When Liu Nansheng's words fell, the terrible history sealed in Liuzhen became clear.

"So I can understand that your sacrifices and charms are traditions that have been carried over for a long time?" Liu Mu thought about Liu Nansheng's words, and quickly asked, "Why, it is both a dead life and a soul lock, and it is so mysterious, it seems to be some kind of witchcraft, what special statement is there here?"

"Yes, it's not an exaggeration to say that it's witchcraft, anyway, it's all gods who want the soul of the big guy, it's all a doomed thing, and no one can escape it...... We call it baptism in the stockade, but it seems to you that it may be sorcery, hey, young man, do you outsiders have some superstitious sayings?"

"If you're talking about gods and ghosts, then the world is the same. ”

"Since you are also people of faith, you may be able to understand why Yoojin is so god-fearing. Who wouldn't be afraid of the unknown, and what the big guys can't explain, but what has actually happened?"

"Yes, I can understand what you say, but these are just attributed to the gods, doesn't it seem ridiculous?" Liu Muyi raised his eyebrows and continued to talk unhurriedly, "Whether it is baptism or sacrifice, to put it bluntly, it is all your psychological suggestion, from the level of psychology, maybe it is Murphy's law - the more you worry about bad things happening, the more you can't avoid tragedy." Or is there really some ritual in addition to conventions?"

Liu Nansheng didn't delve into whether Liu Mu's words were more questioning or more inquiry, but he didn't bother to deny it.

The topic progressed to this point, and he simply nodded, not hiding it anymore.

"It's not just psychological cues, I've said it all, it's witchcraft...... This is witchcraft, how can there be no rituals? How much do you strangers know about the witch clan, we have been burdened with an inescapable fate from birth, and we have been tortured until the moment of death, and there is no way to do it. ”

"How do you say that?" Gu Qi quickly asked.

"You people outside will also pray to God and worship Buddha, and have your own beliefs. And in Liuzhen, as I just said, we believe in immortality, and every newborn is baptized by a high priest at birth. The high priest will dip the most crisp willow branches in holy water, give blessings to the newborn in the sound of chanting, she will use the divine power of heaven to measure the children's chances with the gods, determine their identity according to the children's connection with the gods, and then the high priest will leave the tattoos on the children's bodies with his own hands, leaving their own mark on each person - this is the highest courtesy for each new life, and it is also a ritual that binds the soul and life of the believer firmly to the gods, and no one can avoid it. ”

These things sounded a little unbelievable, and Liu Nansheng's voice was also intermittent.

As he said this, he couldn't help but recall the girl in his memory, who was dressed in a white gauze and walked out of the gloom, with an indescribable holiness in her gestures. In the midst of the temple's rising bonfire, she walked out step by step, dark red flower branches entangled her arms and calves, at first glance a little weird, but she was so beautiful, more amazing than the dazzling sun at the end of the clouds, as if others looked at her more, it was all a stain on her.

The villagers of Liuzhen were stunned, they really couldn't imagine that this sacrifice designed to cut off their fate would actually summon a god - or rather, they had no more energy to discern what they had summoned, and under the intense shock, all emotions seemed empty, and in the end, only overt fear lingered in their hearts.

And the girl surrounded by flowers and branches gently raised her toes and stepped on the firelight step by step.

She was so pale and fragile, like a beautiful handicraft that could not withstand the slightest touch, or a porcelain doll carved with perfect carvings every inch, as if a sudden gust of wind would make her completely dissipate into the air. However, the majesty that is invisibly revealed is real.

The girl's gaze is extremely cold, which is completely different from her childlike innocent and pure appearance, and brings a very conflicting charm. Her eyes were half-closed, and the veil with golden tassels on her face was slightly lifted by the wind, and only the contours of her delicate cheeks could be seen, flickering in the firelight.

What were the villagers like in Liuzhen at that time?

The girl clearly did not give any instructions, but everyone knelt before her unconsciously, as if instinctively surrendering to the unattainable god. The corners of the girl's lips curled mockingly, and she snorted a half-chuckle, condescendingly contemptuous of the poor ant, and then uttered a whisper in a very low voice.

"I thought you could do a little bit better, remember your mission, and pay for it if necessary. But it's clear that you've let me down again...... This is really the inferior root of human beings, and it is a pity that I tried so hard to break away from me, but I still can't break free from the shackles of fate. ”

No one responded to the girl's questioning, and she didn't need anyone to answer.

"Before the time comes for the witch inheritance to be severed, you are destined to pay the price for summoning the goddess. Back then, the people of Loulan deceived me and abandoned me, causing so many lives to be miserable, and finally attributed everything to the punishment of the gods....... Oh, eternal life, eternal life. What the gods owed to Loulan back then, and what Loulan owed me, has not been paid off yet, so why do you want to escape?"

Liu Nansheng still remembers that as the head of a village, he stood on the main seat of the altar and presided over the entire sacrifice.

Before that, every summer festival and annual festival, Liu Nansheng was familiar with the road, but there had never been a time when he was so nervous as now. There were too many things that happened on this fateful night, and he watched the girls who were originally dancing in front of the Dragon Maiden Temple suddenly stop moving, and the stiff dancing posture only left an abrupt embarrassment when the prayer ceremony stopped for no reason.

Before that, no one could have imagined that things would suddenly turn so drastically.

After all, everything was carried out according to the plan, and the entire sacrifice was all said by the White Witch, as long as it was carried out step by step, this period of history could be completely sealed, and the villagers of Liuzhen would be completely free from their inextricable fate. But they didn't cut off their fate, but they woke up the little princess.

In the end, the girl smiled skillfully, stepped on the blood-colored mandala flowers everywhere, and walked step by step in front of the man with the mask.

She gracefully extended her hand, as if to give the most faithful believer a chance to hold her fingertips.

And the silhouette of the man with the mask was hidden in the extremely deep darkness, the moonlight outlined his figure, plated with a layer of dull white, he was clearly extremely clear and weak, but revealed an invisible oppressive force. So much so that the man clearly didn't say a word, but everyone present was stunned by that weird and terrifying atmosphere.

The prostrate villagers always maintained a kneeling posture, looking at their backs reverently, and the blood-colored mandala flowers bloomed in a very undesirable manner, looking strange in the snow all over the northeast. Step by step, the two of them left this isolated village, leaving behind an unchangeable endgame.

The last few words of the girl were full of laughter, but they were like a terrible curse echoing in the air.

"At that time, Loulan was destroyed in eternal life, so now, it is my turn to awaken in eternal life. Is it over? No, it's just beginning, and I'm going to summon the world-destroying gods again to see what lies behind eternal life. ”

As the words fell, the bonfire on the altar could not be stopped.

The girls in beautiful dresses were engulfed in the fire, they struggled, they cried for help, and their wailing cries drifted far and wide with the wind, hidden in the howling evening breeze of winter, and became an elusive syllable. When disaster struck suddenly, they apparently thought about saving themselves. However, the action of the girls jumping off the altar was sealed by the light of the fire, which burned fiercely under the strong wind, mercilessly swallowing everything around them.

Their raised arms revealed a small section of dazzling white, and their slender dance clothes were stained with firelight, which inexplicably revealed the beauty of being on the verge of death, and even their desperate attempt to flee looked moving, as if they were using their lives to complete the last dance of this prayer ceremony.

The villagers in the audience looked at everything in front of them in a daze, and the girls who were struggling on the stage were clearly their granddaughters and daughters.

It was also from that time that the disaster in Liuzhen never ended.

.......

"Uncle Liu, what kind of totem are you talking about?"

While recalling this, Liu Nansheng fell into a long silence until Gu Qiqing's beautiful voice pulled back to his senses. As a person in the whole process of Miao Jiang's topic selection, when mentioning the totem, she unconsciously thought of more things, and immediately became acute.

"Can you describe it in a little more detail?"

"Ah, yes, but that's a lot, hey......"

Liu Nansheng answered in a low voice, rolled up his sleeves, and there was a circle of cyan tattoos on his old arm.

Probably because it has been too long, the pattern is a little unclear, and it can only be faintly seen that it is the shape of a spider.

"This spider totem is usually a thorn for people who have some fate with the gods, and the person who has such a totem will have a relatively high status in the village, otherwise I would not have become the mayor of a town. The boys' tattoos also include shields, scorpions, spears, sun stripes, armor, ...... There are all kinds of them, I can't tell. The girl's totem is relatively more complicated, and there are more of them, such as willow branches, clear springs, moons, etc., but the really rare thing is the flower tattoo. ”

"Flower tattoo?" Hearing this, Gu Qi's brows furrowed slightly.

And Liu Nansheng knocked on the cigarette stick in his hand, and grabbed a few more cigarettes into it.

"Yes, flower tattoos....... This represents the most noble status of the Wu clan, and only the girl who has been chosen as a saint is eligible to receive such a totem. Among them, the types of flowers are also high and low, and the most rare is the lotus totem. ”