Dragon Tamer
Chapter 1173 - Chapter 1173 Chapter 1177 River Girl

Chapter 1173: Chapter 1177 River Girl Chapter 1173: Chapter 1177 River Girl …

Zheng Yu left, and once again, a mystic rain began to fall.

The cold, green rain carried a dense demonic atmosphere. Under the dark influence, these demonic auras seemed like a parade of ghosts, rampaging through the shaky divine capital in the storm.

The rain grew heavier, and upon returning to Old Creek City and reaching Temple Old Street, Zheng Yu suddenly saw the old townspeople holding oil lanterns, moving through the rain. From afar, it looked like a long procession of lights winding through the ancient town.

Zheng Yu heard scolding voices and even curses.

This puzzled Zheng Yu, and when he reached the bridge at the corner of the street, he saw a group of townspeople with oil lanterns surrounding a woman. The woman was bound with ropes covered in Talisman Paper, tied to a wooden pole.

Zheng Yu looked over and was surprised to find that the captive was the River Girl!

“Dig her heart out, dig her heart out!” a trader cursed angrily.

“It’s no wonder that people in Old Creek City keep dying one after another. It turns out this Demon Girl has been sucking away their souls, how hateful!”

“I knew from the start that this woman was no good, but I never thought she’d actually be a fairy!” a woman cursed.

The River Girl’s green eyes stood out strikingly at this moment, and scales resembling those of a python began to emerge on her skin, particularly around her ears, which were unlike those of normal people.

“What happened?” Zheng Yu asked the woman who had just been cursing.

“You don’t know? This woman is a demon, she’s been hiding among us for years, sucking the souls of countless men. The head of the Zhou family, the young son of the rice merchant, and those young men who disappeared in the middle of the night–all because they went to her for night-time drinks, and suddenly met with accidents,” the woman said.

“Who discovered she was a demon?” Zheng Yu asked.

“It was Old Han Xu, the rice seller. He said she’s been making wine for years and never bought rice from him. Her wine might be made from human blood, and just drinking it can bewitch people!” The woman spoke very seriously.

“Whether it’s wine or not, those who drink it would know, right?” Zheng Yu said.

“We don’t understand, but she’s definitely a demon who harms people. Just burn her to death already,” the woman continued.

Zheng Yu frowned, his gaze sweeping over the agitated and irate townspeople. He noticed that each one of them was tainted with an evil spirit.

This evil aura filled them with fear and caused them to lose some of their rationality, just like the ancients who didn’t understand natural disasters and foolishly tried to appease the angry heavens with living sacrifices.

Especially Old Han Xu, whose body bore the heaviest evil aura.

The River Girl’s eyes were bloodshot. Seeing Zheng Yu in the crowd, she looked at him with a plea for help, hoping that Zheng Yu would save her.

But Zheng Yu did not immediately stand up to speak for her.

The River Girl had lived like a normal woman running her winery for over a decade. How unfortunate that she was exposed just a little while after his departure.

This was clearly not a simple exposure but another provocation from the God of Evil Wishes against himself.

Hong Mo wants everyone he had contact with to die!!

Unable to contend with Zhu Minglang or with gods of his and their stature, Hong Mo specifically targeted the weaker ones around them!

He bewilders the hearts of the people, deceiving the world, and those who he has leverage over have no choice but to be manipulated by him.

“Since she is a demon, and since you all are ordinary people, it would be wise to be careful. I will call someone over to detain her,” Zheng Yu told the townspeople.

“That won’t do, we’re still waiting to use her heart as a medicinal primer. My husband has been unconscious until now!”

“Yes, take her heart and mix it with herbs, then no one will get night sores anymore!”

“Kill her now!!”

“Kill her!!”

The evil influence infects everyone’s emotions, and what’s most important is that these emotions aren’t entirely caused by the evil influence alone. They’ve been tormented by the darkness and are in such pain they need to kill the River Girl for some relief.

Zheng Yu knew that to eliminate the malice in their hearts would not be through Spell but rather required persuasion and guidance.

“Ladies and gentlemen, please listen to me…” Zheng Yu was about to persuade.

“Have you been stopping us because you’re in cahoots with that River Girl?” Just then, the rice merchant Old Han Xu fiercely interrogated.

Zheng Yu stared at the rice merchant. There was a layer of black fog on the rice merchant’s face invisible to ordinary people, but the fog outlined another face, one that was laughing at Zheng Yu.

Zheng Yu frowned.

No wonder the townfolk’s emotions were so stirred up and insistent on the River Girl’s death.

This rice merchant was possessed by the God of Evil Wishes, Hong Mo, who blended into the crowd and began to incite recklessly.

“Right, young man, you’re not normal. Everyone who sees a Fairy thinks of killing it right away. Why do you seem to be speaking up for her?” the woman also questioned.

“As a Demon Girl, she must have some terrifying Sorcery. We are all mere mortals and should be careful. I’m just worried about everyone’s safety.” Zheng Yu was clear that he could not openly take the River Girl’s side.

After all, she was a Demon Girl.

No matter whether she was a harmful Demon Girl or not, under the oppressive and excruciating atmosphere of the night, people were eager to dispose of the Demon Girl to return the peace to Temple Old Street.

“She has been weakened significantly by harming people and no longer has any Sorcery left. Let’s hurry up and carve out her heart,” said the rice merchant possessed by Hong Mo.

After saying this, the rice merchant looked at Zheng Yu with a provocative and mocking smile.

As if to say to Zheng Yu, “I want to see how you’re going to save her life!”

“Trouble!! Chief Zhou, there’s a breach in the upstream dam, and the water is rising, flooding the fields, and Old Creek City might be flooded too!” An old man who was guarding the dam ran over, panting, and said to an older man in the crowd.

The older man, wearing a long gown and a rain-shielding bamboo hat, glanced at the dam keeper and said grumpily, “Just open the gates and release the water. Is there really a need to specifically come over and tell us this??”

“But the gate, it just won’t open!”

“How could it not open? Just use some force, call more people!” Chief Zhou said.

Zheng Yu glanced at the rain.

The rain was heavy, indeed likely to cause flooding, but for the fields to be submerged so quickly was somewhat strange.

“The dam situation is critical; let’s all go and take a look,” Zheng Yu said to Chief Zhou.

“Yes, let’s go take a look,” said the rice merchant Old Han Xu, now possessed by Hong Mo.

Zheng Yu gave Old Han Xu a glance. He didn’t oppose???

What the hell is this guy up to!!