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The pink electric scooter's taillights blinked, like it was going to a disco, and it swayed and disappeared around the street corner.

In Shuitangba Village, outside Fengdu City, it was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

The rain is still falling.

Large raindrops pounded on the muddy ground, splashing mud that could smear someone's face.

The entire village was shrouded in a gray curtain of water.

Several obvious signs of landslides have appeared on the distant mountains.

Large amounts of mud and gravel cascaded down the hillside, directly washing away half of the houses of two families at the foot of the mountain.

Bricks and furniture in the ruins were soaked in murky mud and water, drifting slowly with the current.

The bridge at the entrance of the village has been washed away.

Rescuers, wearing orange life jackets and carrying inflatable boats, struggled to move forward through mud that reached above their calves.

The sounds of shouting filled the air, and beams of flashlights swayed everywhere in the rain.

This isn't a village, this is a disaster area!

On a hill to the east of the village, two figures stood side by side.

One of them was holding a black oil-paper umbrella.

The umbrella was covered with densely engraved golden Sanskrit characters, but those characters had all turned pitch black at this moment.

Washed by the rain, the black Sanskrit characters faintly exuded a nauseating stench.

Taigu.

He's completely different from last time.

Last time in Fengdu City, although he was ruthless, he still acted like a human being.

What now?

His exposed skin was covered with black, snake-like patterns.

Those lines spread from the neck down to the back of the hand, and then along the fingertips to the umbrella handle.

He looked like he'd been fished out of an inkwell.

His eye sockets were sunken, and his eyeballs were covered with black blood vessels.

The corners of her mouth turned up slightly, forming an arc.

That wasn't a laugh.

That's the kind of expression that only appears when you're looking down at ants struggling.

Standing next to him was a figure dressed in a black official robe.

A mysterious figure.

He's the one who fought Yang Guang last time and was seriously injured.

His injuries have healed.

Not only has it recovered, but it's even stronger than before.

Dense yin energy continuously surged from his body, forming a layer of black mist visible to the naked eye in the rain.

The two of them stood on the hill.

The rain pattered on Taigu's oil-paper umbrella, making a dull sound. The rescue lights below the mountain flickered, and one could vaguely hear someone shouting.

But he didn't even glance at those two things.

It was as if everything in front of them had nothing to do with them.

The underworld messenger spoke first.

His voice was hoarse, like the scraping of metal: "How much longer?"

Taigu did not answer immediately.

He tilted his head slightly, glanced at the underworld official, and the corners of his mouth widened even more: "What's the rush?"

The underworld official said coldly, "That celestial master is stronger than we expected."

"I was seriously injured last time and almost didn't make it back."

"And he has more and more people around him."

"A Buddhist disciple and a beast of unknown origin."

"If we drag this out any longer, the variables will only increase."

Taigu turned his head and looked down at the village that was soaked by the rain at the foot of the mountain.

His tone was calm: "It will take forty-nine days for the water demon to be formed."

Today is the forty-fifth day.

"Only four days left."

The underworld official paused for two seconds: "Four days..."

Taigu tapped the soil under his feet with the handle of his umbrella.

The movement was very gentle.

But as the umbrella handle touched the ground, the hill beneath their feet trembled slightly.

An extremely deep power came from the depths of the earth and surged upwards along the soles of Taigu's feet.

"Did you feel it?"

Taigu's voice carried an undisguised excitement.

The underworld official frowned.

He definitely felt it.

At the base of this hill, there is an extremely ancient ley line.

To be precise, it is the end of the dragon vein.

Although this dragon vein is not the main vein, the earth energy it contains is extremely pure.

Taigu had already been planning this for a long time.

They colluded with the underworld officials.

Over the past forty-odd days, the continuous heavy rain has gradually drawn the earth's energy out of this dragon vein.

Injected into something deep underground.

Nurturing and catalysis.

Until it completely transforms and becomes a water demon!

Taigu raised his left hand, fingers spread, palm facing down.

Black Sanskrit characters flowed from his palms and seeped into the soil with the rain.

"Although the dragon vein here is small, it is pure."

"After forty-five days of gestation, the water demon is already ninety percent complete."

"For the last four days, all we need to do is use the resentment and fear of the living as a trigger."

As Taigu spoke, he glanced down at the rescue workers and villagers struggling in the torrential rain below the mountain.

His gaze was like that of someone looking at a flock of sheep to be slaughtered: "The fear and despair of these people are the best catalyst."

"The rain will get heavier and heavier."

"There will be more and more landslides."

"The more terrified they are, the faster the water demon takes shape."

The underworld official remained indifferent after hearing this.

But he still asked, "Are you so sure that once the water demon is formed, it can kill that celestial master?"

Taigu smiled.

His smile was extremely sinister: "Water demon, the opposite of drought demon, is naturally able to overcome water, yet it is born from water."

"Once it takes shape, it will control all the waterways within a radius of a hundred miles."

Why do you think I chose this place?

Taigu pointed into the distance with his umbrella, and looking in the direction of the umbrella tip, we saw through layers of rain.

That direction leads directly to the location of Fengdu city.

"Fengdu Ghost City, a place where Yin and Yang meet."

"His office for the deceased was built in the old town, where the yin energy was the strongest."

"Once the Water Demon is formed, it carries the power of the dragon vein and flows downstream, heading straight for Fengdu."

"Even if he is a Taoist master, he will not be facing an ordinary evil creature."

"It is an ancient ferocious beast that swallowed the very end of a dragon vein, was nurtured by forty-nine days of torrential rain, and fused with the fear and resentment of hundreds of people!"

Taigu retracted his umbrella and calmly uttered his last sentence: "In this degenerate age, beings like Celestial Masters who exceed the bounds are not allowed."

"Four days left."

"He deserves to die."

The words fell.

A brief silence fell over the hill.

The only sounds were the torrential rain pounding on the earth and faint cries for help coming from down the mountain.

The underworld official remained silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke again: "Where is that Buddhist disciple?"

Taigu said casually, "Just a lay disciple."

"Even if his master Huineng came in person, he would have to think twice before confronting the water demon."

"Let alone a fat guy who hasn't even finished his apprenticeship?"

The underworld messenger fell silent.

He turned to look down the mountain.

The lights of the rescue vehicles were faintly visible in the rain.

A young man in an orange life jacket was carrying an old woman, stumbling and sinking as he made his way uphill.

The old lady was holding a plastic bag containing a few pieces of clothing.

That was all her possessions.

The underworld official watched this scene without even blinking.

Taigu noticed his gaze and said with a smile, "What?"

"After serving as a ghost messenger for so many years, you've suddenly become soft-hearted?"

The underworld official coldly replied, "I only care about the outcome."

"If the water demon is formed in four days, I will personally finish off that celestial master."

"We haven't settled the score with him from last time."

Taigu scoffed, "Whatever."

"Once the water demon is born, he's a dead man..."