In fact, Jiang Chaoge has always had a question in his heart.

If there are ghosts in this world, then will there be gods?

Now, the answer is obvious.

However, the stone statue of the land god in front of him is definitely not a 'god', at most it is just a thing that seals the old man's memory.

"The old man just showed the appearance of 'I don't know Ah Li', it should be that the memory was sealed by this stone statue, and the only way to read the old man's memory is to break the stone statue."

Of course, doing so is likely to offend the 'god' in the temple, but the other party has already taken action against him, and at this time, everyone who offends or cannot be offended.

Jiang Chaoge decided to give it a try, he wanted to see if he was really strong.

He rushed forward.

Turning his palm into a knife, he slashed at the throat of the stone statue.

"Boom!"

The statue shook, and then cracks appeared on it, and these cracks spread like spider webs, and soon the statue crumbled and shattered.

Turned into a little bit of light.

And Jiang Chaoge also really saw the old man's 'memory' at the same time.

It worked!

How simple is it?

……

Land in the temple.

The stone statue of Ah Li opened its eyes violently.

A little golden light lit up from the center of the stone statue's eyebrows, it seemed to be a character, it looked a little like a 'soil' character, but it exuded an ancient atmosphere.

The two Ah Li seemed to sense the wrath of the stone statue and shouted together.

"Grandpa, what's wrong?"

……

"Grandpa, grandpa...... I'm hungry. ”

On the wooden bed, a thin child had his mouth open, his arms as thick as wood, and his two sunken eye sockets.

Next to the child, there was a mother-in-law, her eyes closed.

The old man was holding a small bag of rice in his hand, which was reserved for the seeds to be sown next spring, but other than that, the chicken coop at home had long been empty, and there was no other food.

"Grandson, grandpa is useless, you wait, wait...... Grandpa will cook porridge for you to drink now, old woman, you must hold on. ”

The old man seemed to have made up his mind and walked towards the kitchen with the rice.

And just then, shouts rang out outside the door.

"The mountain bandits are coming!"

"The mountain bandits are coming!"

Mountain bandits?!

The old man was frightened and hurriedly tried to hide the rice in his hand, but it was too late, because several mountain bandits had already rushed in.

"You're the head of this village? As for the food, hand it over quickly! ”

"No, this is the seed that will be sown next spring, and if we eat this, our whole family will starve to death."

", Lao Tzu obviously saw you preparing to go into the kitchen? I still want to lie to Lao Tzu! Call me! ”

"Bang bang bang!"

Under the fists and kicks, the rice was snatched away.

But the bandits did not stop there, and they ordered the old man to gather the whole village and provide food to each house, otherwise they would kill people.

The old man kept praying to the mountain bandits, telling them that this year's rainy season 'hakama river' was flooded, and the rice fields were all submerged, and there was no harvest, but the mountain bandits' eyes only had a fierce light.

The more disaster the year, the more fierce the mountain bandits.

The village was full of cries and screams, and the faces of the villagers were full of despair, because if all the food was snatched, they would have to wait for death.

"Why, why is this happening? We worship the god of the land every year, why doesn't the god bless us and let the river burst? The old man's heart was full of unwillingness.

And just then, the girl came to him, with two braids on her head and a serpentine birthmark on her face.

The old man remembered that the girl, named Ah Li, was a child picked up by Granny Liu in the mountains at the west entrance of the village two months ago.

However, after Granny Liu picked up Ah Li, she died soon after, and everyone said that Ah Li was a disaster star and killed Granny Liu, so the children in the village bullied her.

"Grandpa the village chief, why don't they beat them away when they robbed us of our things?" Ah Li tilted his head, looking innocent.

"Hit ...... Run away? The old man was startled and covered Ah Li's mouth: "Don't talk nonsense...... If you are ...... If we are heard, we will all be killed. ”

"I'm not afraid!" Ah Li broke free of the village chief's hand.

For the first time, the old man felt that Ah Li's strength was very strong, but he vaguely remembered that when the children in the village bullied her, she was smiling and did not resist.

"Ah Li, don't go!" The old man wanted to stop Ah Li.

But Ah Li had already stood in front of the mountain bandits and raised his thin little fist.

"Bad guys!"

She bared her teeth and looked fierce.

The villagers were terrified, even if Ah Li was a disaster, they didn't want to watch Ah Li being beaten to death by the mountain bandits.

But then, the old man and the villagers of Xiaoshan Village saw a picture that they will never forget.

Ah Li stood in front of the mountain bandits, but none of the mountain bandits could hurt Ah Li, as if there was an invisible force around Ah Li.

"Youkai, she's a youkai!"

The bandits shouted loudly and fled from the village.

The villagers looked at the thin Ah Li, and they all looked frightened.

The old man didn't bother with this, and he rushed back to the house with the rice he had snatched like crazy, but when he boiled the rice into gruel and ran to the bedside.

The child is out of breath.

Tears welled up in the old man's eyes, and he fed the gruel little by little into the old woman's mouth.

Then he walked out of the house.

In the village, Ah Li was isolated under a tree, no one dared to approach Ah Li, the villagers looked at Ah Li with their eyes full of fear, only a few children boldly threw stones at Ah Li.

"Youkai, kill youkai!"

In the face of all this, Ah Li still kept smiling, letting the stone fall on her face: "Hehe, I'm not a monster, I'm a human!" ”

"No, you're not human!" The old man shouted loudly.

All the villagers looked at the old man, including Ah Li.

"Grandpa the village chief, I'm really a human being, I like Xiaoshan Village, I like everyone." The smile on Ah Li's face is warm and healing, like a peach blossom blooming in March.

The old man looked at Ah Li seriously, and said word by word: "Grandpa believes in you, but you are indeed not a human, you are a snake fairy, you are the reincarnation of a snake fairy!" ”

"The reincarnation of the snake fairy? Am I the reincarnation of the snake fairy? Ah Li was a little incredulous.

The same goes for the villagers.

But the old man had already made a decision in his heart, since the land god could not protect Xiaoshan Village, then, he no longer believed in the land, he only believed in the 'snake fairy'!

"Yes, you are the snake fairy lady, and your responsibility is to protect the village, understand?" The old man affirmed.

"Well, I will!" Ah Li nodded excitedly.

"Snake Fairy...... She's a snake fairy? ”

"It turns out that Ah Li is a snake fairy!"

The eyes of the villagers looking at Ah Li gradually changed, no one scolded her for being a monster anymore, and the children no longer threw stones at Ah Li, but circled around Ah Li.

"Snake Fairy Niangniang!"

"Snake Fairy Niangniang!"

"We should build a temple for the snake fairy Niangniang!"

"Yes, build her a temple!"

I don't know who made the suggestion, but it was quickly accepted by the whole village.

So, the villagers began to plan to build a temple in the village, but Xiaoshan Village is too poor to afford food, where can they afford to build a temple?

The old man stood up again at this time: "There is a land temple five miles away from the village, why don't we change the land temple to the snake fairy Niangniang Temple?" ”

"Yes, yes!"

The villagers agreed.

Then, the villagers ran to the land temple, knocked over the stone statue of the land god, and carved a new stone statue in the place of the stone statue of the land god.

So far, the villagers of Xiaoshan Village only worship the snake fairy, not the land.