As Ji Yuan transferred his magic power into the Xiezhi scroll, the scroll began to attract the spiritual energy in the water palace and began to make sounds.
"I am Xiezhi, who dares to disturb me..."
The Xiezhi on the scroll was colorful and looked ferocious. As Ji Yuan increased his magic power input, it became even more ferocious with its fangs and claws bared as if it was ready to devour someone, and it seemed like it would rush out of the scroll at any time.
"Uncle Ji, why does it only know this one sentence?"
Ying Feng really couldn't help it, he could see that his uncle Ji was continuously injecting magic power into the scroll, more and more spiritual energy was being attracted to the surroundings, but the strange beast in the scroll only said one sentence over and over again, and then roared from time to time.
"Not any time soon."
After such a long time, Ji Yuan has basically figured out one thing: this Xiezhi scroll will react to a very special aura. The stronger and purer the spiritual energy and magic power gathered on it, the greater the reaction will be.
Although the former National Master Daxiu also noticed the characteristics of the Xiezhi scroll and refined the Xiezhi pendant according to this characteristic, the quality of his magic power was still far behind. Every strand of Ji Yuan's magic power was transformed from the elixir energy refined by the Samadhi True Fire. In terms of purity, he had never seen anyone stronger than him.
The purity of the magic power determines the total amount that the Xiezhi Pendant can hold. That is to say, when National Master Daxiu absorbed magic power before, he thought he had reached the limit, but in fact he had not.
At this moment, Ji Yuan's speed of inhaling magic power was relatively balanced and slow, but it was slowly accumulating. Although the Xiezhi on the Xiezhi scroll kept repeating the same sentence, it became more and more vivid and more and more like a real beast, with wisps of black smoke floating out of the scroll.
As the black smoke appeared, the Dragon Girl and Dragon Son both subconsciously developed a sense of alertness. This was a powerful demonic aura, an unprecedented and frightening demonic aura. Moreover, the surrounding water temperature, with Ji Yuan's arm as the center, was slowly rising, and the location where the Xiezhi scroll was located seemed to be boiling.
"Ruoli, manifest the light and shadow from before again, and remember to avoid it. The Xiezhi in this scroll can hurt people."
Xiezhi
Ying Ruoli and Ying Feng paid attention to this sentence at the same time, but they would not delay what they had to do. After the former responded with "yes", he concentrated on casting a spell, trying his best to restore the image of his father that was transmitted back to his mind.
By now Ying Ruoli has already begun to hone her own cultivation, and has even gradually separated her divine cultivation and dragon body, in preparation for her future transformation into a dragon. Her state of mind is already good enough, and her cultivation is actually also good enough, but she does not lack patience. She needs to adjust her own state to true perfection. In her situation, although at first glance she looks similar to Dragon Son Ying Feng, she is actually far ahead of her brother in many details.
At this time, the breath was restored and it was in the water palace again. The blurry monster seemed to be clearer than before on the river.
"I am Xiezhi, who are you..."
In the scroll in Ji Yuan's hand, the Xiezhi was still roaring, but suddenly it stopped and looked towards the shape of the water waves in front of it.
When Ji Yuan thought that it would take a while to brew like last time, the next moment, a sharp claw wrapped in black smoke suddenly stretched out from the scroll. As soon as it appeared, it blasted a dry space in the river where the three people were. The sharp claw grabbed forward fiercely, and at the same time, a fierce roar was heard.
"Get out of here!"
Crash...
"Um?"
The light and shadow in front of the dragon girl was instantly torn apart by the sharp claws, and a sharp light swept towards her body. She dodged and the sharp claws almost brushed past her chest, then suddenly turned around. Ying Ruoli's arm reflexively turned into a dragon shadow and dragon scales, and then blocked in front of her.
"Boom..."
The dragon girl slid back several steps before stopping, but the vibration around her had not yet ended, and the water waves in the entire water palace were shaking violently.
Rumble, rumble…
“Ah…” “Be careful!”
“Bang…” “What happened?”
"What happened?"
The Yakshas and Yu Niang in the Water Palace were all unable to stand steadily due to the battle. They were all looking around in fear, but they were not panicking. At this moment, Goddess Jiang, His Royal Highness Longzi, and Mr. Ji were all there, so there would definitely be no danger.
After the Water Palace shook for a while, the noise gradually subsided and the aquatic creatures in various parts of the Water Palace calmed down.
"Don't make a fuss, just get back to work!"
After the Yaksha leader said this, everyone dispersed and he went to the main hall to check.
What just happened happened in just a moment, and Ji Yuan had already put away the Xiezhi scroll. Long Zi and Long Nu seemed to have not yet recovered from their daze, and then seeing that Ji Yuan looked thoughtful, they did not dare to disturb him for the time being. Some Yakshas who came to check gradually gathered around, but Long Nu waved her hand and carefully retreated.
After a while, the dragon son and daughter saw that Ji Yuan's expression had returned to normal and hurriedly asked.
"Uncle Ji, did you figure out anything?" "Yes, Uncle Ji, and what is this Xiezhi?"
Ji Yuan was still unsure, but at least he had a slight guess.
"This Xiezhi is an ancient mythical beast. It loves good and hates evil, and can clearly distinguish right from wrong. As for the monster in the light and shadow, it may also be an ancient mythical beast or a ferocious beast."
Ji Yuan didn’t know whether Xiezhi would say “get lost” to everyone it saw, but it was obviously unusual to make it say “get lost”.
"Uncle Ji, do you have any specific guesses?"
Ying Ruoli asked again, and Ji Yuan thought for a while.
"Based on the current situation, the dragon corpse worm must have something to do with it. It might be the '犼'. By the way, is your hand okay?"
The Dragon Girl and the Dragon Son looked at each other. They had never heard of Xiezhi and Hou, but they all kept them in mind. Only when Ji Yuan asked about it did the Dragon Girl rub her arms.
"It's okay, I was just shocked."
Ji Yuan smiled.
"Ji was also startled. The reaction of the Xiezhi in the scroll was more intense this time."
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One day later in the evening, at the outer port terminal of Jingji Prefecture on Tongtian River, Zhang Rui and Wang Li, who had arrived in advance and were waiting there, finally saw Ji Yuan show up. The boat that had carried Ji Yuan away early due to some matters slowly came ashore with Ji Yuan on board.
Wang Li breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ji Yuan responding to his and Zhang Rui's wave from afar. They had been standing there for quite a while and thought that Mr. Ji had forgotten about it.
As soon as the boat docked, Ji Yuan walked up from the steps of the pier. The dragon son and daughter stood on the boat and bowed to Ji Yuan and said goodbye.
"Uncle Ji, let's say goodbye for now! If anything happens, please notify the river and the water creatures will come to find us!"
"Okay, go ahead."
Even though they really wanted to follow Ji Yuan, they had something else to do right now and it wasn't the time for fun.
After watching the boat leave, Ji Yuan thought for a moment, then turned around and said to Zhang Rui and Wang Lidao who were still looking at the river.
"Let's go, let's go directly to the underworld in Gyeonggi Prefecture."
After saying this, Ji Yuan led the way and left, while Wang Li and Zhang Rui quickly followed. As for what Mr. Ji had done, the two did not dare to ask. If it was really convenient for them to know, he would not have sent them away.
Although winter is the off-season for the port here, the scale of the port is now incomparable to that of the past, and it still seems busy even now. Therefore, the official road to the capital of Gyeonggi Province is still crowded with cars and horses in the cold winter weather.
However, this time Ji Yuan did not walk slowly, but instead took the two people behind him and walked quickly. In less than half a quarter of an hour, they had passed the tall gate of Jingji Prefecture and entered the capital of Dazhen.
"I haven't been here for many years, and the capital has become more prosperous!"
Wang Li sighed like this. He was quite famous as a storyteller in the capital. The current emperor had invited him to tell stories before he became famous. He even had a conversation with the late emperor. If it were any other storyteller, it would be enough for him to brag about for the rest of his life.
"Sir, are we going directly to the underworld?"
Seeing Ji Yuan walking in a hurry, Zhang Rui couldn't help but ask a question. Ji Yuan had been thinking about something before, and only came back to his senses after hearing what she said. He turned around and nodded at Zhang Rui.
"Go directly, the ghost of Zhou Niansheng doesn't have much time left."
"Ah? Straight, straight to the underworld..."
Wang Li said this nervously. Ji Yuan did not stop but did not turn back, but a voice came to his mind.
"Then you don't have to go."
Wang Li didn't dare to say anything. Although Mr. Ji was easy to talk to, he was a man of his word. If Wang Li dared to say "yes", he would most likely be kept.
When they arrived near the temple, even Wang Li noticed that no one around them seemed to be able to see or notice them, because almost no one's eyes were fixed on them. He even felt vaguely that the people around him were starting to blur, and he could see smoke that looked like a yellow and white halo floating around them, which seemed very unreal to Wang Li.
"Mr. Wang, stop looking around and pay attention!"
Zhang Rui's reminder made Wang Li wake up immediately. When he looked forward, he found that the sky had darkened and there was a huge city gate in front of him. A gloomy and terrifying feeling was becoming stronger and stronger. Even though it was not cold, he got goose bumps all over his body.
"Gurgle..."
Wang Li swallowed his saliva. He could already see the big words on the city gate in front of him. It was written "Gate of Hell in Gyeonggi Prefecture".
Today, there were not only ghost messengers standing guard in front of the Ghost Gate, but also civil and military judges wearing official robes and official hats standing on the left and right of the gate. When they saw Ji Yuan and the other two coming, the two judges hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Ji Yuan first.
"Gyeonggi Prefecture Hell's Civil Judge." "Gyeonggi Prefecture Hell's Military Judge."
"Meet Mr. Ji!"
Ji Yuan quickly returned the salute. He thought he still had to go through some procedures in the underworld, so he quickened his pace. It seemed that they were ready.
"You two judges, please excuse me. Are you here to wait for me?"
"Mr. Ji is right. The time for the fairy beast, the white deer, to guard my husband is approaching. Half a month ago, the City God ordered the chief officers of each department to take turns to guard here and wait for Mr. Ji to come."
Ji Yuan nodded and asked another question.
"If it's convenient, take Ji to the ghost town first, and then pay a visit to the city god afterwards."
"I will follow Mr. Ji's instructions. Please!"
After Wen Pan finished speaking, he directly invited Ji Yuan into the pass without asking who Zhang Rui and Wang Li were, nor did he have any intention of stopping them. It was obvious that one was a mortal and the other was a ghost of not very high level of Taoism.