Mind!

Hearing this, the faces of the three of them also changed in unison, and they also knew how dangerous this was.

"The master is usually cautious, how can he compete with the monster spirit?" The little white dragon muttered in disbelief.

"This monster is not very strong, the realm of Taiyi Scattered Immortals is not stable, even if the master is invincible, with a shout, we can destroy this monster by any person, how can we fall into such a dangerous place?" Zhu Bajie silently felt the realm of the white bone spirit, and he was also puzzled.

The four of them wanted to help, but they were afraid of self-defeating, so they froze in place for a while, and had no choice but to wait anxiously and worriedly for Tang Sen's awakening.

……

At this time, Tang Sen stood in an open space, looking at everything in front of him in shock.

In the clearing, all the people of this mountain village gathered, and in the middle sat an old man with colorful feathers on his head, and next to him stood a woman and a girl of seventeen or eighteen.

The expressions of the people were solemn and solemn, as if some important ceremony was being held, only the faces of the mother and daughter in the middle were full of horror.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the mountain god blesses us every year, we also need to pay tribute every year, this year, by the child An Ning to sacrifice our great mountain god, everyone has no opinion." The old man sitting in the middle swept over everyone with a sharp gaze, and everyone at this time breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had escaped some disaster, and their faces were filled with smiles for the rest of their lives, and no one objected.

"Village chief, don't, don't sacrifice my child to the mountain god, she's still young." When the woman heard this, she knelt down in front of the village chief with a "poof" and cried out for mercy.

"Shut up!" The old man shouted.

"Dedicating oneself to the god of the mountain, this is the honor of the child of An Ning! The matter is settled! Ignoring the woman's cries, the old man had no intention of changing his mind.

"Three days later, sacrifice to the mountain god."

Li Si looked at the little girl, her appearance was vaguely familiar, a bit like the changed girl appearance of the White Bone Lady, who was standing in place with a desperate face at this time, her little face was pale and bloodless.

Looking at the crowd of onlookers around them, everyone's faces were cold and ruthless, and some even had smiles on their faces and were talking.

Tang Sen eavesdropped on the side, and only then did he figure out the ins and outs of this matter, and he couldn't help but be angry.

The little girl's name was An Ning, and next to her was her mother, whose father had gone out hunting a few days ago and had not returned, only to learn from his companions that his father had died in the mouth of the beast.

Every year at the beginning of March, a festival is held in the village to worship the mountain gods, praying for a full barn of prey and abundant food and clothing in the coming year......

It's human!

The sacrifices are generally 10-18 years old, and they are randomly selected, and who lives and who dies depends on which child's life is killed.

And this year, it's tranquility!

And An Ning in the middle of the crowd looked at his mother who kept kowtowing and pleading, and a deep despair and sadness appeared in his eyes.

Of course, they knew what was going on.

It wasn't supposed to be a peaceful year, but things have changed since the news of his father's death spread.

One night, An Ning accidentally saw that the dog who had been selected for sacrifice followed his father into the village chief's house, still carrying a lot of things in his hands, and they talked for a long time, and finally the dog and his father came out with a thousand thanks, and their hands were empty.

Then, An Ning watched them keep entering one door after another, but there was no home of their own.

I felt a strong uneasiness in my heart.

Sure enough, after a few days, the sacrificial candidates were re-selected in the mountain village, and you must know that after so many years, once the sacrificial candidates were determined, there was no change, and there was no precedent for re-drawing.

But under the aggressive gaze of everyone, An Ning still went to draw lots with a fluke mentality.

Sure enough, An Ning was drawn, and the new sacrifice was her.

Shady! Naked shady!

An Ning wanted to resist, but she didn't have the strength to resist, she wanted to tell the truth, but it was useless, these people would only be glad that it was not she who was sacrificed, and they would not come to help her.

What's more, these people may have been accomplices, she saw the dog's father visit one family after another, and the family that was originally quite rich was extremely poor at this time.

These people, together they planned this conspiracy.

She's just a victim.

To blame, she can only blame her father for his unfortunate death, they lost their support all of a sudden, and they can only be left to the mercy of others.

An Ning, who understood this, did not cry and make a fuss, let alone kneel to beg for mercy.

She knew that it was all to no avail, that she had been abandoned, and that no one in the village would come to her rescue.

The crowd had dispersed, and the village chief had gone away.

All that was left was the calmness of her eyes, and her mother, who had kowtowed her head.

The blood dripped down, staining the loess under her feet red, and she didn't realize it, just kept kowtowing, begging everyone to let her daughter go, and the desolate cry came far away.

No one turned back, and no one stretched out their hands to pull them, only the cold and merciless eyes.

Tang Sen wanted to go up and help them up, but he passed by them all at once, and he couldn't do anything.

……

Act II, Night

"Girl, you hurry up, run as far as you can in the night, and never come back, only then can you live." The woman packed her bags, stuffed the last bit of jerky in the house into the package, and said to An Ning.

"Mother, let's go together." An Ning said crying

"No, child, no one can walk if we walk together, my mother is here to help you drag them, the farther you go, the better." The woman gently held Anning's little face, gently pulled her hanging sideburns to her ears, and said with a smile.

Stuffing the package in An Ning's hand, he opened the door, poked his head out cautiously, and looked around for a while, and only after making sure that there was no one did he urge in a hurry.

"Hurry up, there is no one now, remember to hide your footprints along the way, don't be chased by them."

"Also, to live, to live." With a final command, the woman pushed An Ning out of the door, and let An Ning cry quietly outside and knock on the door without opening it.

After a while, the movement gradually disappeared, and the woman who was already in tears staggered up and gently opened the door.

"Kid, you must get out." Closing the door, the woman seemed to lose her strength, leaning against the door and slowly sliding to the ground, but with a smile on her lips.

She understands that having lost their men, they have lost their value and reliance in this mountain village.

In the past few days, they have only been in and out, and they have exhausted the only food they have left, but she doesn't plan to live anyway, she wants to follow the people she loves,

But his daughter was still so young that she should not have died, especially as a sacrifice.

What is that sacrifice? It's cannibalism!

The sacrifice was tied hand and foot, gagged and placed in the forest, and the next day when you returned, you could only see a pile of scattered white bones.

They had seen it many times, but she couldn't accept that her daughter was the one who was being tied up.

By now, An Ning must have fled the village.

Thinking of this, she let out a heartfelt smile.

She's had enough of this cannibalistic village!

Death, on the contrary, is a kind of relief.

Next, it is necessary to drag the people who are going to pursue as much as possible to buy time for Anning's escape.

Before he could finish thinking about it, he was woken up by a burst of exclamations outside, and the fire shadow outside the window swayed, and there was a noise.

She didn't want to pay attention, she didn't care about anything now, except ......

"Come out, everyone, this peace really plans to escape, and I will take it down in one fell swoop." There was a man with a rough face who was showing off triumphantly.

With a wave of his hand, the two people behind him walked out with a thin figure, and when they looked at it, it was An Ning.

At this time, she was extremely embarrassed, her face was blue and purple, and her body was also ragged, as if she was hung by tree branches.

Sure enough, "This little girl is quite able to run, and the five of us adults chased and intercepted her in the woods, but she was like a loach, slippery and didn't let go, but after all, I caught her." ”

"Good!" The crowd of onlookers applauded.

"Ahem." A cough was heard.

"The village chief is here." With an exclamation, the crowd parted into a passage, and an old man walked in slowly.

"Village Chief, what you said is really right, this An Ning really wants to run, if you hadn't told us to wait outside the village, we would have really let her run away tonight, the village chief is clever." At this time, the man looked flattering, and there was a steady stream of sycophants.

The village chief ignored him, stretched out his hand to raise An Ning's face, and after confirming it, he put it down expressionlessly.

"Keep this little girl in this room, send someone to guard it day and night, and sacrifice to the gods in three days." With a few words, the old man turned and walked slowly into the night.

The people who were selected to offer sacrifices usually tried to find a way to escape, and it was no wonder, but after so many years, no one could escape, and tonight was no exception.

A group of people armed with torches knocked on the door violently, and An Ning's mother was awakened and opened the door cautiously.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw the bright light of the fire and the eyes of many people, as well as the thin and pitiful figure at the door.

This, won't it be?

The woman had a guess, but she did not dare to confirm it, nor did she want to believe it.

The people outside the house didn't pay attention to her, pushed An Ning into the house, turned around and closed the door, leaving two big men to guard the door to prevent them from escaping again.

Inside the house, only the desperate cries of mother and daughter could be heard.

Townsend witnessed the whole process, but he could only act like a spectator, and although he was extremely angry, he could not intervene.

……

Act III.

On the second night, An Ning, who had already resigned herself to her fate after dinner, was in a daze in the house when she suddenly heard the sound of conversation outside the door.

“…… Accommodating ,...... Buy wine and drink ......"

"Well, well,...... Hurry up......"

The conversation outside the door was very quiet, An Ning only heard part of it clearly, and just when he was puzzled, there was a "squeak", the door slowly opened, and a strange man came in, and the two guards at the door were ignorant.

The man closed the door with his backhand, a lewd smile on his face.

"You, what are you going to do? Don't come here. An Ning retreated in fear.

The man rubbed his hands and smiled lewdly, "Little beauty, anyway, I will eat that group of beasts, why don't you let me play with it first." ”