Chapter 336: The Bihu Lineage

After a long time, the golden light faded, the sword energy disappeared, the sound of the sword gradually faded, and the Taoist magic was ineffective.
“This restriction is much stronger than we thought,” Kang Dabao led everyone to try for a while, and the restriction that separated the Bihu Dark River from the Stone Chamber Spiritual Spring still showed no signs of being opened. Zhang Qingran was the first to lose his temper and sighed softly, “It seems that using force to break the law is not feasible.”

“That’s too depressing!” Sect Leader Kang felt unhappy, but before he could say anything, Yuan Xiyue, who had the highest cultivation and the sharpest spiritual awareness among the few people, spoke first: “Everyone, be careful, there is a water beast coming from behind.”

Kang Dabao instantly became nervous and used his magic eyes to look behind him. He saw a huge green crocodile leading several powerful water beasts of different species wandering over, which made him frown.

“It’s the green crocodile that ‘awakened’ just now.” Jiang Qing’s eyes fixed, and he clenched the hilt of his sword, as if he remembered the scene of fighting with it. The fighting method of this water beast obviously left a deep impression on Jiang Qing, making his tone heavy at this time, and it was difficult to show his ease.

“Are we blocked here by these beasts?!” Master Kang sighed in his heart.

This is indeed a bit of bad luck. From what he can see with his Dharma eyes, the water beasts accompanying the Green Crocodile are also of high cultivation level, at least middle-grade second level, so their strength is not weak.

On his side, Zhang Qingran’s fighting skills were not outstanding, and Yuan Xiyue practiced the way of the Buddha Mother Mingfei, so her skills might not be useful to these monsters. In fact, the only ones who could fight were his two brothers.

Comparing the two, this battle is difficult to win.

“Do it!” Kang Dabao was decisive. He showed the golden light first and then said hello.

The green crocodile that was targeted by the golden light showed a trace of astonishment in its eyes in a very human-like manner, but it did not panic. It still used water to turn into a shield and first took on all the golden sword energy. Then it swung its four legs violently, creating a wave of water, and then stood ten feet in front of Kang Dabao.

This Green Crocodile’s skills are quite impressive. Just from the ease and carefreeness he displays, it can be seen that he is one step ahead of Master Kang.

It flicked its tail horizontally, first stopping the fierce-eyed monsters behind it, and then spoke calmly, “The yellow-eyed monk opposite, you must be the leader of the monks here, right? Let’s not fight, can we talk first?”

Even though he had learned from Jiang Qing that the Green Crocodile Leader had already become spiritual and could speak human language, Kang Dabao was still a little surprised after seeing it with his own eyes.

The head of the Kang family looked suspicious and asked, “Let’s talk?”

“Of course, Huang Yan’er, why should you doubt it? Even the great ancestor David had a long conversation with the venerables of my Lishan lineage for ten days and ten nights before he clarified the territories of the David Immortal Dynasty and the demon land. Our predecessors did the same, so we can talk as well.” The Green Crocodile said in a light tone, retracted his claws, and withdrew most of his aggressive ferocity.

Somehow, when Kang Dabao saw him nod, he actually felt a hint of elegance from the latter’s face with a bloody mouth.

This feeling was very strange. Before Sect Leader Kang could reply, the green crocodile on the opposite side said, “Huang Yan’er, do you know the origin of this Guanshan Cave Mansion?”

“My surname is Kang,” Kang Dabao glared at Bi Yu and did not answer first. Instead, he retorted to Bi Yu.

The latter heard it and gently wagged his tail, saying in a deep voice: “Hello, Brother Kang. You can just call me Crocodile Yuan.”

After a brief introduction, the green crocodile who called himself Crocodile Yuan did not wait for the response from Sect Leader Kang, and began to speak on his own:
“This Guanshan Cave Mansion was not actually built by Guanyu, but was formed by Aragaki Hirochi who found an island in the sea and refined it. In other words, this is not just a cave mansion, but a relatively rare portable magic weapon.”

“Xianyuan Guangzhi? That is, the real person Xinyuan?” The head of Kangda Sect asked in a suspicious tone. After hearing the former’s question, E Yuan just nodded: “Sure enough, in this Shannan Dao, except for those very few stupid and foolish people, there are indeed few people who don’t know the name of Xinyuan Guangzhi.”

“Cough” Kang Dabao coughed dryly, and Jiang Qing’s face turned red.

E Yuan did not notice anything unusual, and continued, “And Guan Yu got this portable magic weapon and some inheritance left by Xin Yuan Guang Zhi in it, so he became a rare casual cultivator in Shannan Dao.”

“Why didn’t Master Guanyu take such a rare magical weapon with him when he left his hometown, but instead left it in Yunjiaozhou?” Kang Dabao noticed something was wrong.

As for the question raised by the headmaster Kang, E Yuan was unable to answer it. He just shook his head and said, “I don’t know that, but I also know that this magical treasure may be very valuable to Guan Yu, but it is insignificant to Aragaki Hirochi.”

Seeing Kang Dabao and the others’ suspicions grow, E Yuan said softly, “Perhaps it is not appropriate to describe Guanshan Cave as a portable magic weapon. In fact, for Aragaki Hirochi, this cave is just a larger spiritual beast bag for the star-patterned jade spiritual turtle under his seat.”

“A bigger spirit beast bag?!” The surprise in the voices of everyone present was evident.

This Guanshan Cave Mansion has mountains and rivers, tall buildings, spiritual veins and treasures. It is not much different from some Jindan Taoist temples with slightly inferior foundations. How could it be just a large spirit beast bag used by Immortal Xinyuan?
What E Yuan said really surprised Master Kang, who came from a poor family and had never seen the world.

But if you think about it carefully, it would be a joke if the Star-Patterned Jade Spirit Turtle, which can be compared to a Nascent Soul Realm, lived in a narrow and cramped spirit beast bag like Xiaoqi all day long.

If this Guanshan Cave Mansion is really the habitat of a fourth-level monster, then it cannot be called luxurious, but rather a bit simple.

“The stone room you just came out of was once the residence of the fourth-level star-patterned jade turtle. However,” Crocodile Yuan paused here and continued:
“Some of the essence was plundered by Guanyu hundreds of years ago. What you saw and took away were not left by Aragaki Hirochi, but the things that Guanyu didn’t have time to take away.”

“I see.” Kang Dabao nodded. This Crocodile Yuan did indeed tell many things that outsiders did not know, which showed his sincerity. So the head of the Kang sect lowered his eyes and asked softly, “Then I wonder what fellow Crocodile Yuan wants to discuss with me and my fellow Taoists?”

After Kang Dabao said this, the eyes of the crocodile Yuan’s vertical pupils became much more serious, and it said: “The many demon cultivators of our Bihu lineage are called Taoist soldiers, but in fact they are just demon slaves detained by Guanyu.

Taking our Green Crocodile Clan as an example, the strong ones were selected by Guanyu and trained to fight against the enemy; the weak ones were detained in the Green Lake to reproduce the clan, and were never allowed to leave the ten-mile radius around the Green Lake.

Ever since Guanyu left Shannan Road, our Bihu lineage has been hidden by him with a formation, for fear that we would escape.

It was not until the last round of Guanshan Cave Mansion being opened that a reckless cultivator in Nangui Cave triggered the remaining formation set up by Guanyu, which led to the abnormal movement of the spiritual veins in Guanshan Cave and shook the formation hiding the Green Lake.

After that, many fellow Daoists in Bihu spent another ten years before they could meet Daoist friend Kang and other Daoists when the cave was unveiled. The hardship involved cannot be described to outsiders. “

Sect Leader Kang’s eyes fixed. He could tell that there was a lot of hatred in Crocodile Yuan’s tone. He did not respond, but heard Crocodile Yuan say in a deep voice:
“Although we have been raised here since Xinyuan Guangzhi and can be considered the natives of Guanshan Cave, due to the restrictions set by Guanyu for our Bihu lineage, our spirits are in chaos and it is difficult for us to find many key places in Bihu.

If it weren’t for these two Taoist friends who found the underground river leading to other places for us, we would have been trapped in the lake for generations just as Guanyu had imagined. You two Taoist friends helped us break free from the shackles. I would like to thank you and apologize for harassing you two Taoist friends earlier.”

Jiang Qing and Zhang Qingran were surprised, it turned out that those green-skinned giants had not used their full strength before, no wonder it was not difficult for them to get rid of them.

“It seems that as long as these water beasts follow the water veins, they will not be subject to the restriction of not being able to leave the shore ten miles away.”

Hearing that E Yuan’s tone softened, Kang Dabao naturally did not let him say anything, and said, “Kang was surprised before, why are there so few fellow Taoists who chased my junior brothers and sisters into the stone chamber?”

“Nearly a hundred years ago, Guanyu’s Purple Scaled Mountain Turtle appeared in the Green Lake. The spring of Guiyuan True Water in the stone chamber is a second-grade top-grade spiritual liquid that was transformed by the Star Pattern Jade Spirit Turtle living here for hundreds of years. For ordinary low-level monsters of the ‘Cangliu’ type, it is a treasure. If the Purple Scaled Mountain Turtle is still in the Guanshan Cave, I’m afraid it has already become a third-grade monster. Before we find out the truth, we dare not enter that stone chamber.”

As soon as E Yuan said this, everyone’s faces became much more stern.

A third-level monster? Don’t think that Black Shoe Taoist and his group can easily kill ordinary monsters of the same level.

But even if they could put aside their past grudges and work together to face a third-order monster comparable to a Jindan cultivator, they would definitely be dead.

“It seems that no matter whether it is Master Xinyuan or Master Guanyu, they both have a preference for the monster belonging to ‘Zangliu’.” Kang Dabao thought to himself.

Sect Leader Kang thought about it again and said, “Back when the Star Pattern Jade Spirit Turtle was still around, these Yakshas, ​​Jade Crocodiles, and Six-winged Flying Dogs in the Guanshan Cave Mansion might have been just snacks that the fourth-level monster swallowed casually, right?
Otherwise, what’s the point of Senior Xinyuan being a Yuanying Zhenren raising these monsters that are less than the third level? It was only after Master Guanyu found this place in Beppu that he regarded the Green Crocodile Clan as a treasure. He also moved their fellow tribesmen who had been living in the Jackdaw Mountains to them and trained them into Taoist soldiers for them to defend against the enemy. “

“No,” Sect Master Kang had some doubts again, but did not say it clearly, and asked tentatively: “It is rumored that Master Guanyu once trained a third-level senior for the nobles, which shows that Master Shangxiu was not always harsh on the nobles. But from the tone of Daoyou, you seem to be quite indignant about Master Shangxiu, this…”

“Don’t ask me anything else, Brother Kang. The evil deeds that you two high-ranking cultivators have done to my Bihu lineage are too numerous to mention. If Brother Kang wants to hear, I can’t finish even if I talk until the next time the cave opens,” said Yu Yuanyan, “I think Sect Leader Kang doesn’t really care about these things.”

Kang Dabao saw that the green crocodile did not respond, so he did not ask any more questions and agreed, “Daoyou is quite straightforward. Yes, we have gone too far. Daoyou said before that you wanted to talk about something. I wonder what you want to talk about?”

E Yuan’s words became much lower again: “We in the Bihu lineage have spent many years collecting some information about the layout of the Guanshan Cave from various places. After piecing them together, we can barely get a glimpse of the overall picture of the cave.

We can help Daoyou Kang and his party obtain the real treasures that Guanyu left behind in this villa, and we will not share a single cent of it.”

“Then what should we do?” Jiang Qing asked coldly from the side. Previously, he and Zhang Qingran were chased by this group of water beasts and were in a mess. He had no interest in cooperating with these alien races.

The fierce light in E Yuan’s eyes disappeared, and he just said earnestly: “Guan Yu left a cleansing array disk, which can eliminate the tricks on us. Although the grade is not high, it is only the second grade, but we demon cultivators have no experience in arrays, so I would like to ask for help from fellow Taoists.

As long as you can help my Bihu clan escape from the prison of Guanshan Cave, I will forever remember the kindness of you fellow Taoists and repay you with a token of gratitude!”

“Second-level formation?” Master Kang murmured. Although this was easier to comprehend than the second-level formation, he and Jiang Qing were just pure laymen. It was hard to say how much better their attainments in formations were than those of this group of water beasts, so it was difficult for them to agree.

“Don’t worry, Sect Leader Kang. If it’s just a second-level formation plate, I can do it.” Zhang Qingran, a female cultivator, rarely had the opportunity to show off her abilities besides her beauty, so she stepped forward immediately.

“This female cultivator is also a formation master?” Kang Dabao felt a little pleasantly surprised. If he could successfully exchange it back from Yuan Feng, it would be more valuable.

“Thank you very much, fellow Daoist.” Even if Crocodile Yuan was in a gloomy mood, after hearing what Zhang Qingran said, his tone could not hide his excitement.

“My friend, there is no need to hold back. Don’t you think about what will happen if Mr. Kang goes back on his word?” Kang Dabao was the first to act mean.

E Yuan shook his big head which was several feet long, and said in a deep voice: “You humans have too many tricks. We, the Bihu clan, have been locked in this Guanshan Cave for nearly a thousand years, and the seniors who have a little knowledge have been kidnapped by Guanyu. If you, Kang Daoyou, play any tricks, it will be difficult for us to see through them, but,”

The two vertical pupils of the green crocodile, which were as big as tea bowls, were filled with fierce light: “If you, fellow Daoist Kang, disregard the thousand-year-old wish of the Green Lake lineage and insist on breaking your promise, then the Green Lake lineage will also let you know how powerful it is. This thousand-year resentment is definitely not something that ordinary people can resist.”

E Yuan’s words were so chilling that Kang Dabao and his companions straightened their clothes and expressions and dared not be negligent.

Seeing this, Sect Leader Kang began to think: “This Green Lake is probably not without other cultivators passing through, but only Xiao Sanzi and Zhang Qingran have the lowest cultivation base, so they are regarded as soft persimmons to be bullied by these water beasts.

So, although these water beasts are numerous, their abilities are not that great. That is why they dare not cooperate with top-level foundation builders like Uncle Black Shoe. Are they afraid that they can’t control them?”

In this case, wouldn’t the situation for both sides become like “using a stick to hit a wolf, both ends are afraid”?

Kang Dabao figured this out and felt relieved. He then said, “Let’s not talk about anything else. My reputation is well-known among the 26 prefectures in Shannan Dao. Everyone knows that I am a well-known honest person. Don’t worry, fellow Taoist.”

After boasting all this, the head of the Kang family sneered in his heart: “It’s fine for a public servant to talk about credibility with others, but why talk about credibility with a scale insect like you? Can’t you save up a good reputation for the election of the Jade Lake Dragon King in the future?”

Yunjiaozhou is adjacent to the Jackdaw Mountains. The grievances between the human and demon races have been entangled for more than a thousand years. The previous dynasty was weak and had been in power for ten thousand years, but humanity was still not prosperous and was bullied by the demon race of the Lishan lineage.

The powerful demons even used humans as livestock, often nurturing all levels of spiritual cultivators as food to entertain distinguished guests. When the previous dynasty was at its weakest, the demons would even go so far as to run to the capital and kidnap human Yuanying Zhenren for their sexual pleasure.

That is, after David came to power, relying on Taizu’s unrivaled martial arts, he killed three fifth-level demon lords in succession, which made the demon lords in the Jackdaw Mountains shrink from then on, and even many of the big demons above the third level disappeared.

But even so, when the mountain barbarians were in chaos, there were many demon cultivators who fanned the flames. Therefore, if Kang Dabao had the chance this time, he would definitely not let the water beasts like Crocodile Yuan get what they wanted.

“After getting the treasure, find Uncle Black Shoe and kill this ‘spiritual’ monster first. If he gets out, he will be a nuisance and cannot be allowed to stay.”

Crocodile Yuanxian had little interest in the solemn promise made by Master Kang. Even though his clan had been trapped in the Guanshan Cave for nearly a thousand years, just from the words and deeds of his predecessors, he knew that the human cultivators were the most hypocritical, cunning and untrustworthy.

“After the cleansing formation is activated, we will not leave any of these people alive and will eat them all. We will leave Guanshan Cave and go to the depths of Jackdaw Mountain to surrender to the third-level monster! We will definitely repay you humans for the pain that Guanyu has inflicted on my Bihu clan.”

“Okay, Brother Crocodile, where are we going first?” Kang Dabao finally got to the point.

The crocodile chieftain narrowed his eyes, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said, “Let’s not go back to Bihu Lake. Let’s go to Yueming Palace first to find a key.”

“Yueming Palace? Fellow Daoist, are you saying that we can enter Yueming Palace through the water veins?” Master Kang was a little surprised. This did not match what the predecessors had remembered.

Crocodile Yuan said as a matter of course: “The Star Pattern Jade Spirit Turtle loves water. The Moonlight Palace was built by it when it detained several human Jindan for its own entertainment. It is not surprising to enter through the water veins. This is the right way. It’s just that Guanyu changed the land route in order to hide the traces of the Guiyi True Water.”

“You are a very knowledgeable fellow Daoist. I am really ashamed of myself. But I don’t know what key we are going to find in Yueming Palace?”

“It is the key to the stone door that Daoyou Kang couldn’t enter before,” said E Yuan, with a trace of solemnity in his eyes. “Behind it is the body washing array left by Guan Yu, and also the real treasure he left behind.”

E Yuan emphasized: “It’s a treasure more precious than those in Yueming Palace!”

(End of this chapter)