Although it was the middle of the night, Ye Xianya could no longer fall asleep.
After returning to her room, she immediately changed her clothes and flew through the air towards the princess's residence.
Like her, the five elders were also awakened by this strange phenomenon and were discussing it in the courtyard. Qi Chengshuo was also there.
He also woke up suddenly in the middle of the night.
The change of course of the Naihe River is a major event, and the strong in this world will naturally sense it.
However, Qi Chengshuo was not a Taoist practitioner and was unaware of matters concerning the underworld.
Although the elders mentioned some things, they were not detailed.
"Sect Master, the Naihe River has suddenly changed course and gone west. Something big must have happened there," the Grand Elder said with some concern.
Ye Xianya nodded. She closed her eyes, mobilized her powerful divine soul, and used mystical arts to deduce the strange phenomenon in the world. After a while, she said, "The west is the Xilong Province of my Great Yan Dynasty, which borders the Jiyuan Kingdom. The incident occurred in the Xilong Province."
Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions turned somewhat grim.
They thought Naihe was heading to the Kingdom of Jiyuan, but it turned out to be the Western Long Province.
"After a person dies, their soul is taken away by ghost messengers and enters the Naihe River. If the person is kind-hearted and has no karmic burdens, their soul will not be damaged. After coming ashore, they pass through the Ghost Gate and enter the Underworld. The ghost immortals in charge of the prison will examine them and determine that the person is without sin. After crossing the Naihe Bridge and drinking Meng Po's soup, they can be reincarnated."
Ye Xianya knew that Qi Chengshuo was unaware of these matters, so she said these words to clear up his confusion.
"If one's sins are heinous, one's soul will suffer great harm when it enters the River Naihe. After reaching the shore, one will naturally be unable to be reincarnated and will have to suffer in various hells."
"The Naihe River is responsible for guiding the souls of the dead. It does not appear during the day, but only after nightfall. Ordinary people cannot see or perceive it. The Naihe River does not appear to have any unusual phenomena during the day, unlike the rivers we imagine."
“Normally, the Naihe River branches into many branches to facilitate the ghost messengers in collecting souls. However, if too many people die in a certain place and the branches cannot handle the large number of souls, the main stream of the Naihe River will change course to collect the tens of thousands of souls. In Xilong Province, there will be an earthquake in an hour, which will kill many people. If we set off now, we can still save many people.”
After Ye Xianya finished speaking, she immediately sent a message to Zhengzheng, asking it to come over.
This is really strange.
Since Qi Jiu inherited the throne, Ye Xianya would occasionally divine the fortunes of the dynasty. If a major disaster were to occur in a certain place, she would calculate it in advance and avoid it if possible.
Since it was unavoidable, Qi Jiu was asked to give instructions to people to make preparations in advance to reduce casualties.
In the past six months, nothing major has happened in various parts of the dynasty, and not many people have died due to natural disasters.
She had just calculated it a few days ago, but she hadn't foreseen this earthquake in Xilong Province.
It could be because he had saved too many people and disrupted the rules of nature that caused this earthquake in Xilong Province.
Or perhaps... a powerful being deliberately orchestrated this.
Whatever the reason, they had to go and see.
Because the Xilong Xing Shen was very close to the Jiyuan Kingdom, the elders were worried that this was a conspiracy by the demon emperor. Of course, they couldn't let Ye Xianya go on the risk alone, so they volunteered to go with her.
After a quick packing, Ye Xianya and her group did their best to head towards Xilong Province.
Because of the long journey, they arrived on the afternoon of the second day.
The earthquake struck a small county.
The entire county and surrounding villages and towns were almost completely destroyed by the earthquake, which also caused rivers to burst their banks, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.
As soon as it was light, the Naihe River disappeared naturally, and Ye Xianya and the others saw many wandering souls.
Shortly after a person dies, their soul does not actually leave the body too far. It will subconsciously stay by the body until the ghost messenger comes to collect the soul.
But it was daytime, and with so many people dying that the ghost messengers were too busy to keep up, many souls began to wander.
"Elder, let's cast a spell together to plug the breached river first," Ye Xianya sighed.
They had already done their best to get there, but the earthquake happened last night, and they were powerless to help.
"Alright." The elder and the others nodded quickly.
Together they used the mystical arts of the Taiyi Sect, some controlling the river water, others repairing the dikes. After about fifteen minutes, they finally managed to plug the breach.
Although it was only a quarter of an hour, Ye Xianya and the others continuously used mystical techniques, which greatly depleted their energy.
Local officials also brought their constables to rescue the people, but they were short-handed and their efforts were insufficient.
There is a military garrison about 300 miles away from the county seat. The county magistrate has already sent someone to ask for help, and I heard that the people there are on their way soon.
Ye Xianya and the elders continued to rescue people until it was almost dark and the Naihe River was about to appear, at which point Ye Xianya quickly stopped.
Qi Chengshuo and the Grand Elder both knew about her sending the daughter of Ghost King Bei Tu to the underworld.
More than three months have passed since then, and Bei Tu has not come to retaliate. He probably doesn't know that his daughter was taken away by ghost messengers from other ghost realms.
But better safe than sorry. People from the underworld can appear in the human world along with Naihe, so she has to be careful.
Qi Chengshuo gently tugged at Ye Xianya's sleeve, signaling her to follow him back up the mountain.
If a living person accidentally falls into the River Naihe, their body will be completely destroyed, leaving only their soul.
The Naihe River only harms flesh and blood and souls, but does not damage plants or mountains. If you observe it during the day and see where it flows through at night, there will be no trace of it.
As the group reached the mountaintop, the Naihe River gradually emerged from the distance, its rushing waters surging forth, looking just like a real river.
Ye Xianya saw many ghost messengers come ashore from the Naihe River, taking away the souls that had been wandering during the day one by one.
"Have you noticed that fewer souls were taken away than the number of people who died during the day?" Ye Xianya frowned and asked as dawn approached and Naihe disappeared.
Those who cultivate the Tao have powerful souls and perception abilities far exceeding those of ordinary people. Ye Xianya is also skilled in deduction. From the scenes she calculated, she could see that there were fewer souls than the number of people who died during the day.
"Could it be that some souls have drifted to faraway places and the ghost messengers haven't noticed them?" Qi Chengshuo asked.
“Impossible.” The elder shook his head: “Within three days after a person dies, the soul will not stray too far from the body. Even if it drifts to other places, it will not leave the county town. Moreover… the ghost messengers carry magical artifacts that can sense the location of the soul. Even if they occasionally lose some souls, it will definitely not be many.”
"It's really strange." Ye Xianya felt that this matter was quite suspicious.
The sudden earthquake in Xilong Province was unexpected, the change of course of the Naihe River was also shocking, and now the missing soul told her that something terrible was about to happen.
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