Chapter 7: The Sacrifice of Life
In an inconspicuous col is the altar in the town, after yesterday's cleaning the altar looks much cleaner, but there are still messy grass left in the corner, the ground is a huge nine palace gossip, covered with runes, the dark red ground looks shocking and makes people feel like they are in a terrifying hell. On the altar table are pigs, cows, sheep, three animals, and all kinds of fruits. The incense lit is a three-foot-high high-quality sandalwood, and gongs, drums, suona, blowing, playing, and singing are all available. The mayor of the town, Gao Chao, knelt on the futon and bowed three times and bowed nine times, and several respected old people were full of solemnity, and the whole sacrificial process revealed a mysterious color.
There is no ranking of gods, no prayer documents, and all people seem to be silent and mute. As time passed, the altar, which had been very quiet, began to rumble, and the runes on the ground took on a strange red color, as if blood was pouring up from the ground, and the smell of fish intensified. The faces of the younger townspeople changed drastically, as if they had seen a very terrifying scene, and several old men and Gao Chao who were about to die looked calm and unafraid.
A tragic and bleak piece played by the instrument, and the aquatic life who flipped through countless books did not hear which one it was. The music exudes a terrifying tone, and at the end of the song, everyone is relieved, especially a few musicians are sweating profusely, and their energy is a little less. Tiredness was written all over their faces.
"Licheng. Gao Chao shouted at the end of the tune. The aquatic life was directly sucked into the mist by an inexplicable suction. After the ceremony was completed, the tense nerves of Gao Chao and several old men relaxed, and the next year's harvest was just around the corner, bringing another good harvest year to the people in the town. "Let's all go back. Gao Chao instructed the townspeople.
When they heard this, they rushed to flee from the altar of terror. The last few slow-moving old men also left the altar. The town elder's face suddenly became extremely hideous, and the gossip of the Nine Palaces suddenly changed into a peculiar formation, and a strong smell of blood came out of the geography, followed by thick blood overflowing the entire altar. Gao Chao, who was in the center, had a red face, blue smoke on his head, and his gorgeous clothes had been replaced by blood-red robes. With words in his mouth, blood gushed out and turned into countless blood arrows and burrowed into the mist.
Gao Chao, who had done all this, laughed loudly: "Haha, haha." After laughing, everything went back to its original appearance as if it hadn't happened. The mayor with his hands behind his back hummed a little song happily and walked slowly back to the town.
The aquatic life in the mist does not change its direction, and it simply walks around without scruples. The fog was as Xi'er said, and there was no sight to be seen ten steps away. There was no other scene in the heavens and the earth except the white mist. At the end of the mist was a dark and black cave, the entrance of the cave was huge, and from time to time there was a fishy smell coming out, and the rocks inside were round and smooth, and the sharp edges and corners of the rocks could not be smoothed out without hundreds of years of polishing. There was a faint demonic aura coming from the depths of the cave. The unscrupulous aquatic life walked into the cave, and just entered the cave, he found that there was fluorescent stone in the cave, emitting a faint light to drive away the darkness in the cave.
The further you go inside, the bigger the cave becomes, and at the end of the cave you suddenly open up, the sun shines brightly on the whole land, flowers bloom, and the grass is green. It's a very beautiful basin, but unfortunately a large pool of blood spoils the peaceful scene. Xi'er ran over happily when she saw Shui Sheng and said, "Sir, why are you tied up like a zongzi?"
Shui Sheng smiled: "No way, the situation is forced." Help me untie this bundle of fairy ropes. ”
"If you don't untie me, I can't do it. Besides, this is the treasure of the fairy family, and it is easy to unravel. Xi'er said worriedly when she heard that this was a bundle of fairy ropes.
Shui Sheng said: "Blame me for not making it clear that this rope is Xibei goods, and with your strength, it can be untied without much effort." ”
"Really? I'll try. Xi'er, who was eager to try, pulled hard and tore off the pseudo-bundle fairy rope.
Looking at the bundle of immortals who were broken in two, Shui Sheng shook his head and said, "Loser, although this rope is generally powerful, it is also very cumbersome to refine. It seems that you can't use brute force next time. ”
"Sir!" said Xi'er coquettishly.
Shui Sheng laughed: "Sir is joking with you." Looking at the python lying in a pool of blood, he asked, "Is this the monster?"
Xi'er looked at the corpse of the python and said: "It's just a guy who doesn't know how to lift, it has horns on its head, and it will be able to molt in another hundred years, but it's a pity that it has been cultivating for hundreds of years." ”
Shui Sheng squatted down and checked the broken body of the python spirit and said: "Xi'er, don't be too ruthless next time, you could have taken out the snake skin to make a good python robe and armor, but after seeing these wounds, this python is basically useless to us." "The skin of the python was cut by the blade, and the scarlet snake flesh emitted an incomparably strong stench.
Xi'er said shyly: "Sir, don't take you to hurt Xi'er like this." ”
"I thought that after finding the goblin, I would earn this money back, but now I have lost all my money. Not only does it detoxify the townspeople, but it also affects you and me for a day without rest. Shui Sheng took out a bag from his bosom and put the python demon into the bag. The python demon, which was about five zhang long and thick as a bucket for nearly a thousand years, disappeared in place.
Xi'er looked at the small bag of tips in Shui Sheng's hand in amazement. Seeing that the bag is made of gold wire, there is yin and yang gossip on it, and the breath of the dragon and phoenix seal immortal family is revealed.
"This is the Sumeru bag, which is made of celestial silk and immortal gold thread silk woven by the great mana of the old man of the peach tree, and there is a wireless space inside that can accommodate all things. Aquatic explained.
Xi'er said enviously: "This is really a good baby." ”
Shui Sheng handed over the Sumeru bag to Xi'er's hand and said, "I will hand it over to you for safekeeping in the future." You have to take good care of all the belongings in it that are rotten peach mountain. ”
Xi'er hurriedly excused herself, "No, no. This is given to you by the ancestor, I dare not ask for it. ”
Shui Sheng said: "You will be my girl in the future, can you say that you have to let Mr. give you everything." You don't know the world, the rich and noble people in this world don't bother to carry anything with them, such as the maid who has their own good things to take with them, and the personal maid who helps pay for and carry things. Dong, right?"
"Oh, sir, is it that after I take the Sumeru bag, I will pay for you to buy things, and I will pay for you to eat, and you will also have to pass through me from the things in the bag?" Xi'er asked.
Shui Sheng thought for a while and nodded and said, "That's right, in the future, you will be my housekeeper and bookkeeper and maid." ”
"But I'm not going to use it. Xi'er said.
Shui Sheng smiled: "This is a simple teaching, after you inject your demonic power into the bag, this Sumeru bag will be connected with your heart, and if you want to take anything out of it, as long as you silently recite it in your head, it will naturally come out." ”
Following the hint of the aquatic life, Xi'er stretched her consciousness into the Sumeru bag, and the space inside was indeed vast, with countless books piled up, and countless treasures of all kinds. The python was discarded in a corner. After exiting the Sumeru bag, he said happily: "Thank you, sir, for the reward." ”
Shui Sheng waved his hand and said, "You and I don't need to be polite, we can't stay here for a long time, let's talk while walking, tell me what happened to you this night." ”
Yesterday, Shui Sheng instructed Xi'er to wait until the fog rose in the middle of the night to go to the altar to check the situation, and sure enough, when the fog in front of the altar dispersed in the middle of the night, Xi'er, who was looking for the direction, quietly sneaked into the cave to check the situation, and happened to bump into the python spirit summoned the mayor of the town Gao Chao to ask him if the sacrifice was found, when Gao Chao said that the sacrifice had been found, but someone questioned that it was a monster, and the python spirit was not angry after hearing it, and threw a pill and a rope to Gao Chao. Tell Gao Chao how to use the rope, and Gao Chao, who got the pill and the rope, immediately swallowed the pill. After kowtowing, he exited the cave and returned to the town. As soon as Gao Chao walked on his front feet, a thick fog converged. Xi'er turned into a sparrow and quietly hid in the hole.
The next day, after the python spirit began to attract the aquatic creatures, the weak demon magic alarmed Xi'er, and followed the demon qi to find the unsuspecting python spirit and persuaded it to give up harming humans and concentrate on cultivation. It's a pity that the stubborn python saw that Xi'er was a mana fluctuation and thought he was an ordinary mortal. The murderous intent is ready to devour Xi'er directly. It's a pity that the python spirit mistakenly underestimated the strength of the opponent, and the frightened python spirit who turned into the body fell to the ground and begged for mercy, and finally did not escape the fate of death.
Shui Sheng said with a smile: "You are pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, the suppression of the realm and the restraint between the races have made the python spirit dare not backhand, your demon world respects strength." Today it is not unjustly dead. ”
Xi'er said: "Isn't this bad? My demon clan has been like this since ancient times, and it doesn't last for thousands of years. Look at that dynasty, the dynasty on earth will be destroyed in as little as ten years, or in three or four hundred years. ”
Shui Sheng explained: "The demon clan is like a pyramid, the purer the bloodline, the older the species, it is at the top of the pyramid, and the lower end of the pyramid is the bloodline is scarce, the bloodline is chaotic, and they will never be able to break through the shackles of the pyramid and stand at the top." Human beings are different, just in troubled times, countless heroes have emerged, some emperors rise and go between the ranks, and more are from the lowest level of the world, with them to join the blood of the human emperor is not monotonous. More and more powerful forces poured in, making the position of human beings within the Three Realms more and more important. The prince will have a kind of Xiangning, which is the greatest mockery of the bloodline in the world. Therefore, the world does not value blood, but its own talent. No matter how talented the demon clan is, it is impossible to disobey a demon whose bloodline is purer than himself, and who is born nobler than himself. The immortals like to subdue the nobles of the demon clan for their own use, and faintly control the demon clan. In the future, you must not be oppressed by bloodlines and ranks. ”
"Taught. Xi'er nodded resolutely.
After the two returned to the town, many of them had begun to vomit and diarrhea, and even fell unconscious. Zhou Dalang will be like a headless fly, last night went to Haitang Town to pick up his son, the mother-in-law said that his grandson was sick, so scared that he brought his son back overnight, and when he returned home, Shui Sheng had been taken away by the mayor of the town. My son's condition is even worse than last night, his head is constantly sweating, and his body is gradually becoming cold.
The doctors in the town are busy, the acupuncture and moxibustion drugs are all down, the patients are not good, the hospital is overcrowded, and more have to choose at home.
Seeing Shui Sheng come back, Da Lang seemed to see a life-saving straw, and he knelt on the ground and said, "Childe, you have to save my son." He was unconscious from last night until now. Cuilan in the back room heard her husband's words, opened the door, and knelt down and cried: "Benefactor, I am such a son." You must save him. ”
Shui Sheng helped the two of them up and said, "Don't worry, I will naturally save your son, you go and boil some hot water first." If you want to bring some clean water from the well. ”
Da Lang said with some hesitation: "Childe, didn't you say that the water has been poisoned, why do you still use it?"
Shui Sheng said with a smile: "Yesterday, the well water was detoxified, and after a night of filtration, I think the water can be drunk with confidence." I'm going to see how your son is doing?"
Da Lang instructed his daughter-in-law to boil water, and took Shui Sheng to his house, and when he came to the room, he saw his son constantly swinging, and a strong fishy smell filled the whole room. Corpse spots began to appear on the child's arms. Seeing the situation, Shui Sheng asked Xi'er to take out a box of silver needles from the Sumeru bag, and released the corpse poison at the corpse spot on the child's arm. Wipe the child's body clean with hot water, put the child in cold water, take the salt water and pour it in, and the child's corpse poison is completely released. The smell of the water containing corpse poison is very strong.
After doing all this, the child's sweat was no longer out, and his face became extremely ruddy. Zhou Dalang saw that his son's condition had stabilized, and hurriedly came over to thank Shui Sheng.
The door slammed, and a shout could be heard outside the door: "Surround the Zhou family, don't let the person who sacrificed to run away." ”