Chapter 144 Water Overcomes Earth

Ye Yang's voice, like rolling thunder, echoed down the river. The rocks shattered by the sword bones also fell from the air.

Several rocks, each the size of a millstone, crashed onto the deck simultaneously. The warship shook violently, and the warlocks on board stumbled and fell.

The ghost leader, rolling on the deck, screamed, "The ground is full of water! Li Po, Ye Yang, what are you up to?"

Before the ghost leader could finish speaking, the water on the deck seemed to be drawn to the stones, quickly gathering around them.

A loud scraping sound came from under the boat, as if it were stuck on several reefs and couldn't move.

At the same time, the white lanterns surrounding us flew back into the air.

Behind Ye Yang appeared the phantom of Huang Feihu, the "Dongyue Taishan Tianqi Rensheng Great Emperor" (Great Emperor of Mount Tai, God of the East Mountain).

The ghost leader stammered, "A…a Feng Shui Grand Formation, can be used like this!"

Ignoring the gazes of others, Jin Tanzi knelt down, his knees hitting the deck. "Anc…Ancestor! Jin Tanzi, a collateral descendant of the Ye Clan, kowtows to the ancestor!"

Among the Five Great Emperors, Huang Feihu, as the Dongyue Emperor, governs Mount Tai and also the eighteen levels of Hell.

Throughout history, emperors have revered the God of Mount Tai, bestowing upon him the title of "King of Tianqi" in the Tang Dynasty, promoting him to "Ren Sheng Tianqi King" in the Song Dynasty, and further elevating him to "Tianqi Rensheng Great Emperor" in the Yuan Dynasty.

Ye Yang's initial declaration, "I am the King of Tianqi," was actually the earliest title of the Dongyue Emperor.

The reason we, the Liangjie Hall (Hall of Two Realms), have been fearless since boarding the ship lies in Ye Yang.

Earth can suppress water!

Although there's no earth to be found under the boat, there's plenty of stone above in the cave.

Although Ye Yang's twelve sword bones can't change the landscape, it's not difficult for him to carve the true forms of the Five Peaks on the cave ceiling.

Once the true forms of the Five Peaks are revealed, Ye Yang can set up a Feng Shui Grand Formation to suppress the river with the Five Peaks.

Our only gamble was that Ye Yang had to choose a section of the cave ceiling where the rock wasn't too fragile.

Otherwise, if his twelve sword energies caused the cave to collapse, our warship would be destroyed by the falling rocks, and we would all perish.

Ye Yang raised his hand and pointed towards the stones on the deck. Behind him, the Dongyue Emperor also raised his hand and pointed towards the pile of rocks.

The water on the deck rapidly converged towards the stones, gradually forming a water figure on top of them.

"Zhen (Suppress)!" As Ye Yang turned his hand, the Dongyue Emperor's palm also pressed down on the figure. The water figure shattered with a bang, and clear water droplets scattered everywhere, seeping into the ship through the cracks in the deck.

I walked towards Ren Xiaotao, who was sitting on the ground, with my hands behind my back. "Can we talk properly now?"

"I…I…" The person repeated "I" several times, but couldn't get the rest of the words out.

I walked up to the Huarong Trail and said, "Actually, it's not that difficult to push this thing back."

I raised my hand and slapped the tomb in the middle, pushing the tomb that had just moved one step back to its original position.

I said, "This game isn't set up well. How about I set up a 'horizontal blade, immediate horse' game for you? I guarantee you'll have a blast."

"Don't!" Ren Xiaotao shouted, "Without me, you can't sail the ship. My name is Zhang Ruixue. I was sealed in the ship by the Six Doors to be responsible for sailing. I'm considered… considered a ghost deity raised by the Six Doors."

"So that's how it is!" I patted the coffin lightly. "What's the deal with this Huarong Trail here?"

The person said in a low voice, "The Six Doors promised me that as long as I travel back and forth once, I can move the Huarong Trail twice. When… when I can walk out on my own, they will let me go."

"Oh!" I said in a deep voice, "What about the heads by the river?"

Zhang Ruixue said, "Many years ago, a person named Bei Yan Jing Yun came. He said that if I sent him across once, he would let me move the Huarong Trail ten steps."

"I asked him how to move it? He said that I just needed to kill people, one life would allow me to move the Huarong Trail once."

"I don't know how he did it? Anyway, every time he boarded the ship, he could help me move it ten times."

I said in a deep voice, "He kills people to help you move the Huarong Trail? Then what about the heads by the river?"

Zhang Ruixue said, "The heads are used to sacrifice to the river, and the blood is used to help me move the Huarong Trail. Bei Yan Jing Yun said that it's killing two birds with one stone."

I asked again, "Does he bring a lot of people with him every time?"

"Every time!" Zhang Ruixue said, "Besides the ten people who are sacrificed to the river, he always brings a group of desperate people. When he boards the ship, he doesn't let me speak, just saying that the Huarong Trail is the mechanism of the warship, and moving the Huarong Trail will sail the ship."

"Everything on the ship was prepared by him."

I asked again, "Does Bei Yan Jing Yun kill people to cross the river every time?"

"Yes!" Zhang Ruixue said, "Bei Yan Jing Yun said, 'He never uses force when he can negotiate.' So, every time he crosses the river, it's safe and sound. But, it's not like that after he goes ashore."

"Every time, the people he brought over were left on the shore, and he himself barely escaped with his life. The most serious injury he sustained took him half a month on the ship to recover enough to disembark."

"The last time he came, he brought hundreds of people. However, after that time, he never came back."

"I seem to have heard him say…"