Stone Fairy!

Just as the old turtle had said, the rain kept falling, sometimes heavy and sometimes light, but it never really stopped.

Now, another seven days have passed.

For the past seven days, the water level of the Heihe River has risen three times a day, with the turbid water overflowing the riverbanks, crossing the reed beds, and gradually approaching the dikes.

For a moment, everyone in Yunmei City was on edge.

Heihe is adjacent to Yunmei City. Once the floodwaters breach the dikes, the entire city will be submerged. The farmland and villages along the river will be completely destroyed.

Xie Tian has barely slept for days.

He constantly mobilized the city defense battalion, the city patrol team, and even temporarily incorporated the displaced people to reinforce the dikes and build waterproof works.

Bottom of the Heihe River

A turtle and a snake swam slowly along the riverbank, observing the soldiers coming and going.

The green snake stretched its body in the water, its more than twenty-foot-long body moving silently through the water, its scales gleaming with a cold, eerie light in the dim river.

The turtle followed beside it, its equally large body moving nimbly in the water, its four legs paddling alternately, and its speed was not slow.

Both beasts then revealed their true forms.

On the riverbank, soldiers and civilians busied themselves in the rain, moving materials and reinforcing the dike. No one noticed the two entities underwater.

During this time, thanks to the secret help of the snake and the turtle in guiding the water flow, no major problems occurred.

Although the dike was breached in several places, it was plugged in time, and the river water never overflowed the top of the dike.

The old turtle slithered along, its emerald eyes fixed on the green snake beside it, and asked, "Little green snake, are you truly not the dragon statue in the temple that you transformed into?"

The old turtle had asked this question several times. It really didn't believe that the green snake had appeared out of thin air. All the spirits and monsters in the world were anomalies, and anomalies were only one in ten thousand. It was even rarer for them to reach the point where they were about to take human form.

The green snake impatiently flicked its tail in the water, splashing up a spray of water.

"Old turtle, can you please stop asking?"

The green snake grew impatient with the old turtle's repeated questioning: "If I were truly an incarnation of that dragon, would you still have a place in the Black River?"

Seeing that the green snake was truly annoyed, the old turtle quickly shrank its neck and said in a gentle tone, "Alright, alright, I won't ask anymore, I won't ask anymore."

Although the old turtle said that, its green eyes kept turning, wondering if it should find some time to go back to the sunken temple at the bottom of the river to take another look. Although the dragon statue was broken, there might still be something that had not been discovered.

Those chains seem to be a good thing.

As the old turtle pondered this, it unconsciously increased the speed at which it paddled.

The green snake glanced at it but ignored it.

A snake and a turtle swam continuously along the riverbank, guiding the river downstream and diverting the water from the weakest point of the dike into a wider body of water.

Meanwhile, on a deserted shore.

This place is quite far from Yunmei City, located upstream of the Heihe River.

The river is formed by steep cliffs on both sides, creating a natural bend.

A figure appeared at the edge of the river bend.

This person was dressed in strange, five-colored clothes. The colors were mixed and bizarre, and the five colors were intertwined, making it impossible to discern any pattern. It was dazzling and, if looked at for too long, could even cause dizziness.

He wore a hideous mask, his features distorted, and his eyes wide open. A strange symbol, like some kind of totem, was also etched on his forehead.

He stood on the riverbank, hands behind his back, gazing at the turbid, surging river, and couldn't help but sigh.

"This is a really nice place."

"It shall be the place where my religion of Karma is preached."

With a flick of his sleeve, several strange magical artifacts fell onto the wet, muddy riverbank.

Incense burner made of human bones, a broken stele soaked in blood and evil spirits, and a five-colored banner turned upside down...

As he continued to wave his hand, the magical artifacts were placed in special positions.

Then, the person stood in a fixed position and took the Seven Star Step. With each step, murky black water seeped from the soil beneath his feet, and faint black mist rose from it.

He formed a mudra with his hands and chanted incantations:

"The heavens and earth collapse, the water veins reverse, all evil spirits of the nine netherworlds, heed my command!"

"Injustices arise from deep within, and malevolent spirits gather in turbid streams; with blood as the catalyst and resentment as the fuel, burn this peace and tranquility, and summon forth the mighty torrent!"

"Reversing the Five Elements, disrupting Yin and Yang, breaking the dikes, destroying the city-state."

"The Black River surges on, transforming it into my fiery arena of karma!"

"Imperial Edict!"

As soon as the incantation was recited, strange phenomena suddenly appeared.

The green flames in the incense burner surged, and the smoke from the ghostly face became increasingly dense and menacing, emitting a silent shriek.

The five-colored banners fluttered in the wind, and blood flowed continuously from the broken stele...

Centered on the altar, a vast, eerie wind suddenly rose from the ground, soaring straight into the sky and stirring up the dark clouds that filled the sky like boiling water.

Meanwhile, in other parts of the Black River, there were six similar river bends where people dressed in colorful clothes performed rituals.

They each occupied a section of the bay, and were inexplicably linked together.

The river water was turning black, centered on them, and the blackening was spreading outwards.

On the river, the water surged and churned, soon forming huge waves that crashed against the sky, creating one massive wave after another that rolled downstream.

The general on the shore's expression changed drastically.

He stood on the embankment, having just been directing the laborers to reinforce it, when he looked up and saw the scene in the distance.

In the distance, a black line of water was rapidly approaching on the river.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a massive wave that stretched across the entire river surface.

The waves were over ten feet high, a dark mass, roaring towards us with a deafening roar.

"not good!"

The general's voice changed; he turned abruptly and roared at the soldiers beside him, "Get out of here!"

"Report this situation to the city lord immediately!"

The turtle and the green snake underwater were the first to sense the movement, even before everyone else.

"What happened?"

The green snake's body stiffened abruptly, and its blood-red vertical pupils suddenly contracted.

"Why did the water level suddenly rise so much?!"

The old turtle remained silent, its carapace glowing, the crisscrossing patterns now forming a mysterious design.

This is a unique ability of their species. In the art of deduction and calculation, turtles and tortoises have always been the most skilled creatures in the world.

The patterns on their backs are the embodiment of Taoist principles.

Seven beams of black light were reflected in the old turtle's emerald green eyes. The black light rose from seven directions and converged into an overwhelming darkness that pressed down on the Black River.

The old turtle turned its head and looked at the green snake, its eyes filled with an unusual solemnity.

"Someone is causing trouble."

"This must be resolved as soon as possible."

Its gaze turned downstream, looking at the city shrouded in rain.

"Otherwise, Yunmei City would really be flooded."