The sky finally brightened, and the sight of the wayfinding became clearer, and as the river widened, several dilapidated fishing boats came into view, since there were traces of fishermen's activities, it means that it would not be too far away.

Sure enough, beside a wide shoal, a wilderness path appeared, winding and winding against the hills, with pedestrian footprints on the path.

Just as Yan Yunting was about to climb up, suddenly a conversation came from overhead, which was the Hakka dialect of the Sichuan and Shu people:

"Hurry up, hurry up, it's going to be dawn soon, it's delayed, Grandpa River God is angry, we all have to be finished!"

Then a bright fire lit up on the hill, as if a caravan was carrying something to the riverbank.

"Yan Yunting, did you hear what they said? The river god is mentioned. Ning Ruowei reminded.

Grandpa River God? Floating corpses in the river? There is clearly a correlation between the two.

Yan Yunting nodded softly "um", and pulled Ning Ruowei into the bamboo forest on the bank of the river, "Don't make a sound yet, wait and see." ”

Soon, the group of men and horses descended the mountain along the path, and there were about twenty or thirty people, carrying torches, and they looked like a group of plainly dressed people, but what was surprising was that in the center of the procession was an old ox pulling a cage, and in the cage was a young girl.

"Village Chief! Wizard Lord! Please, let me out! I don't want to marry a river god! Woo woo woo ...... "The girl was tied with red ribbons, and her hands and feet were still clinging to each other, and her mournful cries rippled on both sides of the river.

Next to the cage was the old man in black who was holding a cane, his expression was arrogant, and he looked disdainful: "Girl, I married you to the river god to keep the people of the village safe, you have no father and mother since you were a child, and the eight characters are in line with the yin marriage, who will you marry if you don't marry?" ”

"Wizard Master! The river god will eat me! I'm not married! I'm not married! ”

"If you don't marry it, it will eat our whole village! Giving you to the River God is a gift to you! ”

"Let me out! Father! Mother! Come and save me......"

……

"How can this be reasonable, even with the sacrifice of living people, is there still a royal law in this world!" Ning Ruowei rushed out of the bamboo forest with her sword and shouted at the crowd:

"Extremely ignorant, let me go!"

The villagers picked up hoes and farm tools one after another, and the wizard rushed to the front of the team, looking at Ning Ruowei and Yan Yunting: "Who are you, you dare to stand in the way of our relatives!" ”

"You don't care who I am, if you are interested, let people go quickly, otherwise your heads will fall to the ground!"

Ning Ruowei pulled out her sword. The sword light murmured, frightening the villagers to retreat again and again.

At this time, a sixty-year-old man walked out, quite polite: "Two, I don't know where you came from, but this is a family matter in Hongshi Village, you better take care of it, so as not to affect you and cause death!" ”

"Nonsense—"

Ning Ruowei really wanted to make a move, but Yan Yunting gently pressed her shoulder, shook her head, and stepped forward to ask:

"Old village chief, I heard you say 'the river god marries' earlier, what happened? Can you tell us about it? We are all martial arts practitioners, and we still have some ability. ”

Seeing that Yan Yunting was extraordinary, the village chief hesitated for a moment, sighed, and spoke eloquently.

Here's the thing:

Originally, this place was called the mouth of the golden knife, there are seven villages located here, originally farming, fishing and hunting, the wind and rain were smooth, but just a month ago, a group of water monsters suddenly appeared in the river, they rushed into the village, burned. Kill. Rob. robbery, rape. Lewd. Capture. In Baishi Village, the closest to Jindaokou, more than 100 people were brutally killed.

The other villages were very frightened, but they couldn't afford to provoke the monsters, so they could only send the village wizards to negotiate peace.

"Grandpa River God said that he would pay tribute to a girl every month in the future, otherwise he would slaughter the village...... We...... We were forced to do such a thing. ”

Talking about this terrible incident, all the villagers lowered their heads, if it wasn't for helplessness, who would want to give the living people to the monsters?

"Didn't you report this to the police? Or go to the nearby mountain gate monks to get rid of the demons? Ning Ruowei asked.

The village chief shook his head helplessly, "In our remote mountain village, we have only been out of the mountain for several days, in case we are discovered by the river god, the officers and soldiers will die before anyone is opened." ”

Yan Yunting frowned slightly, "Old village chief, have you ever seen that monster?" What do they look like? ”

The village chief lowered his voice and said: "They have green faces and fangs, sharp claws like knives, horns like cows on their heads, they walk on both feet like people, they can talk, they can use weapons, and they specialize in digging people's hearts and livers to eat!" ”

In this way, the murderers of the floating corpses in the river are these water monsters.

"Village chief, don't talk to them, Grandpa River God said that when the sun comes out, he will come to pick up people, let's hurry up and send this girl up!" The wizard urged.

"You evil demon, open your mouth and close your mouth to be a 'grandfather', I'm afraid that even your own grandfather is not so affectionate, right?" Ning Ruowei stopped at the front of the team with a horizontal sword and said loudly: "Today, I saved the girl's life!" ”

"Get out of here!" The wizard waved his cane, and a spiritual light was emitted at Ning Ruowei.

Ning Ruowei was furious and hurriedly dodged to dodge, "I can't imagine that you, this old guy, are still a cultivator!" You should have slashed demons and eliminated demons and done the right thing for heaven, but you helped the monsters harm the innocent, what is your intention?! ”

"Humph! If you stand in the way, you will bring the lives of the whole village to life! The wizard shouted at the villagers: "These two dare to blaspheme the river god, go and tie them up and sacrifice them together!" ”

"You're looking for death!"

Without waiting for the villagers to make a move, Yan Yunting took the lead in drawing his sword, this wizard was at most a Qi cultivator, and it was easy to kill.

"Huh!"

A flash of sword light flashed, and the wizard's head was severed along with his cane, and landed at the village chief's feet in a circle.

The village chief was so frightened that he sat on the ground, "Big ...... Heroes spare their lives! ”

Yan Yunting swept away the blood beads on the sword, and ordered in a cold voice: "Don't delay, the sacrifice continues." ”

"What?!" Ning Ruowei and the villagers were all shocked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Yan Yunting looked at the calm river and said softly, "Lead the snake out of the hole." ”

Ning Ruowei glanced at the poor girl and gritted her teeth: "Then I'll be the bait." ”

Yan Yunting shook his head, "You can't swim." ”

Ning Ruowei's gaze met, "But I know you'll definitely come to save me." ”

Yan Yunting raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you afraid that I'm not the opponent of those monsters?" ”

Ning Ruowei snorted lightly: "They can't be more powerful than Wu Xiao." ”

Yan Yunting smiled lightly, "Okay, let us meet those monsters today, and see what kind of goods they are!" ”