Planeswalker My Plane War

Chapter 260 Fish Spirit 2
Zhang Cheng's figure quickly aroused the vigilance of the village.As he approached, he noticed dozens of defenders appearing on the wall—not idlers watching, but actual warriors armed and ready to fight.As for whether it is a full-time samurai or a part-time one, it is hard to say.From a distance, one could notice someone wearing armor.

Zhang Chengcheng wanted to summon Huchen, but after thinking about it, he gave up temporarily.After all, there is a bear by my side.Not to mention Little Bear's own ability as a great spirit, just relying on its ability to pluck the wool of the gods at will, basically a few enemies at the level of miscellaneous soldiers will die a few.

Zhang Cheng came all the way to a very close distance from the wall.He knew his appearance was suspicious—and he couldn't help it.He looked empty-handed, with nothing, carrying almost nothing.If it looked like this on Earth, it would be fine. After all, the commodity economy is developed, and as long as you have money, you can buy food and drink everywhere.But in this world, a horse-drawn carriage is usually required to travel far—an important reason is that supplies must be carried by oneself.

A person who obviously came from afar but empty-handed is either a very powerful spellcaster who can open up storage space or even a demiplane by himself, or he is an outpost or scout for a team.The former, almost all nobles, cannot walk on foot.The latter is hard to say.In this day and age, whether a party of strangers is robbers or caravans or travelers, hunter or prey is often Schrödinger's cat, depending on the situation.

Zhang Cheng stopped and looked at the defenders on the city wall.Although it was already dusk at this time, the light was not bad and I could see clearly.He has added an arcane vision to himself. Under the magic vision, it can be seen that the people above have neither magic equipment nor spellcasters.

"Stop coming! Who are you?" Someone asked on the city wall.

"I'm a passerby." Zhang Cheng replied. "Passing by here, just come and have a look and ask for directions."

He waited patiently for a few minutes, and the gate of the village was opened. "You can come in." Someone shouted at Zhang Cheng from above.

Zhang Cheng walked in, and as he expected, there were quite a few people standing at the door.On one side stood a row of men with weapons in their hands, two or three of them were in armor, but the weapons could only be described as various.On the front is an old man with white hair.There are two young people beside the old man, who should be his descendants.There is no doubt that this old man is the village chief, or the "Three Elders".

The two greeted each other and exchanged names.Then, the old man led him into a mansion.This is a common etiquette in this world, that is, treating Zhang Cheng as a guest from afar.It should be pointed out that although it is not comparable to Zhang Cheng's residence, by the standards of this world, this mansion is not considered shabby.

Seeing that Zhang Cheng didn't express anything in particular, most of the vigilance of the crowd had subsided.However, there are still a few armed villagers on the side at this time, not too far away.Although they are polite, they are also careful.

The old man's name is Da Mu, he is a commoner, and as Zhang Cheng expected, he is the head of the village, or called the three elders.This is "Xiongshui", which is said to be a tributary of "Jianshui".As for whether Jianshui is a tributary of other big rivers, even the villagers don't know.They only know that there is Jianshui, which can be reached along Xiongshui.But they have never been there.As for this place, its name is Shangxiong Village.

So it is really complicated to figure out where you are in the wild age.In fact, often even the official uniform name does not necessarily have.Zhang Cheng was in a fog for a long time.Apart from making sure that your direction is correct (this is the function of the compass, yes, you are not mistaken, the compass in this world also works), nothing else can be determined.And this is the effect of Zhang Cheng's own translator. If there is no translator, it is estimated that he will not even be able to communicate.

As for where they belong here, this did not surprise Zhang Cheng.This place belongs to the Dao Kingdom, a city on the edge of the Dao Kingdom called "Jiahe".But although this village is large in scale, it is the farthest village from Jiahe City.Fortunately, the village has a fishing industry, and the agriculture is developing well, so businessmen are still willing to come here every now and then, bringing various commodities and news from outside.Of course, these merchants are also small local merchants with limited knowledge and information.But even so, the villagers already knew about Quan Rong killing the emperor.

In addition, the Dao Kingdom sent a small army to join the coalition of princes to deal with the dog army... Other than that, there was nothing else going on.At least in the eyes of these villagers, these are very distant things—even if they are actually not too far away from Kunwu City.It's hard to say how far, but the air distance will not exceed three or four hundred kilometers.Put it on the earth, that is the distance that the mechanized troops can advance in a day and night, or even a day and night.Of course, having said that, it is far enough in this world.

All in all, what you get is some useless news.At least Zhang Cheng has no way to judge where he is on the Kyushu map based on the name "Xiongshui".

This map is really too rough, except for a few real big rivers, the others are not marked with names.

Of course, this situation is not unexpected-Zhang Chengcheng was mentally prepared to get nothing.According to Dr. Kunwu's opinion, he will have to walk this way for three or four months, and it's only the first day of his journey!

"By the way, Mr. Damu," Zhang Cheng asked. "When I came here just now, I heard singing from here. I was very sad. I didn't know what it was."

"It's the river god begging for sacrifices!" Da Muwen said, and immediately shed tears - he didn't cry, but he did shed tears.

"River god?" What kind of god is the river god?Zhang Cheng thought of Wu Zhiqi, the God of Huai Shui, almost immediately.

"Yes, a man and a woman must be sacrificed every time...!" The old man replied. "If you don't follow, the village will be flooded immediately! This is the third time this year..."

Hey, how could such a thing happen?Zhang Chengzhen heard it for the first time.How can I describe it when I hear this... It's as if the painting style of the whole world is different, and there is a sense of confusion from a fantasy game to a mythical game in an instant.

Through the communication with Xiaoxiong, Zhang Cheng knew that for the gods under normal circumstances, offering sacrifices is not necessary—more is not much, and less is not much.As long as it is not a specific situation like the battle of the gods, the gods don't care about the worship and sacrifice of mortals.Their real source of power is the priesthood.The priesthood is not only a terrible weapon of the gods, but also a source of power for the gods.And even if the gods fought, the gods would not be so childish, asking for two sacrifices at a time.Just look at Heng'e and you will know that those dog soldiers killed a lot of people at once.Of course, the scale of human beings is not small. The last time Zhang Cheng saw Chu people, he killed a large number of wounded and sick slaves at one time as sacrifices.

"What's going on here?" Zhang Cheng had no choice but to ask Little Bear. "Is it the animal spirit you mentioned?"

"It should be it, but I don't know what's going on." Little Bear expressed his innocence.Although he is a big spirit with the memory of a yellow bear, the little bear obviously doesn't understand this situation.

"eat human?"

"What's so delicious about human flesh?" Little Bear scoffed.Indeed, according to earth science research, human flesh is actually not tasty.In fact, the muscle-fat composition of the human body is unpalatable to most predators.There are also ferocious beasts that have lost their ability to hunt due to aging or injury and will eat people, because people are too weak and easy to catch.Studies have shown that it is a complete misunderstanding that sharks eat people in the sea. Sharks treat people like seals.Scientific studies have shown that sharks cannibalize people with only one bite, and they will leave after confirming that the muscle-to-fat ratio is not to their liking. "I guess it is studying how to accept sacrifices correctly. Animal spirits are stupid."

"River God...is there nothing your lord can do?" Zhang Cheng asked.This is different from Earth.In the history of the earth, there is really no way, after all, people cannot fight against those imaginary demons and ghosts.And in this world, powerful spellcasters really possess enormous power, even in the battle of gods, there is a place for spellcasters.Just like Dr. Kunwu PK Heng'e last time.Although Dr. Kunwu was defeated by Heng'e, at least he was able to jump up and down, fight back a few times and finally escape, instead of being stabbed to death directly with a finger.This is the case when facing true gods, let alone facing some guys who just claim to be gods.

"Hey, this is the southern barbarian invasion, and the country is in chaos... There is no air traffic control in a remote place like us." Dao introduced a little... In fact, the political situation in Dao country itself is relatively chaotic, and domestic internal strife is serious. The Southern Barbarians invaded, and it was already the limit to send a small army to deal with the dog army.In terms of the earth, this country is preparing to shrink rather than expand, and some fringe control points on the periphery have already planned to give up.This renunciation does not mean that the residents here are forced to relocate, but that they no longer intend to actually control the place.To make matters worse, the theoretical lord of this village is a doctor, but he is not Doctor Jiahe.This is his "enclave", just like Zhang Cheng.He himself doesn't care too much about this remote territory with limited benefits.Of course, Dr. Jiahe doesn't care even more. It's human nature to be proud of things that have nothing to do with oneself, and it has nothing to do with any era or society.

So there is such a "river god" popping up.

"What is that river god like...?" Zhang Cheng asked.

"I don't know, every time the wind, waves and fog are rolled up, I can't see clearly at all." Someone interjected.Soon, Zhang Chengcheng understood that the river god came suddenly, and appeared near the village about a year or two ago.Wind and waves accompany you at every turn, and there is fog.At the beginning, the strength of the residents here should not be clear, but soon, the river god figured out that the strength of the village is not strong.It started to contact the villagers, first it did some things such as overturning the fishing boat, and then there were several storms and waves, forcing the villagers to sacrifice for him.Soon the standard of sacrifice was raised to the requirement of living sacrifices.From the other party's detailed description, Zhang Cheng can think that this river god is also the type whose appetite grows bigger and bigger.At the beginning, I approached them cautiously, but I didn't become arrogant until I found out that these humans had no combat power.

You should be right, the so-called river god is the animal spirit that Little Bear mentioned.And...it shouldn't understand the world.

It doesn't understand human power structure at all.If it weren't for the chaotic situation in the Dao Kingdom, if it wasn't for the chaotic situation and the attacks of dog soldiers and southern barbarians, then this river god would probably be able to understand what the iron fist of the slave-owner aristocratic class is.

"Since it claims to be the God of the River, what is it capable of?" Zhang Cheng asked.

"It can control water." The man answered after thinking for a long time. "It can form a vortex, and it can also create a big wave. It is a big wave that threatens to flood the village, sweep everything with water, and flood the nearby farmland. We promised him to calm the wave."

"That's all?" Zhang Cheng began to understand a little bit.That is to say... In fact, there is no big skill?Of course, it is enough to deal with such a village without high-level spellcasters. "Is there anything else?"

"Its body should be large," said another person nearby. "It can destroy half of the port embankment with one blow."

It can manipulate fog and wind, can set off big waves and calm them at any time, can create vortexes, and at the same time has a huge body and has the terrible brute force to destroy embankments.

"The river god...animal spirit...delicious." Little Bear whispered.

"If you don't mind, I can try to help you deal with that river god." Zhang Cheng said.In fact, these words are superfluous, not to mention other things, looking at the expression of Da Mu, seeing the proactive attitude of the people around, looking at their earnest eyes, a fool can understand what they are thinking.The villagers may not know much about it, but they at least know that they cannot travel far without their belongings.Only high-level spellcasters who can create their own storage space or even half-planes can travel so freely and unarmed.It would be foolish not to ask for help in this situation.

"If that's the case," the old village head immediately got up to thank him. "Thank you, Mr. Zhang Cheng."

While the sky was still dark, Zhang Cheng followed the villagers to a river bend at the edge of the village.The water here is shallow and covered with reeds.This is the place to offer sacrifices to the river god. The way of offering sacrifices is very simple: just send the sacrifices here.It will come to enjoy the offering by itself.

"Can this be considered a sacrifice?" It seems that all the sacrifices that Zhang Cheng knows so far are not like this, they are all about killing.

"Animal spirits are stupid, and they don't know how to get sacrifices correctly." Little Bear curled his lips. "It's just based on instinct, thinking that it is enough to eat the sacrifice. It is estimated that he repeatedly sought the sacrifice to study how to correctly accept the power of the sacrifice."

"What is an animal spirit?"

"This... is hard to explain. In terms you can understand, most mortals have very little power, so when they die, their souls can hardly make any dying struggles. But some exceptions can die violently. Jump around a few times. As long as you are lucky enough, these existing souls can continue to exist without the body, becoming things such as ghosts and animal spirits. As time accumulates, if these spirit bodies have the right opportunity, then they can also Gradually master some power and gradually gain wisdom. This animal spirit should be studying how to be promoted to a great spirit. It probably thinks that it can become a great spirit by accepting sacrifices."

While speaking, Zhang Cheng was already standing among the reeds in the river bend.Originally, a man and a woman were to be sacrificed in the village, but since Zhang Cheng came, of course they did not do so.And they also knew that the situation was dangerous, so they left quickly.Now there is only Zhang Cheng here.

It was getting dark quickly.

(End of this chapter)