Chapter 243 The mysterious shadow... Jiang Shui Niangniang (two in one)
The further down you go, the stronger the evil spirit of the lake becomes, making Jiang Yao's consciousness feel painful.
More than a hundred miles later, the lake became gloomy and cold, gradually forming a cold zone.
Jiang Yao was sure that if it were an ordinary Wuzhen cultivator, he would die in the cold region even if he was not taken away by the evil spirit.
That is to say, he is the one who has the will power and body training skills to reach the Jade Ji Body.
Otherwise, he is simply seeking death.
More than a hundred miles later, the evil spirit in the lake was about to turn into reality, as if it could instantly destroy the Yang spirit of a living person and annihilate the soul of a living person.
Jiang Yao's soul power has reached the Mysterious Soul Realm, which is stronger than the soul power of ordinary Martial God monks. But even so, his soul feels discomfort.
After using the ginger medicine to activate the Willing Power Kung Fu, I felt much better.
It has dived more than five hundred miles. But Jiang Yao is sure that this is still a very shallow area.
Looking around, it doesn't feel like we are in the water, but like we are in the dark night sky.
You don't know what dangers are hidden in places that cannot be detected by your spiritual consciousness.
Suddenly, a sad feeling with murderous intent was vaguely sensed by Jiang Yao.
Jiang Yao's whole body suddenly stopped, and his blood seemed to have suddenly solidified.
This is not a breath, just a feeling.
His heart instantly tightened.
Carefully exploring his consciousness, following the sad feeling with murderous intent, he slowly discovered a figure.
This figure is a pale-faced woman.
There was an arrow stuck in her chest. That arrow still seemed to be exuding terrifying killing intent.
"Is this, my mother, Mu Cangyue?" When Jiang Yao saw this female corpse, she could not suppress the sadness in her heart.
This sad emotion was simply uncontrollable, making Jiang Yao feel that this lake was like an ocean that made him sad.
Jiang Yao approached the female corpse and saw that the female corpse was still lifelike.
The physical body of the Martial Saint is very powerful. Even if he dies, his body will not decay for tens of thousands of years.
Those who are strong in body refining may even be immortal for tens of thousands of years.
However, her body was not protected by a coffin and was soaked in this strange lake. It stands to reason that she had long been eaten by the inexplicable creatures in the lake.
There are definitely many terrifying creatures in the lake. Why is her body okay?
This is very strange.
Jiang Yao's heart trembled as she continued to approach.
He wanted to leave with Mu Cangyue's body.
No matter what, she is the biological mother of this body, so she is her own mother.
Not only must the mother's body be recovered, but the arrow must also be taken away.
But suddenly Jiang Yao thought of two strange things, and immediately stopped moving and did not continue to get closer.
This water area is only more than 500 miles deep, which is not too deep. Would Mu Wuji know that Mu Cangyue died here?
Why hasn't Mu Wuji found her body after twenty or thirty years?
This is the first oddity.
The second oddity is even more unreasonable.
That archer, the master of the damned bow, cannot possibly not know how precious the damned arrow is.
After he shot Mu Cangyue, why didn't he come down and take back his arrow?
Don’t you dare to go into the water?
If you can sneak here yourself, how could the owner of the Heavenly Death Bow not be able to?
So, why was such a precious arrow of heaven and earth left on Mu Cangyue’s body?
Too abnormal!
Jiang Yao once again concentrated his consciousness to the extreme, detecting the remains hundreds of miles away.
This time, Jiang Yao perceived it more clearly.
And just as he was horrified, his consciousness seemed to be swallowed up.
Without even thinking about it, Jiang Yao turned around wildly and used a water escape technique to escape for hundreds of miles. Then he stopped in shock, his hair standing on end.
This is not a real body at all, nor a real arrow, but a shadow!
It's the shadow of Mu Cangyue, the shadow of the Heavenly Killing Arrow!
It belongs to the same thing as my own shadow.
It was obvious that Mu Cangyue's body and the damn arrow were there, but in that area, there were no Mu Cangyue's body and arrow at all, only the image of the body and arrow.
If you don't focus your consciousness to carefully examine this image, you won't find any abnormalities at all.
And just now, Jiang Yao found that his consciousness was swallowed by something.
It's like there is an invisible and strange whirlpool in that body of water that can swallow up one's own consciousness.
Jiang Yao used his Willing Power technique to resist the increasingly violent evil spirits in the water, while he used a Ten Thousand Stone Bow and drew out a standard feather arrow.
Then, he shot an arrow at that weird area.
When the arrow hit the water area, only a few miles away from Mu Cangyue's body, it suddenly disappeared.
It's as if there is a teleportation array hidden there.
It seems that as soon as you get close to that area, everything disappears.
But Jiang Yao concluded that it was definitely not a teleportation array.
Only then did Jiang Yao deduce that there was no water in that area!
Yes, it was a space without water, but around it, the lake water was actually pouring in at an undetectable rate.
Jiang Yao suddenly thought of the black hole theory.
However, he quickly denied black holes.
Black holes are essentially celestial bodies and are theoretically singular points. They have extremely small volumes and extremely large masses. They swallow everything through infinite compression.
If it were really a black hole, then this huge lake would have ceased to exist, and the entire real world might not have existed.
It's not so much a black hole as it is a wormhole.
This can also explain the existence of the shadow. Could it be that Mu Cangyue's body and the arrow had passed through the wormhole in the lake and reached another time and space?
So, the shadow of her body can exist at the entrance of the wormhole?
If this conjecture is correct, then the arrow he shot just now will soon reflect back his shadow.
Sure enough, not long after, a standard feather arrow appeared in that space. It looked like the one Jiang Yao had just shot.
Jiang Yao carefully examined it again and found that it was not a real arrow, but an arrow shadow.
"I can't believe it is something like a wormhole. Is the exit of the wormhole a parallel space?"
"That shadow of my own is the refraction of another's own shadow in the parallel space?"
"By attacking the shadow with the Willing Power Technique, is it equivalent to attacking myself in the parallel space and then changing myself in the real space?"
"If this is true, then there is a natural formation similar to a wormhole between the water and the sky. It is an formation where time and space intersect and distort."
"The level of this formation is obviously beyond the comprehension of the True World Formation Master."
"The shadow sticks to itself. Is it because it has too much mass compared to the shadow, like a black hole? Or is it because time and space need to be restored after being distorted?"
Jiang Yao's heart was filled with questions, and he did not dare to continue exploring. He was sure that even the Martial Saint would not be able to get out of the depths of this water area.
The ginger medicine began to float upward.
Soon after, he climbed onto the boat, stood up without a trace of moisture, and walked a few steps forward.
But then, Jiang Yao was stunned.
This scene is so familiar.
Isn't this the scene where the shadow crawled out of the water before?
Exactly the same!
Jiang Yao knows clearly that this is a time and space disorder.
All shadows are memories of time and space that appear at the intersection of time and space under this natural formation.
All are false and all are true.
The reason why I can't sense the other person's breath is because I'm not in the same time and space.
The reason why you can see the other person's appearance is because of time and space projection memory.
It's like if a person stands in front of a mirror, and if he leaves the mirror at a speed exceeding the speed of light, his image and actions will still be left in the mirror.
But the shadow in the mirror can only see its appearance, but not its breath.
It turns out that it is not a wormhole, but a natural space-time formation. In other words, the wormhole in physics is the space-time formation in the formation, but it is called by a different name.
In the lake, Mu Cangyue's body and the arrow were all projections of the time-space intersection formation. They could only prove that this scene had happened, but they were not the real body.
Therefore, Mu Wuji did not find Mu Cangyue's "corpse". The owner of the Heavenly Death Bow did not find the arrow either.
It doesn't exist, it's just a shadow.
So, since it is a natural formation that can change time and space, if the time and space formation happened to reverse time after Mu Cangyue was shot, would time go back?
As long as he rewinds the time for a moment, Mu Cangyue can use the teleportation talisman to escape before the opponent shoots the evil arrow.
That arrow couldn't target her, and with her cultivation level, it was considered safe.
Based on this reasoning, there is a very small probability that Mu Cangyue is still alive.
She either went to another world under the time and space formation, or went back in time, knowing that she would die under the arrow, and then escaped before the opponent could shoot the arrow.
But one thing Jiang Yao can be sure of is that since there is such a powerful and high-level space-time intersection formation here, there must be a huge spiritual vein buried at the bottom of the lake.
This news is a great gain, and for this reason alone, it is not in vain!
Unfortunately, with his current level of cultivation, he simply cannot go down to the bottom of the lake.
When the Martial God reaches his level, he must go to the bottom of the lake to see.
After figuring this out, Jiang Yao is no longer afraid of shadows.
Jiang Yao drove the boat with emotion and left the strange waters.
Sure enough, after leaving this water area, no shadow was seen again. This further proves that there was a natural space-time formation or wormhole in the previous water area.
This is also the reason why there are not even water ghosts in that area of water.
After half a day, Jiang Yao arrived near an island.
The island is about a hundred miles in size, and the surrounding waters are lifeless, full of gloom and ghosts.
On the shore of the island, there are many fishing boats that catch spirit fish, and they are all scrapped.
Obviously, this is a fishing island. It should have produced a lot of spiritual fish back then. Just look at the once prosperous fish market on the island.
Although it was a massacred fishing island, it was still more comfortable than on the lake. Jiang Yao decided to rest on this fishing island.
Rafting in Jiangshui is very hard without using a spaceship.
After traveling thousands of miles, Jiang Yao was a little tired.
This time, there has been no substantial gain so far. How can Jiang Yao be willing to accept it?
Jiang Yao put away the sailboat and stepped onto the dock. He saw four big characters on the steps: Qiumei Fishing Island.
After going up the stairs, there is a large fish market.
It turns out that this was the famous Qiumei Fishing Island back then.
It is said that the Qiumei Spirit Fish produced on this island is extremely delicious and is well-known in the Western Regions. At that time, the Demon Tribe also listed it as a tribute item and required the Human Tribe to pay tribute every year.
Ah Jiu was hidden in Jiang Yao's sleeve, and he released his spiritual consciousness, covering the entire island, only to find an abandoned cave, but not a single person.
Quiet.
At this time, a cold moon rises from the bottom of the unfathomable lake. Under the cold moonlight, Qiumei Fishing Island looks even more desolate.
Jiang Yao heard that among Jiang Shui, night is the most dangerous. And the water is more dangerous than the island.
Many explorers died at night.
There is not a single corpse on the island, but there are some ashes.
All the people on the island were burned to death. Even the caves mostly collapsed under the flames, turning black.
The ground is hard, like a huge island of ceramics that has been calcined at high temperatures.
Jiang Yao still seemed to see thousands of people wailing in the sea of fire and turning into ashes.
Jiang Yao found a relatively intact cave, and then used the high-level invisibility talisman given by Yu Kuan.
Immediately, Jiang Yao's body and aura disappeared.
In a place like this, it is appropriate to use an invisibility talisman. But even the most advanced invisibility talisman has a flaw: it cannot be used.
Once it is taken, the invisibility talisman will immediately become ineffective if the rhyme of the Qi Dao fluctuates in the slightest.
Shortly after the ginger medicine activated the invisibility charm, I heard a splash of water coming from the edge of the island.
Wet people emerged from the lake. After they came out of the lake, they shrugged their shoulders and lowered their heads. They pulled one by one and walked out of the water.
Jiang Yao didn't dare to use his consciousness to avoid the invisibility charm becoming invalid. He could only look at this group of people with his naked eyes.
Because it was observed with the naked eye, for a while it was hard to see what was going on.
All you can see is that these people's bodies are very heavy. Their steps on the beach are like stepping on heavy snow, and they sink deeply with every step.
They held hands and came out of the lake in an endless stream like long snakes, seemingly endless and never-ending.
Moreover, their bodies seemed to be very cold, and wherever they passed, the air froze with white frost, just like an ice cream cone exposed to the air.
What is this?
The body is so heavy and cold?
Immediately afterwards, these people in the lake did not go into the depths, but circled the shore. Their team became longer and longer, and finally they joined hands to form a huge circle.
I don’t know how many people there are, they are indistinct, thousands of them.
After that, a scene that puzzled Jiang Yao happened.
They, it should be them, started spraying water!
The black mouth opened one after another, but it turned out that there was no chin. A large amount of lake water spurted out from the black mouth, like a human-shaped water gun.
Ice water with sinister aura was poured on the island, and the entire island was crisscrossed by rapids.
The water in their bellies seems to be endless.
Qiumei Fishing Island suddenly became a land of ice and snow. It looked full of eerie beauty.
Even where the ginger medicine was, it was also covered in ice and snow.
This is not ordinary ice and snow, but has an extremely sinister aura.
After turning the island into an Iceland, the strange group of people dived into the lake, and the lake suddenly became eerie.
The dark lake water silently rolled up strange waves, which suddenly split to both sides.
A very deep step appeared in the lake, extending all the way to the shore. This spectacle almost made Jiang Yao almost scream in surprise.
The lakes on both sides of the steps are like cliffs!
Jiang Yao never expected that a step would appear in the lake.
Slowly, a snow-white carriage emerged from the depths of the steps, and the eerie cold breath immediately froze the lake water on both sides.
This snow-white carriage from the bottom of Jiangshui Lake parked quietly on the shore.
Several snow-white women with dark black hair followed the carriage.
While Jiang Yao was astonished, a pale and slender palm opened the car curtain, revealing a face like ice and snow and long hair as black as ink.
It's hard to say whether this woman is beautiful or ugly, because she doesn't look like a real person at all.
Then, she got off the car.
The way she walks and her graceful appearance makes her look like a completely normal woman.
But no one who saw her would think she was really human.
Wearing a dress like snow beads, this woman walked onto the island in a cold and eerie manner.
After that, she sat on a throne of ice and snow. A group of pale women stood beside her.
At first glance, it looks like a big shot.
On the island, the wind suddenly howled like a ghost. Even the moonlight became as miserable as blood.
After that, the woman suddenly spoke and said something nonsense that Jiang Yao couldn't understand.
But it sounded like he was giving an order.
Immediately afterwards, the lake water churned silently, and a group of wet ghosts came ashore again, opened its big black mouth, and vomited.
Dozens of people were vomited out.
Their breath is weak and they are all martial arts cultivators.
Not dead yet.
"Where is this? Why did you fall into the lake and end up here?"
A martial artist asked with an earthy face.
Others also came to their senses.
They looked at the cold and gloomy ghost and the strange woman who looked like a ghost master, and they were all frightened and angry.
Jiang Yao knew at a glance that this was the explorer caught by the water ghost from the lake.
I don’t know where this female ghost came from, but she was able to control such a large water ghost.
"You humans, if you dare to enter Jiang Shui and disturb Jiang Shui Empress, you are seeking your own death." A snow-white waiter said pitifully.
What, Lady Jiang Shui?
Although dozens of martial arts cultivators were surprised, even Jiang Yao was also greatly surprised.
What Ginger Water Queen? Sounds like a god.
But there is no God in the real world.
There are demons, ghosts, and powerful monks in the real world, but there are no gods!
Although Jiang Yao did not dare to use his spiritual consciousness, he found an acquaintance among the captured monks at this time.
When he saw this acquaintance, he could no longer remain calm.
It turned out to be his disciple Lin Chaner.
Why would she want ginger water?
Lin Chan'er was a very smart girl. She said boldly: "Ms. Jiang Shui, I am here to find my relatives. I am looking for people from the Jiang clan. I really don't dare to disturb Empress Jiang Shui."
As she took the lead, other martial arts cultivators also spoke up, speaking softly to the ghost. It was a misunderstanding.
However, among demons and monsters, ghosts are the most difficult to deal with and the most difficult to detect.
But seeing Empress Jiang Shui cover her mouth with a smile, she suddenly stretched out her arm as long as a noodle, and easily pinched a master of martial arts cultivation.
That man was a master of martial arts, but he was like a baby in front of Empress Jiang Shui, without the slightest ability to resist.
Empress Jiang Shui photographed the martial arts master in front of her, her pale face took a slightly intoxicated breath, and immediately sucked out the soul and vitality of the martial arts monk.
The Wuzhen cultivator suddenly lost all vitality.
Empress Jiang Shui threw the body out, and a water ghost immediately swallowed the body.
Then, Empress Jiang Shui picked up a Wuzhen again, sucked the soul and died.
After absorbing the souls of three martial arts masters, Empress Jiang Shui's pale face turned rosy.
This rosy, well-behaved person made her look so much more beautiful all of a sudden.
If she looked like a snowman before, she is indeed a stunning beauty now. However, the gloomy ghostly aura is even more intense.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me..." A martial arts monk was as frightened as a child who had lost the protection of his parents.
But what's the use?
The next moment, his soul was sucked out.
Just like many explorers who died in Jiangshui, he died an unexpected death.
In the end, Lin Chan'er was the only one left.
Lin Chan'er's face was pale and her eyes were closed.
The reason why Empress Jiang Shui ate her last was just because she had the lowest cultivation level.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Chan'er was brought to Empress Jiang Shui's mouth and prepared to eat it.
Jiang Yao gritted his teeth tightly and was about to click out with a flick of his finger.
He knew very well that he was by no means a match for Empress Jiang Shui. He could only rely on the natural restraint of ghosts by the Willing Power Technique to gain time, activate the Pisces Jade Pendant, and take away his disciples.
But just when Jiang Yao was about to take action, Lin Chan'er suddenly stretched out her hand and pinched Empress Jiang Shui.
How powerful and terrifying is Jiang Shui, whose ghostly aura is about to turn into reality?
However, it was suddenly grabbed by Lin Chan'er and unable to move.
"You, who are you?" Empress Jiang Shui's originally gloomy face suddenly turned into a look of fear, and her ghostly aura was so frightened that she became confused.
But Lin Chan'er's innocent girl's eyes became indescribably cold and indifferent.
"Hmph, a mere sixth-level ghost dares to call herself Empress Jiang Shui and occupy Qiumei Island to dominate her."
"Sir, I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore..." Empress Jiang Shui was so frightened that her face turned pale.
Lin Chan'er sneered: "If you weren't still useful to Master Xisheng, do you think you could survive until now?"
Empress Jiang Shui's eyes suddenly lit up, "Sir, is this the envoy of the Western Saint as well?"
Lin Chan'er put down Empress Jiang Shui and said, "You are too high-profile, and you dare to occupy the island to claim respect. If Mu Wuji finds out about this, what will happen to you? Jiang Shui is the place under the stewardship of the Mu clan."
"Yes, I will definitely correct it." Empress Jiang Shui was so arrogant before that she ate the souls of dozens of people, but now she behaved like a little girl.
Jiang Yao almost turned to stone when she saw this scene.
How could he not know that Lin Chaner had been taken away from her body long ago?
I don’t know whether Chan’er’s soul was shackled or annihilated.
If it is annihilated, it means Chan'er is dead.
Western Saint sent this person here, of course, to get close to him, probably for reform or other purposes.
Also, this person's cultivation level can easily subdue a sixth-level ghost with a strength equivalent to that of a Martial Saint, indicating that he may be a strong Martial Saint!
But why would a martial saint want to seize She Chan'er?
Chan'er's physique is not special.
No, it can’t be the Martial Saint!
It can only be a powerful ghost, or a ghost that is good at seizing bodies!
If it is the Martial Saint who seizes the body, the Martial Saint's strength cannot be used. Chan'er's warrior strength can only be used. The maximum bonus can reach the Martial Lord, and the Martial Lord is invincible.
The fact that this person was able to control a level six ghost after seizing its body only shows that it was a ghost that was good at seizing bodies before.
There are many such ghosts and monsters among Xi Sheng's men.
Lin Chan'er continued: "Tell them not to devour any more explorers during this period and let them go to Shennong Tiancheng."
Empress Jiang Shui said flatteringly: "I understand, Shennong Tiancheng needs living souls. Don't worry, sir, I will let them go."
Lin Chan'er also smiled sinisterly like a ghost, and she suddenly created an image.
"This person's name is Jiang Yao. If you see this person, don't let him die. Let him reach the Shennong Tiancheng site safely in secret."
"Yes." Empress Jiang Shui accepted the order, "I will also inform them."
The so-called them are, of course, the leaders of ghosts and monsters like Jiangshui Empress. They each occupy a piece of water, devour living people, and are filled with ghosts and monsters, turning Jiangshui into an ominous and evil place.
Over the years, I don’t know how many people have been killed.
Lin Chan'er asked again: "Have you found the Heavenly Killing Arrow? Lord Xisheng has specifically asked about this matter this time."
Empress Jiang Shui said: "I haven't found the Heavenly Death Bow in my waters. I don't dare to go into deeper places."
Lin Chan'er frowned: "If it really sank to the bottom of Jiangshui Lake, it would really be impossible to find it. No one would dare to go to the bottom of the lake unless Lord Xisheng comes in person."
Even Empress Jiang Shui had a serious look on her face at this time.
"Those existences at the bottom of the lake are really terrifying. Thousands of miles deep, even if the great sage goes there, he will die. At the deepest point, only the sage can go down in person to find out."
Jiang Yao didn't expect that this female ghost who brazenly claimed to be the empress of Jiang Shui and a local snake in Jiang Shui would not dare to go deep into the bottom of the lake.
And judging from her tone, this lake is more than ten thousand miles deep!
He only dived five hundred miles, and he was only on the surface.