Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 166 - 165: The Yellow River Changes Its Course (3000 words)
Chapter 166: Chapter 165: The Yellow River Changes Its Course (3000 words)
He hadn’t done anything.
Staring blankly at the Sun rod in his hand, Jiang Chen was momentarily confused.
Why had the Yellow River broken its banks? There were no signs, no traces of anyone interfering!
His hesitation lasted only a moment. Jiang Chen quickly realized that this was not the time for speculation; the priority was to save people.
With this in mind, he moved his thoughts, and the Heavenly Gang’s thirty-six Divine Ability of turning rivers and seas was ready in his hands.
A tremendous amount of magical power gushed from his body, turning into an indescribable force, enveloping the surrounding raging river, ready to roll it back on course.
But immediately, Jiang Chen discovered that the water of the Yellow River was extraordinarily heavy, countless times heavier than the mountains. His strength could only pull a negligible part, making it ineffective.
Realizing this, Jiang Chen quickly understood the situation.
It was momentum!
The water of the Yellow River contained an unknown great momentum. The water was not heavy, but this momentum, extremely heavy like the earth itself.
The water, merged with this momentum, made it extraordinarily heavy, beyond the reach of magical power.
"Damn it!"
The sudden change caught Jiang Chen off guard and put him on the defensive.
"Sun rod, stabilize!"
Seeing his Divine Ability useless, Jiang Chen pushed his magical power to the limit, pouring it all into the Sun rod.
In an instant, endless divine light rose from the Sun rod, transforming into a golden dome that blocked out the sun, standing in front of the surging river, blocking it.
At the same time, Jiang Chen turned his head and shouted at Sun Wukong, "Sun Wukong, lend me your Sea Pacifying God Needle."
Originally, the Sea Pacifying God Needle was a treasure used by King Yu to control the water. It could not have been more suitable for the current situation. Using it could at least alleviate some of Jiang Chen’s pressure.
Looking at the raging flood, Sun Wukong could not help but be moved. He lifted his golden hoop staff and asked Jiang, "How do I use it?"
In Jiang Chen’s hands, the Sea Pacifying God Needle was indeed the Sea Pacifying God Needle, with the ability to pacify the seas. But in Sun Wukong’s hands, the Sea Pacifying God Needle was just the golden hoop staff, with the power of the wishful thinking, but without the sea pacifying power.
Rumble!
The Yellow River surged tremendously, making Jiang Chen feel tremendous pressure even with the Sun rod blocking it.
His cultivation was still too low. The impact of the Yellow River’s water could consume most of his magical power each time. It wouldn’t take much longer, he would soon be out of magical power, and he wouldn’t be able to use the Sun rod anymore.
Then, the water of the Yellow River will flood both banks, countless sand fields, and... countless lives.
Thinking of the countless creatures behind him, Jiang Chen had no time to hesitate. He gritted his teeth and sent a message to Sun Wukong:
"Sun Wukong, I’m going to teach you the Yu King Sutra. With this technique, you can drive the Sea Pacifying God Needle and display its pacifying power."
As he said this, Jiang Chen’s lips moved slightly, emitting strands of mysterious runes, which fell into Sun Wukong’s ears.
The Yu King Sutra, created by King Yu, was divided into two parts: the upper part "Water control" and the lower part "The Nine States".
The one Jiang Chen passed to Sun Wukong was the water-controlling "Water control".
Sun Wukong really lived up to his name of being a natural born god. He was a genius.
Having heard the water-controlling part of the Yu King Sutra only once, he had understood its profound mysteries, and his internal strength naturally began to circulate according to the route prescribed by the water-controlling part.
Humming...
Feeling the aura of King Yu, the golden cudgel suddenly changed, and a tremendous majesty spread from it.
Immediately, the golden cudgel flew out of his hand, turned into a tens of thousands of meters size in the air, and suddenly plunged into the surging Yellow River.
Boom!
Extraordinarily, the whole Yellow River shook. Although the surging river didn’t stop, Jiang Chen’s pressure suddenly lightened by a third.
At the same time, in Pan Yang Lake, the Four Fusi Dragon God felt something and cursed in rage: "Damn Ice-Yi God!"
Then, he transformed into a Five-clawed Golden Dragon and flew toward the direction of the Yellow River.
"Let me do it!"
Quietly, Jiang Xuan’s figure appeared next to Jiang Chen and took over the Sun rod from him.
The same magic treasure, when driven by different people, had completely different effects. In Jiang Xuan’s hands, the Sun rod seemed to turn into the sun itself, shining brilliantly, dazzlingly.
Where the golden light shone, the surging river water retreated. Soon, it returned to its original position.
"Freeze!"
After this, Jiang Xuan formed hand-seals, and cast a mysterious Tao mark onto the collapsing embankments on both sides of the Yellow River.
In an instant, as if time was rewinding, the mountains and rivers were rebuilt, the sand and stone flowed back, and the collapsed embankments were restored to their original state. Moreover, they revealed a mysterious aura, making them sturdier than before.
However, after doing all this, Jiang Xuan did not show any signs of happiness. Instead, he frowned deeply.
After a moment, he instructed into the void, "We cannot stay here any longer, give the order to have the people here relocated to live elsewhere."
The water of the Yellow River was an unstoppable force. Even someone as powerful as Jiang Xuan found it difficult to resist its momentum. Hence, the Tao imprint he left behind could only seal the water for a while.
As time passed, the Tao imprint would be eroded, and the water of the Yellow River would still flood. In that case, it would be better for the people here to evacuate earlier.
"Ancestor, what has happened? The Yellow River was fine, how could the dike suddenly break?" At this moment, Jiang Chen finally had the opportunity to ask Jiang Xuan.
After a while, Jiang Xuan replied: "The Yellow River wouldn’t break if everything was fine. But what if everything wasn’t fine?"
At this point, Jiang Xuan looked at the Yellow River with deep gaze and said ambiguously: "You’ve also learned the Innate Divine Calculation, have a look for yourself and then you will understand."
Hearing this, Jiang Chen focused his spirit, silently applying his Divine Ability of Innate Eight Diagrams, peering into the cause and effect of this matter from the endless mysteries of fate.
The light of the Innate Eight Diagrams flickered in his eyes, and Jiang Chen easily found out the reason. Then, he exclaimed in disbelief:
"The Heavenly Dao in action, the Yellow River changing its course?"
"How is that possible? If the Yellow River was to change its course, why was there no sign of it beforehand?"
This matter was quite simple. It was the movement of the Heavenly Dao that caused the water veins to change, leading to the phenomenon of the Yellow River changing its course.
It was a common occurrence throughout history, happening once every thousand or ten thousand years, which was fairly ordinary.
But this time, it was different from the past.
In the past, if the Yellow River was to change its route, the Heavenly Dao would give a pre-warning to allow all living beings to prepare in advance and evacuate early to avoid being affected.
But this time, the change in the course of the Yellow River happened suddenly, without any prior warning, and it happened so quickly.
In just a blink of an eye, the long dike collapsed suddenly, and the water of the Yellow River rushed out. If it wasn’t for Jiang Chen’s timely arrival to block the raging flood, gaining time for Jiang Xuan and others to get here.
Then, the innocent people living near the Yellow River would possibly have been buried under the water without warning, the consequences of which would be unbearable.
As the saying goes, both water and fire are ruthless, and it wasn’t just an empty phrase. Since ancient times, floods have been a great disaster.
...
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"Because someone secretly interfered, obscuring all the divine secrets about the changing course of the Yellow River."
Unsure of what he was thinking about, Jiang Xuan’s voice became even more elusive.
"Who was it?" A chill ran down Jiang Chen’s spine, and his eyes flashed with a killing intent.
The one who secretly obscured the divine secrets indeed deserved to be hated. If Jiang Chen hadn’t happened to come here and prevent the tragedy from happening.
Then who knows how many innocent people would have been affected, leading to countless deaths and destruction of families.
This person must die, or the anger of the people will not be appeased.
Because, he is not just an enemy of Jiang Chen, or the Jiang Family, but an enemy of the entire Human Race.
Hence, the person behind this must die, and die extremely miserably, only then can the dignity of the Human Race be upheld.
...
"Who?" Jiang Chen muttered, but Jiang Xuan did not answer his question.
But from Jiang Xuan’s tone, it wasn’t hard for Jiang Chen to figure out that the ancestor had already guessed who the perpetrator was, but hadn’t informed him.
Rumble!
Just as Jiang Chen was about to ask further, a rumbling sound suddenly came from the distance.
Following the direction of the sound, Jiang Chen saw a huge mountain suddenly collapsing, turning into countless fragments that fell into the river. The rumbling sound was coming from there.
A mountain collapsed?
Upon closer observation, a gigantic Divine Dragon was seen colliding crazily against the mountain range. The collapsed mountain was the result of his collision.
The collapsed mountain unblocked the trapped river water, which roared and surged forward.
With an additional waterway, the pressure on the Yellow River’s dike was reduced considerably.
Jiang Chen recognized the Divine Dragon. He was the Dragon God who managed the four rivers, and the Yellow River was under his jurisdiction.
Now that such a big incident had occurred in the Yellow River, and he had not received any prior information, he was already derelict in his duty. If he didn’t arrive in time, Heaven Court would execute him for sure.
The Dragon God of the Four Rivers was now making up for his mistake. By breaking the mountains and opening a new waterway, he was able to divert some of the floodwater, thereby alleviating the pressure on the Yellow River’s dike.
After destroying several mountains in a row, the Dragon God of the Four Rivers looked up and saw Jiang Xuan’s transcendent figure. He was startled and a look of dread crossed his face. He took a step back reflexively and thought to himself: "Disaster is upon me. Why is this evildoer here?"
His instinct was to run away, but seeing Jiang Xuan’s smiling face, the Dragon God knew he had been discovered.
Immediately, he gritted his teeth, transformed into a human form and ran over with a sheepish grin. He saluted Jiang Xuan and said: "The junior, Ao Pan, has met Lord Xuan. I didn’t expect this incident to alarm you, my Lord."
The Dragon God of the Four Rivers evidently recognized Jiang Chen. For the two of them belonged to the same era, but Ao Pan was clearly younger than Jiang Xuan.
