Villain: After I died, all the heroines cried themselves to sleep.

The day of the River God's wedding arrived as scheduled.

The wedding procession left Hanyang City, carrying sedan chairs and joyfully beating gongs and drums, heading towards the confluence of the Bao River and the Han River.

When they arrived at the confluence of the two rivers, an altar had already been set up on the bank.

The shaman had been waiting at the altar for a long time.

Looking down at the altar, besides the three elders, officials, and the three powerful clans of Du, Gong, and Pu, there were tens of thousands of Hanyang residents watching and joining in the fun.

Luo Zheng sent people several days in advance to build a high platform in the best location closest to the altar.

He was now seated on the high platform, accompanied by Li Tonggu and Feng Lu.

As for Bai Jian, he became a foreman, leading a group of men to work with Sui Qin on the construction of fortifications.

After all, the risk of flooding still exists, so it's best to take precautions in advance just in case.

That way, if something goes wrong, it will be incredibly embarrassing.

Luo Zheng looked around at the throng of people.

Then his gaze fell on the shaman.

The shaman was a veiled woman dressed in strange clothes, accompanied by more than ten female disciples.

Although he looks like a classic charlatan madman.

Luo Zheng could sense that the shaman was emanating a faint spiritual energy fluctuation.

However, this did not prevent Luo Zheng from stopping the sacrificial ceremony.

Because this is also a system task.

[Objective: To participate in the River God's marriage ceremony and rescue the girl in danger.]

[Reward: Performance will be improved accordingly based on actual performance.]

[Punishment: Based on actual performance, the corresponding evaluation will be lowered. If the rescue fails, the final overall evaluation will be permanently lowered.]

Just by looking at the punishment, you can tell it's a very important task.

God knows why, even after escaping my predetermined fate, I still receive tasks from the system.

It can only be said that this might also be part of the system's calculations.

At this time.

The wedding procession arrived.

The sedan chair bearers carried the wedding sedan chair containing the young woman to be married onto the altar.

The shaman immediately led his disciples in a strange dance around the wedding sedan chair, chanting divination incantations.

A mysterious power manifested as invisible ripples that spread outwards.

It was as if it were calling upon the gods in the water.

Even the waves were much more turbulent.

Shortly after, the shaman completed his communication with the spirits.

She stopped what she was doing, called over the sedan chair bearers below the altar, and prepared to push the wedding sedan chair, along with the girl inside, into the river.

"Wait a minute!"

A sharp shout suddenly rang out.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Luo Zheng leading a dozen or so guards out.

He climbed the altar himself, glanced at the figure faintly visible inside the wedding sedan chair, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"Gaozi said, 'Food and sex are human nature. I am the Lord of Hanyang, and I have always loved beautiful women. I have heard that the woman I am marrying this time is the most beautiful maiden in Hanzhong. Let me see if she is as beautiful as the rumors say.'"

Having said that, Luo Zheng was about to lift the beaded curtain and light gauze in front of the sedan chair.

"No!"

The shaman reached out to stop him.

She looked at Luo Zheng and said calmly.

"The mandate of heaven will eventually change, and cause and effect will cycle. Offering this woman to the River God is an act in accordance with heaven. If a virtuous person forcibly prevents it, he is going against heaven, which will only waste his virtue and fortune, and the retribution will ultimately fall on the virtuous person."

"Oh? I'd like to see how this karma will fall on me."

Luo Zheng smiled wryly.

He glared at the shaman and placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.

Although there are some deviations from the original script, we still have to proceed as planned.

"Here's what we'll do: you go and ask the River God first, and tell him that Lord Hanyang has taken a fancy to this beauty and asks if he can give her to me."

Luo Zheng raised his hand and pointed at the shaman.

"My men, throw the shaman into the Han River and ask the River God for instructions on her behalf!"

At his command, the elite soldiers of Liang Kingdom behind him immediately charged toward the shaman.

The shaman's disciples also rushed over and stood in front of him, trying to stop the warriors from getting close.

Despite being surrounded by soldiers, the shaman remained remarkably calm.

She gazed at Luo Zheng meaningfully.

"The Five Elements cycle through the seasons, following the will of Heaven and obeying destiny, and yielding to what is insurmountable. A virtuous person reveres the virtue of water and should remain in Xianyang. Why then is he enfeoffed in this place, reversing the balance of Yin and Yang, and causing calamity to the people?"

"So you're a practitioner of Yin-Yang philosophy."

Luo Zheng narrowed his eyes.

The term "Yin-Yang School" does not refer to people who speak in a strange or eccentric manner.

Rather, it refers to the spiritual cultivation school, which originated from shamanistic rituals and magic, and used the principles of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements to create strange and unorthodox transformations.

But the shaman continued.

"The floods of the Han River are all caused by the perverse actions of virtuous men. I came to Hanyang to set up this scheme, not to find a wife for the River God, but only for—"

"Please, sir, go to your death!"

wow——

The Han River surged and pounded against the riverbanks.

Dark, gloomy clouds had gathered overhead, layer upon layer, obscuring the sun.

Everyone, including the Du, Gong, and Pu families, was discussing and watching the changes taking place on the altar.

"Did Lord Hanyang go there to stop the sacrificial ceremony?"

"Did you hear just now? It seems that Lord Hanyang has taken a fancy to that married woman."

"The Han River is swift, and rain is imminent; it seems the River God is about to be angered..."

On the high platform, Li Tonggu and Feng Lu also frowned.

Unlike the others, the two knew Junzi's plan from the beginning.

But obviously, plans can't keep up with changes.

According to the plan, the gentleman should have already ordered someone to throw the shaman into the water.

But it has not been successful so far.

"If we wait any longer, things might change..."

Li Tonggu had not finished speaking.

Suddenly.

wow——

The already turbulent Han River, as if driven by some force, suddenly surged with towering waves hundreds of feet high.

The enormous waves crashed down like towering claws, ruthlessly destroying everything in their path.

Rumble!!!

The terrifying sound shook the heavens and the earth.

The entire altar crumbled instantly under this attack.

"The River God is angry! The River God is angry!!!"

The residual impact of the towering waves affected the surrounding residents.

This immediately triggered widespread panic.

"Go quickly and find the gentleman!"

Li Tonggu and Feng Lu hurriedly directed the Liang Kingdom's elite troops to enter the field.

The elite soldiers quickly brought the situation under control, surrounding the shattered altar.

The giant wave destroyed the altar, leaving it in ruins, where only the shaman and his female disciple remained unharmed.

The wedding sedan chair and the elite soldiers beside Luo Zheng were all washed ashore.

Luo Zheng was the only one missing.

"Lord Hanyang defied the will of Heaven and angered the River God, thus suffering this calamity. Now Lord Hanyang has been swallowed by the great waves, and the River God will divert the Han River to flood Hanyang. Instead of thinking about escaping for your lives, you are trying to put up a last-ditch resistance. How foolish you are!"

The shaman calmly surveyed the crowd and casually pointed to the broken sword on the ground.

That was the remnant of Luo Zheng's sword.

"Shut up! You audacious vixen! Who sent you here to spread your heretical rumors and deceive the people? How dare you attempt to assassinate the Lord of Hanyang!"

Feng Lu cursed loudly.

Neither he nor Li Tonggu were fools.

A little thought reveals that this shaman was after the very beginning with the intention of assassinating the gentleman.

"There's no need to waste words with her. The gentleman has fallen into the Han River, his fate unknown. The right thing to do is to quickly capture this vixen and then search for the young master."

Li Tonggu shook his head and ordered the surrounding elite soldiers to form ranks and launch an attack on the shaman and his men.

"If their fate is unknown, then they are dead."

The shaman asserted his intention to shatter Li Tonggu and Feng Lu's illusions.

She and her disciples also began to form a formation and cast the Yin-Yang and Five Elements techniques.

"With the help of the River God, I can summon wind and rain; how can you possibly contend with me?"

The shaman fully revealed his cultivation level, which had actually reached the Heavenly Gang Realm.

She performed the spell together with her disciples.

In an instant.

A violent storm descended from the sky, enveloping the entire riverbank and halting the advance of Liang's elite troops.

However, before the shaman could even declare victory...

The wind and rain suddenly lessened a bit.

"This is……"

The shaman was taken aback.

Then he suddenly looked up at a certain place.

But on the hill behind the high platform built by Luo Zheng, a young man in plain clothes was also performing a ritual.

"The Way follows nature?"

……

While the two sides were engaged in a battle of wits on the shore.

In the Han River, a figure is moving and swimming.

And behind him.

A massive figure snaked along, relentlessly pursuing him.