Chapter Seventy-Five: Death in Sleep
When the villagers sent their son and daughter-in-law to the sacrifice, the old man decided to endure because there was a grandson at home who needed to be supported, which was the only last wish left by the son before leaving...... As long as the children can grow up healthily, they can do whatever they want, even if they die, but the god hidden in Meishan is not satisfied with the status quo, it also wants more sacrifices.
The god didn't care what would happen to the people of Meishan Village, it just wanted to use some cruel sacrifice to bring itself back to life in this world.
And it is under this high pressure....... The spiritual temple in the old man's heart had completely collapsed, at least he said so, and everything he did did was indeed contrary to the tenets he once had.
"I never wanted to hurt anyone."
The old man said, but there was no trace of guilt on his face, only a bitter helplessness.
"But they all want my grandson to die...... You don't know how happy they were when they chose my grandson...... As long as my grandson goes as a sacrifice....... Their children don't have to die......"
"I wanted to lead them in revolt....... But no one wants to listen to my ......"
Speaking of this, the old man lost his voice, and his whole mood was extremely low, and he smoked for a long time without speaking.
Everyone looked at each other for a while, and they didn't know what to say.
Is the old man ruthless?
Vicious.
I don't know how he managed to do all this...... But he did bury the entire Meishan Village with his own hands, and everyone except himself and his grandson died at his hands and became sacrifices to the god.
But if ......
If the crowd were to put themselves in his place and see it from his point of view, what would the crowd's choice be?
It is unknown how others will choose, as far as Chen Xian is concerned, if someone wants to take Mu He or Lu Yisheng as a sacrifice, then he will definitely have to turn his face without saying a word, and there is almost a 100% chance that he will make the same choice as the old man.
So at this time, Chen Xian can understand the old man's choice, and even have a feeling of empathy.
"How did you kill so many people in one go?" Chen Xian asked curiously.
Since the people of the entire Meishan Village have undergone abnormal changes under the leadership of the "gods", then everyone's strength should be in a state of level, even if there are strong and weak, the strong should be young and middle-aged.
When the old man did it, the young and middle-aged people in the village had already become sacrifices to the gods, and those who remained in the village were either old people or children...... Not to mention the priest.
The priest who can communicate with "God" is definitely not simple.
"Every time we go to the mountains to worship that god, the priest will give us some herbs, and this is the ......," said the old man, taking out from his pocket something red like the rhizome of a plant, "He told us to eat it, saying that if we ate it, we would see the god, but that was a liar!" ”
Taking a herb from the old man's hand, Chen Xian leaned over and smelled it, there was no special smell, only a light smell of Chinese medicine.
"What happens if you eat it?" Chen Xian asked curiously.
"Get some sleep." The old man smiled, looked at the herbs in his hand and said, "We don't have to sleep, and we never feel sleepy, but after eating these herbs, we will soon fall asleep, at least for about three hours...... The day I did it, the day before they were going to sacrifice my grandson. ”
"That's ..... Did you do it while they were all asleep? Chen Xian asked.
"Yes." The old man nodded, and seemed to recall the events of that day again, his eyes became complicated, "Every festival is very formal, not only do we have to take medicine, but the priest will also take medicine, saying that this is a gift from God, and meeting God in your sleep is a good thing to increase blessing and longevity......."
"This is the first time I've heard of this kind of sacrifice." Chen Xian looked at him with some astonishment.
"Definitely a cult! Isn't this a collective drug addiction? Lu Yisheng said.
According to the old man, the festival was as serious as usual, and everyone slept in the forest after taking the medicine, including the priests...... It's a pity that none of them expected that the old man did not take these herbs according to the requirements of the "gods", he just put them in his mouth in front of the priest and did not swallow them.
After making sure that everyone was asleep several times, the old man began to act on his own.
In his words, it is not so easy to kill the people of Meishan Village.
Because everyone is not human anymore.
Even if the carotid artery is cut and the bloodletting is performed, he will not die in a day or two, so he can only choose another shortcut.
"I've made them all sacrifices."
When the old man said this, his smile became weird, and he looked at Chen Xian's hands meaningfully.
"Those seeds can't harm the people of Meishan, and our blood can drive those seeds out of living things, but if the seeds are planted from within...... Immortals are also difficult to save! ”
"What the hell do you do?" Chen Xian was even more curious.
"Crack their mouths, take a handful of seeds and throw them in, and poke them in the stomach with a stick." The old man said, "In less than half an hour, all the people will be dead." ”
“.......”
Everyone silently looked at this old guy who was dancing, and only felt that this old man was more ruthless than he said, and he was really not ordinary black!
"What about the god?" Li Daosheng couldn't help but ask curiously at this time, "It didn't trouble you?" You can kill all its high priests!" ”
Hearing this, the old man couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, as if he remembered something he didn't want to recall, and his expression suddenly became a little painful.
"It'...... It did come for me. ”
The old man said, took another cigarette from the cigarette case, and took two puffs tremblingly, and the nervous mood calmed down a little.
"After killing those people...... It came to me once...... Although I can only hear it...... But I'm sure it wasn't that I heard it wrong....... It seems to be quite angry. ”
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but curse in their hearts...... Nonsense! You've killed the Great Priest! It's not angry, that's a ghost!
"It doesn't blame you?" Chen Xian asked, he couldn't help but look the old man up and down a few times, according to the ferocious nature of that "god", a person like him who broke his big thing would pick his skin lightly.
"You blame me, but you didn't kill me, and you didn't kill my grandson." The old man scratched his face, and there was a sense of escape in his eyes, "It said that there are only two of us left in the mountains now, so it decided to make me the high priest...... It wanted me to keep looking for sacrifices for it. ”
"Actually, I don't understand...... Since the priests were free to come and go as they pleased...... Why didn't the priests bring in people from the outside world as sacrifices? Chen Xian frowned and asked, with a faint hint of doubt in his eyes, "Isn't it more conducive to the unity of your Meishan Village to kill people from the outside world?" ”
"Nope." The old man shook his head and said, "People from the outside world ..... Not only people, but also livestock, only people or animals that have lived in Meishan for many years can be sacrificed, in fact, I have always had a suspicion. ”
"Doubtful?"
"Yes, I doubt it...... Human sacrifice needs to be cultivated. The old man pointed to his distorted face, his smile was full of helplessness, and he said in a low voice, "Those animals were born and grew up in Meishan, so they can meet its standards and become sacrifices, but my ancestors' generation are all foreign, and the reason why it did not immediately ask for live sacrifices is probably because we have a foreign breath, which is different from the life here in Meishan, and when we have multiplied in Meishan for several generations, it began to ask us to send people to live sacrifices....."
"The taste is quite picky." Xu Yanan said with a frown.
"Hey, then you're a bit unreasonable to say that, my boss is also a foreigner, why did you want to use him as a sacrifice before?" Lu Yisheng couldn't help but ask.
"Because I can't find any other living creatures, the only thing I can still meet in the mountains is the tumor bird, which is not very easy to catch, so I want to try it with you...... And I didn't know you guys were so good at first. The old man said helplessly, "Although it doesn't like foreign sacrifices, it won't lose anything if you try, it's better than not finding a sacrifice and letting it kill me, right?" ”
"You old thing, you're pretty dark-hearted!" Lu Yisheng scolded angrily.
As the saying goes, it seems that there is some truth in this......
Didn't you see this old man look so ugly?
You can see how dirty his heart is!
"Let's go."
Chen Xian got up from the ground, constantly moving the knuckles of his hands, and felt much better than before.
"Go and see your gods of Meishan."