Chapter 583

As the map slowly opened, the small golden scroll revealed a big question mark.

A map!

It is indeed a map.

Although the topography at that time seems to be somewhat different from the present day.

But the difference is only in the details, and the overall picture still shows some of the iconic mountains and rivers of the world.

In particular, the Di River is like a dragon, surging and roaring.

And looking at the whole world, there are three huge water veins similar to the Di River.

One is the Di River, which traverses the entire country of Jinchan, but originates in the country of Li, with a tributary flowing into the Mountain of 100,000.

At the border between the two countries, it borders the Huai River.

The Huai River then enters the country of Zhao.

It makes a loop in the country of Zhao and flows deep into Qiuye.

It then borders the last river, the Tian River.

The Tian River originates in the vast ocean.

It borders the vast ocean on the outside and Tian Lake on the inside.

It finally flows into the territory of the Qing Empire.

Of course, this is only the main river basin. These three water veins have countless tributaries that spread across the five countries.

Jiang Ran discovered that this map seemed to pay particular attention to the water veins.

When it was drawn, it was not just a simple water flow, but a faint dragon shape.

Turning the page further, he saw the text on the far left of the map.

It was a sentence with only twelve characters in total.

However, it caused the faces of the few people present to change instantly.

[The dragon is attached to the birth of all things, and slaying the dragon will extinguish the world!

“…The dragon is attached to the birth of all things, and slaying the dragon…will extinguish the world.”

Jiang Ran gazed at these twelve words, feeling the meaning contained within them.

There was silence for a while.

After a while, Ye Jingxue looked up at the crowd:

“Could it be that we have misunderstood?

“Look, the water veins resemble a dragon, could this be a symbol of the internal vital energy?

”The five countries represent the five internal organs.

“The vital energy spreads throughout the five internal organs, and this is the achievement of the Dragon Slaying Scripture?”

Upon hearing this, the others looked at Ye Jingxue, and Tang Huayi subconsciously wanted to refute something, but she stopped herself.

After a moment’s hesitation, she pointed to a location on the map and said,

“What about this? Acupressure points?“

In this map, apart from the three rivers that resemble dragons, there are also circles marked at some key turning points.

The scroll is woven with gold thread and enhanced with a special technique, so that it will not rot or decay.

And the patterns on it are not painted on, but embroidered.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for it to be something irrelevant.

”It may not be impossible.”

Ye Jingxue carefully examined this gold-threaded scroll:

“There are also acupoints around the five internal organs, these…“

She stopped talking at this point.

She lightly frowned.

Because she discovered that there were no acupoints at all in the places that had been circled.

Even if Jiang Ran wanted to follow her train of thought and start with the nine hidden meridians of ‘Nine Deaths and No Recovery’, no corresponding acupoints appeared.

In the end, he sighed:

”This is a map, not a martial arts secret manual.

“The Dragon Slaying Classic does not slay dragons…

“It’s the water veins of the world!“

Upon hearing Jiang Ran say this, Ye Jingxue stopped talking.

She just fell silent.

Tang Shiqing then slowly spoke:

”Since ancient times, people have lived where there is water.

“Therefore, if someone looks down from a high place, they will see that wherever there is human habitation, there must be water veins nearby.

”The opposite is not true.

“That’s because those water veins have not yet been discovered, or they are located in poor mountainous areas that are not suitable for living.

“When our ancestors cleared the wilderness and built homes, the first condition they looked for was water!

“Food is negotiable, but water is irreplaceable.

”Not to mention things like building canals to divert water and irrigate farmland.

“But long ago, there were also frequent eruptions of water veins and floods that drowned large numbers of people.

”That’s why people began to build flood defenses, improve waterways, and dredge the water veins of the world…

“They didn’t want people to be born into the world because of water, and then die because of it.“

The princess took a deep breath when she heard this:

”However, the Demon Kingdom of old already had a firm grasp of the key points of the world’s water veins.

“The places circled in these diagrams should be the key points.

”Any damage to them could cause flooding that would drown millions.

“That’s why the ancestors of the Demon Sect named this map the Dragon-Slaying Classic!”

“But…how is this possible?“

Ye Jingxue still felt that this conjecture was too bold.

How could such a thing be done?

”Why can’t it be done?“

Tang Huayi said softly,

”Do you know what dynasty preceded the Demon Kingdom?”

Everyone was confused by this question.

Before the Demon Kingdom…the Demon Kingdom was already history that was difficult to trace, and there was almost no information that had been passed down to the present day.

All that was known was that it was a long time ago, a huge empire that once unified the world.

As for the time before the Demon Kingdom, it is really difficult to find any words or phrases left behind.

Instead, there are occasionally some martial arts handed down from the distant past in the rivers and lakes.

But even from these martial arts, you can’t find the slightest trace of the past.

Tanghua said softly when he saw that everyone was silent:

“In fact, I don’t know either, but I know that since the Demon Kingdom, there have been very few floods in the world.

”In other words, can we speculate…

“In the past, when the Demon Kingdom ruled the world, did it ever dredge the water veins of the world?

“If they had done this,

”wouldn’t it be reasonable to say that they could control the key to the water veins of the world?

“There’s another point.

”Although people in the Demon Sect are considered the root of all chaos by the world,

“our disciples tend to be single-minded in their actions.

”Otherwise, it would be impossible to create martial arts like the First Sorrow of All Ages.

“If someone who specialized in the waterways of the world had helped the country’s ruler dredge the water veins of the world in the past, and at the request of the country’s ruler, had installed something at the key points of these water veins,

“and could be triggered by later generations…

”Once triggered, would it cause the seas to turn red and the floods to rise?”

Tang Huayi’s words left everyone present speechless for a moment.

An’a and A Zhuo felt as if they were listening to something from the heavens.

A Zhuo felt even more incredulous.

Although the Demon Sect was not particularly distant to them, after all, the Demon Sect had dealt with the flute clan twenty years ago.

But the problem was that at that time, they had no idea that the Demon Sect was so formidable.

Controlling the key to the water veins of the world, they could easily destroy the world if they wished.

Not only did people like A Zhuo, who did not know much about the Demon Sect, find it incredible, even A Na was speechless.

Looking at the small golden scroll in front of him,

he was also speechless for a while.

“In a way…”

Ye Jingshuang looked at Jiang Ran at this time:

“This is indeed a divine weapon that can change the world and move mountains and fill seas.”

Jiang Ran couldn’t help but laugh.

Where is this moving mountains and filling seas?

It’s basically moving the sea to flood the mountains.

But it can change the world, and after being impacted by the flood, naturally the world will be turned upside down.

“It has always been said that such things are often exaggerated.

“But the legend of this magic weapon seems…not too exaggerated.”

Jiang Ran gently pinched his eyebrows:

“It’s just that this thing is not what I thought.

”The original owner has changed his mind…“

He looked at the golden silk scroll in his hands and then looked at the people present:

”This thing cannot be shown in the world!”

As soon as he said this, the people present nodded.

It was obviously the same as what the people present had thought.

In the past, when the Demon Kingdom collapsed, either the ruler of the country was too tired and didn’t want to do it anymore, or he was really forced by the rebels, causing the great Demon Kingdom to fall apart.

Regardless of the reason, he must have known the truth about the Dragon Slaying Scripture.

He also did not use this object to take revenge.

Instead, he let the Demon Sect fade away from the historical stage and become a sect in the rivers and lakes.

If this person had been a little more ruthless, he would have taken the Dragon Slaying Scripture and used what was written in it to destroy the world. It is really unknown what the current state of the world would be like.

Jiang Ran is also not sure if he gets the Dragon Slaying Scripture in the world.

Will it be obtained by someone else one day?

Will someone with boundless ambition use it to destroy the lives of the people?

Using this object to destroy all living things sounds like a very heartless thing to do… But if you look around the rivers and lakes, there are really too many heartless things, countless in fact.

Therefore, the most straightforward solution is to prevent this object from ever being seen in the world.

With these thoughts in mind, Jiang Ran looked at the golden silk scroll again, and after all, took a deep breath.

He gathered the golden silk scroll between his hands.

Then he pressed and rubbed his hands together, and when he spread them out, he saw golden dust falling all over the place.

It wasn’t until they saw this scene that the few people watching became a little dazed.

They thought that Jiang Ran would hesitate a little even if he wanted to destroy this thing.

But they didn’t expect him to act so decisively.

The Demon King of the Underworld even opened his mouth, subconsciously reaching out to touch the gold dust, before sighing after a while:

“It’s gone…”

He looked at Jiang Ran blankly.

Jiang Ran smiled:

“Do you feel like a very heavy burden has been lifted?”

“This…”

The Demon King of the Underworld scratched his head, then smiled:

“Forget it, this is the obsession of my lineage.

”For generations, we have practiced the Demon Scripture, just hoping that one day we can bring the Demon Sovereign and find the Divine Soldier of our Demon Sect.

“Now that we have found it, naturally the Demon Sovereign should be in charge of what to do with it.

“If you think that’s good, then it’s good…“

”Hm.“

Jiang Ran nodded:

”And, do you think there’s a possibility of this?

“After thousands of years of vicissitudes, the whole world is different from what it was back then.

”The preparations made back then may have gone wrong.

“For example, there were floods in some places a few years ago, so could it be that the arrangements from back then have already been destroyed?

”The Dragon Slaying Scripture from back then, if it were to be obtained now, it may no longer be effective.

“What’s more, it’s possible that the ruler of the Demon Kingdom back then didn’t fail to use the Dragon Slaying Scripture, but discovered that… it simply wasn’t that powerful?“

Tang Huayi suddenly felt happy upon hearing this:

”Brother-in-law is right, the Dragon Slaying Scripture sounds a bit unreliable.

“What if it’s just something we use to scare people?

”We can tell all the villains that we have mastered the water veins of the world and the lives of the people.

“Whoever dares to offend will drag the whole world down with them.

“In the end, these bastards really dared to do it, and the ancestors decisively ran away!”

Tang Shiqing couldn’t help but smile when she heard this, and reached out to lightly tap Tang Huayi’s nose:

“What you said isn’t without reason.”

“Now that it’s come to this, all of this has become a mystery.”

Ye Jingshuang said softly:

“Fortunately, no one knows this mystery, and no one will ever want to solve it in the future.

“Brother Jiang…you really are a man of great virtue and chivalry.“

Jiang Ran was stunned, feeling that he had not heard Ye Jingfeng’s rainbow fart for a long time.

Between a chuckle and a laugh, he reached out and gently nudged her nose.

Ye Jingxue’s face flushed, never expecting this old pervert to molest her in front of other people.

Ye Jingxue immediately straightened her shoulders and stepped forward, blocking in front of Ye Jingxue:

”What?

“Do you want to get married and then start touching me?“

As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Ran gave her a little nudge on the nose:

”What do you think?“

Ye Jingxue blushed even more than Ye Jingfeng, and like a frightened rabbit, she hid behind Ye Jingfeng:

”Sister, he’s bullying me, he’s not a good person!“

The princess took a look at Jiang Ran:

”It feels like a big weight has been lifted from your heart.”

“The world is in turmoil, and these things are actually too heavy for me.“

Jiang Ran scratched his head:

”The Demon Sect emphasizes acting according to one’s heart, and I actually like that very much.

“But I think that while it’s fine to do whatever you want, you must have a benchmark in your heart. If you do whatever you want, you’ll lose your humanity.

”Fortunately, the disciples of the Demon Sect also listen to reason.

“So I still quite like being the Demon Sovereign.

”But for me, the most carefree days were when I was just the Captor.

“Looking for the old drunk, catching wanted criminals, just waiting for the day when I find the old drunk, break his legs, and settle down at home to support him until the end of his life.

“But as time goes on, slowly the general trend of the world is not to my liking.

”It is surging forward in an unpredictable direction.

“And I have to say, the culprit for all this is this scroll of slaying dragons.

”Twenty years ago, the Demon Sect was destroyed because of it, and today the world is in turmoil because of it.

“Destroying this object now, although it cannot return to the beginning, it is indeed a great sigh of relief.“

The princess could not help but laugh:

”You, you just have no ambition, just want to roam the rivers and lakes.“

”If Brother Jiang has too high an ambition, with his martial arts and mind, I’m afraid there will be no more peace in the world.

“Jun He Zai is not even good enough to look at.”

Ye Jingshuang glanced at Jiang Ran:

“The way things are now, I feel very good.”

“Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, if everything is over, what are you going to do?“

Tang Huayi suddenly asked.

Jiang Ran thought for a moment:

”It’s still the same, find an opportunity to break the old drunkard’s legs. This old thing jumps up and down every day, and if you’re not careful, he’ll disappear.

“If you don’t break his legs, who knows where he’ll go to stir up trouble again, causing me even more trouble.

”Then buy a big house.

“Or find a good place and build a big house.

“Everyone can come and stay.

”Finally, remember that organization?

“An organization bordering on the imperial court that specializes in accepting sea capture documents.

”And then distribute them to the disciples.

“In the end, take the human heads and ask the imperial court for money.

”By the way, do you want to think of a name for this organization?“

”Just call it the Demon Sect!!”

Tang Huayi immediately gave the go-ahead.

Tang Shiqing felt that this organization had nothing to do with the Demon Sect, but after thinking about it, she nodded.

Ye Jingshuang shook her head repeatedly:

“No, no… The Demon Sect worships the devil and emphasizes doing whatever you want.

”If you do whatever you want, how can you chase after things like wanted notices for sea-captured criminals?

“In my opinion, it should be called the Righteous Alliance!

”Heaven and earth have righteousness, and it is precisely to eliminate evil in the world.”

Ye Jingsue said:

“Righteous Alliance sounds like a Confucian organization.

“Let’s just call it the Chivalrous Way!

”After all, our Ye family has passed down chivalry, and the Chivalrous Way is most suitable.“

”In my opinion…let’s just call it the Sword-Wielding Department.“

The princess snorted:

”Sword in hand, catch the sword, so that there will be no more evil in the world.

“By then, I will let everyone in the current Sword-Wielding Department join you.”

“That’s not a bad idea.“

Tang Huayi scratched his head:

”But it feels a bit strange, as if they were still under the royal family?“

”I don’t think it’ll work.“

Ye Jingshuang shook his head:

”With one word from the princess, those people who were on the imperial payroll and had official status would become commoners again, and what’s more, they would become outlaws.

“Wouldn’t they be very unhappy?”

“It’s all for the sake of the people of the world…what’s the big deal about making a sacrifice?”

The princess waved her hand:

“And if that doesn’t work, I’ll just give Jiang Ran an official position.”

“What official position? The position of son-in-law?”

Ye Jingshuang’s words carried a hint of teasing.

“Have you ever been to a private school? A son-in-law is a status, not an official position.”

The princess gave her a cold stare:

“I’ll make him a high-ranking official and a peer of the realm!”

“…Your brother is still alive, and you’re already plotting to usurp the throne?“

Jiang Ran gave the princess a look that seemed to be smiling but wasn’t.

The princess pondered for a moment, but didn’t say anything.

Jiang Ran stretched his muscles a bit and slowly stood up:

”The Dragon Slaying Sutra has been destroyed, so the last thing has been done halfway.

“We should go out now.”

There is still the other half of the thing that hasn’t been done.

After all this is done, it will be considered a complete end.

Only then can I return to my original life, continue to be the person who finds the sword, continue to receive rewards, and take the reward money.

Continue to fight for my own nine deaths.

Behind them were Tang Shiqing, Tang Huayi, Ye Jingshuang, Ye Jingsue, and the Princess.

The Demon King of the Underworld, An, and Zhuo also stood up.

Tang Huayi glanced back at the way they came, and said softly,

“This place has not been destroyed by the traps…Brother-in-law, when are you going to send someone here to take all the gold and silver treasures from the underground palace?”

Jiang Ran nodded while reaching out and pressing his palm against the palm print on the door.

A slight tingling sensation spread through his palm, and a crimson red color spread across the entire door like blood vessels, following the palm print.

One by one, the stones were lit up.

Then there was a loud crack.

The door opened…

When they entered this place, it was already night, but now when they came out, it was the morning twilight, with the east gradually brightening!

But before they could see the outside environment, there was a flash of a sword blade, as if it had come from the sky.

It aimed directly at Jiang Ran’s brow!