The Game with Fairies

Chapter 308 - Paper Figures

Chapter 308: Paper Figures

The first ray of dawn pierced through the dark canopy of the sky.

Moisture carried by the breeze, mingling with the milky white mist, drifted over Star Moon Lake.

The boatman steered his small boat out of the mist, singing loudly the songs of the waters, rowing at the stern.

As the boat rippled the water, it moved forward with the current.

Dawn was breaking, the night was just lifting, and in other places of the northern lands, it was a time when one would not dare to enter the lake.

At such moments, it was all too easy to encounter malevolent beings by the water.

But Star Moon Lake was different.

The lake was rich in aquatic resources, yet there were no tales of malevolent beings harming people.

Boatman Hu Laosan sang his boisterous song, laughing as he said to his passengers, “Gentlemen, no need to be anxious, my boat is swift. In less than half an hour, I’ll have you across to Pingyao City on the other side of the lake.”

The two merchants from the south smiled somewhat reluctantly.

Although the boatman boasted loudly, claiming there were no malevolent beings in Star Moon Lake, they were well aware of the dangers lurking within.

And yet, this recklessly bold boatman continued to brag about the speed of his boat and the safety of Star Moon Lake.

“...I’ve heard people say that the Dragon Goddess of our Yushui River has her Dragon Palace built right here in Star Moon Lake!”

The boatman said loudly, “It’s precisely because the Dragon Goddess presides at the bottom of the lake that no malevolent beings dare to come here.”

While the boatman shared hearsay tales of rivers and lakes, the two merchants paid him no mind.

They sat quietly at the edge of the boat, silently observing the misty lake surface, anxiously and nervously watching the water below as if worried about something emerging from the lake.

Seeing their uneasy demeanor, Hu Laosan shook his head and reassured them, “There’s nothing to worry about. As I’ve said, there’s no danger on Star Moon Lake! Otherwise, I, Hu Laosan, wouldn’t dare to take on this job!”

Hu Laosan shouted loudly.

However, no sooner had his words fallen than the lake around the boat began to shake violently.

The previously calm waters now churned and tossed as if caught in a storm.

Yet there was only a slight cool breeze above the lake, so what could be causing such fierce waves?

Hu Laosan was startled and quickly grabbed the oar, exclaiming, “What’s going on?”

The sudden anomaly frightened the boatman, who couldn’t make sense of it.

In his mind, there should be no malevolent beings on Star Moon Lake!

However, the two merchants, who had been fearful and tense, now seemed unafraid upon witnessing the violent shaking of the lake’s surface.

They exchanged a glance, both showing a hint of surprise.

To the naked eye of the boatman, they appeared ordinary, but they were different.

They could clearly sense a powerful surge of evil energy exploding from within the lake, followed by its abrupt disappearance.

The thick malevolence that had shrouded Star Moon Lake also faded considerably with the vanishing of this source of evil energy.

The “two merchants from the south” were about to speak when suddenly, a white shadow emerged from beneath the water.

The next second, Hu Laosan at the stern widened his eyes in fear and surprise, and knelt down, frantically kowtowing on the boat.

“The Dragon Goddess! It’s really the Dragon Goddess!”

Hu Laosan was excited and overjoyed, his head knocking against the deck with a thud.

The huge shadow that had been swimming below had already moved on.

But the commotion of Hu Laosan’s fervent kowtowing seemed to have caught Its attention.

The colossal shadow in the water surged upwards, and the massive white dragon body burst through the surface, causing countless splashes.

Amidst the flying lake water, the enormous dragon head coldly looked down upon the three people on the boat.

The pale dragon scales, glistening with a hint of rainbow under the sunlight, bore many fine, sharp wounds from which trickles of fresh blood continuously seeped.

Hu Laosan, who was fervently kowtowing on the boat, did not see this scene, but the two merchants behind him saw everything clearly.

They were shocked as they looked at the Flood Dragon before them.

Faced with the huge dragon head and its cold gaze, both were trembling and unable to utter a word.

Fortunately, the Flood Dragon merely glanced at them before indifferently turning and diving back into the water.

Watching the grand sight of the Flood Dragon submerging and leaving, boatman Hu Laosan was thrilled and overjoyed.

“The Dragon Goddess! Star Moon Lake is indeed the palace of the Dragon Goddess!”

For someone like him, who made a living on Star Moon Lake, this was the best news possible.

With the Dragon Goddess here, what petty evil dared to cause trouble?

He excitedly got up and said to the two passengers behind him, “Gentlemen, I told you...”

However, Hu Laosan’s excited boasting was abruptly cut short.

He turned around and witnessed a horrifying scene.

The two men who spoke with a southern accent had rapidly withered away in the mist, eventually turning into two thin paper figures.

In the terrified gaze of Hu Laosan, the two paper figures shook and, carried by the wind, began to drift towards the direction of the Dragon Goddess, quickly disappearing into the mist.

Hu Laosan, frightened to the point of weakness in his legs, fell to the ground, his face as pale as death.

After a moment, he suddenly realized what had happened and quickly got up, frantically kowtowing in the direction where the Dragon Goddess had departed.

“Thank you, Dragon Goddess, for saving my life! Thank you, Dragon Goddess, for saving my life!”

The two paper figures had followed him all the way, but upon seeing the Dragon Goddess, they revealed their true form and were taken away by the Dragon Goddess... It was clear that the Dragon Goddess had saved him!

Hu Laosan was overwhelmed with gratitude, kowtowing desperately.

Meanwhile, in the depths of the misty Star Moon Lake, the hundred-zhang-long colossal Flood Dragon moved through the water.

He paid no attention to the commotion behind him.

But the voice of the Moon-Biting Dragon resonated in his ears.

“Li Muyang...”

The voice of the Dragon Maiden was hesitant, “Those two people on the boat... they don’t seem to be alive?”

Li Muyang moved through the water, nodding in response, “Correct, they are not alive. But there’s no need to concern ourselves with them. They carry no blood-evil energy, haven’t harmed anyone, and are not malevolent beings.”

As Li Muyang spoke, he bared his teeth in the water.

He had battled thousands of evil spirits in the sinister cave beneath the lake all night long.

Relying on the power of heavenly fire and the toughness of dragon scales, he gradually devoured those thousands of evil spirits.

In the end, he brutally annihilated all of them and swallowed the eerie corpse that emitted a dismal green glow.

Now, his experience points were soaring rapidly.

The experience provided by that eerie corpse was beyond imagination.

But Li Muyang was also severely injured due to the night-long battle and now needed to find a secluded place on land to heal.

Moreover, his game time was almost up, and he would soon be logging off.

Therefore, although he sensed something odd about the two people on the boat, he had no intention of paying them any attention.

For him, the most pressing matters were to prey on evil creatures to level up and find a way to eliminate the threat of the wandering immortals.

However, after Li Muyang swam far away, he suddenly sensed two cold presences following him from a distance.

The Moon-Biting Dragon was somewhat surprised.

“Those two things have followed me!”