Chapter 48: Assuming the Position of Lingjiang River God

It was like a dragon returning to the sea.

He went back to his own origin. A warm, gentle, and pervasive water spiritual energy filled the air, flowing into his body through the meridians of his limbs and skeleton.

For a moment, Lin Yuan even had the illusion that he was a water-element divine demon.

Actually, he was not wrong. He had mastered thunder techniques and naturally had an innate affinity for cloud and water Dao methods.

Not to mention, he had already preliminarily refined the River God Golden Seal.

The River God of the Lingjiang River, being a river deity, naturally also held authority over clouds and rain, and similarly possessed divine thunder power.

Lin Yuan thought to himself that this River God position probably counted as the acquired Path of Turbid Sha and Divine Demons. If he could comprehend its mysteries, could he follow the same pattern in the Primordial World to control various water systems, using the acquired to nourish the innate?

Lin Yuan felt tempted and had a few other thoughts stirring within him!

Lin Yuan landed and looked around.

The vast Water Mansion was resplendent and extremely majestic. The watery color scheme added an ethereal and awe-inspiring sense of the Divine Path to the place.

Holding the River God Golden Seal, the core of the Water Mansion, all the restrictions within this Water Mansion were under Lin Yuan’s control.

Pausing briefly in thought, Lin Yuan did not immediately retrieve the Dao Scriptures and treasures hidden in the Water Mansion. With a casual wave, the River God Golden Seal flew out and landed in a huge central pillar of the Water Mansion, its golden light merging into it.

This was fully activating the Water Mansion’s restrictions.

A gentle voice came from the River God Golden Seal.

“This is useless. This Water Mansion has gone through several major battles. Many of the restrictions are no longer sturdy and won’t hold off those Mystic Gate cultivators outside for much longer!”

“If they were sturdy enough, I wouldn’t have fallen so easily to disaster!”

A faint golden light appeared on the River God Golden Seal, transforming into an illusory figure dressed in strange attire but full of majesty.

Lin Yuan glanced indifferently at this figure.

This was the previous Lingjiang River God, also the guardian of this Water Immortal’s Water Mansion.

However, this deity had backed the wrong side over a decade ago during the succession change of the Great Zhou Imperial Court’s crown prince. The Great Zhou Imperial Court sent an imperial envoy who found an excuse to execute him.

But this deity was remarkably capable. The Great Zhou Imperial Court never discovered that a sliver of his spirit had remained hidden in the Water Mansion.

Pressed hard this time by the Fire Spirit Ancestor and unable to hide any longer, sensing the divine energy on Lin Yuan, he had come from afar to seek refuge.

“If they’re not sturdy, just repair them!” Lin Yuan’s gaze swept around.

“…” The figure seemed somewhat amused and shook his head.

“Do you know how complex the restrictions within this Water Mansion are? It’s said this Water Mansion was left by an Ancient Water Immortal. An Ancient Water Immortal was at least an Earth Immortal, or even a Celestial Immortal. How could an ordinary person repair restrictions left by an immortal?”

“You should quickly take the treasures and leave. This Water Mansion holds a very precious Water Immortal Dao Scripture, a few powerful ancient magical artifacts left by the Ancient Water Immortal from the past, and also a Form-Stabilizing Pill that can Reverse to Innate State and increase one’s cultivation!”

The figure urged persistently.

“There’s also a measure of destiny inherited from this Ancient Water Immortal. That’s the most precious. Obtaining it might allow one to contend for the position of ruler over the waters of Dongyue Province.”

“Water Immortal destiny?”

Lin Yuan’s heart stirred slightly; this was indeed a good thing.

He was about to achieve Innate Divine Demon status. If he could control the Water Veins of Dongyue Province, it would undoubtedly be a huge resource for him.

Achieving an ordinary Innate Divine Demon was one thing, but if he wanted to gain a foundation not inferior to those Innate Great Deities, Lin Yuan needed to strive for more resources.

Thoughts flickering in his mind, Lin Yuan’s steps did not slow. He quickly arrived at the location of the Water Mansion’s treasury.

He casually pushed open the treasury door.

Faint spiritual light refracted out. Piles of spiritual materials covered the floor. Lin Yuan’s eyes brightened slightly at the sight.

“You do recognize valuable things. These were collected by successive River Gods. Many are good materials for alchemy and artifact forging.”

The Water Mansion’s River God followed him in. Looking at these items, his eyes were full of bitterness.

He had contributed his share to this treasury full of collections.

However, Lin Yuan’s next actions left this former River God puzzled. Lin Yuan did not, as he imagined, pack up all the treasures in the treasury in one go. He only selected a few dozen items, then proceeded to various parts of the Water Mansion, refining the spiritual materials and using various mystical hand seals to transform them into different talismanic imprints, which he then applied throughout the Water Mansion.

Clearly, Lin Yuan had not given up and was still trying to repair the worn restrictions of the Water Mansion.

At first, the River God paid little attention. But as he watched, he grew more and more astonished, until he finally looked at Lin Yuan with near disbelief.

“This…”

With a sliver of his spirit attached to the River God Golden Seal, the River God could clearly sense that many originally dim light points within the Water Mansion’s restrictions were gradually being truly repaired.

The Water Mansion’s power was beginning to increase!

Not only that, but this next inheritor of the River God Golden Seal also ingeniously rearranged and altered many restrictions, setting them up into a huge formation that harmonized with part of the Water Vein and earth veins.

He saw the continuous flow of Water Vein spiritual energy gather around the Water Mansion, forming an immortal killing array no less formidable than the Flame Immolation Array. Killing intent was concealed, and countless spiritual lights linked into lines.

This ability to transform decay into something marvelous left the River God dumbfounded.

“It’s a pity. The materials here are still too low-grade after all. Without a magical artifact to suppress the fierce formation, it can only hold out temporarily…”

Appearing at the formation’s eye, Lin Yuan casually took off the River God Golden Seal to play with it, sighing lightly.

But his other hand was not idle. He retrieved a Space magical artifact from the treasury and stored all the treasures inside it.

Beside him, the Lingjiang River God watched this scene with an indescribable expression. In his view, such methods were simply incredible.

With just a few casual moves, he had resolved this imminent crisis.

Not only had he preserved himself, but he had also taken away all the benefits!

And this wasn’t even the true skill of his Primordial Spirit.

“Let’s go!”

Lin Yuan, holding the River God Golden Seal in one hand, had already quietly activated the restrictions and slipped away from another side.

Above the Water Mansion, numerous Mystic Gate cultivators were attacking the underwater Water Mansion with all their might. Streams of radiant light bombarded it, including many powerful magical artifacts.

However, what made the group of Mystic Gate cultivators’ expressions grow increasingly grim was that the clearly teetering spiritual light of the Water Mansion’s restrictions grew brighter and more stable.

“Great Unity Light-Splitting Mirror, open for me!”

The middle-aged Taoist among them grew anxious. Surging spiritual energy stirred. Hundreds of feet of brilliant light erupted from his body. A pure white treasure mirror flew out, radiating dozens of feet of white brilliance. Vast treasure light enveloped the Water Mansion. Suddenly, the spiritual light of a section of the Water Mansion’s restrictions seemed to stop operating, forced apart.

Even with the Water Mansion’s restrictions being so strong, they were directly breached.

“It truly is a Heavenly Mansion Rare Treasure, endlessly marvelous!”

The eyes of the many Mystic Gate cultivators gleamed. They sharpened their metaphorical blades, ready to enter the Water Immortal’s Water Mansion to seize opportunities.

BOOM!

With a loud rumble, several young disciples’ eyes lit up. One of them, being the quickest, keenly transformed into a streak of light and seized the chance to slip into the Water Immortal’s Water Mansion.

A few senior Mystic Gate figures did not act. This was an opportunity for the disciples. The Dao Scripture left by the Ancient Water Immortal would only be accessible to young disciples.

However, watching this scene, the few Mystic Gate elders couldn’t help but chuckle lightly.

“It seems Yu Yang got the jump this time!”

“Yes, this child’s destiny is clearly three parts stronger than the other disciples’.”

“Among this generation of young disciples from the Dao Academy, he is one of the most promising candidates to enter the upper three branches of the Dongyue Mystic Gate.”

…

Lin Yuan had already quietly left the Water Mansion. Holding the River God Golden Seal and carrying a jade box taken from the Water Mansion, he returned stealthily to the Wenchang Courtyard of the Iron Immortal Temple.

Lin Yuan was already eager to thoroughly study the River God Golden Seal.