Chapter 219: The Essence of Renshui
Xu Heng had never practiced water magic before.

His pure Yang magic power may not be incompatible with water magic, but he has been practicing fire magic for a long time, and the powerful fire nature he has cultivated is different.

As the saying goes, fire and water cannot mix.

Most of the time, when a fire practitioner practices water magic, it will only make the nature of the magic become complicated, but Xu Heng is not a pure fire practitioner after all.

Since the beginning of his practice, he has actually been following the path of Yin and Yang. After understanding the principle of the balance of Yin and Yang, he has been able to transform his magic power between Yang and Yin freely.

And now, Xu Heng has united Gang and Sha into one, and has even cultivated the magical power of both yin and yang.

As the saying goes, “Yin cannot produce anything alone, Yang cannot grow alone.” Simply cultivating fire nature is no longer in line with his Yin-Yang philosophy. Therefore, Xu Heng had long come up with the idea of ​​practicing water method to harmonize Kan and Li.

Xu Heng didn’t know whether Uncle Zhong, who was already a first-class immortal, had seen through this or had some foresight and included the secret Xuanwei Huajie Zhenshui among the three great Taoist arts bestowed on him, but this Taoist art was exactly what he needed.

He stood by the bank of the Jingshui River, silently practicing his profound skills, drawing endless water vapor from the surging river. He then circulated and condensed it according to the method. After an unknown amount of time, he finally condensed a drop of black water in the magic orifice.

Although it is only a single drop, it already has a mysterious and profound aura, and it carries a lingering aura, which is exactly the ‘Xuanwei Huajie Zhenshui’.

Such a drop of real water needs to absorb a large amount of water vapor and then be refined with magical power before it can give birth to the Dharma nature. Each drop weighs hundreds of thousands of pounds and its properties are extremely special.

Transform calamity, transform calamity. Although it has the word “calamity” in it, from Xu Heng’s current point of view, it seems that the word “transformation” is more important, because the characteristic of this real water is that it can transform all kinds of strange forces.

Including magic power, demonic power, evil spirit, true energy… even the restrictions on magic tools, all these things, once washed by the True Water of Disaster, even if they are not completely eliminated, will be reduced by some amount.

Imagine if one could cultivate the True Water of Disaster Transformation, then when fighting, no matter what kind of spell the enemy casts, or what kind of magical weapon he uses, he can simply use the True Water of Disaster Transformation to dissolve the magic power in it, and then he can weaken the enemy’s power out of thin air, or even directly destroy the enemy’s spell, suppress, and eliminate the restrictions of the magical weapon…

How powerful is this? It is absolutely worthy of the name of Xuanwei Secret Transmission.

As Xu Heng traveled along the way, he had pondered over the various key points of this Taoist technique over and over again in his mind, and after using his inner vision to deduce it several times, it became a natural process for him to practice it.

Condensing a drop of real water means he has completely passed the first level of entry. As the water vapor he draws in is refined by him, the amount of real water in his magic orifice becomes more and more.

In a flash, a night passed, and Xu Heng had cultivated 128 drops of true water that could transform disasters.

This mysterious and subtle true water of catastrophe transformation is different from ordinary magic. Its internal cultivation does not lie in the improvement of realm, but only in the accumulation of true water. If the true water in the chest can converge into a surging river, or even like a deep sea, it will be able to have the power to overturn the heavens and uncover the earth.

Of course, to achieve this kind of state, extremely high requirements are naturally placed on the practitioner’s magical powers and attainments in Taoism.

As for the art of water magic, Xu Heng had just begun to understand the basics and was not in a hurry to reach that advanced level. Of course, one hundred and twenty-eight drops of real water were still far from his limit.

He was just preparing to make some effort and use the infinite water energy of this first of the four waters of Feng Dynasty to cultivate the Xuanwei Huajie Zhenshui to some effect, but he suddenly heard a loud splash in the river and the waves began to surge up.

Xu Heng’s eyebrows twitched slightly, and he opened his eyes and looked into the river. He saw a naked, barefoot catfish monster with bulging muscles emerging from the waves, holding a large sword in his hand. When he saw Xu Heng, he shouted, “You Taoist priest, why don’t you stop?”

“If you dare to draw water from the river again, don’t blame me for being blind.”

Xu Heng had never thought that he would see a monster in the Jingshui River, and that it dared to yell at him. He could not help but ask in surprise, “Do I need your permission to absorb the water vapor to make a technique?”

“Of course!” The monster puffed out his chest and shouted, “I am the chief steward of rivers in Yingzhou. The Jingshui River flows through Yingzhou and is under my jurisdiction.” “Chief steward of rivers in Yingzhou?” Xu Heng laughed and said, “Why have I never heard of it? Did you call yourself that?”

“Ha.” The chief steward of the rivers and streams of Yingzhou sneered, “Where did this unruly cultivator come from? Even the chief steward of the rivers and streams of Yingzhou doesn’t know him. This is a position in Taiguang Immortal Mansion, which was personally conferred by the jade talisman of Xuanwei Dao Sect. If you know what’s good for you, leave quickly.”

Xu Heng knew that although this monster spoke in a tough tone, he was actually just a coward and did not dare to conflict with cultivators casually, otherwise he would have chopped them down with a knife long ago, so there would be no need for so much nonsense.

He could also see that there was no evil spirit or blood in this monster, so it was not an evil river monster. Therefore, he did not want to make things difficult for it.

But I didn’t expect that after Xianqing agreed to a few words, I would get such an answer from it.

Xu Heng suddenly became curious, as far as he knew, when Xuanwei was at its peak, they did appoint some river managers and mountain god lords to govern the Central Plains. However, times had changed and now the sect was not only in decline, but was also on the verge of closing off its doors for cultivation. They should have long since stopped doing this.

Then where did this ‘Yingzhou River Manager’ come from?

Xu Heng asked a few questions casually, and immediately the catfish monster’s face stiffened. He shouted, “What do you know? The jade talisman and golden book that I received has the seal of Xuanwei Sect on it. How can it be fake? Stop arguing…”

“Oh?” Xu Heng nodded thoughtfully and said, “So it was in Jingshui that he found the jade talisman of the former river manager, so he dared to take over the river?”

“What? You Taoist…” The catfish monster’s body shook a few times, and suddenly took two steps back, turned its head, and dived into the river.

Xu Heng couldn’t help but smile when he saw this.

He had no intention of jumping into the water to catch this “fake steward”. He just looked at the surging water and suddenly had an idea.

The Jingshui River is divided into two branches in Yingzhou, one rushes to the sea, and the other flows northward. It will not change direction until it reaches the outside of the Great Wall. It is better to take the water route by yourself, heading north while absorbing water vapor and practicing the true water of catastrophe.

When Xu Heng thought of this, he suddenly became interested. He flicked his robe lightly and flew onto the surface of the river. However, before he could step on the water, the waves in the river rose again.

The catfish monster actually came out again, holding a jade-white porcelain pot in its two finned hands. It said with a bitter face, “Master, forgive me. I stole the river manager’s position just for the sake of cultivation. I’m not really that bold.”

“This is the essence of Ren water that I condensed with the help of the Upper Sect’s jade talisman. I am willing to return it to the Upper Sect and only ask for your forgiveness.”

Xu Heng understood what he said. It turned out that this little demon thought he was a disciple of Xuanwei Sect. He couldn’t help but smile again and said, “I am not a disciple of Taiguang Xuanwei Sect, so I will not arrest you or report you to the sect for punishment.”

The catfish monster was slightly stunned. If he was not a disciple of Xuanwei, how could he know so much about the affairs of the River Manager?

However, Xu Heng had no intention of explaining. He just glanced into the porcelain pot and said, “But this essence of Ren water is really useful to me.”

“I won’t take it for nothing. I’ll exchange it with you for these French coins.”

After saying this, he swept the sleeve of his robe towards the jade-white porcelain pot. The catfish monster suddenly felt his hand lighten. He took a look inside and was immediately filled with ecstasy.

It turned out that the ‘heavy’ Ren water essence inside had been completely taken away by Xu Heng, and replaced by a number of magical coins that were bright and full of spiritual energy.

It was about to thank him, but Xu Heng absorbed the essence of Ren water, waved his sleeves, and walked away leisurely on the river.

(End of this chapter)