One year, a famine broke out in the village, and the land was not harvested, and there was little life in the mountains. The young man dressed in white and red shirts, went up the mountain alone to live in seclusion, built a wooden house in the mountain, and never asked about the world, eating fruits and drinking wind and dew, and three days later, the villagers who went up the mountain found a miracle.

I saw the light behind the young man, standing on the roof, and thunder fell from time to time around him, but they all formed an arc on his side. The person who went up the mountain immediately understood that the young man had become an immortal, and hurriedly fell to the ground and bowed.

On the night after the boy disappeared, the land magically produced crops, just enough to fill the stomachs of everyone in the village. Since then, this boy has been regarded as the god of Dream Mountain, and is worshiped by the villagers.

"Dream Mountain?"

"Yes, the mountain we just came down from is called Dream Mountain. Because the mountain is often full of fog, the road twists and turns are easy for people to get lost, and the trance is like a dream, so it has been named Dream Mountain"

I see, no wonder I have a real dream experience in the mountain cabin, even day and night, day and dark.

"In the beginning, the rituals were all about the rules, and it was enough to send fruit to the hut every year. Under the blessing of the mountain gods, the income of the village has been very equal, until modern times, when the urgent desire for development has reached the village, and the people are no longer satisfied with just right, but hope that more wealth will remain. ”

So the god who had been creating a balance of wealth for the villagers was no longer useful, and no one was believing in him anymore.

"Except for my aunt. My father told me when I was a child that my aunt believed in the mountain god very much, and she would insist on sending fruits to the mountain god every year, and she had been like this since she was a child. ”

Until one day, when the land once again loses its role as a product, people remember the mountain god and begin to restart the sacrificial rituals. But after three days, nothing has changed. Everyone began to turn to the sorcerers in the village for help and asked them for divination and asked the mountain god what he needed, and the mountain god said two words.

"The living."

"So powerful?" Qin Chuyi interjected, "You wizards can still know what the mountain god is thinking?" ”

"We wizards grew up in the mountains and are called mountain elves. Through guò divination, it is true that the spirits in the mountains include some of the mountain gods. Wu Ya looked at me and said, "The soul has told me, your name is Wu Li." ”

I was taken aback. Although this name is nonsense, it is true that I have only told Luo Dingbo one person, and this person is a soul who has been dead for a long time. I didn't speak, I put away my expression. Listen to Uya continue.

As a result, the taste of the sacrifice changed completely, and the village began to seek volunteers to go up the mountain as the presiding officer of the festival. Although it is said to be the host on the surface, everyone knows in their hearts that no one wants this kind of life-threatening thing, and the final quota can only be selected by lot.

Each person writes their own name, gives it to the village chief, and draws it out uniformly.

"In fact, the lottery was a trick, and many people sent up the list with only one person's name written on it."

Luo Yue. It's just because everyone can't get used to her getting pregnant out of wedlock.

Luo Yue died in the wooden house three days later, the day she was about to give birth. When the villagers found her. Due to the swelling of the corpse, the dead baby was squeezed out of the birth canal under the action of gases and came out of the mother in an extremely hideous posture. Others said that the child was not dead, but was alive when he was born. The villagers threw her body on the roof and offered it to the gods.

The result of that divination was unsatisfactory, and the mountain god knew everyone's ghost intentions, and he was furious, and the next time he continued to deceive him like this, he would bring disaster. But in terms of harvest. It's improved. ”

No one wanted to come a second time for this terrible sacrifice, until many years later, another famine came.

"This draw was fair, but it was not too much of a disaster for our family. Because it was Abba, who was still a teenager at the time, who was drawn in the lottery. ”

Luo Qingan resolutely stood up. I went up the mountain for my brother. Three days later, the villagers, who had planned to go up the mountain to collect the body, were horrified to find that Luo Qing'an, who was still a child, was alive and sound, and the land was also productive. The village was in an uproar, Luo Qing'an became a great cunning, and everyone listened to her.

According to this statement, the stand-in that Luo Li said must be a woman like her. It's not at all self-defeating.

"My aunt later told me that she had just had a dream in the house. The young mountain god in the dream thanked her for her many years of worship so that he would no longer be lonely. When I woke up, it was already three days later. ”

This situation did not last a few years, and it was held for the third time. During this sacrifice, Luo Qing'an had already left the village, and the chosen person could not find a stand-in, so he could only bite the bullet.

"Luo Dingbo, this is the third person."

He sneaked out to look for healing herbs during the mountain rituals, hiding under the trees and not daring to return to the wooden house. But three days later, he died inside. A rusty dagger was plunged deep into the right side of his face, and he died in a terrible state.

"According to some old people, the dagger was brought up the mountain by Luo Yue to defend himself. And Luo Dingbo's hands were holding herbs that could save his life. ”

I can't help but think of the scene I saw in my dream, the scene where Xiao Yue stabbed a dagger deep into Luo Dingbo's right face, and I still remember it vividly. Could it be that it wasn't the mountain god, but the ghost who killed him?

"It's you for the third time. According to the divination results, if the sacrifice is successful, all villagers must attend the next day's thanksgiving ceremony, which means thanking the mountain god for receiving their gifts. ”

"That'...... What is the result of the sacrifice? I asked, after all, judging from the situation in the dream, I couldn't know if he was satisfied.

"The divination result is also two words, the end."

Eventually. What does this mean, is it the end or the beginning, or is it just reincarnation? These Uya can't explain it, she can only tell us the result.

Outside the window, the sound of prayers and mantras was still heard, and it seemed that the sacrifice would not end for a while. As I looked back at Uya's words, I always felt that something was wrong.

"Can you tell us about your aunt?" Qiulan then asked.

"I only met my aunt when I was a child. I have the impression that she has always been a diligent and very religious person. Uya raised her head, staring blankly at a corner of the room, caught up in deep memories.

Luo Qing'an, who came back from the sacrifice alive and brought increased production to the village, can be said to be a response. As long as she says a word, everyone will listen. Just when everyone thought she would stay in the village and take up important positions, she chose another path: to leave here forever.

Wu Ya's family has wizard blood, and even if Luo Qingan does not go up the mountain, she will stay in the village as a wizard in the end. She had a great talent for witchcraft, and she almost never forgot the spells, but she gave them up and focused on getting out of the mountains. Like Luo Dingbo, she used fundraising to study for the highest academic qualifications, and she made achievements at a young age.

"On the very day I inherited the position of wizard, my aunt suddenly came home." Uya said. "And brought one person back." (To be continued.) )