Liu Captou was asked to lead a team of catchers to follow slowly without any rush, while Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing ran along the river and upstream.
"Is it related to this flood?"
"Who knows, anyway, it is said that many demons and ghosts have sneaked into the southern and northern regions recently. Monsters that used to be in the mountains and swamps have also come out of the mountains." Yuan Jing said.
Lu Zheng nodded. Not to mention that there were many forces in the southern and northern territories that could not deal with Dajing. There were also many monsters and ghosts in the deep mountains and old forests inside Dajing that secretly harmed people.
Now that a natural disaster is about to occur, it may be chaotic for a while, but we must not take this opportunity to eat something good or kill people to practice magic.
"This monster came from upstream and arrived at the Lushui River. It is probably interested in Lushui." Lu Zheng said.
Yuan Jing nodded, and then the two of them saw another village along the river.
"It's Cliff Village."
"The village where the accident first occurred was already upstream of the Yingshui River."
"We're about to enter the mountains."
"There is no smell of foreign matter."
"Into the mountains!"
Neither of them stopped at Broken Cliff Village. They passed by along the river bank and soon entered the mountain through the mountain pass to the north of the village.
After entering the mountain, the Yingshui River becomes narrower and narrower, the water becomes more and more rapid, and from time to time a small stream branches out.
Yuan Jing frowned, "Junior brother, have you ever felt that the water in these streams and the Yingshui River just now seems to be less than usual, and it seems to be similar to winter."
"Um?"
Lu Zheng blinked. He really didn't pay attention to these details before. Now when he heard Yuan Jing talk about it, it seemed that it was really the case.
The source of Yingshui River is in the mountains. There is less rain in the mountains in winter, and springs and lakes freeze, so the water flow is less than in summer and autumn.
When spring comes, the ice melts, the rain becomes abundant, and the water flow gradually increases.
However, the river water, which has now entered spring, still seems to have the same flow rate as winter.
"Sure enough, I came here for Lushui!"
Prolong the melting process, move the spring lake, and release it all at once when there is more rain, breaking through the flow limit of Lu River.
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As a result, the people along the coast will inevitably suffer from floods.
"So vicious!" Yuan Jing's eyes narrowed.
The two of them kept walking and headed straight upstream of the Yingshui River to its largest source.
Soon, the two of them came to a small lake located on extremely high terrain among several peaks in the rolling mountains.
Spring had just begun at this time, there was still snow in the mountains, and the lake was still freezing.
only……
The area where the ice had frozen was already higher than the surface of the lake along the shores of the lake, and the water flow that should have been normal and flowed down the mountain stream also became intermittent.
"The largest source has almost stopped flowing. No wonder the flow of the Yingshui River has not changed."
The Yingshui River can still maintain the same water flow as in winter at this time, entirely because of the increased water volume in other mountain stream tributaries.
Then Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing discovered a foreign object hidden at the bottom of the small lake that was breathing out cold air.
"Han Chan?" Lu Zheng blinked.
"A toad that knows how to cast ice spells." Yuan Jing curled her lips and said.
Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing discovered the toad, and the toad also discovered the two of them.
After all, the lake here goes deep into the mountains, where would ordinary people come?
The next moment, the ice on the lake melted instantly, and a figure shot directly at the two of them.
The two of them couldn't help but grin.
The person who came was a middle-aged man who was just over five feet tall. He had disheveled hair, was short and chubby, and had a protruding belly. His short words hung underneath, swaying in the wind.
Well, yes, because the toad had just revealed its true form under the lake, so at this time, it was clean and smooth from top to bottom, with no trace of hair on it.
Before the people arrive, the law arrives first.
As soon as the man stretched out his hands, two ice spells were formed out of thin air, turning into white streamers and shooting straight towards Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing.
"choke!"
Yuan Jing's seven-star sword was unsheathed, and the white cloud sword energy filled the air. With a single click, the ice curse seals that flew towards him were shattered.
Lu Zheng also raised his hand, and the Feiyun Evil-Breaking Curse condensed, wrapping up the incoming curse spell, and then dissipating it in an instant.
"Kacha!"
The next moment, the ice on the surface of the lake broke through less than half, and a large piece of ice nearly a hundred feet tall, as big as an iceberg, rose out of thin air, and then crashed down on the two of them.
"Hahaha, die!"
The man couldn't help laughing when he saw Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing being fooled.
"Two little mages, I will crush you to death!"
Yuan Jing curled her lips in disdain and sheathed her sword directly, "Junior brother, it's up to you."
"okay!"
Lu Zheng smiled and nodded, raised his palm into a sword, and slashed forward.
A half-moon-shaped blade of light burst out from the edge of his palm, growing with the wind. In an instant, it grew to a size of a hundred feet, and faced the iceberg head-on.
"Check!"
There was a soft sound, and the light of the knife passed through the middle of the iceberg like a knife cutting tofu. Then the iceberg was split into two and flew out in both directions.
However, the light of the sword showed no resistance and went straight towards the man.
The man's eyes were wide open, and he watched helplessly as the sword light passed by him, but he was locked by the sword energy, but could not move.
"Check!"
The sword light was not aimed at him, but only took away one of his right arms, and then the sword energy invaded his body and twisted straight towards his Dantian.
"ah!
! "
With a scream, the man turned over and fell, rolling on the remaining ice of the lake and screaming in pain.
Lu Zheng shook his head. A mere monster with less than two hundred years of experience had no idea where he got the confidence to dare to attack two people.
Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing flew to his side, then slapped the man on the shoulder, pulled out the sword energy that tortured him, and used the cloud method to seal his Dantian sea of consciousness.
"Name, origin." Lu Zheng said calmly.
"Exalted Immortal, spare your life. My name is Ha Dazhi. He is under the command of King Lingshan Golden Centipede. I have been ordered to come to the upper reaches of the Yingshui River to block the flow of water for future orders!"
Lu Zheng, "..."
Yuan Jing, "..."
All explained so easily?
"Then who is King Golden Centipede? Why did you come to block the water flow?" Yuan Jing asked with a frown.
"The body of King Golden Centipede is a centipede with golden threads. His Taoism is unpredictable and his magic power reaches the sky and the earth. He hides deep in the mountains all year round and does not show up in the world."
The man said hurriedly, "As for why I was asked to block the water flow, I don't know!"
Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing both pouted. The toad's eyes were wandering around when he was lying, and his acting was not good at all.
"Looks like he's an old man." Yuan Jing said to Lu Zheng.
Lu Zheng nodded, thought for a while, and asked the man, "Has anyone visited your king recently?"
"Huh?" The man was stunned when he heard this, then shook his head and said, "No, no, I have never seen anyone visiting my king!"
Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing looked at each other, and this time they really couldn't tell whether what this person said was true or false.
"Forget it." Lu Zheng shook his head, "Let's hand him over to Zhenyi Division."
