Ever since the New Year's Eve banquet, Li Yuluo had seized the time to cultivate with all his might. This cultivation speed made Jiang Cheng feel extremely nervous. His learning of spells had received repeated praises from the Headmaster, and Wei Ying's number one position was almost lost. Finally, he put down his pheasant hunting and earnestly learned spells. This effect caused Li Yuluo, Wei Ying, and Jiang Cheng to chase each other. Madam Yu scolded Jiang Cheng and Wei Ying fewer times. In the end, with Li Yuluo's tireless efforts, he formed his Aurous Core after Wei Ying and Jiang Cheng. Li Yuluo also received his Core Formation gift,"Revival"."Revival" was the name of Li Yuluo's immortal sword, which meant "Revival from the Dead". Moreover, Li Yuluo was suitable for cultivating wood-type spells. His physical attacks were not as good as the three poisons, but he was better at mental attacks. He could make his opponent's ordinary weapons "naturalize". The so-called "naturalization" could make his opponent's weapon turn into a branch, causing his weapon to lose its offensive ability. At the same time,"Revival" was also a token of grass and wood. When Revival was waved, the surrounding plants would listen to Revival's commands. For example, when Li Yuluo waved Revival in a fight, plants would rapidly grow around him. Then, these plants would quickly help Li Yuluo defeat the enemy. No one wanted a plant to suddenly appear and interfere with them in a one-on-one fight. This was the power of Revival. The later abilities still needed to be developed. Li Yuluo was still in the exploration stage, but Revival's unique skill consumed a lot of spiritual energy. The more plants there were, the more spiritual energy they consumed, and the stronger their attacks were. The effect was also better. Li Yuluo's first attempt almost drained 70% of his spiritual energy. All the plants in the forest went all out to kill 50 low-level fierce corpses. In the end, these fierce corpses were all nailed to the huge peach tree that was summoned! After this battle, Yu Luo's fame began to spread.
Wei Ying and Jiang Cheng had always followed Jiang FengMian to do some regular missions, and the two of them always completed them outstandingly. As they traveled more and more, their reputation spread widely. These two were handsome and romantic, and they were proficient in poetry and songs. Many fairies yearned for them, so the news of the Dream Clouds Duo began to spread. Li Yuluo was still young, so she didn't often show her face, so she only heard a little about them.
Recently, the waters near Dongting Lake in the Dreamy Cloud Swampland had been plagued by water ghosts. Many merchant ships that passed by here would mysteriously disappear or capsize. When the things on the ships were salvaged, there were no people or corpses. For a time, there were rumors that there were water ghosts around. As the sect master of the Dreamy Cloud Jiang Clan, Jiang Fengmian naturally couldn't sit idly by. He led Jiang Cheng, Wei WuXian, Li Yuluo, and the other guests to the waters.
When the immortal sects came here, they used the old-fashioned method to catch the water ghosts. However, the effect was always not good. Instead, every time they threw the cultivators into the lake, they would disappear!
Jiang Cheng, Wei Ying, and Li Yu landed on the same boat. They looked at Dongting Lake, which was as calm as a mirror. In the distance, it was noon. It was said that the Yang energy was at its peak at noon, which could disperse the Yin energy of the water ghosts. Once the water ghosts left the water, they would immediately become dehydrated and lose their mobility. They could be caught immediately.
Suddenly, a thick fog spread out from the lake. The atmosphere didn't seem right. No matter how Jiang Cheng, Wei WuXian, and Li Yuluo called out to the other ships, there was no response. It was as if they were isolated in a barrier.
"What kind of fog can block the sun and not disperse for a long time? I'm afraid we've encountered an obstacle.”Wei WuXian said seriously.
"It's indeed abnormal. Everyone, be careful!”Jiang Cheng said warily.
"It seems that in order to break this barrier, we have to find the water ghost first.”Li Yuluo said.
"Water ghosts can't survive without water.”
"Isn't this water ghost a fish?" Wei Ying joked. You can't survive if you leave the water?"
"I can tell that you've been skipping a lot of the teacher's classes.”Jiang Cheng hammered Wei Ying's shoulder.
"Oh, I'm just joking! The way to get rid of the water ghost was to let the water ghost leave the water surface, seal it after it could not move, suppress it, and so on. Since ancient times, the immortal sword had been used to drive the water ghost into the array. The water ghost could not stand the Gang Qi in the array and would leave the water surface.”Wei Ying laughed.
Li Yuluo frowned." If we follow this method, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch them."”
"Why?" Jiang Cheng said.
"This method is suitable for a small area of water. There is only one water ghost, and the immortal swords are more concentrated. This way, it is easier to find the hiding place of the water ghost. However, this area of water is vast, and we don't know if there is one or more water ghosts. The water ghosts are very smart. Once we alert the enemy, one of the water ghosts will escape, and it will cause endless trouble in the future!”
"Then what should we do?" Wei WuXian.
"Like you said, water ghosts are like fish.”Li Yuluo said.
Jiang Cheng said disdainfully," I thought there was a powerful method. This method is too slow. How long will it take? Besides, there's no bait."”
"Yes." After Li Yuluo finished speaking, he revealed his arm and was about to cut it with a knife when he was stopped by Jiang Cheng. He grabbed Li Yuluo's hand tightly and said,""What are you doing? Why did you cut your wrist? Are you crazy?”
"Ah Luo, you're…" Wei WuXian instantly understood,"No, I won't agree to such a dangerous thing!"”
"Let me tell you the truth. My blood is pure Yin blood, and it has a fatal attraction to all ghosts and monsters. I only need to drip two drops. This is the most suitable bait!”
"You have pure Yin blood? This kind of blood is a great tonic for ghosts. Can you control it? If you're not careful, you'll be sucked dry by ghosts!”Jiang Cheng roared.
"Don't I have you guys? When that water ghost is attracted to my blood, you guys just have to kill it.”Li Yuluo smiled. "I believe you. I dare to say that I have a Pure Yin Body, which is my trust in you!”
With that, Li Yuluo quickly cut open his wrist with Revive. Blood flowed out quickly. Li Yuluo used a glass bottle to collect the blood, then used his hand to wipe the wound. The wound immediately closed and stopped bleeding. Jiang Cheng nervously brought a cloth to bandage Li Yuluo's wound. At this moment, Wei WuXian stared at the surface of the lake. The surface of the lake immediately turned scarlet. It was no longer as calm as a mirror. Instead, it was replaced by surging waves. Water ghosts scuttled in the water, shaking the boat crazily.
"Hold on tight!"
At this moment, the water ghost quickly swam to the side of the ship. Jiang Cheng, Wei WuXian, and Li Yuluo all drew their swords and stabbed the water ghost. Li Yuluo cast his spell," Form up! Rise!" Pure Yang flames were ignited in the formation and surrounded the water ghosts. They were tied up and then put into the Evil Sealing Cosmic Bag.
"I finally caught it!" Li Yuluo grabbed a Qiankun Bag and shook it. Jiang Cheng said happily.
"No!" Wei WuXian frowned.
"What's wrong? Ah ~ Ha!" Li Yuluo looked around, but the thick fog still hadn't dispersed!
"Looks like we didn't catch that mischievous water ghost. We only caught some small fries!”Wei WuXian replied.
"Let's try again!" Li Yuluo suggested.
Hence, the three of them did the same thing again, but they still only caught a few small fries. However, Li Yuluo realized that there were quite a lot of water ghosts. There were nearly 50 of them, which was very abnormal. This was beyond their understanding of water ghosts. Usually, water ghosts were alone, and they were in the minority. The origin of water ghosts was mostly due to a source. For example, if a person fell into the water and died, its resentment would form a vengeful spirit and set a rule. That was, only by finding a scapegoat could they enter the cycle of reincarnation. And if a scapegoat wanted to enter the cycle of reincarnation, they had to find a new scapegoat. As time passed, the water ghosts became like this. They overturned the ship and drowned the people on the ship, and then they would be reincarnated. Therefore, the number of water ghosts would at most be one or two, and the total number would not change. These 50 or so water ghosts were too many!
"We need to find a water ghost to ask.”Li Yuluo suggested.
"This is the only way. However, who could understand the words of the water ghost?”Jiang Cheng said gloomily.
"Let me try." Li Yuluo said.
Li Yuluo sat down cross-legged. Jiang Cheng and Wei WuXian stood beside Li Yuluo to protect him. Li Yuluo sent his spirit into the Qiankun Bag of Sealing Evil to check the condition of these water ghosts. He interrogated a water ghost according to the condition of their rotten clothes, promising to reward it with a drop of blood if it answered the question honestly. At the same time, he threatened to burn it to ashes with the pure Yang fire if it didn't obey.
"Where are you from?" asked Li Yuluo.”
"I'm from Kuizhou," the water ghost replied.”
"Looking at your clothes, are you a businessman?”
"Fairy, I'm a merchant from the Kui Prefecture who came to Yunmeng to do business. I've been here for a year, and I can't go back. Because my body hasn't surfaced, my soul will stay here forever.”
"Why do you want to stay here before the corpse surfaced?”
"We all tried to swim back to our homeland, but we couldn't swim back after swimming to a certain range. Some ghosts tried to swim out of range and instantly turned into nothingness. Later, we found out that our bodies were held by the Water Ghost King. We had to listen to the Water Ghost King's orders to collect more souls to feed the Water Ghost King. He controlled the rules and tricked us into finding scapegoats so that we could reincarnate. However, we found that there were more and more ghosts here, but no one had ever entered the reincarnation cycle. As time passes, we will lose the chance to reincarnate and become resentful ghosts.”
"That's right. The rule of water ghosts is that they can only harm one person, and that person will become a scapegoat. However, if they harm one more person, they will never be able to enter the cycle of reincarnation. This is a sin. When they reach the netherworld, they will be directly thrown into the eighteen levels of hell and never be reincarnated.”
"What does the Water Ghost King look like?"
" Red Specter has a green face and sharp fangs. He has a very strong resentment and is a malicious ghost. His cultivation is about 500 years old. A few years ago, he broke through the seal and ordered us to stir up trouble. He captured the souls of the people on the ship and took their broken bodies to become his servants. Just now, he smelled a good smell of blood and sent us up to check. We brought this person with the smell of blood to his place to harvest. I didn't expect to meet you, Fairy. I failed to recognize Mount Tai. Please spare my life!"”
After asking these questions, Li Yuluo flicked a drop of his blood into the water ghost's mouth and told it,""You still have a chance to be reincarnated. Yama will take note of your help today. He might make an exception and let you enter reincarnation. This drop of blood is proof!”
"Thank you for your great kindness, Fairy!”
On the ship.
"Ah Luo has been asking for so long. Is there a problem?”Jiang Cheng said worriedly.
"Don't worry, Ah Luo will only do things he's confident in.”Wei WuXian replied.
"Don't you always do risky things when you know it's impossible?”Jiang Cheng snorted.
Li Yuluo opened his eyes and told Jiang Cheng and Wei WuXian about the water ghost. After understanding it, the two of them knew that they had encountered a malicious ghost, and its resentment was very strong. If they wanted to leave this place, they had to get rid of him. He was very powerful in the water. With their current abilities, even a single attack from Wei WuXian, Jiang Cheng, and Li Yuluo wouldn't be able to seriously injure him, but it might not be the case if they left the water. The three of them discussed for a while. They still had to lure the Water Ghost King out and stop him from escaping into the water. This was very important.
Due to Wei WuXian's carelessness, when the Water Ghost King left the water and charged at Li Yuluo, Li Yuluo pulled in the net. Wei WuXian sealed the surface of the lake, and Jiang Cheng was in charge of killing it. To ensure that nothing went wrong, Li Yuluo used Revival, allowing the water grass to grow and seal the water, leaving it no way to escape. After setting up the formation, Li Yuluo opened the glass bottle. The smell of blood spread out. Li Yuluo sprinkled the blood on the surface of the lake. Bubbles began to form on the surface of the lake. At this moment, the surface of the lake had turned from scarlet to crimson, even a little black. With a 'weng' sound, as if some seal had been broken, the surface of the lake was filled with a dense resentment that broke through the sky. Li Yuluo, Wei WuXian, and Jiang Cheng waited for this. After a long time, the Water Ghost King still hadn't come up. Thinking carefully, the Water Ghost King had lived for hundreds of years and was very shrewd. Coming out just because of Li Yuluo's little bit of blood, he was really too inexperienced. Li Yuluo guessed that it might be because of this that the Water Ghost King didn't appear. He immediately cut his arm, and the blood dripped into the water. A long and small shadow flashed in the water. Li Yuluo's face turned pale. Jiang Cheng and Wei WuXian wanted to come over to help, but Li Yuluo shook his head, indicating that they had to follow the original plan. Finally, the Water Ghost King couldn't take it anymore and came out with a bang. He was about to drag Li Yuluo into the water when Li Yuluo shouted,""Activate the formation!" The formation sealed the surface of the lake. Wei WuXian used his casual sword to ignite the flames of pure Yang. The surface of the lake was instantly ablaze. Jiang Cheng stood where he was and waited for orders. He drew out the three poisons and channeled his spiritual energy to stab at the Water Ghost King's dantian. The Water Ghost King was stabbed right in the face. She shrieked, just like the female ghost on the barren mountain back then. The three of them focused on the battle. The Water Ghost King couldn't deal with the flames of pure Yang on the lake. She summoned her subordinates and pounced on the flames of pure Yang like moths to a flame. The flames of pure Yang were expendable. A portion of pure Yang fire extinguished a portion of Yin evil. Wei WuXian had no choice but to draw out more spiritual energy to seal the surface of the lake. Jiang Cheng was fighting with all his might against the Water Ghost King, and every strike was filled with spiritual energy. He didn't dare to slack off at all. Li Yuluo drew out spiritual energy to replenish the formation. As long as there was a flaw in the three of them, only the Water Ghost King would take revenge. Jiang Cheng was hit by the Water Ghost King without noticing, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. At this moment, Jiang Cheng was at a disadvantage, and the Water Ghost King took advantage of the victory to pursue. Jiang Cheng was knocked down. Li Yuluo couldn't care less and went to pick him up to check on his injuries. Jiang Cheng was severely injured, so he took out some spiritual medicine and fed it to Jiang Cheng. The Water Ghost King then slapped Li Yuluo's position. Li Yuluo couldn't dodge the attack and was hit hard, spitting out a mouthful of blood. On the other side, Wei WuXian couldn't hold on any longer after sealing the lake's spiritual force. Li Yuluo pulled out his spiritual force and ordered,"Rise!" The water grass rose up like crazy, twisting into strands of rope and binding the Water Ghost King's body. Instantly, the Water Ghost King was tied up tightly, and it absorbed the Water Ghost King's resentment. Wei WuXian took the opportunity to pull back his sword and stab the Water Ghost King's heart. The Water Ghost King was hit in a vital spot. He turned around and gave Wei WuXian a palm strike, wanting to escape. At this moment, the pure Yang fire on the lake had been exhausted, and there was no threat. If he didn't escape now, when would he? Wei WuXian was slapped onto the boat and spat out a mouthful of blood. He tried his best to stand up, Li Yuluo analyzed the current situation. He raised his sword and used what little spiritual energy he had left to stab at the Water Ghost King's head. That's right, Jiang Cheng and Wei WuXian had stabbed the vital points of immortal cultivators. Whether it was immortal cultivators, ghost cultivators, or demon cultivators, these were the only vital points. Jiang Cheng and Wei WuXian had tested the first two points, but they hadn't tested the head. Li Yuluo felt that success or failure depended on this one move. The Water Ghost King also realized that Li Yuluo knew his vital points and was determined to die together with Li Yuluo! Ignoring the binding of the water grass, he screamed and pounced towards Li Yuluo. Li Yuluo stabbed towards his head, while the Water Ghost King bit Li Yuluo's wrist. Immediately, the ghostly energy and resentment flowed into his blood through the wound. Jiang Cheng and Wei WuXian watched Li Yuluo and the Water Ghost King fall into the lake together. Their eyes were filled with hatred,"Ah Luo!"
Li Yuluo sank into the lake, sovereign Immortal Gu in his dantian started to emit purple light again, the slender thing in the water chased after Water Ghost King. Water Ghost King thought that although he was heavily injured, it was not a loss to absorb the blood of a pure Yin person. Once he refined the pure Yin blood, he would become the king of water in Cloud Dream. However, he did not know that the slender thing was like a maggot sucking on the soul bead in his head, when Water Ghost King realized that his soul bead was gone, he had already disappeared. The Water Ghost King didn't even know how she died. The thin and long thing swam back quickly and took back the soul pearl from Water Ghost King. The soul pearl was instantly absorbed by Li Yuluo, the thin and long thing sucked away the resentment and ghost qi from Li Yuluo's wounds, entering Li Yuluo's body and becoming a part of sovereign Immortal Gu. The purple light emitted by sovereign Immortal Gu digested the soul pearl and released a vibrant spirit energy. The surrounding living beings absorbed the pure spirit energy and regained their vitality, sprouting and blooming. After a while, the lake was filled with strange flowers and plants with intense spirit energy.
Jiang Cheng and Wei WuXian recovered their strength. They wanted to go into the water to save Li Yuluo, but they missed the sight of Dongting Lake. They only saw a purple light in front of them. After the purple light, Jiang Cheng found Li Yuluo first and brought him ashore. Only then did he discover such a wonderful sight. He laid Li Yuluo flat and squeezed the water in his stomach. Unexpectedly, he felt something soft. His face immediately turned red. He took off his outer clothes and covered Li Yuluo. Then, Wei WuXian emerged from the water and gasped."Ah Luo, did you find it? Sigh, where are we? There are all kinds of strange flowers and herbs that we have never seen before. This is simply a paradise on earth.”
Jiang Cheng turned his back to Wei WuXian, blushing,"Ah Luo…I'm fine."
"It's good that you're fine!" Wei WuXian jumped onto the boat,"The fog is gone too!" By the way, Jiang Cheng, why are you carrying me behind your back? Ah?"
"No... It's nothing." Jiang Cheng said.
"Why are you stuttering? Your face is so red!" Wei WuXian let out a strange cry,"Don't tell me you're…"
"I'm fine, I'm really fine!"
"Don't tell me your blood stasis hasn't disappeared yet. Let me help you.”
"No need."
"Ah Luo, I'll help you see if you're okay.”He reached out and was about to remove the robe that Jiang Cheng had covered Li Yuluo with.
Jiang Cheng grabbed Wei WuXian's hand with one hand. "What are you doing? Jiang Cheng." Wei WuXian asked, puzzled.
"Father! We're here!" Jiang Cheng waved his hand in the distance.
"Uncle Jiang!" Wei WuXian jumped up and said.
Thus, the task of catching the water ghost was completed. Jiang Cheng and Wei WuXian stayed behind to explain the situation to Jiang FengMian. Jiang FengMian led the men to pick up the corpses that would float on the lake one by one, and sent them to the nearby mortuary for people to claim and return home. The surrounding rare herbs were also collected. For a time, the YunmengJiang family was in the limelight, and became one of the four great families other than the Wen family. Meanwhile, Li Yuluo was sent back to Yunmeng Lotus Pier by the two maids, Jin Zhu and Yin Zhu, who were sent by Madam Yu. After half a month, Li Yuluo came out to train her body (mainly because she had recovered too quickly. She would be fine in a week, but Madam Yu insisted that Li Yuluo lie down for a while). The name of the two heroes of Yunmeng was spread throughout Jiangnan, but the two people involved knew that there was a third person who had fought against the Water Ghost King at that time!
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