“I visited once, the whole fortress was blood-red, with blood everywhere, the soil stained red, but the corpses were all gone, only some flesh and bone fragments remained on the scene…”
“On the ground, you could see the traces of kneeling in blood, the marks of rolling heads, and the remnants of chains…”
“Judging from the only traces left, the Fish Cultivators of the water fortress seemed to have been locked with iron chains, kneeling on the ground, and beheaded to death.”
“It’s like…”
Gu Changhuai paused for a moment, then used an apt metaphor, “Like criminals being judged and beheaded at the execution ground…”
Mo Hua’s expression turned stern.
Judgement… Beheading…
This “Water Yama” seems to have some peculiar predilections.
Or is there some other profound meaning behind this method of annihilating a clan?
Mo Hua very much wanted to visit the massacred Yu Family’s water fortress to see if there were any clues in the cause and effect, but he could not defy Elder Master Xun’s orders.
Knowing this, Gu Changhuai said:
“Regarding the Yu Family water fortress and this Water Yama, I will look into it when I return. You stay put in the Sect. If there are any developments, I’ll let you know.”
He actually didn’t want to tell Mo Hua.
But if he didn’t, Mo Hua would certainly try to find out in any possible way. Rather than that, it would be better to tell him himself, to prevent Mo Hua from wasting time, hindering his Cultivation, or due to excessive curiosity, endangering himself.
The conversation ended here.
Gu Changhuai went back to his affairs.
In the following days, while Mo Hua cultivated and studied in the Sect, every now and then he paid attention to any movement from the Daoist Court side.
But afterward, it was all calm.
Nothing happened.
The number of appearances by the group of Demon Cultivators also became less frequent.
Water Yama too vanished without a trace.
As for the case of the Yu Family water fortress, although the Daoist Court was investigating, there were still no developments.
The remote water fortress was not an Immortal City after all.
The cultivators inside were all poor Fish Cultivators, relatively isolated on normal days and not having much interaction with the outside world.
After the annihilation, to avoid startling the snake in the grass, the Daoist Court temporarily sealed the news.
Therefore, this calamity only caused a temporary commotion around Mistwater River, and then gradually subsided to become just a topic of strange tales over tea and dinner.
The Yu Family water fortress was gone, the nearby Fish Cultivators still struggled for their livelihoods.
The Daoist Court continued to investigate cases but to no avail.
Beyond Mistwater River, the various Immortal Cities went on as usual, and the large and small families continued to live their luxurious lives.