I just want to be a quiet man

※※※

Azusa Village.

The funeral procession slowly returned to the village.

After the team entered the village, they immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

As soon as the weeping woman arrived at the door, she saw three beautifully dressed women waiting here.

The leader is Furong, who is like a face and a willow like a waist, and it is Fairy Yumeng.

Yesterday, Fairy Yumeng came to look for the mourning woman, so now the mourning woman recognized her at a glance, and it was also very clear that this beautiful woman was here waiting for her purpose.

Thinking of this, the weeping woman glanced at the two people behind Fairy Yumeng, and said in a hoarse voice: "I can only tell you one person, let your companion wait outside."

Fairy Yumeng nodded without hesitation, and immediately explained to the two female cultivators in the Qi training period: "You are waiting here."

She followed the weeping woman into the door, walked through the spacious farmyard, and walked into the main house, but the weeping woman didn't intend to ask her to sit down, but turned around and entered the kitchen next to her.

The kitchen of the weeping husband's house is the same as the old Xu's house. There is a large water tank next to the earthen stove.

This water tank is as high as an adult's chest, and half of the tank is filled with water. There are blind fish lurking at the bottom of the water.

"Excuse me, move this water tank away." The weeping woman pointed at the water tank and whispered to Fairy Yumeng.

Fairy Yumeng was vigilant in her heart, and first used her means to test the surrounding area, but found no problem, then waved her hand and moved the water tank to the open space next to it.

See the original position of the water tank, there is a cover on the ground, slightly smaller than the bottom of the water tank, if the water tank is not removed, it would be difficult for monks who are restrained by spiritual thoughts to notice.

The weeping woman coughed and walked forward, opened the lid, but inside was a very deep cellar.

She went down the rope ladder with some difficulty, and immediately said: "Girl, come down too."

Fairy Yumeng frowned slightly, it was dark here, under normal circumstances, of course she would not be afraid, but this village...

However, the secret that Su Zhentian wanted was right in front of her. She hesitated for a while, but after crushing a few protective talismans, she followed suit.

After going down, I found that there was a narrow passage in front of me. There was a wind blowing from the other side of the passage, it was chilly, with a little water vapor, and an indescribable smell.

Like the aftertaste of a burnt corpse, it also has a strange fragrance.

The weeping woman took out a white lantern from nowhere, lit it, and led the way.

After walking for a while, it suddenly became clear to me that it was a huge underground hall.

There are torches burning around the hall, illuminating every detail.

The weeping woman did not intend to extinguish her white lantern, but looked into the depths of the hall and sighed softly.

Fairy Yumeng immediately followed, and was stunned for a moment. In the depths of the hall, there was a bead curtain hanging impressively.

In front of the bead curtain, like a family temple, there are five layers of spiritual seats.

Fairy Yumeng scanned it casually, and found that there were names written on it: "Ducheng", "Jiancheng", "Zhucheng", "Jiandu", "Jiancheng"...

Do not!

wrong!

This is not a person's name taboo, but a place name!

Otherwise, it would be impossible for most of these worshipers to be called "City"?

Fairy Yumeng's heart skipped a beat, and she asked in a deep voice, "What kind of place is this?"

The weeping lady did not answer her immediately, but went forward with a white leather lantern, bowed solemnly behind the bead curtain a few times, and said, "This is the immortal that I have enshrined for generations on Tianwai Island."

Fairy?

When Fairy Yumeng heard the words, she suddenly realized that when she glanced over just now, she was only paying attention to the spiritual position in front of the bead curtain, and did not look behind the bead curtain at all.

In other words, she instinctively resisted paying attention to the scene behind the bead curtain.

This made her slightly startled. At this moment, she immediately turned her head and looked carefully behind the beaded curtain. Through the gap between the beaded strings, she saw that behind the curtain was a simple statue of a god.

The statue was obstructed by the bead curtain, so its specific appearance was not very clear, it seemed to be a man wearing a black cloth robe, his face was blurred, as if he didn't even have five sense organs.

A huge sense of fear, like Mount Tai pressing down on the top, poured down!

Fairy Yumeng went "hum" in her head, her heart beat wildly, her face was pale, cold sweat instantly soaked her clothes inside and out, she used the last clarity to force herself to look away.

I don't know how long it took, but she finally came back to her senses, only to hear the mourning woman kneeling on the ground, speaking quickly in a trembling voice mixed with fear: "...the old woman will not live for a few more days, I only hope that Zicun will return If it can continue, even if, even if you die with a thousand curses, you will have no complaints or regrets..."

"The girl is willing to help find someone to cry, preach, and carry the coffin. She must be a good person."

"I also hope that the girl will help you save Zicun...there are only so many people left in the big Zicheng..."

Fairy Yumeng settled down, what does Zicun's life and death have to do with her?Now she only thinks about how to survive!

Best, get another chance!

Thinking of this in her heart, Fairy Yumeng said: "Don't worry, I and Fairy Qiao are sisters. Suzhentian is a well-known and righteous family, and I will definitely not die without help."

"What the hell is going on, tell me carefully!"

Chapter 317 : Curse!

"Okay, okay!" The weeping woman sighed with relief after hearing the words, "The girl agreed, so I feel relieved."

She continued, "My Zicun, originally, should be called Zicheng."

"It's one of the twelve cities on Tianwai Island."

Twelve cities?

Fairy Yumeng was taken aback. From the outside world's point of view, this island is only a few miles in radius, so it is impossible to accommodate a city.After they went to the island, although they found that the island was much bigger than the outside world, but along the way, they didn't see any traces of the city?

Not to mention twelve cities?

"Tianwai Island is far away from the mainland. Although the island is infested with snakes and insects, the sea is often invaded by sea beasts, and it is difficult to cultivate it, but it can still live and work in peace and contentment." The weeping woman coughed and said tremblingly, "But a long, long, long time ago...we Ancestors in real trouble."

"Ghost tide."

"Every ten years, a ghost tide breaks out, and almost ten rooms are empty, which is horrible."

"Even the capital of our twelve cities, Jidu, was directly destroyed in the third ghost wave."

"For this reason, our ancestors exhausted all kinds of methods."

"Finally, on the recommendation of a passing stranger, they came up with a way... to sacrifice to the immortals."

"Sacrifice a boy every year. When the ten-year period is up, when the ghost tide breaks out, the entire island will be avoided."

"Based on the remaining cities and population at that time, this requirement is not high."

"So, it has been passed down from generation to generation."

"But I don't know when, the rules suddenly changed."

"The interval of sacrifice changed from one year to half a year, then three months, and then one month..."

Hearing this, Fairy Yumeng frowned. It is not unusual for living people to sacrifice. There are many ways to sacrifice flesh and blood to drive away evil spirits.

However, according to what the weeping woman said, the people living on the island are only mortals and there are no monks.

It is not so easy for mortals to communicate with demons and ghosts through sacrificial rituals!

Yes, of course Fairy Yumeng didn't believe that the ones worshiped on Tianwai Island were immortals.

Not to mention that all the immortals have already ascended. Over the years, she has never heard that ascended immortals can still communicate with the lower world.

Even if you can get in touch, what are you doing looking for a mortal on such a remote island without looking for the Nine Great Sects?

She frowned and asked, "This sacrifice is the funeral held today?"

The weeping woman wanted to speak, but she had to cough violently for a while. She coughed so heartbreakingly, as if she wanted to cough out her lungs.

After a long time, the weeping lady's aura was visibly weaker, and she barely stopped, and said weakly: "Although the sacrifice was carried out according to the ritual, but for some reason, the twelve cities were cursed one by one, and they were destroyed one after another... We Zicheng, before the accident, was a big city second only to the capital, although the city lords of all generations tried their best to save themselves, they still fell into decline step by step... Now, only Zicun is left."

"And now, every five days in the village, there is a sacrifice."

"Whether male or female, young or old, the lottery is drawn for every family."

"So, there are fewer and fewer people in the village, and more and more vacant houses."

"If things go on like this, there will be nothing left of Zi Village..."

"Since it's a sacrifice, why use the form of holding a funeral?" Fairy Yumeng pondered, "Besides, since the island has a long-standing habit of offering sacrifices, isn't there someone who specializes in this?"

The weeping lady breathed weakly and said: "I heard that there were special priests in the past, but since the rules were changed, all of them have disappeared...but there are still a few things that the priests used in the past."

"This comb is one of them."

As she spoke, she struggled to take out a comb inlaid with gold and treasures from her sleeve.

After Fairy Yumeng saw it, her pupils shrank slightly: Magic weapon!

This turned out to be a magic weapon!

Although I don't know its specific effect, I can feel that this comb is filled with extremely majestic power.

Ordinary people can't use the slightest bit of this kind of power... how can this comb be mastered by this mere mortal village?

She couldn't help but wanted to reach out and snatch it right away, thinking that Zicun's origins hadn't been finished yet, and there were other questions that the woman needed to answer, so she reluctantly held back and signaled the weeping woman to continue.

The weeping woman seemed to be unable to even hold a comb, so it took her a while to put it away, and she continued: "Anyway, of the Twelve Cities back then, only our Zi Village is left. "

"Then the current rules in the village..." Fairy Yumeng tentatively asked, "Is it also passed down from the past?"

The weeping woman shook her head slightly. She seemed to be very tired. She said this sentence softly and slowly: "The village chief received instructions from the immortals during the sacrifice and decided. Girls, don't try to violate the rules, because those who violate the rules, It never ended well."

She suddenly smiled strangely, "Including, revealing the secrets of this village."

As soon as the words fell, Fairy Yumeng's pupils suddenly shrank: countless black spots quickly appeared on the exposed skin on the face and back of the hands of the weeping woman.

The next moment, the place where the black spot appeared quickly withered and rotted, and pus and blood began to flow out!

But at this time, the mourning woman still had a faint breath.

Seeing that her life was not long, Fairy Yumeng hurriedly asked the last question: "Does the immortal worshiped in the village have a name?"

She didn't believe that this so-called immortal was an ascended immortal god. He was probably a highly cultivated monk, pretending to be a ghost here!Although the opponent's methods are secretive, but the island has Suzhen and Innocence. This is a disciple of the great sect standing at the top of the Panya world. As long as you know the details of the opponent, you must have the means to deal with it.

"Immortal... Curse!" the weeping woman struggled and said, and then, the rotten flesh on her body began to fall off piece by piece.

Soon, all the flesh and blood fell off, leaving only a bare skeleton, but still maintained the posture of kneeling towards the shrine, unable to kowtow for a long time.

Seeing this scene, Fairy Yumeng was only slightly startled, but after realizing that she was fine, she immediately laughed easily.

In fact, even if the mourning woman is not dead now, she is not prepared to let the other party live after hearing what happened in the village.

Of course, bad things might happen to the villagers of this village.

Therefore, Fairy Yumeng wouldn't do it herself, and she brought the two casual practitioners outside during the Qi training period to help silence her.

Yesterday she falsely passed on Suzhen's order, asking casual cultivators to go to mourning, to be a trumpeter, to carry coffins... She definitely couldn't hide it from Qiao Ciguang, Shi Wanli and others.

But now, among the outsiders, she is the only one who has mastered the secret of Zi Village. As long as she uses this as a bargaining chip, Su Zhentian and the Liulian Dynasty can't touch her!

"People in the village will die if they tell this secret." Looking at the skeleton of the weeping woman, Fairy Yumeng calmly analyzed, "Besides, death is very scary compared to ordinary people."

"So, no one dares to say."

"Qiao Ciguang and Shi Wanli claim to be well-known and righteous, and the rules of the village are not to hurt the villagers. They have no way to know the secrets of the village."

"If you want to know the origin of the village, you can only come through me!"

"And want me to tell this secret..."

"That's easy."

"As long as you protect me and leave this place safely, if you meet a chance, you can share half of it with me!"

Thinking of this, Fairy Yumeng smiled complacently, and stretched out her hand to take the magic comb out of the mourning woman's sleeve, but when she did it, thinking of the horror of looking up at the statue behind the curtain just now, she paused and reluctantly gave up this idea.

"This so-called immortal called 'curse' is probably vulnerable to Su Zhentian's eyes, but for a casual cultivator like me who lacks a complete inheritance, I'm afraid it's hard to guard against ghosts and monsters." Fairy Yumeng thought inwardly, "It's better not to It’s good to be adventurous, first go to Su Zhentian to negotiate a deal with the Liugai Dynasty, and then arrange other casual practitioners to pick it up, let them carry the magic weapon with them for a period of time, and it will be fine, I will take it back.”

Thinking of this, she casually cast two spells to cover the comb, then turned and left.

Chapter 318 : Take back your fate.

Mulberry Village.

Seven pines and cypresses stood in a row, and in front of the mansion, the festive music of blowing and blowing continued, but there was no other noise on the scene.