Supreme Bishop of Fontaine

"I think I heard a roar. Let's keep going."

Ying nodded as Paimon spoke.

Then unlock the teleportation anchor point next to it before moving forward.

After a while, Ying walked out of the passage and came to a circular road in the mountains. In the center of the road, a thick column of water was gushing from the bottom to the top. It could be clearly seen that the higher it went, the clearer the water in the column became. One could even see the fish and beasts that were involuntarily rushed upwards.

“Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar!”

Suddenly, a roar came from the other direction of the loop.

"It's there!"

Paimon yelled and quickly hid behind Ying.

Ying looked at the deep-sea dragon lizard in the distance, grasped the sword, and rushed over in an instant.

Of course, there is nothing much to say about the process of the battle. Ying Chao was a good fighter. He knocked the dragon lizard down in no time, then tied it up with a rope and dragged it back. Without stopping, he went back to Xuan Qing to report.

"As expected of a famous traveler in the outside world, such a small matter is no problem for you."

Xuan Qing smiled and said:

"This is the reward. Although it's a little small, I hope you don't mind."

Ying accepted Xibei and asked curiously, "What are you going to do with this deep-sea dragon lizard? There must be a reason why you only let me capture it, right?"

"Release it back into the sea, of course."

Xuanqing glanced at the unconscious deep-sea dragon lizard.

"Dragonborn are different from ordinary monsters. Although killing them is not wrong from a human perspective, it is ultimately too cruel. Therefore, our Shan Hai Jing has a rule that if we face a dragonborn, we will not kill them unless it is absolutely necessary."

"Anyway, thank you, Traveler, you helped us solve a difficult problem. If you need any help in the future, please feel free to ask me."

The mission ends here.

Ying and Paimeng wandered around the island for a while and then went back to their room to sleep.

For the next two days, Ying and Paimon wandered around the island, and the islanders all knew about the arrival of these two outsiders.

Then, on the third day...

"Wow! What happened?!"

Paimon looked in surprise at the people falling all over the town streets.

Ying's expression suddenly tensed up and she stepped forward immediately.

"It's over."

Big Brother Ma slapped his thigh.

"What's coming has finally come! I'm going to jail!"

The following plot was basically what Da Ma Ge expected.

In response to Ying's questions, the residents' attitude was very good at first. Because they didn't understand what had happened, they told them that many people suddenly collapsed in pain one after another.

But at this moment, a young female disciple of the Xuanlong Sect finally found the cause and hurriedly stood up from the riverside: "The water is poisonous, quickly report it to the Sect Master!"

"Poisonous? How is that possible?!"

A man shouted:

"It's impossible for someone to poison the water. Even if someone did, it would be washed into the sea and diluted quickly, right?"

"I've checked several waterways, and I'm afraid all of them are poisoned! So this must have been poisoned at the source! And the poison is still infecting the water source."

The girl said anxiously, and then hurried towards the mountain gate of Xuanlongmen.

"Impossible? No one can enter Gaoyang Mountain. Gaoyang Mountain is guarded by disciples, right? And even if you get past the guards, it's impossible to break into the immortal formation? Unless this was done by the Xuanlong Sect - which is even more impossible?"

The man looked confused and had no idea what was going on.

However, at this moment, his eyes swept across Ying who was also in deep thought. In an instant, he suddenly reacted and his eyes widened with anger.

"Outsider! Why would you do such a thing?!!"

"what?!"

Paimon looked surprised, and Ying also looked up at him in surprise. Then, in an instant, Ying and Paimon both reacted immediately.

Given the current situation...it seems like they are really the most suspicious?

Chapter 84: Mountains, Seas, and Stars (V)

"It's impossible that a traveler could have done this."

When Xuanqing heard that the traveler was suspected of being a criminal and chose to escape under the siege of the townspeople, she directly concluded:

"The traveler is the master's friend. Doubting her is the same as doubting the master himself. Do you think you look down on the master's vision?"

"This..." A woman hesitated. "No one doubts the master's ability to judge people, but she's the only outsider on the island right now, and she even knows how to enter Gaoyang Mountain. The public is getting very excited right now. Should we arrest her first and then conduct a thorough investigation?"

Xuanqing frowned slightly.

All the islanders in the Classic of Mountains and Seas are actually disciples of the Xuanlong Sect. Even if they are not now, they were in the past. Therefore, basically all the islanders have good martial arts skills, and many of them can even control the elemental power without the Eye of God - this is not impossible, because before the order of the Eye of God was established, the people of this world controlled the elemental power in this way to gain extraordinary power. For example, the immortals of Liyue can control the elemental power like instinct without the Eye of God.

In fact, there is no shortage of such people in the seven countries.

Although one may not be able to control elemental power as instinctively as an immortal, one can still use it as one's own strength.

The Traveler's strength is indeed not weak, but it is still impossible to defeat the majority with a small number of people. After all, in this world with an elemental reaction rule system, one plus one is not as simple as equaling two. The elemental power of each team combined together is enough to overcome the huge strength gap.

Therefore, if the islanders were allowed to hunt down the traveler on their own, the traveler would probably be in real danger, because Xuanqing could see that the traveler's strength was far from the level where he could completely ignore the violence of numbers.

Besides, even if the traveler had that kind of strength, it would still be bad if she hurt the islanders in her counterattack.

Thinking of this, Xuan Qing nodded. "Zuo, have the disciples of the Xuan generation go out and capture the travelers first. Let everyone calm down. The first thing we need to deal with now is the water source problem of Gaoyang Mountain - what exactly happened there?"

All the waterways are poisonous. It is very obvious that someone has poisoned the water source. Moreover, the poison is still there and has not been washed into the sea. This means that even now, the toxin is still constantly infecting the water source. Something must be happening in Gaoyang Mountain.

"Should we report this to the Sect Master?"

Xuanqing was a little hesitant. In fact, it was not that the Sect Master could not be disturbed at all. It was just that due to the Sect Master's majesty, there was no need to report ordinary matters to the Sect Master.

But now this situation is obviously a major matter.

Although the poison is not severe and does not seem to be fatal, the cause is currently unknown, and the situation may be far more serious than Xuanqing thought.

Is there any dangerous enemy approaching the island?

But the Shan Hai Jing has been hidden from the world for five thousand years, so there are no enemies at all?

Or was there something poisonous that was accidentally sucked in by Gao Yangshan?

But Gaoyang Mountain contains the immortal power of the sect leader, which will continuously purify and transform the water. Even if there is something poisonous, it should be completely purified by Gaoyang Mountain, right?

Thinking of this, Xuanqing made up his mind.

"Let's report this to the Sect Master. If there really are unknown enemies who have come to the island and are so bold as to act so recklessly despite knowing that this is a place protected by the Sect Master, I'm afraid I can't handle it."

As the eldest disciple of Xuanlong Sect, Xuanqing is naturally not weak. In fact, in the eyes of Liyue people, she can actually be called an immortal.

However, if there really is an unknown enemy who dares to challenge the Sect Master, Xuan Qing would not be so arrogant as to think that he would be his opponent.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, even if it will disturb the master of the sect, we should report it now.

At the same time Xuanqing went to ask for an audience with Longhua, on the other side, Ying and Paimeng were surrounded by the disciples of Xuanlong Sect.

"Let's capture him without mercy."

"Don't try to resist."

"You have betrayed the Sect Master's trust! Your crime is unforgivable!"

Ying retreated step by step with her sword in hand, looking warily at the group of young men and women who surrounded her in a semicircle in front of her.

Everyone carries two swords, a two-handed sword on their backs and a one-handed sword worn at their waists.

At this time, the one-handed sword had been unsheathed, and everyone was pointing their swords at Ying.

Oh, and Paimon.

"What should we do, Ying? Are we really going to fight them?"

Paimon hid behind Ying and said in panic:

"Let's not talk about whether we can defeat them given their sheer numbers. Even if we can, we shouldn't do it, right? It would be bad if someone got hurt, right?"

Ying also frowned: "But we can't just surrender, right?"

"Why not? We didn't really poison them. Longhua will definitely know about such a big thing. I believe Longhua will not wrongly accuse us."

Hearing Paimon's words, Ying couldn't help but raise her eyebrows heavily, and then...

"——That makes sense!"

If I think carefully about what happened at the Liyue Immortal Summoning Ceremony, I was hunted because I was too vigilant. In fact, the Seven Stars are all very reasonable people, and it is impossible for them to wrongly accuse me of assassinating the Geo Emperor.

At that time, I overreacted because I regarded all the gods as imaginary enemies, and eventually fell into the hands of the fools.

The situation is similar now.

I didn't do anything at all and was completely wronged.

Continuing to resist at this time will only make the people on the island feel guilty.

It would be better to surrender and let them investigate, and then let Longhua clear his name.

Thinking of this, Ying finally gave up resistance and surrendered.

Then not long after, she was taken to the Xuanlongmen prison.

Yes, prison.

Even if it is a place ruled by gods, it is still a society, and since it is a society, it is impossible for all the people to be good.

Raise your head three feet and there is a god.

Even if they understand this principle, some people still want to take risks, thinking that the gods would not care about such a small matter.

The final result will naturally be bad consequences.

Therefore, there is such a prison in Xuanlongmen.

——But in fact, this prison is often closed for decades, and it has been a hundred years since the last time it opened.

Ying is the first person to go to prison in the past hundred years.

Oh, and Paimon.

At the same time as the traveler was entering the prison, on the other side, Xuanqing finally met Longhua and reported the incident in a concise manner.

Chapter 85: Mountains, Seas, and Stars (VI)

"Xuanqing, what's the matter?"

On top of the cliff, Long Hua, who was sitting cross-legged in the void, moving his slender fingers to constantly adjust the mechanism of the fairy formation, frowned and tilted his head to look at Xuan Qing.

Given Xuanqing's personality, she wouldn't be bothered unless it was something big that she couldn't handle.

"Master, a big event has happened in the Classic of Mountains and Seas."

Xuanqing recounted what happened in the Classic of Mountains and Seas one by one.

Long Hua slowly stopped what he was doing, and his face showed no shock or disbelief, but a hint of sadness.

Slowly, she descended the cliff, stepped on the ground, and looked at the clouds below with a little confusion.

"Did I do something wrong?"

"Lord Master?"

Even Xuanqing, who had been able to remain calm in the face of such serious situations before, could not help but look up at Longhua with disbelief.

For the first time in her life, she actually heard such a fragile voice from the mouth of the sect leader.

Then she immediately said, "Master, there is no need to blame yourself. This was definitely not done by the traveler."

"I know. But the key to the matter is not here."

Longhua closed his eyes.