I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 195 - 143 Lin Yan’s Decision! [Five updates!]_2

Chapter 195: Chapter 143 Lin Yan’s Decision! [Five updates!]_2

""Understood."

Flag Commander Pan Yun took the portrait and went to look for several of his subordinates.

Meanwhile, Lin Yan squatted down, scrutinizing the corpses with a somewhat grave expression.

Although the bodies were all more or less disfigured, the identifiable cause of death for most was clearly by "weapon"!

None had drowned!

Nor were there any crushed until they were mangled!

"It wasn’t the waves churned up by the serpent transforming into a dragon that capsized them, nor was it the dragon that killed them. Someone... killed them with a blade!"

Lin Yan closed his eyes slightly, sensing the hundreds of ghost soldiers he had seen the night before.

Among those ghost soldiers, he hadn’t seen the young Master Shi Xu!

Then he opened his eyes and let out a cold laugh.

That Master Shi Xu, if not among these corpses, where else could he be?

——

Before noon, the reinforcements from High Willow City had already arrived.

Among them were over a hundred elite cavalry from the Observatory, led by none other than the Supreme Commander of the High Willow City Sky Observation Bureau.

Behind him was a large contingent of soldiers from the City Guard Mansion, including the Inner City’s Five Directional Guard Army.

There were incense burners from the temple, as well as a hundred accompanying guard army members.

The matters here would be entirely taken over by them.

"It’s good that nothing happened."

The Commander dismounted, relieved, and said, "The anomaly last night was beyond expectation. I couldn’t get away because of the Dayin River Dragon Pillar."

"It’s just as well you didn’t."

Lin Yan, seated on a rock, said, "Otherwise, facing powerful evil creatures, you would have had to fight, and casualties would have been inevitable."

"That’s true."

The Commander, looking at the widened river channel, grew very somber and said, "Such a large-scale operation?"

Despite having received detailed intelligence, nothing was quite as shocking as seeing it with his own eyes.

"There’s something I need to tell you."

Lin Yan pointed upstream and said, "Last night, I went upriver and saw the source of this ’great change’."

"What?"

The Commander looked grave.

Lin Yan didn’t hold back, describing the hundreds of ghost soldiers he had seen the night before, the cave beneath the river, the Stone Gate within, and the scene behind the Stone Gate that could only be described as infernal.

"The Netherworld? Ghost soldiers?"

The commander’s face grew somber.

He knew that last night, above the Dayin River, countless spectral ghost lights had appeared, all transformed from wronged souls and malevolent spirits.

But he hadn’t expected the legendary "Netherworld," along with the so-called ghost soldiers under its command, to appear!

He thought for a moment, then said, "These revelations are of the utmost importance. You’ve done a great service. I will personally make sure you are commended and rewarded, to be distributed by the Inner City Observatory. Once the intelligence reaches Qifeng Prefecture City, I will again petition for your reward at the City’s Observatory!"

Lin Yan nodded slightly, then added, "The Dragon Pillar of the Dayin River, is that your method to stabilize the river?"

"Yes," the Commander nodded in response.

"But last night, the dragon escaped, it whipped up storms and carved a new river channel, no longer within the Dayin River." Lin Yan frowned and said, "Isn’t the Dragon Pillar of the Dayin River then in vain?"

"Because it escaped the Dayin River, for now, I am the only one who has come to the Dayin River," the Commander said indifferently. "Half of High Willow City’s upper echelons remain on guard while the other half has joined forces to intercept the dragon!"

"Intercept?" Lin Yan said in surprise.

"They will drive the dragon back," the Commander said, patting the package at his waist. "The critical components of the Dayin River Dragon Pillar are in my hands... I’m just waiting for the dragon to return to the Dayin River so I can seal its last escape route and complete the final step of ’imprisoning the dragon’!"

"And after you imprison the dragon?" Lin Yan couldn’t help but ask.

"It will be eternally confined to the Dayin River," the Commander said gravely. "When Liu Venerate awakens, he will personally confer an official title on it, making it the guardian divine beast of the Liu Zun Temple."

"So after this, the people of High Willow City will also have to offer incense worship that goes to this dragon?" Lin Yan suddenly asked.

"Merely suppressing it is not a solution. By worshipping it with incense and letting it regulate the river water, we seek harmonious winds and auspicious rains as a long-term solution," the Commander explained, before letting out a breath and saying, "However, this Netherworld Stone Gate you speak of is truly troubling! Even with the dragon conferred, I fear its power is not enough to eradicate the underlying threat!"

He walked to the riverbank, eyes heavy with concern, and said, "You witnessed the river last night. Tell me in detail about what you saw..."

Lin Yan did not conceal anything, recounting everything he saw the previous night.

The Commander pondered and asked, "You said that underneath the river water, there were endless skeletons reflecting boundless souls and malevolent spirits?"

He suddenly extended a hand, sending a strand of True Qi into the river.

"No need to probe," Lin Yan shook his head and said. "I’ve already checked personally; there are no mountains of skeletons at the bottom of the Dayin River! The strangeness at the riverbed disappeared after daylight."

After pausing, Lin Yan thoughtfully added, "I suspect that last night’s river corresponds to what is beyond the Netherworld Stone Gate!"

The Commander, upon hearing this, seemed somewhat surprised.

Lin Yan voiced his theory, saying, "I believe that the rivers of the Netherworld were reflected upon the Dayin River, where reality and illusion interchanged, overlapping in one place."

"..."

The Commander gave him a profound look but didn’t respond.

After thinking for a moment, he then said, "We must have Mr. Lu come and see this himself, after all, he was once a temple priest at the Wutong Temple!"

This Netherworld Stone Gate might have surpassed what the twelve priests of the Liu Zun Temple could handle!

With Liu Venerate himself guarding the entire High Willow City, they could only invite the Wutong Temple from Qifeng Prefecture to come and investigate!

Lin Yan agreed with his idea and then pondered, "But the question is, after tonight, will the Netherworld Stone Gate still affect the Dayin River?"

"We will have to see the changes tonight," said the Commander.

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