Chapter 143 Abnormality
Although Li Yuan felt sorry for those mortals who fell into the water, he simply conjured up a few thick driftwoods and quietly sent them away from the bottom of the river.
Anyone who can grab onto this floating wood in the water has a much greater chance of survival than trying to cross the river.
The black giant turtle was angry that the ship did not provide enough food, and he did not want to kill all the mortals on the ship.
And since Li Yuan had met them, he naturally gave these mortals a glimmer of hope.
“See what it’s going to do.”
The two followed the giant black turtle in the water.
The giant turtle seemed to be very busy, swimming in various areas of Linglong River.
Sometimes he would weigh the food offered by the ships on the water, and sometimes he would turn around and deliberately run to somewhere to tear apart some corpses at the bottom of the river.
Sometimes he would wander around some elixirs in the river and only leave after observing them for a while.
The two followed it all the way, and gradually discovered that the black giant turtle seemed to be acting in a somewhat disorderly manner.
In other words, I'm a bit too busy.
Sometimes, the giant turtle would clearly be weighing the food offered by mortals, but would inexplicably turn back and swim quickly towards certain areas.
Finally, Li Yuan and Zhang Tiansheng discovered that it was violently tearing some bones into pieces.
At the bottom of Linglong River, waves surged, and as the giant turtle moved, undercurrents gathered, stirring up many air waves.
Every time this happened, the black giant turtle would always be extremely irritable, yet seemed helpless.
Only after tearing some of the skeletons into pieces would the black giant turtle turn back to weigh and collect the food.
However, sometimes the elixir in the river dims; sometimes corpses move strangely somewhere; sometimes some boats sneak across...
The giant black turtle is swimming around all the time, busy all the time.
Sometimes, the two could hear the black giant turtle roaring in a dull and helpless voice, as if it could not bear the heavy burden.
But in front of other creatures in Linglong River, the giant turtle looked extremely domineering and did not show any sign of fatigue.
Gradually, Li Yuan seemed to understand something.
He walked to a riverbed where corpses were scattered and sensed the area carefully.
"What the black giant turtle tore apart were the corpses that were corroded by the evil spirit in the river, and whose resentment remained and mutated."
Li Yuan gently stroked the corpse from which the evil spirit had dissipated, and he realized something.
"I originally thought that it was the one causing trouble in Linglong River."
“But at the moment, it seems to have its reasons.”
Zhang Tiansheng also nodded slightly:
"This turtle is spiritual. Judging from its intelligence and size, it must be an ancient spirit."
"After so many years of hard training, why did you give up everything and degenerate into a demon?"
Zhang Tiansheng saw that the black giant turtle was not a bloodthirsty creature, even though it was surrounded by a strong aura of evil and karma.
It was as if there were certain rules and constraints that restrained the giant black turtle, forcing it to act so violently and anxiously.
The two talked for a while and followed again, but found that in this broad Linglong River, they could not sense the breath of the black giant turtle at all.
Li Yuan and Zhang Tiansheng used magic to swim in the Linglong River, but after walking thousands of miles, they gained nothing.
"Did it go far downstream?"
Li Yuan was a little confused.
Zhang Tiansheng shook his head:
"We traveled thousands of miles along the Linglong River, passing through the entire mortal kingdom, and almost walked the entire wide part of the river."
“If you can’t find it, you can only explain it.”
"This black turtle left Linglong River and came ashore."
While the two were still frowning and thinking, the breath of the black giant turtle suddenly appeared in the river again.
Just where they had walked not long ago.
Li Yuan stretched out his fingers and felt the water waves.
"You're right. It went ashore and now it's coming down again."
"Linglong River welcomes its return."
The two of them approached quickly.
The behavior of this giant black turtle revealed an indescribable abnormality.
They want to see what the purpose of this black giant turtle is in doing all this!
The two of them approached while holding some magical skills.
But he found that at the bottom of a river somewhere, a giant black turtle was carefully holding several aquatic medicinal seedlings with intact roots.
The giant turtle moved very gently at this moment, for fear of damaging the elixir on its claws.
However, it, which was originally full of energy, was now a little weak.
The head of the turtle was drooping and its breathing was disordered, as if a large amount of essence and blood had been lost in the body.
Afterwards, Li Yuan and the other man saw that the giant black turtle had actually dug a hole and planted the spiritual herbs it had brought back at the bottom of the river.
The medicinal herb seedlings fell to the ground and got stuck in the mud. Their roots drilled into the mud, and their stems and leaves emitted a faint green fluorescence, illuminating the deep riverbed. It was like stars in the dark night, quite beautiful.
When the black giant turtle saw that the elixir seedling had successfully taken root, it couldn't help but become excited and let out a low cry of joy, which was ethereal and long.
It wandered around and planted the medicinal seedlings it brought back in some places.
Sometimes they are planted among water plants, sometimes next to skeletons, which looks quite irregular.
But as Li Yuan followed all the way, he discovered that the places where the giant tortoise planted the elixirs were all places with strong evil spirits in the river.
"With evil spirits lingering around, the elixir will never grow."
Li Yuan sighed slightly.
Zhang Tiansheng shook his head calmly:
"It didn't think the spiritual medicine seedlings could grow up."
"It is using these spiritual medicine seedlings to suppress the evil spirits and maintain peace in the river."
Li Yuan squatted down and gently stroked the stems and leaves of the elixir.
"But this is just a temporary solution."
"If the spiritual medicine seedlings don't grow big, we will never be able to expel the evil spirits around us and restore the spiritual vitality in the river."
The evil spirit in the river was strange. Even after the two of them walked across most of the Linglong River, they could not find the source of the evil spirit.
Logically speaking, a country's mother river, which is worshipped and sacrificed by mortals all year round, should nourish auspiciousness and many living things.
Evil spirits of unknown origin, strange rules, the disappearing river god, giant turtles with strange behavior...
This Linglong River is full of anomalies.
Li Yuan reached out and touched the spiritual medicine to help stabilize the roots of the unstable spiritual medicine in front of him.
But unexpectedly, the giant black turtle that was going away seemed to sense something, growled, and turned back to swim.
The Linglong River seemed to be responding to the black turtle's anger. The river water flowed, instantly pushing the black turtle in front of Li Yuan and the other man.
The giant turtle was as big as a house. It swam in the deep water, seeming to block out all the light and casting a large shadow on the riverbed.
The sharp claws and scales were trembling, as if they were about to explode.
Because the two men were still casting concealment spells and had hidden their footprints, the black giant turtle wandered around anxiously, but was unable to find any suspicious places.
But suddenly, the water flow at the bottom of the river became turbulent, as if it went against common sense.
The water avoidance techniques around the two were effective, and they were unable to avoid the water flow.
It was immediately discovered by the giant black turtle.
A pair of eyes as big as basins stared at where the two people were standing.
Seeing that his traces had been discovered, Li Yuan no longer hid and revealed his figure immediately.
"Nice to meet you, please give me your love..."
Before Li Yuan could finish his words, he was hit on the head.
Zhang Tiansheng took his hand back: "Be serious and stop talking nonsense!"
Li Yuan glanced at Zhang Tiansheng angrily, then looked at the dazed black giant turtle in front of him.
"Why, are you shocked?"
Li Yuan crossed his arms and raised the corners of his mouth.
The black giant turtle was indeed a little confused.
Why can humans walk on the bottom of a river as if it were flat ground?
A strong sense of vigilance rose in the giant turtle's heart, and he looked at the two of them carefully.
It couldn't tell any information about the middle-aged mortal in white.
But this young man with a pale face...
The black giant turtle's pupils suddenly contracted violently.
"Are you the mountain god?!"
The black giant turtle roared in shock, with a look of extremely complicated emotions.
There was surprise, disgust, fear, and anger.
Li Yuan snorted: "Hehe, your big eyes are quite bright..."
"Yes! I am..."
Before Li Yuan could finish speaking, the black giant turtle suddenly became furious and spoke in a low voice.
"Don't push your luck!"
"Get out of Linglong River!"
Om-! ! !
The sound of the river is deep and ethereal.
As the black giant turtle became furious, the Linglong River began to churn endlessly. The entire river seemed to come alive, repelling Li Yuan and the other man, as if it wanted to expel them.
The river bottom became deeper and deeper, but the river surface was shaking with huge waves!
The huge waves rose several feet high, with raging waves and rolling air!
Any mortal living by the river would be scared to death upon seeing this horrifying scene.
The entire broad river was spinning and rolling like a dragon's body!
They had never seen Linglong River so raging!