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Chapter 786 Passing through Putuozhou

"My dear nephew, why are you running so fast?"

In the blink of an eye, Mu Xiangtong had taken the middle-aged Mu family member far away along the river, turned left halfway, and fell into the vast land.

As a result, he strayed far off course and his pursuers could not find any trace of him.

When they stopped, the middle-aged Mu was out of breath and kept complaining.

Mu Xiangtong looked very disappointed, "Uncle, you've wasted your time. You knew it was Zhou's ship, but you still caused trouble?"

"Don't you know that the Grand Master of the Zhou Family has been out on business recently and is near the Northland?"

He stroked his chest lightly, looking like he had just survived a disaster. "Oh, luckily I got the message in time, and I made a feint to help you escape."

The Mu family and the Zhou family are sworn enemies. They can maintain superficial peace in the capital, but once they meet in other places, they will definitely fight to the death.

If it were under normal circumstances, Mu Xiangtong wouldn't mind destroying an entire ship of Zhou's family members.

But unfortunately today, the ship is under the protection of Grandmaster Zhou Nanwang.

At first Zhou Nanwang was not on the boat and Mu Xiangtong did not notice it. It was only when the fight was halfway through that she received urgent news.

He was greatly surprised, and hurriedly used the "Swallowing the Light and Breaking the Gallbladder Method" to squeeze out his potential, then he made a feint and left with his uncle.

He was quick to see the opportunity. As soon as the two of them left, Zhou Nanwang returned.

"Where is this place?"

The middle-aged Mu stood up and looked around. He had run all the way from the boat to the land and found that the surroundings were unfamiliar.

"It's Putuozhou!"

Mu Xiangtong took out a large medicine and swallowed it to make up for the internal injuries caused by the secret method. "I have a friend here. He sent me a message that Zhou Nanwang killed the river monster in the river ahead with a palm strike and cleared the waterway."

Huh, river monster?

It turned out that there was a monster lurking under the water in the waterway ahead, swallowing passing boats and eating people for its own benefit for some time.

It happened that the Zhou family was sailing here. Upon hearing that there was danger ahead, Zhou Nanwang left the ship to deal with the matter.

During this period, as luck would have it, the middle-aged man of the Mu family provoked Zhou family's ships and even dragged Mu Xiangtong into it.

"Uncle, we are lucky this time. If we were a little late, you and I would have been buried in the water, leaving my poor mother alone!"

Mu Xiangtong's face regained some color and he brushed off the dust on his body. "Let's go, take a longer route and don't run into them!"

Half a day later, the two met a priest in white.

“Uncle, this is the good friend I mentioned, Shi Bu from the Western Temple of the Buddhist God Sect, who has been preaching in Putuo Prefecture.”

Putuo Prefecture was filled with evil cultivators, who massacred and killed people everywhere, and even spared no mercy for the Buddhist sect that collected corpses and cremated them.

Because of the harsh environment, the Western Hall is the most radical and combat-capable of the five halls.

The white-robed priest gave alms and said hello to Mu Xiangtong, "Soon, I will be transferred to the Southern Palace in the Northland to take over the position vacated by Jiang Nie?"

"Ha, this actually happened, why?"

"Jiang Nie was promoted to a strong warrior and chose to become a red-robed ascetic. He will no longer serve as a white-robed priest. He wants to pursue a path of martial arts."

"But I am different. After I was promoted to a strong warrior, I chose to do preaching and missionary work, so I was asked by the Southern Palace to fill the vacancy."

After hearing this, Mu Xiangtong said, "The six states in the north are managed by Bei Xuan Zhu as a solid block. You may not have a chance to show your skills."

At this point, he told the story of his fight with Zhu Ruoxuan.

"So that's how it is. As expected, these people are from the north!" Shi Bu comforted Mu Xiangtong, "The other party is a master, you can run away without any guilt. I will give you a pass later. It's safe to go through the area actually controlled by the Shi Shen Sect."

The two sides met briefly and then left.

Mu Xiangtong brought his uncle and traveled across the land of Putuo Prefecture holding the pass of the Buddhist religion.

The local unrest was far beyond imagination. Both the uncle and nephew were powerful and were inevitably attacked by evil cultivators. They drew their swords and killed people angrily to break through the siege. During the process, they also found a lost powerful follower and reunited with him.

"A pass issued by the white priest!"

The ascetic in red who was speaking had a resolute face and looked very domineering, with a long weapon behind him that looked like it could pierce the sky.

He quickly glanced at the pass, looked at Mu Xiangtong twice, and pointed out the direction for them, "We can leave Putuo Prefecture by going there. Even if there are some evil cultivators on the road, you can deal with them."

"Thank you!"

Mu Xiangtong saw that the identity of the ascetic in red was not bad, so she asked for his name.

"Hate Overlord Yanshan!"

It turned out to be him. This was the name I had heard most often from the Buddhist believers along the way.

Yanshan came from another place and killed countless evil cultivators with his Overlord Spear. He was a loner and had a tenacious character. He fought his way out every time after being besieged dozens of times.

The Lord of the Western Palace admired him and specially invited him, and promised him the qualification to take the trial of the 'Five Heavenly Kings' after he joined the religion.

The Five Heavenly Kings is the most honorable title of war god in the Buddhist religion, and is endowed with countless resources and skills.

After Yanshan joined the Shishen Sect, he devoted himself to killing the evil practitioners. Under his leadership, the area under the actual control of the Shishen Sect increased several times.

It is said that he has attracted the attention of the evil master Yang Mo, who is sending a general to eliminate him.

Mu Xiangtong guessed that the other party's strength was still in the initial stage of strong martial arts, but he was gifted and could exert strength comparable to that of a mid-stage warrior. With the assistance of the magical skills of the Shishen Sect, he was absolutely unfathomable.

When he left with his uncle, Putuo Prefecture had almost become a hell on earth. The surviving warriors and civilians had no choice but to seek refuge in the Western Hall of the Buddhist Sect if they did not choose to join the evil cultivators.

In time, a war will break out between the two sides to decide life and death.

What made Mu Xiangtong feel a little relieved was that her good friend Shi Bu had been transferred to the safer north.

"It's them!"

After Zhou Nanwang returned, he found traces of a fight and found out what had happened after asking.

"People from the Mu family, when you meet, just take action."

Zhou Nanwang said unconcernedly, "That guy ran away very fast. If he was a little later, I would have been able to catch up and kill them both."

Zhou You noticed that his breath was leaking out a little, no longer as perfect as usual, and guessed that he had just been in a fierce fight.

Sure enough, as the boat continued to move forward, the thunderous noises on both sides of the river, coupled with the large pools of blood and minced meat blocking the river, gradually pieced together what had just happened.

The river monster hiding at the bottom of the water ahead and eating people was originally an aquatic beast that was accidentally transformed into a monster. It is also cunning and refuses to leave the riverbed, but wanders around relying on water for food.

If a ship sailing on the waterway is not careful, it will be swallowed by the bloody mouth at the bottom of the water, and no one can escape.

When Zhou Nanwang learned about this, he took a trip and found the river monster's habitat in a river bend. He then struck it in half with one palm. The lake was filled with thick black blood, and the stench was overwhelming.

With just one move, the master eliminated the river monster that was causing harm to everyone, cleanly and efficiently.

When the boat reached the front, countless people on both sides of the river bank knelt down and kowtowed. Although they didn't know who had attacked, they knew that once the river monster was dead, they would no longer have to worry about being eaten when crossing the river.

(End of this chapter)