Chapter 294
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Chapter 294: I Am Down Below
Chu Jiang didn’t mind their gazes and casually placed the Soul Guide Incense on the incense burner after finishing his worship.
He then stepped aside, observing both the changes in himself and in the Soul Guide Incense.
This kind of fragrance naturally attracts ghosts to feed, so it is a good way to check if there are ghosts nearby.
Soon, an unbelievable thing happened. The incense that Chu Jiang inserted quickly burned up at a visible speed and left no trace!
The worshippers who lighted the incense couldn’t see this scene because, for safety reasons, after Chu Jiang inserted the incense, he put all the living people into the Ghost Domain, but they didn’t realize it themselves.
In this way, if something unexpected happened, Chu Jiang could immediately evacuate everyone from the River God Temple.
As he watched the Soul Guide Incense burn out, Chu Jiang frowned slightly. He still hadn’t found any ghosts, but the speed at which the Soul Guide Incense burned was unprecedentedly fast. This at least proved that there must be ghosts nearby, maybe even more than one.
As for himself, Chu Jiang closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, but he couldn’t feel any signs of spiritual manipulation.
Maybe it had something to do with him being a Ghost Master, or maybe it had to do with him being too powerful now. The River God could have some influence on ordinary people, but it might not work on him.
As for whether or not they were sincere from the heart, it didn’t matter much. Chu Jiang couldn’t believe that those first-time visitors would truly have much sincerity towards a god they had never met before.
After observing for a while longer and seeing no other clues or any danger, Chu Jiang temporarily left the River God Temple with Jing Ruoxue.
Actually, Chu Jiang can give orders to forcefully evacuate everyone, and he could even send people to demolish the temple, making it forbidden for anyone to worship the River God.
But this is just a temporary solution, and it may lead to unimaginable changes in the River God, who was still somewhat normal before.
Therefore, Chu Jiang decided to maintain the status quo at least until the investigation results are released.
Returning to the entrance, Chu Jiang asked the old man about the appearance of the River God statue specifically.
Out of respect, the old man answered honestly.
In essence, the new statue is made to resemble the old one, but some people have mentioned that it seems to change its appearance every day, and it looks different from before?
However, the old statue was thrown into the River God Lake long ago, returned to the River God, so there is no one to confirm this.
Chu Jiang took out a photo from his pocket and looked at it again. He didn’t have a photo of the old statue, only an old black and white photo showing the distant view of the old River God temple.
After some thought, Chu Jiang bid farewell to the old man and temporarily left the River God Lake with Jing Ruoxue.
He planned to go to Sanjin Mountain first, to see if he could find the source of Luohe. If he couldn’t find it, he would come back here in the evening and explore the bottom of the River God Lake.
In any case, it is very likely that the death of the newly appointed person in charge, Wang Lei, is related to the River God. But that’s not the most important thing. Chu Jiang wants to know if this ghost will harm people.
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Sanjin Mountain is made up of several kilometer-high peaks, including Yuanshan Hill, Heshu Hill, Qixingdun Peak, and others.
Chu Jiang and his companion spent a whole day searching from the main peak to the subsidiary peaks, but they didn’t find any obvious spring. They could only say that the source of Luohe is the countless mountain springs here. Thousands of streams converge to form the river, it’s not just hearsay.
When they returned to the edge of the River God Lake, it was already 1 o’clock in the morning. The square in front of the temple was already empty, and even the temple gate was locked.
However, this was right for Chu Jiang. He was planning to go into the temple and take a look when suddenly, Jing Ruoxue grabbed him.
"Something’s not right, look over there by the lake."
Chu Jiang turned around and at first, he didn’t notice anything wrong. But soon he realized that the water level in the lake was gradually rising.
And the water didn’t come up from the ground out of nowhere, but flowed back from the lower reaches of the Luohe River.
The water level rose faster and faster, quickly covering the embankment and rushing towards the area in front of the temple!
Chu Jiang and Jing Ruoxue both flew up, and Chu Jiang muttered to himself, "Is this coming towards us? Or has the ghost couldn’t resist anymore and finally revealed its hideous face?"
The lake water surged up from the ground, seemingly trying to grab Chu Jiang and the others.
But because the height wasn’t enough, the lake water splashed back and forth a few times, ultimately crashing onto the stone floor with a loud noise.
Seeing the lake water and river water mixed together, gushing out more and more, Chu Jiang made up his mind that he couldn’t delay any longer. Otherwise, there could be a flood here, even Nangao Village would be submerged.
Just as Chu Jiang was about to experiment with the lake water, approaching it after half-turning into Chu’s Jiang and gaining new powers, suddenly, the river water was sucked back, leaving a few crooked words on the ground:
I am down here.
Then even these words flowed back, the ground became clean, and even the water level of the River God Lake started to slowly drop.
"What does it mean?" Jing Ruoxue looked serious. "Is this ghost trying to communicate with us? Is that Wang Lei still alive?"
"It doesn’t necessarily have to be a person or a ghost…" Chu Jiang knew that at least the god of the Holy Word Religion could directly communicate with their followers.
And in a way, the Ghost Diary is a form of communication, even if it’s indirect and through the use of a diary.
"Should we go down there?"
Chu Jiang nodded. "That was the plan all along, so let’s stick to the agreed-upon plan."
"Wait for me here. If I don’t come back in half an hour or if I don’t respond to you in any way, immediately leave this place and inform the headquarters of the research institute to send someone for assistance."
Jing Ruoxue felt a bit unwilling. "If you keep protecting me like this, how am I supposed to grow? Why don’t you let me go down and take a look while you wait on the shore?"
"If I can’t find any clues, then you can go down."
Chu Jiang shook his head. "Since you’ve become my employee, the first thing you need to do is to obey. It’s not like I won’t let you do anything, it’s just not appropriate."
"I’ll handle the most dangerous part. If you die, the Jing family might cause trouble for me. At that time, it would be good enough if we’re not enemies, let alone cooperating."
Jing Ruoxue wanted to say it wasn’t that exaggerated, but she understood Chu Jiang’s good intentions, so in the end, she reluctantly agreed.
After giving one last order, Chu Jiang activated theater’s Ghost Domain and slowly sank into the River God Lake.
Jing Ruoxue watched this scene and took a deep breath, holding her sword calmly by the shore…
The water in the River God Lake was still relatively clear, but Chu Jiang dared not touch it. Although he appeared to be fully submerged, he was actually protected by the Ghost Domain.
The deeper Chu Jiang went underwater, the more unbelievable it felt. It was so deep here, completely different from the depth he had sensed on the shore. He descended thirty to forty meters and still couldn’t see the bottom…