Invasion Myth: Starting with the Schoolteacher

Chapter 654 The Waters of Qiantang Are Deep
Although they had collaborated before, Xu Xuan always had to lay the groundwork for a long time, either by deceiving or coaxing people into doing it.

If a formal cooperation can be reached, although they won't necessarily side with us, we can directly contact them in case of any major crisis in Wu County.

Wow, Qiantang is now as solid as a rock!

After listening, Yu Gong didn't say anything, but just narrowed his wrinkled but still sharp eyes slightly.

The midday sun shone on Xu Xuan's face, gilding his features with a golden edge. The old man's gaze was sharp as a knife, as if he wanted to dissect the young man's skin and see right through him to his heart.

He saw the shrewd calculation gleaming in Xu Xuan's eyes, a glint more cunning than a fox; he noticed the faint glow of the talismans in his sleeves, concealing a chilling power; and he further sensed the impeccable eloquence in Xu Xuan's speech, each word like a meticulously crafted chess piece.

This person is as cunning as a fox, as treacherous as a ghost, mysterious and unpredictable, with unfathomable strength, and is also well-versed in strategy, harboring ambitions to conquer the world.

But when Yu Gong's gaze penetrated these appearances, what he saw was a raging fire.

The firelight was bright but not scorching, warm but not weak.

He recalled how, when they first met, the other party had used shackles to restrain Song Youde's greed, created the upright prefect, and forcibly implemented the way of education.

Then I recalled that during the Jianye era, this young man, despite being a Buddhist monk, resolutely became entangled in the karma of humanity and used a demonic sword to slay the five dragons.

I still remember that the other party traveled to the southeast, eliminating demons and saving people, and accompanied his disciple to Kaifeng for Zhanlu.

I will never forget today's Dragon Boat Festival, when the cry of "Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon" shook the entire city.

That's right, in Yu Gong's heart he highly approves of Xu Xuan.

After all, not everyone is willing to risk their life fighting against evil forces, especially multiple times.

'What a pity. If he could cultivate the Righteous Qi, he would surely be the leader of Confucianism.' The old man sighed inwardly. The Righteous Qi requires a pure heart, but Xu Xuan's mind was too complicated. Like a piece of gold mixed with too many impurities, although its essence is precious, it is ultimately difficult to refine it into its purest state.

"If anything happens in the future, just tell me," the old man finally spoke, his voice hoarse yet firm. As he turned, his gray hair fluttered in the wind, his back straight as a pine tree, yet carrying a hint of barely perceptible loneliness. The hem of his faded scholar's robe brushed against the gravel, making a soft rustling sound.

The Father watched the old man leave with a respectful demeanor.

The moment Yu Gong's figure passed through the fluttering paper butterflies and stepped out of the illusion array's boundary—"Hahahaha!"

Suddenly, he threw his head back and burst into laughter, the sound so loud that rubble fell from the nearby ruins.

Long eyebrows, oh long eyebrows~~~~ I never thought that before the crooked tree could even unleash its power, you would already be acting as a catalyst.

Man proposes, God disposes!
When Master Mao arrived to take over, he saw the head of the hall gesturing wildly, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile wryly. No wonder the head of the hall and the deputy head of the hall had such a good relationship.
"Oh no!" Xu Xuan's expression changed drastically. He had been so happy that he had forgotten to check on Xiao Qing's condition.

His figure transformed into a streak of light and soared into the sky. Only one sentence echoed in mid-air: "Thank you for cleaning up the mess, Daoist Master. I'll treat you to a drink another day!"

Inside Qingbo Gate, in the lotus pond in the backyard of the Bai residence, a huge green snake floated belly up on the water, its tail weakly slapping the surface, splashing a few drops of water.

When Xu Xuan landed, he thought the little monster had died.

The backlash from the five poisonous energies and the battle between the yang energy dragon brought misery to the second snake demon of Qiantang. The poisonous energy wanted to control her, and the yang energy wanted to suppress her; she was utterly unlucky.

"I'm going to kill that long-browed guy..." Xiaoqing groaned weakly. "Wait until... Sister, when you come out of seclusion, I'll tell on you."

She has suffered such great injustice under the Xu family since her debut, and Changmei really angered her.

Its enormous head leaned weakly against the shore, its forked tongue drooping from its mouth. "Realgar...realgar is everywhere..."

Xu Xuan squatted by the pool, his fingertips glowing with spiritual light. With a gentle touch, the realgar powder in the pool was swept up by a wisp of breeze and dissipated into a pale yellow mist.

He casually picked up Xiaoqing's snake tail and examined the burns on its scales: "Changmei's evil aura has stirred up the yang energy of the entire city, so you have suffered an undeserved disaster."

However, isn't a single Golden Crocodile Sword too powerful? It's not even part of the complete Seven-Sword Set.

Always feel like something is wrong?
What's wrong?

Xu Xuan became alert and quietly began to arrange for some forces to return to defend.

Nighttime, outside Qiantang City, in the abandoned mortuary.

Moonlight streamed through the dilapidated windowpane, illuminating a toad perched on an offering table. The bumps on the toad's back glowed eerily. Suddenly, with a "gurgle," its body twisted and swelled, transforming in an instant into a long-browed Taoist priest. In his hand he held a crescent-shaped short sword, its entire body gleaming with a cold, eerie blue light—the Jellyfish Sword from the Seven Swords of Cultivation.

Long-browed, he whispered, "Xu Xuan, do you really think I would test you with just a sword?"

Even if done casually, it would be difficult for a golden alligator to cause such a violent outburst of the five poisonous energies.

We need at least one more jellyfish sword. Among the Seven Swords, the dragon is named Golden Alligator and the toad is named Jellyfish. Both are top-ranking divine weapons, combining yin and yang to control and counteract each other's power.

He sneered. Today's battle, though seemingly a defeat for him, was in fact all part of a calculated plan.

"Qiantang, it's not appropriate for the public to do that."

He originally intended to use the Five Poisons' evil energy to force out Qiantang's trump card, but unexpectedly, Xu Xuan's "Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon" directly triggered the Dragon Boat Festival's supreme yang energy, crushing his plan.

It should be noted that there is a limit to how he can separate his own soul using the Haotian Mirror, and this is the last part of his soul that he will split.

Unfortunately, in the end, they never found out the root cause of their near-death experience.

"The waters of the Qiantang River are deeper than I thought..."

Long-browed squinted, suddenly realizing something, and abruptly turned his head—

Fog began to rise in the direction of West Lake.

Just then, the music and singing on the painted boats on West Lake gradually subsided. Fishermen had already pulled in their nets, leaving only two or three black-awning boats with jars of realgar wine in the cabins. The boatmen, their faces flushed and drunk, were still singing "Nine Songs: Xiangjun," their voices cracking through the withered lotus leaves.

Suddenly, rain came, and a blue mist rose from the center of the lake. In the distance, one could vaguely see a woman in white clothes walking on the water, disappearing in an instant.

Long Eyebrows' pupils contracted sharply, and before he could react, the sky suddenly darkened. He felt as if dark clouds were looming overhead, and a pair of vertical pupils stood above his heart.

"you!"

A drop of water slowly seeped from the person's fingertip.

The water droplets were crystal clear, with thirty-six mysterious patterns flowing across their surface. At first, they were no bigger than a grain of rice, but the moment they left the fingertip, they swallowed up all the water vapor within a hundred miles. Birds flying by suddenly froze in mid-air, their wings covered with fine ice crystals.

Gui Water Thunder Pearl!

Amidst a deafening roar that shook the heavens, water droplets struck the divided soul's chest.

"boom--"

He was sent flying backward, carving a thousand-foot-long trench of spiritual energy through the void before finally crashing into the East Sea. The water column that erupted from the point of impact shot straight into the sky, only to freeze into a towering ice peak in the next second.

The long-browed split soul that broke through the ice pillar was already incomplete.

The woman who had been pursuing him stood silently in the void, the Xuanming True Patterns on her plain white skirt flickering erratically.

"White Snake Emperor, you..."

The former master of Mount Shu was somewhat incredulous at the other party's condition.
The woman remained silent. Her movement of raising her hand was slow, yet carried a certain timeless rhythm.

When her fair, jade-like fingers spread open, the starlight of the entire Milky Way seemed to distort. As her palm closed, she grasped the handle of the Big Dipper, the starlight condensing into a giant sword spanning the heavens and earth. The twenty-eight constellations lit up one by one on the sword's edge, the starlight of the tail constellation particularly dazzling—there condensed a pale golden sword intent.

This sword strike carried a tenth of the chivalrous spirit of imitation, and nine-tenths of anger.

The aura of death descended!

Long-browed man retreated rapidly, his jellyfish sword unleashing a sky full of cold light, but the Milky Way remained unmoved, crashing down like the sky collapsing!

"die."

As it fell, towering waves rose in the East China Sea.

(End of this chapter)