After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

“Unless—” Shi Yan suddenly raised his head, and the star official who was listening to Shi Yan’s analysis also trembled involuntarily.

"drought demon".

The Corpse Demon's body once again condensed a Corpse Soul, which became known as "Ba".

But there's no need for "魃" (ba).

The real "ba" are all cultivators who have at least reached the Nascent Soul stage.

Some "ba" can even easily influence celestial phenomena.

For example... Drought Demon.

There are probably other reasons as well.

Just then, amidst the hurried journey, a problem arose regarding the water level of the Yan River.

The water in the Yan River... definitely has a problem.

There seemed to be something in that river.

The venom, as fine as silk, is spreading.

It seemed to be alive.

If Shi Yan hadn't filled a kettle with water in several different places, they might not have discovered the problem.

This means... there is a corpse demon, or even a "ba"... in the Yan River.

The impact of this event is far more terrifying than the presence of a creature that might be a "ba" walking through the city.

The Yan River nurtured the city of Yan River.

The earliest... was a group of people who settled along the river and built Yanshui City.

Besides Yanshui City, there are probably a dozen or so scattered towns along the Yanshui River.

This is no longer a problem that can be solved by sealing off a city.

Fortunately, the amount of corpse poison spreading in the Yan River is still very small.

Like that junior apprentice of Ruan Yiyi, he was probably just extremely unlucky to win the 'big prize'.

This indicates that the "corpse demon" or "ba" has not been in the river for very long.

Or perhaps... it only came into contact with the water source briefly.

The matter was urgent, and Shi Yan immediately began investigating the Yan River with a group of Star Officials from the Starry Sky Bureau.

It must be said that Youzhou truly lives up to its name.

The basic combat strength of the Star Officials of the Starry Sky Division has directly become that of the Spirit Realm, and each three-person team also has a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator in charge.

If they form alliances and deploy the unique formations of the Celestial Bureau.

Locking up one or two Nascent Soul stage cultivators is not out of the question.

Return to the vicinity of the location where Lord Ye dealt with the six corpse demons last night.

Although the scene had been completely destroyed by Ye Mojun, Shi Yan could still 'see' it by following the mottled, dried bloodstains on the wall.

Before...

There was probably a 'person' walking by like this.

With one hand gently stroking the wall, looking at this ancient city with its blue bricks and black tiles, a 'person' walked by.

A mottled bloodstain was left behind.

[The heavens display signs].

The teacher's innate fortune finally came into play after a long time.

Even... that blurry image seemed to gradually become clearer.

Shi Yan could see that person's back.

Slender and graceful.

She was like a frail and weak girl.

She wore a light blue long gown and walked across the moss-covered stone path with her bare feet.

Holding Feng Manlou in his arms, Shi Yan followed the woman.

Feng Manlou nestled obediently in Shi Yan's arms.

She tilted her head back, and could see the light shining in Shi Yan's eyes.

Feng Manlou could sense that Shi Yan's current state was very mysterious.

It's similar to a state of enlightenment.

Sometimes, the appearance of a genius like Shi Yan can make you feel a mix of envy, anger, and helplessness.

He secluded himself, fasting and racking his brains to comprehend the Great Dao, but in the end, he was not as quick as someone else to come to his aid.

Moreover, unlike the methods of ordinary demonic cultivators who practice sexual enhancement, their methods are fast and stable, resulting in a win-win situation.

This is not 'immortal learning' at all.

That's all.

This is a crime scene! It would be too much to just walk around here and suddenly enter a state of enlightenment.

Shi Yan watched as the woman walked through Yanshui City, her slender fingertips leaving long streaks of blood in the city.

very strange -

That woman's goal didn't seem to be as simple as just infecting a few people.

If she wanted to infect more people, she could easily induce the growth of the zombie virus, triggering a large-scale outbreak in a single city and causing rapid infection.

If they felt that would attract too much attention, like they did later, they might throw themselves into the Yan River, directly polluting the water source.

Although it is relatively easy to detect, the rate of infection is also surprisingly fast.

If all else fails, they can simply roam around crowded places and smear the corpse's blood on areas where more people will come into contact with it, thus infecting even more people.

But she didn't.

On the contrary—

Her appearances were quite irregular.

Shi Yan recalled the map of the Starry Sky Division and began to sketch it out in his mind.

Wait a minute...wait a minute! ? ?

Even breathing stopped; Shi Yan felt as if an invisible hand was gripping his heart.

at this time--

She had reached the stone bridge located in the western part of Yanshui City.

No... this isn't actually in the western part of the region.

If you were to erase the original Yanshui City from the map, this would be the very center of Yanshui City.

Shi Yan raised his head.

On the stone bridge, the woman in blue, barefoot, slowly turned her head.

It was as if he was staring back at Shi Yan.

Shi Yan bit her lip tightly, and the air around her seemed to grow colder little by little.

The woman's lips moved as if she were saying something to Shi Yan, then she leaped into the Yan River.

When Shi Yan came back to his profound state, he felt cold sweat soaking his back.

Those traces.

Those intermittent bloodstains left in Yanshui City.

It is a formation.

An array that uses the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in this city as a sacrifice to create a living altar.

The Starry Sky Division's formation not only failed to choke the opponent, but instead... harmonized with the concept of a round heaven and a square earth, thus facilitating the formation's formation.

The teacher's words sent a chill down my spine.

As for the sole beneficiary of this formation...

She slowly walked onto the bridge, looking at the still and lifeless Yan River, and already knew the answer in her heart.

But why?

Shi Yan looked down at the river, wondering why the formation drawing stopped abruptly here.

She could have easily created a blood array and sacrificed all the cultivators and civilians in the city.

Even if a few Nascent Soul cultivators manage to escape, she should still be able to achieve her goal.

But... why did she stop here?

Just as the formation was about to be completed, he looked back at himself and then leaped into the river.

And...did she see herself in the end?

What did she say to herself?

The teacher repeated the woman's lip movements, searching for matching words.

She doesn't understand lip reading, so it's a bit of a hassle.

Finally... Shi Yan uttered those words, "Stop me—"

"Teacher's words."

As Shi Yan read those words aloud, the hairs on her body stood on end, and an extremely ominous feeling welled up in her heart.

Shi Yan looked down at the Yan River in front of him.

The river water seemed to have turned black.

It was deathly still, without a ripple.