Chapter 40: Protection, Price, Curse

When I arrived at the gate of the shrine, it was so late, and the villagers guarding the door were still there, and they were put down by Lu Feng three or two, and they unloaded their weapons, and those few people didn't dare to step forward after they got up, and one of them ran to the village chief to report the news.

Lu Feng walked directly up the steps. The two of them had already dived inside, and when they found the movement below, they were a little stunned for a while, and they also showed their figures.

"It turns out that the evil spirit has appeared." After listening to the explanation, the two of them finally understood why Lu Feng came over with such fanfare.

"There is no trace of evil spirits here, your analysis is correct, this is just a shrine built by the villagers, they don't know the true face of the god of the valley, but it is not appropriate for us to live here."

Yanzhu said sadly: "We are temporarily staying with the village chief, as the village chief, he may know a little else. ”

"It's fine."

Lu Feng also agreed, he had already asked Keiko on the way, and when the three of them went all the way to the village chief's house, they asked a few questions again, and they had some understanding of the general situation here.

This village in the Cloud Valley was a long, long time ago, probably hundreds of years ago, and Keiko couldn't figure it out, but in her memory, it was always like this.

Legend has it that this place was protected by the god of the valley, completely cut off from the outside world, and they could not leave the valley, and no one from outside could enter.

Of course, they didn't have to pay taxes and were not ruled by feudal lords such as the daimyo, so it was like a completely closed place.

Then, every month, the god of the valley would ask a villager, usually a boy or girl in their twenties, to serve the god of the valley, and Keiko couldn't tell when the shrine's rituals began.

In short, one person per month is certain.

According to the older generation, it used to be an honor, but gradually in the village, it was regarded as a price for being blessed by the god of the valley.

The reason is that the valley was originally more prosperous, and there was more than one village nearby, but one person per month, the loss of population was slowly manifested, and the person who went to serve the god of the valley never appeared again.

In addition, many villagers, mainly hunters, will also disappear inexplicably, and their population size is getting smaller and smaller.

As a result, several nearby villages, at the behest of the god of the valley, were slowly merged into one, and they had more terraces and more woods to hunt, but the population never grew much.

The blood ties between the villagers are also getting closer and closer, and if this continues, this village in the mountains will die out on its own without any accidents.

Finally, every past few years, the gods of the valley give their village a number of babies and ignorant young children as a population supplement. When exactly it started, Keiko doesn't know.

"Some of the villagers, mainly my childhood playmates, have privately said that our village is cursed, so we are completely cut off from the outside world."

Keiko said: "Everyone speculates that the god of the valley is a greedy evil god, and he is not satisfied with so many people who go to serve him. ”

Lu Feng and the three of them were also a little dumbfounded when they heard this.

"I guess the illusion in the valley is not only at the entrance, but also in other places." Lu Feng muttered: "But the valley is so big, the blood ghost technique is definitely not so perfect, those missing hunters, maybe found a way out, and then were wiped out." ”

"It's very likely." Grief Mingyu said.

"The disappearance of babies and children in the villages and towns outside should have been taken away by evil spirits and sent to your village." Butterfly Shinobu asked Keiko, "In the past few months, have you adopted any babies and children?" ”

"Yes, presided over by the village chief, there are more than a dozen." Keiko said: "I heard my father say that the god of the valley once ordered that no one should mention this matter, so no one in the village usually dares to mention it, except in private, with the exception of very good friends. ”

"Finally found it." Butterfly Shinobu said.

"Absolutely, that one, it should be those two, or three evil ghosts, beyond the behavior pattern of those evil ghosts before, what are they trying to do?" Grief Mingyu Xingming said with some confusion.

Lu Feng was thinking, as we all know, the demons under the leadership of Onimai Tsuji are basically independent, and occasionally a few two or three will have special circumstances.

As for this kind of behavior of trapping a large group of people in a certain way to raise Gu, it is not uncommon, such as Tong Mo's Eternal Bliss Sect.

But at this point, it must be a very serious matter, and it must be noticed by Onimai Tsuji Mumi.

Because with the exception of a few, such as the pearl world and the bean of the stove, Onimai Tsuji has absolute control over the demons, and can even read thoughts and know the location.

Whether it is a tired family or a child grinding's eternal blissful teaching, it is an act with the acquiescence of no misery.

If they didn't want them to do that, they would never be able to do it.

In the original book, all the powerful ghosts under Wu Miao's subordinates appeared, and as far as Lu Feng knew, there was nothing to do here in Cloud Valley.

Ordinary evil ghosts, would Wu Miao allow them to make such a place?

Under the Ghost Slayer worldview, Lu Feng was very suspicious of this.

So, are the evil ghosts here under the control of Wu Miao? Lu Feng couldn't help but secretly raise this very serious question in his heart.

Although it is a copy world made up of the infinite world, Lu Feng has also deeply understood it, and it may not be exactly the same as the original book.

After all, the original work is two-dimensional, and the plot is linear, even if multiple characters are carried out at the same time, it is only multiple plot lines at the same time, which is still two-dimensional linear.

And the dungeon world is so real that it looks exactly like the real world.

From a real-world perspective, there are many places that cannot be expressed in a two-dimensional way, especially the backgrounds and scenes that cannot be covered in the original book.

On the way, after finding out the basic situation here, they also quickly arrived at the village chief's house.

Surprisingly, seeing them, although the village chief was a little scared, he offered to keep them for the night, and did not mention Keiko's matter again, as if acquiescing to the fact that Keiko is now protected by Lu Feng and the others.

But Lu Feng wouldn't let the village chief go so simply.

If you say that the middle-aged envoy is about those evil ghosts, who else in this village knows best, it must be the village chief.

"Did you know that it will only turn into smoke, and that your so-called messenger of the god of the valley is an evil spirit?" Lu Feng asked in an interrogative tone.

"My lord, I don't know what you're talking about, please don't fight against the god of the valley anymore, you're going to die, it's better to get out of here as soon as possible." The village chief said, "I beg you, I can show you the way." ”