The more you believe me, the more true I am. Chapter 004

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In the empty land, besides the slowly burning bonfire by Du Yuan’s shack, there was a group of horse caravan members constantly kowtowing to him.

Such a scene was a bit incomprehensible to Du Yuan.

After gazing at them for a long time, Du Yuan began to try and recall what he had done.

He just remembered being alone in this desolate wilderness. Although he had lived there for a few days, he was still quite scared at night.

After all, he had inexplicably transmigrated, so it wasn’t impossible to encounter something else, right?

So, to bolster his courage and to practice the story he was going to tell later,

he performed a classic ‘Fahai’.

Once he got into it, he was no longer afraid and even added a physical performance.

After that, he saw this group of people suddenly appear, then suddenly kneel on the ground and call him “Master”.

Wait, no, there seemed to be a flash of golden light just now?!

Thinking of this, Du Yuan’s eyes widened.

However, what startled Du Yuan even more was a colossal creature, nearly two people tall, in the distant forest, rising abruptly under the hazy moonlight.

Seeing this, the horse caravan members who had just been kneeling and constantly calling Du Yuan “Master” immediately scrambled to their feet.

They scurried behind Du Yuan in a flash.

“Master, that monster is still there! Still there!”

“Please, Master, perform your magic to subdue the monster!”

“Please, Master, quickly subdue the monster and eliminate this menace for the people!”

Among the horse caravan, some begged Du Yuan to take action and subdue the monster, while others, emboldened by Du Yuan’s presence, directly shouted at the creature:

“Beast, eating our packhorses wasn’t enough, and now you want to eat us? Heh, scared now, aren’t you! The Master is right here!”

“Villain, your grandpa is right here! Do you dare to come over?!”

Although no one was hurt, those eight packhorses were their lifeblood.

Losing them all at once, and having themselves narrowly escape death. The older ones were fine, but the younger ones, now having someone to rely on, truly couldn’t hold back.

However, they felt relieved, but Du Yuan was genuinely shocked.

“Holy crap, I don’t even know what’s going on, don’t you guys mess around!”

So Du Yuan directly rebuked them in a deep voice:

“Quickly, shut up!”

With the Master speaking, they naturally dared not speak further.

They all closed their mouths and continued to hide behind Du Yuan.

Zhao Laosan, among the crowd, bravely spoke to Du Yuan:

“Master, we were blind earlier and offended you, but please also know, Master, that this fiend has ruined the lives of our entire families, young and old, for half a lifetime!”

“This made us truly unable to resist speaking a few extra words, please forgive us, Master.”

At this point, all the horse caravan members felt a deep sense of sorrow.

Indeed, saving their lives was a stroke of immense luck.

But without so many packhorses and goods, how were they supposed to live their lives from now on?

Du Yuan still didn’t quite understand the whole story.

But he roughly guessed that the giant creature in the forest must have eaten all their packhorses. And the words he spoke during the day probably happened to hit the mark by sheer coincidence, leading them to believe he was a powerful expert.

But the problem was, he knew his own business; he was just a storyteller!

No, not necessarily, the golden light did appear just now, and it seemed to be related to him.

So…

In the face of great danger, between life and death.

Du Yuan, forcefully steadying his mind, made a choice after a brief thought.

That thing hadn’t charged over, probably because it was scared of the golden light just now.

He could try to repeat the previous process now, continue to summon the golden light, and perhaps then he could pursue the advantage and drive away the demon.

But there was a drawback to this: what if it was an accident before, or if he overlooked some other crucial detail, then it might backfire, making the demon no longer afraid and causing his own death.

So…

With his mind in a whirl, Du Yuan, having settled down, lowered his sword-finger, placed his hands behind his back, and looked at the giant creature in the forest.

After a moment’s thought, Du Yuan was surprised to discover a possibility.

However, to be safe, he still asked the people behind him:

“After you left, how far did you go?”

Zhao Laosan, though puzzled, quickly said:

“Master, we walked about ten li out. It was a night journey, not easy to walk.”

Du Yuan, to enhance his persona, smiled and said:

“Hmm, as expected. It’s not far from what I calculated.”

Such words naturally caused a stir among the crowd.

And also made the giant creature in the forest tremble imperceptibly in the shadows.

Du Yuan then scanned the crowd behind him and said:

“Why is one person missing?”

Another man quickly said:

“It’s Xiao Liuzi. We told Xiao Liuzi to leave us and go to the teahouse to warn others that this… this thing appeared!”

After speaking, he fearfully glanced at the giant creature.

The creature, already two people tall, was even more terrifying in the night.

If Du Yuan hadn’t been there, he would have probably fled without daring to look twice.

Hearing this, Du Yuan became even more certain.

He then turned to the giant creature in the forest and said:

“Since you weren’t truly willing to kill them, why were you so aggressive?”

At these words, the horse caravan members were all stunned. What did he mean, not truly willing to kill them?

But upon closer thought, it seemed to be true. Otherwise, why couldn’t such a giant creature catch up to them after all this time?

But, why was this the case?

The giant creature in the forest remained silent.

This made Du Yuan extremely nervous. He feared he had guessed wrong, which would force him to fight with all his might.

Du Yuan disliked that feeling; he preferred to always have redundancy and fault tolerance.

And on matters of life and death, this was even more true.

However, he absolutely could not show any fear.

So Du Yuan directly said in a deep voice:

“If you don’t answer, I’ll assume you’re truly a foolish and irredeemable mountain evil demon and kill you on the spot!”

Saying this had three benefits: first, it appeased the people behind him, preventing them from doing something foolish out of excessive fear, such as trying to backstab him to gain favor.

Second, it forced the creature to make a choice.

Third, it told the creature that he and it didn’t necessarily have to be mortal enemies.

The latter two, especially the last one, were particularly important!

Du Yuan was truly afraid that the other party, due to excessive apprehension, would fight to the death with him, a unlucky fellow who hadn’t even figured out what was going on.

Fortunately, Du Yuan had gambled correctly.

Or rather, under that Buddhist light attack, the creature opposite was truly intimidated.

So, as soon as Du Yuan spoke, everyone clearly saw the giant creature hidden in the shadows sway a few times. Then, it voluntarily walked out into the moonlight, appearing somewhat timid.

“Master, spare me! Master, spare me!”

It hastily spoke, and seeing that Du Yuan had no intention of attacking, it let out a huge sigh of relief, just like the horse caravan members had when they first saw Du Yuan, and said:

“Please know, Master, I, Little Horse, truly didn’t intend to harm their lives. After all, I did eat a lot of their fine provisions on the road. But I really didn’t want to see them continue to oppress my kind. It’s just, Little Horse truly didn’t expect that you would make them break my illusion.”

Only at this moment did everyone clearly see the true form of this creature.

It was clearly a tall horse standing upright!

No wonder it had such brute strength and was as tall as two people stacked on top of each other.

But, why did this horse look familiar?