Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 691 Intercalation
Qin Wen blinked her beautiful eyes, her gaze following the direction the halberd pointed, passing directly through the night and wind and rain, and landing on a small boat.

To his surprise, what blocked the river and made the Chen brothers feel like they were facing a formidable enemy was not some water monster or evil spirit, but a thin figure completely shrouded in a dark robe.

If there's anything strange about this person, it's that he's in a lone boat on the river, yet he neither poles nor anchors, letting the boat drift with the current, without changing his position at all.

He saw the post boat carrying everyone sailing away from the shore, and only then did he stand up, his movements slow and deliberate, much like an old, dying man.

Suddenly, Qin Wen's nose twitched, and he could smell a faint, almost imperceptible fishy smell in the thick steam.

It's not the fishy smell of river fish or silt, but the astringent taste unique to snakes and lizards!
'Snakes?'

Qin Wen raised an eyebrow and immediately thought of the Painful Serpent, Ba Hui.

'No, not Ba Hui, but Gu Shen. Or rather, the Zoroastrian and Jing religions that worship Gu Shen.'

The Taotie under the umbrella shook its head, withdrew its gaze from the dark brown robe that blended into the night, raised its hand to take out the host body Qin Wu from the Kunlun space, and awakened the hidden thoughts within.

"Is it General Mingyuan of the Tiger Guard?"

A dry, hoarse sound, like rotten wood rubbing against each other, echoed across the river.

"I am, you are."

Chen Jing replied in a deep voice, his eyes full of vigilance.

"Zoroastrianism, one heart."

Before he could finish speaking, the man raised his head, revealing a bizarre face beneath his hood.

"Blonde hair, blue eyes, fair face, and red eyebrows—you're a Westerner?!"

Even though Chen Yun was knowledgeable and experienced, and possessed extraordinary abilities, he couldn't help but feel surprised and doubtful after seeing the man's facial features clearly in the darkness.

'As expected, he has a very close relationship with the God of Beasts!'

Qin Wen's pupils contracted, but he noticed some barely perceptible fine scales on the edge of the man's face in the river. Judging from the size and texture of the scales, they were exactly the same as snake scales.

Qin Wen's heart stirred, and he remembered the slender eyeball that had pierced through the blood of the Great Western King ascension.

"Zoroastrians? Don't you advocate rigorous self-cultivation? When did you get involved with the Hong family?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Chen Jing, who had seen through the Western barbarians' intentions, launched the first attack. He stomped heavily on the bow deck and leaped out, the dense black light surging behind him staining the silver halberd, like the claws of a tiger descending the mountain. In the blink of an eye, he was above the lone boat and pierced Xin Yi through the chest.

"Ouch~ That force really hurts! I wonder if it hurts you, Young Master Mingyuan?"

Crimson blood gushed from his ruptured abdomen, mingling with the rain and splashing onto the bow of the boat. Despite being severely injured in a single blow, Xin Yi showed no panic. Instead, his face was full of pleasure. He stretched out his withered hand and pressed it against the halberd shaft that pierced through his chest and back, and chuckled at Chen Jing.

"roll!"

Looking at the old face so close to him, with an eerie expression, Chen Jing suddenly felt a chill in his heart, as if a great calamity was about to befall him. Instinctively, he twisted the halberd with all his might, pulverizing Xin Yi's internal organs.

"It hurts, it hurts, it really hurts!" As the excruciating pain spread throughout his body, the blood flowing from Xin Yi's feet gradually increased, and the crimson color of the blood became even more vivid.

"Such bliss is too stingy for me to experience alone. I urge you all to share it with me!"

The next instant, the heightened senses, enhanced several times by the blessing of the God of the Gu, and the near-death injuries from disembowelment spread with the invisible waves, and were replicated on all the living beings in the field, causing the Chen family members to almost faint from the pain.

Qin Wen was no exception. Fortunately, Taotie was already perched on Qin Wu's broad shoulders and back, and with the cover of the Seven-Seven Umbrella, it quietly made its way to the vicinity of the lone boat.

Looking at Chen Jing, who was in the lead, and his handsome face twisted in pain, Taotie was about to urge Qin Wu to capsize the lone boat to help him get out of trouble when he heard the sound of bubbles bursting underwater. The wind and rain on the river suddenly stopped, and the surging waves froze for a few breaths before becoming turbulent again.

Countless bubbles burst around the raft, and a strange, hornless dragon head suddenly appeared on the floating river surface. It had four short claws, a body over three meters long, and its back and tail were covered with black scales. With just a slight flick of its claws and a swish of its tail, the wooden boat was shattered, and Chen Jing and his companion, who were entangled together, fell into the icy river water.

"A crocodile dragon? That's not right. How could a mere water demon be immune to such intense pain?"

Taotie held back Qin Wu, who was about to rush down to take advantage of the chaos, and instead focused its attention on the Yangtze alligator that was weaving through the turbid waves. However, the water demon that suddenly appeared did not even look at Xin Yi, whose belly was wide open, and swam straight to Chen Jing's side, picked him up, and when it got close to the post ship, it raised its long tail and threw Chen Jing onto it.

puff~
Hearing the noise, Chen Yun, equally consumed by grief, forced himself to stay awake. He opened his eyes, looked at Chen Jing, who had fainted from the pain beside him, and growled, "Yanbing, go, kill him!"

The next instant, the tall soldiers inside the cabin, all made of metal and stone mechanisms, reached out and peeled off the black cloth covering their bodies. They leaped out of the deck railing, their fists, feet, armor, and arms transforming into eighteen kinds of weapons, and plunged headlong into the still spreading blood ring in the river.

However, at that moment, a withered and emaciated hand suddenly emerged from the water, and the dark red liver tightly held by the five claws was radiating a vibrant green.

"Wooden liver!!"

The heart, hoarse and exhausted, floated on the water's surface. Its wet brown robe, stained with blood, became even more crimson, and soon differentiated into countless fibrous roots that burrowed deep into the internal organs, taking over the life-sustaining functions of the original organs.

"Golden Lungs!"

As golden light appeared beneath the water's surface, more roots sprouted, burrowing into Xin Yi's limbs and deeper and deeper.

"Earth spleen!"

The roots that the brown robe had transformed into began to grow thicker and thicker, and as if they were consciously attached to the skeleton and controlling the muscles.

"Water kidney!"

A blue light suddenly appeared, and the invisible blood that had been flowing out gathered into a high platform. He lifted his heart up and avoided the combined attack of more than ten puppet soldiers. A certain aura spread in the Wusong River, and everything around him began to distort.

"And this one of mine, my favorite and the best, is the Fireheart!"

At this moment, after completely sacrificing his internal organs to the Gu God using evil magic, Xin Yi, who was naked, was now enveloped by countless thick and long roots. He was like a small giant magnified several times. Not only was his skin thick and flesh tough, but he could also ignore the swords and axes of the Yanbing. He could also control the river water and walk on flat ground even in the river. His movements were agile and far beyond those of ordinary people.

"The method of intercalating the Five Elements... but the secret technique recorded in Snake City doesn't seem to have the effect of manipulating the Five Elements. Could it be that the God of the Gu intervened and altered it?"

At this moment, Qin Wu, who remained calm amidst the waves of suffering, couldn't help but feel some doubt when he saw the effects of the intercalation of the Five Elements on Xin Yi.

(End of this chapter)