Luo Zhou carefully studied how to kill Liu Changlong.
It was a vicious scheme from Li Haitian's memories, and no matter how he looked at it, there seemed to be no problems.
But before that, there were still two things he needed to take care of.
Luo Zhou sprang to his feet, quietly slipped out, and headed for the Wang Family.
With Liu Jinpeng dead at Luo Zhou's hands, the Wang Family had been quiet ever since. No one had come by again.
Luo Zhou reached the Wang Family and followed what the bald old Wang had told him.
Behind the house, at the window on the left, go twelve steps forward, then dig down six feet.
He dug carefully. There really was something buried underground.
Luo Zhou unearthed a clay jar.
He filled the hole back in and left with the jar.
Next, guided by Li Haitian's memories, he went to look for Li Haitian's money.
Li Haitian hadn't kept his money at home.
Instead, he had hidden it in a secret room inside a concealed house in the city.
The house was a safe house and refuge Li Haitian had prepared.
A cunning rabbit has three burrows!
The secret room required a special method to open. Inside were treacherous crossbow traps and hidden poison.
But with Li Haitian's own memories, Luo Zhou avoided every trap perfectly and retrieved the valuables he had hidden.
After spending most of the night at it, Luo Zhou returned home.
He inspected the treasure he'd gotten from the old Wang's house.
Inside the clay jar was a yellow cloth pouch.
The pouch was very old, and the yellow cloth looked as if it might crumble apart.
He opened the pouch and took out an object.
A bead, a gemstone, about the size of a marble, like a dragon's eye.
In the lamplight, it was crystal clear and shimmering with iridescent colors. As it turned slowly, it looked extraordinarily beautiful.
Almost transparent, it glowed with the colors of a gemstone, dreamlike and unreal.
He didn't know what it was, but it was definitely worth a fortune.
The Wang Family must once have been a great cultivation clan. Their bloodline itself seemed to conceal water arts, and they also had a family heirloom. It was certainly no ordinary treasure.
Luo Zhou hurriedly slipped the gemstone back into the pouch. At once, all its radiance vanished, hidden away.
This pouch was no ordinary thing either!
He turned to Li Haitian's valuables. There was a wooden box, and inside were fifty-two pieces of jade.
The jade was crystal clear, about three inches long, one inch wide, and one inch thick. It shimmered with iridescent light, and contained the most primitive, purest innate spiritual energy.
Luo Zhou examined them closely and couldn't help asking, "Could these be Spirit Stones?"
They were Spirit Stones. Li Haitian had never had a wife or children and didn't care much about money. He earned a little and spent a little, but as a constable, he'd still managed to save some.
He'd converted what remained into Spirit Stones and stored them away.
Luo Zhou took out a Spirit Stone and examined it.
This Spirit Stone wasn't even that big. How could breaking it open produce a thousand Broken Spirits?
Luo Zhou didn't understand, but that didn't stop him from laughing out loud.
This time, after meting out punishment to evil, Luo Zhou had bought talismans, leaving him with only two thousand three hundred Broken Spirits. He hadn't expected fifty-two Spirit Stones to land in his lap all at once. Not only had he replenished his funds, he'd made a killing.
Along with the Spirit Stones, there was an ancient manual.
The Azure Waters Flow East to This Return
It was a cultivation manual. Luo Zhou couldn't resist taking a look.
"Ten thousand waters blaze in splendor, the profound essence takes form; azure waters flow east, the Silver River turns nine times; refine the spiritual source, waves soak the setting sun; ten thousand miles stretch in endless flood; divine light pierces through; transcend the ordinary, gaze upon eternity; the secrets of heaven run deep and mysterious..."
It was a full one hundred and thirty thousand words—a complete cultivation inheritance, encompassing the entire process from the Qi Refining Stage to the Nascent Soul Realm.
This was a priceless treasure!
To be honest, the cultivation inheritance of the Heaven and Earth Dao Sect was very rudimentary.
In the Body Tempering Stage, they practiced the five body-tempering arts: White Sun, Azure Profound, Purple Empyrean, Black Nether, and Brown Scale. In the Qi Refining Stage, they practiced the five qi-refining arts: White Sun, Azure Profound, Purple Empyrean, Black Nether, and Brown Scale.
Simple and utterly plain!
The demonic cultivators Luo Zhou had killed—Gu Shanhe, Qiu Jun, Li Feng, and the others—had practiced the same techniques...
Comparing them with Li Haitian's The Azure Waters Flow East to This Return left him speechless.
Luo Zhou carefully put the manual away. He would have to cultivate this technique in the future.
However, the manual began at the Qi Refining Stage. It seemed that the so-called Body Tempering Stage didn't exist in it at all.
Luo Zhou would have to reach the Qi Refining Stage before he could practice this technique.
In fact, it was clear that the Wang Family, Li Haitian, and some of his classmates had all cultivated water arts or possessed bloodline talents related to water. Perhaps it was because Green Ridge City was a coastal city!
After sorting through all his gains, Luo Zhou felt absolutely delighted!
But it was only June 18. When he woke up that morning, it was as if someone had reminded him again that only fifteen days remained. It was really getting on his nerves.
Still, now he had a way to deal with Liu Changlong.
And a way to deal with the Full Moon Devil!
Luo Zhou got up early and immediately set out for the Caobang.
Every time he came here, he kept well away. If he could avoid getting close, he did.
The resentment of countless children filled the Caobang's main headquarters. The cries and resentment of over a thousand boys and girls had built up to the point where he could barely stand it.
But this time, he had to come.
He silently sensed the resentment of those boys and girls, seeking only one piece of information.
When would Liu Changlong hold his next sacrifice?
As he silently sensed it and endured the pain, Luo Zhou found out: the sacrifice would begin on the first day of next month. The boys and girls had already been bought and were being kept in a secret room.
There were only two days left until the first of next month. That was enough.
During that time, he had to kill the Full Moon Devil, the Blood Parrot, and the Rainy Night Devil, the old Crocodile Dragon!
Li Haitian's memories also provided a way to kill the Full Moon Devil, the Blood Parrot. It should be no problem.
But as for the old Crocodile Dragon, he had no way to deal with it right now. If he could find a way to kill it—
Then all nine Woodworm Devils would be dead, and he could live in peace!
It felt as if a light had appeared in his future!
Just as Luo Zhou was thinking, thunder rumbled in the distance, and rain began to fall.
As soon as it rained, everyone near the rivers, lakes, and bridges could be seen running off as fast as they could, keeping far away.
Luo Zhou was about to run too, but he took a step—and didn't.
He touched the two Eyebrow-Level Staffs on his back. Should he test it?
Then he'd give it a try!
He not only stayed put, but deliberately walked over to the riverbank and strolled along at an unhurried pace.
An old man saw him and called out, "Young man, it's raining! Hurry home!"
It was a kind warning.
But Luo Zhou pretended not to hear and waved to show his thanks.
The old man shook his head. Even the King of Hell couldn't save someone determined to die.
Luo Zhou walked along the river, heading specifically for a place thick with Dead Spirits.
That old Crocodile Dragon had been eating people for a hundred years or more—tens of thousands of them. Dead Spirits should have been everywhere.
But there weren't that many. Only mortals it had eaten in the past thirty years turned into Dead Spirits.
The mortals it had eaten before that had ceased to be Dead Spirits. They were like blurred afterimages, indistinct and hazy.
He walked slowly, strolling in the rain. It was rather pleasant.
Luo Zhou arrived at Green-Green Bay, one of the three lakes, seven bays, and twelve bridges.
His supernatural ability, Listen Through All Things, told him that something was drifting in the water ahead.
It didn't look big, only about a foot long, like a small dog, silently swimming through the water.
But Luo Zhou knew that this was the old Crocodile Dragon!
It had the divine ability to change its size at will.
Whenever it rained, it followed the river into the city to eat people!
Luo Zhou stayed still, quietly took out an Invisibility Talisman, and activated it. His figure vanished, blending into the riverbank.
The old Crocodile Dragon had noticed Luo Zhou long ago. It had quietly come over to eat a tender young human.
But unexpectedly, the human child vanished for no apparent reason.
The old Crocodile Dragon swam toward the spot, wondering where the child had gone...
In an instant, a flash of light shot into the air!
The Dragon-Slaying Thrust flew out and struck the old Crocodile Dragon in its left eye.
Luo Zhou and the old Crocodile Dragon were both stunned!
The Dragon-Slaying Thrust had always been unstoppable, killing six Woodworm Devils and countless Crocodile Dragons. This time, it accomplished nothing.
The old Crocodile Dragon hadn't been killed.
It swam in the water as if it were the river itself!
The river and the dragon had become one!
No matter how powerful the Dragon-Slaying Thrust was, it couldn't shatter the entire river, so it couldn't pierce through the eye and into the brain.
Still, the old Crocodile Dragon's eye had been pierced, and blood flowed.
Luo Zhou instantly activated the Random Flight Talisman, teleporting a hundred yards away.
Without the Random Flight Talisman, Luo Zhou wouldn't have risked it.
The talisman carried him just beyond the riverbank and into the city, onto solid ground.
Then he heard a roar by the river.
A gigantic Crocodile Dragon, a full thirty yards long, appeared.
In its fury, it charged onto land, destroying everything it saw.
It crashed into people's homes, eating everyone it came across!
Luo Zhou watched with bitter hatred, but there was nothing he could do. He could only turn and flee.
The creature was so brazen that a bell immediately rang through the city.
Someone shouted angrily:
"Yue Canglong, don't push it! Don't think everyone's afraid to touch you just because of your master's reputation. Don't bully people too far!"
Someone rose into the air—it was City Lord Fang Daoqi of Green Ridge City, moving to drive the old Crocodile Dragon away.
But this old Crocodile Dragon actually had a name: Yue Canglong?
And it had a master?
You had to beat a dog with its master in mind—was that why no one dared lay a hand on it?
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