After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 909 Xuanwu Drinking Water Bureau, the Stone Tablet with Severed Veins!

Yang Wenguang and Yang Wenhui both felt a chill run down their spines. If there were any evil creatures near their ancestral homeland, they could pose a great threat to the Yang family members.

The back of Longtai Mountain.

Deep in the pine forest, there is a flat piece of land where the ancestral graves of the Yang family have been built for generations. Over the centuries, the graves, large and small, have become densely packed together.

On the flat ground outside the cemetery, there are still many traces of the sacrificial ceremony, indicating that the scene in the morning must have been quite large.

Yang Wenhui put Yang Tao down.

"Hurry up and take us to your secret base."

Yang Wenhui rubbed Yang Tao's head.

"Ah."

Yang Tao nodded obediently, then took off running into the cemetery.

Chen Yang and the others followed closely behind.

"quack……"

Several crows cawed strangely on the grave, and when they saw someone approaching, they immediately took flight warily.

The feng shui of the entire cemetery is average, not particularly good. Although there are many graves, they have been accumulated over hundreds of years and there is not much negative energy gathered there.

It was afternoon, and after a light rain, the sun came out again, casting sunlight into the woods. Walking through the cemetery, it didn't feel gloomy at all.

The cemetery is neatly arranged, with rows of graves standing in straight lines, just like a public cemetery. The deeper you go, the older the graves become.

Yang Tao walked ahead, and the little guy was quite excited, running deeper and deeper into the cemetery.

After running for about two or three hundred meters, it seemed that we had reached the end of the cemetery.

Yang Tao climbed over a nearly two-meter-high earthen embankment and quickly disappeared into a grove of mixed trees above it.

This little guy, though young, is quite skilled.

Chen Yang and the other two quickly followed, with Yang Wenhui constantly telling the little guy to slow down, afraid that he might bump into something.

The ground in the mixed forest was covered with dead leaves, and the cicadas chirped incessantly.

After passing through the mixed woods, the view suddenly opened up.

Below, on a slope, a round piece of amber appeared nestled in the embrace of the mountain.

Opposite is a high cliff, the top of which is covered in white snow, and the melting snow water flows down the cliff to form a small waterfall.

Below the cliff is a ditch, and the waterfall flows along the ditch from the east, into the lake, and then out of the mountains from another ditch on the west side.

The lake is over 100 meters in diameter. To the north of the lake is a piece of land that stretches like a long snake all the way to the center of the lake. It is covered with mixed trees and is lush and green.

Chen Yang looked at the surrounding mountains and then at the lake below. Although he didn't understand feng shui, he could sense the aura, and the feng shui of this place was excellent.

Yang Tao was about to go down.

Chen Yang reached out and pulled him back.

Yang Tao turned around and looked at Chen Yang with a puzzled expression.

Chen Yang said, "Just point out to your brother where you found that stone."

Upon hearing this, Yang Tao looked over at Yang Wenhui.

Yang Wenhui nodded slightly, and then Yang Tao pointed downwards, "There, next to the basalt stone in the middle of the lake..."

Looking in the direction Yang Tao was pointing, it was indeed the piece of land in the middle of the lake.

Yang Wenguang said, "This lake is called Xuanwu Lake. It used to be a Feng Shui treasure with the name 'Xuanwu Drinking Water'."

"Oh?"

Chen Yang looked at Yang Wenguang in surprise, "Why was it before? Isn't it different now?"

He used his aura-gazing technique to examine the place, and it looked like a place with excellent feng shui, but it seemed to be missing something.

Yang Wenguang shook his head. "Although I don't understand feng shui, our Yang family and the Tong family are on good terms. Years ago, the Tong family's patriarch, Tong Xian, came to see this place and said that the feng shui of this place was originally excellent, but it has been ruined, which is a great pity..."

Tong Xian?
The father of Tong Chuan, the patriarch of the Tong family.

This person has been dead for many years, but it is unknown exactly how long ago Yang Wenguang was referring to as "in the early years".

Chen Yang asked, "Why was it broken? And who broke it?"

"Ugh."

Yang Wenguang sighed helplessly, as if there was something he couldn't bring himself to say.

Chen Yang was puzzled.

It's obvious that Yang Wenguang knows something, but he doesn't say anything, and it's unclear what he's worried about.

Chen Yang said, "A place with such auspicious feng shui must have a large tomb. Elder Yang, this place..."

In ancient times, there were countless geomancers who studied feng shui. Every mountain and every corner under heaven could be said to have been surveyed. Over thousands of years, there have been very few feng shui treasures that have not been discovered.

Therefore, 99% of the time, any place considered auspicious in feng shui has already been occupied and has been used to build tombs.

This place has excellent feng shui, and there are probably many large tombs here.

Yang Wenguang said, "Our ancestors had some legends that this place was the resting place of our ancestor, Yang Ye, but no one has been able to find the location of the tomb throughout the ages..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang's expression changed slightly.

Is this the tomb of Kunlun Mountain Lord Yang Ye?
He had just scanned the lakebed and the surrounding area of ​​more than a mile with radar, but found nothing useful.

Of course, the methods of a Celestial Realm expert are beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and it would be too easy to escape his detection.

"Can we go down and take a look?" Chen Yang asked.

"of course."

Yang Wenguang nodded. There was nothing wrong with it. Their purpose in making this trip was to eliminate potential dangers. As for the so-called ancestral tombs, that was just a legend, and no one had ever seen them.

Chen Yang turned to Yang Wenhui and said, "Grandpa, you and Erbao can stay here. We'll go downstairs."

Yang Wenhui felt embarrassed, knowing he was being treated as a burden. However, since he had his grandson with him, he didn't want to take him on any risks.

He simply told the two to be careful, and then stayed where he was with Xiao Yangtao to wait.

……

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Down the slope, Chen Yang and Yang Wenguang took a shortcut along the north side of Xuanwu Lake, following the mixed woods that stretched into the lake, and headed towards the center of the lake.

The woods were more than ten meters wide and three to five meters higher than the lake. A flock of sparrows darted about in the woods, and cicadas sang incessantly.

After walking about ten meters towards the center of the lake, Chen Yang stopped.

A stone tablet stands in front of us.

The stone tablet was covered with fallen leaves. It wasn't very old. There were words carved on it, and the characters were painted with red sand paint, but many of them had fallen off due to wind and sun.

"Xuanwu Lake Water Source Protection Area!"

Chen Yang looked at the inscription on the stone tablet.
He looked at Yang Wenguang with surprise.

Yang Wenguang gave a wry smile, shrugged, and looked somewhat helpless, but said nothing.

Chen Yang seemed to have thought of something and said, "Old Yang, you said the feng shui was disrupted, could it be..."

Yang Wenguang nodded. There was no one else around, and since Chen Yang had already brought it up, he had no more reservations and immediately said, "In the late 1990s, this monument was erected..."

"Later, Tong Xian came and said that this place was a treasure land for Xuanwu to drink water. This stele was placed right on Xuanwu's neck, breaking Xuanwu's neck and preventing him from drinking water, thus breaking the feng shui..."

"I don't really believe in feng shui or anything like that. Over the years, nothing bad has happened to our Yang family, so we don't care about that stuff..."

……

Chen Yang was somewhat taken aback upon hearing this.

If this place already has the form of Xuanwu (Black Tortoise), and if this continues, it may become a malevolent force and gain momentum. At that time, it will be difficult to eliminate it.

Although spirits can be good or evil, those that are not of our kind will surely have different hearts. Good spirits are always in the minority. All things exist between heaven and earth, and all are vying for life. Humans are no exception, also vying for survival space with all things. If we discover them, we will eliminate them. Although this may seem arbitrary, it is a way to prevent problems before they arise.

Doing this kind of thing will bring consequences. If it weren't for protecting human living space and maintaining a competitive advantage, who would be willing to do such a thankless task and bear such consequences for nothing?

Chen Yang used radar to perform a simple scan. The soil layer was about a meter thick, and underneath was a single boulder that stretched from the shore all the way to the center of the lake.

Five enormous iron stakes were driven into the ground beneath and near the stone tablet.

The iron stake was as thick as Chen Yang's wrist and more than ten meters long. It was driven deep into the ground, like a fence, severing the neck of the Black Tortoise and pinning it firmly in place.

Chen Yang had no reason to touch it, so he immediately followed Yang Wenguang and continued walking forward, leaving the forest and arriving at the center of the lake.

A large stone mound appeared in front of Chen Yang. Judging from its shape, it did indeed resemble the head of a Xuanwu (a mythical tortoise).

The eyes, nose, horns on the head, and even the scales are all incredibly lifelike.

This stone basalt has already taken shape!

Stones are inanimate objects, but due to some accidental reasons, they may, like stone spirits, develop a faint intelligence and embark on the path of cultivation.

However, stone bodies are not flesh and blood, and cultivation is extremely difficult. Very few can cultivate into a real form. Some can cultivate into human form, while others can cultivate into beast form. The direction of cultivation is different, and the difficulty is also different. This giant rock in the mountains can be cultivated into the form of the Xuanwu divine beast.

If this were to become a significant force, it would be truly remarkable.

If it becomes a benevolent spirit, that's fine, but if it becomes an evil spirit, it will surely bring disaster to the region.

It's a pity that this stone has been shaped into this form over countless years; a few iron stakes broke its magic, rendering its years of cultivation futile.

However, this is also its tribulation, different from the tribulation of lightning, this can be considered a tribulation of man.

Hiding deep in the mountains and forests, they still couldn't escape the calamity.

Chen Yang climbed to the top of the rock, his mental energy enveloping the entire lake, searching it inch by inch.

Yang Wenguang also used his mental power to probe, but he clearly didn't have much hope.

After all, the ancestors of the Yang family had searched Xuanwu Lake hundreds of times over the generations. If there were any unusual places, would it be their turn to search here?

The secret base that Yang Tao mentioned is the basalt stone beneath Chen Yang's feet.

The little guy and a few of his friends from the village often sneaked here to play when their elders weren't looking. In the sweltering summer, kids love to play in the water, and the basalt stone is a natural diving platform for them.

The fragments of black jade were found by the few children who were good swimmers, in the water beneath the basalt.

The lake is quite deep, with the deepest part exceeding thirty meters. These little guys are incredibly brave to swim here. They must really be relying on their ancestors' protection, not afraid of getting into any trouble at all.

Chen Yang used his mental power to search back and forth, and suddenly seemed to have discovered something. He directly used his mental power to grab into the lake.

"Wow..."

A dark shadow quickly broke through the water and flew straight towards Chen Yang. Enveloped by his mental energy, it swiftly fell into Chen Yang's hand.

Yang Wenguang came over.

Sure enough, Chen Yang held another fragment of black jade.

"It seems this really is the place."

Yang Wenguang's expression also turned serious. Why would this fragment of black jade appear in Xuanwu Lake? Could there really be some unknown entity in this lake?

As Chen Yang said, what great demons and monsters are being suppressed?
Chen Yang did not speak.

"Chen Yang, I feel like something's not right." Shi Ling's voice rang in Chen Yang's ear.

Chen Yang raised an eyebrow slightly. "Oh? Something's not right?"

Shi Ling said, "The terrain here is indeed a confluence of earth veins and water veins, making it an excellent blessed land for cultivation. Although the Xuanwu has been decapitated, the feng shui pattern remains unchanged. Although the Xuanwu cannot drink water, it cannot block the rain from falling from the sky. I can still sense its aura, so it should not be dead yet..."

"Oh?"

Chen Yang was somewhat surprised. "Are you sure it's not dead? Can you contact it?"

"Although it's not dead, it's very weak, so it might be a bit difficult for it," Shi Ling said.

Chen Yang frowned slightly. Did this basalt stone beneath his feet still possess a spirit?
The Five Thunder Immortal said, "I saw this when I was wandering around Raojiang. Since they were going to destroy it, they wouldn't leave these evil spirits any room to maneuver. Forgive my bluntness, but the way this Xuanwu decapitated its head was quite amateurish..."

"amateur?"

Chen Yang's face was full of surprise. "What do you mean? Elder Ye, do you mean to say..."

"I can't guarantee that, it's just my speculation based on what I've seen." Master Wu Lei didn't dare to be too definitive, but he still said, "A standardized professional process is definitely not something amateurs can compare to, and there will definitely be a follow-up review afterward. If we've decided to kill it, how could we let it live..."

The Three Corpse Divine Tree also chimed in with its opinion, "The Yang family has been here for six hundred years. Knowing that this place has excellent feng shui, there's no reason why they wouldn't have chosen this spot to build their tomb. But let alone in this lake, even around the lake, there's no trace of a tomb. That's really not normal..."

Shi Ling said, "The earth veins and water veins converge here. If we're talking about feng shui, the location of this basalt stone is the burial site. If there's a tomb here, it should be here..."

Chen Yang used his primordial spirit to scan the bottom of the lake again, focusing on the area beneath the basalt stone, but still found nothing.

It doesn't look like a tomb at all.

Master Wu Lei said, "Could there be an underwater formation?"

A formation?
Upon hearing this, Chen Yang and Shi Ling were both slightly taken aback.

Some formations can indeed resist detection.

However, they knew absolutely nothing about formations.

"I'll call Elder Centipede over to take a look!"

When Chen Yang went out in the afternoon, he did not bring the eight-winged centipede with him. Firstly, he was afraid that it would scare people, and secondly, the centipede elder wanted to study the formation, so he left it at his residence.

Since it involves formations, it's more reliable to go to Elder Centipede's Association.

After all, it had absorbed Lu Lingfeng's memories of formations, and had already made some achievements in the field of formations.

Immediately, Chen Yang used the Mountain Yu Seal to contact the Eight-Winged Centipede.

Master Wu Lei said, "The matter of severing meridians should be documented. You can ask Zhou Mingyuan when you come down. Anyway, I think the method of severing meridians here..."

Chen Yang nodded slightly; this was something he needed to inquire about.

The Three Corpse Divine Tree said, "If not, who would be so idle as to do something that invites karma? As far as I know, doing such things usually shortens one's lifespan..."

Who would willingly do something that brings no benefit and only shortens their lifespan? And since you've already done it, why not go all the way? Aren't you afraid that the basalt stone will seek revenge in the future?
Very unreasonable!

"Everything in the world is prosperous."

Chen Yang thought for a moment and said, "What if these people's purpose wasn't to destroy the cultivation of this Xuanwu stone, but rather for some secret in this lake? Would that make sense?"

"Oh?"

The Five Thunder Immortals were all taken aback, and just as they were about to say something, a dark shadow flew in from the horizon.

A giant, flying centipede.

"what?"

When Yang Wenguang suddenly saw the eight-winged centipede, he was startled and instinctively took two steps back, almost losing his footing and falling into the lake.

"Don't be afraid, Mr. Yang, he's my friend."

Chen Yang hurriedly replied, explaining that he had been so focused on communicating with Wu Lei Zhenren and the others that he had forgotten to inform Yang Wenguang first.

He himself was familiar with the eight-winged centipede, so it was alright; he could even find it somewhat pleasing to the eye. But for anyone else, the sudden sight of such a giant, flying centipede would surely terrify them.

"friend?"

When Yang Wenguang saw the eight-winged centipede fly over and wrap itself around Chen Yang's shoulder like a scarf, he got goosebumps all over his body and his scalp almost exploded.

terrible!
Not only was it terrifying in appearance, but the aura emanating from this centipede was also terrifyingly strong. With just a casual glance, he felt as if he was about to die on the spot.

What level of skill is this? It's terrifyingly powerful.

Could it be a ferocious creature from the Dao True Realm?
Seeing the eight-winged centipede coiled around Chen Yang's neck so affectionately, Yang Wenguang was worried for Chen Yang.

How dare this young man keep such a ferocious creature?

Although Chen Yang said they were friends, Yang Wenguang was still instinctively afraid and didn't dare to get close. His whole body was tense.

Chen Yang ignored him and explained the situation to the eight-winged centipede on his own.

The eight-winged centipede didn't hesitate; without saying a word, it plunged straight into the lake.

After a few ripples, it disappeared.

Chen Yang couldn't help but sigh. This eight-winged centipede was truly capable. Whether it was flying, burrowing underground, or entering the water, it could do it all. It was simply omnipotent.

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(End of this chapter)