Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 157 - 154 Seducing Dragons and Snakes, Unexpected Incident

Chapter 157: Chapter 154 Seducing Dragons and Snakes, Unexpected Incident

Eight "Dragon Lords" as water spirits arrived at their respective Dragon King Temples at least half a day earlier than Wang Yuan, who traveled by boat.

They had just gathered the villagers to announce their new positions of authority, shaking out the grandeur of the "Dragon Lords".

They also set rules for the villagers: one meal every ten days, requiring a pair of boy and girl for each meal.

They couldn’t have anticipated that they wouldn’t even have warmed their newly claimed thrones before they were beaten to death like stray dogs by a punch from Wang Yuan from afar.

At this moment.

Involuntarily, they were full force casting with the power of the [Earth God Talisman Order].

The dark clouds above their respective river sections began to churn violently and slowly dispersed, revealing the clear night sky behind them.

The eight Dragon Lords were spread across nine counties of Dengzhou Prefecture, suddenly created eight large holes in the clouds, immediately slowing down the rain over the Turbid River.

This [Earth God Talisman Order] was, in fact, utilizing the power of the [Green Seal Strange Immortal·One-Eyed Stone Man].

The support he provided to the "Dragon Lords" was more akin to an instinctual response.

It was quite mechanical in application and couldn’t be supervised at all times.

After all, the key point in the No-Life Dao’s plan was when that group of aquatic spirits leapt through the [Dragon Gate]; the rest of the time, they were left to roam freely.

Left to their own devices, it was only natural for the spirits to kill and harm, committing all sorts of evils.

Who would have thought that this talisman order would actually be used to do good deeds?

"The rain has stopped! The rain has stopped! Hahaha..."

"The water isn’t rising anymore!"

Since the Turbid River downstream is an above-ground river with no tributaries joining, the torrent of the flood slowed down immediately once the rainfall upstream lessened.

And one of the "Dragon Lord" was in Baixi Village, not far from here.

After dispersing the storm, the clouds above the breach began to weaken.

However, the pressure only eased slightly, and the crisis of the dike breaking was far from over.

Farmers who had come to support saw hope and immediately rushed forward with their carrying poles, ignoring even the blood from falls.

At that moment.

An unmanned boat had already traced a white line in the water, coming to a steady stop near the breach.

Lady Peach Fairy, the [Wood Official], appeared and waved her hands to scatter countless willow branches that had just been folded by the Netherworld Ghost Soldiers.

Rustle, rustle, rustle...

The moment they touched the soil, they immediately began to take root and sprout, strategically moving from both ends of the breach toward the center at high speed.

Wang Yuan stepped out of the Yin Road and arrived at the place where villagers had piled up stones, his mouth and nose emitting a sharp white light as he breathed in and out.

Crackle—!

The [Geng Metal Divine Wind], rooted in the Golden Lung Qi, bound Qi into a sword, and shot towards a pile of irregular stones, larger than a human head.

In the blink of an eye, he punctured these stones with holes two fingers thick.

Using Lady Peach Fairy’s [Divine Skills·Peach Fairy’s Twist Over Three Thousand Miles], he stimulated countless resilient vines to thread through the holes, linking each stone into one whole structure.

This was what many people by the Turbid River were familiar with: "River Engineering Stone."

It was used for major river defense projects such as water conservancy construction, river channel management, and dam protection and was an indispensable flood prevention material during the rainy season.

According to the Court’s laws, each prefecture and county along the Turbid River had special River Patrol Generals and River Patrol Captains of varying ranks, with soldiers and laborers at their command.

In such a big crisis, none of them appeared.

And the "River Engineering Stone" and bamboo cages that should have been prepared in advance were nowhere to be found.

Although Wang Yuan did not understand why this happened, it did not prevent him, a Red Seal Mage now in possession of great strength, from producing materials on the spot.

Once he had shaped the stones,

Huang Wu, now back to normal, collected them with the [Wanxiang Bag] and threw them into the breach, pile by pile.

The rapidly growing willow trees immediately caught up, using these "River Engineering Stones" as a foundation to firmly bind the stones the people had brought down into one whole.

Thus, layer by layer, bit by bit, they began to lock the roaring Yellow Dragon back in its shackles.

With the joint effort of the group, it took only about two hours to get the breach, which was more than a dozen yards long, under control.

The villagers following up behind should be able to completely restore the breach to its original state in less than two hours.

Although some of the fields near the breach were flooded,

as the subsequent floodwaters receded, they should not result in a total crop failure.

The most important thing was that the "bottom-fishing" desired by the big shots was almost impossible to occur again.

But that was not something the cheering villagers and Wang Yuan could know.

Seeing that the dam no longer needed his assistance, he took a bucket of clean water, drew talismans on the surface, and chanted:

"One to stop the Dragon Spring water, two to stop the dried sea, three to stop the blood under the knife, four to stop the bone cutting.

Stopping one point, human blood will never flow, Heaven and Earth will collect, human blood will be completely gathered.

Today, at this very moment, when flesh meets flesh, look up to the grand and mighty, beckoning for the sunrise in the east, may the Divine Water arrive here, and all the pain dissipate! Decree!"

[Divination Skill·Blood Stopping Water]

Carrying a bucket of talismanic water, he began to save people by dousing them with it.

The group of people fighting on the front lines of the flood control effort were almost all injured, with the most severe case having a large, unceasingly bloody gash on his thigh from a broken stone.

Just a bowl of talismanic water ingested, and the rolling flesh immediately began to close up gradually.

Another bowl poured over from outside, and he was completely out of danger.

"Alright, take him down. Next," he said.

Wang Yuan’s actions were seen by all the people, many of them bowed from a distance, almost regarding him as a divine being.

But at this moment.

"Ah—!"

Huang Wu, who had been standing by Wang Yuan’s side, suddenly let out a scream, clung to his body tightly, and firmly embraced his arm.

It was because a black and a red snake head, each the size of a grindstone, had emerged from the water beside them and were getting close to Huang Wu.

The innate fear people have of snakes is etched into their bones, and what’s more when it’s a close encounter with a giant snake that could swallow a whole person with just one bite?

She immediately turned pale with fright.

The young Taoist Jin Shengshui, who was also treating the people, rushed over, and bowed to both of them continuously:

"My name is Jin Shengshui, Taoist name Golden Feather, coming from the Black Water Temple by the banks of Outer Mirror Lake in Yunhe County.

There is no need for alarm, fellows. My two little uncles are just playful; they mean absolutely no harm."

The two giant snakes could not be bothered with their nephew who was always cleaning up after them; they were curiously staring at Huang Wu, their snake pupils full of affection:

"Sister, you’re so beautiful.

My name is Zisu (Hualing), what’s your name?"

Though the two snakes looked ferocious, what came out synchronously was the naivety of a child’s voice.

The black snake was called Zisu, the red one called Hualing; they seemed to be a pair of twin snakes.

Seeing this, Wang Yuan first showed slight astonishment, then it turned into realization.

"This must be another side effect of the ’Yin Yang Heart Bell’—’Seducing Dragons and Snakes,’ right?"

"Precept Taboo Two: Seducing Dragons and Snakes, one might passively attract dragons and snakes during rainy weather, causing them to develop a fondness. The consequences are unpredictable."

Having the Yin Yang Heart Bell on her, it was completely normal for Huang Wu to attract the favor of the two snakes.

However.

At the same time, he noticed another anomaly.

Above the two snake heads that had approached, there was a ring of faint golden light.

"What is this?"

He looked around, and all the people on the embankment had a circle of aura appearing above their heads.

Some were like the Golden Wheel, exuding a golden color, while others were like dried blood, a black and red color – overall, they were all quite weak.

Moreover, when he let go of Huang Wu’s hand, these auras would disappear from his sight; grabbing her hand again, they would reappear.

After several attempts, he confirmed that as long as he was holding Huang Wu’s hand, the ’All Appearances’ allowed him to vaguely see the debt and Yin Morality above people’s heads!

Although he couldn’t see thoroughly with a single glance, he could at least discern if a person had more Yin Morality or more debt up until now.

For instance, these two snake spirits before him were the ones with the thickest Yin Morality among all people.

Recalling the anomaly Huang Wu predicted upon entering the "Yunhe County" domain earlier, Wang Yuan guessed that this was probably closely related to the sealing title "Yunhe." It was inconvenient at the moment, so he planned to study it in detail later.

Thus, he soothed the little girl ghost and exchanged names with the few people from the Black Water Temple.

"I am Wang Qianshan, and this is my cousin, Huang Wu.

Your just act in lending a hand is truly noble!

But I just heard you mention that the magistrate had requested your temple to close for three days, may I know the reason?"

Even without the Yin Yang Heart Bell.

Due to their joint effort in preventing a major disaster, they also held mutual positive feelings for one another; at this moment, they felt somewhat like kindred spirits.

Appearances were not at all a hindrance.

After all, in this world, things not seeming what they should be was all too common.

Hearing Wang Yuan’s question, the two large snakes were still indignant:

"Brother Wang, you have no idea, this thing is infuriating when brought up..."

However.

Just as the embankment beside them was about to be completely repaired, and a group of farmers was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief,

Somebody could finally no longer contain their impatience.

Before the snake spirit sisters could finish their words, they heard a thunderous roar from the distant vast river:

"Demonic beasts, how dare you damage the embankment! I, River Patrol General Zheng Wan, will not let you get away!

Perish—!"