Mangrove Village is located at the foot of the heavy mountain in the northwest of the Yongze Department, backed by high mountains and facing endless forests.

The area where the village is located is lined with orange and red trees for several miles, and from a high vantage point, the mangrove forest looks like a blood stain on a green carpet, which is very conspicuous.

If someone enters the forest, they will find that the color of the leaves is normal, not red. The reason for the red color is due to the fact that there is a red vine growing on the tree.

The vines were bright red, thin and long, like morning glories, and they grew wildly in this space, hanging all over the trees, enveloping the whole forest in them.

The red is mixed with the green of the leaves, so from a distance, it becomes orange-red.

Bright red vines hung like curtains in the woods, layered on top of each other, blocking the gaps in the forest, making it impossible to see far. The red and green colors in the eyes dazzle people and make them unable to distinguish the direction.

Divide the vines and move slowly, and if someone leads the way, you can find a human village deep in the mangrove forest, which is Mangrove Village.

I saw hundreds of stilted huts with domes built in the glade, and the village was full of people, all dyed red like vines.

At this moment, the people in the village seem to be doing something important, and the celebrities in the village are busy. Some gathered together and chanted in low voices, others ran around carrying things, and many more sat on the edges, silently watching.

On one of the large stilt houses, a chic verandah protrudes forward to form a terrace, on which several people are sitting, watching the busy crowd in front of them talk.

One of them, a lean young man with white stripes painted on his body, was out of place with the crowd around him, and at first glance he didn't belong here. But it was the messenger sent by the son of the dragon of the Ryuze Department to negotiate.

"Patriarch Du'an, if the gods of the nobility don't want to see outsiders, I can hide behind and watch." Gou Xiansi's attitude was very low, and he bowed down very politely and asked an old man beside him.

The old man was stout, and he was also red, and his mouth was covered tightly with a big red beard.

"Out of the way." The red-bearded old man waved his hand and said, "Our gods have never said that you can't see outsiders. ”

"Fourth brother, we summoned the gods at your request, in order to show the sincerity of my people from Mangrove Village, it is better for you to meet our gods head-on." Another young man from Mangrove Village said in a good voice.

This person has a sturdy figure and a generous face, and it is Lie Shanhong who went to the Shi family to contact him. However, last time he didn't have paint on him, and now he has become a big celebrity, and he can't recognize it if you don't look closely.

The people of Mangrove Village are not like this red man on weekdays, but an important ceremony is going to be held today, so they are dyed red.

Gou Xiansi smiled and said, "Since both of you say so, then I'll stay here and watch the ceremony." ”

After speaking, he stopped talking, stared ahead, his eyes flashed, and his expression was a little nervous.

He was sent to Mangrove Village by the dragon spirit three days ago, and Akari was a messenger to communicate with the people of Mangrove Village, and secretly carried out an undercover mission assigned to him by Ryuko.

Ryuko told him to be sure to lure out the gods of Mangrove Village. Before leaving, everyone discussed for a night, and made up several sets of lies without any flaws for the first time, so that Gou Xiansi remembered it firmly.

After some exploration in Mangrove Village, Gou Xiansi chose one of the options.

He is an undisciplined person, and he has a talent for lying, and he coaxes the people of Mangrove Village to say: The dragon son has asked the dragon god, and the dragon god said that he is willing to meet them, but he needs them to explain things clearly in front of the god he now believes in.

Who would be stupid enough to say to the gods that we don't believe in you anymore? Of course, the people of Mangrove Village disagreed.

Even if they want to abandon the gods they believe in now, they have to do it quietly, and they won't summon the gods and tell the gods directly, isn't that looking for a draw!

Gou Xiansi then lied: "It's not that you are going to abandon the gods on the spot, but that Ryuko heard that the gods you believe in do not exist, so he has doubts about you. ”

"He asked me to come and see if you really believe in gods and are unwilling to convert easily, or if you don't have gods at all and deliberately give him problems."

"Longzi said that the dragon god has gone to the god realm now, and it will cost him essence blood to summon the dragon god, and the dragon god's appearance from the void will also consume a lot of divine power, and both will have to pay a great price."

"If the god you believe in really exists, he is willing to summon the dragon god for you, if it doesn't exist......"

"You deceived the dragon god and the dragon son, they will be very angry!"

The patriarch of Mangrove Village, Lieshan Du'an, was in a hurry at that time, and shouted with a red face and a thick neck: "How can the gods we believe in not exist? How could the gods that the people of Mangrove Village had believed in for more than a hundred years not exist? ”

"Don't be angry, Patriarch Du'an." Gou Xian Si said kindly: "You also know that the surrounding villages think that your gods are made up by themselves, and it is understandable that Longzi has some doubts. After all, summoning the dragon god is a very important matter, and he doesn't dare to be sloppy. ”

"If your ministry is not taboo, can you summon your gods and let me take a look?"

Lieshan Du'an hesitated for a moment, and immediately summoned the village leaders to discuss the matter, and soon made a decision: summon the gods to reassure the envoy of the dragon son!

Seeing that the plan had succeeded for the most part, Gou Xian Si was overjoyed, and his heart was both proud and a little contemptuous of the gods of Mangrove Village.

Believers are still gods when they say they are called to their gods, and they don't have much reverence? At least like the dragon god, let's put on a shelf that is not easy to invite.

Seeing that the people of Mangrove Village did not have much respect for their gods, Gou Xiansi felt that Longzi's god-slaughtering plan was more certain.

The people of Mangrove Village quickly prepared the summoning ceremony.

Under a large tree at the edge of the village, there is a platform made of rotten wood.

The red vines on the trees were as dense as a curtain, hanging down from a high place, covering the whole platform tightly.

Some people from Mangrove Village climbed up to the wooden platform, tied up the vines hanging from the platform, and pulled them to both sides like curtains, revealing the platform inside.

It was about ten paces wide and long, and it was covered with a thick layer of moss and a small yellow flower like a daisy. Decorating a rotten wooden platform like a stage is very artistic.

The people of Mangrove Village sat around the front of the stage as if they were watching a movie, and there were four or five men and women standing in front of the stage, who had just finished chanting a mantra and were discussing something in a low voice.

Lieshan Hong pointed at one of the old women and smiled, "That's the wizard of my clan. ”

"Hehe, the old man has served the gods all his life, and this time the whole clan wants to convert to the new gods, she has no objection, but she will not move away with the group."

"When the gods come, her soul will follow the gods."

"Ugh." Lie Shan Hong's expression was gloomy, but Gou Xiansi didn't care about the life or death of other wizards, he just wanted to complete the task quickly.

"It's getting late, when will the summoning ceremony begin." He looked at the mangrove forest and asked anxiously.

Lie Shan Hong said: "Wait a while, the sun will set and it will begin." ”