Chapter 185: Investigating the Case in Memory
Hearing this, the Great Dragon God's expression also became serious.
Although Suzhou's West Lake is just a lake, the Dragon King in it cannot be ranked among the Dragon Kings of other lakes.
But no matter what, this is still a human god appointed by the Heavenly Court, with his own gods, and he has inherited the Heavenly Book.
Such an authentic water god in heaven disappeared for no reason, and he, the great dragon god who was in charge of all matters related to the movement of clouds and rain in the inland of Southern Continent, was completely unaware of it.
In the end, it was still up to the Black Law Mage, who was not from the same system, to report and remind...
If it had happened during the heyday of the Heavenly Court, a single crime of negligence would have been enough to have the Great Dragon God sent to the Xiayuan City Palace to await punishment.
Now, although every part of the Heavenly Palace is extremely busy, some minor mistakes and omissions are understandable.
But we need to analyze the specific situation specifically. Now, the disappearance of the Dragon King of Slender West Lake was reported by Jiang Lin, the Black Law Mage.
This is of a different nature.
Although to be honest, the Arctic system to which Jiang Lin, the Black Law Mage, belongs has nothing to do with the Xiayuan Metropolis to which the Water God system belongs.
But the Great Emperor of Water Official of Xiayuan has another identity, or an incarnation, called "The Seven Yuan Water Virtue Star Lord of the North".
And this Water Deity is the immediate superior of the Dragon God.
From this perspective, Jiang Lin is not really meddling in other people's business.
Because this is considered a matter of the "Star God Series", and the God of Stars and the Emperor of Purple Star are forever bound together.
One of the greatest powers of Emperor Ziwei is to be the "general manager of all the stars."
It’s just that the Water Deity is very special among all the stars and is extremely independent.
Therefore, based on this point of view, if Jiang Lin is determined to pursue the matter, the Great Dragon God will also suffer.
But now it seems that this Master Jiang does not have that intention, otherwise he would not have gone to such great lengths to summon me here.
but……
The Great Dragon God's gaze fell on the altar where Jiang Lin was.
Whenever a black law master performs a ritual, he must be monitored by the Black Law Department...
With this thought in mind, the Dragon God looked at Jiang Lin.
Although this Master Jiang did not confront the enemy head-on, he still had some sharpness.
The Great Dragon God sighed inwardly and said sincerely: "This matter was caused by my oversight."
Jiang Lin heard this, but shook his head and said nothing.
The Dragon God understood what Jiang Lin meant.
Master Xiao Jiang was not denying himself, but saying that this matter was obviously not that simple.
After all, a real water god disappeared silently, and even an entire family disappeared.
This is simply unbelievable.
No matter how chaotic the heavenly court is, it will not allow acts that harm the righteous gods to occur.
Jiang Lin did not summon the Great Dragon God to come and ask him to confess his guilt. To put it bluntly, Jiang Lin was not qualified to judge such a great god yet.
"Senior, I have a method."
Jiang Lin raised his head and said to the dragon god in front of him.
The Great Dragon God's eyes flickered for a moment. Sometimes, a title can represent many things.
Sure enough, this Master Xiao Jiang called him over not to question him, but to find out what he had lost.
"I am under the Black Law. The Dragon King of Slender West Lake is missing. This is a matter of the gods and is not within the scope of my authority."
"But since I have seen this, I must investigate it. Moreover, I have met you once before."
Jiang Lin said this, and under the inquiring gaze of the Great Dragon God, he pointed at Che who was standing obediently beside him.
"A ghost?"
When the Dragon God just came out, he discovered the existence of this ghost spirit which was in a very bad condition.
And now, after Jiang Lin's reminder, he immediately understood what Jiang Lin's method was.
"This ghost spirit is named Che. It was transformed from a jade artifact in the Dragon Palace. It has the same origin as the Dragon Palace."
"Moreover, during the years when the Dragon King was missing, he has been maintaining this water palace and has also taken on some of the responsibilities that should have belonged to the local Dragon King."
Jiang Lin introduced in detail: "The senior also discovered that due to some reasons, this ghost spirit is about to die."
"If I can obtain the order from the senior and bless this place with the position of the lake god, not only can this spirit ghost recover its original spiritual essence, but it can also fill the vacant position of the god here."
Upon hearing this, the Great Dragon God nodded slightly.
Master Xiao Jiang just said that he was summoned here in order to find out the gaps and fill them.
There must be some hidden story behind the mysterious disappearance of the Dragon King of Suzhou's West Lake.
But the most urgent task now is not to investigate the case, but to let this water palace resume its divine duties.
To achieve this, a lake god is needed.
At least for now, there is no better or more suitable choice than the ghost spirit.
"Good family background", "Rich grassroots experience", "Consciously passed the internship period"
Each of the three reasons is more sufficient than the other.
Upon hearing this, the Great Dragon God nodded slightly. To him, it made no difference who was the master of this water palace.
Moreover, Jiang Lin’s proposal is indeed the most appropriate and the most stable one.
As for this ghost...
The Great Dragon God looked at Che, a divine light flashing in his eyes. After the great god's careful inspection, Che's background was seen through almost instantly.
"not bad."
The Great Dragon God nodded with satisfaction. The spiritual essence of this ghost spirit was pure and clear. Its original form was not an ordinary creature. After becoming a ghost, it was not corrupted by the turbid evil energy. Instead, it accumulated more spiritual essence by performing some of the divine duties.
"Without further delay, my friend, shall we begin now?"
The Dragon God looked at Jiang Lin.
"Please help me, senior."
Jiang Lin nodded and left the altar.
The Great Dragon God did not hesitate to go up to the altar and closed his eyes to rest.
"You come."
Jiang Lin waved at Che, and amid the other's confused look, he followed Jiang Lin's instructions and came to the position in front of the altar.
"Kneel down."
Upon hearing this, Che knelt down in front of the altar with a plop.
At this time, on the altar, the Dragon God also opened his eyes.
Along with the soothing voice of the Great Dragon God, a precious edict was recited.
"I sincerely pay my respects to Yanggu Dongyuan, in the Qinghua Palace. The 42 departments, along with 90 million people, are in charge of the river water emperor. The affairs of all spirits. The flood event. The time of disaster. Zhengyi Dharma King. In charge of the records of the dead souls and ghosts of the long night. The leader of the Wuwei Sect. Records the merits, demerits, sins and blessings of all living beings. Relieves natural disasters. Saves the souls who have completed their karma. Saves the netherworld. Divides the ways of humans and ghosts. Peace for both the living and the dead. Infinite benefits. Great compassion and great wishes. Great saint and great mercy. The water official who relieves the disasters of the lower Yuan Wuqi. Jinling Dongyin Great Emperor Yanggu Emperor."
As a precious edict of the Great Emperor of Water Official of Xiayuan was recited, a spiritual aura emerged above the altar.
The Great Dragon God, as the water god directly under the Xiayuan Metropolis Government, was now following the "OA process", which naturally made the Water Official Emperor feel the same and he quickly cast his gaze over.
But even if it is the Great Dragon God, if he wants to make such a report, he must follow the proper procedures.
After all, although the Water Official Emperor is considered the immediate superior of the Great Dragon God, the difference between the two is not just one level, the gap in their status is very large.
"Your subordinate, I am the cloud-making and rain-making dragon god Ao Shu, who is in charge of the four rivers of Nanshanbu Province. I report to the emperor."
The Great Dragon God, Ao Shu, saw that the Water Emperor's aura was decreasing, and hurriedly bowed in salute.
"Your subordinate, Jiang Xuanying, the black law mage of the human world, greets the Water Official Emperor."
Jiang Lin on the side also bowed to the energy above the altar and kicked Che at the same time.
Although the latter was simple, he was not stupid. Upon seeing this, he kowtowed to the altar.
At this time, above the altar, the aura belonging to the Water Emperor began to evolve.
'Word'
The energy gathered into a large aqua-blue character. Seeing this, Ao Shu described the situation of Slender West Lake in detail.
Then he bowed and said, "I am guilty of negligence in this matter. However, the key point at this moment is to appoint a new lake god as soon as possible."
After saying that, Ao Shu pointed at Che who was still kowtowing.
"Please look, my Lord. This ghost is..."
He recounted Che's situation, and then said, "I think this ghost spirit can serve as the god of the water lake here."
"Also, when I return, I will go to the Shangshu of the Metropolitan Government to receive the punishment."
The energy of the Water Emperor did not stagnate, but he gave an answer quickly.
"Buzz!"
Along with a vibration, a stream of red-gold aura slowly emerged along the aura of the Water Official Emperor.
Above that aura, Jiang Lin sensed an extremely obvious divine spiritual essence.
Then, that spiritual essence slowly fell in front of Che and turned into a large seal of the Water Palace.
Next, as long as Che refines this seal, he will naturally become the master of the water palace here.
At the same time, Che's missing spiritual essence will be replenished.
This was Jiang Lin’s original plan, but now, Jiang Lin frowned slightly.
This was because the seal of the Water Palace that had belonged to Che was not the original one, but the one bestowed directly by the Water Official Emperor.
You must know that the divine seal is the manifestation of the foundation of a deity and the location of its heavenly talisman, so it is extremely important.
Such divine objects are usually inherited rather than creating a new one out of thin air.
Not only is it time-consuming and laborious, it will also affect the new gods' jurisdiction over the territory, adding a lot of unfamiliarity.
It is the worst choice.
But now, the Water Official Emperor did just that.
There is only one explanation for this situation, and that is that the divine seal that was originally supposed to be held by the Dragon King of Suzhou has disappeared along with the Dragon King.
Ao Shu naturally noticed this as well and frowned slightly.
But now is not the time to think about that.
"Best farewell to the Emperor."
Ao Shu saluted the Water Emperor on the altar.
Considering the current situation in the Three Realms, it is already very rare for such a great god to be able to gaze here for a moment.
Now that I have finished my work, I will naturally not stay any longer.
After sending away the Water Emperor's aura, Ao Shu stepped down from the altar and looked at Jiang Lin. They both saw the thought in each other's eyes.
Ao Shu closed his eyes, as if sensing something. After a moment, he said, "The divine seal has also disappeared."
What he was talking about was naturally the original divine seal.
Things are getting more serious.
If we compare it to robbing a store, it's like a group of robbers not only robbed the store owner, but also took the house deed and the property title.
The latter, however, was not the shop owner’s property.
Even the shop owner and the property deeds were not robbed but destroyed.
It can be said that the severity has reached a new level.
"Please protect me, senior."
Jiang Lin said this to Ao Shu.
"Actually, you can stop here."
Ao Shu said, "I should be the one to handle the follow-up matters anyway."
Although Jiang Lin had said before that since he had seen such a thing, he had to investigate it, but now that Ao Shu had found out about it, Jiang Lin should not be held responsible for the subsequent events.
"That's right."
Jiang Lin also nodded. After all, this was not within his scope of authority.
But then, Jiang Lin continued: "But, I have some guesses, please give me some time."
"If I guessed correctly, then I'm afraid I will have to take care of this matter."
These words seemed somewhat disrespectful to Ao Shu, but Ao Shu didn't care and just nodded.
Since Master Xiao Jiang said so, he must have his own reasons.
It's just a matter of cooperation, it's a cost-effective thing.
Thinking this in his mind, Ao Shu saw Jiang Lin coming behind Che.
'Om! '
I saw lines of black evil energy surging, forming a super-small prison evil restriction with a radius of half a meter. At the same time, lines of black evil energy also lingered on Che's brows.
This is……
The secret method of searching and exploring memories passed down by the Black Law Mage?
Ao Shu's heart moved. This method was actually a kind of soul-searching technique in essence, which was originally used by the Black Law Wizard for interrogation.
However, when Master Xiao Jiang used it now, it was obvious that he had the full cooperation of the ghost spirit.
Otherwise, the Black Law Mage wouldn't care whether the guy whose soul is being searched cooperates or whether there are any consequences.
Jiang Lin did not notice Ao Shu's gaze, and was completely immersed in the magic spell.
This method of searching the soul is a secret teaching of the Black Law lineage. It uses the Black Law's evil spirit to enter the purple palace of the spiritual platform and break the consciousness, thus achieving the purpose of searching the soul.
From the principle, it can be seen that this method has the evil skin and bone straightening that has been passed down by the Black Law lineage, and it is also a consistent inheritance...
Simple and crude.
Therefore, if Jiang Lin wants to avoid hurting Che's soul, he must be extremely careful.
After calming his mind, Jiang Lin began to cast the spell.
Lines of evil energy from the origin of the black law surged and slowly seeped into Che's sea of consciousness.
Che shuddered and resisted further movement, fearing that he would disturb his Taoist friend.
With Che's full cooperation, the black law's original evil energy activated by Jiang Lin directly skipped the step of corroding the spiritual consciousness and "saw" Che's memory.
It's now.
Jiang Lin's eyes widened, and a dark gilded divine light surged. His own consciousness, along with the evil spirit of the origin of the black law, entered Che's sea of consciousness.
Generally speaking, this method of searching the soul and exploring the memory will turn the memory of the person being cast into a book, which the caster can read at will.
But that's not what Jiang Lin wanted.
With Yi Che's head that had no common sense about the world of cultivation, if he just looked through the other person's memory, he would probably miss a lot of things.
If you want to know everything, the best way is to be there in person.
Under Jiang Lin’s spiritual perception, accompanied by a flash of light, Jiang Lin "saw" some scenes.
In front of him was the familiar Dragon Palace of Suzhou's West Lake, but compared to its current desolate and dilapidated appearance, the Dragon Palace in Che's memory perfectly matched the description of the Crystal Palace.
Under the shimmering water, the main hall of the Dragon Palace looks even more magnificent.
From Jiang Lin's perspective, he could only see a part of the main hall, or in other words, in Che's memory at that time, he could not move.
At that time, Che already had spirituality, but he had not become a ghost spirit.
But this angle is very good, and you can see most of the main hall.
From the position where Che is placed, it can be seen that among the many rare treasures in the Dragon Palace of Suzhou's West Lake, Che is also a very precious one.
After getting familiar with this unique perspective, Jiang Lin's heart moved.
What he wanted to see was certainly not the perspective of experiencing the treasure.
As Jiang Lin activated the spell, Che's memory began to fast forward.
Soon, Jiang Lin saw a noteworthy scene.
(End of this chapter)
