Wet viviparity

Chapter 759 The Killing Cave, Widening the River
Inside the Cold Sea Treasure Palace, the scene of scriptures lying in disarray has been replaced by busy activity.

Black Owl and Little Green Girl, this pair of "quasi-heretical sect leaders," are enthusiastically completing and perfecting the first stage of the "Secret Record of Transformation and Mysterious Evil" so that they can put it into practice as soon as possible and realize their dream of becoming heretical sect leaders.

The cultivators of the world are as numerous as carp crossing a river, and even the great and small Qing Gu are but a speck of dust among them.

The two sisters have been practicing Taoism for over two hundred years. They have killed many people and saved many others, and they have had many extraordinary encounters. However, their fame is mainly spread in the Hunshui Mountain Valley area of ​​Baoguang Prefecture.

Xiao Qinggu knew very well that in the eyes of the three righteous sects, she and her sister were merely slightly passable up-and-coming pillars of the unorthodox sects, and could not be compared with the true masters and sorcerers of the orthodox sects.

Even if the two sisters were fortunate enough to attain enlightenment in the future, they would only be called wandering immortals.

Only by establishing a sect and founding a school can one become famous throughout the world and be respected wherever one goes.

Behind the establishment of this sect, there are many unspeakable great benefits, which even the orthodox and esoteric sects must put aside their arrogance and prejudice and show more respect.

Inside the Hanming Treasure Mansion, during the process of perfecting the initial chapter, Xiaoqing Gu felt even more keenly Xiaolang's talent.

There were many difficult points in the first chapter that she found hard to understand, but Xiao Lang always managed to resolve them easily with his extensive references and explanations.

Although she knew that the wordless book had played a crucial role in her success, she couldn't help but feel admiration for Xiao Lang and a deep sense of trust in him for sharing the secrets of the wordless book with her.

Therefore, even when she communicated with her elder sister, seeking her guidance on the mysteries of magic to supplement the first chapter, she never revealed the secret of the wordless book to her.

That day, the two left the mansion and went to explore the land and search for the veins.

"The Yin Cave of Earthly Fiends is the foundation of this chapter. Although the evil energy on the Little Thorn Gorge is cold, I find it to be mixed and thin."

Black Owl stood on the banks of the Blackwater River outside the gorge, his back to the biting wind and ice chips. He twirled the map with his fingertips, his gaze sweeping across the riverbank. He said, "We need to find a natural Yin Sha place to draw it to our side."

"One can also create one."

Xiao Qinggu added, "The earth's veins possess a spirit, capable of gathering malevolent energy. They can be as small as a spring or as large as a river, serving as the origin of yin land and the root of blessed land. Logically speaking, the malevolent energy veins and auspicious burial sites under the blessed mountains are naturally the first choice for 'establishing altars and creating burial sites'."

Secondly, there are battlefield ruins, mass graves of thousands, the cold and gloomy edges of the fire eyes of the earth's lungs, as well as the yin and evil whirlpools of rivers, or extremely yin and cold places.

These places also have the accumulation of evil energy, also known as miscellaneous evil energy, which is generally the scattered flow of the third stage of foundation building, and is used in the practice of subduing the Yang Dragon.

Although the earth veins within the Little Thorn Gorge are weak and lack natural evil burial sites, if we use our magic to carefully dredge the tributaries of the Black Water River flowing into the gorge, and then gradually modify the feng shui within the gorge, diverting and depositing all the evil energy from the original Black Water River and the nearby cold and yin lands into the Little Thorn Gorge, we will surely be able to create an evil eye and demonic burial site here.

This will lay a good foundation for erecting an altar at the acupoint later.

"Haha, Madam is an expert in this field. I will obey Madam's orders."

In the introductory course "Divine Invocation" of the "Book of Demon-Slaying and Divine Mandate", the first step is to find a burial site and build an altar, so Xiao Qinggu is very familiar with the process.

The light in Xiaoci Gorge is dim, and visibility is blurry.

A small tributary of the Blackwater River flowing through the bottom of the gorge has water as still as mercury; there is no sound of flowing water, only a chilling, frosty aura. This water shares the same source as the Blackwater River in the wilderness, but its coldness is even greater.

The two stood side by side on the narrow stream, atop the demonic shadows cast by Xiao Qing Gu.

Xiao Qinggu summoned her Earthly Demon Flame Light Fork, wielding the treasure in mid-air. With a flick of her wrist, the fork flipped, its three sharp prongs aimed at the ice sinking in the stream, spewing out beams of shimmering flames that melted the ice upon contact with the flames.

"Come!"

Black Owl made a move towards the Cold Sea Treasure Palace, which was suspended a thousand feet high at the mouth of the gorge. Within the palace, a column of sweet dew from the Chaotic Pool caused two doors to fly out of the palace.

These two fans are modeled after turtle shell fans, and are entirely woven from goose feathers, shaped like turtle shells.

When the old star lord was refining elixirs in the treasure palace, these two fans were used to ignite and extinguish the fire at the furnace.

He temporarily fastened the fire-extinguishing fan to his waist belt, then picked up the fire-inducing fan and swung it fiercely at the melting ice flames. Instantly, flames spread across the riverbed, the solid ice and frost melted away, and the steaming river water began to rush.

Under such circumstances, flames and steam rose along the way at the bottom of the gorge, and the warm river flowed gently.

“Good water.”

Black Owl laughed.

"This is not enough."

Xiao Qinggu showed no joy and said, "We need to widen the river channel at the bottom of this gorge, especially to dredge the junction between this stream and the Blackwater River, so that the water veins in the two side channels of the main river can be connected."

Then I sat in meditation, and my spirit left my body and went deep into the earth's core, thousands of feet below. Using the wonders of the five elements' mutual generation and restraint, at noon I drew out the toxic fire from the earth, fire, wind, and water there, and slowly released it into the soil layer thousands of miles away.

Only when the Xiaoci Gorge generates endless geothermal heat can the flowing water in the gorge be preserved from freezing, thus ensuring that the place has some feng shui.

With this foundation, a demonic lair with malevolent eyes can be created.

"You've worked hard, Madam," Black Owl said, stepping forward to embrace Little Green.

"Please go to the manor to rest and recuperate, and lend me the precious fork for now. I can handle this hard work of widening the road."

"No."

Xiao Qinggu wasn't unwilling to lend it, but her Earthly Demon Flame Light Fork was a treasure in the Thousand Flower Cave, no ordinary treasure. Without a certain level of magical skill, it was difficult to use it freely, and it was easy for the fork to arouse internal demons, old injuries, and delusions, causing one to burn from within.

"Madam, do not underestimate me. My demonic body inherits a trace of the essence of the Creation Heaven Beast, so what can I not control?"

After taking the treasure fork, Black Owl held it and spewed flames, streaks of fire shooting through the air like a serpent winding across the shore, instantly melting the soil and rocks into a melting mass.

He then waved the fire-inducing fan to the left and right, causing the lava on both banks to intensify. The flowing flames and hot magma expanded on both banks, causing large-scale collapses and making the river channel at the bottom of Xiaoci Gorge wider and deeper, expanding by hundreds of feet in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that Xiao Lang's demonic powers were surging, Xiao Qing Gu was relieved and fled back to her mansion.

At the bottom of the gorge, Black Owl was working hard, his busy figure visible everywhere in the shimmering heat and rising mist on the river surface.

The section where the river branches off from the Blackwater River at the bottom of the gorge is the most challenging.

The water here is quite turbulent. During the process of burning and widening the fork in the river, something was burned too much, and thousands of tons of water rushed out of the Blackwater River in a hurry, creating a small lake and river in the blink of an eye.

The breach in the riverbank was widened, and even the newly reclaimed river in Xiaoci Gorge was flowing backward from here.

After several mistakes, Black Owl naturally learned his lesson. Each time he burned a little bit of the shoreline, he would take another fire fan and use it to cool and harden the melted shoreline, piling up the silt into a thick wall.

After working non-stop for almost half a month, this arduous task is finally nearing its end.

During this period, there were also some unexpected gains.

During the previous floods, large pieces of bone fragments were unexpectedly brought out from the depths of the Blackwater River. Each piece was as big as a house, some like sampans, some like reefs, the bones were charred and cold to the touch.

These unusually large and hard bone fragments were probably the remains of oysters, clams, shellfish, and other marine life from the East China Sea, washed ashore in the Blackwater River of Diqiu. Black Owl decided to use them as materials for building the altar.

Although the manor has plenty of spiritual materials, both from the Chaotic Pool and those prepared by the old master, and Xiao Qinggu has also brought a lot of household items, Hei Xiao is still unsure how many trials the new method will take to succeed.

Despite this situation, Black Hawk is full of confidence.

Because the experiment is also being conducted simultaneously on the main body, and the progress and insights gained far exceed those on his end.

Of course, this doesn't mean that it's meaningless for him.

With the two fans tucked behind his waist, Black Owl returned to Little Thorn Gorge carrying the treasure fork.

Steam drifted down from upstream and floated on the river. Black owls flew over the river, their tails gently sweeping away the steam.

As soon as he approached the mouth of the gorge, he could feel a warm sensation. He knew that Xiao Qinggu had drawn geothermal heat from beneath the earth's core, allowing Xiaoci Gorge to maintain a constant temperature year-round. However, this large-scale geothermal heat still needed to be maintained by regular spells.

"Come and see this."

At the top of the gorge, Xiao Qinggu stood within a shadowy abyss, holding up a jade ice tablet.

"Ganshui!"

Upon seeing the two ancient seal characters on the stele, Black Owl understood that Little Green Girl wanted to name the river in Little Thorn Gorge. So he took the stele and placed it on the riverbank in front of Little Thorn Gorge.

On the banks of the Ganshui River, the once desolate and lifeless Xiaoci Gorge is now filled with a surging vitality.

The river flowed gently, its warm currents rising in fine white mist from the geothermal heat. This mist drifted out of the gorge and became swirling frost and dust in the air. The scenery inside the gorge contrasted sharply with the biting north wind outside, which inevitably gave the two a sense of accomplishment.

"We should go check out our Demon Eye Cave."

Black Owl said with great joy, and took Little Green Girl's hand to the open area at the bottom of the gorge.

This place is a gentle bend in the Ganshui River, with a deep and wide riverbed. Black Owl used his magic to forcibly expand it to a radius of sixty zhang, and he burned away some of the cliff face at the foot of Xiaoci Gorge.

The spot where the two landed was no longer solidified frozen soil, but a smooth rock platform formed by repeated scorching with the treasure fork and rapid cooling by the fire-extinguishing fan.

"This is the place."

Black Owl pointed his fingertip to the center of the riverbed at this bend, where the river water surged and churned back and forth like black oil.

Gently cupping a handful of water, one could see hair-like strands in it. Little Qinggu frowned and said, "Be careful, the water is poisonous!"

(End of this chapter)