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Chapter 578: Above the Bridge Corridor
The empty husk, stripped of its internal organs, lay sprawled in the mud. Its skin was deathly pale, but it had not begun to stink.
To fetch the bride, the Joy Immortals had borrowed passage from the Water Dragon King, sacrificing more than one child.
"If you want to save the other children, there's probably still time, but I honestly wouldn't recommend it." Fu Shu gazed into the boundless night. There was not a glimmer of light around them. "Once you encounter the Water Dragon King, you can easily lose your life. Too many people have been buried in the great river outside town. Countless dead souls cry out every night."
Gao Ming heard no cries from dead souls, only the gentle flow of the river. It surged from the farthest reaches of the nightmare and dissolved into the other side of the night.
After digging a pit and burying the little child's body, Gao Ming followed the scraps of wedding decorations left on the ground. A few dozen meters ahead, an old wooden covered arch bridge appeared before him.
A bridge spanned the river, with a corridor built atop it to shelter it. Bridge and corridor formed a single whole.
Pitch-black water flowed beneath the bridge, and a fairly small shrine stood in the middle of the Bridge Corridor.
Those who revered Buddha worshipped Buddha; those who revered gods worshipped gods. Yet the shrine inside the Bridge Corridor enshrined a piece of shed snakeskin.
Incense ash blanketed the space before the shrine, where a rotten pig's head and a torn ceremonial robe had been laid out.
To cross the river, the Joy Immortals seemed to have sacrificed someone else at the covered bridge.
"Are you sure you want to get on the