The Turbid Sha That Gave the Dragon Clan Headaches for Thousands of Years Smells Delicious to Me

Downstream of the Azure Mystic River.

A deep river bend stretched for tens of thousands of miles, shrouded in gray-black mist all year round.

Numerous restraining runes laid down by the Dragon Clan lined both sides of the bend. Pale cyan water-spirit light flowed constantly along the banks, firmly confining the fierce Sha that tried to spread.

The aquatic creatures stationed there had to reinforce the restraining runes at intervals. Otherwise, the Turbid Sha on the riverbed would continue to spread outward.

At that moment.

Several Water Generals in the Golden Immortal Realm were patrolling above the bend.

A black-scaled flood dragon among them had just finished inspecting the restraining runes when a trace of weariness appeared on his face.

"The Turbid Sha here is getting harder and harder to deal with."

He could not help sighing.

A Golden Immortal Water General beside him, who bore a turtle shell on his back, frowned as well.

"We only cleared the outer area yesterday, and today Sha Qi is already bubbling up from the riverbed again. If this goes on, sooner or later we'll have to seal this whole bend completely."

The black-scaled flood dragon shook his head.

"Sealing it is easy, but this waterway connects to several important tributaries of the Azure Mystic River. If we really seal it, many of the surrounding aquatic manors will be affected."

The two Water Generals were still talking.

Suddenly, they sensed an immensely powerful life presence coming from high above.

They jerked their heads up.

Then.

Their faces froze.

In the sky, an incomparably enormous dark-gold whale was slowly coming to a stop amid a sea of clouds. His body stretched across the horizon, and a gentle sweep of his massive fins sent vast banks of clouds rolling to either side.

The black-scaled flood dragon's pupils contracted sharply.

"What is that thing?!"

The turtle-shelled Water General also drew a sharp breath.

He had lived for countless years and seen innumerable enormous aquatic creatures, but never had he seen an innate divine beast of such outrageous size.

Especially that enormous head slowly lowering out of the sea of clouds.

It looked even larger than the entire river bend!

While the two Water Generals were still caught between shock and uncertainty.

Ao Lan had already turned into a streak of cyan light and arrived with the aquatic creatures who had been patrolling the river earlier.

"Greetings, General!"

The two Water Generals hurriedly saluted.

Ao Lan nodded lightly, then looked up at Lu Yuan.

"Fellow Daoist Lu Yuan, this is one of the areas worst affected by Turbid Sha in the lower reaches of the Azure Mystic River."

Lu Yuan slowly released his Divine Sense.

He soon saw the situation at the bottom of the bend clearly.

Vast deposits of black mud lay on the riverbed tens of thousands of zhang below, constantly releasing dense, fierce Sha. Some of the black mud had completely fused with the surrounding rock, forming a layer of extremely hard, dark-red crystals.

The energy contained within these crystals was even denser than that of ordinary, scattered fierce Sha.

Lu Yuan sensed them for only a moment before his interest was unmistakably piqued.

"There really is quite a lot of Sha Qi in there."

He spoke in a low voice.

Ao Lan nodded.

"This river bend has been accumulating it for thousands of years. Although it has been cleared many times during that period, the Sha Crystals deep below have always been difficult to deal with."

"Those Sha Crystals are already connected to the earth veins beneath the riverbed. If we forcibly destroy them, we could easily disrupt the flow of water-spirit Qi throughout the entire Azure Mystic River."

After hearing this, Lu Yuan understood the Dragon Clan's concerns.

He could indeed eat those things.

But there were also a great many ordinary aquatic creatures in the Azure Mystic River.

If he simply sucked at the riverbed with all his might, enormous whirlpools would likely appear throughout the river.

By then, the Turbid Sha might be swallowed, but the surrounding aquatic creatures and Spirit Veins could also suffer.

Clearly, he needed another approach.

Lu Yuan observed carefully for a while, then suddenly noticed that the pale cyan restraining runes on either side of the bend could slowly guide the water and separate out some of the fierce Sha.

Their efficiency was limited, but the approach was sound.

He looked at Ao Lan again.

"Can your restraining runes gather the Turbid Sha on the riverbed in one place?"

Ao Lan thought for a moment.

"They can, but it takes quite a lot of Law Power, and they can only deal with the outer portion. The Sha Crystals deep below are very difficult to move."

Lu Yuan nodded.

"Let's try the outer portion first."

Hearing this, Ao Lan gradually formed a plan.

She did not dare let Lu Yuan swallow the entire river bend on his first attempt, either.

If anything went wrong, the Azure Mystic River's waterways could not withstand it.

With that thought.

Ao Lan gave orders directly to the Water Generals behind her.

"First evacuate the aquatic creatures near the bend. Then activate the Water-Dividing Restriction Pattern and guide the loosened Turbid Sha to the enclosed waters on the west side."

The two Golden Immortal Water Generals hurriedly acknowledged the order.

Before leaving, however, the black-scaled flood dragon could not resist glancing at Lu Yuan.

He hesitated for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "General, can this senior really devour the Turbid Sha on the riverbed?"

Ao Lan glanced at him.

"Fellow Daoist Lu Yuan previously devoured a great deal of fierce Sha in the Northern Land. We'll start with a small-scale attempt this time. We'll soon find out how well it works."

After hearing this, the black-scaled flood dragon still had some doubts.

He had naturally heard the rumors of a giant beast appearing in the Northern Land.

But the news came from too far away from the Azure Mystic River, and many of the details were bound to be exaggerated.

They had been dealing with the Turbid Sha in this bend for thousands of years.

Even several Golden Immortals joining forces could not easily budge the truly hard Sha Crystals.

And now the giant beast before him was actually preparing to swallow them directly?

The black-scaled flood dragon really found it hard to understand.

But since Ao Lan had already given the order, he naturally did not dare delay.

The two Water Generals quickly departed.

Before long.

The aquatic creatures near the bend began to evacuate.

Schools of spirit fish swam away along the tributaries, while the spirit turtles and flood serpents that had lived on the riverbed also departed.

Some weaker little beasts moved more slowly, so several Dragon Clan aquatic soldiers used some of their Law Power to escort them upstream.

Lu Yuan watched the scene through his Divine Sense and felt a little more at ease.

He had little interest in these ordinary aquatic creatures.

Since he was preparing to help deal with the Turbid Sha, there was naturally no need to swallow their fish and shrimp along with it.

As the last group of aquatic creatures withdrew.

Ao Lan finally began activating the bend's restraining runes.

Boom!

Streaks of pale cyan light swiftly lit up along the riverbanks.

The Turbid Sha scattered across the riverbed was drawn in and began slowly gathering in the waters to the west.

Vast amounts of black mud were churned up by the currents.

Dense gray-black Sha Qi swiftly spread throughout the bend.

Under the effect of the restraining runes, the turbid power that had settled there for years gradually formed a pitch-black current thousands of miles wide.

The black-scaled flood dragon's expression changed slightly as he watched.

"General, considerably more Turbid Sha has been drawn out this time than usual."

Ao Lan's expression turned grave.

"I know. Keep maintaining the restraining runes. Gather the Sha Qi at the very edge first."

The turtle-shelled Water General swiftly put his Law Power to work as well.

Vast expanses of cyan water light rose from the riverbed.

As the restraining runes continued to operate, the fierce Sha mixed into the normal river water was gradually separated out.

Although some Water Spirit Qi was still drawn along in the process, the overall situation remained fairly stable.

Lu Yuan watched from high above the entire time.

Once the Turbid Sha had gathered, he finally spoke.

"That should be enough."

Hearing his voice, Ao Lan hurriedly looked up.

"Are you ready to begin, Fellow Daoist?"

Lu Yuan nodded lightly.

"I'll try this portion first. You just need to keep the Restraining Patterns going."

Ao Lan immediately signaled to the Water Generals behind her.

The Golden Immortal Water Generals immediately increased their Law Power to ensure that the enclosed waters would not be struck by outside currents.

At the same time.

Lu Yuan slowly opened his enormous mouth.

An immensely heavy suction force came from the sea of clouds in an instant.

Whoosh—!

At first, only the gray-black Sha mist above the river bend was drawn in.

Immediately afterward.

The pitch-black turbid current that had been separated out by the Restraining Patterns also began to rise slowly.

The black-scaled flood dragon's expression changed abruptly.

He could clearly sense that the fierce Sha power, which had settled on the riverbed and resisted all attempts to budge it, was rapidly losing its connection to the earth veins.

"It really moved?!"

He could not help crying out in shock.

The turtle-shelled Water General beside him also stared wide-eyed.

"This... that Sha Qi actually came out on its own?"

Ao Lan held her breath at that moment as well.

She stared fixedly at the changes on the riverbed.

The next instant.

Rumble!

An enormous pillar of black Qi shot up from the water's surface.

The Turbid Sha that had gathered began pouring in an endless stream toward Lu Yuan's enormous mouth.

The gray-black mist that had shrouded the bend also began to thin rapidly at that moment.

As Lu Yuan felt the fierce Sha energy steadily entering his body, a satisfied expression gradually appeared on his face.

Although its quality could not compare with the flesh and blood of a Chaos Demon God.

It made up for it with its stability.

And there was a lot of it.

For him, who was currently digesting a high-level origin, it counted as a decent supplement.

Lu Yuan increased his suction force slightly.

Boom!

The black turbid current in the bend immediately surged upward into the sky at an even more astonishing speed.

The black-scaled flood dragon's eyes nearly popped out of his head.

He had originally thought that this senior would, at most, be able to slowly absorb some Sha Qi from the surface.

But once he actually began.

The Turbid Sha throughout the enclosed river bend was rapidly diminishing!

"General!"

The black-scaled flood dragon could not help shouting.

"At this speed... isn't that far too fast?!"

Ao Lan did not answer.

Because she, too, was utterly dumbstruck.

The Turbid Sha that she and the aquatic creatures had spent thousands of years trying and failing to completely deal with.

This Grand Void Sky Whale before her.

Could actually swallow it directly!

And judging by how relaxed he looked.

He seemed to be nowhere near his limit.