Invincible Sword Soul

Chapter 530 River God
After everyone finished laughing, they followed Yuan Gang's footwork closely, and did not find their foothold until sunset.

Lynch's physical body has become stronger, and his aura has become more pure. Yuan Gang can naturally tell, but how did Lynch do it in just half a day.

Yuan Gang didn't know about this, and he couldn't ask about it. Perhaps it was just a coincidence, and Lin Qi realized something.

"Master, there is a temple fair in the city tonight, Senior Brother Wang wants to invite me out to have a look!"

Lin Qi walked to Yuan Gang's room, knocked on the door, walked in, and said respectfully.

"Go, remember not to cause trouble!"

Yuan Gang nodded. The purpose of bringing Lynch out was to let him increase his knowledge and experience.

"Thank you Master!"

Lynch was still young after all, so he soon left the yard with Senior Brother Wang Zhong and others, and headed straight for the city.

A group of six people walked to the city, because today is the first day of the new year, there are not only temple fairs, but also various activities, and people come and go on the street.

All kinds of snacks, as well as strange things, emerge in endlessly.

"Hoohoho..."

Waves of strange roars came from a distance, and a large group of people, wearing strange masks, ran rampant on the street like a parade.

When passers-by encountered them, they avoided them one after another, unwilling to provoke them.

Lynch and the others were having a good time, and the crowd separated automatically. They didn't know what happened, and followed the flow of people, standing on both sides of the street.

"Every year at the temple fair, these ghosts and monsters will appear!"

Standing beside Lynch, a peddler muttered, after those people left, he continued to yell and sell items.

"Boss, who are they?"

Lynch threw a spirit stone and asked the peddler.

Seeing the Lingshi, the peddler's eyes lit up, and Lynch looked harmless to humans and animals, always smiling, which made people feel good.

Wang Zhong and others also moved closer, wanting to know who these masked people are.

"They are a big local gang called the Grimacing Gang. Every year at the temple fair, they will come out in groups. The main purpose is to sacrifice to the river god!"

The peddler gave a wry smile. Every year at the temple fair, these members of the Grimace Gang would appear, and it was no surprise.

"Sacrificing to the river god?"

It wasn't Lynch who asked the question, but Yu Lei, the female disciple of Ziyan Sect.

Getting along this day, we are very familiar with each other, and we have no distinction between each other.

"This girl doesn't know that the river god is our patron saint, protecting this world. Every year, the temple fair is dedicated to worshiping the river god. In the past, there would be floods every year. If it wasn't for the river god, this place would have been razed to the ground!"

The hawker took the trouble to explain that there were not many customers anyway, and because of the intervention of the Grimace Gang, some people who originally planned to participate in the temple fair chose to leave.

"I still don't understand, what does flooding have to do with the river god?"

Yu Lei continued to ask, and Lynch was also confused.

According to the hawker, the river god should be omnipotent, saved tens of thousands of lives, and finally built a temple and accepted the worship of the world, so there is today's temple fair.

"You are from outside!"

From the words of Lynch and others, it can be heard that they should have encountered this place by chance, so they have so many problems.

"Boss, we are also traveling in mountains and rivers, and it happens to be here. I hope you can tell us more!"

Lynch took out another spirit stone and threw it in front of the peddler. Seeing the spirit stone, the peddler's eyes lit up.

"It started hundreds of years ago. Back then, it was just a small town. Because it was close to the salt lake, there would be floods every year, and the people were in dire straits. One day, a river god came to guard the salt lake. Since then, there has been no flood. Too much water!"

The peddler chattered with gusto, and Lynch speculated secretly that there must be a certain water monster living in the salt lake, which caused the flood to hit the town.

The river god praised by them is most likely the water monster in the salt lake. It takes advantage of people's ignorance to deceive the world, and builds temples to sing praises from generation to generation.

"Go forward and you will see a tall tower. At this time, the sacrificial items should have been placed on the tower!"

The peddler had a customer, so he didn't continue talking to Lynch and the others, and went to work on his own.

"Let's go and see!"

Lynch also aroused his curiosity, how the sacrifice to the river god was held.

More and more people gathered towards the high tower that the peddler said, tens of thousands of people watched, and the scene was incomparably spectacular.

Numerous flames illuminated a simple and dark tower, about a hundred meters high, on the top of the tower, emitting a faint luster.

"Why is there still someone up there?"

Yu Lei exclaimed. At the top of the tower, dozens of people were trapped with ropes, unable to move, and placed on the tower platform.

Under the tower, tens of thousands of people sang and danced, roaring with excitement.

"They actually use living people to sacrifice!"

Wang Zhong frowned, understanding the meaning of sacrifice, and put a dozen boys and girls on the tower to worship the river god.

"This kind of human sacrifice has long been extinct, how could it appear here!"

Lynch knew a lot about the mainland, and showed doubts. Who would dare to sacrifice a living person so boldly.

Obviously, this kind of human sacrifice is shameless, and it is a vicious act.

The dozen or so people tied up on the tower were five men and five women in total. They were all young, only about fifteen or sixteen years old, and they were all pure virgins.

Young people are full of energy, and young girls are full of vigor!
The five women were crying, they still didn't want to die, especially in this way, they were given to the river god and became his food.

And these people under the tower were indifferent, as if they were normal, losing ten people in exchange for tens of thousands of peace, it was so worth it.

One year, they did not hand over the sacrificial objects on time. That night, the basin was flooded by heavy rain, and the water in the salt lake flowed backwards. There were countless casualties, thousands of people died in the flood.

"It's inhumane to use such a cruel method for the sake of a moment's peace!"

Yu Lei was filled with righteous indignation, and the others nodded.

"Senior brother Wang Zhong, we can't just watch them sacrifice to that so-called river god!"

Zhang Shulin came out, not tall, a little fat, and planned to rescue ten of them.

"Junior Lin, what do you think we should do?"

Wang Zhong didn't rush to reply, but asked Lin Qi.

After all, they are just outsiders. They are newcomers, and their sacrificial activities have been going on for hundreds of years. If they are suddenly interrupted, they will definitely attract hatred from countless people.

"Don't be in a hurry, let's wait and see, and see what kind of monster the River God is, who wants to eat the living to keep one safe!"

Lynch pondered for a moment, and planned to wait. It was still early, so he had to attend the temple fair first, and there was still time to make plans after the River God appeared.

"Okay, let's wait and see!"

Wang Zhong nodded in agreement, and the five quickly blended into the crowd.

In the middle area, a bonfire was lit, and countless people gathered around the bonfire, jumping happily.

It formed a sharp contrast with the five men and five women on the tower.

"I beg you, let my son go, I kowtow to you!"

In a dark corner of the street, an old woman knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the leaders of the Ghostface Gang, whose son had been chosen this year as a sacrifice.

"Go away, your son can be chosen, it is your family's good luck!"

Several leaders kicked the old woman's body, and the latter flew upside down, spraying a mouthful of blood onto the wall, and passed out immediately.

The screams were quickly drowned out by the noise outside, but they couldn't stop Lynch's consciousness.

"Let's go!"

Lynch walked through the crowd and quickly walked into the alley. The members of the Ghostface Gang had already left, except for the blood on the ground.

The old woman stood up with great difficulty, her face was pale, she leaned on the wall, looked at the tower, her eyes were blurred by tears.

"Son! It's my mother's fault that they let you go out, so they caught you..."

The old woman cried and cried, watching her son being put on the tower and made a sacrificial offering, crying to death.

"Old man, what happened, why are you crying so much?"

Yu Lei came over, helped the old woman, and found that she was seriously injured, and her life might be in danger if not treated.

Mobilizing the energy, dredged the old woman's body, spit out a big mouthful of blood from the old woman's mouth, and her complexion looked better.

"My son!"

After the old woman got well, she cried even louder. There was only this one son. If he lost his son, the whole family would collapse.

"Old lady, don't worry, just tell us, maybe we can help!"

Lynch said something comfortingly, the old woman's mood was obviously better, and she looked at the six Lynchs, all of them were handsome and bright, and they didn't look like evil people.

"Ugh……"

The old woman sighed, showing a deep look of helplessness.

"It's all my fault. At this juncture, let my son come out. He was caught by the ghost face gang and was taken away as a sacrificial offering to the river god!"

The old woman told the whole story.

It turned out that he had three sons, the eldest son and the second son, all were taken away by the river god, and now there is only one youngest son left, who still cannot escape bad luck.

In the city, the Grimacing Gang is like the representative of the river god. At this time, they search for virgins and virgins everywhere, and they must not exceed them.

It is necessary to maintain the body of a child. Such people are rare. It can be said that it takes great pains to gather ten people every year.

"Old woman, what is this river god?"

Lynch continued to ask, wanting to know more about the river god.

"Big, very big, every time it comes out, it is accompanied by the flood, covering its body, and when the flood recedes, the sacrifices placed will disappear with it!"

The old woman looked terrified, and she was in awe of the river god.

Lin Qi and Wang Zhong looked at each other, and saw the same answer in their eyes.

This is by no means a river god, but a monster. Its main purpose is to eat people, and it likes to eat young boys and girls.

From the old woman's narration, the six people can basically conclude that the river god is a monster, occupying the salt lake and causing harm to one side.

"I beg you, you must save my son, I am the only son!"

After the old woman finished speaking, she knelt down to Lynch and the others. She could only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor. She couldn't beat the Grimacing Gang at all.

"Don't worry, we will definitely save your son!"

A chill appeared in Lynch's eyes. The man-eating monster must be an evil thing. If it is not eradicated, more people will suffer in the future.

(End of this chapter)