Immortal Sword Pavilion

Chapter 17 Two River Gods (for collection)

The Changliu River is about thirty miles long and three miles wide. It is one of the many tributaries of the Northland in the Yangtze River Basin in Jiangxia County.

Due to the development of the river, the people near the river are more prosperous.

Relying on mountains to eat mountains, relying on water to draft water.

Hegu Village is located to the west of the Changliu River, built along mountains and rivers, and in front of the village is a canyon inlet covering an area of ​​three miles.

And because the Guanjiang Estuary is just outside the canyon, although Hegu Village occupies a small area, parallel imports are quite developed. Counting the transactions, there are more than 200 villagers with a population of nearly [-].

According to the news Zhou Yu got, although Hegu Village used to offer sacrifices, they mostly used livestock, but the sudden adoption of human sacrifices was two years ago.

At this time, Zhou Yu was standing in a certain forest at the top of the moon, looking at the lake water glowing faintly white in the moonlight, gradually revealing deep thought.

According to what a former traveling merchant said, during a certain sacrifice two years ago, a strong wind suddenly blew up on the river surface, and a turbid eddy appeared. All the sacrifice items that had been prepared were knocked ashore. out.

After that, the village increased sacrifices. Although the sacrificial objects were swallowed by the river, every time the villagers went out to fish in the river, many villagers fell into the water and were injured. They saw a huge shadow in Hanoi, which passed by in a flash.

It wasn't until someone proposed to sacrifice young children that the situation improved.

In this regard, at that time, the government sent people to investigate to prevent evil cults from causing disasters, but to no avail.

Although the villagers were ordered to prohibit this matter, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one. Although the elders in the village will not violate the wishes of the government on the surface, they may not do so in private.

However, no strange things happened in Hegu Village later, and no young children disappeared after checking the household registration. Can let it go.

"There are three more days until the sacrifice. When the time comes, let's see who you, the so-called river god, really are." Zhou Yu looked at the center of the river with a cold look in his eyes.

More than two years ago, at least four innocent children were sacrificed every six months. If they had never practiced, they would inevitably be confused in order to survive in this secular world.

But Zhou Yu not only embarked on the road of cultivation, but also had Su Hui in his previous life, how could he fail to see the hidden things behind it.

Although children usually retain some innate energy from the mother's womb, how much can a normal child retain after the age of three?
Compared with the rare treasures with the aura of heaven and earth contained in this great world of practice, the latter is undoubtedly more attractive to monsters.

Only casual cultivators of evil ways and other sects of evil ways can practice in this way indiscriminately.

Just as Zhou Yu was thinking about how to deal with the possible evil spirits, there was a sudden burst of shouting and cursing faintly heard from a distance.

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"Who told you to run to the river again in the middle of the night, you little bastard, don't you want to live?" In the woods by the river, a woman who looks plump but is actually quite fat, and dressed in gray cloth, He was holding a boy about seven or eight years old with one hand, and the little buttocks he hit with his right hand made a crackling sound.

Looking at the teary-eyed but persistent little boy, looking at the hand as big as a cattail fan, this made Zhou Yu, who came to hide at the top of the tree, feel pain when he looked at it.

"Mother, Xiaoyu is not an evil god." The young man explained with tears in his eyes.

"You know, I fell into the water three years ago, and it was Xiaoyu who saved me."

"Mother knows it's useless. Besides, if it weren't for the sacrifices these two years, do you think our Hegu Village would be peaceful? Didn't you see your third uncle died suddenly in the lake ten days ago?" The woman's eyes were complicated, but she still scolded .

"It's not like you haven't seen your third aunt crying, son, don't think about the river god. This time, the village chief invited a powerful Taoist priest to completely get rid of that evil monster."

"But...but." The young man turned pale and argued.

"It's nothing to worry about. If the little fish that saved you wasn't the river god who caused disaster, it will be fine. If it is... aren't you afraid that one day you will be thrown into the river to feed the fish?"

"Hurry up, hurry up, your father will find you running to the river again later, maybe he will hang you up and beat you." After finishing speaking, the woman dragged the boy back home quickly.

"Mom, my butt hurts, I want to eat eggs when I get home."

"Hey, you brat, weren't you stubborn just now?" The woman's laughter faintly came from a distance.

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"Could it be that there are two so-called river gods?" Seeing the mother and son go away, Zhou Yu frowned after listening to the conversation.

This is quite inconsistent with the news he received.

When Chang Hao came, the villagers still kept secrets about the sacrificial offerings to outsiders, but now they are already discussing asking Taoist priests to eliminate demons.

"It seems that my news is still behind. Fortunately, there are still three days for me to go to the village to inquire."

"It's also good to find out why in the past, he did not hesitate to risk the government's strict orders to actively prepare for the sacrifice, but now he boldly eliminates the demon. If there is no definite result in advance, the village chief will definitely not risk the whole village withering to deal with the so-called the river god."

"Besides, if what the young man said is true, and he was saved by the river god, I'm afraid there is something hidden about this sacrifice, and I don't know what kind of monster the other river god is?" Zhou Yu said silently what the young man said.

"Perhaps I can understand a thing or two when I meet the Taoist invited by the village chief tomorrow."

Not to mention that Chang Hao is bold and careful, and he will definitely find out if he finds out that evil spirits are causing trouble. When he went to the shipwreck incident a few days ago, he could not detect the evil spirit even with his Qi training at the seventh level. Where can the Taoist priests here be so powerful?

Either an expert or a liar.

If it is an expert who plays around with the world, then it is a different matter, but if it is a liar, this matter may be a little subtle.

In the early morning of the next day, after searching around the valley again without success, Zhou Yu entered Hegu Village at noon.

It is said to be a village, but it already looks like a small town.

From the entrance of the village, there is a neatly paved street similar to stone slabs. On both sides of the street, there are peddlers selling candied haws, and craftsmen who make novelty toys shake drums and sell them.

There are food stalls with attractive aromas on the side of the road. From time to time, children hold the hands of adults and run happily with various masks.

Every sacrifice is a different kind of festival in Hegu Village, which means the joy of a good harvest. Nowadays, although the ritual of offering sacrifices to the god of the river is messed up, for most ordinary people, joy is the main thing.

"Perhaps it is because of the preservation of this peaceful atmosphere that the village head of Hegu Village made up his mind to abandon the evil ritual and get rid of the evil spirits." Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhou Yu thought to himself road.

Whether the people of a village are ignorant or not can be judged by looking at the construction of the village.

Hegu Village is neatly planned, the roads are tidy, and the people who come and go live in their own way, which is much better than some declining small towns.

The scene of a thriving population in front of him is definitely not something that a small fishing village that believes in evil spirits can do.

"Then why did you choose to sacrifice the living in the first place?" Zhou Yu became more and more amazed as he entered the village and looked at the orderly villagers who maintained order.

Just as he was looking carefully, there was a sudden sound of surprise in front of him, and a group of well-dressed people came towards him.

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