After the old dragon left, Ji Yuan was pondering over the so-called "chaos in the two wasteland continents" that the old dragon had mentioned before. To be precise, it should be the Southern Wasteland Continent and the Black Dream Spirit Continent.
Nanhuangzhou includes tens of thousands of miles of mysterious Nanhuang Mountains. I had heard about the Pill Stealing Rebellion from Bailu at the beginning, but in fact, it had been very chaotic before that. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a place full of monsters.
Although Heimeng Lingzhou has the word "Lingzhou" in its name, the actual situation is much worse than that of Nanhuang. Its area is extremely large among all the worlds in the world. On the surface, it is a vast and desolate natural landscape with beautiful mountains and rivers, but it is extremely chaotic inside.
There are countless hiding places under the chaotic energy, and not only are there few orthodox immortals, but the demons are also powerful and the devil flames are raging. The human power is extremely weak. It is even rumored that in some hidden caves, there are mortals in the country and city who are controlled by demons and fed like livestock.
These two continents are called "Southern Wilderness" and "Black Wilderness" in the orthodox cultivation world, collectively known as the "Two Wildernesses", but it is obvious that the former is just a place in the "Wild" continent, while the latter is completely chaotic.
When mentioning the matter of Heimeng Lingzhou, one cannot help but involve another past event in Ji Yuan's mind. In the past, the City God of Chunhui Prefecture asked Yin Zhaoxian to give him a gloomy wooden plaque, which recorded the content of the interrogation in a way that conveys the spirit through objects.
It is said that Madam Hong was the mistress of a great demon for a period of time. The great demon had been to a "breeding" cave in the Black Wasteland, where there was a "country of livestock". He had been obsessed with that place ever since he got out. Many years later, he tried to create a similar one in Yunzhou, East Land. He also united with many demons and proclaimed himself the Demon King. However, he was discovered by various gods and monks from Xianxia Island, and was hunted down all the way. The great demon was killed, and some small demon targets fled in all directions. Madam Hong and her group luckily escaped into Dazhen.
The information left in the sunken wood was originally the confession of the snake demon. The City God probably gave such a wooden sign mainly to inform Ji Yuan, but he might have thought about whether Ji Yuan could save the "Beast Country".
Ji Yuan can only say that he is temporarily powerless. Lack of information is secondary; lack of ability is the key.
Putting aside the past events that he had learned about, Ji Yuan had always held the same idea as Lao Long, believing that the chaos in the two wastelands was very far away from Yunzhou and Dazhen in the East. But from what Lao Long said tonight, either the matter of Mo Jiao was related to those places, or it was just an extension.
"It seems that Li Chenghuang also said something that confused me before!"
Ji Yuan suddenly remembered the things that were delayed because of the falling dragon, so he asked in detail about what he had said before that "Dazhen will face a turbulent time".
Originally, Ji Yuan wanted to ask how he knew his appearance so well, but since it could be guessed, it was not important.
In fact, Ji Yuan knew the general situation of the matter. Under Emperor Yuande's current state, the Dazhen Kingdom was in a delicate moment. There were fierce struggles between the royal family and court officials in the capital, and problems had also arisen in local government affairs throughout the country. On the level outside the mortal world, the matter of the Tianji Pavilion had caused various parties to surround it. Many high-ranking and well-informed gods gradually learned about it and became worried.
As for Ji Yuan's name, it was also under this circumstance that it became known to some upper-level gods, along with his peerless magical power of "Heavenly Sword Force".
. . .
Mo Jiao Mo Rong's original residence was outside the East China Sea, but if a Jiaolong wants to transform into a dragon, taking the water route is one of the most ancient and righteous ways. The principle contained in it is not only about traveling by water and walking on the river. The selection of the starting point and the various terrains of the mountains, rivers and swamps passed along the way are all very particular. Guangdong Lake is one of the four major lakes in Dazhen. It gathers the power of all directions and connects the east and west swamps. It is an excellent place that can be seen on the surface.
But the Black Dragon likes to move around, and every once in a while it would swim across the sea to hunt for giant sea beasts. This time, it was caught on its way back from the East China Sea.
The demons who attacked the dragon had no intention of letting it escape back to Dazhen. They wanted to control the black dragon with the evil nightmare technique in the hope of making some moves within the territory of Dazhen. Unfortunately, they underestimated the black dragon's ferocity. It blew up its dragon ball and bit an evil cultivator to pieces, then escaped back to Dazhen in pain.
It flew back to Wanzhou only by relying on its perseverance, but it no longer had the strength to go west to Tongtian River, which led to the dragon falling incident witnessed by Ji Yuan and the City God of Lishun Prefecture.
The old dragon of Tongtian River flew out of the border of Dazhen in anger, which made the demons and monsters surrounding Dazhen deeply recall one thing: Dazhen not only has a hidden immortal who can "turn the sky upside down with a sword", but also a thousand-year-old real dragon. This made all the marginal people understand what it means for a real dragon to be so angry that the whole world trembles.
The dragon ball is spit out and it moves from the east to the south along the shore of the East China Sea, looking for all the demons, ghosts, evil cultivators that it dislikes, no matter whether you really participated in the attack on the Mo Jiao or not, if you have a demonic aura that is not right or your evil aura is revealed, you will be killed without any explanation.
Wherever a true dragon passes, there will be dark clouds, lightning and thunder. Even the demons that have been practicing seriously will inevitably be killed by mistake, such as those that happen to be mixed with evil creatures.
According to what Lao Long said to Ji Yuan afterwards, those who can mix with evil things are not good people either, and sooner or later they will become birds of a feather. If they are really pure and innocent, then they can only count their bad luck.
But there is one thing that Lao Long and Ji Yuan both have a new understanding of.
It was not until the old dragon became furious and started devouring and killing people around Dazhen that he discovered that there were so many evil monsters and strange creatures in Yunzhou, Dongtu, or at least in some countries and regions around Dazhen, far more than previously speculated.
. . .
Ten days after the dragon fell, in the thousand-foot-deep sand pool at the bottom of Guangdong Lake.
Old Long Yinghong, who was wearing a double-breasted long gown, and Ji Yuan, who was wearing a white long gown, stood together. The City God had already returned to the temple. In the center of the sand pool lay a huge black dragon several dozen feet long.
This black dragon has lived here for decades, always with a casual attitude, and has not even built a water palace.
Mo Rong was already dying at this moment, and he had reached his limit after holding on for ten days.
If the old dragon had not returned on the day when the black dragon was about to die, he would probably have to kill outside for a while. Even at this moment, he was still full of murderous intent and evil spirit, and a thick and terrifying dragon energy was constantly swirling.
If there is no accident after the death of a dragon or a snake, the dragon soul will swim into the water and flow into the sea along the waterway. In the process, the soul power in the body will gradually dissipate, and finally the predecessor body will dissolve in the sea, leaving only a wisp of the true spirit of the water.
At this point, this true spiritual energy is basically in a state of no thoughts or ideas, and is more like a special pure spiritual energy that will travel along the vast ocean or waterways of the world until it meets a blessed aquatic creature, merges into its body, develops spiritual intelligence, becomes a new individual, and one day will be able to transform into a dragon again.
Once one is able to transform into a dragon and return to the dragon family, the memories of the previous life will return with the gradual accumulation of practice.
This is a very magical process, which can also be called "water flow", but it has a completely opposite result from the accumulation of dragon transformation.
In Ji Yuan's view, this is not only a unique magical power, but also the romance of dragons and floodwaters. After all, if you are serious about it, the success rate is very slim, so it can only be called romantic.
But dragons have their own pride, and most of them would rather take a chance on this illusory opportunity than become a ghost dragon.
"Mo Rong, I don't know if I have eliminated all the villains who attacked you, but many have been buried with you. Go with peace of mind!"
The old dragon gradually restrained his breath, and then said this with a sigh, while Ji Yuan stood beside him without saying a word.
The amber eyes of the black dragon still had a luster, and they looked like two large fluorescent lanterns in the dark water.
"Huh...Huh..."
The last of the dragon energy was emanating from the dragon's mouth, and strings of underwater bubbles were spreading toward the lake surface above.
After another cup of tea, all the dragon energy and remaining vitality had dissipated, ensuring that there would be no abnormal changes in the dragon's body. The amber color in the dragon's eyes also became extremely dim.
"Take care, Long Jun."
A hoarse voice came from the black dragon's mouth, and then the dragon's eyes slowly closed.
At this moment, a bunch of bubbles suddenly rose from the dragon's body, and a stream of water overflowed from its body. Even with Ji Yuan's Dharma eyes wide open, he could only observe a shadow of a dragon leaving for a few breaths, and then he had no more perception.
This was the first time that Ji Yuan had seen a dragon die, and it was also the first time he had seen a monster die naturally. The moment the dragon soul turned into a shadow and disappeared, he seemed to have a new vague understanding of the spiritual practice of living beings and the meaning of life.
Ji Yuan looked at the huge dragon corpse that was still at the bottom of the lake. All the dragon energy and spiritual power had dissipated from the corpse. Apart from being heavy and hard, there was nothing magical about it. Even small fish and shrimps could play on the dragon corpse, but it would not rot for a long time.
Perhaps one day in the future there will be a severe drought and the water in Guangdong Lake will dry up. Or perhaps one day in the future there will be an unusual flood, which may expose or wash out the dragon corpse or dragon bones at the bottom of the lake.