System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

Chapter 289

Zhang Hao, Wu Tianzhen, Fatty, Yi Sa, Ding Yudie, Zhang Qilin, and Meng Qianzi descended the steps along the cliff edge.

Suddenly, some obscure and incomprehensible patterns appeared on one side of the cliff wall.

Meng Qianzi suddenly stopped and pointed to one of the patterns, saying, "This is a talisman for suppressing our mountain spirit."

"Could it be that your mountain spirit ancestor painted it there to suppress the water spirit?"

"It's possible. The Water Spirit is so powerful that if he didn't have some special abilities, he wouldn't be trapped underground and forced to manipulate the Cave Girl to do his bidding."

"In that case, your information should be correct, and the water spirit should be down there."

……

When Zhang Hao and his group descended to the bottom of the cliff, they encountered many such runes along the way.

About half an hour later they reached the bottom of the cliff and the entrance to the village.

At the village entrance, countless bridal sedan chairs were parked, each containing a bride.

These brides were all covered in a layer of white frost, as if they had been frozen in a refrigerator.

Zhang Hao and his companions felt a sense of familiarity upon seeing this scene, as similar corpses had appeared in the Khmer King's Tomb and the Zuyuan Golden Fort before.

At first, I thought it was a problem with the Breath of Earth, but now it seems that my initial thinking was wrong.

Freezing people must also be one of the water spirit's methods.

The group passed through these bridal sedan chairs and entered the village through the village entrance.

The entire village was decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers, and should have been a joyous occasion, but because it was deserted, it was eerily quiet.

Suddenly, a joyous sound of musical instruments rang out from the village.

Zhang Hao and his companions recognized the sound; it was the sound of the suona horn from the wedding procession.

The sound grew louder as it approached, and soon a wedding procession appeared before everyone's eyes.

A grand wedding procession of several dozen people was seen approaching them.

"This……"

"Are they human or ghosts?"

"They were all controlled by the water spirit, but they are already dead."

As soon as Zhang Hao finished speaking, the wedding procession stopped in front of them.

Suddenly, the eight sedan chair bearers turned around and rushed towards Meng Qianzi.

They moved very fast, and before Meng Qianzi could react, they grabbed her and pushed her into the bridal sedan chair.

Meng Qianzi gave Zhang Hao a wink.

Zhang Hao understood what she meant; according to the original plan, she was prepared to use herself to lure out the water essence.

Those controlled by the water spirit are now stuffing her into the bridal sedan chair, most likely to send her to the water spirit.

Since that was the case, naturally no one dared to resist.

After Meng Qianzi got into the bridal sedan chair, Zhang Hao and the others mingled in the wedding procession and followed along.

Along the way, the village scene became increasingly eerie: red lanterns hung high and colorful ribbons fluttered, but there was not a trace of human life. Only the wind whistled through the empty streets, as if even the wind was telling of the sorrow and despair here.

Zhang Hao's eyes were as sharp as a hawk's, constantly paying attention to the changes around him.

The fat man wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Although he was usually carefree, he couldn't help but feel a pang of fear at this moment.

"This is fucking more thrilling than a horror movie! What kind of hellish place have we stumbled into?"

"Fatty, don't talk!"

"okay."

After Zhang Hao reminded him, Fatty noticed that when he spoke, all the people in the group who were controlled by the water spirit turned to look at him, and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, after they stopped talking, those people turned their heads back and did not make any other moves.

The procession moved slowly and finally stopped in front of a seemingly ancient but ominous-looking house.

The gate of the mansion was tightly closed, and the gate was carved with intricate totems that were similar to the runes seen on the cliff.

With a low, mournful sound, the door slowly opened, and a chilling aura rushed out, sending shivers down one's spine.

The wedding procession filed into the courtyard.

Zhang Hao looked around and found that the courtyard was very large, with a towering tree in the middle and an ancient well under the tree.

The sedan chair bearers stopped the sedan chair at the well, then pulled Meng Qianzi out of the sedan chair and pushed her into the well.

Seeing that Meng Qianzi did not resist, no one made a move, and after Meng Qianzi was pushed into the ancient well, they all jumped in after her.

After a few "plop, plop" sounds, everyone popped their heads out of the water.

Zhang Hao looked around and discovered that the area below the well was vast, actually an underground lake.

The lake was covered with corpses, all of which shared the same characteristic: they were all brides dressed in red wedding gowns.

"What the hell? The water spirit brought the bride here just to push her into the underground lake and drown her?"

“Look at these brides, they’re all floating in the same direction.”

Zhang Hao glanced in the direction the bride was floating and saw a whirlpool there. The bride in the lake would be sucked into the whirlpool.

After Zhang Hao reminded them, the others also noticed the vortex.

Suddenly the whirlpool grew larger and faster, and the people floating in the water were drawn in by the suction from the huge whirlpool and drifted towards it involuntarily.

"Don't struggle, just follow these brides and you'll find the water spirit."

Meng Qianzi gave a reminder, and everyone gave up resisting, letting the vortex suck them in.

When they surfaced again, they found themselves in an unfamiliar environment, a world made entirely of water.

Zhang Hao and his group are currently positioned like a bubble in water; they are inside the bubble.

Suddenly, a beam of red light shone down from above, illuminating the entire interior of the bubble.

Before them appeared a mass of light blue liquid, as large as a small mountain.

Inside were the corpses of brides dressed in red wedding gowns, tumbling and turning in the liquid, a truly horrifying sight.

Everyone was shocked by what they saw.

"My goodness, this is such a huge blob! Could it be water crystal?!"

"How can we possibly deal with such a large clump of something, especially in the water?"

Seeing the mass in front of him, Zhang Hao was almost certain that it was the Water Spirit.

Before seeing the water spirit, he had already imagined its various forms, and now that he saw it, he found that it was almost exactly the same as what he had imagined.

He just hadn't expected the water spirit to be so big, as big as a small mountain.

And inside were countless corpses, tens of thousands.

Was he merely manipulating these women from the caves to work for him?

There must be reasons they are unaware of.

Otherwise, why would the water spirit only control the bride before her marriage, instead of using a more powerful man?

"Giggle..."

Suddenly, a strange cry rang in their ears, and the bride, wrapped in water crystal, suddenly rushed out, stretching out her hands and lunging towards the crowd.

With a thought, Zhang Hao took out the mountain gall from his storage space and held it in his hands.

As soon as the brides got close, they were suddenly thrown to the ground.

"vomit……"

Then came the incessant sound of vomiting.

Each bride who approached the scene coughed up a mouthful of blood, and in the blood was a fist-sized, light blue mass.

These are all water spirits, parts that split off from his main body.

Just as Zhang Hao was about to make a move, a water spirit the size of a small mountain suddenly crawled towards them, enveloping them all in one go.