Mengsa Village is a large village on the border between Laos and Vietnam, with more than 2,000 people in the whole village. Mengsa is the patron saint of the village, an old locust tree that is no less than 1,000 years old, and it takes three people to hold hands to hold it. In the obscurantist border areas, the villagers have long maintained the belief in nature worship, for them, the mountains, rivers, grass and trees have spirituality, this huge locust tree, there is a tree spirit, it is incarnated in the air it breathes, incarnated in the mountain spring of drinking, it is ubiquitous, omnipotent, and dominates the fate of all people in the village.

"This, this is the sacred tree you said" Sister Xiaofang felt that her legs and feet were a little weak, what kind of sacred tree is this tree, it is clearly a ghost tree, its branches that rise to the sky, densely hung with no less than seven or eight hundred heads, some of the heads have already been dried, becoming forest white bones, the breeze blows, dancing with the wind, revealing indescribable weirdness.

"Shhhhhh

Sister Xiaofang felt a tremor in her heart, and she did have a feeling of being stared at, and along with this feeling, she saw the old man standing under the sacred tree.

"That's Venerable Ananda, he is the servant of the sacred tree and the most respected person in the village" Bird's eyes were full of reverence at this time.

"The Divine Tree tells me, let me meet you here, you will bring five fallen souls, warriors of the village, you have brought back the blessings of the village" The skin on the old man's face is like the bark of a pine tree after drying, ** has not changed in the slightest, but his eyes are as bright as the starry sky in a winter night, which makes people fall into it if they are not careful.

There seems to be an innate magic in him, which makes people unable to take their eyes off it as long as they look at it. Sister Xiaofang felt that this strange old man was getting closer and closer to her, and she instinctively wanted to escape, but found that her thighs were fixed there as if they were filled with lead.

"You shouldn't have come here" The old man's hoarse voice hit her heart like a bell, "You shouldn't come"? What does this mean, inexplicable fear rushed towards her like a beast, she felt so helpless.

"Are you alright?" the little boy's voice brought her back to reality, and the strange old man had walked away from her, holding the black cloth bag in his hand and a strange smile on his face.

"Mmmm, I'm fine" Sister Xiaofang held back the uneasiness in her heart, she didn't dare to look at the old man's face, but the old man's words entangled her like maggots on tarsal bones.

"Don't look at Venerable Ananda, he is offering his soul to the sacred tree, and he can't be disturbed," the little boy kindly reminded Sister Xiaofang.

"Uh-huh" Sister Xiaofang nodded like pounding garlic, she wished she had avoided this strange old man as soon as possible, just when they were about to step into the gate of the village, Sister Xiaofang looked back at it with a ghostly look, this look, almost scared her soul, she saw Venerable Ananda handed over the head to a big snake, the snake climbed down from the position of the canopy, its lengthy body almost covered the trunk, such a long snake, to say the least has lived for hundreds of years, is that snake is the tree spirit, she feels that everything here is weird, she doesn't know if she should continue to follow those two people, once she enters the mysterious village, she doesn't know if she can come out alive。

"An Mo", the guards at the gate of the village saw Ah Man and the little boy, and shouted in unison, judging from their respectful appearance, Ah Man and the little boy have a high status in the village. Sister Xiaofang gritted her teeth, secretly said "fight", and then followed behind Aman in stride, her life was saved by this man, she instinctively regarded him as her patron saint, the guards did not embarrass her, their eyes were full of amazement, men's attitudes towards beauties are the same, in their opinion, this woman is almost the same as a fairy, and naturally will not make a move to embarrass the beauties.

Bird Egg and Ah Man took Sister Xiaofang to a hall, the hall was full of human heads, and countless pairs of ill-intentioned eyes glanced at her, if they could be used as knives and scissors, the clothes on her body would have been torn apart by those eyes.

"Ahem" An old man stood up and motioned to Sister Xiaofang not to care, and then he stared at the face of the bird's egg, and said with a kind smile, "My son, is the task completed?"

"Well, it went very well, and I brought back a total of five Holy Spirits" As soon as the bird's egg words came out, everyone exclaimed.

"Five, what do you say, five, when did the rums become so vulnerable?" a man with a face as black as iron stood up, he stood next to the old man, and his status in the stockade must not be low.

"It is true that there are five Holy Spirits, but not of the Rum 、、、," said the bird, and then recounted what had happened, and when he had finished, the astonishment on the faces of the people slowly subsided.

"Hmph, what you brought back is just five ordinary souls, only the souls of the rum people are considered Holy Spirits, father, the mission of the bird egg has failed" The black-faced man finished speaking, gloating and looking at the bird egg with a confused expression.

"Okay, now it's your turn, if you fail to complete the task, I will still let the bird egg be my heir, allow you to bring a faithful servant, set off after dark, the next time, prepare well" After the old man finished speaking, his face showed a trace of unbearability, he felt that his body was getting worse and worse, I was afraid that there would not be a few days to live, what he was most worried about was that after he died, the two sons would turn against each other for the position of the owner of the village. The best way to kill each other is to let them compete fairly, and whoever is the heir depends on their own ability, so as to avoid mutual suspicion between their brothers. He had a good idea, but would things turn out the way he thought they?

"Hehe, according to the rules left in the village, before leaving, the village will try its best to meet the requirements of the warriors, this rule, everyone remembers, right?" The black face said as she glanced at Sister Xiaofang's body with her eyes, that filthy appearance made Sister Xiaofang frown again and again, she had a premonition that something very bad would happen, at this time, she put all her hopes on the bird egg and Aman, she believed that they would be able to protect her.

"Big brother, what do you mean? She is not a woman in the village, she is my friend, don't you want to beat her idea" Bird Egg gritted his teeth and said, his heart was full of helplessness when he was such a scoundrel brother.

"Phew, what friends are not friends, as long as you enter the gate of the village, she is the woman of the village, why can't I move her, father, you come to judge" The black-faced man smiled willingly.

The old man stared into his eyes, and after a long time, he finally let out a deep sigh. "Alas, make up your own mind" After speaking, the old man walked away quickly, he could have shouted to stop, but as soon as he thought that this might be the last few hours of his son, his heart immediately softened, and there was no father in the world who did not understand his son, so he had to be out of sight and out of mind, although he heard the cry of the bird's egg, but still walked away without looking back.

"Bird's Egg, it's a shame that you're still my brother, and you're actually helping an outsider," Blackface smiled contemptuously, and the happiest thing for him was to see Bird's Egg in pain.

"Brute 、、、" A man's mouth sounded a beastly gasp, this is a sign before his outburst, the bird egg quickly grabbed the corner of his clothes with his hand, in this room, everyone is standing on the side of the black face, once they start to move, with the two of them, they will definitely suffer a great loss.

"Ayibu, since this is the rule in the village, then follow the rules, I hope you don't regret it、、、" After the bird egg finished saying this, he winked at Sister Xiaofang, and then pulled Aman out of the room as if he were running away, and behind them, the unbridled laughter of the black-faced man sounded.

Everyone believed that the young boy had compromised and fled, but was that really the case? At least one would never think so, and at this time he stood beside the bird egg in righteous indignation, and the two of them were talking secret words that no one could understand, and a bold plan of action was brewing between them.

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