Chapter 31 Bai Ze Hu Jun

Qi Li was rushing towards Bai Ze Lake.

While he was hurrying, he recalled the county annals of Guju County and the atlas of Jucheng that he had consulted.

Jucheng was just a post station at first. After decades of development, people came and went and developed into several small towns, and then slowly expanded until today's Jucheng.

The population was sparse but there was no strong system, and there were often few demons.

After the population prospered, the number of demons increased and decreased.

Often the number of demons increased, but the number of long-lived demons decreased, but occasionally a demon would remain for a long time.

However, these remaining demons were often not harmful.

The reason was not strange.

If a harmful demon appeared, the local government would report the demon incident quickly or slowly, and then the court would send hundreds of children to eliminate the demon.

The harmful demons would be eliminated when they appeared.

But not all demons would be eliminated.

Sometimes demons are not harmful, and are even friendly and helpful.

There are many reasons for this.

Or these demons are spiritual creatures that are deliberately cultivated by the children of the Bai family and are unintentionally formed.

Or these demons have an old relationship with the Dasheng Dynasty. There was even a case where the beasts raised by the King of Sheng became demons. The Wang family sent people to welcome this demon away and protect Dasheng for many years.

There are many reasons.

The same is true for "Baize Lake Lord".

According to the county annals when Jucheng was still a small county, there was an evil beast on the Baize Lake, which was extremely ferocious.

However, when Ju County started, there were many demons nearby.

Some people saw that the evil beast in the lake killed many demons, and occasionally some people were saved by it.

Therefore, it was said that there was an evil king in the lake with a strong character. He killed all the demons he saw, and he was also called the King of the Lake.

Later, the story of this King of the Lake spread among the people.

Even the sons of hundreds of families came to the lake to check it out, and finally determined that it was a good person.

However, later, there were occasional floods in the Ju River and the water level of Bai Ze Lake rose sharply. The people of Ju County gradually moved northward, extending to Jucheng, and Bai Ze Lake gradually moved away from the sight of the people.

Even in the later Jucheng Atlas, the record of the Lord of the Lake only appeared occasionally in events related to fishermen.

Moreover, when this Lord appeared, he appeared in the description of attacking fishermen.

This situation is not uncommon.

The reason is that demons are like wild cultivators.

Or, wild cultivators are originally imitating demons.

As a Taoist disciple, he is very familiar with this.

The way of spiritual power is that Taoists imitate nature, follow the general trend, and do nothing and do something. This way of spiritual power is obtained by imitating demons.

Unlike "rectification of names", the way of rectification of names is the predecessor of Confucianism, which was practiced by the royal priests.

It is the same source as the way of demons and wild cultivators, but different paths.

To rectify one's name, one must have an official title and do not need a reputation. However, demons and wild cultivators are different. They need to have a good reputation.

But in the nearly 100 years of atlas, even the description of the Lake Lord cannot be found.

There may be some deviations in the origin of Bai Ze Lake.

Demons that encounter this situation will gradually lose their spiritual power and eventually even turn into ordinary beasts.

The same is true for wild cultivators. After they lose their reputation, few people know about them. They will gradually lose their spiritual power and turn into ordinary people.

As for why the Lake Lord was forgotten?

According to the atlas, it can be traced back to an incident in Jucheng, where the historian of Jucheng was implicated and dismissed from his post and fell from the court because of the struggle between the children of the various families in Zenan Road.

The origin of Bai Ze Lake and some other deviations in the records all occurred around this node.

Even because of the struggle, the right and wrong of some things were distorted or even reversed.

He was not sure whether the relationship between the Lord of Bai Ze Lake and the Lake Lord was reversed.

Qi Li, who had lived in the Imperial Observatory for more than ten years and experienced the factions and the suppression of dissidents, knew that although historians were weak, they were indispensable.

After losing their official positions and reputations, the Taoist disciples would inevitably turn to wild cultivation. Few of them would be willing to lose their spiritual power and become ordinary people.

However, to be rectified, there is no need for the reputation to spread in the market. Even rumors in the market are harmful to the rectified ones, causing them to go astray.

To turn to wild cultivation, one must have a reputation in the market.

It is difficult for the righteous and the wild to cultivate together.

After being rectified and turning to wild cultivation, those who are not familiar with wild cultivation may even be restrained by the spiritual power generated by rumors because of the bad reputation that they had not noticed before.

At this time, the records of the historians are the only means to clarify the stigma.

Because of this incident, Qi Li couldn't help but panic when he thought that he might achieve nothing and be demoted or even lose his reputation.

But in the end, this panic turned into helplessness.

He could only try his best.

But

He must be careful this time.

This kind of forgotten demons linger between those with spiritual power and intelligence and those without spiritual power and intelligence. They may be harmless one moment and extremely vicious the next.

Especially the demons that can be called "king".

Before the establishment of the Great Sheng Dynasty, the heads of all countries were called "kings".

In the classification of demons, those who can be called "kings" are definitely not ordinary demons.

It's almost here.

Seventeen or eighteen miles, if it were an ordinary person, it would take a long time to walk, but for the Taoist disciples who had the skill of light body, it was not difficult.

Yao Yan manipulated the white crow to fly back.

And the thing that broke through the water surface also followed the flight path of the white crow.

There was no action. The underwater thing tried to bite the white crow several times, but was destroyed by him. After failing to bite, the thing seemed to be furious.

Suddenly, as far as he could see, the center of the lake sank and set off a huge wave.

And the vortex did not just appear and disappear in an instant, but continued to expand rapidly.

"It's hooked. Although the plan has changed, the chess piece can still be used."

He glanced back and threw a somewhat broken book on the ground by the lake, and then continued to release white crows one by one to tease the monster in the lake.

The white crows with goat horns flew out of Yao Yan's body one after another.

Rumble——

Amidst the dull rumble, the black shadow under the lake surface stirred up a commotion again and again. Amidst the large amount of water and foam, the huge black shadow jumped out of the lake surface and fell again and again. Even with the water splashing to block its body, it only made people feel ferocious.

However, at this moment, the old man Gao, who was possessed by Yao Yan, turned his head and looked back, as if he had finally waited for something. He manipulated the white crow that was playing with the black shadow at the bottom of the lake to fly back to him.

Finally arrived.

The closer and closer the lake surface, the more relieved Qi Li was. He did not hope that he was sent by the Imperial Observatory this time, and it really had something to do with the Lord of Bai Ze Lake.

But

When he saw the huge water splash, his face could not help but darken.

Could it be.

After a moment of hesitation, Qi Li gritted his teeth and continued to approach.

The big lake that came into view was completely in sight.

But then, he also saw such a scene.

The black demon, which was two meters long and only exposed to the water, was rushing towards an old man by the lake.

The bloody mouth, without stopping at all, bit down and swallowed the old man into its mouth.

"How dare the demon harm people! Lingqi! Go!"

Qi Li was shocked, afraid and angry. He put his fingers together and cut them. The flowing spiritual power suddenly formed a spiritual beast with a lion head and tiger eyes and rushed towards the black demon.

However, what was beyond his expectation was that the spiritual beast he drove with spiritual power had just rushed out and its claws landed on the black demon, and the black demon roared.

Along with the roar, the old man who had not been swallowed was thrown out of its mouth.

And then——

The huge black demon turned and fled into the water.

The claws of Lingqi hit the water surface, but only splashed water.

But Qi Li did not dare to stay any longer, knowing that he was not as strong as the enemy, and that his previous actions were desperate. Without stopping, he asked Ling Qi to lift up the old man who had escaped from the tiger's mouth, and he turned around and fled.

However

An old book soaked in water fell not far from the old man, forcing Qi Li to ask Ling Qi to go back and pick up the book.

Fortunately, there was no danger. Amid the roars coming from the lake, Qi Li used the light body technique and quickly escaped.