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Gray water pool.

Within the borders of Hushan Kingdom, it is the most mysterious place in the eyes of ordinary tribes.

There are nearly a hundred miles of waterways and swamps around the huge deep pool. There is only a river flowing south that leads directly to the depths of the gray pool. However, in the narrowest area of ​​this river, there is a water city guarding it, and there are spirit snakes patrolling in the depths of the river. When they encounter an unfamiliar ship, a wave will pass by, and by the time they react, the ship has drifted hundreds of miles away.

As for the cultivation world, they have long known the evil reputation of this place. No one is willing to enter unless it is necessary, because anyone who enters will surely die. In the world of spirit snakes, there is no such thing as not killing. For them, killing practitioners who break into their territory is just following the natural law of survival.

Therefore, this place can be regarded as a forbidden place in Hushan Kingdom, and ordinary people dare not approach it.

However, inside the evil place that people have passed down from mouth to mouth, there is a picturesque beauty. There is an independent ecosystem above the nearly 100-mile blue lake. There are weeping willows and continuous reeds dotted between the densely planted rivers. There are many kinds of bird and animal flocks around these reeds.
There is a high mountain to the north of the deep pool. The mountain is 60 kilometers long and wide. There are gorgeous flowers on the mountain all year round. There are several old pear trees growing on the top of the mountain. At this moment, there is a spirit snake with a red crown on its head and a grayish-white body hanging lazily on the branch facing the sun, with its head resting in front of a fresh pear the size of an adult's fist, and it opens its mouth to take a bite of the pear from time to time.

On the edge of the cliff ten feet away from the pear tree, there was a giant snake several dozen feet long coiled on a huge rock to bask in the sun. From time to time, it would take a breath, suck all the flowers on the mountain into its mouth, and then swallow them with great satisfaction.

This is Yu Lian’s mother Zizhu. Her eyes are slightly closed at the moment, and she seems to be taking a nap. There are some young snakes at the foot of the mountain who have been looking up to watch Zizhu’s condition. As long as Zizhu closes her eyes completely and falls asleep, they will quietly go up the mountain to steal the flower clusters.

I don't know how long it had passed, but when the outline of the sun appeared in the sky over the mountains, Zizhu finally closed his eyes completely and began to sleep. Soon after, some little guys quietly sneaked into the bushes at the foot of the mountain, climbing up the mountain while observing Zizhu's condition.

As soon as the group of little guys climbed up the mountain, Zizhu suddenly opened her eyes, but she did not pay attention to the younger generations who were stealing food. Instead, she looked towards the northern sky because she sensed the breath from her own blood.

"Is it Yu Lian's child?"

Zizhu soared into the sky, glanced at the indifferent big snake on the pear tree below, and opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of water bullets.

The big snake lying on the pear tree was Yu Lian's father Lan Yang. After being hit by the water bullet, he still raised his eyelids lazily, looked at Zi Zhu flying in the sky, and asked, "What are you doing?"

"It's the breath of the rain lotus, can't you feel it?"

"I feel it. My child is so energetic so early in the morning. It's rare. Um, ah, it's Yu Lian!"

He suddenly opened his eyes and soared into the sky. His body expanded to thirty inches in an instant. A water spirit rune flashed across his scales. His pair of golden vertical pupils stared at the looming figure in the northern sky.

"She's quite belligerent. Will you fight her or will I fight her?"

"Of course I'll do it. You're being reckless. Also, since Yu Lian is here, Chang Qing will definitely show up as well. This is different from the last time. Chang Qing has reached the fourth realm of cultivation and is helping the True Lords manage the southern cultivation world. He has to be called the Lord of the Mansion, understand?"

"Don't worry!"

While they were talking, the shadow in the northern sky was expanding rapidly. It was Yu Lian on the opposite side who detected their presence and flew directly over.

Yu Lian is in her original form at this moment, and her huge body is slightly larger than her mother Zizhu.

"If the soul of a fourth-level cultivator practices together, the growth rate will indeed be much faster!"

Zizhu's golden vertical pupils moved slightly, and she first spit out a bullet of water at the cubs that climbed up the mountain to steal her flowers, and then she headed towards the direction where the rain lotus was flying.

After more than ten breaths, the two sides were already very close to each other.

"Hello, Father and Mother. It's been a long time since we last met and I missed them very much." Yu Lian was very polite.

"Hello, seniors." Wang Ping stood on the right side of Yu Lian. His figure seemed a little small compared to Yu Lian's family.

However, when Zizhu's gaze fell on Wang Ping, his vertical pupils suddenly shrank.

She was subconsciously frightened because she didn't feel any breath of Wang Ping just now. If Wang Ping hadn't spoken, she wouldn't have known that Wang Ping was by her side. Moreover, at this moment, she could observe Wang Ping with her naked eyes, but her soul was not aware of it at all.

Lan Yang, who was standing beside him, laughed loudly and said, "It should be my husband and I who have met Lord Changqing. I didn't know that Lord Changqing was here in person. I hope Lord Changqing won't blame me and my husband for being indifferent."

"Senior, you're welcome!"

Wang Ping clasped his fists and saluted.

At this time, Yu Lian turned to look at Wang Ping and asked, "Have you finished greeting each other?"

Wang Ping had long been accustomed to the nature of the spirit snake clan, so he did not feel embarrassed and nodded.

Yu Lian looked at her mother Zi Zhu again, "I want to challenge you, and then become the queen of the spirit snake clan!"

"can!"

The moment Zizhu agreed, water spirit energy suddenly surged around Yulian, and then her huge body attacked Zizhu like lightning, but Zizhu dodged cleverly and flew towards the wide waterway below.

Yu Lian was chasing closely behind, and this was the best time to use the 'Water Net Technique', but she did not use the spell, and seemed to be planning to challenge her mother with her physical body alone.

With a "plop" sound, waves of snow-white foam rose up in the waterway below, immediately attracting the young snakes nearby to watch.

Lan Yang seemed very interested in the fight between his wife and daughter. After watching for a while, he remembered that there were guests nearby, so he said, "Master, will you follow me into the dojo for a cup of tea?"

"it is good!"

Wang Ping gladly accepted it. He now understood that the 'fight' that Yu Lian mentioned was a real fight. There was no magic involved, only the most primitive grappling.

However, Yu Lian was clearly inexperienced, and although she was quite big, she was probably no match for her mother.

Northeast of the Grey Water Pond, at the entrance of a waterway on the westernmost side of the mountain, there is a demon city dominated by water creatures. The city has not changed at all since Wang Ping came last time, and it guards the entrance to the Grey Water Pond.

The city's main color of white is still as white after so many years, and the white marble palace in the central area is still as eye-catching.

Lan Yang led Wang Ping to land in a large courtyard on the east side of the palace. It was the courtyard when Wang Ping first came here. The courtyard wall was changed from giant trees to white jade. The waterway connecting the atrium was still there. Huge shadows could be seen underwater, which were the most common underwater beasts in Hushan Kingdom.

What is different from before is that now there are no aquatic soldiers guarding here to capture the ferocious underwater beasts. Most likely, they have already tamed the underwater beasts.

When Lan Yang landed in the courtyard, he immediately shouted to the aquatic guards at the gate, "We have distinguished guests, please roast some good meat, and roast more!"

When the water tribe soldiers guarding the door heard the order, they immediately shouted and called people, and then six or seven water tribe soldiers took out fishing nets and excitedly walked around the waterway. When Lan Yang called Wang Ping to go to the main house, two water tribe soldiers dived into the river with fishing nets.

Suddenly there was a splash of water, and soon a ferocious underwater beast was pulled ashore!

"Catch one more!"

Lan Yang turned around and shouted.

The water tribe soldiers cheered upon hearing this.

Wang Ping also looked over there. The ferocious beast was actually a big fish. It looked like a carp, but its mouth was a little bigger and had sharp teeth. Its dorsal fin was like a steel knife, emitting a cold light in the sun.

"Please come this way!" Lan Yang called to Wang Ping.

Wang Ping followed Teng Yun's Lan Yang into the courtyard and under the eaves of the main house, where there was a solid wooden table and next to the table was a stove for boiling water.

Lan Yang took the main seat and curled up, then stretched his neck to look at Wang Ping and said, "Please sit down. If you stand, Zizhu will come back and see me and think I neglected the guests again."

"... "

Wang Ping sat down silently.

Then I heard Lan Yang say quickly:

"I thought you would visit me again after you were promoted to the third realm, but I didn't expect the situation in Zhongzhou to change so quickly. It feels like I was exposed to the sun for a day and the world changed. I didn't expect you to seize the opportunity to be promoted to the fourth realm so quickly and return the southern Taoist tradition to Qianmu Temple!"

"At that time, when I first heard the merchants in the north talking about this matter, I thought someone was spreading rumors. It was not until a monk from the Yuqing Sect came to visit me and told me about this that I vaguely believed it."

Lan Yang said as he brewed tea: "Time flies. We moved here from the troubled Sanhe Prefecture because of the disappearance of Yuxiao Prefecture Lord. It has been more than 1,200 years. Some things seem to have happened just yesterday!"

Wang Ping was startled when he heard this and asked, "Was your previous habitat Sanhe Prefecture?"

Lan Yang was also stunned by Wang Ping's question, and asked back: "Didn't Yucheng tell you about this?"

"Master rarely talks about the past!"

"That's right. He only remembers the hatred for the past, but has forgotten many meaningful things. Oh, by the way, you should have gotten your revenge, right?"

"Basically, yes. But there is also a Nanhai Daoist. I have been looking for him since I was promoted to the Fourth Realm, but there is no news about him. Does he know everything?"

"I've heard of him, a lucky guy. He's like the villains in the storytellers' stories, and he's an extremely evil guy. He has cultivated evil into the basic common sense of human nature. If you can meet him, don't hesitate, use all your means and try to take him down!"

"Okay, thank you for the reminder, senior."

Lan Yang used his tail to take out a teapot carved out of a wooden stake from under the table and placed it on the table. Then he swung the storage magic circle on his tail, and suddenly a bag of tea wrapped in lotus leaves appeared on the table.

Then, he began to carefully clean the teapot and teacups, and then carefully mix the tea leaves.

Lan Qing was very quiet at this time, so Wang Ping didn't want to disturb her.

As the aroma of tea filled the air, ripples appeared on the surface of the calm gray pond in the distance, followed by snow-white splashes of water rising into the sky, reflecting a gorgeous rainbow under the sunlight.

In the rainbow, Yu Lian had been entangled by her mother, and her seven inches had been bitten by her mother. There were obvious scars on the scales on her body, and there were some ice crystals flashing at the wounds. This was the body function of the spirit snake repairing itself.

"It looks like the winner has been decided!"

Lan Yang looked at his wife and daughter reflected by the rainbow in the distance, used the "object control technique" to take out four wooden cups, and asked while adding tea: "Is Sanhe Mansion still the same as before?"

“Nothing has changed.”

"Is the deep pool at the bottom of the waterway still there?"

"here I am!"

Wang Ping's heart moved when he answered. When he first saw the deep pool in Sanhe Mansion, he thought it was a good place. It looked like the cave residence of some powerful water cultivator, but Sanhe Temple did not build a mountain gate at the deep pool.

Now hearing Lan Yang's question, combined with what he just said, the deep pool in Sanhe Temple was most likely the habitat of the spirit snake clan. It can even be said that the criss-crossing waterways in Sanhe Temple were built by the spirit snake clan.

While Wang Ping was thinking, Zizhu had already landed in the yard with Yu Lian.

When Yu Lian saw Wang Ping, she immediately shrank her body and fell onto Wang Ping's shoulder, then tilted her head and blew air on the wound on her body.

Wang Ping casually performed the 'Qingmu Technique', and then saw Yu Lian's wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Mother is very powerful. She can predict my attack every time!" Yu Lian communicated with Wang Ping in the spiritual sea. Her tone was a little lonely and unwilling. She rarely had such emotions.

Wang Ping consoled him, "It's okay. While you're here, fight more with Senior Zizhu. With your level of cultivation, you should be able to defeat her quickly."

At this time, Zizhu picked up the teacup and said, "How was your talk? Are you ready to pack your luggage and move?"

"Moving?" Yu Lian asked, "Where are you moving to?"

Zizhu turned around and looked at Wang Ping: "Didn't your master tell you? He promised that after you are promoted to the fourth realm, he would protect our spirit snake clan!"

After that, she looked at her husband Lan Yang and asked, "You two have been talking for so long, but you haven't talked about this yet?"

"We were talking about the dojo in Mikawa Prefecture!"

"You have a Taoist temple in Sanhe Prefecture?" Yu Lian turned her head and looked at her mother curiously, then turned back and gently blew on the scars on her body.

"Yes, the deep pool in Sanhe Prefecture is our dojo!"

It was the same topic again, but this time it was a conversation between Yu Lian and her mother. During the conversation, Yu Lian wanted to say that Liu Chang had occupied the deep pool, but was stopped by Wang Ping.

Wang Ping would definitely welcome the Spirit Snake Clan to move back to Sanhe Prefecture. This would be beneficial to his disciples, so a little bit of protection would not be a big deal.

After understanding the situation, Yu Lian asked, "Are you uncomfortable living here?"

"It's quite comfortable. The disciples of Yuqing Sect and Shangdan Sect are very polite to us. Some of their third-level monks occasionally come to visit us and bring us some good things. We occasionally help their disciples who have gone astray to cleanse their souls."

Zizhu sipped her tea and said, "However, the Jade Purity Cult seems to be having a hard time lately. I issued an order ten years ago that the members of the clan must not leave the Grey Water Pond. If they continued to cause trouble, I would have to seal off the Grey Water Pond, but now it seems that is not necessary."

Lan Yang added after Zizhu finished speaking: "Some time ago, we heard that you, Changqing, were promoted to the fourth realm. We were going to Zhongzhou to look for you, but the sunlight was so good every day that we didn't want to move after lying in the sun."

"... "

Wang Ping maintained a gentle smile in response to Lan Yang's gaze.

Yu Lian complained: "You guys are just lazy!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a little girl's voice rang out beside her: "Yu Lian!"

Wang Ping remembered this aura. It was the first spirit snake that came to contact Yu Lian when he first came to the Gray Water Pond, but was bitten by Yu Lian and ran away. (End of this chapter)