Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 228: Three people make a tiger, fake becomes real

"Crash-"

The huge sound of breaking waves came from the Yinlong River, even drowning out the sound of the rapids.

In the heavy fog, the water flow on the river was quickly separated.

It seemed as if something was attacking the ships from underwater.

Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to it.

The people on the deck tried hard to look up, trying to see clearly what was under the water.

But because of the heavy fog, I couldn't see clearly.

It was also at this moment that the body that was pulled aboard suddenly moved, attempting to attack the people around it.

Two bodies were salvaged from the large ship where Shang Lu was.

Just as the two bodies moved, before anyone was hurt, the black cloud rushed to them like a whirlwind, kicked them off the boat, and fell into the turbulent river.

There were no casualties among the bodies on the other boats.

They were either subdued by the escorts hired by the caravan and thrown overboard.

Or his head was shot by the arrow shot by Shanglu.

However, the body with its head blown off was still moving and did not stop.

Shang Lu shot a few more arrows, piercing the chests of these corpses.

The blood and divine power attached to the arrows burst out, purifying and destroying them.

"It's not a corpse."

Shang Lu made his judgment in this process.

If it is a zombie, just destroy the head and most of the corpses will disappear.

But these corpses, with their heads destroyed and their chests pierced, were still able to move.

They should be driven by some kind of magic and become "puppets on strings".

The corpse purified by Shanglu's arrows was soon pushed off the boat by the boatmen and sailors.

The storyteller at the top of the mountain noticed this situation and his expression changed slightly.

He had expected the body to be thrown overboard.

Those corpses were originally used as a prelude to scare people.

The storyteller did not expect them to hurt anyone.

His expression changed because the black clouds and Shanglu were beyond his expectations.

The storyteller's book began to flip through the pages.

In addition to the "story" that is happening, there are also many "character cards" above.

Among them were ship captains, caravan managers, alchemists and bodyguards hired by the caravan to escort the goods, and so on... Especially the latter people, whose records were recorded very carefully.

But there was no information about Shanglu and Heiyun.

"This person only arrived in Shuangjiang Town yesterday, and he arrived quite late, so we were unable to collect his information..."

The storyteller's words seemed to be self-explanation and self-consolation.

"It doesn't matter. He is just one person. Although it is an unexpected change, it will not affect the development of the story..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the storyteller stopped flipping the pages of the book in his hand.

On the page where I stayed, it was written:

The corpse that was fished onto the boat suddenly jumped up and tried to hurt people. After much effort, everyone finally drove the corpse off the boat, but they were shocked to find that the river water had turned bloody red, and countless corpses appeared, clinging to the boat...

It was at this moment that the people on the five boats discovered the abnormality in the Yinlong River.

"Look! The river has turned red!"

“Is this river water or blood?”

"There are so many corpses in the river... Oh no, these corpses are crawling towards the boat... Stop them quickly! If they crawl up, we're done for!"

Shang Lu also saw the river water turn into blood and countless corpses emerge.

Such a bizarre scene made his scalp tingle.

But at the same time, Shang Lu felt that something was fishy.

So many corpses suddenly appeared in the river, not only without any warning signs, but also without any smell of corpses.

There's something strange about these corpses.

Shang Lu suddenly had a guess in his mind.

He rushed to the side of the boat, reached out and took out the whip from his waist, and whipped a corpse that was crawling onto the boat.

The whip was still not long enough to reach the corpse, but Shang Lu's blood energy burst out from the tip of the whip, turning into a beam of blood light that wrapped around the corpse and dragged it onto the boat.

Without waiting for the corpse to react, Shang Lu raised his hand and covered its face directly.

Divine power emanated from the palm of his hand and blasted into the corpse.

The body disintegrated immediately.

But what fell down were not pieces of flesh and blood, but pieces of ink.

In an instant, the corpse disappeared, leaving only a wet paper man.

This paper figure is different from what Shang Lu learned from "The Method of Yan Sheng".

It is simply a piece of yellow paper cut into the shape of a little man, and then the identity of the "walking corpse" is written on one side, and the behavior of "climbing the boat and attacking people" is written on the other side. "Sure enough, the demons in Tiger Leaping Gorge are man-made."

Shang Lu looked around, trying to find the murderer.

"Who is causing trouble here? The storyteller from Shuangjiang Town? What is his purpose?"

The paper man was burned to ashes in Shang Lu's hand by divine power.

At this time, everyone's attention was focused on the tide of corpses in the blood river, and no one noticed Shang Lu's actions.

Even the storyteller on the top of the mountain didn't notice it.

At this moment, he was completely in the storytelling state, telling the story of the appearance of the water monster in a vivid way:
"In the blood river, beneath the tide of corpses, a figure suddenly rose into the sky! It was like a dragon, but with a huge human head, and all kinds of bones hanging all over its body. It was terrifying..."

And on the Yinlong River, a strange monster with a human head, a dragon body, and covered with corpses and bones, appeared in the fog as the storyteller spoke.

It was huge, like a mountain, and made everyone on the ship feel despair.

Several caravans hired alchemists to hold the goods, almost at the moment the monster appeared, they used their own special skills to attack the monster.

Flames, hurricanes, talismans, paper figures, rampant soldiers...

Faced with these, the huge monster in the thick fog did not dodge or evade, but simply opened its mouth.

The fierce attack of the alchemists was sucked into the stomach of this huge monster with a human head and a dragon body.

Seeing this scene, the people on the five ships all cried out in despair.

Strangely enough, their emotions actually affected the alchemist.

The alchemists were confused by this and did not carefully investigate the consequences of their attack.

Only the Chinese pomelo was not affected by this.

As soon as the despair of the people around him entered his body, his angry mind burned it away like a fire.

So Shang Lu noticed that the attacks of those alchemists were not "swallowed" by the monster.

It was more like "penetrating" the monster and then being trapped in the fog.

So, this huge and terrifying monster blocking the gorge is actually just an illusion?

Because of panic and fear, everyone failed to notice its flaws.

Coupled with what happened before and the influence of the "prophecy story", everyone believed that it was a real monster.

Shang Lu even discovered that because of everyone's cognition, the monster with a human head and a dragon body began to have demonic aura, and the corpses of those climbing on the boat also had corpse aura.

And it's getting thicker and thicker.

Is this what they call “three people make a tiger”?
If left unchecked, the illusion might become a reality.

Just as Shang Lu was about to expose this illusion and lead the storyteller to reveal his whereabouts, someone suddenly shouted in the thick fog:

"I have a talisman given to me by the Demon Suppression County Lieutenant! If you dare to hurt me, the Demon Suppression County Lieutenant will lead his 108 Demon Suppression Soldiers to this river and kill you!"

Hearing this, the people on the five boats all turned their eyes to another boat on the river in the thick fog.

And on the boat, a merchant holding a talisman.

Everyone couldn't help but become nervous.

In the story told by the storyteller, the water monster was scared away by the amulet of the demon-suppressing county lieutenant.

In reality, will the water monster also compromise?

Strangely enough, just a moment ago, the Yinlong River was still shrouded in thick fog, and people could only barely see the outlines of the boats nearby, but could not clearly see the people on the boats.

But at this moment, they could clearly see the amulet held high in the man's hand.

The huge water monster also stopped making trouble and stared at the amulet in the man's hand, as if trying to determine its authenticity.

Even the corpses climbing onto the boat stopped temporarily.

After a while, the water monster spoke in human language, with a voice as loud as a bell:
"You can take your boat and leave here!"

Upon hearing this, the people on the five ships were immediately excited, feeling both happy and surprised.

The good news is that the amulet of the Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant is actually useful!
Surprisingly, it only works on one boat!

Many people spoke up and begged the businessman to take them away with him, saying that they could pay him.

Shang Lu narrowed his eyes and stared at the ship and the merchant holding the amulet on the ship.

Before this, there were only five ships that arrived at Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Where did this sixth ship come from?

Not to mention the amulet of the Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant, that thing simply does not exist.

What happened in Tiger Leaping Gorge was a drama.

All the preparations before were for this moment.

The storyteller certainly did this not to help the demon-suppressing county lieutenant become famous.

There must be other intentions.

Shang Lu was not in a hurry to take action. He wanted to see what the storyteller was planning.

He didn't wait long.

The merchant holding the amulet spoke quickly:

"I still have a few empty seats on my ship, I can take some people with me. I don't want money, anyone of you who has chalcedony fat, azure grass, or corpse puppet beads... can use them to exchange for a chance to survive."

(End of this chapter)