Chapter 449: Sacrifice to the River God
Mrs. Wang finished cooking, came out of the kitchen, saw that it was getting late, and stretched out her head to look next door.
Today, Niu Niuniang took Niu Niu to the town to play, Xiao Bao went with her, saying that she would come back as soon as it was dark, but at this time, there was still no movement next door, and she raised her feet to go to the village entrance to see.
"Bang bang bang!"
Before she could go out, there was a quick knock at the door, accompanied by the cry of a mother-in-law.
Hearing this, Mrs. Wang hurriedly ran to the door, and when she opened it, she saw that the mother-in-law next door had tears on her face, and she lay on the ground with a plop, "Mrs. Wang, I'm sorry for you!"
"What are you talking about, let's make it clear first!" Mrs. Wang's face suddenly changed, and she squatted down to hold her arm.
"Little treasure... Xiaobao was dragged by the mayor of the town to worship the river god!"
The woman choked up and shouted loudly, and when the princess heard this, her feet went limp, and she knelt on the ground, "How... How could it be..."
"I don't know, when I went to the town today to come back, I met the mayor of the town, what a big posture, we had to dodge, but he came straight to Xiaobao, grabbed him and left, saying that it was just right to sacrifice to the river god!"
"Now is the day to sacrifice to the river god, how can you take it away!"
"I don't know, I really don't know!" The mother-in-law next door was no better, shaking her head in panic, but there was a faint sense of happiness in her heart, Xiaobao was arrested, could her Niuniu escape?
The people in the village gathered and heard this, but the children who were arrested to sacrifice to the river god came back?
"Crunch..."
The door of the hut in the courtyard of Mrs. Wang opened, and a young man stepped out of it.
He has short hair, less than his ears, only the length of his little finger, casually on his head, looking casual, his complexion is porcelain white, he doesn't look like there is any blood, and with his beautiful facial features, he adds a sense of weakness.
She wore a short shirt on her body, which looked ill-fitting, loose and drooping, her trouser legs were rolled up, and on her feet were ordinary straw sandals, which Wang Pozi recognized as having just been knitted by her.
"This is..." The mother-in-law next door saw this young man for the first time and looked at him in a daze.
Obviously, he looks weak, thin skin and bones, and his clothes are no different from ordinary villagers, but his skin is a little whiter, but when he moves, he just looks different.
"This aunt..." When Mrs. Wang saw her come out of that room, she knew who she was, although her appearance changed slightly, she looked more tough, "Little brother, little brother, save my grandson!"
After rescuing her, she has been lying in that hut, judging from the scale armor on her body, she is by no means an ordinary person.
"Don't worry," Mo Ghost walked over, "What do you mean by sacrificing to the river god?"
"This small river at the entrance of our village, going up to the edge of the town, is a branch of the Baichuan River in the South China Sea, it will churn once every few years, flooding many villages and fields, and there are countless casualties within a radius of thousands of miles.
Mrs. Wang choked up, "Who would have thought that Xiaobao would be chosen!
"You also believe such a ridiculous thing?" Mo Ghost frowned.
Lying here for a month, I hardly saw any high-level monks, such as Granny Wang, if it weren't for Xiaobao's poor health, she would have been able to live very well, it seems that the remoteness of this place is still beyond her expectations.
"We didn't believe it, but after the sacrifice, there was indeed no disaster, and it became a custom," the woman next door whispered.
"Can you tell me, where is this located in the South China Sea, and which sect is under the jurisdiction?" Mo Ghost looked at the two people who were dazed, and turned his head to look at the people surrounding the courtyard gate, "Do you know?"
"We are an island in the South China Sea," a middle-aged-looking male cultivator in the crowd said, "The town not far away is Qinghe Town, the mayor's name is Sheng Changfu, he is a foundation building monk, we have been here for many years, we are all under his control, he is in charge of the Fortune Bird City in the center of the island, and I don't know if it goes up." ”
"Lucky Bird City?" Mo Ghost thought about it carefully, and it seemed that he had never seen this town in the Jade Jane, not even the same name.
"Yes, I went with the mayor once," the monk who spoke was the eighth layer of Qi refining, and he looked like the highest cultivator in the entire village, "The city is not big, and there are monks in light purple robes coming and going. ”
"Don't you go out on weekdays?" Mo Ghost never seemed to see the people in the village far away, at most in the town.
"No, at most, it will be with the mayor of the town to go to sea to hunt demon beasts," the monk lowered his head, "Besides, even if you want to go out somewhere else," there was a hint of loneliness in his tone, "My talent is not bad, I want to go to the continent for a walk, but with the cultivation of the Qi refining period, I can't cross the Baichuan River no matter what." ”
This hundred rivers and rivers are located in the South China Sea Islands, almost the southernmost part of the mainland, crisscrossed by thousands of small islands, overlooking hundreds of rivers, and so on.
But... Why did she run from the far north to the South China Sea?
"This is the South China Sea Islands?" Putting the question aside for a moment, Mo Ghost continued to ask him, looking like he knew more than the others, "What does it mean to cross the Baichuan River?"
"I don't know exactly where this is," the monk shook his head, with a hint of confusion on his face, "I only know that after leaving the island, we can go north to the mainland, but in the middle is an ocean, that is, the Baichuan River, and there are countless demon beasts in it, and we can't go there alone." ”
"Have you been?" Mo Ghost hooked his hand and motioned for him to come over.
"I've only been there once, and with the mayor of the town, I've been on the river by boat for three days and three nights," the monk hesitated, but he walked over anyway, and he always felt that this little brother did not look like an ordinary person.
"With your cultivation, I'm afraid that the demon beasts in Baichuan River can't be defeated, right?" Mo Ghost looked at him, not to mention him, even the mayor of the foundation building period he said may not be able to.
"Naturally, it's not up to us," the monk hurriedly waved his hand, "It's all done by those lilac-robed monks in Lucky Bird City, and we're going to do some chores, like cleaning up demon beasts." ”
"But when we go to the shallow sea, even near our island, we will also be allowed to hunt some low-level demon beasts, or dive to the bottom of the sea to see the coral or spirit creatures that have not been formed, and picking one will give us a reward. ”
"When you go to sea, are you seriously injured or injured?" Mo Ghost swept around, there were still more women and children, and there were not many young adults like him.
"This is natural, there are many situations encountered at sea, wind and waves or relatively high-level demon beasts, when the monks above can't take care of us, naturally something will happen," the monk covered his arm, "But only by going to sea can you earn more spirit stones." ”
Mo Ghost looked at his movements, and only then did he notice that his right arm was incomplete, as if it had been bitten off by something, "No matter how many spirit stones you earn, what's the use of not being able to get out?"
"As long as there are enough spirit stones, the mayor will take us to Lucky Bird City, where the monks will occasionally go to the mainland, and they can take us for a ride, so that we can go out," this monk had this hope before, but since he was injured at sea two years ago, he didn't want to do this for a long time.
"Is that so?" thought to himself.
When she first arrived in this village, she was no different from what she had seen in other places, but after closer inspection, there were many doubts.
The concentration of spiritual energy here is not low, at least it can reach the general level on the mainland, but there are not many monks with spiritual roots, and the highest cultivation over the years is the mayor of the town, and it seems that he is deliberately trapped here and does not have contact with the outside world.
As for what the monk said, you can go to the Yunhai Continent if you give the spirit stone, Mo Ghost is very suspicious of its authenticity.
"Do you know where the child who was captured to sacrifice to the river god will be taken?" Suppressing this thought in his heart, Mo Ghost raised his head and asked everyone, "For example, now, where might it be?"
"I was always at the time of the Son when I worshipped the river god, and now I should be at the mayor's house," the monk began, "The mayor of the town has a foundation building period to cultivate," he added in a whisper.
"Got it," Mo Ghost nodded, raising his feet and walking out, "You guys should stay here first." ”
No matter how much you listen, it's better to go over and investigate, this mayor is prosperous and rich, and he must know a lot, at least he should be able to figure out where she is now.
As early as when she was just sobering up, her divine sense swept over the vicinity, and it was naturally clear where the only foundation building monk was, and she walked towards the town after leaving the village, and soon disappeared from the sight of the villagers.
The small town is different from the bustling city of the big city, where there are almost no people walking around after dark, only the lights in the courtyard of the residence.
Mo Ghost came to a large mansion at the end of the city, jumped on the roof, the divine consciousness covered the place, but did not see the figures of Xiaobao and Sheng Changfu, her eyes were focused on the hut in the corner of the house, the door was guarded, and the walls were made of materials that isolated the divine sense.
There was a concealment charm attached to her body, and she hid her figure, and walked over quietly, with her current divine sense, naturally no one could find it here.
This room has no windows, and the roof is also made of huge stones, Mo Ghost did not break it rashly, and leaned his ears on it, and could only vaguely hear someone talking inside, but it was fragmented and not very clear.
"This is the Ouija that the mayor wanted. ”
A figure walked from the courtyard, holding the spirit measuring disk used to measure the spirit root, and the monk guarding the door obviously knew him, so he let him in directly.
Seeing this, Mo Ghost moved his consciousness and took out a purple-black seed from the meson space.
This is the seed of the purple wisteria, the grade is not low, and it is still a little distressing to use, but helplessly, her storage bag is long gone, and the storage ring is also burned by magma, leaving only a lump of black, and nothing can be taken out.
If it weren't for that, she wouldn't be wearing the clothes of Granny Wang's house, and she didn't have any low-level magic weapons on her body.
Now she has only meson space available all over her body, and there are some extremely precious materials in it, and she has to use it hard.
At the moment when the monk was about to enter, the seed was dropped on his robe, and the spirit attached to it also followed into the room, and finally saw the situation inside, and also saw Xiaobao.
"Mayor Mare, the Ouija Disc you wanted," the monk who had entered handed over the Ouija Disc and stood respectfully aside.
"The most sensitive one?"
The mayor of the town who spoke was Sheng Changfu, short and fat, with two handfuls of beard, and he looked kind, but the expression that was inadvertently revealed revealed revealed a hint of treacherousness. He was squatting on the ground at this time, and in front of him was Xiaobao, who was unconscious.
"Naturally," replied the guard-like monk.
Hearing this, Sheng Changfu took the Ouija Disk, and the spiritual power in his hand flashed, and the light lit up on it, and he took Xiaobao's hand to cover it.
After a few breaths, the two squares of the fire wood spirit root lit up, although there was only a faint light, but at the age of five, the spirit root could be faintly revealed, which was enough to see the high level of its talent, if it was nourished by the spirit medicine in these two years, the formal formation of the spirit root would definitely not be bad.
Seeing this, Sheng Changfu immediately laughed, his eyes narrowed, "Hahaha! I can finally hand over a good seedling, it's not in vain that I have been staring at him for so long." ”
"The mayor of the town is smart, his father and grandfather are both monks with spiritual roots and their talents are not too bad, the chances of this child having spiritual roots have greatly increased, and now it seems that it is indeed as you expected," the monk who sent the spiritual disc patted his ass seriously.
When the Mo Ghost above heard this, he had already determined that there was indeed something different here.
Xiaobao's father and grandfather, she heard Granny Wang mention that there were accidents at sea, and now it seems that there should be another hidden secret.
"Well," Sheng Changfu snorted, but the expression on his face was very proud, with a faint smile, "Take care of him, old rules, when the sacrificial ceremony is finished, directly rob him from the bottom of the water and transport him to Lucky Bird City by water." ”
"Yes, don't worry," replied the monk next to him respectfully.
"My spirit stones this year, but it's all up to you!" Sheng Changfu looked at Xiaobao, smiled, and slowly came out of the hut.
Seeing that the two of them were leaving, Mo Ghost controlled the seed to Xiaobao's body, and he followed Sheng Changfu to the bedroom, but he only explained a few words, and he fell asleep directly without any useful information.
Standing on the roof and thinking for a moment, Mo Ghost came to Sheng Changfu's study.
He picked up a leaf and put it to his mouth to blow it gently, and the wisps reached the ears of the monk guarding the door, and gradually became sleepy. When they were completely asleep, she went in through the window.
Although important things are always placed in the storage space that you carry with you, there are always traces left here.
Mo Ghost rummaged through it cautiously and found a map on the table.
This is a rough drawing with a talisman brush, not very detailed, but you can also roughly see the location, it is indeed the South China Sea, but the South China Sea Islands are further south.
Baichuan River...
Mo Ghost thought in his heart, if he remembered correctly, the mainland generally believed that the Baichuan River and the South China Sea Islands were the southernmost point of the mainland, why had they never heard of this island further south?
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