"So the Playing Water Lord and I split up to search the swamp.
"The swamp was my territory, after all, so I found those two thieves first. They were none other than the Chief Sacrificer and Chancellor of the Ji River."
"The two of them wanted to open the Ji River's sealed Water Eye without permission. But my Demon-Poison Swamp was built around the lake over that Water Eye. If they opened it, wouldn't my cultivation grounds be destroyed on the spot?"
"The Playing Water Lord couldn't stomach it and went up to reason with them. But the Ji River Chief Sacrificer refused to listen to reason. She took out the Hundred Ghost Nuo Masks of the Ji River and killed him. I was quick on my feet and fled for my life. That was the only reason I survived to see you, my lord."
The River Lord instantly understood what Siliuer was implying.
No wonder the Playing Water Lord had refused the larger lake chosen for him and insisted on choosing a small one in a mountain valley himself. It turned out that lake concealed one of the Ji River's Water Eyes.
The River Lord had originally been unwilling to stir up further trouble with the Ji River. After all, the one who held a grudge against it was the previous Yellow River Water God, the Spirit Source Water Lord. He had intended to wave a hand and say that, since the Playing Water Lord was dead, they should draw up terms for compensation from the Ji River and give everything they received to the Playing Water Lord's descendants.
But just as the words were about to leave his mouth, a thought suddenly surfaced in his mind. A Water Eye? One of the Ji River's Water Eyes?
When he