Chapter 64 There is a river under the river, everyone goes his own way
"That thing is underground?"
As Niu Hua'er fell into sleep, Jiang Xuan immediately noticed a vague spiritual wave rising from the bottom of the river, which connected with Niu Hua'er's soul in a way he didn't understand.
If Jiang Xuan hadn't been extremely sensitive to emotions and mental energy by practicing the magical power of "Red Dust", this subtle mental fluctuation would have been easily ignored.
But before he could sense it for a while, the fluctuation was like a mouse after seeing a cat, and suddenly disappeared.
Looking at the sleeping Niu Hua'er, and then at the calm Qingshui River, Jiang Xuan's mind was spinning rapidly.
"So it's not that the evil spirit can't unlock the Dream Marrying Spell, but it's because it's too far away from Niu Hua'er and exceeds the casting distance, so the Dream Marrying Spell can't be unlocked?"
"What's the point of this?"
"It is understood that you need the target of the spell to be by your side to cast the spell, but why does it also need to be the same to unlock the spell?"
"If you accidentally cast the Dream Marrying Technique on the disciples of the main sect and let them run away, wouldn't you have to prepare a rectangular urn for yourself every minute?"
Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan turned his attention to the little tiger who was still lying on the ground:
"Let's check if the black fish spirit is hiding under the river bed."
"Ouch~"
The little tiger roared without meaning and then stood up.
I saw it running to the edge of the river embankment and howling twice, then shaking its head and running back to Jiang Xuan's feet:
"I explored 20 miles of water and found no black fish essence ten meters below the river bed."
"Further down are the earth and rocks, and there are no traces of the black fish spirit drilling holes in the earth and rocks."
Frowning at the place where the mental fluctuations dissipated, Jiang Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up:
"The wild notes record that for some reasons, there will be a river under the river, and everyone will go their own way."
"Ah Huang, do you think there is a river under the Qingshui River?"
"The black fish spirit we didn't find is hidden in the river below."
"Hexiahe?"
After repeating three words, the little tiger's eyes lit up slightly and he turned into a tiger:
"Sir, let me dig down."
After saying this, he exhaled a strong wind that blocked half of the river, then sat on the river bank and raised his paws, shaking his tiger paws like a lucky cat.
Then on the river bed, there was a dragon sucking water.
The violent tornado picked up the mud and rocks on the river bed and threw them far into the depths of Cangwu Mountain. A huge hole appeared on the river bed almost in the blink of an eye.
He took a few steps forward and stood next to Ah Huang, who had a large room. He stroked the Taoist robes that were fluttering in the strong wind. Looking at the tornadoes that followed the sky and the earth, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but say:
"What? It doesn't take much effort to do such a big battle? Aren't you afraid of being hungry later?"
Hearing Jiang Xuan's teasing, Ah Huang showed a hint of embarrassment in a very humane way.
"Young master, please stop teasing me. If you knew what's under the river, you wouldn't be more anxious than me."
“What’s in the river down the river?”
"There is something to eat."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ah Huang quickly shook his head:
"That's not right. It shouldn't be said that it's food. It should be said that it's a treasure."
"I just don't know if Hexiahe is alive or dead. If it were alive, it wouldn't be interesting."
"Alive or dead?"
"A living river or a dead river?"
After muttering to himself twice, just when Jiang Xuan was about to ask the doubts in his heart, Ah Huang's slightly excited words reached Jiang Xuan's ears:
"Sir, there really is a river under this river bed."
"Wrong, what's down here is Hexia Lake, which is the Dead River."
After saying this, Ah Huang whipped up a strong wind and lifted Jiang Xuan and the four of them onto his head.
Standing on top of Ah Huang's head, looking at the bottom of the Qingshui River that Ah Huang dug out, and the deep cave that led directly to the ground, Jiang Xuan felt a creepy feeling for no reason.
It seems like you will encounter some big horror if you go down.
"Sir, when this underground river of death first appeared, ordinary people were not allowed to enter it."
While thinking, Ah Huang's voice reached Jiang Xuan's ears again:
"Unless you reach the Xiantian realm and a breath of Xiantian Qi circulates endlessly in your body, you will feel chest tightness and shortness of breath when you go in. If you don't come out in time, you will suffocate inside."
"As for warriors, soldiers and Confucian scholars are even worse than monks."
"If they don't cultivate to the third level, they won't be able to stay in a place like this for a long time."
While A-Huang was educating Jiang Xuan, he also used the wind-borrowing technique to create a tornado above the cave.
However, this time the tornado sucked out not earth, rocks, and water vapor, but wisps of black air.
The air was so dark that Jiang Xuan could feel a biting cold air coming from far away, making his hair stand on end.
Fortunately, the black air that was drawn out did not remain outside for long.
As soon as the sun shines, these ominous black gases disappear without a trace.
This time, the tornado blew for a full quarter of an hour.
Only when there was no more black air left could Ah Huang disperse it.
"Young master, it's okay. I've exhausted all the energy of death. Shall we go down now?"
Looking at the dark cave, Jiang Xuan shook his head:
"There must be evil spirits in the river below. At least there is a black fish spirit."
"Ahuang, can you sense what state the strongest evil spirits are in?"
Perhaps it was because Ah Huang had drained away all the black energy. Looking at the cave again, Jiang Xuan did not feel any discomfort.
However, based on the principle that a gentleman should not build a dangerous wall, Jiang Xuan felt that he had to be on the safe side first.
"The strongest evil spirits are in the innate realm, and that black fish spirit is also in it."
"In addition, there are two ghost lantern fish equivalent to the Daoji realm."
"Although the ghost lantern fish have an unpleasant name, they are real spiritual beasts that make a living by devouring the breath of death."
"Sir, let me tell you, the wick on the head of the ghost lantern fish is delicious."
Looking at Ah Huang who was about to burst out of tears at his feet, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but be speechless.
Sure enough, the only thing that can make foodies burst out with their subjective initiative is delicious food:
"In that case, let's go down."
With Jiang Xuan's permission, Ah Huang immediately took action and led a group of four people into the dark cave that went straight to the ground.
After a moment, Jiang Xuan looked up at the cave roof a hundred meters away.
"The black fish spirit can cast the Dream Marriage Technique through hundreds of meters of earth and stone. It seems that its strength is not as weak as I thought."
Secretly warning himself not to look down on the people of the world, Jiang Xuan then channeled Tai Chi Qi into his eyes and looked at Hexiahe, which A Huang called a dead lake.
The dead lake is not big. It is rectangular in shape, about 20 kilometers long and about five kilometers wide. In the center of the lake is a round island about 2 meters in diameter. On the island grows an unknown dead tree with teeth and claws.
There were no plants emitting dark light growing on the rock wall as written in the novel. The entire space was dark, but there were white light spots floating across the lake from time to time.
"Sir, those white light spots are emitted by the lantern on the head of the ghost lantern fish."