Chapter 559: Chapter 549: The Light of Fireflies Cannot Illuminate the Long River

Above the Long River.

Su Mu stared at the now calm Long River before him, lost in thought.

He had originally planned to carefully study the stone gate at the center of the whirlpool, but unexpectedly, a bunch of "fireflies" suddenly emerged along with the stone gate, charging at him fiercely.

Su Mu had no choice but to intervene.

The whirlpool was indeed resolved, yet he was still puzzled.

The next moment, a system alert sounded in his mind:

[Congratulations to the host, for perfectly resolving the "chaotic" anomaly and maintaining the river’s order. Favor Points +80000]

Hearing that a full eighty thousand Favor Points were accounted, Su Mu’s previously gloomy mood brightened up instantly.

Who cares!

Who cares what the stone gate is for, it’s not important! Besides disgusting himself, it doesn’t affect him; having Favor Points is all that matters!

On the contrary, it even delivered a bounty to Su Mu, why not take advantage?

.....

Although the whirlpool was dealt with, the impact caused by the stone gate whirlpool hadn’t been completely resolved.

Due to the existence of the whirlpool, almost all life in the surrounding dozens of tributaries had been wiped out, and the ecological environment severely damaged.

If left unchecked, it won’t be long before this water area, along with the surrounding dozens of tributaries, becomes barren.

Friends who have studied environmental biology know that for a river’s ecosystem to remain stable, organisms are essential.

Therefore, Su Mu had to find a way to restore the ecological environment of this water area.

The next moment, he arrived above the main river channel.

He expanded his Divine Sense, covering this section of the Long River, finally locking onto a water area.

This section of the main river channel had a favorable environment, and the fish in the river were very abundant in number.

With a wave of his hand, he directly froze the water area, solidifying a layer of ice wall at the edge of the static zone, forming a cage to prevent the fish from escaping during his capture.

After making preparations, Su Mu used the Water Control Divine Technique, causing the river to surge with layers of rolling waves, the fish tumbling in the undulating currents and waves.

The next moment, Su Mu took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve, using Spiritual Power to activate it.

With the bottle opening aimed at the river surface, under powerful suction, a large number of fish were sucked into the small porcelain bottle.

In just a few breaths, tens of thousands of small fish and shrimp were already inside.

After collecting enough, Su Mu moved to another water area to continue collecting.

Whether small fish, shrimp, or larger Treasure Fish, Su Mu would control a balanced amount, though most were small fry.

Of course, he didn’t just collect fish; crabs, Water Snakes, frogs, and other aquatic creatures were also collected.

He even collected plankton and algae, aiming for balanced variety!

It took him about two hours, traversing more than a dozen water areas, and finally he was done.

Lastly, Su Mu arrived at the tributary waters.

He reintroduced the aquatic creatures and algae from the small porcelain bottle back into the dozens of tributary waters.

Having done all this, Su Mu dusted off his hands, looked at his work, and smiled with satisfaction.

After guarding the river for so many years, he was already familiar with the ecological patterns of this river. If he were reborn in his hometown, he would definitely become an excellent aquaculture magnate!

The next moment, the system alert rang again in Su Mu’s mind.

[Favor Points +20000]

Another twenty thousand Favor Points credited, what a delight!

In total, he had now amassed a hundred thousand Favor Points!

Converted to Affinity, that’s another one percent Affinity!

....

It really wasn’t easy!

Lately, because of the receding water levels and his inability to find the cause, the system deemed his attitude as passive, drastically reducing the Favor Points he earned each day to just hundreds, even tens!

....

It’s still early now.

He prepared to head to the next location.

The second location wasn’t far from here, just right to handle them together.

...

After half an hour of travel, Su Mu arrived at a brand new water area. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

With the experience from before, this time he appeared more at ease.

After passing through the transparent Barrier, to no surprise, there was yet another whirlpool.

Almost identical, situated at the confluence of tributaries, the center of the whirlpool was also a stone gate, with similar circumstances surrounding it: the creatures in the tributary waters were almost wiped out.

However, compared to the last whirlpool, this one was much smaller, affecting only twelve tributaries.

......

In a certain world within the Ten Thousand Realms.

This world was very similar to the Three Palaces world that Jiang Li guarded.

The sky was also gray, the earth black, with a massive stone gate standing in the center of the land, and mountains built with ash and corpses rising from the ground.

However, this world was much smaller than the world Jiang Li guarded.

In a mountain range closest to the stone gate, one after another, green Immortal Halls stood tall.

The three large characters "Divine Punishment Sect" were engraved on a tall Boundary Stone at the mountain entrance, prominently visible.

....

At this moment, on the Immortal Mountain, in front of the Glazed Golden Hall, under the Moon Tree.

Yue Ying sat cross-legged on a round meditation mat, staring dazedly at the stone gate ahead.

It had been decades since the Three Palaces were destroyed.

Decades, for him, was just a short moment.

Now, the Master must have certainly heard the news.

He was extremely anxious because he had not immediately reported to Master about the destruction of the Three Palaces and his escape with the Realm Stone.

Therefore, he was very worried, fearing that if Master discovered his involvement, he might take his anger out on him.

Decades had passed, and the Nine Palaces remained silent; it seemed the River Guardian had not yet discovered the existence of the Nine Palaces.

His worries were unnecessary.

Thinking of this, Yue Ying stood up, deciding to go seek an audience with the Master and report the destruction of the Three Palaces in detail.

After hesitating for a while, he sat back down.

No... No.....

It’s been decades already; the Master must know about it by now. If I report it now, the Master will blame me for not reporting promptly.

Perhaps I should just swallow this secret? Pretend I never visited the Three Palaces, knew nothing about them?

But with the Master’s means, surely he already knows I was involved!

If I seek forgiveness now, I may receive a lighter punishment!

Go...

Don’t go

Go....

Don’t go.

Just like that, Yue Ying rose up, sat down, repeating the motion, torn with indecision.

I’d better go!

Honesty brings leniency, resistance leads to severity!

Gritting his teeth, Yue Ying stood up, ready to leave the place.

Just as he was about to leave.

Dong——

A loud noise resonated through the void.

Yue Ying suddenly turned his head, looking at the continuously trembling Gate of Divine Punishment, his face filled with terror: "Could it be?!"