Chapter 410: The Goddess
Perhaps because the inhabitants of the desert island were too kind-hearted, the girl refused to leave.
Not only did she not leave, but she also married the fisherman who saved her at the time, which became a good story of Zhi'en Tubao, but she was silent about her origins.
Not long after she got married, she gathered the whole village and said that she had a way to break the curse on the island that had been around for nearly a hundred years, so that the baby would not die and the strange disease would die forever.
The girl also told everyone that the curse did not come from any heavenly curse, but from the god of the sea they worshipped, Mazu!
The curse of Mazu? I'm just inexplicable.
Mazu is the goddess of the sea, whether from the real historical records or myths and legends, she is a righteous messenger, turning evil into good fortune, otherwise it would not have been so widely spread.
And the woman who is called a goddess by a mysterious person is probably the sister of the Korean client who stole the dragon ball and was separated from her family.
"You don't believe me?"
The mysterious man smiled wryly, saying that none of them had believed the goddess at first, but the goddess had begun to show her power.
She stayed in the Mazu Temple for three days and three nights, and then cured several villagers of strange diseases, including the village chief at the time.
Since the strange disease spread on the island, all the infected people have no other way but to wait for death slowly, and the goddess's power has caused a huge shock, and the curse of Mazu has made everyone suspicious.
The goddess told the villagers that the so-called infant death and strange diseases were all revelations, but they were all mortal babies in the flesh and could not comprehend Mazu's intentions at all.
If you want to solve these two things once and for all, there is only one way: sacrifice. This sacrificial object is not a gift of incense and candles, but a living person!
Although the ancestors of the inhabitants of the desert island were all exiled pirates, after all, there have been several generations of people, and the people are simple, and the words of the goddess frightened the villagers.
Needless to say, there are good people, even ordinary people can't do it.
But years of suffering, as well as the fear of death and no successor, have tormented everyone to the brink of collapse. If the tragedy does not happen to you, you will never be able to understand the pain and despair.
With a glimmer of hope and the mentality of a dead horse being a live horse doctor, the four old people with the surname discussed all night and decided to give it a try.
The goddess told everyone that there was a secret passage on this desert island, which led to an underground altar at the bottom, and immersed in the bottom of the island.
There are seven stone pillars on the altar, and at the end of May every year, before the typhoon falls, seven living people must be sacrificed to Mazu and tied to the stone pillars.
With that, the mysterious man raised his head and looked around.
I understand what he means, and I guess this is where the so-called underground altar is. If you think about it, I don't know how many meters it juts into the ocean, and I have long suspected that it could not be done by man.
There are also requirements for these seven sacrificed living people. They must not be inhabitants of the island or descendants of the inhabitants, they must not be infirm and sick, they must have a strong desire to survive......
Hearing this, I seemed to understand why the suicidal man who had been on the beach would be fine. Although he was a living man, he was bent on death, lost his desire to live, and did not meet the standards of sacrifice.
All of this seems to be full of irony: those who seek death are safe, but those who want to live become sacrifices. It really fulfills the old saying - good people don't live long, and disasters live for thousands of years.
The mystery man continued.
"The first people to be sacrificed were a group of thugs recruited from the land, and the villagers, under the guise of building a temple, promised a lot of money, tricked them into the island, drunk them with wine, and dragged them into the underground altar......"
After the sacrifice was completed, a miracle happened. Not only did everyone's strange illness disappear one by one, but the four children born on the island that year also came to life, and the curse was broken.
As things returned to normal in the village, the population began to flourish.
In recent years, more and more children have been born in the village, and young people have been active and energetic, and they have gradually gone to school, work, and factories on the land.
Over time, many people slowly left the village to live a better life on land, and the village was gradually abandoned. However, the tradition of annual sacrifices has been passed down from generation to generation.
Don't look at leaving the desert island, the descendants of the residents are quite united with each other because of their childhood exposure, and no one dares to joke with their lives after escaping from the desert island before.
Everyone believes that today's happiness comes from the good fortune of Mazu, so the sacrifice must continue.
Needless to say, I also know the rest of the story, year after year, the people who keep going missing on this island are all the work of them, including the expedition tour group on that post.
Since it is a sacrifice, there is naturally no corpse, and the gods are unaware, leaving the outside world with the illusion of disappearance at sea.
Human sacrifice, this heinous act has existed since ancient times, but all of them are the work of extremely vicious oblique organizations, which are used for all kinds of evil law cultivation, and obviously have nothing to do with the gods.
"How can you be sure that those living people were sacrificed to Mazu? Have you ever seen Mazu apparitions? ”
I asked the mystery man.
The mysterious man nodded, saying that of course he had seen it, and that not only him, but the whole village knew about it.
He told us that before each sacrifice, the goddess would stay in the Mazu temple for three days and three nights. On the eve of the typhoon, Mazu will appear in the Mazu temple, dive into the sea, and swim into the underground altar to enjoy the tribute......
His description made me feel creepy.
But no matter what the mysterious person says, at this moment, I can already be sure in my heart that the so-called Mazu curse must be fake, and the black hand behind the scenes must be some evil spirit under the guise of Mazu!
"You...... You ......"
A Korean guy frowned and made a gesture. He first pointed to the mysterious man, made a motion to wipe his neck, and then stumbled and said, "Alive...... Alive......"
He clearly wanted to ask why the mysterious man came back from the dead.
The mysterious man was stunned for a moment, but quickly understood. With a sad face, he said that the strange disease was gone, but one of the four surnames on the island was elected, and the goddess said that they were the ones chosen by Mazu and could live forever.
The main job of these four men is to help the goddess complete the annual rituals, and in return, no matter what form they die, as long as the body is well preserved, they will be resurrected the next day, but they will not be able to leave the island.
The scales that grow on the back are the sign of the immortal. This sign is hereditary, and his immortal body is inherited from the blood of his ancestors.
I'm sure the island curse must have been the work of an evil spirit, but it seems to be too powerful.
It's not strange that evil things haunt people, but this guy can influence generations on a desert island for nearly a hundred years, and even bring the dead back to life. This is really a bit unbelievable, I don't know what kind of demon and monster it is......