The True Lord has arrived

Chapter 334 Good baby, good baby!
[The Tusita Heaven...]

Looking at Zhou Yan's right hand, Kaiming could vaguely sense something.

The innate five elements are connected to the concept of the Heavenly Pillar. Unless one transcends the Three Realms and is not within the Five Elements, one would suffer a great loss from this kid's attack, at least with this one move.

Kaiming's eyes were filled with amazement, complexity, and a sigh of regret—he always felt that when they first met, Zhou Yan was just an ordinary Taoist with only the chance to obtain the great supernatural power passed down by Nuwa, and that he needed to use the art of transformation to rescue them.

They had to avoid the likes of An Lushan, and even the Three-Legged Golden Crow had no real ability to harm them.

But how long has it been? He has already accumulated three hundred years of magical power and cultivation, possessed the body of a primordial true person, and was endowed with the divine nature of Gonggong, the primordial five elements, and even created a Taoist true person who could seal away great supernatural powers.

Humans have a short lifespan, but their spirituality is innate and their potential for growth surpasses that of all other races.

For an immortal like Kaiming, it was as if he had only taken a nap.

It has already undergone a tremendous transformation.

It's just like……

The image of the smiling girl flashed before Kaiming's eyes.

'teacher!!!'

A fleeting sadness crossed Kaiming's eyes. His short human life had left a profound mark on his long life, so much so that every time he recalled it, his heart would ache.

An enlightened gaze swept across the surroundings—

The ancient dragon turtle attempted to break through the seal, causing the seal itself to shatter and crack. Countless waves rushed into the area, destroying the houses and buildings in Langzhong, as well as the stone roads, leaving the place in ruins.

The smells of water and earth were mixed together.

If Zhou Yan hadn't reacted quickly, parted the water ripples, and pressed the Primordial Dragon Turtle back down with a palm strike, the condensed waves here would have been enough to destroy at least half of Langzhong in an instant.

...Mount Buzhou, the pillar of this region, has encountered an accident.

The seal here is probably not stable enough.

The overlap between the second spiritual world and the real human world increases.

His enlightened eyes swept across the surroundings, and with his extraordinary abilities, he observed the second spiritual world from this vantage point, seeing the surging azure waves and the furiously roaring ancient dragon-turtle. He withdrew his gaze, looked at the hairpin in Zhou Yan's hand, paused for a moment, and said:
"Hey kid, can I take a look at this hairpin?"

Zhou Yan seemed to be deep in thought. With a wave of his hand, the simple and elegant black jade hairpin flew to Kai Ming's side with a shimmering light. Kai Ming stretched out his palm and gently stroked the hairpin.

'Teacher, teacher, my father has agreed to let me become your student!'

'Hehe, I'm his youngest daughter, and I also have the blood of the Qingqiu clan, so I'm called Nüwa (Girl). But alas, this name is just too...childish. Now, I'm a famous Qi cultivator from Kunlun Mountain, a disciple of Chisongzi.'

'Hmph! '

'We need to give it a new name eventually.'

'Is this the gift you gave me as a formal apprenticeship present, teacher?'

The past seemed like it had just happened yesterday. The little girl was overjoyed, dancing with the black jade hairpin he had given her. The lazy Chisongzi just laughed loudly. But soon, the disfigured corpse and the dazed pupils also flashed in Kaiming's eyes.

Grief, remembrance, resentment, and intense hatred.

It was rare for Zhou Yan to see such clear emotional fluctuations in Kai Ming's eyes. He asked:
"That young lady is..."

Kaiming tilted his head back slightly, exhaled, and said:

"The youngest daughter of Emperor Yan Shennong, of the Qingqiu clan, was, strictly speaking, an elder of Yu's wife Nüjiao. When she was a child, she was called Nüwa. When Gonggong flooded a tribe in the East Sea, she went to stop him and drowned."

"By the time I arrived, his soul had already departed..."

Kaiming held the hairpin, his fingers gently tracing the marks on it: "The Water God is a conceptual calamity, representing annihilation. It is the power to devour, erode, and return to zero, corresponding to the positive concept of water's creation and nourishment at the beginning of the universe."

"...The girl's soul and consciousness have disappeared, and she doesn't even exist in the spiritual world. In other words, her soul has been completely scattered."

"What you see should be the true form of Gonggong."

"Throughout history, all living beings that have died under the concept of 'water' have their souls mobilized and gathered. That resentment transforms into supernatural powers that strike you down. But Nüwa... Jingwei, she should still retain some divine consciousness, so she can help you."

"I thought she had been completely wiped out, but it seems she's doing much better than I thought."

The voice of enlightenment was as calm as possible, yet one could still sense the sorrow within it.

Zhou Yan looked at Kaiming and said, "In that case, Kaiming, you can keep this hairpin. Consider it a return to its rightful owner..."

Kaiming took the black jade hairpin, nodded, and then whispered:

"Thank you."

Zhou Yan was unwilling to linger in this somber and sorrowful mood. He pointed to the bright moon hanging in the eternal night and said, "This is Langzhong, the fairyland of Langyuan. The dream of Huaxu overlaps in the same location, so it is easy for the ancient divine will of the second world to target it."

"The Merfolk have already performed a blood sacrifice once, and there's no guarantee they won't do it a second time. In any case, we should first wipe out the Merfolk who have infiltrated, and then figure out a way to strengthen the seal."

"We must not let the dragon turtle escape, and we must not let Gonggong descend."

This was an urgent matter, and Zhou Yan couldn't care less about anything else. He picked a few strands of white hair, crushed them with his sword energy, and then exhaled. These white hair fragments transformed into individual versions of Zhou Yan, each protecting the survivors as they returned to Shen Cangming.

The others used their movement techniques to escape in all directions.

Mount Buzhou, the central pillar maintaining the order of the Three Realms, has fallen here.

With the addition of Gonggong's blood sacrifice, the seal has begun to crumble.

Zhou Yan and Kai Ming could both see that cracks had appeared in the void, with water vapor surging out and crashing to the ground. However, the seal was still very strong and could heal itself; the cracks appeared and then quickly recovered.

Through the gaps, one could vaguely glimpse some menacing monsters, each with scales on their bodies, webbed fingers, and shrouded in layers of moisture, hardly resembling human figures.

Kaiming said, "They are relatives of Gonggong."

Zhou Yan asked, "Are they also merfolk?"

Kaiming shook his head, his expression solemn:
"You need to know that Gonggong, the water god, is completely different from the water gods of great rivers, such as Hebo or Jiangshen. The so-called conceptual ones are simply that if even a drop of his blood touches him, it will be transformed into his followers."

"The Merfolk were originally a branch of the human race, and they only gradually transformed after joining the ranks of the Water God."

"even……"

Kaiming paused for a moment, then said, "Alright, we can talk about other things later. You should take this time to recover."

Zhou Yan nodded and took a deep breath. Not long after, a streak of light flew over. It was one of his avatars. It had discovered another settlement of the Merfolk. Zhou Yan put the avatar away and quickly arrived at that settlement with Kai Ming.

Upon arrival, there was indeed an extremely strong smell of blood.

However, the stench of blood did not belong to humans. The ground was stained with pale blue blood, and the merfolk lay dead, their deaths gruesome, some with their heads split open, others with large gashes in their chests. Nearby were other human civilians, all deathly pale.

Upon seeing Zhou Yan arrive, they were thrown into a panic. After Zhou Yan cast a calming spell, they regained their composure. Zhou Yan pointed at the corpses and asked, "What... happened?"

An old man calmed himself down a bit. Although he was still very nervous and scared, he saw that the young Taoist had white temples and a calm demeanor, and the scholar in the blue robe, although he had a scraggly beard, still looked like a person and could at least speak logically.

Just like Zhou Yan and Kai Ming were worried about, since the Gonggong clan, led by the Merfolk, had already paid a great price to infiltrate the human world and enter Langzhong, then when the opportunity came, it was impossible for them to just use one place for a blood sacrifice.

A significant portion of these people did not enter a dream state. They lived in constant fear, cooking porridge for themselves and feeding their unawakened relatives, barely managing to stay alive.

"Just today, I suddenly heard a loud bang, a rumble, and when I looked over, the Tengwang Pavilion on the other side of the mountain suddenly exploded. I only saw streaks of light colliding back and forth. After a while, my little grandson shouted, 'It's getting dark.'"

The old man paused, then said:
"I was thinking that it was only early afternoon, and it's not the dead of winter yet, so it's not going to get dark so easily."

“My wife and son have been sleeping for several days. They are both scared and irritable. They just think that the kids think I haven’t played with them and are deliberately making trouble for me.”

"But when I went outside, I looked up and, my God, the sky was so dark, yet there was such a big moon hanging in the middle of the sky."

"Heavenly Bodhisattva above, I have never seen it before."

"I was completely stunned. Suddenly, I felt a great sense of fear. Don't laugh at me, Master, but I couldn't even hold onto my cane. I fell forward, my legs trembling, watching my little grandson run away."

"They were dancing under the moon. I found it both absurd and frightening. I don't know where I got the strength, but I didn't pick up my cane. I rushed over and grabbed my little grandson, stopping him from dancing under the moon."

When the old man finished speaking, Zhou Yan and Kai Ming exchanged a glance, and Zhou Yan transmitted his voice, "Dancing under the moonlight, is this the influence of some ritual?"

Kaiming said, "I don't know, but it's possible that some kind of evil god is influencing this place with the help of the moon. After all, you know this place is really strange!"

Zhou Yan silently noted this down.

The old man placed his hand on his chest, let out a long breath, and said:
"Just then, those monsters appeared!"

“They were too strong. They tied us all up and said they were going to kill us to sacrifice to some god. We were all scared and started to make a fuss. They beat up the loudest ones. If it weren’t for the sacrifice, they would have killed us long ago.”

Zhou Yan asked, "Then how did you escape?"

At this point, a flush appeared on the old man's face, and his voice became loud and clear. He said, "Just then, an ancient sword suddenly flew out. I saw it clearly. The sword light was golden, and with two quick strikes, it killed all these monsters as easily as killing fish."

"These monsters had bled dry, and a huge bead flew out of their bodies. Then a god-like figure in white robes held the bead in his hand and said something..."

A girl nearby chimed in:

"Uncle Liu, he said, 'These treasures are all mine now!'"

The old man chuckled twice, seemingly feeling that this statement was not in line with the demeanor of a benevolent, almost divine figure, and deliberately left it unsaid. Now, having no other choice, he could only say, "Yes, yes, that's what he said."

Zhou Yan already knew who had made the move, and Kai Ming's lips twitched.

"The mermaid pearls can greatly enhance water attribute perception and also increase water element resistance to a certain level. These mermaid pearls are not something that mermaids of ordinary cultivation levels can possess, but those who come here are all elites and can produce mermaid pearls."

"Unexpectedly, it was because he possessed a valuable treasure that he caught the eye of the Golden Heavenly King. In a way, this guy has done the right thing by punishing the wicked."

Zhou Yan then noticed several more dead bodies, dressed in rather luxurious silk robes and adorned with jade on their fingers. He asked in bewilderment, "Since these merfolk were unwilling to kill before the blood sacrifice, how were these people killed?"

The old man didn't answer, but the girl spat and said, "This is the rich man from the market. He always bullies everyone because his family has some money. He always tries to make everyone obey him by saying weird things. He's doing the same thing this time."

"After that hero saved us, they saw the precious pearl in his hand and said, 'Since the immortal has taken action, we might as well go all the way and send them back. We must protect them well.'"

"How can we just ignore them? Rather than leave them like this, the immortal should just kill them all."

"Some even said they hoped the hero would give them one or two beads as compensation."

"In the end, that great hero killed them all with just one sword!"

The young girl spoke with great admiration for the swordsman wielding the ancient sword, her face flushed. As for the wealthy man who morally blackmailed King Jin, she felt a sense of catharsis and satisfaction.

Zhou Yan and Kai Ming exchanged a glance, both feeling like they were courting death.

It's one thing to deal with other people, but to morally blackmail King Jin and even try to take his treasures?

Zhou Yan felt it was like an old man carrying a lantern to the outhouse.

He's practically a genius who's courting death.

However, he breathed a slight sigh of relief. When the Golden Heavenly King discovered that the Merfolk had treasures, his efficiency in killing them was not necessarily worse than Zhou Yan's, and he might even be much more diligent.

Zhou Yan and Kai Ming, just like before, sent off these people in several places, making sure that almost the entire Merfolk tribe had been wiped out by the Golden Heavenly King who discovered the treasure, before they were finally at ease.

With a series of cracking sounds, fissures appeared in the void.

Faintly, water ripples were visible. After Zhou Yan sealed these fissures, he looked out and saw the vast city of Langzhong. The fissures were appearing faster and faster, and the frequency was increasing. Faintly, he could already hear whispers in the waves.

Once all these aquatic creatures are wiped out and enter the human realm, Zhou Yan's power will be insufficient to protect such a vast area as Langzhong. Furthermore, the fact that the aquatic creatures slaughtered the people and caused blood sacrifices will further guide and cause Gonggong to revive.

Zhou Yan looked at the water god's mark wrapped around his arm, a hint of apprehension flashing in his eyes.

Gonggong is too dangerous and terrifying; he must be stopped.

This is Langzhong City, the legendary site of King Yu. As for the seal, both Zhou Yan and Kaiming subconsciously raised their heads and looked up at the sky. Under the bright moon, the huge wave bell stood quietly while the giant ancient dragon turtle swam.

Kaiming smirked and said, "This thing was forged by King Yu. It does have the ability to suppress and seal a realm. However, since it's hanging here, nobody knows what the consequences will be if it's struck."

Zhou Yan said, "Don't you understand these sealing supernatural powers?"

Kaiming shook his head: "I don't understand, but I at least know that if an ancient seal, even if it looks dilapidated, can still maintain its sealing effect, then it's best not to touch it."

He glanced to the side, where void rifts kept appearing, and the water god's minions roared, but were often repaired and sealed before they could even emerge.

Kaiming said, "Don't mess around at this time."

"The probability that the already shaky seal will collapse completely is much, much greater than the probability of it being repaired."

Shit Mountain Code...

Zhou Yan's lips twitched, feeling troubled, but at that moment, a brilliant golden light streaked across the night sky and crashed hard into the giant wave bell.

The bell exploded with a layer of golden light, and ripples swept across Langzhong.

"Haha, what a wonderful baby!"

"It belongs to me!"

It's the Golden King.

(End of this chapter)