Chapter 220 Louguan Road

The Jingshui River is the first of the four rivers in the Central Plains. It flows endlessly and is extremely rich in water vapor.

Xu Heng walked along the river for twenty to thirty days and nights, absorbing endless water vapor and refining the essence of Ren water. A pool of real water in his chest was already accumulating a mighty force.

By this time, his practice of the True Water of Transformation had gradually reached a certain stage.

Xu Heng knew that if he wanted to make another leap forward, the water vapor from rivers would no longer be enough, but he was not reluctant to complete the remaining short distance.

But today, Xu Heng suddenly realized that the river under his feet was rushing faster and faster, as if it was like a surging tide, rushing thousands of miles.

He looked far downstream, and although he was facing against the wind, he could still feel an extremely unusual breath coming towards him.

Xu Heng frowned slightly, shook off his sleeves and robe, and seemed to have turned into a gust of breeze, rushing along the river. Soon, wind and rain blew on his face, and as he continued to move forward, the rain became heavier.

The rivers were rushing, the rain was pouring, and the sky and the earth were vast. Xu Heng looked up and saw dark clouds covering the sky, thunder and lightning, and his brows suddenly tightened again.

In the wind and rain, the evil spirit was strong. This abnormal astronomical phenomenon was obviously not formed naturally.

Xu Heng saw that both sides of the Jingshui River were showing signs of bursting their banks, and he couldn’t help but sigh.

He was not a person who liked to meddle in other people’s affairs, but he saw that a flood that came out of nowhere had brewed in the blink of an eye, and the scene of widespread misery seemed to appear before his eyes.

“Forget it.” Xu Heng said secretly, took out a handful of magic soil from his sleeve and sprinkled it down, summoned a dozen earth-walking warriors, ordered them to go and rescue Hong, then used his escape technique and rushed towards the center of the storm.

But in just a moment, a column of water appeared in the field of vision, connecting the sky and the ground, and it was still moving at a very fast speed, sweeping up countless rocks, sand, trees and vegetation, and wreaking havoc.

Xu Heng’s eyes flashed slightly, and he looked upward again, and saw that in the thunderstorm clouds and violent airflow connected to the water column, there seemed to be flashes of light from time to time, and his heart could not help but move.

It turned out that a cultivator had already taken action. No wonder he had been chasing all the way. Seeing that the direction of the water column was moving further and further away from human habitation, he thought it must be due to the guidance of the cultivator in the clouds.

Xu Heng had come here at great speed with the intention of exorcising demons and monsters, but he stopped when he saw this situation.

Originally, other people’s fighting was a very private matter, and Xu Heng could also sense that the fierce fight in the rain cloud had reached a critical moment. If he rashly intervened at this time, it would easily cause misunderstanding.

Sure enough, Xu Heng had only arrived here for a while when he heard a sudden roar from the sky.

From the rain clouds with water columns, lightning and thunder, wind and fire suddenly swept out, as vast as fire from heaven descending to the world.

When Xu Heng saw this, his heart moved again, but before he could think about it, he heard another roar. Then, a huge snake hundreds of feet long, with a pitch-black body and broken scales, rushed out from the wind and fire and pounced towards Xu Heng.

In fact, to be more precise, it should be heading towards Jingshui, but Xu Heng came from Jingshui and happened to be blocked by the black-scaled snake.

“Fellow Daoist below, please stop it!”

A shout was heard from the sky, but before it reached his ears, Xu Heng had already pointed.

I saw a little bit of faint light emerging from his magic orifice, and in a moment it condensed into a beam of water light over a hundred feet long. It looked deep and mysterious, gurgling continuously, and gently circled a few times before falling towards the black-scaled snake. It immediately turned into diamond and bound it tightly!
This water light was exactly the water of catastrophe transformation that Xu Heng had been cultivating for dozens of days. It bound the black-scaled snake, and the snake felt as if it was being held down by a huge force. Its demonic power surged out, but was actually dissipated by the water light. It roared again. The hundred-foot-long water was shaken, and it almost broke apart, but it was also stretched apart by the black-scaled snake. Seeing this, the snake struggled even more frantically.

Xu Heng couldn’t help but be slightly surprised. This big snake was seriously injured and was tied up by the True Water of Disaster, but it was still able to struggle. Although it was due to his initial success in Taoism, it also showed that his cultivation was very strong.

Having said that, if the giant snake wants to break free from the restraints of the True Water of Disaster, it will need to spend a lot of time and energy. In fact, it is already a turtle in a jar, and Xu Heng no longer needs to take care of it.

Sure enough, when Xu Heng saw the black-scaled snake being tied up, another voice came from the sky: “Fellow Daoist, you have some tricks.”

“Monster, eat my magic weapon.” Just as the words fell, a small golden hammer fell from the sky and hit the head of the black-scaled snake. It was like a small mountain falling down, breaking the snake’s head into pieces.

The ferocious snake that was struggling violently just now suddenly stopped breathing.

Xu Heng raised his eyebrows slightly, raised his head and looked upward, and saw the wind blowing away the clouds, and a young Taoist priest with a palm-leaf fan on his back came floating down. He raised his hand and the small hammer turned into golden light and flew back, and was hung on his waist.

The Taoist priest put away the magic weapon, raised his hand, and said, “I was careless and let this black snake escape. If it escapes back to Jingshui, it will take advantage of the power of the river and cause a terrible disaster.”

“Fortunately, fellow Taoist came to my rescue in time. I would like to thank you for this.”

Xu Heng’s gaze swept across the Taoist’s magical instrument and then settled on his face.

The Taoist priest looked to be about twenty years old, with a very heroic look, but his skin was a little sallow, which reduced his aura.

But what surprised Xu Heng was that this Taoist priest actually gave him a sense of familiarity. He couldn’t help but look at him a few more times and found that there was a yellow-faced Taoist boy who looked similar to him.

Xu Heng asked uncertainly: “Junior Brother Lou?”

The yellow-faced Taoist was slightly startled. He took a closer look at Xu Heng’s appearance. He first thought that he was a very handsome Taoist, with an elegant demeanor. Then, he looked more familiar. He suddenly clapped his hands and called out, “Senior Brother Xu!”

Xu Heng finally confirmed that this yellow-faced Taoist priest was none other than Taoist Ge’s fire-fanning Taoist boy, and he was also the only person who accompanied him when he was practicing with Taoist Ge.

When the two met, although Xu Hengye was still childish, he was already a teenager after all. His appearance had not changed much over the years, but he had grown from a boy to a young man, and the change was really huge.

Therefore, although Xu Heng recognized him first, it was he who confirmed Xu Heng’s identity.

It was a great pleasure to see old friends again. Xu Heng also smiled and asked, “Junior brother, why are you here?”

“I came down the mountain on the orders of my master.” Taoist Lou said happily, “On the way, I encountered this black snake stirring up trouble and trying to turn into a flood. I couldn’t bear to see the lives of the people destroyed, so I wanted to kill it. I didn’t expect that by chance, I would meet my senior brother.”

“I see.” Xu Heng noticed the implication of his words and said, “I haven’t congratulated you yet, Junior Brother, for finally cultivating a superior Dao method.”

Taoist Lou smiled slightly: “Two years after my senior brother left the mountain, I finally completed seven years of being a fire-fanning boy, and was formally accepted as a disciple by the master, and was given the title: Guan Dao.”

“Oh?” Xu Heng nodded thoughtfully: “Guan Daozi.”

(End of this chapter)