In the Guangling City General's Mansion, Gu Cheng's left hand was condensed with a dark candle, and the Xuanyin Flying Thunder exploded above his right hand.At the same time, the spiritual energy in Gu Cheng's body converged, but the internal force and true qi were also swimming in the spiritual veins, reaching a delicate balance.When this balance reached a limit, Gu Cheng pinched the seal in his hand, and the cold and blazing Yin Candle Flame and the Xuanyin Flying Thunder were close to condense, and at the same time, the aura and the true qi also began to intertwine, repelling each other and exploding!
Gu Cheng snorted suddenly, his face was a little pale, and his spiritual power was constantly being consumed.But he held on and used all his strength to fuse the two.The aura of a qi refiner is from the outside in, while the true qi of a martial artist at the beginning is from the inside out, refining the physical body to gain strength, turning qi into true qi, and condensing true qi into gang qi.These two are fundamentally different in nature, and it is understandable how difficult it is to forcibly merge them into one at this time.Although Gu Cheng knew that Murong Hou could do this, proving that this was feasible, he didn't know what he needed to do, and he had to explore it step by step.Gu Cheng had actually failed countless times before, and this time was the closest time, and it was also the one that was most likely to succeed.Finally, when Gu Cheng's spiritual power had almost been exhausted, the Yin Candle Flame and the Xuanyin Flying Thunder finally fused together, and a deep and evil thunder fire appeared in Gu Cheng's hands.While Bai Sensen's fire was burning, there was also a black silk thunder surging in it, and gray and white were intertwined with black, forming an extremely strange appearance.Gu Cheng violently dispersed that power, but even if he took the initiative to disperse the power, the outbreak of the aftermath made the entire house tremble violently.With a sigh of relief, his Yin Thunder Fire was completely refined, and its power was far from being as simple as one plus one.And the consumption of this move is not too much, it is similar to the Yin Candle Flame plus the Xuanyin Flying Thunder, but although the power used is not much, it is very mentally expensive to control it, and if you change it to some cultivators who are not strong in power control, it is likely that the first step will blow yourself up.Gu Cheng stood up and moved, it took him more than half a month to take this step, but in fact, this can only be regarded as the first step, and it is still much worse to reach the level of Murong Hou.Just when he was about to go out to see what was going on during this time, Huang Laojiao had already come to the door.Among these people under Gu Cheng's command at the moment, Huang Laojiao is the one who has the least communication with Gu Cheng.Everyone knows the thoughts of this old water thief, when he was under Fang Zhenhai, he was in his own way, and now he is under Gu Cheng, Gu Cheng didn't think about making him completely surrender to himself, as long as the other party could obey orders on the surface.Gu Cheng didn't feel that he had any domineering spirit, and he could make this old water thief bow to him.During this time, the other party was just honestly guarding the state capitals around the Qulan River, although he had no credit, but he didn't make any trouble for Gu Cheng.So when he came this time, Gu Cheng was still a little puzzled."
Brother Huang, is something happening to you over there?"
Huang Laojiao's face was a little ugly: "Something happened, a ship under my command is gone, and the elixir escorted on the ship is also gone." ”At present, Gu Cheng is in control of the elixir trade of the large and small sects in Nanling County, some of them are by land, but some are closer by water.The sailors under Huang Laojiao's command had nothing to do except patrol the Qulan River every day, so Gu Cheng handed over some elixirs that could be transported by water to Huang Laojiao to escort, and then gave the other party some more money.Gu Cheng frowned and said, "It's gone?"
Did someone do it?
How did a good ship disappear?
”Although the building boat under the command of Huang Laojiao is a little uneven, except for some small sampans for exploration, the smallest building boat is also about ten zhang, how can it be gone?
Huang Laojiao smiled bitterly: "It's just so alive and gone."
There is a sect that is grinding and chirping, and the elixir was delivered a little late, so I wanted to sail late at night and take a nearby waterway to send it over.I didn't take that waterway very often in the past, and there were a lot of reefs in the water, but it was nothing to walk a few times once in a while.The night before, a big wave had struck, and a ship had disappeared, and then it had been completely calm as if nothing had happened. ”Huang Laojiao hesitated for a moment and said, "I was not outside at that time, but resting in the cabin, but someone vaguely saw that there was a black shadow swimming above the water, as if it was some huge thing. ”"Did it happen to a monster?"
Huang Laojiao shook his head and said, "It is absolutely impossible to be a monster, I didn't notice the slightest demonic aura."
Although there are many strange things on the Qulan River, this is the first time I have encountered such a confusing thing. ”"You didn't send someone to salvage it afterwards?"
Huang Laojiao smiled bitterly: "I personally took action, using the secret method of the waterway to explore the underwater, but there is no trace of it, and I dare not go down any further."
As long as you have eaten on the Qulan River, everyone knows that this underwater is dozens of times more dangerous than the water, and it was still dark at that time.However, I have investigated some news during the day, and the waterway I took is on the edge of Yuanshui Town, Moyang Prefecture, and there seem to be some legends about the Dragon King of the River, which seems to be related to my incident.It's just that these things involve a local force, the Dragon King Gang, although I am not afraid of the other party, but the matter is a little sensitive, so I have come to trouble you. ”Gu Cheng had already seen Huang Laojiao's careful thoughts, but he didn't break it.Huang Laojiao, an old water thief, is used to being cautious, saying that he is afraid of death, saying that he is cautious, anyway, when he encounters something wrong, he will definitely choose the most secure way to deal with it.If he was still a water thief and bandit at this time, he would probably have endured it himself.But now that he has become a member of the Jingye Division, and the matter also involves some local martial arts forces, then he will push the matter to Gu Cheng by the way.Although it is right to deal with problems carefully and carefully, you can avoid causing more trouble, but always push things to the top, what does the person above want you to do as a subordinate?
After a long time, the people above will inevitably have an opinion about it.But Gu Cheng doesn't care, anyway, Huang Laojiao is only his subordinate during this time, and when the one from the Haohan Gang comes after a while, the old water thief will be handed over to him to cook.So Gu Cheng didn't poke the other party, but said lightly: "Since that's the case, then let's go." ”Moyang Mansion is a small state capital next to the Qulan River, the scale is not too big, not even as big as a county seat in Dazhou Town, and Yuanshui Town is a small town with only a thousand people, so there was no Jingye Division garrison here before Fang Zhenhai occupied Nanzhi County, and it was the same after Fang Zhenhai occupied it, and now it is Gu Cheng's turn to ignore it as well.This place seems to be a forgotten place, if it weren't for the sudden accident of Huang Laojiao's subordinates, no one would even notice here.When Gu Cheng followed Huang Laojiao and others here, on the bank of the Qulan River, groups of villagers carried a red, unroofed sedan chair, led by a middle-aged woman dressed as a goddess, and slowly walked towards the riverside.In the sedan chair sat a young woman about twenty years old, her face was obviously full of tears, but her expression was strangely showing a smile, and her body was also sitting straight.The goddess shook the tambourine and bell in her hand, and recited a specious incantation in her mouth, like a dancing god.Gu Chengyi frowned: "What are they doing?"
”Huang Laojiao also looked puzzled, and called one of his subordinates and asked, "What are these guys doing?"
”The subordinate was a person from a nearby village and town, and when he heard this, he said: "Lord Hui, that is the custom of Yuanshui Town, to sacrifice the Jianglong King, it is said that every three years, a young woman must be selected to worship the Jianglong King, otherwise the Jianglong King will overturn the river and the sea, flood the entire Yuanshui Town, and punish them for their disrespect, this custom seems to have been around for hundreds of years." ”"!"
Gu Cheng waved his hand directly and said, "Stop them." ”What kind of nonsense to worship the Dragon King of the River is simply nonsense for cultivators who really understand demons and ghosts.Some low-level demons do have an irresistible temptation for blood food.But as the level of demons and ghosts increases, although they also need blood food, what they need is not ordinary people, but cultivators.And don't say whether they worship the Dragon King of the River or not, even if they are just worshipping ordinary demons and ghosts, they have to eat people every three or five times, and I haven't heard of eating one in three years, which is not enough to stuff the teeth."
Why hasn't anyone mentioned these things before?"
After Gu Cheng asked this, he sighed, he already understood.Thinking of the situation in Nanling County, it is really not a big deal to sacrifice one person every three years, and even the local officials may not be willing to provoke these foolish people, and they will make a commotion if they can't control it.At this time, the goddess had already finished dancing a circle of great gods, and shouted in a sharp voice: "Sacrifice to the Dragon King!"
”As soon as the villagers carrying the sedan chair wanted to throw the sedan chair into the Qulan River, they were stopped by the people under Huang Laojiao.The goddess's face was painted with colorful oil paint, and at this time she was twisting angrily, pointing at the gang and scolding angrily: "Who are you?
If you delay the sacrifice to the dragon king, can you afford it?
”"We are the navy army under the command of Lord Gu, the commander of the Jingye Division of Guangling City, and with me in front, do you dare to commit murder?"
In the past, they were all water thieves that everyone shouted and beaten, but at this time, as the imperial court, they said these words with righteousness and awe, but there was really some darkness.But the goddess didn't give any face, and was still shouting indiscriminately: "I don't care who you are, if you delay the sacrifice to the dragon king, everyone will die!"
”An old man who was on crutches and seemed to be very famous in the local area also stood up and persuaded: "A few adults have misunderstood, we really don't mean to harm people, sacrifice one, but save the entire Yuanshui Town." ”Huang Laojiao's subordinates were stunned, not knowing what to do, after all, they had never dealt with this kind of thing before.Gu Cheng frowned, and walked straight over, the goddess was still talking about something with her teeth and claws, at this time, a sharp sword aura slashed, and the goddess's head flew directly into the air, and blood gushed out with the headless corpse."
A goddess who pretends to be a ghost, why do you talk so much nonsense with her?"
Gu Cheng's eyes swept over the audience, and he was suddenly silent.