Chapter 627: Falling Cherry Blossoms
However, Luo Han didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and with a wave of his hand, everyone followed him and left in the direction where the minotaur had left. The conspicuous size of the Sky Black Bone pointed the way, and he didn't worry about making a mistake at all.
The old man looked at the back of them leaving, was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided." Go back, kids. Don't tell anyone about today's events, and don't let people know that they are chasing them from our village. ”
"Yes, High Priest."
Luo Han and the others followed the minotaur from a distance, and under the guidance of the black bone, they could already see the back of the minotaur monster.
"Do you want to be arrested?" Meng Fei was already eager to try.
"This little demon has no value, our target is the so-called mountain god." Luo Han turned his head and glanced at Hua Yu: "The strength of this mountain god should not be weak, if you don't want to interfere, I won't force it, after all, it's my business." ”
Hua Yu smiled: "Do you look down on us like this?" The sacrifice of the living is inherently indignant to people and gods, don't think that you are human. What's more, the victim is still a woman, if I don't care, what do my sisters think of me? ”
Luo Han shrugged: "Then let's go." ”
At this moment, Nightmare suddenly surprised and said, "Someone else is coming." ”
Everyone looked in the direction the nightmare was pointing, and saw another minotaur coming up from a hill, also carrying an unconscious woman on his shoulder.
"It seems that there are still a lot of villages that are plagued by this mountain god." Qin Hu said a word, and suddenly saw that the woman opened her eyes, her mouth moved, and she said something.
Nightmare said, "She said, Lord Holy Envoy, I can go by myself, and I don't have to bother you." ”
The minotaur hesitated for a moment and put down the woman, who did not run away, and walked ahead, parallel to the group that Luo Han had been tracking.
Qin Hu said: "This girl doesn't seem to be afraid at all, she is quite bold." ”
Luo Han said: "Probably because I know that I will die, let's see it." The most troublesome thing about this kind of thing is that you can't escape, and even if you escape, it will affect your family and fellow villagers, unless you solve the problem at the root. ”
Qi Tao said: "Aren't we just going to solve the root cause? ”
"Well, that's right." Luo Han answered, and the two bull-headed monsters and girls in front turned to the back of a hill and disappeared. "Chase."
Everyone hurriedly chased up, turned over the hill but saw a quaint temple under the mountain appeared on the flat open space under the hillside, and the gate was written with three big characters of "Mountain Temple", obviously this is the location of the so-called mountain god.
"There's a lot of demonic aura here, and there's something else in there." Nightmare's brow furrowed, and he was more likely to sense abnormalities than others.
Luo Han probed out his spiritual power, and immediately came to a conclusion similar to that of Nightmare: "The intensity of the demonic qi is comparable to that of a place where tens of thousands of monsters gather, such as Lion Camel Ridge, either the monsters here are too strong, or there are too many of them." In addition, it is mixed with the breath of the ghost, which must be left over from the sacrifices that have died here for many years. ”
Huayu asked, "What do we do now?" Do you want to go straight in? ”
Luo Han shook his head: "I admit that I underestimated this mountain god before. If you don't know the details and attack rashly, you may be in trouble. In this way, Huayu will find a way to infiltrate the mountain temple as a sacrifice, and then make a battle plan after finding out the situation. We're on the outside, waiting for your signal, and we're going to catch them off guard. In the event of an unforeseen situation, we will immediately cover your retreat, what do you think? ”
Hua Yu thought about it and nodded: "No problem." But these girls who were sacrificed were all escorted back by the little demon, how can I get in? ”
"It's simple. We'll wait here. ”
It wasn't long before another minotaur returned with a young girl on his shoulder. As soon as he crossed the mountain, he was hit on the head by a huge black stick and fainted on the spot. Nightmare immediately took action, entered the Minotaur Monster Dream Realm, and began to modify the Minotaur Monster's memory, making him vaguely remember that he fell asleep when he was too sleepy to walk here, and at the same time turned the appearance of the girl in his memory into a flower language. Xiao Yumeng threw another heal to heal the scars of the bull-headed monster that was stunned by the dragon stick. When the minotaur woke up, he didn't suspect it at all, he just thought that he was sleepy, so he found a place to sleep for a while, and the sacrifice was still there, so it was no problem, and he stayed in the temple to make a difference.
With the ability of nightmares, as long as it is not a very deep memory, there are not many modification points, and it can logically be self-justifying, it doesn't take much effort to deal with a little monster of this level. Of course, the nightmare can also directly steal the memory of the little demon about the mountain temple, but this kind of little demon running outside is not high, and the things that can be known are limited, and the IQ of low-level monsters is low, so they may not be able to have accurate memory, and if they remember the key things wrong, they will kill people.
The minotaur monster whose memory had been modified entered the mountain temple with Huayu, and Luo Han and the others found a cave nearby to set it up, hiding and waiting for news from Huayu.
Hua Yu pretended to be stunned and was carried into the mountain temple, and after walking a few steps, he heard a monster say: "Commander, this is a tribute from Mulan Village." ”
Then Hua Yu felt a rough hand pinching her chin, lifting her face, and then a voice said, "It's not bad, this is her number plate, send her to the dungeon." ”
"Yes, Commander." Then the flower language was carried forward.
Huayu secretly opened her eyes and glanced at the so-called leader, but it was a big horse monkey. Originally, because of the bull-headed monster outside, everyone guessed that this was the owner of the mountain temple, and most of them were cow spirits, but they didn't expect that this leader was another demon clan, so it was difficult to say the identity of the master.
After walking for a while, Huayu felt that she was being put down, and the sound of a woman's body fragrance and rapid breathing came from all around. The footsteps faded away, and Huayu estimated that the minotaur walked away, opened his eyes, and found himself in a dark cave, with a row of rudimentary earth stairs leading up to a narrow hole, apparently a cellar or something.
"You're awake." The voice of a young girl beside her attracted the attention of Huayu. Huayu looked around, there were already more than a dozen girls here, but most of them were lying on the ground, obviously still in a coma. The girl who spoke had the impression that it was the girl who woke up and walked in by herself.
"My name is Luo Ying, and I am from Jiulin Village."
Huayu sorted out her thoughts and said, "My name is Huayu, from Mulan Village." What is this place? ”
Sakura said, "This should be the dungeon of the Mountain Temple, where we are held for these sacrifices. You woke up so early, I thought you came as a sacrifice of your own free will, but it doesn't seem like you. ”
Voluntarily? Hua Yu was a little puzzled and asked, "Are you voluntary?" ”
"Well, that's why the priest let me sleep a little less so I could know how I got here."
"Why volunteer?"
Luo Sakura smiled and said, "Someone has to be a sacrifice, not me but someone else." Anyway, I'm an orphan, no one will be sad about my death, it's better for me to come than to let others live and die. ”
Hua Yu's heart was touched and asked, "Haven't you ever thought about escaping?" I don't think the defense here is very tight. ”
Luo Ying looked at Hua Yu like a fool: "Sister, this is a mountain temple, even if you escape from this dungeon, there are still many monsters outside." Besides, what if I escape? It will only make the mountain god angry with the people in the village and make more people hurt. ”
Hua Yu remembered that Luo Han had said the same thing, sighed in her heart, and asked, "Do you know what we will do with after we are sent here?"
Luo Ying shook her head: "I don't know, anyway, I have never returned to the village with sacrifices, and I am dead when I think about it." Sister, the left and right are dead, don't think about these useless things to add to your troubles, think about some happy things. Have you ever had a lover? ”
"Lover?" Hua Yu was a little distracted, before entering the trial ground, she had a boyfriend, and then broke up. After entering the proving ground, there are very few men who can enter her eyes, and naturally there will be no lovers.
Luo Sakura said: "It seems that my sister has had, what does he do?" How did you meet? ”
Huayu didn't know how to say it for a while, but Luo Ying would be wrong and said, "Did I say the wrong thing and make my sister sad?" Sorry, I didn't mean to. ”
Huayu shook her head and said, "It's okay, I don't have a lover." What about you? Do you have someone you like? ”
"Hee-hee......" Luo Sakura smiled, "Of course not, that's why I asked you." I don't have any other worries, the only regret is that I haven't met a man who loves me and gives me a marriage as beautiful as in the story. I used to think that he must be a hero, who can tear a tiger alive, with a black bear in his hands, and he is handsome, considerate and gentle. Every day he went out hunting, and I washed and cooked at home, growing vegetables and weaving clothes. One day, the bully of the village next door took a fancy to me and did something to me, and when he found out, he killed the bully in the village next door and beat the bully to the ground......"
Hua Yu twitched the corners of her mouth, looked at Luo Ying's fascinated appearance, and asked inappropriately: "Since you still have regrets, why do you take the initiative to send you to death?" ”
Sakura spread her hands: "Because such a man does not exist at all." Even if they have this ability, they won't take a fancy to me. ”
Huayu was puzzled: "But you look good." ”
Sakura said indifferently, "So what? I am an orphan who was picked up at the gate of the stockade, and I have been eating hundreds of meals since I was a child. A person like me is simply not worthy of those who are capable and noble. ”
Here, only the priests of the villages possessed great power, and it is said that their power came from blood. And in order to ensure the strength of the bloodline, the priest clans of each village will only intermarry with each other, and will never combine with ordinary people, let alone fall in love with a person of unknown origin.
Huayu didn't know this, but she also knew about the aristocratic intermarriage, so she also understood. After thinking about it, Huayu asked: "If someone can kill the mountain god, relieve your worries, and is willing to take you out of here to a place where your wish can be fulfilled, will you go with him?" ”
Sakura squatted on the ground, held her chin with her hand, thought for a while and said, "If there really is such a person, I want to marry him." Hee-hee......"
Huayu rolled her eyes: "What if this person is a woman?" ”
Luo Ying frowned: "Can a woman be so strong?" I don't believe it. ”
"I ......" Huayu's words were interrupted, and another girl woke up, and Luo Ying immediately happily asked: "You woke up, my name is Luo Ying, and I am from Jiulin Village......"
Huayu shook her head, this optimistic girl made her like it very much, and he must take her out of here.
After that, a few more girls were sent intermittently. As the girls wake up one after another, the atmosphere in the dungeon begins to become oppressive. Not everyone volunteered to be a sacrifice like the falling cherry blossoms, and how many people can do it knowing that they are going to die and still be in a good mood? The atmosphere of pessimism and despair in the dungeon grew stronger, and many girls began to cry, and it was very noisy.
Luo Ying leaned closer to Hua Yu and pouted, "Anyway, it's all going to die, what's the use of crying?" Sister, you look very different from them. ”
Huayu naturally doesn't cry, in fact, except for chatting with Luo Sakura, she is basically expressionless and doesn't care about the things around her at all. As Sakura said, what's the use of crying at such a time?
"Sakura, no matter what happens, you must follow me. I'll protect you, understand? ”
"Protect me?" Luo Sakura tilted her head with a smile, thought about it and nodded, "Okay, I'll definitely follow my sister." ”
Hua Yu thought for a moment and said, "If you're bored, just tell me about your previous events, so that you don't have nothing to do." ”
"Hmm. I was actually adopted by an old woman, but unfortunately she passed away in a few years......"
Luo Sakura said, listen to the language of flowers, interject from time to time to inquire, time flies quickly, the light at the entrance of the cave slowly becomes dim, and finally turns black.
It was probably at night, a humanoid monster with scales on its face walked in with a large basket covered with sackcloth, put the basket down, and said in a shrill voice: "Have a good meal, sleep well, and I'll collect the basket tomorrow morning." With that, he turned around and left.
The girls didn't dare to go up to see what it was for a while, but Luo Ying was not afraid, directly uncovered the sackcloth, and said happily: "There are bread and barbecue, everyone come and eat." ”
The girls didn't dare to move, Luo Sakura didn't care, grabbed a few dough cakes and two pieces of somewhat charred meat back, gave half of Huayu, and ate them with relish.
When the girls saw that there was nothing wrong with her eating, they were relieved and went forward to get the food.
Huayu took a bite of the barbecue and spit it out directly, the taste of this barbecue is really indescribable, except for the roast, there is nothing commendable. As for the bread, Huayu only ate one bite and gave up, these things are said to be pig food, it is estimated that pigs are not dry, obviously the level of chefs who make these things is too low.
Luo Ying found that Huayu didn't eat it, and asked, "Sister, why don't you eat it?" ”
"Can you swallow it if it's so unpalatable?" Huayu looked left and right, and although the others barely ate it, their expressions showed that her taste buds were normal.
Luo Sakura said: "It's unpalatable, but you have to eat it so that you won't go hungry." Grandma said that starving ghosts cannot be reincarnated. ”