Water elemental became a god, ultimately becoming the master of heaven, earth, mountains, and rivers

Chapter 99 A startling sight of a demonic fish, the opening of the Niwan point.

It has probably already crawled into the belly of the big black fish and feasted on it, eating it down to just the skin!

Chen Shunan was both surprised and delighted upon seeing this.

What a small world! How could I, Chen, run into you here!
Let's settle all our old scores and grudges together!

Without hesitation, Chen Shunan jumped into the water.

With a 'glug' sound, it was as if a drop of water had returned to the great swamp.

Without even a ripple, Chen Shunan formed an accelerating arc underwater.

Chen Shunan opened his eyes slightly, quickly adapting to the underwater world.

The surroundings were hazy, with interwoven water flow, and various lights, some obvious and some subtle, appeared within Chen Shunan's sensing range.

In the next instant, Chen Shunan seemed to merge into the water flow, and with a struggle of his arms, he shot out.

A faint ripple of water appeared between his brows.

Ordinary fish and shrimp ignored his passing, calmly making way for him, regarding him as one of their own.

Those with a modicum of intelligence felt an instinctive sense of awe, yet dared not flee, and could only remain silent in place.

It was as if, at this moment, the long-lost Funiu River had once again welcomed its master.

"Hmph... You mere weak humans think you can capture me? I merely used a few tricks to make you all come up empty-handed. Brilliant, brilliant..."

Chen Shunan recognized the silver-clad scholar, but the silver-clad scholar did not recognize Chen Shunan.

It swam several miles in one go before stopping, completely satisfied.

"Alas, it's a pity that the golden-scaled catfish vanished without a trace. Otherwise, I could have made a fortune from it, earning fish bait just by lying in the pond. Why would I need to work so hard?"

Before the thought was even finished, the silver scholar suddenly tensed up as a fierce force came from behind!

Before it could react, it felt the world spinning around it, and with a splash of water, it was already out of the water.

Then, it stared in astonishment at the person in front of it, its tiny, fish-like eyes filled with disbelief.

"That charlatan?!"

Chen Shunan surfaced, exhaled a long breath, wiped the water from his face, and then stared coldly at the silver fish.

What do you call me now?

Its divine might was awe-inspiring, and the waters responded in response.

The scholar felt fear and immediately said,
"God!"

Chen Shunan nodded in satisfaction.

Those who understand the times are wise; this fish can still be cultivated.

Chen Shunan grabbed it in his hand, then dived back into the water and headed toward Li Tiezong and his companion's sampan.

Chen Shunan ignored the occasional 'grandson fish' swimming by, since with his current strength, these fish, which only possessed a little bit of intelligence, were no longer of any use to him.

Chen Shunan would naturally no longer kill indiscriminately for treasure.

"Huh? There's a strong smell of blood."

As he was swimming, Chen Shunan suddenly saw streaks of bright red blood coming from the deep water far from the shore.

Drifting along the water's flow, it carries an air of evil and rage.

Fish and shrimp scattered frantically, as if facing their natural enemy.

Upon seeing this, Chen Shunan frowned, continuing his swimming motions, but glanced slightly in that direction.

In the dim water, the aquatic plants swayed like strands of hair, and the silt and gravel seemed to be shaken, drifting and becoming turbid.

A large shadowy area could be vaguely seen wriggling deep within the aquatic plants.

It is impenetrable to sunlight and water, resembling a forbidden zone for life.

Only wisps of blood could be seen spreading out.

Chen Shunan didn't want to get involved, so he moved nimbly and quickly, disappearing from sight in a few moments.

And shortly after Chen Shunan left.

The shadows deep within the water plants seemed to have caught a peculiar scent and awakened.

The sound of scales slid over the stones rang out.

The shadow swirled and moved, turning its head to look in the direction Chen Shunan had left.

hum...

A rumbling sound of thunder rose up.

Two blood-soaked lanterns suddenly lit up from the depths of the water, casting two scarlet streaks of light in the dark riverbed.

"What a strange person, no, what a strange... demon?"

Its sound was shrill, like the wailing of ten thousand ghosts, filled with eerie energy, and carried a faint sense of doubt.

But soon, the lantern went out and the sound faded away.

The waters have returned to calm.

……

A sampan silently moored at the shore.

Li Tiezong and Zhang Dadan slowly regained consciousness.

"I'm not dead?"

"Ouch... my head hurts so much, what just happened?"

"Fish! A big black fish!"

"Where was that person just now?"

The two of them sat up abruptly, looking around in terror.

The waters are vast, and the banks are overgrown with weeds.

There was no one else around.

Only at the bow of the ship was there a piece of fish skin, like a black cloak, tough and sturdy, about the thickness of a thumb, which could not be cut by a knife or burned by fire.

Whether used to make soft sheaths for swords or water-clothes drums, they are excellent choices.

Upon seeing this, the two were overjoyed.

But in an instant, the two realized that the fish skin was completely intact, with almost no tears, as if the flesh and bones inside had been sucked dry by something in an instant.

Considering the strange incident earlier where they could only hear the voice but not see the person, and the voice sounded familiar, as if it were calling out their names from behind...

The two men trembled, swallowed hard, and said...
"A water ghost?!"

……

"Your name……"

"The High God may call me Silver Scholar."

"Hmm, Scholar Yin, how old are you?"

"I am one hundred and two."

"Hmm? At such an advanced age, do you possess any cultivation methods?"

“Cultivation? Like humans practicing martial arts? I don’t know that. I spent the first forty years of my life in a daze, the next forty years I accidentally ate a hundred-section lotus root and my intelligence was awakened, and the last forty years I wandered around this place and met the Wan family.”

At this point, the scholar paused, and said,

"It's Wanji River Goods Store. It's a family business passed down from father to son to grandson. The current owner is the third generation."

The scholar's voice sounded somewhat melancholy.

Perhaps he also realized that now that it had fallen into Chen Shunan's hands, there was naturally no possibility of it returning to Wanji River Goods Store.

The lotus blossoms were broken for no reason, and I can no longer enjoy the clear waves.

Farewell, freedom. Farewell, vast ocean.

Upon hearing this, Chen Shunan raised an eyebrow.

Good heavens, this Wan Kee seafood shop is a brothel, and they're even using their family's traditional recipes.

How do relationships develop?

Chen Shunan also noticed.

This jade tree silver fish has a much more ordinary origin than the golden scale catfish, but it is more spiritual, more cunning, and even knows a bit about poetry and songs, calling itself a scholar.

Chen Shunan suddenly asked, "Then do you know what the origin of the shadow we encountered underwater just now was?"

The silver-clad scholar swam restlessly in the fish trap, making it clang loudly.

Its voice sounded somewhat fearful.

"A while ago, Bewitching Bay was destroyed by lightning, and a demon escaped! It's recuperating from its injuries!"

A demon?!

Chen Shunan's heart tightened, and he narrowed his eyes slightly.

Chen Shun'an was well aware of the power of the Divine Purple Thunder Cannon.

They can even level a small hill.

The demon, however, survived its injuries and even managed to escape dozens of miles away to recuperate.

This demon is probably much stronger than that Heavenly Maiden Shenlaozi.

But, you, Jade Tree Silver Fish, who has gained intelligence, aren't you also a demon by right?

Why do you look so terrified of other monsters?

Or rather, it was precisely because the Silver Scholar was a demon that he was able to perceive more clearly the terror of that wounded great demon.
Indeed, even if Chen Shunan conservatively estimated, the underwater shadow just now was at least six or seven zhang long, almost the length of a small boat.

It's absolutely enormous!
"There's a great water demon so close to Wuqing County, yet the government and those immortals haven't reacted at all? They couldn't possibly be unaware of it, or perhaps..."

Chen Shunan remained expressionless and quickly headed towards Chaodou Hutong.

……

[All necessary items for the divination have been obtained. Would you like to choose the Ran Yi Fish?]

【Yes! 】

In the abandoned rice granary, Chen Shunan guarded the attic alone.

As soon as he had a thought, all the materials in front of him, including the blood-soaked scale that had just been plucked from the silver scholar, began to tremble slightly as an invisible force blew through them.

Wow…

As if a huge tide were rolling in, the sweet water in the porcelain bowl immediately flew out, forming a wave in front of Chen Shunan.

Silver fish scales, celestial water ant grass fragments, and incense ash were successively thrown into the water, swirling left and right, gradually merging together to form the shape of a strange fish.

It has the body of a fish and the head of a snake, with two legs growing from its belly, eyes like horse ears, and a mouth full of sharp teeth, making it look ferocious.

Judging by appearance alone, he is far less approachable than Qing Ji.

More primitive and ancient, with a touch of the majesty of a fierce god.

It is indeed the Ran Yi fish!
'Moo moo moo...'

A sound like a cow's moo came from behind.

As the waves crashed in, the Ran Yi fish's eyes remained lifeless, and it nodded its head three times as if in worship.

It then rushed directly into Chen Shunan's brow.

Suddenly, a soft 'crack' sound was heard, like ice breaking. Chen Shunan clearly felt that his brow was about to crack open, and some scalding hot energy was running around inside.

Ran Yiyu kept knocking on the door, instinctively and repeatedly striking Chen Shunan's closed Niwan acupoint.

With his mind in turmoil and his thoughts blurred, Chen Shunan sat cross-legged on the ground, his face pale, silently reciting the Pure Land Sutra he had overheard from Ma Xiucai.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Shunan shuddered, and a faint, ethereal light, like a candle flickering in the wind, yet real and visible to the naked eye, suddenly pierced through the Niwan point between his eyebrows.

Its light resembles the moon's pure white, and is only about an inch long.

Instinctively, Chen Shunan felt immense joy, and all the major acupoints in his body seemed to celebrate.

Chen Shunan looked inward and could clearly see a tiny particle of light between his eyebrows, containing a jade chamber from which some mysterious smoke flowed.

Instantly, Chen Shunan's mind became clear, and the weakness in his spirit brought on by killing the thief yesterday was swept away.

His divine power was rising at an alarming rate.

"Is this the Niwan acupoint? Those mysterious streams of smoke are the primordial Qi in the Niwan acupoint that gradually disappeared and sealed off as people eat grains and are obscured by the calamities of the mortal world?"

A sudden realization dawned on Chen Shunan.

At that moment, the world appeared crystal clear to him.

Insects chirped in the weeds outside. Yesterday, Chen Shunan would have only found it noisy, but now these chaotic insect chirps had an indescribable wonderful quality to them.

Sometimes loud, sometimes soft, sometimes murmuring, it sounds like the sounds of nature itself.

My internal organs feel as if they've been ironed, with every part perfectly aligned; my 36,000 pores feel as if they've taken a magic pill, with every single one feeling refreshed.

Even the dust motes floating and swirling in the air, illuminated by the moonlight, seemed to carry a strange artistic conception in Chen Shunan's eyes.

Like black clouds inlaid with white clouds, shining through the moonlight, illuminating the whole room with color.

Chen Shunan has a brain now.

He had only eliminated the two thieves, the body and the eyes, but at this moment, his five senses and even his comprehension had been greatly enhanced.

The "Flesh Immortal" and the "Six Scenes Revolving True Skill Diagram," which were once somewhat difficult to understand, suddenly became clear to him after just a brief recollection.

Many previously overlooked details about cultivating strength and weaknesses in tactics have been improved.

His bones cracked slightly, his muscles twitched, and his qi and blood regulated. Silently, he completed another internal refinement, and his aura surged.

"So this is what it feels like to be a true prodigy? Heaven and earth seem to treat him with utmost respect... All the precautions for circulating qi and blood, the tricks of standing meditation and breathing exercises, and the hidden meanings and implications of martial arts manuals are no secret to him, and are no challenge whatsoever."

This is like God is chasing after him and feeding him!

Chen Shunan immediately understood why young prodigies were always so arrogant and disdainful.

Let alone a young man full of vigor, even this old man who knows his destiny can't help but stop eating beef starting tomorrow!

Moreover, opening the Niwan point is not something that can be done in a day, nor can returning to one's original state be accomplished overnight.

The changes brought about by the Ran Yiyu continue, silently altering and even reshaping Chen Shunan's body.

Qingji, stretching tendons and pulling veins, tiger tendons and leopard veins, act on the physical body and are the essence.

Ran Yiyu opened up the Niwan point, returned to the innate state, and then acted on the mind and soul chamber, which is the essence of the spirit.

Should the next divine form prioritize the effect of 'Qi Yuan' (vital energy) to ensure that the three elements of essence, Qi, and spirit are complete?

Chen Shunan's consciousness began to wander.

[The two-legged Ran Yi fish: Opens the Niwan point, gradually returns to the innate state, takes the divine scales and transforms them into water, which can bring peaceful sleep and good dreams, and prevents the disturbance of nightmares.]

[Once the Grass Talisman is complete, invest 10 points of divine power to upgrade it into a four-legged Ran Yi fish. Plant a golden lotus in the mud ball, and let the scales turn into water. This can enlighten the aquatic creatures' intelligence and cleanse their bodies of impurities.]

[Upon promotion to the position of Enlightened Envoy of Ganquan, in charge of the Ninth-Rank Capital Merit Register, and with the investment of 15 points of divine power, one can choose the next Divine Minister.]

15 points of divine power, four-legged Ran Yi fish?
Chen Shunan didn't understand the meaning of "planting golden lotus in mud balls," but he was very clear about the effect of enlightening the aquatic creatures' intelligence.

Isn't this the same method used by the legendary immortals and great masters to subdue their mounts, preach the Dharma, and enlighten the wild animals?
It inherently possesses a divine nature that allows it to be close to aquatic spirits and is awe-inspiring.

If they can also actively enlighten the aquatic creatures and cultivate their own families, they will be able to become a loyal group of Chen Shun'an in the future!
Chen Shunan felt a surge of joy.

He exhaled a breath of stale air, regained control of his chaotic thoughts, and composed himself.

Chen Shunan sat cross-legged on the spot, feeling this brand new world, and his consciousness quickly sank into the distance.

In a state between sleep and wakefulness.

To communicate with the spirit of heaven and earth.

(End of this chapter)