Fairy, don't try to mess with my filial piety

The Second King thought about it and felt that this was not a long-term solution. Ever since the construction of the water diversion dam, the city officials of all generations would arrange people to pan for sand, and there has never been a flood.

In recent years, the funding for the sand-mining team has been cut off, and there have been two consecutive years of small floods, but there has been no sign of repentance. The city lord still feels that the impact is small and it is an accidental incident that is not worth taking seriously.

Some people only realize how serious a problem is when it's truly flooded.

But it wasn't necessarily that he didn't know how to repent, but rather that he wanted to save face. When the new city lord took office, his first measure was to cut unnecessary expenses and slash the smelting team's funding. This caused a lot of controversy at the time, but the new city lord insisted on having his own way.

I certainly can't bring myself to overturn my decision now.

But the two kings did not mention these concerns anymore, as they did not want to cause a few well-intentioned strangers to worry about it.

It is not their responsibility to help clean up the mess.

But there is one thing that must be mentioned, he mentioned it carefully:

"I believe you have all noticed that the huge rock at the bend in the river is almost turning into a spirit. If you want to escape from the dragon, you may have to fight with it."

At the river bend, there is a huge rock, like a hill, comparable to a city wall. Due to the erosion of the turbulent river water, there is very little soil there, and its shape can be roughly seen from a distance.

It looks like a dragon's head and a turtle's head, its mouth is like a bird's beak and is hooked. Its body is hidden in the huge rock and is difficult to distinguish.

But generally speaking, once the head is completely formed, it can become a "spirit" and possess intelligence.

The Second King was looking at that place solemnly before, and said:

"This land is so fertile. This is a 'Ba Xia', a giant water-controlling turtle. In the past, it couldn't 'drink' water.

But now the riverbed is too high, the water level has risen, and it has already 'drunk' enough of the spiritual essence in the water during two flood seasons. It's too late to blow it up now."

The occurrence of stone spirits becoming spirits can easily happen anywhere. It may seem that the appearance is accidentally formed by the erosion of wind and sun, but in fact it is the spiritual essence in the stone that is about to give birth to living creatures. They must be exploded early, as this kind of creatures can easily cause trouble.

It may not intend to do evil, because it has no concept of good and evil. It kills based on its mood. It may look like a game, but in fact it will cause great suffering to one side.

"Is it true? It can't be blown up? There was a stone fairy statue that was almost becoming a spirit, and I just broke it off!"

Aunt Green Snake didn't believe it. She leaped into the air, exhaled, and turned into a huge spirit snake. She opened her bloody mouth and bit forward. Then she saw a barrier appear on the outside of the huge rock, blocking the magic attack.

Xuanyin Xingjun also tried it, but she also failed. Although she had the arrogance and fighting spirit to continue trying, her reason told her that it was futile.

"It's truly impossible to destroy it. This giant turtle, Ba Xia, has grown to prominence, having drunk its fill from two floods. It's now connected to the Yulun River, and the river's waters flow continuously. Its defensive barrier is indestructible."

"Then we'll just wait until it's born and then do it. This giant turtle, Ba Xia, is also an old face from ancient times. There are scriptures born from heaven and earth engraved on its shell. There is a great opportunity to comprehend them." The Fox Goddess was a little emotional.

This is also an ancient beast from the ancient times. Unfortunately, this Ba Xia was born from a stone and does not know ancient stories. Otherwise, the Sky Fox Queen would like to pull it over to reminisce and chat.

The Dragon Girl looked towards the source of the river, thought for a moment, and said:

"The amount of silt in the river has increased for no reason. This is abnormal. Perhaps another aquatic demon wants to help the Overlord Stone Turtle to be born, causing it to stir up trouble and expand the river, thus increasing the aquatic creatures' habitat."

Bai Sujin understood her hidden meaning and said predictably:

"With the Jingzhe flood in a few days, there might be other aquatic monsters coming to cause trouble? We'll have to deal with them all at once. I've already chosen to transform from a dragon into a dragon, so I never thought I'd get away with it easily."

The Fox Goddess glanced at the sky and reminded repeatedly:

"It's getting dark, my dear, please return to the city quickly, or I'll miss out on something fun to watch!"

Since the Sky Fox Goddess has spoken, Chu Wuji will naturally not slack off. He is afraid that the Xuanyin Star Lord is waiting to see what happens in the city.

Chu Wuji exchanged glances with the two kings, indicating his intention to leave, and the man in official uniform nodded slightly.

When preparing to fly back to the city, Chu Wuji suddenly had an idea and walked into the Erwang Temple to burn some new incense sticks to the two ancestral statues.

An ingenious water diversion dam was used to transform this vast wilderness into fertile land that can be easily irrigated.

The workload of regular sand panning is negligible. It is almost like leaving a permanent river dam for the benefit of future generations. This kind of work is probably comparable to that of gods.

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As dusk fell, Shoujiang City returned to its previous quiet state.

The soldier guarding the gate was extremely alert, his body tense, observing any movement nearby, and was a little afraid of the cat-faced old lady.

The people living nearby closed their doors and windows tightly, for fear of accidentally seeing the unclean red ghost.

Because there were too few passers-by, Chu Wuji and Longnu, who guessed that Mu Shi had entered the city, were questioned by the soldiers.

"What are you doing? Why are you entering the city at this time?!"

The Dragon Girl sister disdained to pay any attention, did not respond to the conversations of ordinary mortals, and did not even look at them.

This arrogant attitude made the soldiers suspicious and angry.

Chu Wuji quickly stopped them and explained, "We are from out of town. We heard that there is a ghost here, so we came here to help."

As he said this, he handed the giant chopping board blade to the gatekeeper. The soldier tried to pick it up and almost sprained his waist.

Several soldiers nearby tried one after another, but they couldn't lift it at all. Chu Wuzhi had to help hold the giant blade throughout the whole process.

After finishing, he was able to hang on the lower back easily with light steps.

The gatekeepers were stunned. They no longer had any doubts and gestured, "Please..."

"Please enter the city. We'll be attracting ghosts soon. Don't miss it, you two masters!"

After walking a few steps into the city, Sister Dragon Girl looked at him puzzledly and asked:

"You are quite patient, taking your time to explain your identity to such a mortal."

Chu Wuji didn't know how to reason with her. Since they lived in different environments, their perspectives naturally differed. He found an angle:

"If we make a scene at the city gate and start a commotion, then the ghost-luring event in the city won't be able to proceed. How can we join in the fun?"

Xuanyin Xingjun thought it made sense and nodded in agreement in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

This kind of farce among mortals is indeed interesting and much more entertaining than the carefully choreographed mermaid songs and dances in the Dragon Palace.

It would be really disappointing if this impromptu farce was interrupted!

"We can certainly be more patient and forgiving towards those rude mortals."

Chapter 286 Dragon Girl's Behavior

In the house where the old lady hanged herself,

After the sun sets, the silver moon has not yet risen, hiding behind the dark clouds of the night.

The red lanterns held by pedestrians cast shadows of the locust tree branches on the wall. The interlaced tree shadows were like ghost claws clinging to the wall.

The whole family, young and old, has temporarily moved away from this place. Even the elderly in the family, who knows if they will harm their children and grandchildren?

Now, with more people exorcising ghosts, they huddled together for warmth, and everyone felt a little more at ease.

They checked the locust tree where the man had hanged himself, and confirmed whether there were any suspicious traces around it. They did not dare to let go of the magic weapons in their hands. This was the amulet of the masters and also their livelihood.

A monk with a thin face and a round belly said in confusion:

"Being hanged after being wronged is not uncommon, but what about the cat face?"

Next to him, a self-proclaimed Taoist priest holding Buddhist beads, carrying a Taoist whisk, and carrying a bunch of other rituals, guessed:

"It must be that when the old lady's resentment was about to dissipate, a passing wild cat screamed strangely, which frightened the old lady."

There is a saying that when a deceased person is lying in state, he or she is in a state of unconsciousness and disappearance, but if he or she is suddenly awakened and realizes that he or she is dead, he or she will become angry and attack.

Therefore, when encountering dirty things in the wild and having no means of countermeasures, the popular backup measure among the people is to pretend not to see them and not disturb them.

Taoist Lu Niao has almost no magical skills, and being able to communicate with a crow is his only ability.

At this time, he listened to the crow's words, protected everyone in front of him, and stood at the outermost position so that he could run away at any time.

The check-in has been successful. Now it depends on whether I can evacuate smoothly and return to the Taoist temple to wait for the master for a few more years.

Taoist Lu Niao was a little skeptical. He whispered to the crow:

"Could it be fake? There was actually a murderer who committed the crime and then blamed it on a dead old lady?"

The crow looked at him with contempt and said helplessly:

[In this life, all you can do is learn some Zi Wei Dou Shu and Ma Yi Xiang Shu to help people tell fortunes, and that's enough to barely earn a living.]

Taoist Lu Niao had long been accustomed to the crows' disdain and did not take it to heart:

"Don't you think it's weird? It sounds like the old lady was causing trouble before she died, giving someone else a laxative at their wedding banquet, and then when they got angry she said she was being petty and couldn't afford to play along.

Now that she's been splashed with feces, she still feels wronged. She can turn into a ghost and harm people. Does this make sense?"

Some people are born with extraordinary talents. She could have gone even further, perhaps even become a monk, but she wasted her time on trivial matters. Immortal masters passing by tried to advise this old woman, but upon seeing her temper, they would turn away in disgust. This was her retribution, she had ruined her own future. But ordinary people, fighting her, would never be able to defeat her!

The crow was teaching earnestly, but suddenly shuddered and reminded:

[No more chatting, get ready, the air is starting to get thicker, the ideas are getting tough, the wind is blowing!]

"Jingle Bell!"

A few Taoist priests of unknown origin rang the copper bells in their hands, and the sound became louder and louder without any wind.

The people who were exorcising ghosts naturally knew what was going on; a cat-faced ghost was about to appear.

They temporarily left the house and yard, for fear that the cat-faced ghost would be hiding in the dark and watching them, and would not dare to come out.

In the courtyard, the only one left was Li Zhishui, who had gotten into trouble. He was not afraid at all. He held a machete smeared with black dog blood in his hand and drank strong liquor to boost his strength.

Judging from his posture, he is thinking about exorcising evil spirits. Even though he only has a body of tendons and no magical skills, this does not affect his fighting spirit.

"Come out quickly! I'll chop you to death with this knife stained with black dog blood, and then I'll throw manure on your ancestral grave and the city lord's mansion!"

Chu Wuji and Xuanyin Xingjun stood on the opposite street and watched, watching those alchemists tinkering with their tricks, inexplicably feeling like they were watching a circus.

These people definitely know some magic, but almost everyone only knows one move, and the power depends entirely on luck.

However, in order to highlight their professionalism and mystery, they added a lot of useless actions, just for the sense of ritual.

In the eyes of Chu Wuzhi and others, it seemed a bit funny.

Xuanyin Xingjun was very skeptical about the effect and asked, "Does this little trick really work?"

Chu Wuji found it difficult to judge, so he could only reply, "The local people have been doing this for so many years, so it must be useful. The number of casualties is another matter."

In fact, he wanted to think more about how to deal with the follow-up of the water diversion dam.

Although I don't want to worry about so much, if I can help out, I will still do my best.

But the most troublesome thing is that they can only help this time. If they cannot get the government to restore the sand panning team, there will still be a mess in the future.

The female official was probably not afraid of the flood that lasted for hundreds of miles. Since her family was well-off, she could just move away and run away. When she was questioned by her superiors, she would blame it on the natural disaster. She was just unlucky and had no way out.

But the people’s roots are here. They rely on the land for their livelihood. If they move to other places, they will starve to death. Where can we get so much land to distribute to them?

The people will bear all the bad consequences.

Xuanyin Star Lord saw that he was absent-minded, and thinking of his previous behavior of burning incense at the Erwang Temple, he roughly knew what Chu Wuji was worried about.

Sister Dragon Girl said in a tone that showed indifference to human life:

“You can give mortals a little more forgiveness, but only a little more. Any more and they will be considered as crossing the line and eliminated.

Since you are all considering transforming from a dragon into a dragon, you should try to act from the perspective of the water god and directly issue an order on the river bank, asking the people to throw the entire family of female official Wang into the water as a living sacrifice, as a condition for diverting the river flood.

Mortals must learn to save themselves, just like the two ancestors of the human race in the Erwang Temple. If they don’t want to be drowned, they must resist on their own.”

Chu Wuji was stunned. He had never thought of this angle to solve the problem.

It is indeed possible!

If a few outsiders like them killed the local stupid official for no apparent reason, the female official's superiors and backers would most likely pursue the matter and vent their anger on the local people, and then might send an even stupider person to be an official.

However, if the order was given in the voice of the water god, the female official was sacrificed alive, and the ancestral system of sand panning was restored, even if new officials came in the future, they would most likely not dare to disobey and would continue to arrange sand panning honestly.

This is the long-term solution!

I have to say, the method given by the Dragon Palace Princess is really decisive and effective...

Chu Wuji smiled in surprise:

"The method Xuanyin Xingjun suggested is indeed feasible. I didn't expect you to attach so much importance to the river dam. As a water...water dragon, shouldn't you be disgusted by this kind of construction facility?"

The noble dragon girl chuckled, her majestic dragon eyes emitting a great sense of oppression. She explained lightly:

"This isn't my river, so why would you be so disgusted? Besides, the design of this dam is incredibly ingenious and unique. Even if it were to appear in my river, it would still be a wonder of the garden."

Aunt Green Snake figured out the Dragon Girl's plan and nodded in approval:

"The Jiaolong, who used to be a dog official, must be really amazing. He can use his status as a water god to issue orders like this!"