Chapter 177 [Fishing]
"You might as well come and hear it, maybe we can help a little bit too. 【鳳\/凰\/ Update fast No pop-up window Please search for f/h/x/s/c/o/m】If we really did something wrong, we will naturally be responsible. Xia Ruolan, who had been silent on the side, also stepped forward at this moment, and said in a soft and serious voice.
"Responsible?" The old man frowned slightly, revealing a puzzled expression, looking at the yellow-haired children around him.
"Of course, if we really do something wrong, we will definitely be responsible to the end, you can tell us what that fish god is first!" Zhuo Zichen nodded and replied seriously.
Looking at the sincere eyes, the old man's expression was solemn and his brows furrowed, and he looked hesitant, and after waiting for a moment, the old man glanced at the young hunter beside him, who nodded lightly at him.
"Alright, you guys come in with me."
Walking into this small bamboo house, the four walls of the house were covered with all kinds of prey skins, a huge animal skin was spread on the ground, there was no furniture in the house, the old man sat directly on the ground on this huge animal skin, and gently beckoned to the six people with a blank face to sit down too.
After Mu Feng and the others glanced at each other, they could only sit obediently on the fur of this fluffy animal.
"Tell them, Erniu," the old man commanded softly to the young hunter beside him as soon as he sat down.
Hearing the old man call him that, Mu Feng and the others knew that this little brother who had caught himself here and was incompetent turned out to be Erniu, which was really a very special name.
"What the hell is the fish god? What exactly are we doing wrong? What are you afraid of? As soon as Zhuo Zichen sat down, he asked three key questions in a row with a serious expression towards the old man opposite.
"Actually, we don't know what the fish god looks like~" Er Niu, who was sitting next to the old man, shook his head lightly and frowned slightly.
"Huh? You don't know, you still want to take us to sacrifice to the fish god? Impotence was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the two people in front of him, an old man and a young man.
"It's been more than ten years, and there are nearly 1,000 people living here in four villages, large and small, for more than ten years, but now you can also see that we only have more than 100 people in this small village within a radius of 100 miles." Faced with impotent doubts, the village chief let out a long sigh and raised his hand to whisper to a few dilapidated wooden houses outside.
"And now?" Everyone wondered in unison.
The village chief, who was past his prime, let out a light sigh in the face of everyone's questions, and then turned his head to look at Erniu, who had a complicated and worried expression beside him, and the two looked at each other, and Erniu slowly closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.
"In the past, several of our villages lived on the shores of this holy lake for generations, and lived by preying on the fish in the lake, which was famous for its delicious flesh, and even the fish that died on the way after being transported out of the mountain could be sold for a good price, although we were not rich but also at ease, perhaps the gods saw that we were so greedy, and the good times did not last long, and it was not long before something happened."
"Hehe, the gods will be angry because you fish?" Zhuo Zichen smiled disdainfully and replied coldly.
In his eyes, these isolated villagers in front of him are a group of ignorant and ignorant people, who are originally arrogant and empty-eyed, and in the face of such ethereal things, they spit on them and don't listen to them at all.
"What's wrong?" Compared with Zhuo Zichen's arrogance, Incompetence seemed much calmer, and asked softly with a slight frown.
"Thirteen years ago, one day, the people who fished in the lake disappeared into the lake inexplicably, and there were no people alive or dead, and at first everyone was alert but didn't care, after all, we have been living on the mountain and the water for generations, and we have lived on the holy lake for so many years." Erniu frowned, and after a moment of silence, he let out a soft sigh and continued.
"And then?" Hearing this, Yin Feng also had a bad premonition in his heart and asked.
Later, more and more people disappeared, and in the end, none of the people who went fishing in the sacred lake made it back alive, and everyone realized that there must be something going on in the lake. The village chiefs of several surrounding villages urgently gathered to discuss and selected a few villagers with good water skills to go into the water to search, but they also went to the trace."
"Do you know what's going on?" Incompetence and Zhuo Zichen glanced at each other, and their expressions also became solemn.
"Then one day a monk came here and came back after spending the night by the lake and told us that the lake was a holy lake, and that the fish god lived in the lake."
"The Sacred Lake Fish God?" Everyone shouted in horror in unison.
"Well, the monk told us not to go fishing in the sacred lake again, or the fish god will be angry." Erniu nodded and replied in a deep voice.
"Is there such a thing? It's just a fantasy, fishing will make the fish god angry, so do we have to ask the chicken god first when we eat a chicken? Zhuo Zichen sneered disdainfully at this.
Not only him, but even Mu Feng shook his head with a wry smile at this, when did the gods become so unreasonable? Obviously, what Er Niu said, they all expressed doubts, because no one would believe that eating a fish in the lake would attract the gods to condemn them, just like Zhuo Zichen said, wouldn't everyone have to eat anything in the future?
"We didn't believe it before, and the young people from several other villages didn't believe it, they all said that it was nonsense and alarmist, and that everyone had lived on this lake in the mountains for generations, so how could they not fish? So a few brave villagers sneaked out to catch fish. ”
Looking at the questioning eyes of the people in front of him about this matter, the village chief slowly exhaled and said in a deep voice.
"And then?" Yin Feng asked curiously.
"Overnight, the village was reduced to ashes, and no one was spared." Erniu frowned and replied solemnly.
"What?" Hearing the news, everyone was stunned and exclaimed in unison.
"That's why we are the only village here now, and the consequence of offending the fish god is death!"
Seeing the grief-stricken and frightened appearance of the old village chief and Erniu, everyone looked at each other and didn't know what to say for a while. No wonder they were so angry that they couldn't catch a fish from the lake, and several villages were burned alive overnight, because they were afraid that their village would repeat the same mistakes.
"Then why don't you leave?" After a long silence, Xia Ruolan spoke for the first time, and asked softly.
"Hehe, the fallen leaves return to the roots, we have lived here for generations, where can we say let's go, we can also go into the mountains to hunt some wild things without fishing, but now you ~~ Hey, Erniu, you go and see if everyone has cleaned up, and we will go into the mountains to avoid it."
The old village chief smiled bitterly, and then sighed with a sad face, stood up from the ground with the support of Erniu, and looked through the doors and windows that many villagers outside had gathered outside the house with large bags and small bags, and whispered to Erniu beside him.
"What should I do?" Seeing the old man standing in front of the house and directing the villagers to pack up their things in full swing, Yin Feng leaned in front of Incompetent and Zhuo Zichen and asked in a low voice.
"What kind of fish god, it must be the demonic beast demon who is doing it." Incompetent, his face was gloomy, and he said in a cold voice.
"Well, I think so too, these villagers should be frightened, so they will fear the demon as if it were a god." Zhuo Zichen nodded lightly and agreed with the incompetent speculation.
"And we're just gone?" Mu Feng frowned and looked at the villagers outside the house with sad and moving expressions, if he left like this, at least Mu Feng would be uneasy.
"What are you kidding, this incident is due to us, let's go to the so-called holy lake and have a look." Zhuo Zichen glanced at Mu Feng and waved his hand again and again and replied in a deep voice, in the face of the big right and wrong, he still knows which is more important and which is more important, because of this, although many people look at him unpleasantly, but there are still many people who believe in him around him, and people like Yin Feng are also among them.
Because Zhuo Zichen is indeed a trustworthy person, although he is arrogant and arrogant on weekdays, but if you get along with him for a while, you will find that he is a trustworthy teammate.
"But we have a task on our bodies~~" Mu Feng said softly after pondering for a moment.
"Don't be in a hurry, junior sister, do you think there will be any magical beasts in that lake?" Zhuo Zichen waved his hand lightly and asked Leng Yue, who had been silent beside him.
"Although the demonic beasts on the continent are almost extinct now being killed by the righteous path, it cannot be asserted that there is no such thing. The lake is so big, and it is unknown that there are demonic beasts hiding in it, endangering living beings. Leng Yue thought for a moment, and replied in a voice as calm as water.
"But if it's a demonic beast, how can it only kill villagers who are fishing? Warcraft are cruel and bloodthirsty, and the villagers here will never be killed because they don't catch fish, and you have also heard that the people in those villages were burned to death, shouldn't a Warcraft living in the water be flooded? ”
Yin Feng Jian frowned and pondered for a moment before expressing his concerns, and when he said this, everyone also frowned and fell into thought.
"The territory of the demonic beast is extremely strong, maybe these village names don't directly offend it, but it's hard to say, I think we should still go to the lake to have a look" After half a sound, Xia Ruolan looked at everyone and said softly.
While everyone was sitting around and whispering about what to do, the elderly village chief walked in from outside the house, turned his head and let out a long sigh at the villagers who had gathered behind him at the door, ready to move.
"Hurry up, you should also go quickly, this place is not suitable for long."
"Senior, this matter is all because of us, how can we sit idly by and let go?" Incompetent smiled indifferently, stood up, and replied earnestly with an attitude.
"What?" The village chief was stunned for a moment, looked at the six people who stood up in front of him, and said suspiciously.
"Let's go meet that fish god! If it does get angry, it's only going to blame a few of us, and it's none of you. Zhuo Zichen chuckled.
"You guys?" The old village chief looked at Zhuo Zichen in astonishment, and looked the six people in front of him up and down with a questioning expression.
"What? Our strength is not enough? Looking at his contemptuous and questioning eyes, the smile on Zhuo Zichen's face also became stiff.
"Seniors, rest assured, let the villagers do what they should do, let's go and go back." Impotence looked at the old man in front of him with doubts on his face and smiled and waved his hand, even if there were really any demonic beasts in that lake, it should be more than enough to deal with them with the strength of the six of them, at least he didn't believe that there would be any powerful beasts in that lake.
Under the stunned and dazed gaze of many village names, Zhuo Zichen took Mu Feng and the others to walk quickly towards the road they came from, and the goal was the wide and quiet holy lake.
Halfway through, when everyone walked out of the field of vision of this group of villagers, Yin Feng came to Mu Feng's side and reached out and patted him lightly on the shoulder.
"What's wrong?" Looking at the meaningful smile on Yin Feng's face, Mu Feng wondered.
"Hehe, you don't have to." Yin Feng replied with an indifferent smile.
Looking at the meaningful smile on Yin Feng's face, Mu Feng was even more puzzled, "What doesn't have to be like this?" ”
"Senior brother has his own measure, although these people are ignorant, they are not incorrigible, and besides, the purpose of our descent this time is to eliminate the demon guard, and the demon guard is the same everywhere." Yinfeng smiled.
When the six of them came to the rippling blue lake, the sunny breeze blew on the calm water, and the white clouds floating in the blue sky were reflected on the water, like a mirror, which made people feel refreshed and happy.
"How big is this lake?" Looking at the endless beautiful lake in front of him, Mu Feng said with some emotion.
The surrounding trees are shady, the green mountains and green forests on the shore are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the seemingly calm and peaceful lake in front of you is not visible at a glance, and the faint outline of several mountains can be seen in the distance, so you can judge that this lake is much bigger than you think.
"It's very big" The incompetent person standing next to Mu Feng couldn't help but answer coldly, so that Mu Feng couldn't help but glance at him suddenly, it was just!
"Nearly a hundred miles" Zhuo Zichen frowned slightly, opened the map he carried with him, and after looking for it for a while, he looked at the beautiful lake in front of him and said in a deep voice.
"No matter how you look at it, I don't want any magical beasts to exist here." Yin Feng looked around for a moment, then looked at the calm and quiet lake in front of him and said softly.
"The calmer you are, the more you can't take it lightly." Zhuo Zichen replied in a deep voice.
"Who can find such a big lake to eat a fish? Could the villagers be mistaken? After carefully observing the lake in front of him, Mu Feng felt a little puzzled, this lake is a hundred miles big, not to mention incompetent, they just caught a fish in it, even if they caught 10,000, it would be a drop in the bucket for such a big lake, right?
"Let's take a look, I think it's a little weird too." Zhuo Zichen nodded, Mu Feng's words sounded reasonable to everyone, even if there were demonic beasts in such a vast lake, it would be impossible for it to find out that they were incompetent and stole a fish.
Thinking of the words of those villagers at this moment, Mu Feng felt a little alarmist.