"The Dragon Locking Well?" Feng Jiu frowned, looking puzzled.

The burly man continued, “During the time of Yu the Great’s flood control efforts, a water dragon ravaged the nine provinces. Yu the Great asked the God of Fire for help, and the water dragon was trapped in Guanzhong! Then, he used the Fuxi Bagua Formation to create this Dragon-Locking Well, completely sealing the water dragon! And the core of this Bagua Formation is the Nine Dragon Jade! Now, if you take out this Nine Dragon Jade, the seal will slowly break. Once the water dragon is freed, it will inevitably ravage the Great Xia, the North, no, the entire Nine Provinces, and will face a prehistoric great flood!”

Feng Jiu was moved, never expecting that touching the Nine Dragon Jade would have such serious consequences.

However, he had no doubt about the man's words, because the young marshal had just said the same thing, so he had no choice but to believe it!

Hiss!

Just then, a faint sound came from behind.

Everyone turned to look and saw a huge python poking its head out of the cave.

The girl in plain clothes screamed, "Brother! It's terrible, that wicked creature is chasing us again!"

The burly man's face turned grim. He quickly nocked an arrow and fired, saying to the others, "Quick, keep running! There are nine Dragon Locking Wells in total. Let's continue to escape to the other stone chambers. Now we can only play hide-and-seek with it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was about to lead the group toward the exit.

However, just as they reached the exit, another large head popped out from there.

The group was startled and had no choice but to retreat back to the well.

"Damn it, we've really messed up this time. It's said that there were two ancient giant snakes sealed by Yu the Great, but I didn't expect them to awaken! They've surrounded us!" The burly man's face turned pale.

Hiss!

At this moment, a giant snake crawled out of the cave and pounced on the group. At such close range, the burly man's arrows were useless.

Without hesitation, Feng Jiu rushed forward and engaged the giant snake in a fierce battle.

Although he could barely hold off the giant snake, he could only fight one-on-one, and he couldn't take care of what happened behind him. At that moment, the giant snake behind him also coiled towards the other three.

The three ran around the well, but the girl in plain clothes was a step too slow and was immediately wrapped around by the giant snake.

"Brother, save me... um..."

The girl in plain clothes blushed and soon became speechless, a suffocating terror gripping her heart.

"Girl!!" The burly man's eyes widened in fury as he was about to rush forward, but he was unexpectedly struck by the giant snake's tail and sent flying.

He landed on the ground and coughed up another mouthful of blood. He clutched his chest and tried to get up, but felt weak and stumbled, half-kneeling on the ground.

"sister!"

At this moment, all he could do was wave in despair.

However, at this critical moment, a tall and upright figure suddenly appeared.

"evil creature!"

He shouted and leaped into the air, holding a round jade disc, and smashed it hard on the giant snake's head.

Boom!

This was quite a blow; the giant snake swayed, its eyes momentarily dazed. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Yu instantly produced nine silver needles and shot them at nine points around the giant snake's body.

The giant snake, which had been baring its fangs and claws, froze instantly.

Then he launched nine more silver needles, aiming them at the giant snake on Feng Jiu's side.

Whoosh!

The giant snake's movements also came to an abrupt halt.

Feng Jiu's eyes lit up with joy, and she asked excitedly, "Young Marshal, are you alright?"

Lin Yu nodded and quickly went over to pry open the giant snake binding the girl. The girl slid down the smooth scales to the ground, coughing incessantly, but she had clearly recovered.

"Girl!" The burly man, having regained his strength, rushed over to check on her.

"Brother, I'm alright! I owe it all to this young man who saved me!" The girl in plain clothes said to Lin Yu, her face flushed.

"Hmph!" The burly man said irritably, "Why thank them? If they hadn't touched the Nine Dragon Jade and broken the seal on the Dragon Locking Well, we wouldn't have encountered this situation!"

"The Dragon Locking Well?" Lin Yu frowned.

Feng Jiu quickly walked over and repeated what the burly man had just said.

Upon learning the origin of the Dragon Locking Well, Lin Yu's expression changed several times.

"So this place is suppressing a water dragon? That's incredible! If the water dragon breaks free, at least half of the Nine Provinces will be submerged!" Lin Yu said solemnly. He had read some ancient books in the Dragon and Phoenix Pavilion and naturally knew their power.

Boom!

As if to confirm his words, a rushing sound came from the cave entrance, like the roar of a wild beast rushing towards them.

The burly man's expression changed drastically. "Oh no! The flood is coming! It seems the seal is really about to break. Once the seal is broken and the water dragon ascends to the heavens, it will be too late!"

Lin Yu hurriedly said, "With the Nine Dragon Jade here, is there really no way to stop it?"

He had just snatched the Nine Dragon Jade from Sato Saki, but the mechanism in the dry well was broken, so he couldn't put the jade back. Therefore, he had no choice but to keep the jade.

The burly man glanced at the jade disc in his hand, his eyes filled with complex emotions, and said, "There is only one way to stop the flood now—to reseal the water dragon!"

"How do we seal it?" Lin Yu asked hurriedly.

The burly man immediately said, "There are nine wells here in total, only one of which is alive; the rest are dead. Now that you have taken the Nine Dragon Jade from the alive well, if you want to reseal it, you will have to put it into the dead well!"

"A dead well? Is there anything special about it?" Lin Yu asked again, frowning.

The burly man clenched his fists tightly and remained silent.

At this moment, his sister spoke up, pursing her lips and saying, "The living well is the one you saw. After the Nine Dragon Jade is put in, it can be taken out! But once it's taken out, the well is completely ruined! The dead well is actually just in case. Once the living well is ruined, the Nine Dragon Jade can be thrown into other dead wells... However, there is a price to pay for reactivating the seal, which is—a living sacrifice!"

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