In the lower reaches of the Qin An River, at the estuary …
"There are more corpses floating down from above. Wow, they're aquatic monsters …"
"This should be the seventieth body caught by that ship …"
The Marine Police of Shangjing City drove several steamboats that were emitting black smoke and hundreds of fishing boats that were temporarily organized. They were salvaging the corpses floating down from the upper reaches of the Qin An River.
Seeing the corpses in the fishing nets, the people on the fishing boats shouted again.
The corpses of aquatic monsters were piled up on the fishing boats. Some of the corpses were intact, but there were some wounds on the vital parts. Many of the corpses were fragmented and incomplete. Aquatic monsters with only one head, one leg, and half a body were everywhere.
The corpses of aquatic monsters had been soaked in the water for a long time. Their wounds were a little pale. The muscles, internal organs, and intestines of the wounds were like water plants in the water, swaying lifelessly with the waves. Some of the wounds even had traces of being bitten by fish. Once the ferocious faces of aquatic monsters became corpses, they lost all their deterrence and looked similar to the seafood slaughtered in the vegetable market.
The fishing boats salvaging the corpses were a little scared at first, but gradually, they got used to it.
Just now, there was a period when the water of the Qin An River flowed down from above, which was red.
The Marine Police, the fishermen, the people fishing on the shore, and the guests on the boats were all frightened.
Then, the corpses of aquatic monsters flowed down from the upper reaches.
The people here finally knew why the Qin An River was red.
Because in addition to water, there was also blood flowing in the river, which could dye the whole river red.
Something big must have happened in the upper reaches of the Qin An River.
Some people had already thought of the dragon boat race on the Qin An River today.
Wherever the red water flowed, the atmosphere of panic flowed with it.
However, this panic didn't last long because soon, everyone discovered that the corpses floating down from the upper reaches weren't human, only aquatic demon corpses. Moreover, more and more aquatic demon corpses appeared, densely packed. Not a single human corpse could be seen.
As long as there were no human corpses in the river, no one would be afraid.
Gradually, many people gathered on the shore at the estuary to watch the show.
There were more than ten thousand people who came to watch the fun. The workers of the nearby docks and shipyards, the residents, the fishermen, and the people who were strolling around by the sea all came over. Everyone gathered on both sides of the embankment at the estuary and pointed at the salvage situation in the water.
"I bet that the Longan fishing boat has the most corpses of water demons …"
"My Ferry Fuqing got the most, two silver coins …"
"I bet the Cloud of Heaven will get a lot, five silver coins …"
Among the crowd on the shore watching the Marine police and fishing boats salvage work, there were even a few green-skinned men who opened bets and directly bet.
Many people were still discussing the matter.
"Why are there so many corpses in the river?"
"I heard that the demons of the Blood Demon Sect are causing trouble …"
"Mischief? Did the Blood Demon Church make these aquatic demons perform suicide in the upper reaches? Why are there so many aquatic demon corpses instead of human corpses … "
"What nonsense are you talking about? Do you want to see someone float down?"
"That's not what I mean. I want Shangjing City to be safe and sound. It's just that there are so many corpses of water demons. It's too strange …"
"What's so strange about it? Shangjing City is under the protection of the Adjudicator Army. Maybe the idiots of the Blood Demon Sect have nothing better to do, so they came up with some tricks to amuse us. Let's go and gamble …"
Among the crowd, there was an old man wearing a straw hat and holding a fishing rod. His body was slightly bent and his back was hunched. He seemed to be fishing here. Looking at the corpses of the aquatic monsters in the river and listening to the discussions of the people around him, his eyes flashed with cold light and his face turned pale.
Boy of Fortune was squatting on the old man's hat, but the old man didn't notice.
This old man was the Water Demon Qiao Danhai. At this moment, Qiao Danhai had become an old fisherman who lived alone in a village by the sea in Shangjing City.
The old fisherman's original form had been chopped up by Qiao Danhai and thrown into the sea to feed the fish. Even the old fisherman's neighbors in the village didn't know that their neighbor had changed without them noticing.
Qiao Danhai had originally been waiting here to watch the show and his masterpiece. He wanted to see the countless corpses of Shangjing City's people floating down from the upper reaches. He wanted to see the frightened and pale faces of the people around him. He wanted to see the entire Shangjing City tremble under his tyrannical power. He wanted to see the name Qiao Danhai shake Shangjing City and become everyone's nightmare.
But …
Everything in front of him was like a merciless mockery of him.
Impossible, impossible. When he released the water demons, there were no experts near the peach blossom bridge. Even if the summoners who maintained order discovered the water demons attacking and killed them in the end, they wouldn't have been able to evacuate the crowd in time. This was a massacre. The ones who died the most were definitely the people of Shangjing City. How could it be his own water demons?
Qiao Danhai roared in his heart.
"Hey, old man, do you want to make a bet? Let's bet on which boat catches the most water demon corpses. The odds are 1 to 3 …" a young man with a face full of pimples asked Qiao Danhai.
The ashen expression on Qiao Danhai's face disappeared in an instant. He suddenly became cold and lonely. He snorted coldly. "I still have two fish in my basket. Do you want to bet?"
"Tch, so you don't have money. Who wants to bet on your two stinky fish!"
After taking one last look at the situation in the river, Qiao Danhai carried his fishing rod and fish basket and turned to walk towards a village by the sea.
There were more than three hundred families in the village. It was right by the sea, and there were rows of small fishing boats by the sea.
The people of Shangjing City didn't eat the fish in the Qin An River, but they still ate the fish in the sea. Therefore, the entire village relied on fishing for a living. The old men in the village who couldn't get on the boat would go fishing or catch some fish, shrimp, and seafood by the sea. Although they didn't earn as much money as fishing at sea, they could still earn some money to buy some wine every day.
There were many small villages like this near the sea, and there were even more old men like the one Qiao Danhai had turned into.
The old man Qiao Danhai had turned into was a lonely man in the village. He had no children and no wife. His temper was a little eccentric and he didn't like to talk to people. When Qiao Danhai walked through the village, no one greeted him.
Qiao Danhai's little hut was very shabby. It was less than four hundred meters from the sea, and it stood alone in front of a slope covered in weeds.
When he returned to the little hut, the sun had already set. There wasn't enough light in the hut, and all kinds of things were piled up in a mess. It was dark everywhere, and it was especially depressing.
Qiao Danhai closed the door, put away his fishing rod, and poured the fish in the basket into the water tank. Then he waved his hand, and the sound in the hut was completely blocked from the outside world. If someone was outside, they would only hear a dead silence in the hut.
Qiao Danhai's eyes shone brightly as he scanned the hut. Two words came out of his mouth in a low voice. "Come out …"
"Heh heh heh, good vigilance!" In the shadow of a shabby cupboard in the hut, a shadow twisted and slowly revealed a human figure wearing a golden grimace mask and wrapped in a thick black fog. The person in the fog chuckled softly. "You screwed up today's show. The famous Water Demon Qiao Danhai made his first move in Shang Jing City. He used up tens of thousands of Water Demon eggs, but only killed one or two hundred people. Not a single corpse could be seen in the river. Heh heh heh, this job wasn't done well …"
"Hmph!" Qiao Danhai snorted coldly. "It's not up to you, Dark Demon, to worry about my business. If you're powerful, go kill a few hundred people under the eyes of the Judgement Army. I'm afraid you don't have the guts …"
"Heh heh heh …" The Dark Demon in the thick black fog laughed strangely. His original male voice turned into a woman's when he laughed, which gave people goosebumps. Then the Dark Demon's voice became old again, like an old man. "There are many ways to kill people. You don't have to use your guts. It's the same with using your brain. Don't you want to know why you failed today? Who ruined your plan?"
"What do you mean?" Qiao Danhai's eyes moved.
"You don't have to be so careful. One of the Sky Traversers who appeared in the Goldmoon Continent is in Shang Jing City. Today, he is the one who spoiled your plan. If you want the Immortal Pill, we can cooperate once. As long as you take his head, we can divide the Immortal Pill equally!"
Immortal Pill? Hearing these three words, a greedy brilliance flashed through Qiao Danhai's eyes. These three words seemed to have a great temptation to him …
"Who's the Voidwalker you're talking about?"
"Xia Pingan, the Inspector of the East Port Supervision Bureau of the Judgement Army. Today, he gave an early warning when he found something unusual underwater at the Peach Blossom Bridge. He let the onlookers evacuate in advance. Later, he set up a troop formation to snipe the Water Demon at the Peach Blossom Bridge. That's why your plan was in vain …" The Dark Demon said, and his voice became that of a teenager again. He didn't know that Boy Fu Shen had climbed up his head and was peeing on it.
"The Judgement Army let a Voidwalker join as an Inspector?"
"Xia Pingan is just a bait. When the Shang Jing City branch was wiped out last time, the higher-ups of the Shang Kingdom already knew his identity. They also knew that our Blood Demon Sect wanted his head, so they deliberately put him in a conspicuous place to lure us in. Did the Judgement Army think we couldn't see through this trick?"
"You know it's a trap, but you still want me to jump in?"
"This is the interesting part …" The Dark Demon's voice was ethereal and strange, echoing in the shabby cabin. "We ate the meat in the trap right under the nose of the Judgement Army and escaped unscathed. Didn't you get back the face you lost today? You also got the Immortal Pill. If the Temple Master knows that we killed Xia Pingan in this situation, he will definitely reward us handsomely. If the Temple Master is happy, he might even reward us with double the Immortal Pill!"
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