Flood Dragon
Ignoring Temple Keeper Xu's cries and curses, Zhou Chu, with one in each hand, threw the entire family—who had inextricable ties with Temple Keeper Xu— over the riverbank.
As the waves surged, those people vanished one by one, leaving only blooming blood flowers in the river before finally settling into calm, as if nothing had been left behind.
Finally, only Lu Li Zhou Chu, and Temple Keeper Xu Miaozhu remained on the bank. Temple Keeper Xu seemed to have run out of energy from cursing. Ignoring the ropes binding him, he lay to one side, panting, watching the churning river. He moved his body towards the river and said dejectedly, "You've won. Throw me in too."
"The most important thing for a person is for their family to be together. We also want to leave you behind, but alas, it really can't." Lu Li shook his head and stood in front of Temple Keeper Xu, blocking his way.
"What else do you want? You've killed my whole family, isn't that enough?" Temple Keeper Xu, said painfully, his old face contorted. "Although I did gain some benefits through the Dragon Lord Temple and did offer many young boys and girls as sacrifices to you, Dragon Lord, I had no other choice."
"That's the Dragon Lord! If we don't treat him well, there will be a great flood. I'm doing this for the sake of the people in the city. You're just delusional if you think you can kill the Dragon Lord. It will only make the people suffer." Temple Keeper Xu, cried and sobbed, "You've thrown my whole family into the river. Why don't you just throw me in too? Don't you even want me to die?"
"Look at what you're saying." Lu Li looked at the miserable state of Temple Keeper Xu, took out a scroll from his pocket, and threw it next to Temple Keeper Xu. The scroll had a line of large characters written on it: Dragon-Worshiping Qi-Nurturing Scripture.
"Chapter Three, Part Five, The Flood-Snake Body. I don't need to say more about the rest, do I?" Temple Keeper Xu, turned deathly pale. Of course, he knew what it was about. Although the title of the Dragon-Worshiping Qi-Nurturing Scripture was "Worshiping the Dragon," it was actually about worshiping a flood dragon. Those who practiced this secret method needed to find a Flood Dragon as their object of worship, constantly absorbing the Flood Dragon's aura and condensing various talismanic organs within their bodies, such as the Flood Dragon Pearl mentioned earlier.
The Flood-Snake Body that Lu Li pointed out is one of the secret techniques. By absorbing the aura of Flood Dragon, one's body can be transformed. While increasing physical fitness, one can also gain a Flood Dragon's ability: living in water.
Once a person who cultivates the Flood-Snake Body enters the water, their organs will be transformed into aquatic organs under the influence of the condensed talismans, allowing that person to survive in the water. The Dragon-Sow will also remain unmoved because of the Flood Dragon aura emanating from his body.
Previously, Temple Keeper Xu had asked Lu Li and the others to throw him into the water in order to escape. Unexpectedly, Zhou Chu led his men to ransack his house, not only arresting all his family members, but also finding the Temple Keeper Xu Dragon-Worshiping Qi-Nurturing Scripture that Xu Miaozhu was practicing.
Lu Li flipped through the book and heard Temple Keeper Xu crying and shouting for them to throw him into the river. He then understood what Temple Keeper Xu was planning, so he didn't give him a chance at all.
"Tell me, what's the situation with that Evil Dragon?" Zhou Chu walked over and stepped on Temple Keeper Xu's body. "Tell me everything you know about the Evil Dragon, and I'll let you go down into the river. You'll keep your word."
"You really want to slay a dragon?" Temple Keeper Xu looked at Zhou Chu with a look of utter disbelief. He quickly said, "The Dragon Lord is not comparable to that beast, the South Mountain Tiger. You have never seen Flood Dragon before, otherwise you would know how naive your thoughts are. The Dragon Lord is a god, not a beast. Going there will only be sending you to your deaths."
"So please release me quickly, and I'll prepare a sacrificial ceremony immediately. Maybe that will appease the Dragon Lord's anger," said Temple Keeper Xu, earnestly. He had originally thought that Zhou Chu's slogan of eliminating the Evil Dragon was just to win people's hearts, but he never expected that this madman would actually dare to plot against the Dragon Lord.
"Whether Ziyin can kill that Evil Dragon is none of Temple Keeper Xu's concern. What you should be thinking about now is your own life. Quickly tell us the information about that Evil Dragon, and we will throw you into the river. Otherwise, you won't see us killed by the Evil Dragon; you'll be joining your family first." Lu Li said coldly, holding a Shadow Dagger to Temple Keeper Xu's neck.
Seeing this situation, Temple Keeper Xu clearly knew that if he didn't speak up, he would probably die a miserable death here. So he immediately blurted it all out like spilled beans. Although he was over sixty years old, he had achieved success in Dragon-Worshiping Qi-Nurturing Scripture and had at least several decades left to live. He didn't want to leave this wonderful world now.
"I advise you not to even think about attacking the Dragon Lord. Just look at how long Dragon Lord is! He's over ten zhang long. One bite from him could take down half a house. Besides, the Dragon Lord knows some magic. His saliva is poisonous. The black liquid I released at you was the saliva of Flood Dragon. He also has the ability to control water. You have no chance of defeating him. Encountering him means certain death!" As soon as Temple Keeper Xu said this, Lu Li and the others knew that he was mostly telling the truth, because the real target had arrived.
It was a creature that had surfaced from the water at some unknown time. It was a serpentine creature, tens of meters long, with a gray and red body. Its head, which resembled a snake, had some horns and a large bump. Its protruding body was also covered with various spikes and irregular fleshy tendrils. Its mouth was full of sharp teeth, and a transparent tongue made of mucus swayed back and forth inside. Its two small, opposing eyes were fixed on Lu Li.
"This... is Flood Dragon?" Lu Li squinted. The Yue Kingdom inherited some of the culture from the previous era, such as the culture of worshipping the dragon. The image of the dragon is that it has antlers like a deer, a head like a camel, eyes like a rabbit, a neck like a snake, a belly like a clam, scales like a fish, claws like an eagle, paws like a tiger, and ears like a cow. It is truly heroic, extraordinary, sacred and inviolable.
As Flood Dragon that has some connection with the divine dragon, it should at least have some characteristics similar to a dragon, right? But Lu Li looked at it, all this Flood Dragon could bring was a variety of disgusting sensations. Apart from having the same snake body, it basically had nothing to do with the divine dragon. Lu Li couldn't help but recall the sentence in the book "Dragon-Worshiping Qi-Nurturing Scripture" in his hand: Although the Flood Dragon has some connection with the divine dragon, a dragon is a dragon, and they are basically two different species. There are many kinds of dragons. Those that live on land and are afraid of water are called Earth Dragon, and in some remote areas they are also called Burrowing Demon Worm demon worms. Those that live in water are called Giant Devouring Worm.
Upon seeing the main figure appear, Temple Keeper Xu, was overjoyed. Although the temple had been destroyed, he believed that with his cultivation techniques, the Dragon Lord would most likely spare him. Just as he was feeling happy, the shadow blade at his neck slashed, and blood splattered out.
The Temple Keeper Xu, Xu, looked at Lu Li in disbelief, wanting to accuse him of breaking his promise.
"I only said that if you said it, I would throw you into the river, but I didn't say I wouldn't kill you!" Lu Li picked up Temple Keeper Xu's body, threw it forcefully, and it hit the dragon's body before falling into the river with a splash.