Chapter 236: Monstrous Shadow In The Well
Chen Shun’an gave up contesting this year’s great age, while Zhao Guangxi tried every method to compensate and care for Chen Shun’an in other areas.
Zhao Guangxi kept his promise.
He also believed that Chen Shun’an would not go back on his word and grow fat.
“Old Chen, for taming the porpoise and going to Funiu Water Marsh to find the Great Demon, I’ve already spoken to the Wuqing Stick Bureau. When the time comes, just go through the motions, stay in the back, and don’t go into Funiu Water Marsh.”
Does this even need to be said?
Chen Shun’an had no intention of charging into battle at all, and simply said,
“Chen Mou understands, thank you, Landlord.”
Zhao Guangxi nodded lightly and said,
“Additionally, there is one more thing. When we enter the Grandmaster Record in the future, we will need to select one person as the leader and protect that person’s safety at all costs.”
“Oh?”
Zhou Qing was somewhat surprised and said: “Who is this person that the Landlord values so highly?”
Zhao Guangxi’s expression was somewhat complex as he said,
“This person is called Shan Tongtian. You should have heard of him too. He was originally a Water Carrier, but suddenly rose to prominence, mastering a strange technique of ink splashing paper cutting.”
“Zhang Xiangling claims that this person is even from the Wuqing Zhang family, a branch of the bloodline scattered outside. Tracing back nine generations of ancestors, he can enter the Zhang Clan main family genealogy… The key is, it is said that this person has cultivated the Zhang family’s inherited martial art《 Meat Flying Immortal》’s supreme secret method, the Six Sceneries Rotation True Cultivation Manual.”
“So he has already been preemptively included by the Zhang Clan and regarded as a Talented Person. According to the Zhang family’s intentions, they want to pave the way for this person Shan Tongtian, helping him break through to the Martial Dao Grandmaster Realm… We, during the period of entering the Grandmaster Record, will need to take this person as the leader and protect the Dao for him.”
Zhou Qing suddenly understood and nodded silently: “No wonder…”
Although Lin Shou Zhuo also clicked his mouth in surprise and hadn’t expected such a dark horse figure to emerge, it was after all an order from the Tongzhou Zhang Clan. Not to mention their Wuqing Water Station, even the Five Rivers Branch had to give the Zhang Clan face, so naturally there was nothing to say.
Only Chen Shun’an…
Muttered to himself inwardly twice.
Shan Tongtian has cultivated the Six Sceneries Rotation True Cultivation Manual?
Then what have I been cultivating?
Oh no, have I become a stand-in?!
In an instant, Chen Shun’an vaguely understood something.
He didn’t believe that with the Tongzhou Zhang Clan’s methods, they could make such a blunder and mistake the person.
Recalling the glimpse of the Lost Immortal during the capture of Tian Xuan Saint a couple of days ago.
“Could it be that that person has already seen through my identity, but deliberately covered for me, even finding someone to put in the open to attract everyone’s attention?”
For Chen Shun’an, this was temporarily good news.
At least it proved that the Tongzhou Zhang Clan extremely valued those who had comprehended the Six Sceneries Rotation True Cultivation Manual, or in other words, valued Chen Shun’an this talent even more.
To be honest, Chen Shun’an wasn’t afraid of people plotting against him and seeing him as a talent to squeeze oil and suck marrow from.
Who hasn’t gone from a little bride to a mother-in-law, crossing the river by feeling the stones, step by step?
What he feared was having no value!
“We understand.”
Chen Shun’an and the other two said in unison.
Moments later, the three walked out of the study room.
But in the blink of an eye, Zhou Qing’s figure appeared between Chen Shun’an and Lin Shou Zhuo.
Zhou Qing’s eyes flowed with charm, and he smiled faintly,
“You two, when we enter the Grandmaster Record in the future, we must advance together, share hardships, and not develop divided loyalties. Oh, first let me introduce the martial art I am currently cultivating, called《 Sun Moon Chanu Baoji Sutra》.”
“Like yin hidden in concealment, flat as a full moon, with golden light like the sun wheel. Once this method is deployed, if you like women, in your eyes I will be a peerless beauty; if you like men, I will be a graceful young man in white clothes.”
“There will always be a way to seduce and disturb your mind. Lightly, it leads to Qi Deviation; heavily… you become a loyal dog of this Zhou!”
True Intent Martial Artists slay the Six Thieves, with rampant Conscious Spirits, their own desires and stray thoughts are much richer than ordinary people.
With such a tease… not to mention, there really might be quite a few who surrender!
Zhou Qing was simply like a walking great killer weapon. Once combat began, he would immediately pose seductively, radiating his infinite charm.
As long as he was protected behind by companions, with him there, before the fight even officially started, their side already had a thirty percent chance of victory.
Zhou Qing’s eyes showed a smile, seemingly joking and chatting, but he had almost completely revealed his background and details, to avoid misjudgment due to asymmetric grasp of information and ignorance of companions’ strength.
“If you two are willing, I am also willing to teach this《 Sun Moon Chanu Baoji Sutra》 to you both without reservation. This cultivation method does not reject other martial arts and can be dual cultivated to complement weaknesses. However… perhaps some minor, negligible cost must be paid.”
Zhou Qing appeared extremely generous, while whispering the cost involved.
Hearing this, Chen Shun’an felt a slight chill in his heart and quickly refused.
Joking aside, he Chen Shun’an had a bright future ahead and had no need to cultivate this horse-phase hidden yin method.
He still had great use!
On the contrary, Lin Shou Zhuo actually hesitated for a moment.
Compared to Chen Shun’an, his Martial Path Heart was even more sincere.
In other words, for the sake of becoming stronger and increasing strength, he was willing to pay a greater cost.
Anyway, at my age, with grandsons to pass on the bloodline, those eggs and rice really have no use…
Lin Shou Zhuo thought silently, and only when Chen Shun’an and Zhou Qing had completely walked away did he suddenly react, his face slightly bitter.
What a Zhou Qing whose gender is indistinguishable!
Without even circulating the cultivation method to seduce the mind, I almost couldn’t hold on.
Fortunately, such a tricky person is one of our own at the Water Station!
Moreover…
Lin Shou Zhuo suddenly thought of Chen Shun’an again.
People like this, we have two on our side!
Lin Shou Zhuo felt a full sense of security.
With such companions, the Grandmaster Record will surely yield great gains!
……
“Shopkeeper Chen, the well is almost dug, and the five-wheel water for inducing vomiting has satisfied the quota.”
In front of Crouching Tiger Well, Chen Shun’an sat steadily on the Grand Tutor’s Chair, his eyes burning as he watched the activity below Crouching Tiger Well.
At Chen Shun’an’s current status, naturally no manual labor fell to him.
There were plenty of people for him to command.
Scarred Liu and Niu Dabiao had suitable fates, so they were in charge of this well-digging.
Chen Shun’an was naturally also very curious why, after moving the water-suppressing Stone Rhinoceros and disrupting the original layout of the water well, the water quality in the well would decline for a long time.
However, he observed quietly for a long time but detected no clues.
Chen Shun’an nodded and said: “Pull the people up.”
“Yes!”
Everyone worked together to pull Scarred Liu and Niu Dabiao up.
But before the rope could tighten, a ‘whooshing’ sound suddenly came from the well, followed by a surge of black qi erupting from under the water-suppressing Stone Rhinoceros, from that deep cave, rushing up along the well mouth!
That black qi carried a foul stench, like rotten mud wrapped in decaying flesh, forcing the people at the well mouth to retreat.
The black qi surged more and more, swirling at the well mouth into a mass, gradually forming a blurry monster shadow neither snake nor not-snake, neither dragon nor not-dragon, with a pointed beak and fangs faintly visible.
That monster shadow swirled at the well mouth for a moment, seemingly uncomfortable with the sunlight, then suddenly shot up high, turning into a black rainbow that rushed straight into the sky.
It flew extremely fast, brushing past the banyan tree top, piercing through the clouds, and in an instant disappeared without a trace, leaving only a faint foul smell lingering in the air.
Seeing this, the crowd fell silent as if frozen.
Some elderly Water Carriers were so frightened their faces turned pale, legs trembling, directly kneeling on the ground, crying out that they had offended the well god Master, the Dragon King, and this would cost them yin lifespan and blessings!
While Chen Shun’an gazed in the direction that monster shadow had fled.
That was the direction of Tongzhou City.
“The water wells in various places in the Capital Region each have a water-suppressing Stone Rhinoceros. What exactly is being suppressed?”
Chen Shun’an’s gaze was profound as he looked down at his feet.
He had a premonition that beneath the Capital Region, deep in this land, in the vast and complex undercurrents of the water bottom, a big guy was hidden.
