Water Fairy
Gu Youtian exclaimed in surprise, "I've heard about her! The one from the Silver Bamboo Sect, right!"
Mu Qinghuai then reacted, looking at Qi Yuan with a probing gaze, seemingly lost in thought.
Qi Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then said, "It's not just her who can reach this level at such a young age."
Gu Youtian seemed to have misinterpreted her words, and chimed in, "That's right! What Qi Yuan? She's not as good as our Yangmei."
That's not what I meant... Qi Yuan sighed helplessly.
"Greetings, Qi Yuan." Mu Qinghuai's expression turned cold, and his clear voice carried a hint of displeasure.
"Hello, Yangmei!" Gu Youtian, unaware of what was happening, continued to argue defiantly.
"May you have a good marriage."
"Hello, Yangmei!"
"..."
The two people inexplicably started arguing back, while the man remained sitting on the ground, staring blankly.
Qi Yuan felt both embarrassed and amused. Since both of them were her, there was really nothing to argue about.
However, seeing Mu Qinghuai protecting her like this in public made her happy.
In the end, Gu Youtian couldn't resist and conceded: "Both young ladies are very nice."
Mu Qinghuai gave a soft snort and stopped talking.
The man had already gotten up, raised his meteor hammer again, and finally could interject: "Who knows if she used any evil magic? Besides, why did you two pretty boys let a woman take action? It's just because you're not strong enough!"
Gu Youtian choked, realizing that he was indeed no match for this man. He was 25 years old, with outstanding talent and a single spiritual root, and had already formed his core, but he was still no match for the 117-year-old senior.
"Enough." Ouyang Lanyue appeared at the front and finally spoke, "Li Tie, these three are all chosen ones. Stop fooling around. There's movement on the river."
"A chosen one?" Gu Youtian was thinking about this, while the others had already run to the riverbank to observe the water.
The intense sunlight had disappeared, and dark, gloomy clouds covered the sky, causing ripples on the river's surface.
"It's a flood! A flood is coming!" Several fishermen exclaimed in alarm, packing up their belongings and preparing to flee.
Gu Youtian asked, "Is it really a flood? Then let's run away too..."
"No," Mu Qinghuai replied.
Qi Yuan frowned, a bad feeling creeping over her: "It's something even more terrifying than a flood."
"Huh?" Gu Youtian retreated behind Qi Yuan, then moved behind Ouyang Lanyue, and finally had Mu Qinghuai stand in front of him.
Li Tie's arrogant expression finally cracked, and he asked in a panic, "Grand Preceptor, what do we do now!"
Ouyang Lanyue's dark eyes made his expression unreadable. He said, "With Young Master Gu here, we will be safe."
Qi Yuan understood immediately: Gu Youtian was indeed the chosen one.
Gu Youtian shouted, "Don't overestimate me! Your cultivation levels are all higher than mine!" No one paid him any attention.
Suddenly, a Taoist priest alighted from his carriage and walked over from a distance. He flicked his sleeve and said, "Wait here, for a calamity is about to befall the world."
"National...Master," the Taoist priest said, enunciating each word clearly.
"It's you!" Gu Tianyou said in surprise.
"Do you know him?" Qi Yuan asked.
“Of course! He was the one who recommended me to the king! He was the Taoist priest the king invited to ward off evil spirits in Yansha Kingdom,” Gu Tianyou said.
The Taoist priest was dressed in a plain white robe, with a serene face and a steady gait. However, Qi Yuan detected a hint of gritted teeth in his voice.
He said slowly, "Esteemed benefactors, our meeting is a matter of fate. I, a humble Taoist, wish to enlighten you all."
The Taoist priest began to mutter to himself: "One moment of enlightenment, and all beings are Buddhas. One moment of delusion..."
"You're not welcome here." Ouyang Lanyue's tone was unfriendly, but she still maintained a slight smile on her face.
"Disaster is imminent; I urge you all to prepare yourselves." The Taoist priest's face darkened.
"Grand Preceptor, don't worry, he was invited by the King, there's definitely no problem!" Gu Youtian defended him.
He felt a little flustered when he met Ouyang Lanyue's cold gaze. The Imperial Preceptor had a smile on his face, but if you looked at his eyes, you would find that there was no smile at all.
Gu Youtian then realized that the seemingly kind Imperial Advisor had been faking a smile the whole time.
He finally shut up and stopped talking.
"boom--"
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck the sky, hitting the water and causing the current to become rapid and turbulent. At the same time, it became completely dark.
Suddenly, a head emerged from the water; it was a very beautiful woman. Before Ou Youtian could even ask her if she needed help, the woman's entire body appeared from below—she was a human-headed snake! Her entire body below the head was a green-black snake, without even a neck, connected by a single snake segment.
"A monster!" Gu Wuyou's expression changed, and she cried out.
The snake demon flicked its tongue and hissed, and something seemed about to emerge from the water.
First, the electric eel demon emerged from the water and floated on the surface. It also had a human head and an eel's body, but it had human arms that hung from its bent body, making it look particularly terrifying. As soon as it raised its hand, a bolt of lightning struck the sky.
That wasn't all. Next to appear were mermaids... no, to be precise, merfolk, who were androgynous, possessed alluring beauty, and had shells and pearls hanging in their long hair, making them look holy and bright.
The alligator leaped into the air. Its overall appearance resembled a human face, but it had ram horns on its head, tiger claws on its limbs, and a mysterious light emanated from its body.
“Don’t do this…” Gu Youtian was stunned.
Four water spirits watched the people on the shore from different positions on the water's surface.
There are three types of demons. The first type is the lesser demon, which can only harm mortals and is mostly of the newly formed form. The second type is the spirit demon, whose strength is enough to contend with a Foundation Establishment cultivator. The third type is the divine demon, which is equivalent to a high-level cultivator among demons. This type of demon is the most difficult to defeat, not only because of its high cultivation level but also because it possesses cunning demonic arts.
These four water demons are all at the level of divine demons!
The Taoist priest clasped his hands together and retreated to the back, holding a red bead in his hand, muttering incantations: "This humble Taoist is not skilled in fighting, I hope you benefactors will forgive me."
"How could four high-level divine demons appear in this place at once?!" Qi Yuan exclaimed in disbelief, drawing her sword and preparing for battle.
Mu Qinghuai said in a deep voice, "The Ghost King Di Ming wants to break through the Yansha Kingdom and invade the human realm!"
"They're in the water, how can we fight them!" Gu Youtian's hand holding the sword was trembling.
Li Tie tried his best to appear nonchalant: "Let's just charge straight in! You guys know how to fly on swords, right? I don't believe they won't be able to get ashore after attacking this place!"
Qi Yuan said in a low voice, "Gu Youtian, go and attract the water demon's attention. It would be best to lure it ashore. Any one of us could die, except you!"
Gu Youtian took a deep breath and said firmly, "Okay!"
"Go lure the other three demons, but whatever you do, don't touch the mermaids!" Mu Qinghuai shouted.
"Understood!" Gu Youtian did as he was told, though he didn't understand. He rode his sword to the surface of the water, mustered his courage, and swooped down to stand in front of the electric eel demon. His only weapon was his sword, which was now under his feet.
The electric eel demon moved as fast as lightning, instantly appearing behind Gu Youtian and striking down with lightning aimed at his head. Gu Youtian was very sensitive to these dangers, and with a quick movement of his sword, he dodged the lightning.
This electric eel demon is the easiest of the four demons to deal with. As a half-beast, it can only control lightning attacks, but it is too fast in the water, making it very convenient to ambush. Anyone else would have been struck dead by now.
"Fine, you keep attacking and I'll keep dodging," Gu Youtian muttered to himself, still shaken.
Ouyang Lanyue handed over two swords, and Qi Yuan and Mu Qinghuai each took one. The disguised "Frost" was placed at Qi Yuan's feet.
She shouted at Mu Qinghuai, "You can't fly on a sword, hurry up and get on!"
Mu Qinghuai paused for a moment, then stepped onto "Frost." Qi Yuan's sword-wielding speed was very fast; he stood firmly on the sword without moving an inch.
"You understand, right?" Qi Yuan circled around to the top of the sky, aiming at the direction of the snake demon.
"Hmm." Mu Qinghuai understood what she meant.
She rushed to the snake demon's back, and in the instant the snake demon turned around, she flipped around to its back. Just then, Mu Qinghuai drew his sword and struck, and blood immediately appeared on the snake demon's body. The black blood flowed into the water, and the snake demon spat out thick liquid from its mouth at the two of them. Qi Yuan dodged it with her sword, and she finally saw Gu Youtian not far away and shouted, "Catch!"
She tossed the sword to Gu Youtian, who caught it while controlling the sword beneath his feet: "Thank you, young lady!"
Qi Yuan circled the snake demon, finally finding her weakness: "Cut off her head!"
Mu Qinghuai suddenly swung his sword, and the snake demon shrank its head and disappeared into the water, only to emerge again from behind to attack.
"This sword can't unleash your full power; you'll have to strike it three times before you can break it!" Qi Yuan shouted.
As she wielded her sword, she cast a spell. Qi Yuan chanted the incantation, and the pale green light in her hand gathered more and more. She channeled her spiritual power and struck the snake demon directly. The snake demon let out a painful roar, but was unable to move because it was controlled by the spiritual power.
Taking this opportunity, Mu Qinghuai drew his sword, the tip of which probed forward like a serpent, his swordsmanship ruthless, each strike faster than the last.
His hand felt lighter; the sword had broken off. But along with the sword, the snake demon's head also broke off.
There are three left.
Li Tie, standing on the shore, was itching to see what was happening. When he saw the nearest alligator enclosure, a brilliant idea struck him, and he ran a short distance behind it.
He suddenly turned around and charged forward, his fists like cannons and his steps like thunder, the wind from his punches stinging his cheeks.
Li Tie's internal force struck Tuowei, a monster that had not yet fully transformed. As a reptile, it quickly climbed ashore and approached Li Tie step by step.
Although it had four limbs, it could only crawl on all fours and could not stand upright. The alligator's head was pressed down against the ground, and its horns were aimed at Li Tie. Its demonic power was actually shooting out directly from its horns.
After dealing with the snake demon, Qi Yuan turned around and said, "Let's deal with the electric eel first. Li Tie is a Nascent Soul cultivator; he won't die so easily."
“Okay,” Mu Qinghuai said. But he had some concerns. Without a weapon, he could only use demonic energy to attack, which would expose his identity as a demon.
The two leaped behind the electric eel and discovered that this monster was exceptionally fast, capable of escaping to a great distance in an instant. Therefore, the only solution was to use the technique they had just used to immobilize it before killing it.
No matter how you attack, the electric eel will dodge the attacks at incredible speed, disappearing into the water and then emerging from somewhere else while unleashing lightning. Dodging is the best option; this creature is small and thin, making it difficult to spot immediately in the darkness.
At this rate, they wouldn't be able to hit him at all. Qi Yuan's heart sank, and she was still trying to think of a solution.
Gu Youtian suddenly threw the sword to her, closed his eyes, and roared, "I'll fight to the death!!"
He jumped off the sword and clung tightly to the electric eel, the slimy scales almost causing him to slip.
"Now!" Gu Youtian roared.
Qi Yuan cast a spell to immobilize the electric eel demon, but Gu Youtian on its body was also immobilized, and the lightning still struck down with its final attack.
The electric eel demon is immune to electricity, and now its scales are radiating electricity. Gu Youtian is suffering because he has no time to dodge and is struck all over his body. After being struck, he still has to endure the electric shocks from the demon.
Gu Youtian let out a heart-wrenching scream, but he still couldn't let go of her hand.
"What are you doing?" Mu Qinghuai shouted when he noticed Qi Yuan's actions.
Ignoring the electric shocks from the electric eel, Qi Yuan gritted her teeth and slowly pried open Gu Youtian's fingers, pulling him onto the sword.
"Attack now!" she roared, throwing Gu Youtian's sword at Mu Qinghuai.
Mu Qinghuai snapped out of his daze, drew his sword, and slashed with all his might, cutting the electric eel demon in two, which then fell into the water.
Seeing this, Qi Yuan sped up and sailed to the shore. She carefully laid the dying Gu Youtian flat on the shore and said to Ouyang Lanyue, who was standing nearby, "Please heal his wounds."
"Zhu Fu, you go help Li Tie deal with the alligator siege, I'll go kill the merfolk!" she shouted.
Mu Qinghuai was taken aback when he heard the familiar tone, then lowered his eyes and said, "Okay."
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