Chapter 1565: Chapter 796: Storms Press the City (Part 3)

"Looks like it’s going to rain tonight..."

Fatty Lin’s brows furrowed tightly as he muttered to himself, then turned toward the main hall, eyes full of worry.

Rain was never a good thing; it could wipe out traces and weaken the power of Firearms.

No one knew how things would turn out tonight.

If a comrade really died because of this, he would never be at peace for the rest of his life...

...

"Hahahaha, Heaven favors me!"

While Fatty Lin was worried, Li Yan pushed open the window, looking at the dark clouds in the sky with a smile on his face.

He had the Smell Superpower and was well-versed in the North Emperor Mysterious Water Escape.

Rain and night were his greatest home-field advantage.

What’s more, he could vaguely sense Thunder Power brewing faintly in the heavens...

Rattle rattle rattle!

The wooden door suddenly sounded, as if something were scratching at it.

Li Yan let out a slight sigh and rose to open the door.

Outside, the Little White Fox Chu Qi was circling anxiously, eyes full of panic.

The sound of beating wings came from above as the Eagle Falcon Lidong landed on a tree, feathers in disarray, spirit listless.

Last night, afraid something might happen to them, Lv San had told the two little ones to stay in the room, but he carried the demon gourd with him and was taken away along with it. These Spiritual Pets were terrified, and Eagle Falcon Lidong had even wanted to fly up into the sky to rescue him.

But the speed of the Earth Immortal yin soul patrol was incomparably fast, and Sha Lifei, afraid of an accident, stopped them.

Even so, the two Spiritual Pets had spent the entire day searching everywhere.

One in the sky, one on the ground; they had nearly circled all of Jinling City, but found no clues.

"Don’t worry."

Li Yan’s expression was grave as he stroked the Little White Fox’s head. "I will definitely bring them back safe and sound!"

Suddenly, his ears twitched slightly, and he looked toward the courtyard gate.

He saw Kong Shangzhao and Long Yan’er hurrying back, eyes brimming with excitement.

"You found them?" Li Yan was a bit surprised.

"Mm."

Kong Shangzhao’s eyes were alight with excitement. After following him back into the room, he immediately said, "We did find some clues. Back then, what Lin Lingsu set up in Jinling City was the ’Fire Separation Locking Yin Formation’. A remnant volume of the ’Great Song Jinling Demon Suppression Record’ once recorded that when the immortal Zhang Huaisu stirred up rebellion, he often went to the ’old course of the Rouge River’ to take three feet of yin water and bind Red Silk to a Black Tortoise Stone, but no one knew what it was for."

"We then went to the Jinling Prefecture government office. Sister Long put people to sleep with her charms while I went to look for the Jinling Earth Vein Map and discovered that the Rouge River was exactly the ’Xun Position auxiliary vein’ of the Fire Separation Locking Yin Formation. Cheng Hao’s ’Southern Travel Notes’ also vaguely recorded that Cai used a vermilion thread to test a well and obtained black jade, saying it could communicate with the Netherworld..."

Li Yan immediately understood. "Zhao Changsheng tampered with things over there in advance?"

Kong Shangzhao nodded. "He should have tied a live knot."

"Some Earth Masters often do this sort of thing—leaving a loophole at a crucial point of a Feng Shui Array. It doesn’t show in daily life, but as long as they make a move elsewhere, they can cause the Great Array to fail. That’s what’s called a live knot."

"A few years ago, because of the opening of the sea routes, an official inexplicably altered a Qinhuai Branch. Later his entire family died suddenly. It was originally a headless case, but not long after his death, multiple ’cold mist weaving threads’ anomalies were reported around the Dragon-locking Well. That should be the place."

"Right in Jinling City?!"

Sha Lifei and the others rushed back at this moment as well.

Hearing Kong Shangzhao’s words, their faces were full of confusion. "Wasn’t it outside the city?"

Kong Shangzhao said in a deep voice, "The Dragon-locking Well in the city should be the Great Array’s Acupoint. With its obstruction gone, the ’Red Silk House’ was able to manifest. As long as we figure out what’s going on over there, it’s bound to affect the ’Red Silk House.’"

He sighed as he spoke. "Time was too short. This is all I could find."

"It’s already enough."

Li Yan looked at everyone and said calmly, "We’ll adapt as things change. There are too many people here right now. Once it gets dark, you head to the Dragon-locking Well and see what’s happening there. As long as you can influence the ’Red Silk House’, that will be an opportunity for me!"

...

Rumble—!

Another burst of Thunder flashed, and a torrential downpour followed right after.

In the shadowy corner by the Captain Bureau’s wall, Qiu Mingyuan glanced at the hound beside him, then looked up at the sky, frowning tightly.

Failing to find the "Deaf Lu Ban" during the day, he hadn’t been idle; he had urgently summoned all the Guardian Mountain Spirit Dogs from the surrounding garrisons. These hounds were carefully raised by the Captain Bureau. Though not demon beasts, their sense of smell was extraordinarily keen, and together with their hawks, they served as tracking helpers.

This was also why the Captain Bureau was called "the hawks and hounds."

On top of that, the Navy had also received the deployment order. Once the target was located, they could immediately come and provide Tiger-Squat Cannon support.

But in this kind of weather, both the hawks and the hounds would likely be affected...

Meanwhile, in the main hall of the rear courtyard, Li Yan, seated cross-legged on the Taishi Chair, suddenly opened his eyes.

Crash~

Wu Ba, face brimming with killing intent, hefted up the Tiger-Squat Cannon.

On the uneven bluestone floor of the small courtyard, rainwater began to pool.

Then, as water mist grew hazy, a human figure faintly took shape within it.

Water Escape Circle Light Technique...

Seeing this, Li Yan’s heart instantly sank.

No wonder the other side dared choose a rainy day despite knowing his intel.

This level of Water Skill was something he simply could not achieve...