Shang Xingyan left, and Wang the Butcher was the first to speak, "Old Liu, it seems like you didn't acknowledge what Lao Shang was implying."

Old Liu shook his head and said, "How do you know that after the Lord returns, he won't step forward, defend the art, and face the tribulation?"

"You underestimate the Lord!"

"Just because the Lord doesn't have the heart to dominate, doesn't mean he can't bear the righteousness of the art."

"I bet you: after the Han Yang River, what you will see is a Liangjie Tang (Two World Hall) with iron shoulders bearing the Dao."

"You don't have to worry. Xie Ban Gui and Wang Hun are both stationed at the Han Yang River."

"They won't let the Hall Master be harmed. Right now, I'm most worried about Ye Dangjia."

Old Liu was worried about Ye Yang, and I was equally worried about Ye Yang.

As I quickly pondered how to find Ye Yang, a sound like exploding copper coins suddenly came from the direction of Shi Fei Daoren.

I turned my head and saw Shi Fei Daoren holding a blood-covered hand and cursing, "Damn it, what kind of ghost place is this? The heavenly secrets are all messed up. I can't calculate anything."

I looked at Shi Fei Daoren and said, "If you can't calculate anything, go out and find him!"

"We'll go our separate ways. You go upstream, and I'll go downstream."

As soon as I finished speaking, I jumped into the water and went downstream.

Before long, Zhu Xiaoyu caught up from behind and gently touched me on the back.

I reached back, grabbed Zhu Xiaoyu's neck, and pressed her directly into the water.

While Zhu Xiaoyu was struggling desperately, I used my inner strength to transmit a message to her, "Be careful of Shui Linglong. She's nearby. If you don't have a way to deal with her, stay away from me."

As I pushed Zhu Xiaoyu away, Cangjian, hiding on my body, suddenly attacked, his sword light like lightning, slashing towards the river water near me.

I only saw the river water in the distance, as if under the collision of two forces, rolling outwards. In the blink of an eye, it returned to its original state.

Cangjian's voice also came from my pocket, "Shui Linglong is here!"

In the next second, I heard Shui Linglong's voice coming from all directions, "You're not dead! That's a pity. I'm going to have to let Yueying down!"

"Yueying, let me help you. But I have to listen to my master and kill you!"

"Little warlock, sorry, I have to borrow your head for a while."

I focused my mind and quietly captured Shui Linglong's aura in the water.

Shui Linglong's laughter was like a swimming flying fish in the water, sometimes up and down, sometimes flowing with the water, and sometimes going against the current, always making it impossible to figure out her position.

Shui Linglong was guarding against Cangjian.

Now, the only one who could find her in the water was Cangjian.

Shui Linglong laughed, "Little warlock, before you die, do you want to hear our plan?"

At this moment, I closed my eyes and used only my hearing to re-lock onto Cangjian's position.

Shui Linglong also saw my intention, and her voice disappeared instantly.

My figure slowly sank to the bottom of the river. Just as I was sinking, I suddenly felt a stream of water like a long spear rushing towards me.

Cangjian, hiding on my body, suddenly attacked, meeting the stream of water. The surging torrent, scattered by the power of ghost energy, shot in all directions less than five meters in front of me. At the same time, I also reached out and grabbed the quietest area of the water.

Who knew that my palm would grab nothing.

Just as I was about to withdraw my hand, I felt a tightening on my neck—Shui Linglong hugged my neck from behind and pressed two fingers against my throat. The sharp, knife-like fingertips instantly penetrated my skin. "Little warlock, say goodbye to this world!"

"Hehe..." When I let out a cold laugh, Shui Linglong was suddenly shocked, "What are you laughing at?"

I said faintly, "You've been tricked!"

In the next moment, Shui Linglong suddenly exploded from below the waist, and a stream of water, wrapped in phosphorescence, scattered around me.

A rope released by Zhu Xiaoyu wrapped around Shui Linglong's neck from behind, forcibly dragging her off me and swimming towards the rock cave where we had been hiding.

By the time I swam back to the cave, Shui Linglong had only half a life left, but she was still struggling to ask me, "When did you set me up? My main body is in the Water God Temple, you..."

I sneered, "I did some tricks on you when I was killing Gui Kui (Ghost Chief) in the Water God Temple."

"Do you want to ask when I started suspecting you?"

"I can tell you, I never trusted you."

"Even if Zhao Yatou is Yueying Dao (Moon Shadow Thief), she can't change some habits. She is always very cautious when doing things. When she suspects you, she won't give you too many things."

"The Liangjie Tang (Two World Hall)'s secret language is not just the sound, but also the gestures. Only the combination of the two can correctly convey the secret language. You saw it wrong."

Shui Linglong smiled miserably and said, "Yueying really dares to betray her master. I underestimated her courage too much."

I said in a deep voice, "I can also tell you that the one who really killed you was Zhu Xiaoyu. When I was pinching her neck, I sent a magical artifact into her collar. The one who detonated the Water God Temple's talisman was her, not me!"

I turned to look at Zhu Xiaoyu, "Do you want to finish the rest, or should I?"