Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#2095 - Transporting corpses by river

The steward glanced at the corpses in the lotus pond. Even he, a cruel and vicious person, seemed to feel fear when seeing those bodies.

"Elders, this matter has nothing to do with me. It was all the Prefect's doing. The Prefect has people throw the executed into the lotus pond."

The steward hurriedly said to Tang Sanzang and the others, indicating that this matter had nothing to do with him.

"Are you saying that the Prefect has always thrown the executed into the lotus pond?"

Tang Sanzang asked, looking at the corpses to confirm.

Because there was something strange about this. Although there were many corpses in this lotus pond, it was, after all, just a lotus pond.

No matter how big the lotus pond was, its area was limited. If it had always been the Prefect's place to dispose of corpses, I am afraid that the accumulated corpses would be much more than what is currently seen, and might have even filled the lotus pond long ago.

So the numbers don't add up. That steward must have some secrets he hasn't revealed.

"Elders, please understand, everything I said is the truth. As for the corpses here, it's just a part of them.

There is a passage in this lotus pond that connects to the river outside the city. The corpses in the lotus pond will flow through the passage into the river, and then be transported away through the river channel."

The steward continued to explain to Tang Sanzang and the others.

However, the steward only knew that there was a passage in the lotus pond that connected to the river outside. As for where the corpses that flowed into the river were transported to, he didn't know.

"So that's how it is. The Prefect must have other conspiracies in doing this,"

Tang Sanzang deduced, otherwise, there would be no need to spend so much effort to transport the corpses out.

"Then we can follow the passage and go along the river to see how they are actually dealing with those corpses."

Sun Wukong suggested, based on the clues currently available, those corpses are likely the key to Jinping Prefecture's secrets.

Everyone agreed with Sun Wukong's suggestion. Tang Sanzang directly threw the steward onto the ground.

The steward was already barely alive after being beaten. Falling on the ground like that caused him to pass out directly.

Judging from the steward's appearance, he was unlikely to survive. However, for such a person, dying like this was already a bargain for him.

Tang Sanzang and the others followed the passage pointed out by the steward and traced it all the way, and indeed this passage led to the river outside.

"This can also explain why there are so many wronged souls and evil spirits in the river."

The wronged souls and evil spirits that Tang Sanzang and the others had seen outside the city before were actually those who had been secretly executed by the Prefect.

They had suffered greatly and held immense resentment in their hearts, so they transformed into evil spirits.

However, Jinping Prefecture was protected by the lights, and those evil spirits did not dare to appear in the city, so they gathered in the river.

And this river was also the Prefect's way of transporting corpses. Those corpses that flowed from the lotus pond into the river would continue to flow down the river.

Tang Sanzang and the others continued to move forward along the river. At this time, the great battle between the Demon Clan and Jinping Prefecture was still continuing.

The Five Demon Generals were in a great battle with Guanyin in the sky, but they were only evenly matched.

As for the battle below, although the Demon Clan's attacks were sharp, the people of Jinping Prefecture were numerous. With the blessing of the lights, it was difficult for the Demon Clan to break through the city walls.

Tang Sanzang and the others, because they discovered the Prefect's sinister and viciousness, no longer had any goodwill towards Jinping Prefecture.

They continued to pursue along the river channel, and after walking for about a dozen miles, the river passed under the foot of a mountain.

And the river channel here was blocked by a barrier made of stones and wood. There were also many corpses at the location of the barrier.

"It seems that the corpses were sent here."

Just as Tang Sanzang and the others wanted to investigate carefully, a movement suddenly came from not far away.

Tang Sanzang and the others hurriedly hid. Within a moment, a group of small demons walked over and came to the location of the barrier.

The small demons began to carry the corpses, carrying them one by one towards the mountain.

"These small demons are actually carrying the corpses back. Could it be as food?"

Tang Sanzang couldn't help but guess.

It is not strange for demons to eat people. It is also reasonable to use corpses as food.

However, one thing is unreasonable, and that is that the number of these corpses is a bit too much.

Even if those small demons are very capable of eating, they simply cannot eat so many corpses, so there must be another purpose.

"We can follow them and see."

Chu Hao and the others followed behind the small demons and walked towards the mountain.

After walking for a while, the scenery in this mountain gave Tang Sanzang and the others some familiar feelings.

"This seems to be the mountain road we walked when we came."

Sun Wukong seemed to remember something.

"That's right, this is called Azure Dragon Mountain. We fought with those three demons here."

Zhu Bajie also remembered that they had encountered those three brutal demons on this Azure Dragon Mountain.

"Could it be that the Prefect has some collusion with these demons?"

The Prefect transported the corpses here through the river channel, and those small demons carried the corpses back. The relationship here is naturally very obvious.

While Tang Sanzang and the others were talking, they had already followed the small demons to the entrance of a cave. The words Profound Hero Cave were written on the entrance of the cave.

"It seems that this is the lair of those three brutal demons."

Tang Sanzang and the others had a great battle with those three demons, King Who Avoids Dust, King Who Avoids Cold, and King Who Avoids Heat, before.

Those three demons were no match and fled. Chu Hao felt at the time that these three demons were related to the Journey to the West tribulation.

Now it seems that these three demons, like that Prefect, are also the key to Jinping Prefecture's secrets.

"Those three demons are fierce and vicious. We will rush into their lair, capture them, and interrogate them."

Tang Sanzang said to Sun Wukong and the others.

The strength of those three demons is average. There is no need for Chu Hao to take action at all. Tang Sanzang and the four of them are enough to deal with it.

"Okay, then let's break into their lair."

"Last time they ran away, this time we will definitely get rid of them."

"Those three evil demons should be beaten until they are destroyed in body and soul."

Tang Sanzang and the others were very disgusted with those three demons. Last time, if the three demons hadn't run fast, they would have at least crippled them.

"Follow me and kill our way in."

Tang Sanzang took the lead and rushed into the Profound Hero Cave with his Nine-Ring錫杖.