Immediately, the monkey was the first to walk on it with a swagger, followed by the pot-bellied and extremely ugly Zhu Bajie, and then the sand monk walked at the end with his luggage.

The honest appearance of the sand monk naturally can't frighten mortals, and a lean monkey like Sun Wukong has no deterrent power, but when the old man saw Zhu Bajie, he couldn't help but take two steps back and exclaimed.

"Youkai? Monsters, don't mess around, this is the place where the King of Inspiration is sheltered. ”

"Amitabha, the old benefactor and relax, these three are all poor monks' disciples, only a little ugly in appearance, but they are beautiful and excellent inside."

Tang Sanzang clasped his palms together, smiled compassionately, explained gently, and then pointed towards the monkey and said.

"This is the poor monk's great apprentice Sun Wukong, known as the 'Monkey King', who was able to defeat 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals back then, with vast magical powers, which is very unimaginable."

Or infected by Tang Sanzang's compassionate smile, the old man suddenly felt the fear in his heart dissipate, and looked at the monkey that Tang Sanzang was referring to.

The monkey also raised his head and chest quite cooperatively, and did not forget to tidy up the tiger skin scarf wrapped around his neck.

Then, Tang Sanzang pointed at Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng again and said. "And after the poor monk is not only this big apprentice, but also the second apprentice Zhu Bajie was once the marshal of Tianpeng who commanded the 80,000 naval army of the heavens, and the three apprentices Sha Seng is a famous curtain general."

"I see, I see, I ...... so"

In fact, the old man living in Chenjia Village on the bank of the Tongtian River had never heard of the names such as "Monkey King", "Marshal Tianpeng", "General of the Rolling Blinds", etc., but he saw that Tang Sanzang looked merciful and handsome, not like a wicked person, and the three disciples looked strange and listened to Tang Sanzang's orders, so he relaxed and invited them to come into the house to rest.

As the guests and hosts in the room sat down, Tang Sanzang didn't be too polite, and asked directly about his purpose and said.

"Amitabha, thank you for the mercy of the old donor, let me wait for these walking monks to have a tile to cover their heads, but what the old donor said, this is the protection of the king of inspiration? Please forgive the poor monk for his shallow knowledge, but he has never heard of such a fairy name. ”

Hearing Tang Sanzang's inquiry, the old man, who had already had some thoughts in his heart, immediately said.

"I don't know if the King of Inspiration is a god or a demon, and I call him a demon, since he entered this heavenly river, the wind and rain have been smooth in the past few years; But if he calls it a righteous God, he wants us to offer virgins as sacrifices. ”

"Boys and girls?"

When the monkey, who had been listening indifferently, heard this, he was shocked and said. "You old man is so ignorant, if you are a professional immortal, what is the use of having a boy and a girl? It must be a monster. ”

"But if it's a demon, why does he protect me and wait for the wind and rain to be smooth every year?" The old man said hesitantly.

"Amitabha, old donor, you have a lot of thoughts, how do you know that this wind and rain is the credit of the king of inspiration?" Tang Sanzang asked.

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When the old man heard this, his cloudy eyes subconsciously widened a lot.

This statement really woke up the old man in an instant, in the past few years, the credit of the wind and rain is just the self-proclaimed king of inspiration, in fact, no one can confirm that the wind and rain are his doing.

And Zhu Bajie looked left and right, looked at the white cloth hanging around, and there was a mourning hall not far away, and immediately asked.

"Old man, could it be that the one who offered a boy and a girl not long ago is your family?"

"It's not my family, but it's going to be my house, so I'm going to 'pre-fast', so that God can pray for the blessing of my two poor children, and I hope that I can have a good birth in the next life." The old man said sadly with tears in his eyes.

"You're just watching your children die in the mouths of the like that?" Zhu Bajie, who was accustomed to seeing sadness, was not moved at all, but asked with some dissatisfaction.

"How else? Even if the old man's family has a lot of wealth and fertile land, it is difficult to compete with such immortal-like figures, and the last village in the upper reaches of the Tongtian River refused the request of the king of inspiration, and the whole village was swept into the bottom of the river by the boundless waves. ”

The old man said helplessly and quite fearfully.

"Huh? Old donor, the poor monk has a puzzle, how often does Chenjia Village need to sacrifice boys and girls? Tang Sanzang asked.

"Every other year, a pair of boys and girls need to be offered, and the king of inspiration is really quite inspired, he remembers the life and death of the old and young in Chenjia Village, and as long as the children of the village in Chenjia Village can be, otherwise it will not work." The old man replied.

"Hey, that's a little weird, this monster eats a boy and a girl, and it has to designate this village to be born? But it's really a strange anecdote, what kind of descendant of the human race is your village? The monkey laughed.

The old man wiped the tears in the corners of his eyes, sighed and replied. "This elder said with a smile, our Chenjia Village was just a gathering of refugees from all over the world to build it, where did it come from, otherwise there would be no need to be so desolate."

However, while the monkey was laughing, Tang Sanzang's smile slowly converged, and a guess appeared in his heart.

This speculation is terrifying, and it makes Tang Sanzang angry!

"Goku ......"

"Master, my grandson is here." When the monkey heard this, he hurriedly said with a straight expression.

"Your feet are quite fast, how about you take a trip along the upper and lower reaches of the Tongtian River?" Tang Sanzang said.

"No problem, Master is anxious to cross the river, let my grandson walk along the river, looking for the way to cross the river?" The monkey asked.

However, this time the monkey guessed wrong, and saw Tang Sanzang say slowly.

"No, I want Wukong to see how many villages there are along the upper and lower reaches of the Tongtian River, and there are also such sacrifices to boys and girls to the King of Inspiration in the rest of the villages."

When the monkey heard this, he thought for a few breaths, and even understood what Tang Sanzang meant.

"Sacrifice a pair of boys and girls a year, and as long as the boys and girls in the village are in the village, they will immediately ensure that the local weather is good."

This is an ingenious and strange situation, which is stuck on the psychological bottom line of the villagers, so that they will not flee from their hometowns, thinking of hundreds of families in a village, and if they are very lucky, they will not be able to live for a hundred years.

What's even more strange is that if the King of Inspiration is a demon who does a lot of evil and loves to eat boys and girls, how can he endure to satisfy his cravings only once a year?

But what if the village where the King of Inspiration collected the sacrificial boys and girls was not just Chen's village, but all the villages up and down the Tongtian River?