The old man's explanation was concise and to the point, but there were still many doubts for Chen Xian.

From the reason stated by the old man, it can be seen that the gods of Meishan need sacrifices, although I don't know what this so-called sacrifice is, but one thing is certain..... This caused a lot of pressure on the old man, and the need for sacrifices for that god also increased, and if the old man did not satisfy that god, everyone would have to die.

"Are you sure you're talking about God?" Chen Xian couldn't help but ask, his face full of doubts, "What kind of sacrifices does it want?" Livestock? Living? Or something else? ”

The old man smoked silently before he sighed and said.

"Life."

In the old man's next story, Chen Xian and the others had a general understanding of the god of Meishan.

It's not so much a god as it ...... It is an ancient life that imprisoned Meishan.

It all started with the old man and their ancestors settling in Meishan -

The first group of mountain people stationed in Meishan came to Meishan four hundred years ago (about 400 years ago), when Meishan was not what it is today, the uninhabited mountains and forests should be more dense, the climatic conditions were livable, and the mountains were rich in products, and it is no exaggeration to say that living in this remote primitive mountain is no different from living in a fairyland.

After settling in Meishan, after decades of reclamation by the mountain people, the ancient village of Meishan began to see the scale, and you can see the farmland where they grow crops for more than ten miles along the village...... Due to the abundance of products in Meishan, in addition to the wild animals in the mountain forest for mountain people to hunt and eat, there is also a meandering stream in the back mountain, in which a large number of cold-water fish live.

Rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to eat the water.

These mountain people in Meishan Ancient Village can be regarded as all.

There is no invasion from the outside world, no invasion of war, living in this primeval thicket. In the forest, it is like living in a paradise in this world, but it is a pity that this kind of paradise only lasts for less than a hundred years...... It was a stormy night, with strong winds and torrential rain, and from that night, the terrible thunderstorm weather began to wreak havoc in Meishan for several days, and the west peak of Meishan also had a huge landslide.

It wasn't until the wind and rain stopped that the mountain people began to go up the mountain to clean up the mess, and only then did everyone find out...... There is an ancient altar on the west peak of Meishan Mountain.

It's like some kind of sect. Altar of Blessing for Religion.

"It's a big square, the ground is covered with gold bricks, and there are oil lamps made of blue glass at the four corners, and I don't know what the principle is..... Those oil lamps have been buried in the ground for so many years and have not been extinguished. The old man hung his head again and lit a cigarette, and spoke in a low voice, "There is an entrance in the middle of the square, like an ancient well...... There was a spiral stairway inside, and the bottom was always shining with golden light. ”

According to the old man, the mountain people did not recognize this as an altar at that time, and they all thought it was a treasure trove, until they entered the ancient well and went to a treacherous underground space...... They met the god of Meishan.

"I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but I've heard from my ancestors that the god looks like a human, but the skin is all shriveled and shriveled, like the kind of corpse that has been dried in the air, and it was soaked in a large pool of water......"

Soak in a large pool?

Could it be that it is in ...... Bath?

Everyone looked at each other for a while, only to feel that the god in the old man's mouth was not right, not like those immortal heavenly immortals at all, but like an abnormal life that had been sleeping underground for a long time.

"Did that thing communicate with your ancestors?" Lu Yisheng asked curiously.

"Communication?" The old man shook his head and said, "I don't know about this, but I know that since that day, those white fogs have appeared at the foot of Meishan, and those white fogs can't be said to be outsiders, and the people inside us don't go out either, it's like a cage...... We're all locked up in this mountain. ”

When the white mist appeared, the mountain man who could communicate with the gods became the high priest of Meishan Ancient Village, and as a matter of course, he became the village chief, controlling the lifeblood of the entire Meishan Village..... When he died, the mountain people sent the newborns of the village to the ancient well, supposedly to meet the ancient god.

Six or seven children went, and six or seven returned.

The seemingly terrifying god did not mutilate the children, but only on one of them...... Left a black color that resembled a birthmark. pattern, like some kind of sect. Teach the talisman diagram.

The child with this pattern is the new priest of Meishan Village.

"None of those priests are human, at least not in my senses." The old man said, frowning very heavily, "I can speak at the age of one, and I seem to know everything like I am old-fashioned, as if I am possessed by a ghost in a legend." ”

"Maybe it's really a demon." Chen Xian said.

"Who knows." The old man shook his head and sighed, "Actually, in Meishan, the only people who can enter and exit the white mist at will are these priests, and whatever they need in the village is usually bought by them who come down the mountain and go to the town to buy it." ”

"Purchasing agent, this is ......," Lu Yisheng muttered.

"The white mist should have been made by that thing, and the reason why it made Meishan isolate from the world...... For what? Chen Xian couldn't help but ask curiously, "Didn't you ask about it?" ”

"Who dares to ask?" The old man sneered, as if he was laughing at himself, and his voice became deeper and lower, "Someone once asked it why it made Meishan isolated from the world, and there were people who disobeyed it and didn't want to get so many living creatures to worship it, but these people all died...... It was torn apart by something that looked like the roots of a tree in the mountains, and the entrails flowed everywhere, and the head was taken to the altar by the priest as a tribute. ”

Hearing this, Chen Xian couldn't help frowning, and said in his heart, what kind of god is this?

A person who kills people if he doesn't like it and suppresses these innocent mountain people with thunderous means...... Isn't this the work of the devil?

"What kind of sacrifice does it usually ask you for?" Chen Xian asked.

"Animals." The old man said, raising his hand and gesturing, "The bigger the better, give it a deer, it can be stable for several days, if only some rabbits are wild. Chicken or something..... More offerings may be requested the next day. ”

"If you don't give it, you'll die?" Chen Xian asked with a frown.

"Yes." The old man nodded.

At this time, Li Daosheng opened his mouth coldly and asked suspiciously.

"Has that god done you any definite good?"

"Yes, indeed." The old man nodded, but when he talked about these, he was obviously not very interested, and the whole person's mood became a little low, "Since it appeared in Meishan, everyone's body in Meishan Village seems to have changed, and it has become much stronger than before...... As you know, there are all kinds of dangers in the deep mountains and old forests, miasma, poisonous insects, poisonous snakes, and it is very common to be poisoned by them, but after it appears, it seems that we will not be poisoned, and we will not get sick. ”

As soon as he heard this, Chen Xian immediately became interested, looked at the old man curiously and asked.

"That's more than that, right?"

The old man glanced at Chen Xian deeply and nodded: "We are becoming less and less like normal people. ”

As he spoke, the old man raised his hand and pressed his shoulder, as if he was a little tired.

"There are a lot of old books in our village, and I have read a lot of stories from the outside world on them...... If those stories weren't made up, I think I should know what people out there are like. The old man smiled and said, "Weak, weak, just like those small animals in the mountains, I am old now, I can still lift a thousand pounds of stone piers with one hand, I accidentally fell from the top of the mountain and my head was deflated, and I can recover by eating some special herbs......"

The old man said, looking up at the pale sky.

"I don't have to eat, I don't have to drink water, I don't even have to sleep, I don't think normal people should be like us, once I saw a word in a book, I think it's very appropriate to describe the people of our Meishan Village...... The Walking Dead, what's the difference between what we look like and those ghosts in the books? ”

After that, the old man's eyes seemed to be a little dry, and after blinking a few times, the corners of his eyes gradually reddened.

"I once heard my ancestors say that the sky above our heads is blue, and when the white clouds float past us, it looks like a painting...... What is the color of the sky there? ”