Chapter 1377: Humble and Persistent
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A boulder slanted horizontally in the river, almost swallowed by the water. A small house with stone blocks on it was already crumbling. And the crisp nursery rhymes and crying still continue to come out of it, and through the wind and rain and drift into the distance, making Wen's heart tight!
The three brothers followed the sound and slowly landed on the boulder.
The old dragon and the tiger head looked curious.
Lin waved his sleeves and flicked it, and immediately shrouded the boulder of more than ten zhang under mana. After a while, he bent down and stepped into the low stone house, the crying stopped abruptly, and the child's voice sounded: "Uncle...... Are you going to eat your brother and you......"
The stone house is three feet square, low and ventilated. In the corner, there was a five- or six-year-old girl doll, holding a one-year-old boy in her arms. The two little men had already soaked their clothes from the rain, and they were still shivering in the cold. Judging by the situation, this should be for the sister and brother.
Lin Yi squatted down and said in surprise: "Doll, why is it here, why does Uncle want to eat people...... he didn't forget to secretly drive the mana, and the surroundings were suddenly filled with a thick warmth.
The female doll who calls herself Nan'er has a bun and looks cute, but her little face is a little panicked. He blinked his big clear eyes and stared at the old uncle who suddenly appeared, and hesitated, "You...... Isn't it the river god......" And before the words fell, the brother in his arms could not bear the hunger and cold, pouted and cried again. She hurriedly patted it with her hand and murmured: "Yun'er, stop quickly, rain, stop quickly......"
This female doll is comforting her young brother and herself. The river overflows the embankment, and the stone houses will fall. The sister and brother are isolated, and they can only entrust all their panic to the nursery rhyme that Yunyu will never leave!
After a few moments, the doll fell into a deep sleep. The female doll breathed a sigh of relief, but looked at Lin Yi timidly, Chu Chu moved: "Uncle, let go of your brother, he won't cry......"
Lin Yi shook his head and said with a gentle smile: "Let's talk about why you are here, Uncle will let your brother go......"
The girl's eyes flashed, she nodded again and again, and responded: "Nan'er and her brother are for Uncle River God to enjoy, Uncle River God is hungry, and he wants to be angry......"
The child's speech is reversed, but it is not difficult to understand.
This is a human sacrifice, and it is ridiculous that virgins are sacrificed to the gods!
Lin Yi asked, "Nan'er, I don't know where I live, so that my uncle can send you and your brother home......"
Nan'er smiled, but replied seriously: "My family is in Duanshan Village, it's good to let my brother go, it's better to leave Nan'er, otherwise you will be angry, and there will be no harvest in the fields in the coming year, and my father and mother will starve......"
This girl is too young, and it is not easy to remember Broken Mountain Village. As for where her home is, she can't tell at all.
Lin Yi stretched out his hand to hold the two dolls in his arms, turned around and walked out of the stone house. Nan'er Wu hugged her brother and looked around timidly.
The two brothers were still waiting, and the old dragon was puzzled and asked, "Boss, what is this doing?"
The tiger head shook his head and said, "The boss is really idle, and he picked up two dolls in the heavy rain......"
Lin Yi lowered his head, smiled slightly, and said, "Since I met, count these two children as ...... fate."
Nan'er was still holding her brother by herself, but she saw two other strange-looking old men standing in the air not far away, so frightened that she shrank her head into Lin Yi's arms. Uncle the river god, who was once awe-inspiring and terrifying, turned out to be her only support at this time!
Within a hundred miles, only one mountain village could be seen in his consciousness.
Lin Yi stepped into the air with the two children in his arms, and said to the old dragon who came with him: "You are the reincarnation of the dragon, it should not be difficult to call for wind and rain." And the heavy rain here is a disaster, do you know the reason?"
The old dragon looked at the four directions through the rain and mist, groaned, and replied: "Because of the mountainous situation, whenever the solar terms change, the yin and yang are born, so the wind and rain are continuous......!
"What you say is reasonable!" Lin Yishen echoed a sentence thoughtfully, and then asked: "Do you say that there is a river god in this big river?"
Before the old dragon could speak, the tiger head hurriedly replied: "If there are gods in this river, then the mountains and trees have already become essences......
Lin Yi smiled and asked: "Birds and beasts can become essences, why can't grass......, trees, mountains and stones?
Between talking and laughing, it unconsciously became a profound and ethereal conversation, and the tiger head suddenly couldn't answer, even the old dragon was silent and thoughtful.
In the eyes of mortals, there are omnipotent and moody immortals in this world. is like the three old uncles in Xiao Nan'er's eyes, they are terrifying and respectable, but they have to rely on them with their lives. In the eyes of the three brothers, all laws have a cause, cultivation has results, and the so-called immortals are nothing more than another kind of existence. And under the way of heaven, all things are mixed, where are you divided into immortals, mortals, dogs, and mustards......
Twenty miles away, there is a village of dozens of families. The houses on the col have been swept away by the flash floods, and there is no one to be seen. Surrounded by turbid currents, stagnant water,
When slowly passing over the ruins on the mountain col, Nan'er forgot the nursery rhyme, forgot the panic, and looked down in a daze, and her little hand couldn't help but grasp her river god uncle. It's a mess, it's familiar, but it's unrecognizable......
Three or five miles further on, there is a high mountain. In the distance, there is a huge cave halfway up the mountain. Among them, the figures are shaking, which should be a place for mountain people to take refuge from heavy rains and floods.
Lin Yi came to the cave thousands of feet away, and did not fall behind, but stood quietly in the wind and rain with the child in his arms. The old dragon and the tiger head followed, and followed to survey everything in the cave.
In the cave, there were one or two hundred mountain people, whether they were women, children, old and young, or young and strong, all of them were worried. And the sobbing of the woman made the storm even more bleak.
At this time, an old man in the crowd said sharply: "Don't be sad anymore for the mother-in-law of the Nan'er family, if you anger the river god, it will definitely affect the clansmen......"
The woman was frightened, and the sobbing stopped. Next to her sat a man in the prime of life, bowing his head and sighing.
It was an old man who was almost ancient, described as withered, and his eyes were already cloudy, but he sat upright, and he looked very respectable. He stretched out his hand to hold his dirty white beard, coughed lightly, and then taught: "Every year in the rainy season, there is no sacrifice necessary. Just wait for the river god to receive the offering, and the clouds will disappear. This is the rule of the ancestors, and it must not be violated ......"
Everyone in the cave listened to the teachings of the elders, and they had no idea what was going on outside the cave.
The tiger's head lost the interest in the rain, and the light flashed around his body, and a layer of mist exploded, and it was already refreshing up and down in an instant. But he scolded impatiently: "These lowly mortals, they are so fucking ignorant! they should throw that old immortal thing into the river......
The old dragon had no intention of doing much, just watching from the sidelines.
Lin Yi said: "Lin is from the mortal world, and he is also a layman......
The tiger shrank his head and suddenly fell silent.
Lin Yi's mana enveloped him, shielding out all movement. The two children in his arms only felt warm, and the couple was quiet and motionless. He said with deep feelings: "The helplessness of life and death is inevitably terrifying and awe-inspiring. The desperate trap always makes people pray for the fairness of heaven. And whenever we are in a predicament and we can't get out of it, why isn't that the case? After the bloody price, sometimes nothing can be changed. Ignorance is also a kind of humble attachment......"
The tiger's head blinked, a little dazed.
The old dragon thought for a while, and said loudly: "Boss, you are becoming more and more compassionate, but it's a pity that the two dolls ......."
Lin Yi smiled bitterly: "For the two dolls, the elders of the clan are the way of heaven that cannot be violated. And you and I are also suffering from imprisonment and shackles, but we are just constantly fighting and breaking......" He no longer sighed, and his figure flashed, and he had fallen into the cave. When it dissipated the mana to protect the body, Nan'er in his arms said crisply: "Mother......"
There was a sudden silence in the cave, and everyone was stunned and at a loss.
It was a clear old man, with a flowing white beard and a smile on his face. I don't know where he came from, but Shicai didn't even notice it. However, the pair of dolls he was holding in his arms were no strangers, they were the daughters and young sons of Guo Huai's family in the village......
"Nan'er...... Brother ......"
After a while, the crowd resounded with the exclamations of the mother-in-law. She recognized her own children, but it was dreamy and unbelievable.
Lin Yi gently put the two children down. The younger brother had woken up from his sleep, and after only two steps, he staggered to the ground, and was immediately helped up by his sister. Xu saw a familiar face, and the villain couldn't help but "giggle" and laugh. And Nan'er was even more overjoyed, and called out urgently: "Mother...... Daddy......"
The mother-in-law had already stood up from the crowd, her mouth wide open, with tearful eyes, and she choked up like a lost soul: "Nan'er...... Mother is here......" The man in her family also widened his eyes and murmured, "Brother Yan...... My life* root ......"
"Ahem......"
At the same time, there was a sudden sound of eager coughing in the crowd, followed by an angry rebuke: "Presumptuous...... Who took back the two dolls and put the gods there? This is a great disrespect...... Great disrespect! It will harm the whole village...... It's going to bring disaster to the tribe......"
There was a commotion in the cave, and suddenly there was silence. Yes, I have to make offerings to the river god every year, and it is Guo Huai's turn this year. And his two children, who were sacrificed to the river god, are now being sent back, wouldn't it be a violation of the rules of the ancestors, and they will surely cause disaster!
The mother-in-law and the man who were about to rush out were also stunned in place. Only the two little people were supporting each other, crooked, and their faces were full of joy, looking forward to the embrace of their parents......
Lin Yi looked at everyone and was greeted with a pair of doubtful, wary, and resentful eyes. He shook his head secretly, then held his long beard in his hand, and said undoubtedly: "From now on, no more sacrifices will be allowed." Broken Mountain Village moved out of 500 miles and settled down in the mountains, forests and highlands!"
The old man was still angry, and was about to continue to reprimand, but when he heard the words, he couldn't help but be stunned, tried his best to open his cloudy eyes, and said in surprise: "You...... Who are you......"
Lin Yi no longer answered, and a colorful light suddenly poured out of his body, and the sleeves of his robe flew without wind, and then there were clouds and mist under his feet, and then the whole person was already rising, and then he shook the Quartet and said: "If you don't respect the order, the clan will be wiped out!" In the blink of an eye, his figure was gone. Then came a crisp call: "Uncle River God...... That's the river god Uncle ......"
In the cave, the old man took the lead and knelt down and bowed, "Sincerely, the gods are revealed, and the Lord's edict comes, and I dare not disobey ......."
In the rain and fog, there was a laughter: "Haha! Those mortals are so funny, they would rather believe in ghosts and gods than believe in their own ......"
Someone said meaningfully: "In everyone's heart, there is a fairy ......"
"Who is the boss immortal?"
"What do you say......"