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Chapter 131: Snake (third update)

"Please wait for us here for a while."

The old lady called her son, who was in his prime, with a cane and ordered him to go down.

Du Xinghe couldn't understand the slang they used when communicating, and didn't care. Forgetting that there was no threat to his existence in this small village, he found a stool made of reeds and sat down.

The furniture in the reed house was also built according to the height of the villagers. Du Xinghe was tall and had slender limbs. Sitting on a short stool felt awkward and he couldn't move much.

He was just a passer-by, so he wouldn't look around and care.

There was another fierce quarrel outside the Reed House, and the quarrel sounded far away.

Soon after, the old lady reappeared in the house. First, she asked Du Xinghe to restore the cattle and sheep in batches on the designated island and distribute the weight evenly. The male villagers followed him out. When they saw the new meat and grain, they looked at each other. When the light comes out, I want to pounce on it and gnaw it alive.

Except for the old lady, no female villagers came out of the house.

"Thank you."

After the old lady thanked her briefly, she stood aside with a cane in one hand and her baby in the other. Then three men who were considered strong in Jiahu Village came out and painted peacock green patterns on their faces with paint. , danced a weird dance on the edge of the Reed Island, and the confident shouts spread far and wide in the night. While dancing, they beat the gongs and drums in their hands.

The gongs and drums in his hands were different from those he had seen across the galaxy. Once struck, they could produce a louder sound than ordinary musical instruments, and the sound was comparable to that of a suona.

When the song reached its most passionate point, the old lady let out a strange scream and her eyes bulged.

When Du Xinghe focused his attention on the side of her protruding eyeballs, he saw her throw away the crutches and throw the baby out in a very standard three-point shooting posture. The baby drew a beautiful parabola in the night sky. Hearing the meaning After hearing the roar of the sacrifice being completed, the woman in the house couldn't bear it any longer and cried loudly.

However, the expected sound of water entering did not come out.

Chi Xiao flew out, just like a badminton racket, and caught the swaddling clothes firmly.

"What are you doing!?"

When he heard the frightened baby crying, Du Xinghe was filled with shock and anger.

I was shocked that I almost became the buyer of a human sacrifice.

What makes me angry is that Jiahu Village actually has a tradition of human sacrifice.

Unexpectedly, the old lady was even more surprised than she was: "Don't you want to see the jackal? You've even made up for the two animals we lacked. I'm asking him to come out!" Her face darkened: "There will be an increase in price for another ceremony. ! Hearing the sound of the gong but not receiving the sacrifice, he might be angry with us."

"Wha...what?"

The amount of information is so large that it is difficult to turn around when crossing the galaxy.

It turned out that he had added the last part of the human sacrifice unintentionally.

She frowned and said solemnly: "There is no need to perform the ceremony! I just won't see you! I will give you the cattle and sheep, but you have to tell me who this snake is."

Du Xinghe originally wanted to follow the local rules and invite the thousand-year-old snake out of the lake in a friendly manner. He only wanted its poison but not its life.

If she wants to eat a child, it could be something good. She will go directly to the lake to eliminate demons and seize elixirs to feed the little fat one!

After hearing her say that there was no need to perform the ceremony or take back the cattle and sheep, the faces of the villagers suddenly turned from gloomy to clear.

The only one who is unhappy is Sword Spirit.

The baby in the swaddling clothes was just one month old, and he peed out after being frightened like this. After the sword spirit casually threw the swaddling clothes to a strong villager, he bathed himself in the lake: "I am really unlucky to do this job. Others His sword drank the blood of thousands of people, and when it was my turn, he poured the urine of a boy on me."

Just washing it with lake water was not enough. It flew into a reed house, found a whetstone amidst the screams of the villagers, and washed itself.

It's just that it forgot that it was a magical weapon, and when it was swiped at once, it not only failed to achieve the effect of sharpening the sword, but also accidentally split the villagers' whetstone in two like cutting tofu.

It took a few breaths of thought and then flew out: "Cross the galaxy and pay for it!"

He threw a low-grade spiritual stone across the Xinghe River to get rid of it, and then listened to the old lady telling the tradition of Jiahu Village.

Jiahu Lake is very deep, but they can get it through fishing and fishing. There are only shallow aquatic products. The resources are very scarce, and they sometimes encounter robbers. I don’t know when this tradition was left behind. As long as you offer a living person to the aphid in the lake, a large number of fish, shrimps and crabs from the depths of the lake will come to the surface in a short time. This is something that the villagers would never dare to think about. A bumper harvest and a full life.

"You think we are cruel, but even if we don't sacrifice, a batch of newborns will starve to death in a while."

The old lady put the crutch in her hand again: "The snakes are not picky about the sacrifices, so we will choose the ones that have not been here for a long time, even if the child has no fate with us. Our village is small, and every house is full of relatives. If there is enough food, It’s enough to drink, and we don’t do it for money.”

This is the choice of the villagers.

Du Xinghe asked: "Since harpies are not picky about sacrifices, why didn't you jump in?"

"Because I will resist."

The old lady said calmly.

If you are lucky, you will live to an age where you can resist, and if there are people younger than you in the village, you won't have to die.

Seeing Du Xinghe speechless, an ugly smile appeared on her wrinkled face: "My two younger brothers and sisters are not so lucky."

"...Why did I just catch you and throw him away?"

"Everyone in our village is each other's brother and sister. They don't have to come from the same belly to be called relatives. My family doesn't throw away too much. As long as we live long enough, it will always be our turn."

The man next to him reminded her in a low voice, and the old lady said, "I am old and I remembered wrongly. It was my younger brother who was thrown down, and my younger sister starved to death."

She was sure that her family was miserable enough that the big stick of morality could not hit her, and in turn comforted Du Xinghe: "Don't think it's cruel. If you reborn as a good child before you become governor, it might be better than growing up safely in Jiahu Village." So happy."

Du Xinghe took a deep breath.

Is there no way to break this deadlock?

She thought for a moment.

The villagers of Jiahu Village have lived on the lake for generations and dare not move. However, people need food to live.

Where's the anemone underneath?

A baby that big would definitely not be enough to feed it. It also has staple food, and eating people is just a hobby.

"return."

Du Xinghe said, and the next moment, the heavy sword flew into its sheath.

She thought that the only best solution was to sneak into the lake and convince the thousand-year-old man-eating snake that it would voluntarily dig out the fish, shrimps and crabs deep in the lake and give them to the villagers.

The sword spirit communicated with her: "Isn't that a job for free?"

"I'm a human being and I have to think of others first."

Du Xinghe said: "If it doesn't agree, you can try to beat me."

Perhaps influenced by Jian Xiu's Daoist heart, Sword Spirit actually felt that what she said made sense.

The old lady was still waiting for the girl to continue.

For no other reason than the villagers, they just pointed out that the cattle and sheep she sent could feed them for a long time: "What else do you have..."

Before she finished speaking, the girl in front of her disappeared.

……

The cold lake water brushed across the face of the Milky Way.

Jiahu Village is naturally much smaller than Haizi, but as a lake, it is very large.

She swam for a while, and her surroundings fell into pitch black.

Wherever the moonlight can reach, fish and shrimps are rare. When light does not penetrate, the number of creatures suddenly increases.

"No wonder the villagers said the catch was too little."

Jiahu is located on Guisha Mountain. The mountain is bare, with nothing but exposed wasteland. It is not suitable for farming and grazing at all. Even the growth of the reeds is probably influenced by the local aura. Since there are no more fish to be caught in the lake, the villagers have no choice but to resort to this strategy.

After Du Xinghe swam deeper, he gradually noticed a cold and evil spirit coming from the lake.

"It's a snake!"

She looked stern, and after assessing the strength of the enemy and ourselves in her mind, she ran straight to the snake's lair.

At the end of the lake is an underground lake.

The surroundings were too dark, and Du Xinghe could only release a little bit of his spiritual power to detect it.

Finally, in the depths of the lake, I "saw" a sunken cave. The evil spirit faintly diffused from inside, making the cave as dazzling as fireflies in the dark night.

Passing through the water curtain, there is a different world inside.

On the broad stone foundation, there was a snake-like monster coiled lazily.

It has the body of a snake, but has two thin goldfish-like fins on its back. There is nothing in the cave. You can see at a glance that there is not even a human skeleton. It can be seen that it is a monster that only eats people and does not spit out bones.

Needless to say, Xue Ming came out of her sheath brazenly.

Crossing the galaxy to kill people and slay monsters, they never reported their home in advance, they only wanted sneak attacks. However, Hui opened his eyes, and his golden eyes looked at her curiously.

What was faster than her sword was the cheerful female voice: "Hello~"

...The sword across the galaxy paused.

When the monster is cornered, it will turn against the wall and jump over the wall. She is also afraid that after she leaves, the monster will lose her control and angrily choose to swim up to the lake and directly eat all the villagers.

It would be best if we could discuss it...

Holding the snow name in her hand, she kept a fighting distance from the snake at any time, and asked warily: "Since you can say hello to me, it shows that you understand people's words and etiquette, and you are not a monster that only attacks mortals. Could it be that you can eat people?" Isn’t it possible?”

Unexpectedly, Hui was more surprised than her:

"I don't eat people!"