The incarnation of fish gill was summoned to the bank of Huaihe River. He looked around, and then gazed at Jia Ji.
"What business does King Yama have in summoning me?"
"General, allow me to explain. The monkey king Sun Wukong was trapped by Emperor Yu in the river. After a thousand years, the restrictions have loosened, so the monkey king has appeared again, causing chaos and wreaking havoc on both sides of the river, causing harm to the people of both sides." As Jia Ji finished her explanation, she mentioned her own thoughts.
"Please assist, General, to stop this great river for a moment. Jia Ji will send her nephew to subdue the demons and remove the disaster."
Fish Gills thought for a moment: "This matter is easy."
If the Huaihe River had a water god, as a land deity official, he would indeed be inconvenient in conflict with other gods. Now it is just a water monkey, which is irrelevant.
In version 4.0, Wu Zhiqi was strong, but by version 5.0, he's not much of a concern. As a legitimate king of the dead in the Underworld, Fish Gills is not afraid of Wu Zhiqi.
The opposite party occupies the water palace, enslaves the fish population of Huaihe River, causing a large number of innocent fish to die, which is still an enemy of Fish Gills as the Underworld King.
Fish Gills, with his incarnation, lifted his arms high above him, his muscles bulging and exerting force on his chest and abdomen.
Then, Fish Gills let out a deafening long roar towards the great river, and the fish at the riverbed received the signal, beginning to surge wildly.
Nowadays, among aquatic creatures, many have some control over water.
One or two of their control over water ability is definitely not comparable to Wu Zhiqi, so they dare not resist when they occupy the water palace. However, the strength of several thousand or millions of fishes' abilities combined into one is extremely strong.
Startled, Wu Zhiqi realized that he had lost his ability to control the great river, and the river water no longer heeded his command. The river formed towering waves that parted to the sides, revealing an old-looking Huaihe River palace, as well as a riverbed that was over a hundred zhang wide and more than ten miles long.
"Ha ha! Dirty monkey, where do you want to run!" Na Zha was overjoyed and charged towards him with his spear.
Wu Zhiqi, although not one of the four apes that wreak havoc in the world, is a wild creature raised by nature, emphasizing his strength. At this moment, he showed no fear at all. He attacked him with a claw in front of him. Na Zha also possessed a power of ten thousand jin. They exchanged blows back and forth and engaged in battle.
Fish Gills stood on the shore, bowed to Jia Ji, and said, "Your Majesty, remember, there is only one hour."
"Jia Ji understands. Thank you, General of the Underworld."
"Fish Gills will take his leave."
Na Zha lunged with his spear towards Wu Zhiqi's throat. The water monkey, already temperamental, now became angry and ashamed. He dodged slightly with his head, and his palm struck Na Zha's forehead like a fan.
Na Zha is small in stature, but very flexible. With just a slight sideways motion, he dodged the attack. Without hesitation, he raised his hand and a fierce gold brick crashed into Wu Zhiqi's flat nose.
Wu Zhiqi had excellent combat intuition. Na Zha, in terms of fighting, had never feared anyone. The dragon flame gun emitted a fierce heat and flame, striking, jousting, poking, and blocking. With the courage of a calf that is not afraid of tigers, he attempted to dominate the aged Wu Zhiqi with his presence.
Jia Ji watched for a moment. Even after the "special training" of the Wu tribe, she was still not good at fighting. In reality, she might not do any better than Na Zha if she were to take the field herself.
She activated her ability to "hear the heart."
After a moment's reflection, she looked at Li Jing: "Brother Li."
"Miss Su, please give your orders."
Jia Ji pointed to the eastern side of the Huaihe River, almost at the place where it meets the sea: "Please, Brother Li, go to a hundred and thirty miles downstream. It seems there is something that makes Wu Zhiqi very wary."
Wu Zhiqi was very wary of that thing in his heart, mixed with some hatred. Di Ting also couldn't make out exactly what it was, and Jia Ji said it very vaguely.
Li Jing was somewhat confused. Is he supposed to find something? Is it a magical seal, a suppression object, or something else? Why can't it be made clear?
Jia Ji shook her head: "I'm sorry, my cultivation is shallow, and I can only determine that there is a thing on the other side that poses a significant threat to this water monster. The specific details are really beyond my calculations."
Jia Ji had kept the fact that Di Ting could hear hearts a secret. Now, she attributed the matter to her own divination, which was actually quite ordinary.
Li Jing, like Ji Ziya, had not yet achieved immortality. Apart from the Five Elements Diving Technique, he had no notable abilities in the realm of cultivation. With the celestial-level Jia Ji mentioning divining something, Li Jing had no room to contradict her.
"Okay, I'll go check it out. Please, Miss Su, protect my son for me."
"Brother Li, please rest assured."
Li Jing used Water Divergence and headed downstream to search for the unknown object.
He was concerned about possible trouble on Na Zha's side and moved quickly, arriving at a swamp about one hundred and thirty li away, exactly as Jia Ji had requested.
From the traces, this area used to be a channel of the Huaihe River. However, after the river changed course, it became a swamp covered in mud and slime.
This region belongs to the ancient era, part of Xuzhou, one of Emperor Yu's nine states. Now it is occupied by various feudal lords under Dongbaohou.
Li Jing looked around, but for a moment, he couldn't figure out what might be here.
As a famous general who is both a commander and an administrator, Li Jing has sufficient judgment and insight. However, he tends to see himself more as a general and less as a cultivator. He always considers things from the perspective of a common person.
At this moment, he changed his thinking and used the Quduo Zhenren's teachings of observing qi to carefully examine the swamp.
In the five elements of the swamp, the metal element was unexpectedly rich. In some unknown way, it seemed as though something important to him existed here.
What exactly is it?
Is this my own destiny? To be honest, he had heard Na Zha mention a few times about destiny, but he had never seen it himself.
In Na Zha's words, his teacher and his sworn sister Dun Chanyu was an extremely profound immortal. Li Jing thought that it was normal for disciples of sages to be like that.
Could such good fortune befall him as well? He was somewhat hesitant.
"What is your hesitation, General? Remember that if you fail to seize the opportunity given by heaven, you will suffer the consequences."
A somewhat unfamiliar voice echoed behind him, and Li Jing turned around quickly.
He saw an old Daoist with white beard and hair, ethereal demeanor, wearing a Eight Trigrams robe, riding a plum blossom deer standing at about seven or eight paces away from him.
This distance is not suitable for a surprise attack and does not obstruct conversation, so it counts as a friendly gesture.
He doesn't recognize this old Daoist, so he is very cautious and bows his hands to ask, "Little boy Li Jing, I have never met a senior immortal. May I inquire which mountain you practice on?"
The old Daoist, slouching on the plum blossom deer, was calm in his demeanor: "I am burning light Daoist from Lingjiu Mountain, Yuandjiao Grotto."
In the original timeline, when Li Jing and Na Zha were locked in battle, they were intercepted by the Burning Light Daoist. Back then, Li Jing didn't know the Burning Light Daoist and had never heard of his famous name.
Now that Na Zha has a knowledgeable teacher, Dun Chanyu, who has run twice around the Kunlun Mountain, the hosts of the Chuanqi Sect are all familiar with the Burning Light Daoist. Although she has never talked to him, she has described his "face was clean and strange" to Na Zha.
Na Zha, with a child-like nature, can't keep secrets and often brags to his parents about what he knows. In doing so, Li Jing's knowledge has also been expanded.
