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

Due to the development of river channels, people living near rivers have become more prosperous.

If you rely on mountains, you can eat mountains; if you rely on water, you can eat water.

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

And because the outside of the canyon is the mouth of the Guanjiang River, although the Hehe Valley Village occupies a small area, parallel imports are quite developed. Counting the transactions, there are more than 200 villagers and a population of nearly 1,000 households.

According to the information Zhou Yu received, although Hehe Village would also offer sacrifices in previous years, they mostly used livestock. However, it was two years ago that they suddenly adopted human sacrifices.

At this time, as the moon was rising, Zhou Yu was standing in a mountain forest somewhere, looking at the lake with a faint white glow in the moonlight, gradually revealing his deep thoughts.

According to passing merchants, during a certain sacrifice two years ago, a strong wind suddenly blew on the river, and a turbid whirlpool appeared. All the sacrifice items that had been prepared were knocked over and landed on the shore. It seemed that they were dissatisfied with the food and vomited.

out.

After that, the village increased the number of sacrifices. Although the sacrificial objects were swallowed up 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 the river, passing by in a flash.

It wasn't until someone proposed using young children as sacrifices that the situation improved.

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

Although the villagers were ordered to prohibit this matter, the county officials were not as good as the current ones. Although the village elders would not go against the wishes of the government on the surface, they may not do so in private.

However, no weird things happened in Hehe Village later, and no children were missing after checking the household registration. Although the government suspected that he was secretly buying and selling children, they had no evidence, and because Hehe Village was far away from Wu'an County, in the end they could only

Can't let it go.

"There are still three days until the time of sacrifice. Then let's see what kind of monster you are, the so-called river god." Zhou Yu looked at the center of the river with a cold light in his eyes.

In the past two years, four children were innocently killed during the sacrifice every six months. If you had not practiced spiritual practice, you would have been confused in order to survive in this secular world.

But Zhou Yu not only embarked on the path of spiritual practice, but also had wisdom from his past life. How could he not see the hidden things behind this?

Although most children will retain some of the innate energy from their mother's womb, how much of it can a normal child retain after the age of three?

Compared with the rare treasures containing the aura of heaven and earth contained in this world of cultivation, the latter are undoubtedly more attractive to monsters.

Only evil cultivators and side sects of evil would practice in such a despicable manner.

Just as Zhou Yu was thinking about how to deal with the possible evil spirits, suddenly a burst of yelling and cursing came faintly from a distance.

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"Who told you to run to the river in the middle of the night? You little brat, don't you want to live?" In the woods by the river, a woman who looked plump but was actually quite obese and dressed in gray cloth said,

He was holding a boy of about seven or eight years old with one hand, and at the same time, he spanked the little buttocks with his right hand.

Looking at the little boy with tears in his eyes but gritting his teeth and holding on, and looking at the hand as big as a cattail leaf fan, it hurt Zhou Yu who came to hide at the end of the tree.

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

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

"Mom, I know it's useless. Besides, if it weren't for the sacrifices in the past two years, do you think our Hehe Valley Village would be in peace? Didn't you see that your third uncle suddenly died in the lake ten days ago?" The woman's eyes were complicated, but she still scolded.

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"It's not like you haven't seen your third aunt cry before. Son, stop thinking about the river god. This time the village chief invited a powerful Taoist priest to completely get rid of the monster that caused trouble."

"But...but." The young man's face turned pale and he defended.

"There's nothing wrong with it. If the little fish that saved you really isn't the river god causing trouble, then 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, and he might hang you up and beat you." After saying that, the woman pulled the boy and quickly walked home.

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

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

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

This was quite inconsistent with the news he had received.

When Chang Hao came, the villagers were still very secretive about the sacrifices to outsiders, but now they are actually discussing asking Taoist priests to eliminate the demons.

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

"It would also be helpful to find out why in the past, he did not hesitate to actively prepare for sacrifices despite the strict orders of the government, but now he boldly eliminates demons. If there is no certain result in advance, then the village chief will definitely not risk the whole village to wither 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 another secret behind this sacrifice. Who knows what kind of monster the other River God will be?" Thinking of that buttocks were swollen.

Zhou Yu said silently what the young man said.

"Perhaps if I meet the Taoist invited by the village chief tomorrow, I will be able to understand something."

Not to mention that Chang Hao is a brave and careful person, and he will definitely find out the truth when he discovers evil spirits causing trouble. When he went to the shipwreck incident a few days ago, he was not able to detect the evil spirit despite his seventh level of Qi training. A remote fishing village invited

How powerful can the Taoist priests who come here be?

Either he is an expert or he is a liar.

If you are an expert who is playing around with the world, then it is a different matter, but if you are a liar, the matter may be a little more subtle.

In the early morning of the next day, after checking around the valley again without success, Zhou Yu entered the valley 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 merchants selling candied haws, and there are also craftsmen who make novel toys playing drums and selling them.

There are food stalls with tempting aromas on the roadside. From time to time, children hold the hands of adults and run happily wearing various masks.

Every sacrifice is an alternative festival in Hehe Village, which means the joy of harvest. Nowadays, although it is messed up by the sacrifice of human beings to the River God, for most ordinary people, joy is still the main thing.

"Perhaps it was to preserve this peaceful atmosphere that the village chief of Hehe Valley made up his mind to abandon the evil ritual and get rid of the evil spirits in his heart." Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhou Yu thought to himself.

road.

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

River Valley Village is neatly planned, the roads are clean, and people come and go in their own way. It is much better than some small towns in decline.

The bustling scene in front of you is definitely not something that a small fishing village that believes in evil can achieve.

"Then why did you choose to offer sacrifices to strangers in the first place?" As he entered the village and looked at the village warriors who maintained order and order, Zhou Yu became more and more surprised.

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