Chapter 65: The God of Huangsi
The quiet hill village has always been unknown to outsiders, and there is almost no trade and economic contact with the outside world, and it is a relatively closed and independent small village.
But it is this seemingly peaceful hill village that hides a big secret that is enough to shake the world, and no one has explored it so far.
The tribe of Qiu Er Village is not large in size and does not have many people, but its hierarchical system is relatively complete. Every year, the village elects an excellent patriarch to take on the important task of leading everyone, which is the unique election system of Qiu Er Village, and it is this system that has allowed this small tribe to live and multiply for hundreds of years.
The village is relatively remote, far from the city, and you don't even know the word "urban". Therefore, the residents here also pay more attention to superstition, ghosts and gods, and beliefs, especially the tribe of Qiu Er Village has always believed in a statue called "Huangsi God", and they also specially built a large stone statue for the tribe to worship.
Maybe this guy called the god of Phoenix is a kind of god they believe in, and in my eyes this kind of thing is relatively normal, because there will be cultural and belief differences between races. Of course, Xu Wanwan and I, as foreign guests, must abide by local customs, as the saying goes, follow the local customs. Don't look at me like this, in fact, I used to have faith, but it was gradually erased by the war, this guy called Huangsi God is neither a god nor a Buddha, it is a well-known local monster, and it is an extremely ferocious kind, ugly face, bloodthirsty for life. The legend of this phoenix god is also circulated in various versions in the village.
Legend has it that this Phoenix God was actually an ugly big insect in the last century, and on a rainy day, he was struck by a strong thunderbolt and transformed into the current Phoenix God.
Although it is called a god, its essence is not a god, the villagers of the tribe call it a god because of the fear and awe of its evil and powerful power, this power even surpasses the god, and over time, there is such a thing as the god of phoenix. This way of being called quickly spread in this village, and there is a version that says it is even more evil, and legend has it that this god is the illegitimate son of the ancient god Zeus, who inherited the power of the devil, so it is so evil.
These legends all point to the fact that this god is a terrible monster, and it is also an extremely ferocious kind, so I wonder why this group of villagers sacrifices to this monster every year. This has always been what I don't understand the most, and finally through the mouths of the villagers, I learned that the original place where the god of Huang Si stayed is surrounded by hundreds of kilometers of wind and rain every year, birds and flowers, and the annual harvest is unexpectedly very rich, even richer than the harvest in other places, several times more, the surrounding land of the god of Huang Si is very fertile, even to the realm of planting anything, even some crops that are difficult to survive, can have a good harvest. Therefore, the villagers of this hill village love and hate this god of phoenix, love that they can have a good harvest every year, and hate the power of fearing it.
If this offends the god of Huangsi, the consequences can be imagined.
The birds are singing and the jungle is dense, which is not difficult to explain this peculiarity, but I don't know why this god has so much influence, what is it?
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In the evening, Xu Wanwan and I, invited by the village chief, walked into the tribe.
Calm village.
The village chief's house was empty except for some wooden furniture. Not to mention modern items such as sofas, some are just wooden chairs, and coarse tea and light rice, but I think these are already very luxurious, and for them, the hospitality is already the best thing in the house. And the villagers are also very welcoming.
Because Xu Wanwan and I were decorated and dressed in strange ways, we attracted a group of curious villagers to come and watch, blocking the village chief's house, especially some children, who poked their heads into the window and looked hard into the house with bricks on their feet. They were all very interested in us two outsiders.
Xu Wanwan and I were sitting on a long chair, and across from the two of us, a bearded strong man in primitive armor and a worn-out machete tied around his waist was talking to me.
He had a fierce face and a strong physique.
This person is the new village chief of Qiu Er Village and the captain in charge of patrols in the village, he is kind by nature, loves to help the villagers, and is quite famous in Qiu Er Village, and the previous village chief also had a good impression of him, so he became the village chief justifiably.
"Since this god is helpful to the crops in the village, it should be a happy thing, so why do I see that you all have sad faces, what is going on?"
That's right, although the villagers of Qiu Er Village all had happy expressions when they entertained guests, I still found many flaws in their expressions, this group of guys must be hiding something, otherwise their expressions would not be so reluctant. I opened my mouth to ask the doubts in my heart, although I knew that this was a private matter of their village, and I, as an outsider, should not interfere.
"Little brother, that's right, but we can get this kind of benefit and we need to pay a certain price, it was quite reasonable at first, this price is just some big fat pigs, wild boars, bison and the like, but in recent years, the Phoenix God has put forward new requirements, it needs blood, and it is the blood of living people, and it must also be female, and it is an unmarried girl."
Speaking of this, the villagers all lowered their heads one by one, unspeakably bitter, and sighed again and again.
At this time, my brows were furrowed, and Xu Wanwan also snorted angrily, and said casually, what age is this, and there is such a strange request.
"Could it be that someone is deliberately playing tricks? Or is it a despicable person who wants to blaspheme women and wants to vent before he comes up with this broken method? ”
I also thought about it carefully in my heart, since the village chief said that this Phoenix God opened his mouth and put forward a new request, it can prove that this guy exists and is a living creature. Of course, I don't believe in the existence of ghosts and gods, and there is a bold conjecture that someone is making trouble.
The village chief just shook his head at my doubts, sat down and slowly explained to me.
"Little brother, it's not that we haven't thought about this possibility, it's just that this kind of practice was personally verified by the previous generation of village chiefs, but in the end it took his own life, and he also speculated that someone was mischievous, and provoked the Phoenix God, and was finally killed by the demon it sent."
My eyes changed slightly, and I wondered what the monsters were talking about in the villagers' mouths.
"Demon, village chief, what does the demon in your mouth look like?" I asked curiously.
The village chief and the other villagers were silent at this moment, and they couldn't tell what kind of demons they were, because they hadn't seen these demons with their own eyes, but they had only heard their voices and the miserable screams of the previous village chief when he was bitten.
"We can't say that, but we only know it's a bloodthirsty monster."
At this time, Xu Wanwan, who couldn't sit still, finally interjected, and she said to the villagers.
"If that's the case, then why don't you choose to relocate? Wouldn't it be the best choice to move out of this land, and if you continue to stay here anyway, you will only be devoured by this group of unknown monsters. Why don't you go out and find another way. ”
Xu Wanwan is also reasonable, but when it comes to a relocation problem, it is more complicated, after all, this is the foundation that the villagers have built for a hundred years, and they are deeply rooted in this land.
"Little girl, I see that you still don't understand the customs of our tribe, we Venerians generally don't give up their territory easily."
Hearing the bearded village chief's explanation, Xu Wanwan had no choice but to close her mouth and stay quietly by my side.
The village chief glanced at me and Xu Wanwan a few times, and suddenly said with a smile.
"By the way, little brother, the little girl next to you must be your girlfriend, I think you two have a tacit understanding, and they are also quite compatible."
With a snort, I sprayed all the fresh tea that I had just picked up the teacup and drank into my mouth on the village chief's body, but the village chief's words scared me a lot, and the hairs on my back stood up a lot.
At this time, Xu Wanwan and I looked at each other in unison, her jaw was about to fall in surprise, and I was also stupid. We both pointed our fingers at each other's faces at the same time, shouting in surprise at the same time.
"She!"
"Him!"
"What are you kidding?"
"This stupid pig, who will be her girlfriend."
She snorted and rolled her face away.
And I deliberately turned up the volume and said.
"I don't know who is small and short, and has a bad temper and is arrogant, not to mention these, who would be a couple with a guy who is completely unfeminine, this is absolutely impossible." I waved my hand to explain.
My speech made Xu Wanwan angry, her face swelled like a balloon, and then I saw her eyes give a red warning, and then she directly opened her big mouth and rushed to my shoulder, and her whole body pressed towards me, and her mouth kept shouting.
"What nonsense were you talking about? Apologize to Miss Ben quickly, or I will bite you half of your body and will not be able to get out of bed for the rest of your life. ”
"Hahahaha!"
It was really helpless, so I had to shrug my shoulders helplessly, fighting against this little shrew's sprinkling.
"Look, this is not a young couple, who wouldn't believe it when you say this?"
Xu Wanwan's behavior caused the villagers to laugh for a while, but in the end, under my explanation, the innocence of the matter was finally clarified. Xu Wanwan has nothing to do with me, she is her, I am me, and I am completely the existence of two worlds.
Although she is still a beautiful girl!