The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 440 Battle with the Water Demon, Someone Is Spying
As night fell, Lang Jiuchuan stood by the Qiong River. Although the moon was shining brightly in the sky, the river was so dark that the bottom could not be seen. The air was filled with a fishy, ??????pungent, and stuffy smell, and there was an ominous atmosphere everywhere.

Yi Ce stood beside her and explained the situation of the water demon to her in detail: "It lives by water, and the underwater world is its territory. I don't know how many years it has cultivated. It spends most of its time underwater, using the life essence of rotting corpses as its source of power. It is extremely yin and evil. Even the rotting corpses have condensed into corpse poison. You must be careful in everything you do."

Lang Jiuchuan glanced at him and asked, "Are you a pure Yang body?"

Yi Ce paused slightly, then nodded: "I was born on the ninth day of the ninth month."

"No wonder you survived the corpse poison and made it ashore alive. It turns out you had pure yang energy protecting you, which slowed the spread of the yin corpse poison." Lang Jiuchuan smiled faintly: "Pure yang body, a natural cultivator. Your master must have been very satisfied back then."

Yi Ce recalled the past, scratched the back of his head, and said, "He used to say that I was stupid, but he didn't know that I can no longer hear him call me stupid now."

Lang Jiuchuan said, "Cultivate, cultivate the Dao. When you attain enlightenment, you will be able to avenge the annihilation of your family and the theft of their treasures."

"Like this?" Yi Ce glared at her. "You want to wipe out the Rong family without leaving a single survivor?"

Lang Jiuchuan rolled his eyes: "Isn't killing tiring? I won't suffer losses, but I'm not a killer either. I only kill my enemies. Even if the other party's surname is Rong and they have no grudge against me, I won't go so far as to exterminate them."

"As long as you're alive, aren't you afraid they'll come back to kill you in revenge?"

Lang Jiuchuan shook his head: "If you're not afraid of death, then come on."

She has her own way of doing things.

Yi Ce didn't say anything more, but just watched with her the seemingly calm but actually turbulent river surface.

Suddenly, a huge black shadow flashed past from the bottom of the water, and the two men felt a chill run down their spines.

Lang Jiuchuan stared at the river and said, "Midnight is approaching, a tough battle is coming, be careful in everything."

On the riverbank, eight bonfires, made of peach wood, were lit in the Bagua (Eight Trigrams) arrangement. Lang Jiuchuan filled the formation with yellow paper inscribed with talismans and five-emperor coins, and then had eight Daoist friends of the zodiac signs she had chosen to suppress the formation. However, for one strategy, she changed the person and had him assist at the core of the formation.

"Since you are a pure Yang body and your life palace is illuminated by a general star, you can assist the formation's core. However, be careful in everything you do." Lang Jiuchuan secretly slipped him a life-saving talisman.

Yi Ce accepted it without a word and pressed it to his chest.

Gong Qi caught a glimpse of this and gave Lang Jiuchuan a knowing look, seemingly showing favoritism.

Lang Jiuchuan ignored his gaze and said, "Don't get distracted."

The Gong family, the second-ranked Xuan clan, probably has a deeper foundation than the Rong family. Gong Qi is in the Surveillance Department and is a rising star and troublemaker. She doesn't believe that the young master of the Gong family didn't give him some valuable secrets to protect himself. She wouldn't take them out and make a fool of herself.

At midnight, the bright moon disappeared into the dark clouds.

Lang Jiuchuan's entire demeanor changed. Holding the copper coin sword from Tongtian Pavilion, she flicked her wrist, causing the sword to tremble. She began to perform the steps of a divine ritual in front of the formation, chanting: "Heaven and earth are natural, the foul air disperses, the mighty gods of the eight directions, make me natural..."

Her movements were agile, and the copper coin sword seemed to be one with her will. A kind of energy flowed around her, and under the light of the campfire, her beautiful face appeared even more cold and solemn.

Suddenly, she struck the sword, and eighty-one cinnabar talismans moved without wind, spinning in mid-air and hovering above the river, like an invisible barrier enveloping the river.

Everyone was on edge.

Suddenly, the river water seemed to boil and surge like boiling water, and a huge whirlpool appeared in the middle of the river. Before everyone could cry out in alarm, a sinister black mist slowly rose from the whirlpool. It was neither human nor fish, but a monster with two heads and scales and claws.

Lang Jiuchuan's eyes flashed sharply: "They're here!"

Her swordplay had changed, her steps were incredibly fast, and she began chanting the Eight Trigrams Song: "Qian three continuous strikes, Kun six broken strikes, Zhen upturned bowl, Gen overturned bowl... The formation begins!"

The final step landed heavily, shaking the ground and producing a buzzing sound. Simultaneously, the eight peach wood bonfires blazed intensely, and within their flames, a gigantic, phantom-like Bagua (Eight Trigrams) symbol appeared in the night sky. The black mist seemed startled, its crimson eyes fixed intently on the group.

Gong Qi held the Three-Five Sword, his eyes blazing. With a thought, the Three-Five Sword in his hand emitted a faint blue light, flashing past. Just as the black mist suddenly rushed towards the shore, he lightly touched the ground with his toes, rising into the air, and hurriedly chanted an incantation: "Heaven and Earth Profound Ancestor, the Root of All Qi... Command!"

A dazzling golden light shot out from the sword, heading straight for the black mist.

hiss.

The black mist was struck by the golden light, emitting a piercing shriek. The mist dissipated, revealing its true form: two heads with blue faces and fangs, its body entangled in water plants???no, those weren't water plants, but rather a mixture of dark, malevolent energy and corpse worms wriggling on the rotting corpse.

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines and instinctively activated their protective qi.

Corpse-eating worms are also considered malevolent creatures; being bitten or having them enter the body can be troublesome.

Lang Jiuchuan's face was cold and gloomy. This water demon, by taking advantage of the resentment of the wronged, attached itself to the rotting corpse and transformed into its true form, becoming a monster that was neither human nor fish. If it were to cultivate into the Ten Thousand Souls Demon, this area of ??????water within a hundred miles would surely be barren and devoid of life.

The water demon looked at the people on the riverbank and let out a strange laugh. Suddenly, a black wave several feet high rose from the river and engulfed Lang Jiuchuan and the others.

Lang Jiuchuan's pupils contracted sharply, and he quickly formed a hand seal: "Wind, fire, thunder, and lightning, vanquish evil! The Celestial Master descends, annihilate evil and destroy its form! By command!"

The copper coin sword in her hand flew out, transforming into a streak of light that cleaved through the black waves that pressed down like a giant curtain.

Wow.

Black waves crashed down from mid-air, flooding the shore and nearly extinguishing the eight bonfires.

Enraged by Lang Jiuchuan, the water demon suddenly split into three clones, which pounced on her from three directions.

This person is a huge threat. Killing her and devouring her soul will greatly increase its magical power!

"Watch out!" Gong Qi and Yi Ce shouted, raising their swords and thrusting them at the two clones.

Lang Jiuchuan's eyes were deep and thoughtful. She had somehow managed to grasp the Emperor Bell in her hand. With a thought, she transmitted her Daoist energy to the bell, and it swayed.

clang.

The heavy, resounding bell tolled, transforming into a sonic wave like a sharp beam, which struck another of the water demon's clones that had rushed towards it, severing one of its monstrous bodies.

The water demon let out a shrill scream, and its remaining head, with its walnut-sized eyes completely red, stared at Lang Jiuchuan with a bloodthirsty glint.

Lang Jiuchuan shook the Emperor Bell again, and the thunder patterns on the bell came to life like a snake. The water demon finally felt threatened and afraid, and without lingering to fight, it turned into black smoke and retreated back into the water.

The lightning bolts chased it and landed in the water. With a loud bang, the water on the riverbank was blasted several meters high. The dark shadows underwater scattered in all directions, and black mist suddenly rose from the river surface, deathly still, as if the River of Oblivion had appeared. However, it was suppressed by the Bagua Demon-Subduing Formation, and the black mist stopped spreading outward.

Lang Jiuchuan's heart sank slightly. The Ghost Realm of the River of Oblivion had opened; it had indeed become a formidable force.

???Gong Qi?????? She looked at Gong Qi, their eyes met, and the latter nodded with a stern face.

They used the corpse as bait to lure it into their trap.

Lang Jiuchuan looked back at the water, her fingertips lightly touching the Emperor Bell, while in the depths of the night, a pair of eyes were always watching her every move.

???Oh my god, who would have thought a monster covered in thread-like worms would give me the creeps... I, I was wrong! Has anyone seen *Hairworm Invasion*?!

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