I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 182 - 134: Night of the Pure Land! Sudden Change!_2

Chapter 182: Chapter 134: Night of the Pure Land! Sudden Change!_2

Flag Commander Chen Feng took over the conversation and said, "But today there is no strong wind, it’s not that a wild wind stirred up the big waves, but a tidal wave that arose in the middle of the Dayin River."

"Wasn’t it confirmed earlier that it was a giant snake transforming into a dragon, thereby stirring up the wind and waves?" Little White Ape couldn’t help but express his surprise.

"The problem lies right there."

Flag Commander Pan Yun whispered, "Stirring up the wind and waves, but there is no wind... "

Chen Feng, with a solemn tone, said, "Over thirty of our brothers, under Deputy Commander Zhou’s instruction, split up in the middle course and searched up and down, yet found no trace of that ’dragon’."

"Oh?"

Lin Yan couldn’t help but ponder, "If it’s the giant snake transforming into a dragon, it should be the source of the disturbances. How could it disappear without a trace? And according to the intelligence, it’s not small in size..."

"Before transforming into a dragon, this green snake was as thick as a millstone and more than several dozen meters long, residing in the upper reaches of the Dayin River, far more than a hundred miles away from High Willow City."

Flag Commander Pan Yun said, "But this time, the disturbance began in the middle and upper reaches, some seventy or eighty miles from High Willow City."

"You mean, this giant snake moved silently down the river for dozens of miles?"

Recalling the information about the giant snake from Mr. Lu, Lin Yan couldn’t help but say, "Logically, the best transformation into a dragon should occur in its own lair, where it has the topographic advantage. So, why would it suddenly switch locations and hastily transform?"

The few of them exchanged glances and fell silent.

And Lin Yan furrowed his brows deeply.

He was somewhat puzzled in his heart.

Where could that giant snake be?

Though the Dayin River is long and wide, the giant snake is also not small, and now at the critical point of transforming into a dragon, it couldn’t possibly lie quietly hibernating.

A giant snake stirring up storms and causing chaos in the river, how could Deputy Commander Zhou and the others not find any trace of it?

"Deputy Commander Zhou also found it extremely odd, and moreover, the timing of the transformation doesn’t seem quite right."

Pan Yun and Chen Feng both found the matter somewhat eerie, yet they could not figure out anything specific.

Lin Yan did not say much but pondered and asked, "After dawn tomorrow, what do you plan to do?"

Flag Commander Pan Yun responded, "Continue to search along the river, and if we find a trace, retreat immediately and light signal fires."

Lin Yan pondered and said, "And then wait for Deputy Commander Zhou to come and slay the dragon?"

The two Flag Commanders fell silent for a moment.

Only then did they hear Flag Commander Chen Feng say, "If it is still at the critical point of transforming, then it must be extremely weak... If we manage to capture it today, perhaps Deputy Commander Zhou could slay the dragon, but by tomorrow, there would fundamentally be no chance."

Flag Commander Pan Yun whispered, "If it has already transformed, even our Supreme Commander might not be sure of victory."

Immediately, the two Flag Commanders exchanged another glance, but didn’t conceal their thoughts.

After all, the person before them was Wu Chang, the Inspection Envoy, highly valued by today’s Supreme Commander of High Willow City.

In just a month, he had risen from a minor flag.rank to Flag Commander and was exceptionally promoted to General Flag Envoy; he now even held the power of life and death as the Inspection Envoy!

Combined with the name Wu Chang, resonating through High Willow,

this young man had already made a prominent reputation both inside and outside of High Willow City as one who "does not fear authority and cares for the Human Clan."

"Actually..."

Flag Commander Pan Yun said, "Our true purpose here is not to slay the dragon but to locate it along both banks of the Dayin River and to construct an altar."

"Construct an altar?"

Lin Yan’s brows lifted as he asked, "What is the city planning to do?"

The two Flag Commanders exchanged a glance, then said, "If we find the giant snake today, Deputy Commander Zhou will hold it back while coordinating with Liu Zun Temple to slay it in the Dayin River and offer it as a sacrifice to the Liu Venerate!"

"And if you don’t find it today?" Little White Ape suddenly asked.

"Then we will gather the temple’s incense at the altar we construct," Flag Commander Pan Yun said. "The temple priest will attempt to communicate with it, asking it to stay away from High Willow City by a hundred miles and henceforth to keep the peace."

"And each year afterward, will you offer it huge offerings of incense?" Lin Yan suddenly thought of something and laughed.

"That remains to be seen," said Flag Commander Chen Feng.

"And if this communication fails?" Lin Yan asked again.

"Commander, the city’s current defenders, the elder ancestors of the six major families in the inner city, and the three temple priests of Liu Vun Temple, are always ready to act," Flag Commander Pan Yun whispered. "If it fails, they will join forces and resolutely slay the dragon!"

"..."

Lin Yan’s brows lifted; this dragon in the Dayin River needed the top warriors of High Willow City to join forces to slay it?

It seemed, then, to be much more powerful than he had anticipated.

But the next moment, he couldn’t help but frown and asked, "If that’s the case, why didn’t everyone come out today and kill the serpent while it was still transforming into a dragon?"

"I don’t know."

Both Flag Commanders shook their heads.

Pan Yun hesitated and said, "Deputy Commander Zhou would know more because he went to the Liu Zun Temple with the Commander."

"Then, the Commander stayed in the Temple, and upon his return to the Observatory, he gathered us and we set off immediately for the Dayin River."

"What I told you earlier was informed to us by Deputy Commander Zhou on the way."

The two Flag Commanders spoke up to this point, then stopped, not continuing further.

Lin Yan understood what they meant.

The two of them, as Flag Commanders, were privy to such news.

Obviously, what was said just now was not the most classified of secrets.

Therefore, as the General Flag Envoy and Inspection Envoy, Lin Yan was also entitled to know this news.

But the higher secrets would mostly have to wait until he asked Deputy Commander Zhou personally.

"Night has fallen."

The outer guard Lin Xiaoqi, hurriedly entered the Pure Land.

It had just been evening, so it was necessary to stay at the edge of the Pure Land.

Otherwise, if evil-doers approached, dying together at the edge of the Pure Land would be a real trouble.

There were precedents for this!

But after nightfall, demons and evil spirits appear in the darkness, and currently, no villains could approach.

Everyone gathered in the middle of the Pure Land, and these Lin Xiaoqis, who hailed from the central building of the Observatory in the inner city, took out some food.

"We’re on duty and shouldn’t drink alcohol, so let’s use tea in place of wine to honor Master Wu!

The two Flag Commanders, along with the six Lin Xiaoqis, all lifted their tea cups and bowed respectfully.

Lin Yan didn’t act arrogantly and lifted his tea cup, drinking it all in one go.

Afterwards, everyone ate dinner and chatted for a while.

After having their fill, four Lin Xiaoqis were designated to take turns keeping the night watch.

Meanwhile, Lin Yan and others prepared to close their eyes and rest, and after tonight, they would go to meet Deputy Commander Zhou.

The glow from the flames illuminated this piece of Pure Land.

Occasionally, adding some firewood would spark crackling sounds.

This night, it was eerily quiet.

It was Little White Ape’s first time entering the Pure Land, and it was both scared and nervous, anxious and excited.

It looked around to the left and right, then said in amazement, "So this is the Pure Land? It doesn’t seem much different from a regular cave?"

It walked around in a circle, unable to imagine why, in the past within the Demon Clan, the Pure Land in human eyes was seen as a Forbidden Land.

Neither demons nor evil spirits dared to approach the edge of the Pure Land.

However, this place really didn’t seem to have anything mysterious about it.

Thinking this, it truly couldn’t sleep and again walked outside, shouting, "Brother, you go back and rest first, I’ll keep watch during the early part of the night."

Lin Xiaoqi politely answered, "You should accompany the Inspection Envoy and go to sleep early to refresh yourself for tomorrow."

The Lin Xiaoqi chuckled lightly, saying this.

Little White Ape was just about to say that it was full of energy at that moment.

But suddenly it felt something wasn’t quite right.

It looked down and saw that its feet were wet.

Its body was formed from the Paper Cutting into Horse Skill, as a paper person.

Now with its feet wet and moist traces continuously creeping up to its knees,

"Where’s the water coming from?"

That Lin Xiaoqi also felt his shoes were wet and turned his head, revealing an astonished expression.