Chapter 109 Downstream
Ji Rong tried many methods, including using the blood of the ancient witch lineage, but to no avail.
So Ji Rong simply explored the spiritual veins of both Vulture Wind Island and Chaotic Wind Island.
All four islands used the same method to seal the spiritual veins; and above each spiritual vein, there were identical, neat cuts, so neat that Ji Rong suspected that the ancient great shaman had severed the spiritual veins himself.
But Wuqi categorically denied it, citing written evidence as proof.
The book says that the Witch Clan emerged from the Python God Mountain Range and retreated to the Desolate Sea Islands, where they discovered four spirit mines and a hundred other islands of precious materials. Therefore, they forged the Hundred Islands Formation to prepare for future changes.
Arguing about the past is meaningless; the ancient texts that are unearthed only praise the glorious deeds and correct path of the great shamans of the past, and cannot provide Ji Rong with any solutions.
Jiao Jue and Ji Rong had no choice but to abandon their idea of stealing spiritual energy from the outside into the seal.
Since we can't get in, why not just make a hole outside?
As soon as Ji Rong proposed this idea, it was rejected by Jiao Jue. He believed that regardless of who the spiritual river at the bottom of the sea belonged to, the problem of how to maintain the spiritual veins was already a headache for the dragon head. He couldn't possibly let Lord Jiao Jue sleep at the bottom of the sea every day!
In addition, powerful sea creatures prefer to live alone, and who knows if there might be another old fellow lurking in the deep sea.
But Ji Rong didn't think these were any big problems.
She stretched out a claw towards Jiao Jue and said, "Big brother, give me that phantom of the multi-eyed fish. If you give it to me, I can dig a spirit well for you outside."
Seeing that Ji Rong was determined to fight, Jiao Jue readily took out the bottle, tossed it to Ji Rong, and sneered, "What do you want with the remnant soul of this old monster fish?"
Ji Rongshen took the bottle and said mysteriously, "It's unspeakable, big brother. Just watch carefully from here on out."
She asked Gu Qingqing to cover for her, and they took root along the coastline of Wangfeng Island, connecting one end of the spiritual vein directly to the spiritual currents on the seabed.
She then had her brother Ji Zhuang lead the calf to dig a pond a slope away from her. She then used the same method to connect the tiny spiritual veins to the ley lines in the pond.
The tiny spiritual vein was long enough that Ji Rong connected it to three veins.
Then, she waved her roots and opened the jade bottle sealed with the multi-eyed fish king.
A faint, giant fish phantom rushed out of the jade bottle impatiently. It circled around in the air and suddenly saw Ji Rong on the tree trunk. As if returning home, it rushed towards Ji Rong's roots.
Ji Rong sensed its feelings.
Tiny roots tumbled and gradually wove together a channel; the giant fish swam inside, growing smaller and smaller until it became a tiny fish tail, which soon disappeared.
The little fish followed the roots to the spirit lake beneath Ji Rong's spirit platform.
On the platform, a little girl with black hair jumped down, lay down by the water and looked at it. She said, "Big fish, there's a spiritual vein, do you want it?"
"A spiritual vein?" The little fish vaguely felt that it should have one. It nodded and followed the little girl forward.
The spiritual vein was narrow and long, but the spiritual flow was very fast; small fish swam back and forth in it, quite content.
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Just then.
“Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…” The Canglan God-Lord, who was dozing with his eyes closed on his throne and surveying the power in his mind, suddenly heard a series of tiny sizzling sounds in his ears.
He calmed his mind and sensed carefully, and found that at the end of the spiritual river under the South River, three spiritual veins as thin as hair were actively connected to it. Canglan Jun was surprised that such a small spiritual vein could still retain its consciousness, so he swam to the edge of the spiritual river in an instant and vaguely sensed that the spiritual vein was very small and that the end of the spiritual vein was not his territory.
Canglan Jun wanted to know more, but all he could see was a blurry area with a small fish swimming in the shadows.
"Such a small spiritual vein can give birth to a spirit?" Canglan Jun looked up at the sky, then focused his mind into the Canglan Seal, and then imprinted this tiny tributary of the spiritual vein into his authority.
"Whoosh!" The little fish was swimming in the hair-like spiritual veins when it was suddenly propelled into the pool by a swift current of spiritual energy.
Once it re-entered its own spiritual veins, it discovered that the three hair-like spiritual veins had merged into one, becoming more than ten times larger than before. The little fish immediately swam happily back and forth in the spiritual veins.
The spiritual flow was amplified, and Canglan Jun finally saw it clearly this time: within this spiritual vein that had taken the initiative to connect, there was the remnant soul of a multi-eyed fish.
Across mountains and rivers, Lord Canglan smiled slightly at the fish; the little fish seemed to sense this, and lowered its head in Lord Canglan's direction, remaining there for a long time.
The moment the tiny spiritual vein was recognized by the Azure Seal, Ji Rong felt the spiritual lake within her body tremble.
Then, she discovered that she had lost control of the little fish.
She hurriedly inserted her roots into the spiritual vein of the little fish to investigate, and found that apart from the expansion of the spiritual vein, there was nothing else unusual. Ji Rong was filled with doubt and uncertainty, and hurriedly put away the roots to look for the horn jade.
Upon hearing this, Jiao Jue was at a loss for what to do.
He instructed the witch to send Ji Rong, Ji Zhuang, and Gu Qingqing back to the seal on Tuifeng Island, and also ordered Wu Yue to restrain the witch clan from going out during this period, and especially not to come to the newly built pool.
After giving instructions to Wu Yue, Jiao Jue dived into the sea and swam in the direction Ji Rong pointed out.
Jiaojue traveled all the way to the end of the South River. Only after emerging halfway from the seabed did he see a deity riding a white tiger on the shore.
This god had only six arms. He held a seal in one hand, a book in the other, a spear in one claw, a sword in the other, and two other arms crossed over his chest like webbed hands. He was covered in hair, like a seaweed that could move freely.
Upon seeing the divine mark on the god's hand, which was covered in pits and craters, Jiao Jue's forehead twitched.
"That stupid bird really did connect to a spirit stream that already has an owner!" Jiao Jue cursed inwardly as he drove his magic dragon body back into the sea.
"Young friend, do not panic," the deity said gently. "I have come here to inspect the area because a spirit has come to seek refuge in Canglan."
As soon as Jiao Jue submerged into the water, Canglan Jun, riding his white tiger, flew up on clouds and landed on Jiao Jue's head in a flash.
"Canglan Divine Lord?!" Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Jiao Jue poked his head out of the water and said calmly, "I was playing in the water and disturbed you, Divine Lord. I hope you will forgive me."
"No need for formalities, it was I who disturbed you, young friend." After saying that, the white tiger carried the divine lord and flew towards the sea.
He saw that at the end of the spiritual vein was a pool of water, so He summoned the little fish.
He held the Azure Seal in one hand and pressed it onto the little fish's forehead, and the little fish was immediately coated with a layer of golden light.
He spread the book out in the air with one hand, held the small fish in his webbed hands, gently pressed it onto the book, and then put the fish back into the pond.
Then, Canglan Jun retracted his six arms, leaving only one claw holding a sword behind him. He grabbed the tiger's back with both hands and flew towards the South River.
Jiaojue glanced in the direction Canglan Jun had left, then swam off in the other direction.
Jiaojue wandered aimlessly on the seabed for several days and nights, hunting some fish and shrimp. He also secretly spied around Wangfeng Island for a few days before coming ashore to inspect the newly dug spirit pool.
The pool is rich in spiritual energy, which is constantly rising from the bottom.
Jiao Jue thought to himself, "Canglan Jun must have found this place."
But He did not cut it off; instead, He expanded this hair-thin spiritual vein into a true branch of spiritual energy.
What a magnanimous heart! Doesn't He worry that His spiritual reserves will be depleted?
This was the first time Jiao Jue had come into contact with such a deity. He transformed into his original form, soaked his dragon body in the pool, and kept replaying the scene of his chance encounter with Canglan Jun a few days ago in his mind.
"He is such a god, no wonder the silly bird said He is merciful."
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