions vanished.
Li Yan glanced at the dense river floats outside the Dragon Girl Temple, then turned abruptly, breaking the water, returning to the ship.
"Daoist, assist in performing a spell to eradicate disaster!"
After explaining the situation below briefly, Li Yan asked Wang Daoxuan to set up the magic platform to assist in using the "North Emperor Exorcism Technique."
The array below was sinister, a platform must be set for exorcism.
Wang Daoxuan cooperated harmoniously, soon setting up the magic platform on the ship, lighting incense and treasure candles, placing various offerings, wielding the Magic Sword, spitting water, activating the platform.
His main role was support, maintaining the platform’s operation.
While Li Yan perford the Step Gang Stepping, shook the brocade arm protector "Thousand Thoughts" on his left arm, chanting the "North Emperor Exorcism Technique" spell.
"Qing Jia! Heavenly grace saves people, strict enforcent on Beifeng..."
Grumble grumble!
As the spell was chanted, nurous white bubbles erged on the river surface, dense fog surged, and the pungent sll of corpses began to spread...
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