The next day, early in the morning.

Nanling came out of the tent in the camp and heard a buzzing whisper. He looked around, and found that in the bright light of the fire, all the villagers were kneeling neatly on the ground, and worshipping an ebony statue brought with him. The firelight flickered, and there was not a single ray of sunlight overhead, and Nanling had the illusion that he was still in the Arctic for an endless night.

Nan Ling looked intently at the so-called Moon Serpent God Statue.

The statue of the moon serpent god is carved to life, in the form of a giant snake wrapped around the moon. A layer of black adhesive material attached to the surface that was already covered with cracks and fine lines exuded a strange fishy sweet smell, as if it had been splashed by people for many years. Nan Ling's heart sank, and he immediately understood what it was.

It was dried blood.

After the prayer, everyone slowly got up, and each of them was busy with the things at hand, preparing the utensils needed for the harvest.

Yuexiong commanded the villagers in an orderly manner, and when he saw Nanling, he stepped forward with a smile and greeted: "Nanling Shaoxia, have you been disturbed? I'm sorry, the harvest will start today, so you must be very cautious." Fang Cai is begging for protection from the Moon Serpent God to bless us with a smooth operation. It's a little louder, I'm sorry. ”

Nan Ling pulled out a smile: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Afterwards, the camp simply prepared some breakfast for the people. Since Nan Ling was a distinguished guest, Yuexiong specially ordered him to open a small stove. The rice served is extremely beautiful, but without exception, it is all meat dishes, and even the porridge is the same lean porridge as last time. The pieces of meat are very small, full of color, and fragrant, so you can't tell what kind of animal meat it is.

Nan Ling looked at the villagers around him, everyone was eating the food in front of them very seriously, and no one spoke. Several villagers leaned their necks and gulped down the porridge, and the sticky lean porridge flowed down the corners of their mouths, and they didn't even wipe it. Their throats were churning up and down, and the muscles were bursting out because they were so hard.

Nan Ling was very puzzled. These people usually laugh and laugh, just like ordinary people, but they eat very seriously, gobbling, as if they are reincarnated as hungry ghosts, is it stipulated in their teachings that eating must be like this?

Suddenly, there was a clanging sound, Nan Ling raised his eyes, and not far away, the two villagers actually scuffled. To be precise, one is fighting, and the other is desperately eating.

One villager stubbornly pinned the other's neck with his armpit and frantically elbowed him to the back. The beaten villager stiffened his neck, his face was flushed, but he still didn't care, didn't fight back, didn't struggle, but carefully grabbed a porcelain bowl, kept his balance, pouted his mouth, and desperately drank the lean porridge in the bowl.

The villagers around them ignored them, didn't lift their eyes, and focused on their food as if nothing had happened.

Suddenly, the villager who was frantically drinking porridge seemed to be choking on something, his face was flushed, he coughed violently, and vomited all over the ground.

The crowd finally reacted, rolling their eyes in disgust.

This strange scene made Nan Ling feel a horror in his heart, and he looked at the food on his plate, and suddenly lost his taste.

When Yuexiong saw this scene, he was very angry. He immediately sent someone to rush up, pulled the two apart, and each of them rewarded them with a few ear scrapers. The villagers who were pulled away had a fierce and hungry light in their eyes, and finally came to their senses after being slapped a few times, and knelt in front of Yuexiong to admit their mistakes with tears in their eyes, Yuexiong frowned and waved his hand, and the two villagers kowtowed to admit their mistakes, and then quietly retreated.

Nan Ling excused himself to be in Bigu and did not move a single chopstick. Those exquisite meals were instantly divided by the villagers who rushed up under Yuexiong's deep gaze with a little pity.

After a while, the filth that was spit on the ground was also cleaned up, Nan Ling inadvertently glanced at it, and saw a golden thing, which was very familiar, but he forgot where he had seen it for a while, Yuexiong greeted Nan Ling not far away, he glanced at it hurriedly, then he no longer cared about it, and turned away.

It was a gold tooth.

It was already about the same time, and everyone divided into groups of three, with weapons and medicinal utensils, each of them went in different directions into the depths of the forest hill, and began their own characters. Due to the many rounds of harvesting, there are no longer a few vicious people who have been branded with the mark of the Moon Snake God, and each team has a specified task, and if they fail to complete it, they will be punished.

The punishment is simple, no dinner.

But after that scene in the morning, Nanling felt that maybe there was no dinner to eat, and it might be a very terrifying thing for them.

Nan Ling followed Yuexiong and Yueliu'er to choose the direction due north, brought the utensils and rations, and stepped into this huge dark forest. Yuexiong explored the way ahead, Yueliuer followed, and Nanling was at the rear.

After walking for a while, Nan Ling discovered the horror of this North Underworld Forest. As Nanling had expected, this place was full of animal bones and strange-shaped, terrifying-looking plants. Many of the bones were still wearing clothes, and after identification, many of them were villagers of Tsukimi Village, and some of them were strangers who did not know where they came from.

In the middle of the mound, there are some unknown flowers that glow, fireflies lying on the branches, and from time to time there are phosphorus fires formed by spontaneous combustion of bones. The temperature of this phosphorus fire was extremely low, and it did not release any heat, and it burned the surroundings extremely cold, and the faint and dark white light floated on the soles of the feet like a mist, although there was no need to light a torch anymore, but it made the surroundings very strange. There are also unknown tombstones, abandoned old houses, or the entrance to the catacombs made of bluestone, and from time to time some creatures step on the branches and whizz by, all of which startled the young Yueliu'er's face even paler, and she clutched the short sword in her hand.

Sure enough, this harvesting task is not something that ordinary people can accomplish. No wonder he made it look like a strong man was dying before he set off.

Tsukio is a very experienced harvester.

He squatted on the ground, picked up some dirt and sniffed it under his nose, picked up a piece of human arm bone, took it closer to observe the bite marks on it, and then smiled confidently: "Yes, there are hideous ones around here, look at this bite marks, there are big and small, it can't be wrong, it must be a family." Then, he found a relatively open area, picked up a few stones and stacked them, set a trap around the stones, and then asked Yueliu'er to take out a coaxing skin with five tails from his back pocket, and draped it on the stone upright, and beckoned the two of them to climb a big tree with all hands and feet, and hide among the trees, waiting for the smell to come.

From a high angle, you can see the bottom of the nearby forest hill clearly. There are hardly any roads around, just sheep's intestine paths, with huge broken roots and dead trees lying on the ground, and many unusually large fungi clinging to them. There was a faint roar of some kind of strange beast all around, and Yuexiong was very excited when he heard it: "Someone has already harvested the first beast." ”

When Nan Ling heard this, his heart was extremely cold. The dim light reflected from under the trees, and the angular cheeks of the moon appeared to be a little strange and hideous.

The three of them waited for a moment, but nothing came.

Yue Liu'er was a little timid, and hesitated to speak: "Dad, I'll stay in the tree later-"

Yuexiong suddenly made a silent gesture very excitedly, his eyes shining, and he nugged forward with his chin, motioning for the two to look over. Nan Ling looked in the direction that Yuexiong was pointing and found two figures, one large and one small, gradually revealing their figures from the mist-like glow. The big handsome and muscular body, red fur, the head has a single horn, the back is five tails, the royal blue eyes seem to be made of glass, the small limbs are short and thick, and the tiger head and tiger brain are very cute. Yuexiong licked his lips excitedly: "It's a new sprout!

Since the new sprouts have not been harvested, they do not have the imprint of the Moon Serpent God on their bodies.

Nan Ling stared at Yuexiong with a very complicated gaze, and his heart went up and down. On the one hand, there is an ordinary father and son who have faith and family, and they are ordered to find sacrifices, and on the other hand, there is another father and son who are about to be ruthlessly tortured and killed, or are about to be killed. Yourself, what should I do?