Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 76 The man-eating monster

Anlin Town, a town under Wuhe County, is named after the mountains and forests on one side and the Anqu River on the other.

Changping Prefecture is located south of Wanling River. A Changshui River runs through the prefecture. When passing through Wuhe County, four tributaries flow into it. This is the origin of the name of Wuhe County.

Anqu River is one of these four tributaries, and Anlin Town is the largest town on the Anqu River.

When the carriage arrived at Anlin Town, it was already past dinner time and the sky was beginning to darken. Gu Zhao was about to ask passers-by where there was an inn when he saw that lanterns and torches had been lit in the town, almost illuminating the entire town.

So the inn was easy to find.

After parking the carriage at the door of an inn, Gu Zhao got off with Xiu Niang and Zhuo Qingyan. He saw that all the guests in the inn lobby had sad expressions on their faces and were moving in a panic and haste.

He ate in a hurry, drank in a hurry, and then hurried upstairs to his room, as if there was a tiger chasing him from behind.

The innkeeper and the waiter also had sad faces, and when they saw Gu Zhao and his group, they looked sympathetic. However, they quickly concealed their feelings and asked, "Sir, would you like to stay at the inn? How many rooms do you need?"

Gu Zhaowei frowned, but did not rush to ask questions. Instead, he took out a silver ingot and said, "Four upper rooms."

He is not short of money now, so naturally he will not let his own people suffer.

"Ah?" The shopkeeper was slightly stunned. Although he was a little confused, he quickly put away the silver and asked the waiter to take the four people upstairs.

Gu Zhao and the others exchanged a glance, then followed the waiter to the third floor of the inn. Just as the waiter opened the door to the first room for them, he asked, "Did anything happen in Anlin Town?"

A flash of fear flashed across the shop assistant's face. Just as he shook his head and was about to speak, a small ingot of silver was placed in his palm. "But what danger is there in the town?"

Seeing the silver in his hand, the shop assistant licked his saliva and gritted his teeth to persuade, "If you dare to walk at night, you'd better not stay in the town and leave immediately!"

"What's going on?" Gu Zhao asked curiously.

"There's a river monster in the Anqu River! Dozens of people have died in the Anqu River in the past seven or eight days!" The shop assistant said in a low voice, as if he was afraid that the monster in the Anqu River would hear it.

Gu Zhao and Taoist Yansong looked at each other and decided to get down to business!

But Gu Zhao was a little puzzled. "Since people died in the Anqu River, what are you afraid of living in the town?"

The shop assistant's voice was filled with tears. "Because dozens of people died in the river, the fishermen and boatmen in town are afraid to go out on the river. So in the past three or four days, the river monster has been coming to town to kill people!"

The shop assistant is very professional and will make the information clear after receiving the money.

"That river monster comes every night, killing more than a dozen people each time. It's been going on for four days now, and today is the fifth day!"

"The town has also reported it to the authorities. I heard that a master came to deal with the matter the day before yesterday, but in the end he only said that the river monster would go away on its own in ten days and told us not to panic."

"How can I not panic? Now no one knows if I will be the next one, so I can only stay home and leave it to fate!"

"Of course, walking at night is dangerous," the shop assistant said finally. "But whether to leave tonight or stay in town and take a gamble that the river monster won't choose you, it's up to you all to decide."

After watching the waiter leave, Taoist Master Yansong suddenly said, "During the day, General Yan of the Golden Wind Sect said something was happening around Wuhe County, and Liu Qingfeng might be in danger if he came here."

The embroiderer asked, "Did the Jinfeng Cult kill people?"

Zhuo Qingyan shook her head slightly. "The Golden Wind Cult kills people, but they won't kill Liu Qingfeng." Gu Zhao thought for a moment and asked, "Could it be that the expert from the county is a member of the Golden Wind Cult? So the Golden Wind Cult knew the news, but was unable to stop them from killing people?"

Bai Ke suddenly spoke up, "They must be from the Bi'ang Palace, otherwise they wouldn't have made the Golden Wind Sect give in."

"The Bi'ang Palace was built underwater in the Chang River. Normally, they would just casually feast on the fishermen and boatmen, or occasionally overturn a boat for a feast. They rarely went ashore to kill people."

"It's just that the monsters from the Bi'ang Palace rarely come ashore. Although they are very powerful in the water, they are no match for the Jinfeng Sect and Sanjue Mountain on land." Bai Ke explained, and then became curious, "Did something happen?"

Taoist Master Yansong couldn't help but bared his teeth, "What an arrogant monster! They really treat humans as food!"

Bai Ke sighed, "The monsters in Bi'ang Palace and Sanjue Mountain treat humans as food."

"But he's going to be eaten today." Gu Zhao chuckled, "I wonder what kind of fish it is, and whether the meat is tender enough?"

Taoist Master Yansong glanced at him and said, "This is a man-eating monster. Are you sure you can eat its flesh?"

"Uh..." Gu Zhao blinked and looked at Bai Ke, "We can't kill monsters that don't eat humans!"

Bai Ke's tail hair stood up when Gu Zhao looked at her. "You should eat those monsters that suck human blood. When they are killed, their true form is revealed, which is just ordinary beasts. Eating them can help strengthen your bones and blood and increase your strength."

Taoist Priest Yansong nodded, "Monsters eat humans, humans eat monsters, it's the cycle of nature, it's the law of nature."

Gu Zhao gave a thumbs up, "Master uncle is right!"

Zhuo Qingyan chuckled softly, then pulled the embroiderer to her room to rest. While playing with the jade flute in her hand, she looked at the Anqu River not far from the town under the moonlight.

……

The moonlight is bright and the lights are on.

The Anqu River shimmered in the moonlight, emitting a silver glow. A winding black shadow several feet long suddenly appeared beneath the water. As the water splashed, the upper body of a man in green clothes emerged from the water.

As the man in green gradually emerged on the water surface, the black shadow under the water became shorter and shorter, until the man in green's pair of silver boots stepped on the water in mid-air, and the black shadow under the water disappeared, leaving only the man's shadow reflected on the water surface.

The man looked towards Anlin Town, shook the copper pot in his hand, grinned, and walked on the water. He soon reached the river bank and came to the entrance of Anlin Town.

The lights in Anlin Town were bright, enough to illuminate his body. If there were someone with good eyesight in the town, they might be able to spot him.

Thinking of this, the man began to look towards the town, ready to find the unlucky guy who could see him. Then he saw a girl suddenly appear from the darkness, with a snow-white fox lying on her shoulder.

The man was stunned and immediately tried to investigate the girl. Although his thoughts were interrupted by a demonic force, he was able to see the strengths and weaknesses of the girl and the white fox.

Looking at the girl's nervous eyes, the man in green chuckled, "You want to stop me?"

The embroiderer shook her head and asked, "Are you a snake?"

The man in green looked at the white fox on her shoulder and answered irrelevantly, "Snakes eat foxes!"

The embroiderer frowned, looked back a little embarrassedly, and answered the question irrelevantly, "But I have never made snake soup."

(End of this chapter)