I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 186 - 136: The Great River Dragon Pillar! The Cause of Death of Pei Xiong and Others!_2

Chapter 186: Chapter 136: The Great River Dragon Pillar! The Cause of Death of Pei Xiong and Others!_2

The second temple priest spoke calmly, "Building an altar with the power of the Dayin River to imprison this flood dragon is feasible!"

"Where exactly is this ’Great River Dragon Imprisoning Pillar’ you speak of?"

The Commander’s face turned serious as he said this.

The second temple priest shook his head and said, "The time has not yet come; we must wait until the incense has been refined."

The Commander said in a deep voice, "The Dayin River has undergone an unexpected change tonight, beyond our previous expectations. I must personally leave the city for a while!"

"No!"

The second temple priest immediately shook his head, speaking gravely, "The timing of the incense refinement is unpredictable! At the moment the incense is refined, all of the chosen ones must pour their True Qi into it together, without exception!"

He continued solemnly, "If your True Qi is not infused at that moment, then you won’t be able to use the Great River Dragon Imprisoning Pillar!"

"Your place has been reserved for this refinement. If you’re absent at the crucial moment, the Great River Dragon Imprisoning Pillar will have defects!"

"This matter concerns the establishment of the western region of High Willow City. You must understand the priorities and urgency."

"If the Great River Dragon Imprisoning Pillar is successful, from then on, threats originating from demons and evil spirits to the west of High Willow City can be reduced by half!"

The second temple priest spoke gravely, "Commander, you should be aware of its significance!"

——

In Mr. Lu’s courtyard.

The Han Commander hurried over, only to find Lv Tang blocking the doorway.

"Mr. Lu has rested." Lv Tang said aloud.

"I received a message that the Dayin River has exhibited even stranger changes," Han Commander said, his expression serious.

"Mr. Lu is already aware." Lv Tang leaned in closer and said, "Just now, Mr. Lu deduced something, sustaining some injuries in the process. He now needs to rest quietly."

"He deduced something?" Han Commander frowned.

"Mr. Lu didn’t mention specifics, but guessing that you would come, he told me to relay to you that the boy carries many ominous omens, so you can be at ease," Lv Tang said.

"How can I be at ease with that?" Han Commander’s voice involuntarily rose sharply.

"If he didn’t carry so many ominous omens, then we would really need to worry about his safety," Lv Tang said, spreading his hands. "It’s precisely because there are so many that they restrict each other, which means this journey to the Dayin River will not harm him."

After a pause, Lv Tang frowned again and said, "However, just now Mr. Lu suddenly took it upon himself to deduce something, and his expression was quite odd... I’ve been following him for so long and have never seen such a strange look on his face."

——

At this moment, on the east bank of the Dayin River.

Lin Yan and the others had retreated to the outskirts of the medium-sized Pure Land.

"The situation is urgent, and we can’t worry about crowding, so enter the Pure Land directly," said Deputy Commander Zhou.

As he said this, he looked toward Lin Yan and ordered, "You lad, having left the city on your own initiative and knowing about the anomaly in the Dayin River, still dared such reckless action. Get in and stay at the very heart of it. Without my command, you are not to come out!"

"Deputy Commander, do you think tonight will be very dangerous and perhaps even you cannot ensure my safety, which is why you want me to hide in the deepest part?"

Lin Yan immediately discerned the implication and pondered, "Those flickering lights just now weren’t ordinary wandering specters, were they?"

"They are Yin Souls, the souls of the dead, commonly known as evil ghosts!" Deputy Commander Zhou said with a grave expression.

"The evil spirits we usually encounter are transformations of all kinds of strange energies in the world."

"But ’Yin Souls and ghost types’ are also a kind of evil spirit."

"Usually, when members of the Human Clan are harmed by malevolent entities, their souls are devoured by evil spirits and do not become ghostly entities."

"Only in extremely rare cases do they become Yin Souls or peculiar ghosts."

"Above the Dayin River, the sudden appearance of thousands of ’ghostly fires’ is something I have never seen before."

Deputy Commander Zhou’s expression became extremely grave as he spoke softly, "You should know, whether they are demons or evil spirits, they also prey on each other in this eerie night..."

He glanced outside and continued slowly, "Logically, they should either devour each other, becoming a single extremely ferocious and evil ’Grand Evil Spirit,’ or... they scatter with the wind, hunted and eaten by other types of evil spirits until completely consumed!"

Lin Yan’s brows slightly furrowed upon hearing this.

No wonder he felt that tonight, in the vicinity of the Dayin River, there was a subtle anomaly.

Now, upon reflection, it was because the number of malevolent entities in the night was exceedingly scarce compared to the norm.

He, along with Commander Chen Feng and others, had left the small Pure Land and raced all the way, but they hadn’t slain many malevolent entities.

It seemed that the disturbance in the Dayin River had instilled a primal fear in these demons and evil spirits, causing them to stay away.

As he thought this, he suddenly heard a muffled sound from a distance.

It was like a bellowing ox or a whinnying horse, full of intense pain.

"It has appeared!"

The Deputy Commander’s face was a play of changing emotions as he said, "Just when it decides to show itself..."

Saying this, he turned his head and ordered, "Wu Chang, you take over my command! I must go and restrain it; otherwise, if it dives back to the bottom of the river, it will be hard to find again!"

"I’m to accompany you?"

Lin Yan said slowly, "Originally in your plan, I wasn’t supposed to come... Clearly, in your mind, you had someone else to take your place and command here!"

"No!"

Deputy Commander Zhou, without any hesitation, refused.

In his eyes, Lin Yan was at the peak of the Refining Essence Realm.

At such a young age, to be at the peak of the Refining Essence Realm was already astonishing and extraordinary.

But with tonight’s unforeseen events, no one could say for sure what might happen.

Even he, a figure at the upper levels of the Qi Refining Realm, was prepared to go and confront that flood dragon with the mindset of not returning.

And Wu Chang, so young, with cultivation already so profound, his future prospects were boundless.

Both the Supreme Commander and Mr. Lu held him in high regard.

"You shouldn’t have come in the first place, let alone take risks."

Deputy Commander Zhou stated gravely, "I’m going alone. If the situation turns dire, I can retreat, but I wouldn’t be able to look after you! Boy, I know the millennial azure emptiness is a ruse cast by Mr. Lu; you have tremendous potential and could surpass me in the future. But your wings aren’t yet fully formed, and you cannot perish here!"

As he said this, he suddenly pressed down.

A strand of True Qi pressed down on Lin Yan’s shoulder, flowing along his body, and anchoring in his legs.

Then he pushed Lin Yan into the center of the Pure Land and said, "My True Qi has immobilized your right leg, and you won’t be able to move for now, but if there’s an emergency, you can draw your sword... The True Qi will dissipate in a quarter of an hour, wait for me to return!"

As his voice faded, he turned and left, not even taking the Bright Night Divine Lamp nor mounting his horse, but swiftly walking into the darkness.

"Chen Feng, take your men and stand by Wu Chang, the Inspection Envoy. If he loses even a single hair, the first thing I’ll do when I return is take your head!"

"Yes!"

Chen Feng and the others hurriedly approached and stood by Lin Yan’s side.

Lin Yan frowned slightly and looked at his right foot.

He tried to pull his leg out with brute force, but it felt as heavy as a thousand catties, almost as if it had taken root in the ground.

True Qi can be used like this?

Lin Yan couldn’t help but feel astonished as he contemplated the ingenuity behind this application.

"Master Wu, we know you are young and vigorous, always brave and ready to draw your sword, and dislike watching the Deputy Commander take risks alone while you stay safe here in the Pure Land," said Chen Feng, the Flag Commander, in a low voice. "But the situation tonight has changed, and it’s completely different from the information we had before we left the city!"

Lin Yan exhaled and said, "I know."

As his voice dropped, he closed his eyes slightly.

A strand of True Qi in his brow chakra, following the circulation of his cultivation technique, traveled throughout his body.

The True Qi left by Deputy Commander Zhou was but rootless water.

But one’s own True Qi lies within one’s body, and it can be replenished accordingly.

In just a few breaths, he had dissolved the strand of True Qi from Deputy Commander Zhou.

He lifted his right foot and moved it around a bit.

Suddenly, a voice reached his ears, faintly familiar.

"Master Wu... Master Wu..."

"Did you hear any sound?" Lin Yan asked sharply, his gaze intensifying.

"What sound?" The faces of Chen Feng and the others changed dramatically.

"Wait for me a moment."

Lin Yan drew his sword from its scabbard and headed toward the source of the sound.

In less than two miles, he saw the source of the voice.

It was a wisp of green spectral light, faintly drifting above the water, encircling a mutilated corpse that lingered for a long time.

The spectral light was dim and green.

But one could barely make out, by the meager and dim light, that the mutilated corpse was clothed in the garb of a flag bearer from the Observatory.

"Xiao Zhan..."

The look of expectation on Lin Yan’s face turned into one of loss and dimness in an instant.

He went forward, looking at the half-eaten remains.

He fell silent, then crouched down and lifted the remains.

He suddenly felt something.

His expression tightened, and he slowly turned the mutilated corpse over.

An arrow was lodged in the back of the torso.