abnabooks Chapter 2263 Water That Never Comes, Mountains That Never End
Chapter 2263 Water That Never Comes, Mountains That Never End
Chapter 2263 Water That Never Comes, Mountains That Never End
This immortal sect chose a literary contest instead of a martial one, which shows they are cunning. He Lingchuan's eyes flickered slightly, "A few days ago, Aunt Zhu caught a centipede stealing Xuan Crystals in the mining town of Tongyue Mountain. It was sent by the Qixia Sect. It pointed out that the Qixia Sect's headquarters is in Guye Mountain."
“I also heard from Aunt Zhu that we will be bringing the Heavenly Centipede along this trip so that it can point out the location of the sect.” Liu Qingdao nodded. “The Qixia Sect has stockpiled a lot of Xuan Crystals in advance for this operation. They are indeed more organized than other immortal sects.”
He Lingchuan instructed, "Send a few more demons skilled in water and earth escape techniques to show me clearly what magical artifact the Qixia Sect used to cut off the flow!"
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In the Wei'ancheng section of the Luohe River, the water level has basically bottomed out.
The sudden loss of water to a city inhabited by millions is no joke; the city's order immediately descended into chaos.
Residents, merchants, and livestock all need to drink water.
Water is also indispensable for production, transportation, and trade activities.
Apart from the Dragon God War several years ago, Wei'an City has never encountered such a predicament again.
Even if a water-fetching team were organized to transport water from the Luhe River, which is forty or fifty miles away, it would be a drop in the ocean for Wei'an City and would not be able to quench its immediate thirst.
This is a serious matter, and Cang Yan needs to have a serious talk with the instigator.
When Liu Qingdao arrived at the north of Weian City, he saw that the river stone in the middle of the Luo River had been exposed. This dark blue stone was shaped like a giant tortoise, with a tail and legs, and a tuft of dark red on its head.
This river stone, also known as the dry water stone, is a sign that drought has arrived whenever it is exposed.
However, this time it was a man-made disaster rather than a natural one.
The riverbanks were crowded with people, their faces etched with unease. Liu Qingdao also spotted a long convoy at the north gate of the city, heading to the Luhe River, dozens of miles away, to fetch water. The government was utilizing various storage facilities to transport water, but for a city with over a million inhabitants, it was far from sufficient.
Moreover, shipping and trade in Luohe are also very important. Every day, a large amount of goods should be traveling between Bingjiang and Luohe, and then being sent to all parts of the country. Now, they are all stuck on Bingjiang and cannot be transported down the river. It is unknown how many trade transactions have been cut off.
After inspecting the current situation in Wei'an City, Liu Qingdao rushed to the scene of the incident:
Ice River.
The high-water season is approaching, and the narrowest part of the Bingjiang River is already over 80 zhang wide. Normally, the river flows swiftly, with part of it flowing into the Luhe River and part into the Luohe River.
Liu Qingdao also wanted to see what methods the Qixia Sect would use to block the upper reaches of the Luohe River!
Now that the Yuan energy of the Cangyan Kingdom is abundant and powerful, Liu Qingdao finds it hard to imagine that the magical artifacts of the Qixia Sect can withstand the combined attack of the army.
However, when he reached the border between Bingjiang and Luohe, he was genuinely surprised:
What should have been a undulating riverbed has now "grown" into a mountain!
This mountain isn't high, only thirty-five zhang (approximately 15 meters), but it's more than enough to block the river. It's over fifty zhang (approximately 33 meters) wide, and its length perfectly matches that of the two mountains beside the river, forming a seamless, massive mountain barrier!
The river, finding no way to flow further, had no choice but to make a large, swirling bend and head towards the Lu River.
"That's a really clever tactic."
Wei Ancheng wouldn't just stand by and watch; he's already dispatched two golden-armored generals to dig frantically through the mountain, trying to re-dig out the riverbed.
He Lingchuan, who previously couldn't afford to build the Golden Armored Divine General, can now easily produce two in a single city. Moreover, these heavy weapons of war have not been deployed to the battlefield; instead, they have been used as laborers here.
These two giants were both over five zhang tall. One had fists as big as boulders, punching the mountainside again and again with the effect of an explosion, loosening the soil. The other had hands as big as shovels, and he dug and dug up the mountain.
The two golden-armored generals worked together seamlessly and with exceptional efficiency, clearly indicating that their controllers were also highly skilled.
To carve through a mountain, human craftsmen are far too inefficient; they're no match for a golden-armored god.
Zhou, the city garrison commander of Wei'an City, was already at the scene when Liu Qingdao asked him, "How long have you been digging?"
"It's been more than a day, without a moment's rest." Zhou Chengshou was also extremely anxious. "But this mountain is growing too fast. No matter how much the Golden Armored General digs out, it can recover just as much."
Liu Qingdao observed the area for a little over two quarters of an hour and discovered that no matter how hard the two golden-armored generals tried, they couldn't flatten the mountain.
As they dug, the mountain grew taller.
"Where is the Qixia Sect?" Liu Qingdao asked Zhou Chengshou. "Didn't I tell you to take the Heavenly Centipede to find the sect's headquarters?"
These mountains are difficult to excavate; they need to find a solution at the source.
Sometimes, if you can't solve the problem, you can solve the person/organization that created it.
“The centipede led us to Guye Mountain, but we couldn’t find the entrance.” Zhou Chengshou shook his head. “We punished it, but it insisted that it was the entrance, pointing to the pit at the bottom of the mountain.”
Elder Dao of Rongshan Sect arrived just in time to hear this and immediately said, "It's probably shut down."
“The entrances to blessed lands are very well hidden, and there are usually more than one. This is to prevent invasion by celestial demons and external enemies,” Liu Qingdao said. “Over the years, celestial demons have searched the world for immortal caves. For their own safety, the latter would hide the location of the cave entrance, and sometimes even people within the sect do not know it completely.”
One of the functions of Yuan Power is to see through illusions. However, some cave dwellings are like small worlds, and no one can enter without finding the entrance.
"No wonder." No wonder Qixia Sect was so calm and collected. They were very confident in their safety and were just going through the motions with Wei Ancheng to see who could outlast whom.
"First, we need to figure out what the base of this mountain is." Liu Qingdao thought for a moment, then turned and ordered, "Send Wu Chuanjia and Planarian to crawl into the bottom of the mountain and take a look. Be careful."
Wu Chuanjia is a giant rhinoceros beetle that moves like an oversized mine cart. It has a conspicuous horn on its forehead and can easily burrow through mountains and tunnels. Planarians are giant insect monsters that live in deserts and forests and are born with the ability to dig burrows.
Both of these monsters are skilled in earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magical ability) and burrowing underground; they were specially recruited by Namimoto-ji.
Then Liu Qingdao said, "Let's go and talk to the Qixia Sect."
The Qixia Sect's immediate action of cutting off the water supply to Wei'an City clearly indicates their ulterior motives.
Liu Qingdao returned to Luohe once again, leaped onto the river stone, where someone was already waiting for him.
He was a man in a blue robe.
Liu Qingdao did not reach out, because he could tell that what was in front of him was just an illusion and not a human being at all.
The people from Qixia Sect are still hiding in their own barrier. They only used their magical artifacts to create a phantom image here to negotiate with Cang Yan.
If the real person came, they would probably be surrounded instantly.
"Common name?"
Liu Qingdao smiled and said, "I am Liu Qingdao of the Illusion Sect. Sect Leader Yuan should still recognize me."
The name "Illusion Sect" was quite prestigious. A few breaths later, the blue-robed man disappeared from the river stone, replaced by another scholar in gray robes and with a white beard.
"Elder Liu."
"Sect Leader Yuan."
Both sides performed the proper courtesies.
(End of this chapter)