Chapter 46: Fight

  The master hesitated for a moment, looked at Mao Zhenren who was watching us with curiosity, and still had some confidence in me. He nodded slightly, took a deep breath, and after I fully concentrated my mind, he stuck two talismans on my left and right ears. A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he bit his middle finger to draw a symbol on my forehead. He muttered to himself, made a lotus shape with his hands, and then transformed into the Ming Wang Bu Dong Yin seal. After a moment, one hand suddenly reached out and lightly touched my brow, before withdrawing without any further movement. The sound of his voice also stopped.

  "Divine summoning, hehe - quite interesting." Ma Zhenren cracked a smile, revealing his yellow teeth, and looked at me and my master with great interest. He knew we were trying to summon our primordial spirit, but didn't think mine could withstand the cold yin energy underwater, not to mention the restrictions below. It wasn't something a small primordial spirit like mine could enter, yet I could clearly describe what was inside, which seemed to be due to some reason. So Ma Zhenren decided to see how things would play out.

  After a while, a small person slipped out of my left ear and fell in front of me. At this moment, I had no other feelings at all. What I could see and hear was this little person, which was the primordial spirit transmitted to me by my master. However, I deeply felt that this little person was not the original one, but the second primordial spirit mentioned by my master, because this primordial spirit was closely connected with me, and our spirits were together.

  I knew something was wrong, and that little creature indeed crawled back in from my left ear, but the second divine spirit that should have come out of my right ear didn't make a single move. My master looked surprised too, and started chanting the divine spell again. But after messing around for half a day, there was still no reaction. I couldn't maintain that clear state anymore, so I suddenly opened my eyes and stared at my master. We both had awkward expressions on our faces. And to make matters worse, Mao Zhenren asked with a straight face, "What are you guys doing?"

  Master's face turned bright red, and if he hadn't seen the second yuan god with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it. But now, in front of his senior, he had made such a big mistake, making Master feel embarrassed. Seeing Cao Zhenren smiling ambiguously at him, Master's face was red as he muttered: "Actually, there really is a second yuan god, but today something seems to have gone wrong..."

  This made me even more embarrassed, but how could I explain it in my heart? Unfortunately, the second yuan god couldn't hear me at all. Originally, I was already anxious, and then being stared at by Mao Zhenren's eyes, the young and vigorous me suddenly felt a rush of heat to my head, and without thinking, I turned around and rushed towards the water pool. By the time Master and Mao Zhenren discovered and tried to stop me, it was too late. I had already plunged my head into the water, instantly diving more than two meters deep. In an instant, endless cold air rushed towards me from all sides, and suddenly my body stiffened, as if it had solidified. Even with the intention of struggling, I couldn't move.

  Although I was frozen stiff and couldn't move, I didn't sink any further. The chill beneath my feet grew even more intense, yet somehow it formed a buoyant force that held me in place. However, this sensation only lasted for the blink of an eye. Before I could even process what was happening, a sudden suction force emerged from beneath my feet, pulling me down with an unnatural strength. It felt as if something had grabbed hold of me and was dragging me downwards.

  Everyone knows that after a person falls into the water, as long as they don't drink the water, their body's buoyancy will keep them from sinking easily. At this moment, my teeth were clenched shut, and not a single drop of water had entered my stomach. Of course, I was frozen stiff, but no matter what, I didn't have any reason to sink, which is why I had this feeling. A possibility flashed through my mind - the three corpses carrying coffins wanted to pull me down.

  No matter what, I don't have time to think about it. Even if the three corpses carrying coffins ignore me, I'll still freeze to death or drown. At this moment, there's no regret in my mind, only the thought of getting out. But my body doesn't listen to my commands anymore, it just wants to sink down. I want to struggle, desperately trying to struggle, but the cold air is pressing down on me from all sides, like a physical force, making it impossible for me to move. What can I do?

  At this moment, a burst of yellow light flowed down from the surface of the water, like a ball of mercury spilled on the ground. In an instant, it enveloped me and seemed to isolate all the cold air. My frozen body suddenly came back to life, and I took advantage of this moment to struggle upwards. At the same time, a hand reached down and grabbed my shoulder, pulling me up. As I looked up, I could already see the shadow of people above, and I was about to emerge.

  But things didn't go that smoothly. As soon as my head broke the surface, I opened my mouth to take big gulps of air, breathing in the fresh air outside, and before I could even see clearly the people in front of me, suddenly my body jerked to a stop, and it felt like there was a rope wrapped around my ankle, pulling me back down with great force. I didn't even have time to react, and my body sank back down again, almost pulling my master into the water as well.

  The sudden change, the Taoist priest Mu Zhenren, who was holding a Longevity Lamp on one side, couldn't help but change his face, and suddenly shouted loudly, stretching out his hand to tap the lamp wick. A spark of fire entered the water without being extinguished, and it shot downwards like a bullet, much faster than I sank. When it reached my feet, Mu Zhenren let out another loud shout: "Open for me——"

  A burst of flames exploded, and in that instant, it turned into a sea of fire. I only felt my body relax, and the thing on my ankle was gone. That should be the touch of the condensed yin energy. My master also took advantage of this moment to pull me up by the waist. I finally caught my breath, and with both hands grasping the shore, I wanted to climb up. However, the three corpses carrying a coffin apparently didn't want to let me go. I had already climbed one leg onto the shore, but then I felt the other ankle suddenly tighten, and the touch of the yin energy seemed to have a firm grip on me. With a sudden force, it pulled me down into the water again, leaving only my shoulders floating on the surface. My hands barely grasped the shore, and I dug them deep into the soil, but I still felt my body sliding back into the water. The land was scratched with several marks by my desperate grasp.

  As I was about to sink again, Master had no strength left to pull me up. I heard a "ripping" sound, and my clothes were torn apart. Suddenly, I felt my body sinking once more, and I could hear Old Man Mao's angry roar. But at that moment, I felt the stirring of my second yuan Shen. Then, my body suddenly relaxed, and I floated back up to the surface. Before I could even climb back on, I saw Master with red eyes, spitting a mouthful of blood onto his hand, then shaking off whatever was in his hand into the water. It was the Five Emperors' True Coin. As the coin fell into the water, I could feel the chilliness spreading downward along with it. The Five Emperors' True Coin was no ordinary object; otherwise, Master wouldn't have spent half his life collecting it.

  On the other hand, Mao Zhenren was also furious and actually threw the Long Life Lamp's oil into the water, turning it into a stream of fire that disappeared into the water. In an instant, the cold air dissipated, and his body felt warm all over. It's really strange to say, but even though he was an extremely yin corpse, he could still refine pure yang corpse oil. However, I didn't have time to think about these things at the time, so I took advantage of the opportunity to flip onto the shore. If I had continued to struggle, I'm afraid I really wouldn't have been able to get up again.

  My goal was achieved, because I realized that every time I was in the most critical moment, the second yuan god would come out to save me, so I thought of jumping into the pool. When danger came, the second yuan god would appear, but I really didn't think it through this time and almost lost my life, also causing Master to lose the Five Emperor True Money. It's not like we could get it back after entering the pool, unless the Three Corpses were kind enough to help us out, but that possibility was basically non-existent. My mind was a mess as I lay on the ground panting heavily, having just experienced the moment of death.

  It was as if time had passed in an instant, yet it felt like an eternity before I came back to my senses. I thought of the Five Emperors' True Coins and couldn't help but look at Master. Seeing Master's face turn iron-green, I didn't dare meet his gaze and instead looked down, mumbling: "Master, your Five Emperors' True Coins..."

  When I was talking, I was just about to get up, but didn't expect that halfway through the conversation, I suddenly felt a pain in my butt, and then I flew out, before I could react, I fell to the ground with a thud. I heard my master's heavy hum: "Your life is more important than five emperors' true money, damn it, you little bastard, I was blind to take you as my apprentice -"

  Master was heartbroken over the loss of the Five Emperors' true money, and also annoyed at my recklessness. He suddenly burst out in anger, leaving me speechless for a moment. But I could feel Master's deep affection, which was no less than that of a family member. This feeling made me even more ashamed. Indeed, I had acted without thinking things through, doing whatever came to mind. It was no wonder Master scolded me. For the first time in my life, I began to reflect on myself, but unfortunately, there was no way to recover the lost Five Emperors' true money.

  At this time, Mao Zhenren also had a solemn face and didn't dare to easily enter the water. After two rounds of exchanging blows in mid-air, it seemed that Mao Zhenren had the upper hand. However, Mao Zhenren knew that San Shi Gangguan was just stirring up yin energy, and yet it was already this difficult to deal with. If San Shi Gangguan's true body were to move, he feared that even if he went down, he wouldn't be able to come back up. The Long Life Lantern obviously couldn't protect his safety. My entering the water had only one effect: to make Mao Zhenren feel a sense of warning and not dare to recklessly enter the water again. I had preserved Mao Zhenren's life, but Li Hai of San Shi Gangguan had already exceeded Mao Zhenren's imagination.

  Master didn't scold me, he just stared at the water surface, his face turned red and white, finally turned into a sigh. As for Mao Zhenren's serious expression, I don't know what he was thinking about. And I honestly lowered my head and dared not look at Master. However, the water surface did not calm down because of my arrival, the water surface was still turbulent, indicating that the underwater was absolutely not calm. Is it going to be San Shi Gang's coffin coming out? Obviously, Mao Zhenren was also thinking about this question. Seeing the situation, he waved his hand at me and Master: "Retreat——be careful there might be a situation——"

  The master didn't dare to be careless, and there was no time to get angry with me. He quietly protected me behind him, leading me to retreat backwards, looking at the water surface which had changed again. In fact, it was like boiling water, 'gurgling' bubbles were rising, but I don't know what happened underwater. The situation clearly wasn't good.