Ninth-level fairy

Chapter 415: The Evil Under the Water

Du Fang was surprised. The ancient battlefield, which was a history before the ancient times, a history that had been erased, actually appeared here.

Moreover, it came from the mouth of a boatman. His heart skipped a beat, but he didn't dare to make a sound and interrupt the boatman.

I only heard the boatman say leisurely:

"I've specifically inquired about this. There was a stone tablet on the opposite bank of the river that recorded this event. A divine war took place here. Ancient giant beasts, led by a true dragon, fought against human cultivators of the past. Countless giant beasts and cultivators perished here. The stone tablet records that the skeleton was the true dragon, the leader of the dragon clan and the chief of all monsters!"

"But eventually, they were defeated. Later, something ominous happened here, and the surrounding creatures became corrupted and began to die out. Ten thousand years ago, the Human Emperor was born. He borrowed the power of Heaven, split the land apart, and buried this piece of land in the cracks of the earth. Later, rainwater filled this river..."

The boatman spoke slowly, shaking his head constantly. He stared at the mountains below the river and said softly, "But..."

"But what?"

"However, over the past hundred years, these mountains have been eroded by some unknown evil, and have gradually turned red from the very roots..."

Du Fang was shocked. He looked down carefully and saw that at the foot of the giant peaks, there were indeed clusters of light red mist, like red clouds, entwined at the foot of the mountains.

The boatman sighed, "This waterway has been abandoned for decades, so I'm worried!"

"Why, why was it abandoned?" Du Fang asked curiously, but as soon as he asked, he already had the answer in his heart.

The appearance of red clouds at the bottom of the mountain must mean that something strange, incomprehensible and ominous has occurred.

The fishermen here have made their living here for hundreds of years. Something unexpected must have happened, which led to the abandonment of this waterway.

The boatman did not answer him, but said softly:

"Wait a minute, we're passing through there. Don't make any noise, especially not loud noises. This is a forbidden area. Fishermen have a rumor that if you make a noise while passing through there, you'll be taken away by evil creatures!"

'Evil thing!'

what exactly is it?

Before Du Fang understood what was happening, suddenly, a strong wind blew above the calm water surface. The wind was so strange that a small whirlpool first appeared on the surface of the Rebirth River, and then more and larger whirlpools appeared. Each whirlpool was only two meters in radius, neatly arranged like a strange pattern on the surface of the river.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the wind suddenly grew stronger. The overwhelming force of wind and rain blew the boat to and fro. The boatman's originally calm face turned pale in an instant.

He stretched out his finger and immediately made a gesture of silence.

The huge vortex began to merge, and the entire surface of the water was swept up by this huge vortex and drifted towards the center. Du Fang took a deep breath.

Before, he always flew freely in the air on a sword, but he never expected that after becoming a mortal, a vortex of the power of heaven and earth could trap him and threaten his life.

He smiled bitterly in his heart, watching the boat drift uncontrollably towards the center of the whirlpool.

He could see clearly that in the center of the whirlpool was a patch of pitch-black water, which was much darker than the clear water before.

It was like a giant, man-eating beast, its mouth wide open, waiting for them to come. Strangely enough, every tornado that started from the periphery and reached the center of the black water would die down in an instant.

The center of the dark lake was very calm, without even a ripple.

There was a howling wind around the center of the lake.

This strange phenomenon made Du Fang quite curious, and he wondered what was happening there.

But the boatman next to him was using all his strength, sweating profusely, and rowing desperately outward. When the boat was about to touch the dark water surface, Du Fang's hands suddenly began to tremble violently involuntarily.

Soon, Du Fang was surprised to find that it was not his own hands that were shaking, but the magic weapon 'Chengying' in his hand. The Chengying sword body seemed to be triggered by some evil thing. The sword body was shaking violently and constantly making a soft sword sound.

Du Fang held the sword tightly, fearing that the sword would become sentient and fly out of his hand. Seeing Chengying shaking like this, he already understood:

The boatman just said that ten thousand years ago, the Human Emperor was born and used the power of Heaven to split the land and buried this piece of land in the cracks of the earth. The dead souls of these powerful creatures will inevitably turn into evil spirits. When they encounter the magic sword that suppressed them in the past, they will naturally tremble with excitement.

Everything happened just as he expected. Chengying's sword rang softly, and then suddenly became louder and more proud with the momentum of wind and rain. Then, a clear dragon roar came from the sword.

The dragon's roar was desolate and powerful, tearing through the rain curtain and shredding the darkness like lightning.

The extremely dark clouds that hung over the boat suddenly dispersed and disappeared without a trace, and the sky was bright again.

Beneath the pitch-black surface, like boiling water, a mysterious black water churned up continuously. The boatman stared in amazement at the bizarre scene unfolding before his eyes. He had already understood: the black sword in Du Fang's hand must be a magical object.

The wind died down, and the boat just brushed against the black water, passing by the edge.

Nothing strange happened. The boat rowed for a long time before the boatman finally breathed a sigh of relief and lay down in the boat.

Du Fang stared at the black water and asked softly, "So...what happened there? Why is the water black?"

The boatman's pale face turned a lot redder as he explained, "I don't know, but the city's astrologer specifically mentioned that beneath the water, a powerful ancient demon lord sleeps. Passing ships must keep silent and detour if they encounter it to avoid waking it. The sudden storm just now must have woken it!"

A trace of greed flashed across the boatman's eyes as he glanced at the Chengying in Du Fang's hand.

"What if we had just rowed the boat in?"

Du Fang was very curious.

"What do you think?" The boatman made a riddle, picked up the oar, and looked into the distance.

The lush green grass of the southern riverbank was already in sight. The boatman sighed lightly and said evasively, "Over the years, many of the fishermen and boatmen on the Rebirth River have changed their professions. I'm old and don't want to work hard, so I've been staying here. I didn't expect that I would be caught off guard today and almost get caught!"

When Du Fang heard this, he couldn't help but turn around and glance at the Black Heart Lake from afar.

The tornado had completely dissipated, and in the distance, the sky was clear again.

It was as if nothing had happened in the place he had just passed. He couldn't help but wonder if what he had just experienced was also a so-called illusion.

But everything before my eyes was vivid and didn't seem fake.