You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

Chapter 83 Mysterious Yin Soul-Capturing, Divine Methods (7)

this moment.

Even the air seemed to quiet down.

A misty haze hung over the water's surface as a head covered in lush green algae emerged from beneath the surface. Its face was pale and decaying, and its mouth was filled with tiny, sharp teeth. It gave a sinister smile to the four people on the shore.

It still had Gu Jinghui's fishhook in its mouth.

"........."

Gu Jinghui, still basking in the joy of catching fish one after another, was stunned...

What the hell did I catch?
Water ghost?

He subconsciously lifted the fishing rod again...

Wow!

That head flew straight up!
It doesn't even have a body!
wrong!

It's not that she doesn't have a body!
Its body remained in the water, but its head was severed from its neck when Gu Jinghui lifted the fishing rod!

This water ghost has an extremely heavy yin energy. With its abilities, it is clear that Gu Jinghui is not someone who can catch it... It deliberately took the bait, revealed itself, and now deliberately cut off its own head. It is obviously out of a perverse sense of humor!
Two years ago, two audacious anglers came here to fish in the middle of the night. This is how it scared them so much that they both fell into the Yellow River and became the wronged souls in the water.

It enjoys the emotions of humans struggling in the water, fighting for survival, and ultimately despairing.

It remembered that when it first became a wronged soul in the water, its only obsession was to find a substitute so that it could be "reincarnated"... At that time, it was kind-hearted and could not bear to harm people.

Waiting and waiting, waiting and waiting.

It took nine years before someone finally drowned themselves in the river here.

Nine years of solitude fueled its murderous intent, and it secretly stirred up the underwater currents to drag the person who had jumped into the river but then regretted it and tried to survive into the depths!
The scapegoat was found, but it found that it still could not be reincarnated. It thought that the person had committed suicide by drowning and that it did not count, so it deliberately harmed people. Within a year, it harmed several people, but it was still the same!

Day after day, year after year...

What started as finding a scapegoat gradually turned into taking pleasure in killing!
Later, the world changed drastically, and it fell into a deep sleep until a wisp of its soul awakened several years ago. A few months ago, it finally recovered most of its strength and regained the power to harm people!
boom!
The disheveled head traced a graceful arc in the moonlight, crashed onto the shore, and bounced up again. It opened its mouth, revealing its fine, sharp teeth, and let out a sinister "hehehehe" laugh!

Its face was swollen and pale from being soaked in water for a long time, and it was covered with sores. Blood and pus kept flowing out of the sores, giving off a disgusting, fishy smell!
Hey!
Gu Jinghui dropped his fishing rod and ran away.

The head then lunged at Chen Yang again!

"Jie Jie Jie Jie!!!"

The head laughed loudly and lunged at Chen Yang, already imagining the scene of this air force fisherman being scared out of his wits!

but……

How could he not feel any fear at all?

Instead, a faint smile played on his lips... and in his eyes, there was even a hint of disdain and disgust.

There was another person...didn't he drown yesterday during the day?

How come you're alive again?
In a flash, the water ghost had this thought.

Then it saw...

The air force fisherman raised his leg, and a chilling aura emanated from it that would terrify even ghosts. With a slight sway, his entire leg vanished in a blur!

boom!
Chen Yang kicked out, hitting the water ghost squarely in the face!
The head that lunged forward was kicked high into the air, eventually tracing an arc under the moonlight before crashing into the river two hundred meters away with a "plop"!
Cool!
After that kick, Chen Yang felt all the frustration of being out of the air for an hour vanish, and he felt refreshed!
"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

The "head" that had crashed into the water resurfaced, its ugly, ferocious face filled with rage. It roared hoarsely, "Damn human, how dare you kick my head?"

Its head floated on the river.

Wow!

At the same time, a headless corpse covered in algae flew out from beneath the river surface, its hands raised high, grabbing the head!
The corpse pressed its head against its neck, and after a few clicks and twists, the installation was complete.

Turning its head, the water ghost's eyes gleamed with an eerie light as it stared intently at Chen Yang and snarled, "I originally wanted to have some fun with you, but since that's the case... then you can all die!"

It treads on the water, and with a wave of its arms, billowing yin energy seeps into the water.

next moment……

At that moment, the river surface seemed to boil, with turbid waves surging up to tens of meters high. Then, the river water within hundreds of meters began to rise, turning into a towering wave that swept towards the shore!

Within those turbid waves, countless wronged souls roared and wailed in agony, numbering in the hundreds!
All these wronged souls died at the hands of this water ghost and are trapped in this body of water, unable to be reborn!
"What a brilliant water-controlling technique!"

"What a water ghost! Its strength is probably not far from that of a Ghost King!" Marin activated his cultivation and took out a talisman. Wang Lin was also fully focused and got into a fighting stance. Just as the two were about to fight to the death, Chen Yang grabbed them by the shoulders and threw them to the back!

"Get out of my way!"

Looking at the towering waves tens of meters high, Chen Yang felt a secret surge of joy...

The long-lost system notification sound rang in his mind, and lines of text jumped across the "light screen" that Chen Yang could only see.

[There is now a Yellow River water ghost, wreaking havoc in the region, taking pleasure in harming people. As a ghost official in the underworld, how can you sit idly by and do nothing?]

[Task: Perform a ritual to release the Yellow River water ghosts from their wrath.]

[Task Rewards: Cultivation +1000, Earthly Fiend Technique: Flow Severance]

"Earthly Fiend Techniques... Could it be the legendary Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Methods?"

Chen Yang's thoughts flickered, his lips twitched, and he chanted an incantation—

"Heaven gives birth to one thing, and earth completes itself with six."

"The essence of Taiyi, the spirit of Dongxuan, can cleanse all emotions. Now I purify the world, and heaven and earth are clear..."

Taoist water magic!

Water ghosts are born with the ability to control water, and although Chen Yang is a night-roaming god of the underworld, he also has some knowledge of Taoist water magic.

He was surrounded by a mist of water, and pointed...

hum!
The towering, turbid waves, reaching tens of meters high, paused slightly under this finger's touch, as if held up by an invisible force!
But it was only a brief pause...

In terms of skill in water magic, how could Chen Yang compare to a water ghost whose strength is close to that of a ghost king?

In the instant that the raging torrent of turbid waves paused, Chen Yang's spirit had already left his body!
boom!
A chilling wind howled, and a dark aura filled the air!
As soon as his spirit flew out, it pierced through the turbid waves and transformed into a dark cloud. The dark cloud spun and instantly turned into a pitch-black vortex. A huge suction force fell from the vortex and acted on the water ghost above the waves!

The Profound Yin Soul-Seizing and Spirit-Severing Technique!

The water ghost's body, covered in algae, exploded, and its soul was absorbed into the dark clouds. The swirling dark clouds refined it in an instant!

Wow!
The turbid waves splashed down, creating countless sprays.

The swirling clouds in the sky dispersed, reforming as the Yin spirit returned to its body.

The mission to deliver the Yellow River water ghosts has been completed.

[Reward received: Cultivation Points +1000.]

[Reward Obtained: Earthly Fiend Technique: Flow Severance.]

A chilling yin energy coursed through Chen Yang's body, surging and swirling around him, accompanied by gusts of yin wind. In his mind, cultivation methods related to the [Severing Flow] technique surfaced and circulated…

again and again!
Until you have mastered it completely!

[Drainage: This is a method of dividing water, which can stop the flow of rivers and lakes, allowing entry into the Dragon Palace's underwater realm.]

Chen Yang sighed inwardly, "It really is the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Technique... This technique has almost transcended the realm of magic and reached the level of supernatural powers and immortal arts!"

This supernatural power is described in Chapter 22 of Journey to the West, "Bajie Battles the Flowing Sand River, Moksha Subdues Wujing with the Dharma."

"Now, Pigsy stripped off his blue brocade robe and shoes, brandished his rake with both hands, parted the waterways, leaped and churned the waves, and plunged into the depths!"

and so……

The greatest function of this supernatural power is to divide rivers and block waterways. With this ability, Chen Yang can now travel to any river, lake, or sea in the world!
Chen Yang was taking stock of his "harvest".

Dozens of meters behind, Gu Jinghui, Wang Lin, Ma Lin, and Yang Shuai, who was tied to a tree branch, stared in disbelief, their faces showing expressions of utter disbelief.

Although Chen Yang's process of "exorcising" the Yellow River water ghost was extremely swift, it was still witnessed by the three people and the ghost.

They only saw the water ghost stir up a thousand-meter-long river surface and ride waves tens of meters high. Then Chen Yang pointed and stopped the waves. Immediately afterwards, his Yin spirit left his body and transformed into a black cloud vortex in the sky, instantly killing the water ghost that was stirring up the storm!
"This this……"

Gu Jinghui possessed the "eyes of the spirits," allowing him to see more clearly than Wang Lin and Ma Lin. His Adam's apple bobbed, and he felt his throat go dry as he hoarsely exclaimed, "This is divine intervention!"

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PS: Chapter 7 is here. Baozi overestimated himself, thinking he could write 8 chapters before 12 o'clock today. Even after sleeping for 3 hours last night and 1 hour at noon, he has only written 7 chapters and 22,000 words so far. He is getting old, and his energy and thinking are not as good as they used to be.

I'll take a short break and then continue writing Chapter 8. It might be a little late, sorry.

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