latelenovela Chapter 301 Lanqiuze 4
Chapter 301 Lanqiuze 4
"You've got some nerve, you're raising corpses!"
Cheng Jiu had no idea that there was a huge space beneath the water surface where Yan Yang was relying on, with bones everywhere and souls that saw them coming closer!
From the faint outlines of the Yin-Gathering Array carved on the ground, Cheng Jiu instantly guessed Yan Yang's plan.
Looking at the few stones scattered in the middle of the formation, it's likely that Yan Yang forcibly left these souls in the mortal world using those stones.
Otherwise, based solely on the strength of these souls themselves, they would probably be summoned by the ghost realm immediately after death.
"Do you know that if you do this, all your previous cultivation will be ruined, and the Ghost Realm will not let you off the hook!"
Although Yan Yang is a ghost, he cultivates the Great Dao. Otherwise, the ghost realm would not have turned a blind eye to Yan Yang staying in the mortal world for so many years.
With her merits, even if she didn't become the guardian deity of Qiuhe, she could still secure a minor official position in the ghost realm.
But these souls are different. Whether they died directly or indirectly because of Yan Yang, the blood debt will more or less fall on Yan Yang.
Not to mention Yan Yang's thoughts and actions: absorbing these souls to forcibly increase his strength. Once absorbed, Yan Yang would fall from a benevolent soul to an evil ghost.
It's hard to say whether rationality can be maintained. Such a good soul that has fallen into evil spirits is even more powerful than ordinary evil spirits. At that time, the entire Nanqiuze will be reduced to a ghost realm of evil spirits.
Those were just ordinary cultivators; even if they had some cultivation, how could they possibly resist the ghost domain and yin energy of a ghost king?
She wants everyone in Lanqiuze to die!
"This is a last resort!" Yan Yang was not surprised. Cheng Jiu could see through her plan. After all, this Qingxu Sect disciple had shown from the beginning that she was knowledgeable and powerful. She had some experience, so how could she hide it from a disciple who had been carefully cultivated by the sect?
"Did you know that the Qiu River has a huge flood season every 10 years? When the flood season comes, the Qiu River water will backflow into the entire Yuanxiao River system."
The fish demons in the river are constantly laying and accumulating eggs during this period. Once the flood season arrives, these eggs will float downstream!
At that time, the entire region through which the Yuanxiao River flows will suffer a great disaster, especially since Yan Yang had previously mentioned the function of these fish eggs: to distort one's mind. Water is the source of life, and no one can live without water. If these fish eggs are mistakenly eaten by the residents nurtured by the Yuanxiao River!
A large number of kind-hearted residents will become twisted and cause riots. If the Guiyuan Sect does not control the situation in time, some will escape. You can imagine what a person with a wicked heart would do!
Cheng Jiu then thought of the senior brothers and sisters in those water bubbles. If, by any chance, Huang Si could control the life and death of the residents who consumed the fish eggs through these fish eggs, then it would be all over. Guiyuan Sect and Yunxiao Sect would probably suffer heavy losses as a result.
"At that time, we, Lanqiuze, will be the sinners of the entire cultivation world, and Guiyuan Sect will not let us go!" Yan Yang continued, "We, Lanqiuze, have missed one opportunity to be saved time and time again, and we deserve to be in this situation. We have no complaints!"
Rather than let the entire Lanqiuze become a filthy place condemned by everyone in the cultivation world, let us take action ourselves to restore this land to its former glory and clarity!
This is not just about revenge, because we all love Rancho Zetsu deeply.
When they woke me up, things had already reached a point of no return. Huang Si gave the order that disciples of the Guiyuan Sect could be used to replace their children.
Those disciples fell victim to Huang Si's schemes and the betrayal of the residents of Lanqiuze!
Alright, those water monsters have a habit of storing food. The disciples you see are all ones I took from them.
Unfortunately, they were all infested with fish eggs, and I didn't have the ability to remove them. I could only barely seal the fish eggs on their bodies to prevent the situation from worsening!
I once fought that water monster, but I was defeated. This plan was agreed upon by everyone.
Rather than letting Huang Si control Lanqiuze, let us give this land a new lease on life. At least, when everything is over, the name Lanqiuze will not be etched on the pillar of shame of the entire cultivation world!
Yan Yang's words were resolute and sorrowful, but Lanqiuze would never accept their fate and let the outsider Huang Si mold them at will. If they couldn't stop it, then she would be the one to give this land a new life!
After Yan Yang finished speaking, he looked at Cheng Jiu expectantly, as if he were looking at a savior. In fact, Cheng Jiu was indeed their savior.
"Now we have a better option!"
Cheng Jiu picked up the stones on the ground and examined them. What soul stones? These are just soul stones, differing by only one word, although they are essentially the same thing.
However, the Soul Stone was refined by evil cultivators and has a powerful, irreversible binding effect on the soul.
Soul stones are different; they often appear in old graves in the mountains and fields, serving as a dwelling place for wandering ghosts. There are plenty of these stones in the ghost realm.
Although the predecessor of the Soul Stone was the Soul Stone, the two are completely unrelated. The most obvious difference lies in their judgment by the Heavenly Dao. The former must be dealt with severely, while the latter is the soul's own choice, and the soul is still free and can be reincarnated.
No wonder these souls still had their own consciousness after Cheng Jiu and Yan Yang came down. If it were really a Soul Stone, these souls would have lost their spirituality long ago and become vengeful ghosts.
It has to be said that Yan Yang really chose a good place. Perhaps such a place for raising corpses is so yin and yin that it wouldn't be able to keep so many ghosts.
Cheng Jiu's sword energy was vigorous, and the cold and eerie Yin energy could not get close to him.
"This is Guiyuan Sect's territory, I will handle it myself!"
Setting down the soul stone, Cheng Jiu made a promise to the ghost before him. Yan Yang immediately felt relieved and beamed with joy.
"How could you possibly think this thing is a Soul Stone?"
Soul Stones are indeed a product of evil cultivators.
But that's because Cheng Jiu is a member of the Guiyuan Sect and has studied heretical cultivation, which is why he knows.
However, books about heretical cultivation methods have long been burned to ashes. Yan Yang is just a ghost who is less than ten thousand years old. Where would they have gotten this knowledge?
"I... I stole it from Huang Si!" Yan Yang's eyes widened in surprise. "This... isn't this it? I refined it according to that book!"
"You're a ghost cultivator, not an evil cultivator. What do ghosts use to refine soul stones? Do you want to create a comfortable room inside the soul stone?"
Cheng Jiu rolled his eyes speechlessly, silently making a mental note of the fact that Huang Si's family possessed books on evil cultivation!
"Hmm, what do you mean?" Yan Yang's eyes revealed a clear sense of foolishness.
Cheng Jiu believed this person who had never left Lanqiuze: "The Soul Stone has a very good compatibility with soul power and can provide a place for ghosts to dwell."
"so!"
"So your refining is useless against the soul stone!" Cheng Jiu tossed the soul stone in his hand: "Look at it, are there any traces of your refining on it?"
Yan Yang took the document and examined it carefully: "I remember I burned it, where are the traces?"
"Stop looking! Soul power is leaving marks on the soul stone!"
Yan Yang looked like she was about to cry. She had gone to so much trouble to get so little, and besides, soul stones were really hard to find. She even turned up her ancestral graves!
"Then how did they manage to stay?"
"The Soul Stone is meant for ghosts to dwell in! They feel resentful because of their experiences in life and don't want to be reincarnated."
They naturally become wandering ghosts, only able to return to the ghost realm when the ghost messengers come to cleanse their souls. Isn't that normal?
Cheng Jiu looked at the ghosts and said.
"So that's how it is!" Yan Yang cried with joy: "Originally, I was prepared to take all the blame upon myself. If I really couldn't release them, I would die with them!"
Cheng Jiu sighed. He didn't know what to say about this girl. She was truly ignorant, and she was also truly capable of causing trouble. However, he did manage to hear some useful information from her.
Cheng Jiu narrowed her eyes slightly. Wait, is this guy saying that she stole her evil cultivation books from Huang Si?
Huang Si is definitely not someone to be trifled with, given that he was able to scheme against her fellow disciples in the Guiyuan Sect. Moreover, the existence of heretical cultivation books is a crime punishable by the extermination of one's entire clan if discovered.
Huang Si will definitely keep a tight rein on things until he has the ability to fight against the Guiyuan Sect, and he will not easily tell others.
But Yan Yang actually knew and even discovered it; his information network is exceptionally advanced!
Cheng Jiu thought this way, and he asked this question.
Yan Yang smiled somewhat embarrassedly and explained that she was originally a river goddess who had protected the Qiu River for thousands of years. She had a very strong control over water and could gather information wherever there was water.
This includes the mansion where Huang Si resides; she keeps a close watch on Huang Si, the culprit, at all times.
Cheng Jiu couldn't help but gasp. If what Yan Yang said was true, then she was no ordinary person; her information network alone was extremely useful.
Thinking this way, Cheng Jiu also invited Yan Yang to participate in the plan to eliminate Huang Si. Especially after hearing Yan Yang say that the strange fish could lay a lot of eggs every day, Cheng Jiu did not believe that only a small number of residents in Lanqiuze had been affected.
Yan Yangshui's detection abilities are extremely useful for scouting people in the city!
Yan Yang readily agreed. She hated Huang Si, who was trying to destroy Lanqiuze, so much that she wanted to tear him apart and gnaw on his bones, so that this bastard would never be reincarnated.
Yan Yang was eager to participate in the suppression of Huang Si, and he readily accepted the opportunity.
"Okay, I agree! But I went to Huang Si's house to investigate before. There was a man in black in their house. He was very powerful and almost found me. I was no match for him. He seems to be my nemesis!"
Huang Si's cultivation level was not high, and Yan Yang had once considered the decapitation plan. Unfortunately, it was almost discovered, and the man in black attacked her. If she hadn't run fast, she probably would have been left there!
"It's okay, I'll protect you!"
Is Tian Ke Yan Yang using a method specifically targeting the soul?
Cheng Jiu secretly kept this in mind.
What do we do now?
Hearing Cheng Jiu's confident promise to protect her, Yan Yang immediately lost all restraint and asked with great interest.
Actually, it wasn't just her; there were other souls who stayed in the human world to take revenge on Huang Si. Unfortunately, they were too weak, and Cheng Jiu looked down on them.
Perhaps once Cheng Jiu completely deals with Huang Si, they will be able to shine and contribute.
"Of course, I'll save my senior brothers and sisters first!" Cheng Jiu said without hesitation.
Leaving aside Huang Si, the water monster fish alone is troublesome enough. Although they brought six people this time, which is the most manpower they have, more people are always better.
Furthermore, a solution needs to be found for those strange fish eggs, otherwise they might take action against Huang Si.
Oh dear, looking back, I found that the entire Lanqiuze had been infected with these strange fish eggs, or perhaps they had been tricked and were now stuck with the strange fish eggs, with no way to get rid of them.
In the end, wouldn't that lead to a mess?
There's no rush to deal with that guy; to do something well, you must first have the right tools.
“You’re right!” Yan Yang paused for a moment, agreeing with Cheng Jiu’s idea, but still reminded him, “The flood season in Qiuhe is only seven days away. I must deal with them before the flood season begins.”
How to solve it? Of course, she transformed into a ghost king through the Gathering Yang Formation, and with unparalleled power, brought the entire Lanqiu Marsh into the ghost realm, thus resolving everything.
This means that if Cheng Jiu fails to deal with Huang Si and the water monster in the water within the stipulated time, she will drag the entire Lanqiuze to its death.
Cheng Jiu grimaced; how could this female ghost be so resolute!
Cheng Jiu sighed and acquiesced. There was no way to compare it to the fate of the entire Lanqiuze. Once those fish eggs flowed into the Yuanxiao River system, the consequences would be even more serious.
Cheng Jiu had no right to stop the local residents and the river god from making their choice!
"I'll do it as soon as possible! Can you help me find my senior brothers and sisters? There are alchemists among them, and they can find a solution faster!" Cheng Jiu said.
"Okay, leave it to me!" Yan Yang did not refuse. Water burst forth from his body, and every strand of his hair turned into a small water droplet. After a while, Yan Yang returned to his original state.
"I've already arranged for the nearest believer to pick them up! Don't worry, they'll be here soon!"
"You know everything Lan Qiuze does?"
"I am the river god here!" Yan Yang opened her palms, and a small vortex of water swirled around them. Her control over water had reached an extremely profound level.
Cheng Jiu thought of Gong Yu and wanted to ask her to learn from her, as she was sure he would gain a lot from it!
"Let's go upstairs! This isn't the place to entertain immortals like you!"
As he spoke, Yan Yang wrapped Cheng Jiu in his arms and plunged into the pool above!
Cheng Jiu's strength is definitely higher than Yan Yang's. Although she has lived for thousands of years, she has hardly ever cultivated. The only thing that is eye-catching is her accumulated merit. Even a Mahayana cultivator would not dare to lay a hand on her.
Aside from that, there's nothing to praise about it; otherwise, it wouldn't have required transforming into a vengeful ghost to resolve the trouble here.
But her water control technique was already incredibly advanced, and the sword energy Cheng Jiu used to protect himself was no joke.
But she was still able to dodge these sword energies and take Cheng Jiu away; that was her skill!
The water bubbles above the underground cave are still crowded together, with each senior student peacefully curled up inside.
These bubbles are all Yan Yang's power. When it comes to water, Yan Yang is second to none, including that water monster.
It's just that we can't beat them in terms of combat strength!