Thousands of emotions were churning in Shen Chuanyuan's mind, and his expression was particularly dark under the candlelight, hiding his unpredictable emotions. It wasn't until Ah Cai's trembling voice sounded that he finally drew his attention back.

"Oh my God, those are the Sand Shadow Guards, how could they be here at this time. ”

"Sand Shadow Guard......" Shen Chuanyuan repeated this sentence, "What is Sand Shadow Guard?"

"This is a legend in our village, the Sand Shadow Guard is the guardian of the goddess, born only for the guardian deity. They come from the Void and are summoned to clear all obstacles for the Priestess before she awakens. ”

"In this case, we shouldn't be afraid, should we?" Shen Chuanyuan picked up the key points very simply, trying to comfort this little girl who was even chattering her teeth, "Your gods will bless you, don't be afraid." ”

"No, no...... We shouldn't provoke these things, it's not a blessing, it's a punishment from the gods. ”

Ah Cai hurriedly opened his mouth, obviously wanting to explain something to Shen Chuanyuan.

But soon, she watched the ever-transforming monster become more and more fangs and claws, and her words were all choked in her throat, and her face became even paler.

"But...... Legend has it that this is not the case. ”

"What rumors?"

Seeing that the situation was changing rapidly, and there was an increasingly terrifying posture, Shen Chuanyuan couldn't care so much.

He quickly picked up the wooden strips on the ground and quickly blocked the doorway to prevent the terrible monsters from breaking in. The dilapidated ancient temple looked more and more strange under the yellow sand, and there was a strong wind blowing in the forest, as if to bury many things completely, and more and more monsters were conjured out of the yellow sand, all of which were gathered on the periphery of the temple.

The look on Ah Cai's face changed from the initial nervousness and confusion to undisguised horror.

She remembered the fire that had burned for three days and three nights on the day her mother left, and the woman's beautiful face was distorted in the firelight, and she looked straight at the high priest, every word was resounding, as if she were mercilessly sarcastic.

"Do you really think that you are some kind of righteous defender? Today, of course, I can't escape, but I have never regretted choosing Brother Wen, nor have I regretted leaving with him. Compared to the dark life in the Wu Clan day after day, the past few years with Brother Wen, although it was as short as a dream, were the most lively time of my life. You will always be closed in this dilapidated mountain village, and you know what development is, and you know what the times are—to put it bluntly, you are just frogs at the bottom of a well. ”

At that time, Ah Cai was still young, but he was only five or six years old, and the child's thoughts were so simple, even thinking about something a little more complicated felt a little brain-consuming, and where could he understand the big truth of those words?

Ah Cai didn't understand the meaning of her mother's words, and she didn't know what she was resisting.

Practicing love or pursuing freedom seems a little ethereal, or does she just want to leave the village and go to see the wider sky with her father?

Ah Cai couldn't figure it out, like she didn't know what her father and mother were thinking.

The village is obviously so good, my mother is the most beautiful woman in the hearts of the clansmen, and she dances and sacrifices to the gods every year, and even the status of her and her grandmother is higher than that of the clansmen. She and her father were finally together under so much pressure, and they were recognized by the high priest, and then they lived a peaceful and peaceful life.

With such a high salary, what is there to be dissatisfied with.

Why do you have to leave the Wu Clan and follow your father outside?

Ah Cai didn't know the deep meaning of her mother's words, and she didn't know why she had to fight against the long-standing inheritance in the village with her own strength. But she knew that now that her mother had become a traitor to the clan, the words of the high priest could not be clearer, and the situation was irreversible, and the only way to remove her from her sins was to sacrifice her to the gods.

In just one night, the original harmonious and happy life is gone. The warmth of the family was broken, my father died under the chaos of the clan, and my mother was about to die in this fire that represented justice, and Ah Cai suddenly became an orphan and had nothing left.

At this point, no one can go back.

For the first time, the little girl learned what it means to lose, and it turns out that every decision in life has a price.

No one can be wiped out in the causal cycle, and they are destined to pay the price for their actions. That's why there was that nightmarish night, Ah Cai watched the always gentle mother's face gradually distorted, that beautiful face was covered with hatred and resentment, and it was almost impossible to see the touching tenderness of the past.

The scorching light of the fire reflected the hem of the woman's skirt, and the long black hair that hung down was blown away by the night wind.

It was the shattered amazement of being on the verge of a strange road, like a butterfly that swooped into the sky and was burned to ashes by the sun.

The woman smiled at the High Priest's increasingly angry gaze.

"If you continue to cling to that terrible monster and believe in it, sooner or later you will face real calamity...... I wanted to save you and give the Witch Clan a chance to survive, but you tied my hands and feet and didn't let me do anything. I want to break the fate left by my ancestors and get out of the established trajectory, but you want to take me back. Well, in the end, I'll see if the whole clan will be buried for me, or if this world will have to pay the corresponding price. ”

"Presumptuous!" the scepter in the high priest's hand slammed on the ground, mercilessly announcing the final judgment, "If you do something wrong, you should be punished, this is the way of heaven and the will of God." ”

"Divine will, it's really ridiculous divine will. I don't think I was born with a responsibility to follow, it's just that you can't face up to what you've done wrong, and you force yourself to cling to it, to whitewash it. Worship the gods, sacrifice to the gods, huh...... What's the point of all this, do you really have to wait for the evil spirits in hell to crawl out again, trample on the peace of the mortal world, and bring about the ultimate destruction, will you be willing?"

"Nonsense, put away your useless justifications! You have betrayed the Wu clan, you deserve to be punished by the gods, and you will not repent until the last moment, this is a great taboo, Aya, you have no way back. ”

"I betrayed the Wu Clan? You ignorant and ignorant people, the betrayers will gradually wash away their sins in time, but can they get rid of the imprint carved in their souls? To put it bluntly, you are just deceiving yourself, what is the difference between my betrayal of the gods and the betrayal of the gods by the Wu clans- Or do you still want to use those great beliefs to turn black and white upside down, and continue to deceive those ignorant people, dedicating your soul for the sake of nothing, waiting for the moment when the gods will come down to give you sinners the so-called forgiveness.......?

The woman wanted to go on, and the high priest obviously didn't want to listen to the nonsense anymore.

As soon as she raised her hand, she motioned to the people around her to light the straw, and the fire was completely ignited, and the red light of the fire polished the dim night, and the tongue of fire seemed to devour everything.

Ah Cai stood under the altar and cried for her mother, and at the end of the shouting her voice was hoarse, but no one could save her. Four

Zhou is the gloomy face of the clansmen, and the respect and restraint on weekdays have turned into extreme indifference this time.

At that time, Ah Cai was too young to understand her mother's words, and she didn't know what secrets the high priest wanted to hide. It wasn't until the fire stopped that she ended up with her family ruined. Dad was killed by the Wu clan while fleeing, and Mom was captured and burned at the stake.

It was the first time that the High Priest had shown that kind of attitude towards his mother.

Although no one said it explicitly on weekdays, Ah Cai felt that the clansmen valued their family, which was almost respectful piety. But all the glory turned into harsh reproach and revenge at this moment, and finally caused a cruel disaster, and there was no turning back.

At that time, Ah Cai couldn't sleep all night, and when she closed her eyes, she was filled with firelight.

The altar in front of the temple has hosted countless lively and sacred sacrifices, and my mother dances to pray to the gods in gorgeous dance clothes woven by her grandmother. In turn, it turned into the cruel and indifferent faces of the clansmen, the hoarse voice of the high priest with an impersonal approving meaning, and the beautiful and beautiful face of the mother finally turned into burned carbon black.

And those curse-like words were gradually understood by Ah Cai after a long time.

Maybe my mother is not crazy at all in the end, but she has revealed the secret of the gods and uncovered the deception that the witch clan has been deceiving for many years. Those things that sound like crazy nonsense are the bottom truth. Otherwise, why did the Wu clan completely wither with that fire, not only the peaceful days of Ah Cai's family, but also the vitality of the entire Wu clan.

Since my mother's death, the so-called "retribution" has really come.

Everything is like a devastated tree, the dominoes of fate completely collapse, and the situation is no longer out of control.

Those clansmen died of the plague one by one, and at first everyone only thought that it was a restriction on medical conditions, but with the destruction of the entire Wu clan, everyone finally began to feel that something was wrong. In the end, even the High Priest was not spared, and the only survivor finally realized how terrible it was.

"This is the gods....... The punishment of the gods. ”

Ah Cai still remembered the high priest's muttering before, her hands were only bruised bones, and the words that overflowed from her throat were shattered in hoarse sighs. The eyes were wide open, staring blankly ahead, as if in despair they were fearing something.

........

When she thought of this, Ah Cai was obviously even more scared.

The wind outside the ruined temple seemed to sweep everything around it into the yellow sand, and the monsters conjured up from the mud and sand approached the high platform with spears and shields in hand. For some reason, a fire ignited on the altar, and the monsters became even more crazy, as if they were summoning even more terrifying creatures to reappear.

It turns out that some things are really a prophecy.

Whether it's a curse or a prophecy, everything is real. Is that from a certain point of view, the hoarse and desperate words of my mother in her dying are true, and it is indeed the fault of the Wu clan in the long run, if the gods really come, it will not be forgiveness and mercy, but a catastrophe that destroys the world and the earth.

Ah Cai subconsciously grabbed Shen Chuanyuan's hand, because she was too hard, her fingertips were faintly white.

Shen Chuanyuan didn't have time to think about the so-called etiquette and transgression at this time, but just subconsciously clenched the girl's hand.

"Don't be afraid, no matter what happens, we'll just find a way to solve it. Even if we do hit the gods in your village, we will be forgiven as long as we sincerely repent like the gods....... Before that, little girl, you calm down first, and tell me carefully, what kind of taboos are there in your village, and I will find a way to solve them. ”

And when she spoke, Ah Cai obviously cried with despair.

"It's too late, it's too late for us to do anything, Shen Chuanyuan. ”

Shen Chuanyuan bit his tongue and tried to make his voice sound calmer.

He doesn't have the extra energy to think about it now, and he doesn't have the time to delve into Bai's conspiracy, so he can only find a way to stabilize the situation first. At such a critical juncture, Shen Chuanyuan realized that the crux of the problem was the little girl beside him, and he had to take out extra strength to comfort Ah Cai, so that she would not be deprived of her reason and completely mess up.

"What the hell is going on, don't be afraid, tell me slowly, I'm here, don't be afraid. ”

But how could Ah Cai not be afraid?

The little girl's large, clear and bright eyes looked straight out of the temple, as if she were staring directly at the coming of death.

The music on the altar begins to play, the sacrifice is about to begin, the Sand Shadow Guard returns, and the curse begins....... It's not a prayer ceremony, it's a burial of the gods. ”