I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 562 Goddess of Spring
"Senior, Cheng'an is at the bottom of the lake, is he alright?"

Xu Fengnian wasn't stupid either. With the giant turtle suddenly diving to the bottom of the lake and Li Chungang staring intently at the surface, he knew without a doubt that something had happened at the bottom of the lake.

Li Chungang shook his head slightly: "I don't know."

At this moment, apart from sensing that the giant turtle was firmly controlled by some force in the center of the lake, he could not sense any other presence.

"I cannot detect his presence."

Li Chungang replied and extended his hand to Xu Fengnian.

Xu Fengnian understood and directly drew the knife and handed it to him.

Li Chungang used his knife as a sword and thrust out a blade.

boom!
The sword energy surged like a tide, instantly splitting the lake surface in two.

However, the sword energy was blocked by a force when it penetrated halfway, only reaching the middle of the lake.

However, this sword strike also allowed the giant softshell turtle in the lake to escape, float to the surface, and roar anxiously.

“Cheng’an, Zhou Cheng’an…”

Xu Fengnian shouted.

Li Chungang picked at his ear: "Stop shouting, he probably can't hear you."

Not to mention that they had no idea where Zhou Chengan was at the moment, the mysterious power in Spring God Lake was something that Xu Fengnian's shouts could not penetrate.

"So what should we do now?" Xu Fengnian asked.

"Let's wait and see." Li Chungang stood by the lake, his expression calm.

In fact, he was confident that he could completely split the lake with one sword, but he had a feeling that this Spring God Lake might be an opportunity for Zhou Cheng'an.

Therefore, he did not rush to draw his sword.

Of course, if he's mistaken, it's not a big deal.

One sword strike will suffice!
For Li Chungang, the Sword God who has returned to his peak, as long as he has a sword in his hand, there is nothing in the world that can trouble him.

bottom of the lake.

The small temple was still shaking, and endless sword energy was gushing out.

As the sword energy increased, Zhou Cheng'an sensed a trace of causal power and a sense of being given a gift.

If you do not accept what Heaven has given you, you will suffer the consequences.

Since it was a gift, he did not hesitate to absorb the sword energy in the small temple.

As for the cause and effect contained within the sword energy, it can be severed with a single sword strike.

As time passed, the sword energy in the small temple at the bottom of the lake grew thinner and thinner.

After Zhou Cheng'an absorbed all the sword energy, a stone statue of a goddess emerged from the small temple like bamboo shoots.

It is worth mentioning that a sword is stuck in the chest of the goddess statue.

A sword covered in cracks, as if it could shatter at any moment!
A faint sword aura still lingered on the sword, confirming that the previous sword aura had originated from this sword.

Zhou Cheng'an stared at the goddess statue without moving.

Suddenly, the stone statue opened one eye.

At the same time, the sword on her chest shattered even more severely.

"This damn sword is finally going to shatter!"

The goddess statue spoke in human language, her tone filled with endless resentment and joy.

"I have to thank you. If you hadn't practiced your fist in the lake and caused the sword energy to resonate, this sword wouldn't have broken so quickly, and I don't know how many more years I would have had to stay in this godforsaken place."

Back then, I finally managed to return to the Heavenly Realm, but I was only there to join in the fun when I was struck down by a sword and stripped of some of my mortal luck, which is why I ended up like this.

"Tell me, am I pathetic?"

Her voice was cold and chilling, sending shivers down one's spine.

Underwater, Zhou Cheng'an couldn't speak, but he could communicate with his mind, though he felt it was unnecessary.

A celestial being who has been stripped of the fortune of mortals and suppressed here is obviously no good.

Zhou Chengan raised his hand and threw a punch.

boom!
His fist's energy was like a dragon.

The fist slammed into the stone statue. Although the goddess statue could not move, its mysterious energy neutralized the force of the punch.

Zhou Chengan remained calm.

The goddess statue chuckled softly: "What terrifying fist intent! Your luck is like a fog, I can't see through it, but to be able to cultivate such fist principles, your luck must be very strong."

If I devour your luck, I should be able to go back. At that time, I will definitely kill him and use his soul to light a sky lantern to vent my hatred.

Sorry, it's been so many years since we last spoke, I've been a bit long-winded.

Now, you can die!

Before she finished speaking, the goddess statue's aura surged, and it struck directly at Zhou Cheng'an.

"You've been underwater for so long, it's time for you to breathe, but you'll never need to breathe again, hahaha..."

boom!
The powerful energy that struck Zhou Cheng'an was like a gentle breeze on a mountain, causing him no harm whatsoever.

The goddess statue's arrogant laughter abruptly stopped, her tone filled with surprise.

"How can your soul be so strong?!"

Zhou Chengan did not answer, but directly drew his Embroidered Winter Knife.

Just as he drew his sword, Li Chungang on the lake shore had already swung his sword.

Both use knives as swords.

But this time, the sword energy shot straight to the bottom of the lake!
Although those present had already witnessed Li Chungang wield his sword, and the terrifying scene of him cleaving a river two hundred feet in two strokes still seemed vivid in their minds, this sword strike still shocked everyone.

Wang Chudong, in particular, was completely stunned.

Xu Fengnian quickly stepped in to protect her and Jiang Ni.

Unfortunately, he was only a second-rank official. He managed to protect the two women, but he himself ended up getting soaked.

Jiang Ni, who was initially angry with Xu Fengnian, calmed down upon seeing him soaking wet.

Li Chungang's sword strike was enough to shock those on the shore, and it was equally shocking to the goddess statue at the bottom of the lake.

With a single sword strike, countless cracks appeared in the stone statue.

"Who...who is on the shore?" the goddess statue asked.

Zhou Chengan did not answer, his gaze sweeping over her like a knife.

The goddess statue sensed the divine intent in his gaze and prepared to flee without hesitation, but Zhou Cheng'an did not let her go.

He raised his hand and slashed.

The blade gleamed, illuminating a large area of ​​the lakebed.

One knife after another.

Those on the shore saw flashes of sword light across the lake. The giant turtle, which was originally in the center of the lake, rushed to the shore at an extremely fast speed. The surface of Spring God Lake, which was already shaking because of Li Chungang's sword, became even more violent, as if it was about to be swept up into the sky.

In the lake, the cracks on the goddess statue are increasing, her tone is aggrieved and helpless.

"You can leave now, I won't absorb your luck, okay?"

Zhou Chengan ignored her and slashed at her again.

boom!
The goddess statue was blasted away.

The broken sword on his chest couldn't withstand the impact and shattered with a loud crash.

As soon as the longsword shattered, the goddess statue's aura surged instantly, and the cracks on its body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Hahaha!"

The goddess statue roared with laughter, "Finally shattered! This damned sword is finally broken! Now who can hold me back? You damned ants, die!"

Zhou Chengan remained expressionless, merely adopting a sword stance.

It is the twelfth move in the thirteen sword techniques he summarized – Beng!

In an instant, the previously turbulent lake surface calmed down. At the same time, the goddess statue also waved its arms, conjuring a water dragon that roared and pounced towards Zhou Cheng'an.

Swish!
The sword flashed.

The water dragon shattered with a roar.

Immediately afterwards, the goddess statue also shattered.

There was a heart-shaped stone in the statue that wanted to merge into the mud and rocks at the bottom of the lake, but Zhou Chengan grabbed it and then rushed out of the lake.

"call!"

Zhou Chengan let out a long breath, sheathed his sword, and flew to the shore.

"Cheng'an, are you alright?" Xu Fengnian asked.

"fine."

Zhou Cheng'an shook his head, refining the sword energy he had absorbed from the bottom of the lake while simultaneously baking his blue Taoist robe.

Everyone noticed the stone heart in his hand and became curious.

Therefore, the moment he opened his eyes, Xu Fengnian asked impatiently, "Cheng'an, what are you holding in your hand?"

“The soul of an immortal,” Zhou Chengan said with a smile. “It could very well be the legendary God of Spring.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the stone heart emitted a dazzling light.

Li Chungang reacted extremely quickly, instantly shielding Jiang Ni and Wang Chudong.

Xu Fengnian slowed down a bit and drew the Northern Liang Blade from his waist.

As for the others, they suddenly became dazed, their eyes empty and blank, like walking corpses.

"You still want to cause trouble when I have you in my hands."

Zhou Chengan snorted coldly, and with a burst of force from his five fingers, he instantly deformed the stone heart.

The dazzling light disappeared, and Ning Emei and the others immediately recovered. Then they opened their mouths in surprise, because the stone had actually spoken.

"I was wrong, please let me go!"

Zhou Cheng'an slightly reduced his strength and asked, "Whose luck were you trying to devour just now?"

For a moment, Shi Xin remained silent.

However, everyone heard her swallowing.

"Ok?"

Zhou Chengan exerted force, and Shi Xin panicked: "Don't kill me, I'll talk, okay?"

The pretty boy was surrounded by auspicious purple and crimson aura, clearly a prince of the dynasty. The one-armed old man possessed divine sword energy and terrifying martial prowess.

"If I could absorb the fortune of one of them, I could return to heaven."

Xu Fengnian glanced at Li Chungang beside him and couldn't help but ask, "Are you really the God of Spring?"

“Spring Goddess? I used to have that name,” Shi Xin replied with a sigh.

Li Chungang remained calm, showing no regard for the celestial beings in the heavens.

Wang Chudong was quite bold, looking like he wanted to touch it.

Jiang Ni was a little scared and subtly hid behind Xu Fengnian.

Zhou Cheng'an scoffed, "Do you think I'm stupid?"

Li Chungang was a legendary swordsman, capable of slaying immortals with a single sword strike. Xu Fengnian was the reincarnation of Zhenwu, whose divine soul strength far surpassed that of her remnant soul. Therefore, it was absolutely impossible for her to choose between the two of them.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you, that girl has a remnant of a nation..."

At this point, Xu Fengnian looked at Zhou Chengan, who understood and asked, "Tell me about yourself."

Shi Xin paused for a moment: "I can speak, but you have to promise not to kill me first."

"Do you have the right to negotiate with me?"

As soon as Zhou Chengan exerted force with his five fingers, Shi Xin let out a painful scream.

“I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you… Back when I returned to the Heavenly Palace, I coveted the fortune of a person who had just ascended to immortality. As a result, he struck me down to the mortal realm with his sword and I became a banished immortal. I was unwilling to endure the suffering of reincarnation, so I thought of taking away the fortune of the mortal realm. As a result, I was encountered by a terrestrial sword immortal and sealed at the bottom of Spring God Lake.”

"Who was the immortal who knocked you down to the mortal realm?" Xu Fengnian asked curiously.

"At that time, he had just ascended to the Immortal Realm. I didn't recognize him, I only knew that his surname was Lü."

Upon hearing this, one name immediately came to mind for everyone present—Lü Dongxuan.

It has to be said that if this guy really was knocked down to the mortal world by Lü Dongxuan, he was truly unlucky, his bad luck had reached its peak.

"Where is the mortal sword immortal who sealed you?" Li Chungang asked.

“His name is Wu Yi!” Shi Xin said through gritted teeth.

"Wu Yi?"

Li Chungang recalled for a moment: "I've never heard of it."

"Judging by the timeline, he was at least seven or eight hundred years ago. It's normal that you haven't heard of him, senior," Xu Fengnian said with a smile.

Zhou Chengan paused for a moment, then said, "It should have come from an ancestor of the Wu family's sword tomb."

When he was at the bottom of the lake, he sensed a sense of emptiness in the sword energy, which was obviously from the Wu family's Sitting Sword Technique.

Given that the other party's surname is Wu, it must be someone from the Wu Family Sword Tomb who acted unintentionally.

Li Chungang nodded, having no doubt about Zhou Chengan's judgment.

Xu Fengnian didn't care about any of that. He was more curious about something else and pointed at Zhou Cheng'an, asking, "Fairy, what do you think of his luck?"

"Like a fog, I can't see clearly."

Xu Fengnian was taken aback and was about to say something when he saw Zhou Chengan flip his hand and put the stone heart away.

“This banished immortal who has deprived humanity of its fortune is no good. Shouldn’t we kill him?” Li Chungang asked.

Zhou Chengan shook his head: "Don't kill them for now, they're still useful."

He didn't say much about what use it was, and Li Chungang didn't ask any further questions.

Xu Fengnian wanted to ask a few questions, but Zhou Chengan forced him to stay silent with a single look.

They stayed for another three days before boarding the ship and leaving Laoshan.

The next stop is Xiangfan City.

Xu Xiao besieged the city for ten years, turning a once prosperous metropolis into a ghost town.

Today, Xiangfan City is governed by Zhao Heng, the Prince of Jing'an, one of the six major vassal kings of Liyang.

Among the princes of the Liyang clan, Zhao Heng was a rare talent who possessed both literary and martial skills. However, he was neither particularly outstanding nor unsuitable for any particular position. His literary talent was inferior to that of his younger brother, the Prince of Huainan, and his martial prowess was inferior to that of the Prince of Yanla and the Prince of Guangling.

In his early years, he participated in the struggle for the throne. After failing to win the throne, he was enfeoffed in Xiangfan. Perhaps disheartened, he began to believe in Huang-Lao philosophy when he was over sixty years old. He once had the idea of ​​becoming a Taoist priest at Longhu Mountain.

In the past two years, he has abandoned Taoism and turned to Buddhism. He made a great fuss, even asking the emperor for permission to go to the two Zen temples to burn incense and worship Buddha. He even offered to become a disciple of the black-robed monk Yang Taisui.

Unfortunately, the black-clad, sickly old monk ignored him and paid him no heed.

Zhao Heng now practices Buddhism extensively, and always has 108 prayer beads wrapped around his hand. He is as melancholic and fickle as a woman.

Xu Xiao once said that Zhao Heng was as gloomy and jealous as a woman. His seeking Buddhist teachings and Taoist inquiries was just a pretext to find peace of mind after committing too many sins in his early years. Among the six great vassal kings, he was the least manly.

The four large ships had barely left Laoshan when two naval warships from Chunshen Lake came alongside them. Compared to these ships, the ships they were on were simply insignificant.

Looking at the two naval warships, even though they were far apart, Zhou Cheng'an could still clearly see the faces of the people on board.

The area was filled with hidden weapons and armor, exuding a chilling atmosphere.

Xu Fengnian noticed his gaze and introduced, "The Yellow Dragon Tower Ship of the Qingzhou Navy."

Zhou Chengan withdrew his gaze and glanced at him.

Xu Fengnian smiled and began to show off his knowledge again.

"The Northern Liang cavalry was unstoppable in the wars of the Spring and Autumn Period, destroying cities and states with unstoppable momentum. However, they were not good at naval warfare. Therefore, I have done extensive research on the naval forces of various states during the Spring and Autumn Period."

The fleet on Liyang Lake has a considerable knowledge of more than forty different types of warships, and the tower ship in front of us is called the Yellow Dragon. Among the Qingzhou navy, it is only slightly inferior to the Azure Dragon tower ship and the Six-Toothed Giant Ship.

The ship, capable of navigating the rivers and seas, was already an imposing and awe-inspiring behemoth. It had three stories, stood six zhang tall, adorned with vermilion paint, and was encased in iron armor. It included horse stables, making communication between upper and lower levels impossible. The parapets were riddled with arrow slits, a terrifying sight. Furthermore, it possessed a gigantic battering ram; a single strike from it would shatter even an ordinary large ship into pieces.

(End of this chapter)