Chapter 4: The Town Guard
Lin Shouxi turned his head, and the Taoist was staring at him, and the one with his right eye closed jumped as if he was about to open it.
Lin Shouxi could have a hunch that if this eye was opened, all his secrets would be known.
But fortunately, it seemed that it would take a lot of money to open his eyes once, and the Taoist only hesitated a little and did not make any more moves.
Seeing that he didn't speak again, Lin Shouxi returned to his position.
The demonic Taoist sat surrounded by candles, the inexhaustible smell of fish precipitated in the house, the storm outside knocked on the doors and windows, and the ugly little ghosts lying on the windows stared at the house with a smile......
It's all happening in a real and absurd way.
The snow-haired girl who came to pick her up was named Xiao He, and in addition to her, there were two other survivors in the house.
One is a tearful little fat man named Wang Erguan, who seems to be the elder brother of that Wang Ji.
There was also a young man with a cold face, and he had been tested by the Taoist before he entered the house, so he didn't know his name.
More than a dozen teenagers and girls were killed and only four remained, and the Taoist who was the initiator looked indifferent and disagreed.
"You're all lucky people."
The Taoist glanced around with one eye, and spoke, but his tone was as gentle as a spring breeze.
Everyone held their breath, and no one dared to respond.
"You must be wondering why you're here and where you're going next, right?"
The Taoist smiled slightly, he was murderous before, but at this moment, he was kind to the young men and girls who had been selected, as if they were all rare treasures.
"I am the chief worshipper of the Wu family, and I have practiced in Yunkong Mountain, you can call me...... Cloud real people. ”
After introducing himself, Yun Zhenren began to talk about the ins and outs of the matter.
"This is Wuzhu Lake, and at the bottom of the lake lies an ancient deity, a god we worship, called the God of Guarding."
"Lord Zhenshou is one of the few great gods that survived in the ancient god war, few people in the world know its existence, back then, the first head of our Wu family made a contract with the gods by the Wuzhu Lake, and since then, the Wu family has lived in this filthy land for generations, watching over the sleeping gods at the bottom of the lake, and it has been two hundred and ninety-nine years."
"The content of the contract with the gods is very simple, he gives the Wu family a strong bloodline, and the Wu family will stay by the lake for generations as the inheritors, and after the gods are gone, we will enter the god's residence and pass on its power."
"The god of the town has made a prophecy that it will live for another three hundred years...... That is, next year, however, ......"
Yun Zhenren paused, and the smile on his cheeks spread out, like a broken mirror wet with blood.
"But ten days ago, God was killed."
God was killed?!
The little fat man Wang Erguan and the snow-haired girl Xiao He showed surprise.
Although they don't know what kind of god it is, in their cognition, gods are only legendary beings, ancient and powerful, how can such an existence be killed?
It is said that one of the first ancient gods once said a famous sentence on the top of the mountain: who can kill me except the infinite time and me?
"How can a god be killed?" Xiao He's neck shook slightly, and his words were soft.
"yes...... How could it be ......"
The little fat man Wang Erguan also widened his eyes and muttered in agreement.
Yun Zhenren's face was like frost, and his robes danced rhythmically with the candles around him.
"I can't believe it." Yun Zhenren said: "The god sleeps at the bottom of the lake, but its statue has been standing on the edge of the cliff by the lake, and the statue has golden eyes all year round, indicating the survival of the gods, but ten days ago...... Ten days ago, thunder and lightning pierced the sky, and the lake water suddenly evaporated in large quantities, forming an unprecedented fog. ”
"When the white mist finally cleared, the eldest son of the Wu family went to worship the idol, and unexpectedly found that there were two deep marks on the idol, which seemed to have been split by a sword."
The idol that connects the gods to the body of the gods is indestructible, even the heavenly thunder cannot leave traces on it, what is it that splits it?
"It was also in the process of worshipping that the pupils of the gods that had been burning for nearly three hundred years went out, and the idol shattered and fell into Lake Wuzhu, and the water of Lake Wuzhu also began to evaporate in large quantities, revealing the Shinto ...... hidden below."
Yun Zhenren did not continue.
Lin Shouxi understood, the god died if the idol was broken, and the prophecy was advanced by a year, and the god they watched and worshipped was killed by two nameless swords ten days ago.
Jinni...... This is a majestic and powerful life, so powerful that a large family will not hesitate to spend three hundred years waiting, just to obtain the power of its inheritance. But how was such a powerful life killed?
What kind of terrible thing can kill a god?
Then, Lin Shouxi also understood that although the gods were killed, their family's duties would continue, and now that the lake had receded, the divine court hidden at the bottom of the lake should be revealed, and they would go to the center of the lake to take over the inheritance of the gods.
I and these teenagers and girls were summoned here, presumably because of this.
"The god has passed away, its power will be divided into three parts, the family has decided, the eldest son, the second son, and the third lady will inherit it separately, as for you ......" Yun Zhenren paused, the sad color on his face disappeared, and he smiled again: "You were summoned here by the altar." ”
"Before dying, the god opened the altar, and it chose you from a distance of thousands of miles, and with its supreme power broke through the barriers of space, and pulled you to the altar. You are all God's appointed attendants, and after half a month, the three of you will accompany the three young ladies to enter the god's abode and gain strength. During this time, you must protect their safety, and if all goes well, you will be able to become a god, and you may even be among the half-step human gods in the future! ”
Half-step realm of man and god.
As soon as this word came out, the rainstorm outside was quiet for a few minutes.
"You're lucky, so lucky that I feel jealous."
Yun Zhenren was sad and happy, his words were subdued and frustrated, and he had some kind of terrifying magic, Lin Shouxi found that everyone else could listen to it attentively, and even showed a look of fascination...... He thought about the corpses lying all over the cliff now, and he didn't think there was any luck in this.
And according to his rich experience, eighty percent of the so-called guardian gods of the three-hundred-year-old witch family are a cult, and they are likely to be sacrificed.
"Okay, you rest for the night, tomorrow I will personally teach you spells, and in a few days, the three young ladies will personally pick people."
This is Yun Zhenren's last sentence.
The candle flame went out, a trace of coldness came out of the window, and Yun Zhenren disappeared.
Those fierce imps also jumped out of the window one after another, end to end, and left.
Under the eaves, in front of the rain curtain, Yun Zhenren stopped, and he inexplicably remembered the young man named Lin Shouxi.
"Can he see my demons?"
Yun Zhenren looked at the ugly little ghost following behind him, frowned, and shook his head after thinking for a moment: "How is this possible, how can the inner demon be seen by others?" ”
Alas, I must have been thinking too much about it lately, and I have given birth to such unrealistic ideas......
Yun Zhenren stepped into the rain, and his figure floated away.
He was not afraid that the children would run away, because the ancient dwelling was surrounded by high cliffs, and it was difficult for them to walk an inch.
In the blink of an eye, he came to the door of a large mansion with a gloomy atmosphere.
This is the Witch Family.
A short old man with an umbrella had been waiting at the door for a long time.
"Is something wrong? Is that crazy woman divining something terrible? Yun Zhenren asked lightly.
"No, it's not." The old dwarf frowned, and said, "Today, the priest himself went to investigate the statue and the altar, and he found something in the mud under the cliff. ”
"What's that?"
"A sword."
"Sword? Does it matter? Could it be a relic of the town guard? ”
Yun Zhenren had tried his best to guess in a bold direction, but the result was far beyond his expectations.
"No, it's not, that sword is in good condition, but it doesn't have any divine tattoos on it, it's just a mortal sword, but it's ......" The dwarf old man's voice suddenly trembled.
"But what?"
"However, the priest carefully compared the sword marks on the statue of the guardian god, and one of the sword marks seemed to match it!" The dwarf old man took a deep breath and said in a cold voice: "That sword is probably the murder weapon that killed the town guard!" ”
"What did you say?!" Yun Zhenren asked sharply.
The old man was silent.
"A mortal sword killed the town guard...... How can it be? If a mortal sword is a murder weapon, what kind of person should the murderer be? ”
Witch ...... Is it about to suffer?
Yun Zhenren stood in the rain, and the clothes on his shoulders were wet unconsciously.
At this moment, in the bloody room, Lin Shouxi leaned against the wall and thought about things.
Since he woke up, he always felt that he was missing something, not Luo Shu, not black scales......
What is it?
He was so tired that he had a splitting headache and couldn't even remember it for a while.