Chapter 436: Jin River Goddess’ Shrine (1/2)

Chapter 436: Jin River Goddess’ Shrine

The twenty houses here scattered by the shore, some quite far from the others.

The village also had farmland and mulberry thickets. Bamboo groves were planted along the raised pathways.

With the shade of night, the thickets and groves looked even gloomier. The moonlight shone on the falling leaves, resulting in scary shadows on the ground.

Feiyun had a pebble to carve runes on the ground. He was using a secret technique of his race in order to calculate and search. Meanwhile, Jingyue stood quietly behind him with a radiating glow with her red pipa.

“Okay, five steps to the left.” Feiyun stood up and carefully took fives step forward with Jingyue copying his pace.

He stopped again and carved more runes on the ground before walking further.

Even though this process was considerably slow, it was also safe. At the very least, nothing sinister had happened so far. Jingyue began to have a better impression of him. ‘Looks like this thick-skinned king is a little capable.’

Feiyun was squatting on the ground to draw these runes. Suddenly, he gazed towards the dark and said seriously: “Why are you watching us? Come out here!”

Jingyue also noticed someone tailing them. She slightly flicked the strings on her pipa and issued a deafening and murderous sound wave. It severed a mulberry tree instantly.

A shadow flew out from that location with extreme speed. It jumped several times before disappearing without a trace.

“Such incredible speed, are these the unknown creatures here?” Jingyue said.

Feiyun snorted: “We’re not capable of seeing those creatures. It must be one of those young kings. They saw me leaving the house and assumed that I know the way out, it would be stranger if they didn’t follow us. Don’t mind them, take seven steps forward.”

Feiyun’s vision was better than Jingyue’s. Even though that person was very fast just now, Feiyun still caught his general figure and knew who he was.

Meanwhile, Donglai was hiding in the shadows while observing these two. The murderous intent in his eyes grew denser. He has always been a rational person and never wanted to kill a person so bad like right now: ‘Feiyun, if you dare to be this close to Miss Dongfang, you shall pay for it with your death!’ [1]

After another two hours, the group made it to a small farm. Feiyun suddenly stopped and noticed a boulder slightly protruding from the ground. It had clearly been polished.

He channeled a wave of spirit energy in his palm and began digging it up. This was a rough-looking tablet used to mark the border of the village.

There were three ancient characters on it. Even someone as knowledgeable and well-read like Jingyue couldn’t recognize it.

However, Feiyun was able to. It was the same as the text he saw on the turtle shell back at the convent.

“Duo Village.” After reading the name, Feiyun felt a shock coursing through his entire body.

He had given up looking for this village mentioned on the shell and felt that these legends of the goddess were fabrications from ten thousand years ago. But now, he had found it.

Jingyue was also strangely startled by this name: “I’ve heard of this village before.”

“Where?” Feiyun hurried inquired.

Jingyue pondered for a moment before answering: “I think, I’ve seen it on a painting in the clan’s ancestral room. That painting was named Duo.”

Feiyun’s mind became even more shaken after hearing this. The legend of Duo was related to the Jin River Goddess while this goddess was related to the statue that looked exactly like Shui Yueting while Jingyue looked exactly like her. Just how were all of these things connected?

This ghost village was indeed the legendary place named Duo. It was not part of this world and would only appear near the river shore at special intervals.

Feiyun asked: “Where is your ancestral room?”

“At the dragon lake, but I heard the ancestors said that this wasn’t the case in the beginning. It was moved there later.” Jingyue understood that this was important and didn’t hide it from him.

“Dragon lake…” Feiyun murmured and thought that he needed to take a trip there. Perhaps more clues were waiting for him.