Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 510 - 409: Flooded Buddha’s Knee (Requesting Monthly Pass) _1

Chapter 510: Chapter 409: Flooded Buddha’s Knee (Requesting Monthly Pass) _1

Li Yan, while interrogating Tao Zhen, was in a dense forest 230 kilometers away. A figure with a refined look, dressed in the robes of an Imperial Censor, was nervously pointing towards a wooden doll carved with Tao Zhen’s birth date with his slightly trembling right hand.

But when his fingertips touched the brow of the doll, the trembling of his right hand increased dramatically, and he was unable to muster the strength to point it out.

"Why don’t you do it?" A hoarse and cold voice sounded from behind the imperial censor.

With this voice, a pool of nearby liquid coalesced into a figure the size of a finger, coldly looking at the man in the green gown: "When will you wait? Tao Zhen has already been captured by Earl Chengyi’s family forces, which poses a huge risk. Are you going to wait until he reveals everything?"

"I dare not do it." The imperial censor in the green robe exhaled a turbid breath at this moment, withdrawing his right hand. He looked obscurely at the two purple-red beams falling to the ground in the distance with his eyes.

"I can easily kill Tao Zhen now, but I can’t escape their sensing. I will be hunted to death within a quarter of an hour. Just now, Wu Zhiqi’s Law Body, and the master Huaibi, were both killed by them."

The tiny water-shaped being could not see what was happening 200 li (the traditional Chinese unit of distance) away, and he was stunned when he heard these words: "How could it be so fast? That is Tongbai Mountain, the Sealed Land of Wu Zhiqi. How long have they been there?"

"They suppressed Wu Zhiqi’s original body with the four heavenly level Ice Styles," said the green-robed censor, his voice a little bitter. "We overlooked two people, Earl Jingan Li Xuan and Fumo Duyu Luo Yan, the union of these two swordsmen would leave few opponents among the other heavenly level powers."

The tiny water creature could not believe what he was seeing, and after a while, his face became exceptionally solemn: "You should not have let Tao Zhen live until now, he should have died earlier."

The green-robed censor listened and fell silent, a look of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Previously, who could have imagined that Wu Zhiqi would be suppressed so quickly? Tao Zhen was very useful to them, and they had to use his power to further undermine the Han River waterway.

"Can someone else do it for you?" Knowing that it was impractical, as soon as the words left the tiny water creature’s mouth, he realized that the secret technique of taking a person’s life from 200 li away can only be done by the person before him. So he quickly changed his words: "How much does Tao Zhen really know? Does he have any evidence?"

The green-robed Imperial Censor slowly shook his head: "This Tao Jiaming, he is not one to make a move without certainty. I couldn’t persuade him if I didn’t provide some real evidence. At that time, I was confident that I could take his life at any time, so I didn’t make any precautions. As for the evidence, is it that important?"

He sighed, "Please inform Dudu Huangfu to be prepared. Based on the personalities of Chengyi Earl and his son, they will surely seek revenge after the incident. At present, the only way to survive this catastrophe is to use this flood to defeat them heavily."

The tiny water-shaped being was silent for a while, then dispersed into water vapor, leaving only a cold voice behind: "I understand, take care of yourself!"

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In front of Li Yan, Tao Zhen was already lying on the ground like a pile of mud, covered in wounds and breathing faintly.

"It’s ridiculous, didn’t you consider the rules of the court when you did such a heinous thing? But now you want others to adhere to the rules, isn’t that absurd?"

After a cold sneer, Li Yan’s eyes became serious as he continued: "The Left Army Dudufu, Dudu Tongzhi Huangfu Xuanji, Huguang Branch Imperial Censor Si Zhengliang - this is interesting. Before the New Year, we sent our respects to him, Huangfu Xuanji, didn’t we?"

"A total of thirty thousand taels of silver." Su Zhaojun said coldly: "Our family’s many businesses, Fuguogong’s mansion also holds a 30% stake."

At this time, Li Xuan and Luo Yan had already descended from the sky on their swords. After Li Xuan landed, he said regretfully: "This person used the Jiling Technique, and his true body is not here, what a pity."

What he regretted was the divine object stored by Huaibi. To accommodate a heavenly soul, it must either be a top-tier natural treasure or a quasi-Immortal Artifact.

Had they known earlier, he and Luo Yan would have been merciful, and perhaps this divine object could have been preserved.

Xue Yunrou, on the other hand, was not surprised at all, she had noticed that Master Huaibi’s fighting strength was weak: "The Jiling Technique is different from the Law Body, his Primordial Spirit must have suffered heavy losses, I will activate the full power of the Zhengyi Sect to search for his whereabouts."

Her eyes sparkled, "This person’s identity makes me curious. He is Master Huaibi of Jiugong Mountain, bestowed with the Daoist name Xuanhua Zhenren, and is the master of Taiqing Palace of Jiugong Mountain.

What I don’t understand is, why would Master Huaibi, given his status, dare to participate in the planning of this disastrous flood in Jiangnan? What is he really after?"

The Jiugong Mountain, belongs to the Zhengyi Sect’s branch, the ’Imperial Taoist School’.

In the era of former Zhao, the founder of the Imperial Taoist School, Zhang Daoqing, was ordered by the emperor to set up a sect on Jiugong Mountain, establishing three palaces and twelve courtyards, making Jiugong Mountain one of the five famous Taoist mountains.

These three palaces and twelve courtyards each have their lineage, and the master of Taiqing Palace is considered one of the three leaders of Jiugong Mountain.

"Master Huaibi?"

Li Xuan murmured softly, then shook his head slightly: "The truth behind this can be pursued later. Our pressing concern is still to suppress the flood as soon as possible. Big brother, is there any news from Tongtian River?"

Because they were based in Zhenjiang for generations, Earl Chengyi’s household has a network of spies along both sides of the Yangtze River.

Their next actions would have to rely on the intelligence network of Earl Chengyi’s mansion.

Li Yan’s face became serious: "The water demons in the Tongtian River have already grown to a massive extent and have begun to move south. Also, due to all the water vapor concentrating in the north of Sichuan and around Xiangfan, there have been seven continuous days of clear skies along the Jinsha River. If you plan to take action against them, this must be the best location, seeing that it is the upper reaches of the Jinsha River, and the most opportune time."

He looked at Li Xuan with anticipation in his eyes: "The problem is that the number of water demons in the Tongtian River is no less than two hundred thousand, all are monsters with the cultivation of the fourth house level and above. Bashe Changze, who holds the power of the demon army of two hundred thousand, is equivalent in battle strength to the middle heaven level. It will be a little dangerous to capture and kill him."

After listening, Li Xuan laughed: "It couldn’t be harder than suppressing Wu Zhiqi."

At this moment, Luo Yan happened to see Yue Qianqian walking towards them. With a flip of her sleeve, she sent a green flying sword to Yue Qianqian: "Qianqian, I’m giving you this magical instrument."

"Eh?" Yue Qianqian was surprised as she looked at Luo Yan and Li Xuan. "How can this be?"

This flying sword was the very one they received from Master Huaibi, a genuine supreme sword.

It must be understood that in terms of magical instruments, weapons of all sorts have greater value than other equal-rank objects.

"If I said it’s for you, then it’s for you, Qianqian. Do you think Li Xuan and I could use this sword?" Luo Yan laughed lightly, then glanced at Li Xuan: "Xuan, do you have any objection?"

How could Li Xuan object at all? He nodded vigorously: "Qianqian, just take it. This sword can make up for your shortcomings. If you feel embarrassed, just give her a gift in return someday, right?"

Xue Yunrou watched Luo Yan, her face uncertain, thinking to herself how she should never underestimate this Demoness Zidie.

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The Leshan Giant Buddha, also known as the Lingyun Buddha, is located on the east bank of the Min River in Leshan City, Sichuan Province, next to Lingyun Temple, overlooking the confluence of the Dadu, Qingyi and Min rivers.

During the era of the Tang Dynasty, the waters here were extremely fierce, often capsizing boats that came here. Every flood season, the river water dashed against the cliff, causing countless shipwrecks and deaths.

In order to decrease the fierceness of the water and save sentient beings, a high monk named Master Haichan gathered a large amount of human and material resources and spent 180 years carving out this grand Buddha.

The Leshan Giant Buddha is a seated image of Maitreya Buddha, sixty-six zhang tall.

At this moment, on the shoulder of the great Buddha, Master Huaibi who was sitting there suddenly vomited blood and fell into a state of unconsciousness.

"Master?"

The other Taoist woman sitting on Buddha’s shoulder suddenly turned anguished. Filled with panic, she helped Master Huaibi to sit up, then turned to a white-bearded monk sitting next to her: "Master Jiudeng, what happened to my master? How come his Primordial Spirit was injured severely for no reason?"

"The divine treasure is shattered, and the Shenpo naturally suffers heavy damage."

The monk was about thirty years old, dressed in a golden and red kasaya, dignified in appearance, with intelligent eyes. He fed an elixir to the three of them and then dripped some green spiritual liquid into Master Huaibi’s forehead.

Then he looked towards Tongbai Mountain in the north with a puzzled look: "This is not supposed to happen!"

His master and Wu Zhiqi were in the same place, and with the water power near the Han River now, coupled with the blood food provided by Master Huaibi, Wu Zhiqi had force approaching the middle heaven level, against which even three or four heavenly level beings could do nothing.

And as long as it doesn’t stop raining, the Mana of the big demon would be endless.

Who else in the world could handle Wu Zhiqi and Master Huaibi’s cooperation?

"Uncle Master?" The face of the Taoist woman was pale: "Could it be that Jinque Palace has made a move? Or Zhu Mingyue from the Six Paths Bureau?"

"Impossible."

Master Jiudeng shook his head: "The current flooding and timing are in conformance, as long as we don’t release Wu Zhiqi and Xiangyue’s real bodies, Jinque Palace won’t interfere. As for Zhu Mingyue, he’s still in the northern border."

He frowned: "Let’s wait, when your master returns, he should know."

About an hour later, a green light shot from the distant clouds and landed on the shoulder of the Buddha.

"Things are complicated,"

This was a man in scholar’s clothes. He looked refined, and his demeanor was that of an Immortal Master. His eyebrows were tightly furrowed, full of worry: "They used four ice-style heavenly level beings to suppress Wu Zhiqi, and within two moments, Wu Zhiqi’s law body and Master Huaibi’s Shenpo were both killed."

Master Jiudeng’s pupils contracted: "Who are they? And who destroyed the Shenpo of the disciple?"

"Li Chengji, Yu Hongchang, Xue Yunrou, Helian Fulong, Jiang Yunqi."

The man in the scholar’s robe shook his head with a cold expression: "They shouldn’t have been able to kill Wu Zhiqi’s law body, but when I arrived, the battle there had already ended, so I don’t know the specifics."

After saying that, he also laughed bitterly: "If the flood of Han River is pacified, it’s like cutting off one of our arms."

Master Jiudeng silently watched the torrential flood water below. The water surface was about seven zhang two from the Buddha’s knee.

"If the water does not reach the Buddha’s knee, the divine treasure will be hard to manifest."

Master Jiudeng’s face was cold: "Contact Bashe Changze, ask it to speed up the southbound. Also, we can consider further relaxing Xiangyue’s seal."

The man in the scholar’s robe showed no reaction after hearing this. If Xiangyue’s law body is further strengthened, it will inevitably be a great catastrophe in the world. But this was better than their decade-long plot failing.