After eavesdropping on my thoughts, the whole family went crazy.

Chapter 57 Taking the initiative to sacrifice
Hua Rongqi is petrified in the wind, Xie Shiqing is indifferent, and Yuchi Suihua is frowning in thought.

And Su Ran, Su Ran was talking to the village chief.

Hua Rongqi: "..."

Hua Rongqi's brows twitched twice, wondering how things developed to this point.

Just now, Su Ran and the village chief reached an unknown agreement, which persuaded the villagers not to point weapons at them for the time being.

Then several people came down from the tree, and in silence, Su Ran began to ask about the sacrificial ceremony.

Just...like a dream.

Until Hua Rongqi blinked for the umpteenth time, then reached out and pinched hard to the side——

"Hua Rongqi!" Yuchi Suihua was pinched unexpectedly, and immediately kicked Hua Rongqi, "What's wrong with you?"

When Yuchi Suihua made a move, Hua Rongqi quickly stepped aside.

Yuchi Suihua's screams were still in his ears, and the conversation between Su Ran and the village chief continued. Hua Rongqi had to face the reality:

His partner, Ran Ran, whom he trusted most, was going to sacrifice them all.

After coming to this conclusion, Hua Rongqi couldn't care less about the quarrel with Yuchi Suihua. He just wanted to go to the corner and stay quietly by himself.

The chatter behind them gradually became quieter, almost quiet.

A hand was placed on his shoulder, and Hua Rongqi subconsciously wanted to fight back. The next moment, Su Ran's voice came: "Why are you squatting in the corner alone? It's like you've been frustrated in love."

Surrounded by deep woods, Hua Rongqi seemed to be isolated from the world, with his back to them, squatting in the corner.

Su Ran almost instantly imagined a scene of deep sadomasochism.

Hua Rongqi raised his head and looked up at Su Ran. His face was expressionless and he said in a faint tone, "You betrayed me."

Su Ran: "...?"

"Did I cheat?" Su Ran blurted out.

Hua Rongqi: "..."

Xie Shiqing came over to check the situation: "..."

Yuchi Suihua, who was pacing back and forth, happened to pass by: "..."

There was Hua Rongqi's silent and somewhat complicated expression in his eyes. Su Ran laughed and then continued: "Then why do you look so bitter and resentful? With all this resentment, people who don't know thought I had done something. I'm sorry. your business."

[Really, I haven’t been in love yet, Xiaohua, you are ruining my innocence! 】

Hua Rongqi: "..."

Hua Rongqi's beautiful eyes widened slightly, and the muscles on her face moved imperceptibly, as if she was gritting her teeth to endure something.

In the end, Hua Rongqi couldn't bear it any longer, waved away Su Ran's hand on his shoulder, stood up, looked directly at Su Ran and said, "You still said you weren't sorry for me!"

He looked like he was about to be broken, and the ends of his eyes were red, as if tears were about to fall from those beautiful eyes in the next second.

Su Ran felt a little guilty after being looked at by these eyes, and really began to recall whether she had done anything unintentionally to offend Hua Rongqi.

After all, her way of thinking and doing things is different from people of this era. Maybe she did something at some point that Hua Rongqi would misunderstand.

However, Su Ran's appearance of being lost in memories fell into Xie Shiqing's eyes, which actually made the man who had always stayed out of the matter look cold.

It's just that Su Ran went through all the memories. From the time when Hua Rongqi was still the "Hua Niang" to the time when the two entered the illusion, there was nothing wrong? !

There has never been any transgressive behavior between the two of them, and their daily interactions are mostly mutually destructive.

Su Ran thought for a long time, but really couldn't figure out what went wrong, so he took the initiative to ask: "How have I sorry for you?"

Hua Rongqi seemed to have heard something unbelievable, and her tone even increased by one degree: "You actually came to ask me?!"

Hua Rong looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and her fur suddenly burst into flames, and she began to babble endlessly accusing Su Ran of various crimes.

"First of all, you didn't want to throw Yuchi Suihua over to sacrifice!"

Yuchi Suihua: "..."

Nerves have nothing to do with me.

"Secondly, you actually want to throw me over and sacrifice me!"

Su Ran: "..."

[Uh, didn’t I throw myself in there too? Let’s all join in. 】

"In the end, you actually threw yourself over as a sacrifice!"

Su Ran: "..."

[Nerve, can’t I sacrifice myself? 】

However, Hua Rongqi still looked as if he had encountered something too unacceptable. Su Ran sighed and wanted to tell him the truth, but he swallowed the words in his mouth.

[No, that group of villagers just walked into the woods. I don’t know where they went. 】

[Let’s not talk about it for now. If someone hears it, it will be all over. 】

Su Ran's hesitant look fell into Hua Rongqi's eyes. Hua Rongqi was so heartbroken that she didn't want to say another word to Su Ran.

Unless she apologizes to him, he will not forgive Su Ran.

"Don't think too much." Su Ran put on a steady expression and said in a very serious tone: "Get ready for the sacrifice."

Hua Rongqi: "..."

You've been brewing for so long and you're not trying to comfort me or explain your motives to me? ? ?
Hua Rongqi was furious, turned around and left.

He is running away from home! No one can stop him!
However, as soon as he took a step forward, Su Ran grabbed him by the collar and stopped him from moving. He almost fell down because of the force.

"Don't even think about leaving." Su Ran dragged Hua Rongqi forward, "Get ready for the sacrifice."

There are four axes left by the villagers over there.

"I won't leave! I won't go to sacrifice even if I die! Let Yuchi Suihua go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Ran heard a sound coming from deep in the woods. Su Ran's pupils dilated slightly and he quickly said: "There is no need to discuss, everyone must sacrifice to the great mountain god!"

With Su Ran's words of loyalty to the mountain god, the noise in the woods became quiet again.

Su Ran breathed a sigh of relief, and when Hua Rongqi was about to retort, he stepped forward and covered his mouth to prevent him from saying any more "rebellious" words.

Su Ran lowered his voice and threatened: "If you dare to say anything disrespectful to the mountain god, or do anything against the mountain god, I will kill you now."

Hua Rongqi: "...!!!"

"Uh-huh! Uh--!" Hua Rongqi waved his arms in vain, and soon found that he couldn't move his hands.

Because he was restrained by Xie Shiqing.

"Stop arguing, if you dare to be disrespectful to the mountain god..." Xie Shiqing's tone was cold and slow, and his words had a more terrifying threat.

Just listen to him say: "I will kill you."

Hua Rongqi: "...!!!"

There was clear murderous intent in his eyes, and Hua Rongqi nodded quickly to show that he understood. Only then did Su Ran and Xie Shiqing let him go.

Hua Rongqi sniffed and cursed in her heart: These idiots! ! !
Yuchi Suihua is not normal, and neither are you!

Apart from him, there is no normal person in this place!
However, he didn't dare to curse out what was in his heart. It's funny. It's not like he really didn't want to live anymore.

If he scolded Xie Shiqing, well...according to the legends he heard about Xie Shiqing in the organization, if he dared to scold Xie Shiqing, he might not even know how he died.

If you scold Su Ran, well... Su Ran herself is not a threat, but she has a backing! He was even fed poison by his mother!

With an extremely heavy heart, Hua Rongqi followed Su Ran and saw her picking up an ax on the ground and walking towards the woods.

At this moment, Hua Rongqi finally believed in Su Ran's determination to sacrifice, and stepped forward to pick up an ax with eyes blank.

When all four people were holding an axe, Su Ran began to recount the preparations for the sacrifice.

The sacrificial ceremony is actually not that complicated. Of course, it is still a little more complicated than the burial alive in the background story.

They need to cut enough firewood in the woods, then wait for the priest to recite blessings next to the well, and finally let the sacrifice enter the bottom of the well and fill it with firewood.

Light the fire and bring it to a boil.

Well, this time the sacrifice was to be buried alive and burned.

The reason why Su Ran was so proactive was just to delay for a while and find a way to break the illusion in the time gained.

In this limited time, they have to fulfill the temple girl's wish and complete the sacrificial ceremony.

etc--

Su Ran was confused, but he still remembered that Xie Shiqing and Hua Rongqi both said that there was only one way to break the illusion.

So now there are two clues, which one should be completed?
One is written on a stone tablet in a ruined temple, fulfilling the temple girl's wish.

One is written on the stone tablet at the bottom of the well. After completing the sacrificial ceremony, the door will open.

Although Hua Rongqi was extremely reluctant at the moment, he was swinging the ax in his hand very perfunctorily and chopped down the tree trunk.

Yuchi Suihua, on the other hand, had been silent since just now. He walked to the other side to chop down trees alone, not knowing what he was thinking.

Only Xie Shiqing was still not far away from him.

Su Ran moved a few steps to the side and walked to Xie Shiqing's side. While cutting down the tree, he asked, "There are two tasks."

Su Ran was just pretending to chop down the tree, so after so many ax cuts, the trunk only peeled off a layer of skin.

[I don’t really want to sacrifice, of course I have to fish and swim. 】

[If I transform into King Juan and work hard to chop down trees, I will soon be thrown into the well as a sacrifice...]

Xie Shiqing said "Yeah", chopped it off with the ax in his hand, embedded it in the trunk, and said softly: "One of them is fake."

"Can it still be like this?" Su Ran suddenly realized, "So this is still a cunning illusion, and it knows that it has a holiday mission to confuse us?"

Xie Shiqing nodded, his eyes lowered, as if looking at the ax handle hanging in mid-air.

"Only by completing the real mission can the illusion be broken." Xie Shiqing said.

Xie Shiqing held the ax handle with his hand and pretended to pull the ax out of the trunk.

It's just that he held it empty-handedly. A closer look revealed that he was acting, and his acting was very perfunctory and false.

Su Ran also followed his example and swung the ax hard towards the tree trunk. When the ax was firmly embedded in the tree trunk, he held the ax handle with his hand.

Su Ran said: "But we don't seem to have time to complete the first task now."

Su Ran had no doubt that as long as they showed the intention to leave now, the group of villagers would immediately rush up and treat them like the parents of the baby girl.

Su Ran did not stand on the same front as Hua Rongqi and did not send Yuchi Suihua to sacrifice, because the stone tablet at the bottom of the well said that after the sacrifice ceremony was completed, the door would open.

Su Ran did not forget the key in Yuchi Suihua's hand, just in case the two requirements really need to be met at the same time, and Yuchi Suihua was sent to sacrifice (of course, as the male protagonist, Yuchi Suihua will not die , but in all likelihood they will be separated from Su Ran and the others), then if they don’t have the key, wouldn’t they really be trapped here.

Xie Shiqing thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "It seems true."

Su Ran: "..."

[I really hope you can refute me. 】

"Then we...?" Su Ran turned his head slightly and cast a questioning look at Xie Shiqing.

Xie Shiqing: "Gamble."

Su Ran: "..."

[How do you say the words "take a gamble" so confidently! 】

In order to show his trust in the boss, Su Ran nodded heavily and said in agreement: "Yes!"

When Hua Rongqi heard two loud tree-cutting sounds coming from the other side, his heart that was already feeling cold became even colder.

Why are those two so enthusiastic about sacrifices?

When there was another movement in the woods, several people stopped what they were doing.

The group of villagers came back, each holding a large bundle of branches in their hands. Their weapons were either in their hands or tucked behind their backs.

Su Ran glanced at the tree trunk in front of him that only suffered some skin injuries, and quickly picked up two branches from the ground.

"Hurry up and pick up a few to show off!" Seeing Hua Rongqi still standing there, Su Ran urged in a low voice.

When the villagers approached, the branches they held in their arms were in sharp contrast to the one or two branches held by Su Ran and others.

Fortunately, these people are not living people, nor do they have normal thinking.

Seeing the pitiful few branches in Su Ran's hands, Su Ran didn't say anything, but showed a look of satisfaction.

Seeing that he had been fooled, Su Ran breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Then what do we need to do now?"

The village chief's dark eyes rolled and his voice was hoarse: "Wait for the priest to come and recite the blessing."

Su Ran said "Oh" and decided to try another task to see if it was possible to complete it.

She asked Xie Shiqing just now. If it was a fake mission, it would be a waste of time at best and would not lead to death on the spot.

Because she asked in advance, she dared to take the next step.

"Do you know what the temple girl's wish is?" Su Ran asked.

The village chief, who was originally calm, suddenly widened his eyes after hearing these words, and gradually expanded outwards until his eyes widened to a degree that normal people could not reach.

Su Ran swallowed silently and took a step back calmly.

【It’s so scary! He won't explode and die later! 】

God knows how scared Su Ran was when she saw the village chief's eyes staring like this without any warning, and how much perseverance it took to control herself and not scream on the spot.

The village chief stared at his strange eyes, his neck made a "click" sound, and his lips moved and closed.

"Temple girl?"

His neck began to tilt to one side, or to be precise, his brain began to tilt to one side, but his neck did not move.

(End of this chapter)