The waterspout, under Meng Le's reinforcement, began to grow more powerful, not only emitting dragon roars but also turning the surging river water into a crimson hue.
With Mo Chuan's near-strength-breaking chain assistance, the water monster, unable to break free, crashed directly into the towering waterspout. Instantly, collisions between flesh and blood and sword energy echoed ceaselessly, blood and river water indistinguishable…
The enraged wails even struck fear into the surrounding demonic beasts, paralyzing them.
Mo Chuan felt the struggling force from the other end of the chain lessen, so he immediately reeled it in and prepared to jump down to check the water monster's condition.
However, what happened next truly surprised Mo Chuan.
Just as Mo Chuan, with his lantern, pulled Wang Hu to his side, a vortex suddenly appeared beneath the water monster, which had been heavily wounded by the waterspout. A portly man leaped out, glaring at Mo Chuan with ferocious eyes. He then casually distorted space to create a massive black hole, sucked the water monster into it, and then entered himself.
Mo Chuan and Meng Le tried to stop him, but the former was too far away, and the latter lacked sufficient spiritual energy, neither able to intercept the man.
Rather than watching the man take away the severely injured water monster he had spent so much effort disabling, Mo Chuan had a more pressing question: https:/
Firstly, there was no doubt that the man was from the Yan Luo Palace. The spiritual energy mixed with demonic and demonic power when he opened the black hole was something Mo Chuan had felt many times.
However, the man displayed moves that did not seem to belong to his own power.
Such mastery over spatial laws, besides special ability users with teleportation skills, Mo Chuan had only seen two people achieve such perfection and control – Kong Fuzi and Luo Ni.
"Brother Chuan, what do we do now?" Wang Hu asked while bandaging the wounds on his body, cut by sharp stones and the water monster's spikes.
"Where are we?"
"Heading north along the Xiang River, we're probably close to Mount Heng..."
"Call Luo Ni and have her give us a ride back. After dealing with the Lu family, there shouldn't be any major problems."
…
Three days later, Luoyi, Yichuan Academy.
Since he planned to check on the condition of various cities he had cleaned up on his way back, he directly contacted the army in southern Jingzhou, requested a military off-road vehicle, and drove and inspected along the way.
Fortunately, with no collusion between officials and businessmen, all policies were implemented smoothly. Upon learning of Mo Chuan's approximate return time, Xuanyuan Qi was already waiting at the entrance of Yichuan Academy.
Seeing Mo Chuan and his group return dust-covered, Xuanyuan Qi happily strode down, gave everyone a big hug, and then said, "Mo Chuan, Meng Le, you've all worked hard."
Mo Chuan quickly replied, "It's no hardship, no hardship. These rats of the nation, even if I don't kill them, others will settle the score." (This trip accumulated nearly two hundred passive layers and leveled up once. If I didn't lack hero templates now, I'd probably be soaring again. In short, it was a huge profit.)
"Alright, Mo Chuan, you guys..."
"Xuanyuan, pardon my interruption." A kind voice sounded, and everyone looked to see Kong Fuzi standing beside them, his eyes slightly narrowed, speaking to Xuanyuan Qi.
Xuanyuan Qi knew that Kong Fuzi absolutely never interrupted people, as he always adhered to the "propriety" way. But for him to speak up like this now clearly indicated an urgent matter.
"Master, please speak quickly."
"Mo Chuan, can I borrow you for a moment?"
"Master, you are too polite. Please make arrangements for your student."
"Good." Kong Fuzi nodded, waved his hand, conjured a teleportation portal, and said, "Let's talk privately."
Mo Chuan followed Kong Fuzi into the Spring and Autumn World, while Xuanyuan Qi began arranging a holiday and reunion for the others.
"Master, what is it?" Mo Chuan asked.
"I need a small favor," Kong Fuzi smiled and said. "We need to consolidate the Dragon Country's barrier, and we require several divine artifacts to act as array eyes to transmit spiritual energy. I've searched everywhere, and only you have divine artifacts. Of course, I won't take them for free. You can lend me the divine artifacts until the civil war ends, and I can grant you one request."
"Divine artifacts?" Mo Chuan immediately thought of what Kong Fuzi was referring to, but he still asked with a hint of confusion, "Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and Yata no Kagami are already corrupted, can they still serve as array eyes?"
"Even evil gods are gods," Kong Fuzi said. "Any divine spiritual energy, regardless of its attribute, can become an energy-gathering array eye for the Great Wall. This is the wisdom of our Dragon Country's ancients."
"Alright, since it's for defending the nation, I won't hesitate any longer. I'm happy to help you, Master." Mo Chuan nodded, handed the two divine artifacts to Kong Fuzi, and then asked, "Just two?"
"No… the more the better…" Kong Fuzi replied. "The previous generation of energy-gathering array eyes for the Great Wall is showing signs of compatibility imbalance. There are usually nine array eyes in a generation, and we've only gathered six so far…"
"Then perhaps you can examine this one," Mo Chuan pointed to his chest. "The Yata no Kagami fragments entered my body and have been absorbing my spiritual energy. To be honest, I haven't shown signs of progression in my rank for a long time."
"Oh? Such a peculiar thing?" Kong Fuzi examined Mo Chuan curiously, then extended a hand. "Come, let me see."
Mo Chuan walked closer to Kong Fuzi, allowing him to place his hand on his chest.
Kong Fuzi gently circulated his spiritual energy, feeling the flow of spiritual energy through Mo Chuan's limbs and bones. He finally opened his eyes and said, "It cannot be removed, at least not for the time being."
"The Yata no Kagami itself was broken into two fragments, one of which was tainted with a small amount of evil power. Now that it has attached itself to your body, while providing you with strength, it also restricts your progress. It absorbs your spiritual energy to repair itself and expels evil energy by utilizing your skills to release abilities."
Kong Fuzi stroked his beard and said, "How about this, I'll return after delivering the divine artifacts and then guide your cultivation for a month, how does that sound?"
Mo Chuan was extremely excited upon hearing this – guidance from a ninth-tier ability user was something money couldn't buy. He excitedly exclaimed, "Thank you, Master!"
Kong Fuzi smiled slightly and said, "By the way, there's one more thing…"