After last night's battle, our bodies have reached the limit, and when we go back, we fall asleep, and this sleep goes straight to the same night.

I was the last to wake up, and I was seriously injured last night, because of the curse, although I have a strong self-healing ability, but the side effects of this self-healing ability have become more and more obvious recently. My body repaired itself quickly, but for a while afterward, I became lethargic and lethargic.

The duration of this state is related to my injuries, after rescuing Yang Mengqing last time, until I returned to my hometown, I have been drowsy, this time the injury is not as serious as the last time, so I only slept for half a day, and the state recovered.

When I woke up, all of them were gathered in the Taoist priest's room, there was a brazier on the ground, the firewood was burning vigorously, there was an iron pot on the fire, and the soup was boiling in it, and the ground around it was also full of all kinds of vegetables and sliced meat.

I stared blankly at the busy Taoist priest by the fire, and said to myself, where did this guy do these things?

In addition to our people, Luo Rou was also there, and the doctor saw that I was awake, patted me, and said that he was going to ask me to eat, just right, when the Taoist priest finished putting the seasoning, he could boil the pot.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Taoist priest shouted at us: "If you want to eat, take your own chopsticks, the conditions are limited, that's it, make do with it!" ”

So saying, we sat down around the brazier, and although Luo Rou had eaten, she seemed to have something else to do when she came to us, so she also sat down beside me.

After a day of sleep, to be honest, I was already hungry, and at this time I was not welcome, so I hurriedly sandwiched a few pieces of tender meat and soaked them in the pot a few times, and then couldn't wait to stuff them into my mouth.

The craftsmanship of the Taoist priest is really speechless, and those unknown slices of meat are also surprisingly delicious, not only rich in fragrance, but also melt in the mouth, the taste is very good, and it is really suitable for hot pot. Everyone ate and gave the Taoist priest a thumbs up and praised it.

I was a little curious, there was a lot of meat on the floor, and almost every one of them tasted like I had never tasted before, and the taste was very good. So I gulped the scalding food into my mouth, and asked him vaguely what kind of meat was boiled, and why was it so delicious?

At this time, the others also looked at the Taoist priest, obviously they were also very curious about it.

The Taoist priest was sweating all over his head, and he didn't know whether it was roasted by the fire, or it was spicy by the kind of chili pepper that was a specialty of Miao Village, he pointed at Luo Rou, inhaled in his mouth, and stuck out his tongue to let us not ask him, these things were sent by Luo Rou.

Hearing this, we all looked at Luo Rou curiously, and saw her smile slightly, saying that these were actually the victories of the savage last night......

"Victories?" We were all a little surprised, and the doctor was the first to react, and asked with some surprise, "Could it be those beasts?" ”

Luo Rou smiled and nodded, at this time we all reacted, Luo Rou told us that although the wild people often attack Miao Village, this is actually a rare opportunity for Miao Village.

Because of the existence of the three old enemies, except for Miao Village, the secret territory is a dangerous area, but the scope of Miao Village is limited, there is very little land available for cultivation, and the outside of the village is very dangerous, so it is difficult to rely on farming for self-sufficiency.

For more than 100 years, in addition to farming, the Miao people also had to go out hunting for three days and two heads, so as to ensure their daily needs, but most of the beasts in the secret territory were fierce beasts that had perished thousands of years ago, which was very difficult to deal with, and they had to always guard against savages and spirits, and they were often very secretly harvested.

And every time the savages attack Miao Village, they will summon a large number of fierce beasts in the secret territory, as long as they can repel the wild people, all the beasts that die in the battle are Miao Village. But these harvests are underestimated, and sometimes in the year of natural disasters, the crops are not harvested, and Miao Zhai can rely on these animal meat to persist until the next year.

According to Luo Rou, the scale of the wild man's attack last night was the largest in nearly a decade, and the casualties in Miao Village were great, but the harvest was unimaginable. The meat of those beasts can be stored for two or three years without spoiling by using a secret method to smoke dry or make cured meat, and this harvest is enough to feed Miao Zhai for two years.

In addition to meat, the fur can also be used to make clothes to protect against the cold, in short, this harvest is completely unimaginable for Miao Village.

According to the custom, every time after defeating the wild man, Miao Zhai celebrates, and last night we helped a lot, so she brought us some of the meat from this harvest to taste.

After listening to her words, we sighed again and again, this really responds to the sentence of "woe and fortune are relied on, and fortune and misfortune are lurking", without the attack of savages, Miao Zhai can live safely, but life will be tight, and with the attack of savages, although Miao Zhai has sorrows, but can live richly.

After chatting for a while, Han Die, who was curious and baby-like, opened her eyes wide, and suddenly asked a question that we hadn't thought of, she asked Luo Rou what would happen to the corpses of those savages?

I said in my heart that there was something to ask about this, it must have been buried, but Luo Rou's answer surprised us a little.

She said that a large part of the corpses of the wild men would be sent to the ancestral gods to be sacrificed, and some of the rest would be burned, and the bones left behind would be made into witchcraft spells by witch maidens!

Hearing the word 'witch', a picture flashed in my mind for no reason, and at the same time a sense of familiarity rose in my heart, as if I had heard it somewhere, but I couldn't recall it, but the picture was a little weird, because it was a fragment of a picture I saw in my sleep when I was attacked on the night I first arrived in Miao Village.

The picture was a figure wrapped in a hazy white light, and I wondered why I had this figure in my mind when I heard the shrine maiden. Could it be that the hazy figure in the picture has anything to do with the witch that Luo Rou just mentioned?

As soon as I thought of this, I couldn't help the curiosity in my heart and asked, "Miss Rou, I don't know what the witch you just mentioned?" ”

Luo Rou looked at me and smiled quietly: "Reporter, why are you still so outside, you are my sister's friend, just call me Xiaorou!" ”

I smiled awkwardly, and didn't answer, Luo Rou didn't care, she still smiled, and then said: "I forgot to tell you before, in the village, Hei Miaowei is responsible for maintaining order, and is led by the patriarch. In addition, there is also the priesthood system, the priest is responsible for communicating with the gods, praying for blessings, healing, etc., and the priest is ruled by the holy woman, that is, me, and the supreme administrator of the priesthood system is the shrine maiden and high priest, who holds all the priesthoods, and the holy woman and the patriarch also need to listen to her. ”

We didn't expect Miao Village to have such a system, no wonder King Gu would say that the matter of burying the mountain was not within his authority.

The Taoist priest was very interested in this witch, and while he was talking about sex, he had a lot less scruples when he spoke, and asked directly: "Immeasurable Tianzun, Xiaorou girl, listen to your description, this sacrificial system is somewhat similar to the previous witch religion, the witch religion and my Taoism are both the main stream of the Xuanmen, Guizhai has been isolated from the world for more than a hundred years, and the witch Gu has not declined, but has become more and more prosperous, and the village is even more mastery, presumably the witch should be more powerful!" ”

Listening to the Taoist priest's words, Luo Rou's eyes were full of wonder, she glanced at the Taoist priest, and did not answer positively: "The Taoist chief praised it falsely, the witch Gu technique is originally a side door, it is difficult to enter the hall of elegance, how dare you compare it with Taoist orthodoxy, as for the witch ......"

When she said this, she paused, and then smiled slightly: "If nothing else, I will be the next witch!" ”

Hearing this, we were all stunned.

"The next shrine maiden, is it ...... The shrine maiden was succeeded by a holy woman? The Taoist priest asked in surprise. Love 999

Luo Rou nodded, then looked at me and said, "Actually, the purpose of my visit this time is also related to the witch mother-in-law!" ”

I looked into her eyes and realized that this might have something to do with me, so I hurriedly asked her, "Is it the matter of burying the mountain?" ”

Luo Rou sighed and said to me apologetically: "Reporter, I'm sorry, I told the witch mother-in-law about you, but it's ......"

She didn't go on, but I understood, and my heart sank. King Gu has already said that he has no way to make decisions about the burial mountain and the Sanmiao Xianzhai, which means that if the witch does not agree, it is impossible for us to get the news of the burial mountain and the Sanmiao Xianzhai.

I pondered, thinking about what to do next, I didn't know what the specific situation was, but I still had some illusions in my heart, so I said to Luo Rou, let her take me to the witch, I will go and beg her personally, maybe I can change her mind.

After listening to my thoughts, Luo Rou nodded and said, "Actually, I came to you to mean the same thing, but my mother-in-law doesn't like outsiders very much, maybe, maybe ......"

I smiled and said to her, "It's okay, you just need to introduce me to me, if you really can't convince my mother-in-law...... Let's find another way! ”

That being said, I don't know what to do next, and to be honest, if I really can't convince the shrine maiden, I really don't know what to do next.

After discussing it with Luo Rou, she asked me to stay in peace first, and as soon as I had the opportunity, she would immediately take me to meet the shrine maiden mother-in-law.

Nothing happened in the next few days, we rarely lived a comfortable life, eating and sleeping every day, wandering around in Miao Village, although the language barrier, but still got along very well with the Miao people.

Professor Han came here for a different purpose than we did, after the wild man attack subsided, he took his students around the Miao village during the day to investigate something, and we were not interested in archaeology, so we did not participate. When he came back in the evening, he took us and asked us about our experiences in several forbidden places.

At first, I thought he was also interested in the Earth Eye, but as the communication with him deepened, I realized that he was not interested in the Earth Eye, but on the ancient and mysterious prehistoric Three-Eyed Eyes.

Once, I couldn't help the doubts in my heart, so I asked him why he paid so much attention to the information of the Three-Eyed Eye Clan, Professor Han helped his glasses and smiled mysteriously at us, saying that these were still secrets, and due to the lack of evidence, he was not sure whether his research results were correct, so he could not tell us for the time being.

In this regard, although we are curious, but there is no way, but I also keep an eye on it, for those experiences of mine, I only said that Professor Han can find out the clues, such as the underground ruins of Fengyang, and the mirror space of the Toast Tai Lock Demon Lake, as for the Yeling Tiankeng, Luogang Village Demon Ghost Valley, and Xiangnan Corpse Town, these unknown experiences have all been concealed by me.

I made up my mind that I wouldn't tell Professor Han these things until I fully understood him.

The quiet life lasted for a week, and in addition to the above things, there was another problem that gave me a lot of headaches.

Since the attack on Miao Village by the savages, Lin Qiao'er has completely changed as a person.

Before, her feelings for me had always been hidden in my heart, although I knew all of them, and she knew that I knew, but they never broke. However, since she woke up, this affection has become more and more revealed, and now, especially after the last time I witnessed me being seriously injured by the wild man, she has completely let go, and no longer careful, she has become very bold and enthusiastic, and she is like the sister Qiao'er I knew before.

I couldn't accept this feeling, but I didn't know what to do with the promise I made and the white lie she told while she was unconscious. So, the cutting continued, the sorting was still messy, and I was completely messed up!

That night, I had just finished reading a description of how to control the Innate Yuan Qi in the Taiye's Codex, and I was about to sleep when there was a knock on the door.

"Who?" I asked!

"Reporter, it's me!" Lin Qiao'er's voice came from outside the door, my heart tightened, and I looked to the side, only to see that the doctor was concentrating on reading the medicine king's canon, and it didn't seem to have heard it at all.

I got up and opened the door, Lin Qiaoer stood at the door prettyly, I don't know if it was my delusion, I actually felt that she was more beautiful tonight than ever.

"Qiao...... Sister Qiao'er, are you okay? I asked, a little nervously.

Lin Qiao'er raised her eyes, her expression was unprecedentedly serious, and she only said, "Follow me!" Then he turned and went downstairs.

I looked back at the doctor who was still staring at Yao Wangdian, sighed, put on a piece of clothing and followed!

Under an old locust tree not far from the stilted building, Lin Qiao'er was already waiting there with her back to me, looking at her vague back hidden in the night, a sense of uneasiness rose in my heart, hesitated for a moment, or walked over!

"Sister Qiao'er, it's so late, what's the matter!" I'm a little apprehensive.

Lin Qiao'er didn't answer, and after a long silence, her voice finally sounded.

"Xiaoyi, let me ask you, at that time, what you said was true?"

She still didn't turn around, and her tone was quiet, but I was shocked when I heard it, and my heart was filled with bitterness. Sure enough, she heard it then!

"Xiaoyi, do you know, I'm going to die at that time!" Seeing that I didn't speak, her voice rang out again.

I didn't particularly understand, and was about to ask her what she meant, but she added, "At that time, there was a demon in my dream, and she was about to swallow me, and it was your voice, and I heard your voice, and it was those words that gave me hope and strength, and allowed me to overcome it."

Now, my sister asks you, are what you said true? ”

At the last sentence, her voice trembled, and she turned around as the words fell, looking at me with tears in her eyes.

I froze in place, my heart tingled, I opened my mouth, and just said the three words "I'm sorry" with difficulty, I didn't want Lin Qiaoer's face to suddenly turn pale, and then pounced on me without hesitation.

Before I could react, I heard a pop, and a black mist pierced her chest, and the blood stained my shirt red!