Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 473 Dead Water Revives (Thanks to Amy_Liu for the donation!)

Seeing a waterfall underwater is a rare and wonderful thing.

But Qin Feng felt there was something even stranger.

"Xiao Xi? What did you say?"

Coming to her senses, Wei Xi turned her head to look, and saw Qin Feng's solemn face.

Qin Feng's gaze was incredibly firm, but his face was pale and his lips trembled slightly. "I asked you what you were saying?"

“‘Dead waters come back to life, all rivers flow eastward,’” the quick-witted Wei Xi was already preparing to make his escape. “Why are you asking this?”

Wei Xi's head, blinded by greed, finally began to regret his decision—no matter how much money the Tenth Princess offered, he shouldn't have accepted this lousy job!
But Qin Feng's next words interrupted Wei's regret.

Where did this saying come from?

"What do you mean, 'where did it come from'! It's just..."

The second half of Wei Xi's sentence didn't come out because she was stuck; rather, she suddenly realized that she didn't know where those eight words had come from.

A tremendous sense of panic surged from Wei Xi's heart, almost instantly shattering her reason.

After all, Wei Xi believed that she had gotten to where she was today not because of her mediocre cultivation, but because of her meticulous thinking and Qin Feng's extraordinary talent.

But if she can't even control her own thoughts, how can she be sure of escaping this dangerous sea?
"When exactly did it happen? Were two pieces of memory lost? The Everlasting Tree took one piece, and there's still another one."

Wei Xi's thoughts went blank for a moment, his heart pounded like a drum, and his tongue was tied in knots.

Seeing her terrifying appearance, Qin Feng disregarded the danger and rushed to Wei Xi's side.

"Don't panic," Qin Feng grabbed Wei Xi's shoulder, noticing that the other's pupils were already dilated, and suddenly raised his voice, "I know those eight words! Did you hear me?"

"When I was bitten by a snake, didn't I hear the snake talking? And those people who were burned to death, they said 'dead waters come back to life, all rivers flow eastward'! Did you hear that?"

Just as Qin Feng hesitated whether to wake Wei Xi with a slap, Wei Xi gasped, sprang up, and shouted, "Explain in detail!"

"Ah, I was burning up with excitement at the time, and all those noises were chaotic, there was all sorts of noise. But just now, when I heard what you said, my mind seemed to go back to that moment, and I heard the sound of waves crashing over me."

"So I thought you were bitten by a snake, but you don't look like you've been poisoned."

With his reason returning, Wei Xi gave a bitter smile: the good news was that Qin Feng was still the same Qin Feng with a sincere heart, the bad news was that his own mind was still a hidden danger.

But after the initial shock wore off, all that remained was the reality. Facing this truth, Wei Xi could only pull himself together and try to figure out how he had uttered those eight words.

"Do you remember who said that? Was there anything special about it?"

Qin Feng tried to recall for a moment, then hesitated and said, "I can only say that it wasn't the snakes that were shouting, but the figures I saw. I really don't remember who they were. Besides, the words weren't clear at all; it sounded like many people were murmuring a chant."

"Qin Feng," Wei Xi said softly, "any detail you think of could be a key clue. Don't worry that I'll find it strange. Besides, don't you think we've encountered enough strange things already?"

Hearing this, Qin Feng's expression became even more confused, but she still spoke the truth, "Actually, it's more like there's someone behind those people, like a shadow talking to them!"

“It’s not a shadow,” Wei Xi sneered, clearly understanding everything. “It’s a second mouth; these people have two mouths!”

Qin Feng was completely puzzled, clearly unable to keep up with his companion's jumping strategy.

"The ability of the beach moss is to merge. There are quite a few deformed creatures in this sea area, so it's not surprising that one has two mouths."

Wei Xi didn't want to dwell on the monster's wicked habits, so she gestured for Qin Feng to stay close to her. The two went against the current, choosing a spot on the edge where the traps had already been triggered.

Wei Xi scraped the exterior wall of the building with his dagger, and breathed a sigh of relief a moment later.

“Sure enough,” Wei Xi said in a low voice, just loud enough for Qin Feng to hear, “something happened in Deadwater City.”

Qin Feng stared at the exposed black marks, his pupils contracting slightly, and uttered two words, "Fire?"

"The underwater city was burned down by a great fire. Who came up with this dirty trick?"

Wei Xi, however, had a different opinion. He kept rubbing his fingers together and grinned, saying, "Don't you think this person is very smart?"

"Dead Water City is a city built on the seabed, filled with magical artifacts created by weapon refiners. Even after thousands of years, they are still in good working order. If you want to destroy this city, what should you do?"

Recalling the traps he had just witnessed, Qin Feng had some understanding of the strength of Dead Water City.

"You're assuming I have to fight a thousand Flower Elders! Is that correct?"

Having witnessed Elder Xianhua's battle with Li Changxu, Qin Feng, no matter how confident she was, didn't think she could gain the upper hand against a weapon refiner from the city.

"Xiao Xi, it wasn't like this thousands of years ago. Back then, it was easy for cultivators to form their cores. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that there were countless experts. Who could have touched Dead Water City?"

Qin Feng then changed the subject again, "Wait a minute, didn't we say that Tunqing came back for revenge? It wasn't it that did this?"

Wei Xi calmly said, "I don't think it has that ability."

"A city at the bottom of the sea, teeming with weapon refiners, naturally requires fire as a weapon."

"Because no one would think about fire prevention, Zuo Fei either didn't think of it or deliberately left such a flaw, and the cultivators after him probably didn't even consider this aspect."

"Wait a minute," Qin Feng interrupted, "What do you mean Zuo Fei did it on purpose? Is he crazy? Burning down his own house?"

Wei Xi's gaze was unusually calm as he said softly, "Trouble arises from within."

In fact, Wei Xi thought of two possibilities: one was that someone in the city deliberately set fire to and destroyed Deadwater City, and the other was that outsiders launched a surprise attack on Deadwater City.

“You can see the city gate from here. The fire is so big, but there are no signs of chaos inside the city. I’m inclined to believe there’s a traitor.”

Qin Feng was a little confused and blurted out, "Then what's the mole's motive? What benefit would he get if everyone here died?"

"I haven't figured it out yet," Wei Xi said honestly. "The waters here are too deep!"

Now it was Qin Feng's turn to sneer, "I'm betting on an external enemy. If it's not Tun Qing, I'll exchange it for a demon beast! There are plenty of demon beasts in the world, not just Yu Xianzhou. There are plenty in the west, north, in the sky, and on the ground! Who knows if Dead Water City has offended someone, or if the demon beasts are all in cahoots and a demon beast really comes to avenge its own kind!"

Wei Xi didn't think of it as a benevolent demon, after all, she had witnessed Yu Xianzhou's numerous misdeeds, and to say that they were too numerous to count would be too lenient.

Given Yu Xianzhou's ruthlessness in attacking its own kind of demon beasts, Wei Xi found it hard to imagine any demon beast seeking revenge for it.

“‘Dead waters come back to life, all rivers flow eastward,’” Wei Xi pondered the phrase. After all, what a person remembers after death must be extremely important. “Could it be that I was also influenced at the time, which is why I repeated this phrase?”

"But what exactly does that mean? Does the fact that those corpses can walk mean they've been resurrected?"

"But it's not difficult to do. There were quite a few similar zombies in the Zhenhai Sect's training grounds back then, which shows that Deadwater City has always known this skill."

"Could it mean that Dead Water City has been resurrected?" Wei Xi frantically started doing reading comprehension exercises. "That doesn't make sense. Dead Water City is called Dead Water City anyway."

Wei Xi was startled by her own thought and stammered, "No...it's not what I'm thinking, is it? Zuo Fei, you've got some nerve!"