This Damned Thirst for Survival

Wen Renlian smiled softly, but in Jiang Luo's eyes, that smile was a bit malicious, "You don't need to wear women's clothes. I think the girls in the village only wear robes, and there is not much difference between men's and women's clothes."

Jiang Luo said firmly: "Impossible."

Wen Renlian said pitifully: "But I will go alone, there are not enough people."

Jiang Luo raised his finger to Zhuo Zhongqiu who was retreating with him, "Can't Zhuo Zhongqiu?"

Zhuo Zhongqiu's expression twisted, "Jiang Luo, it's not necessary."

Wen Renlian said in a soft voice: "Zhongqiu is also fine, but they only choose girls to enter the ancestral hall. I am afraid that Zhongqiu will be dangerous if going in. Boys are safer."

Jiang Luo: "..."

Whenever he was upset, he would take Chi You out and scold him.

Chi You of Dog Day.

……

Others were herded out the door.

The dead ghost stood next to Lu Yi with a knife in his hand, staring at the room, curiously expressionless, "What are they doing?"

"They are doing a very painful thing," Lu Yi said, "The main reason is that Jiang Luo will be very painful."

The dead ghost frowned and was about to break into the house, but Lu Yi grabbed him in time, "Hey, hey, what are you doing?"

"I want to protect my friend," the dead ghost looked back at him, "Are you reluctant to leave me? It's okay, you can go in with me to save people, and I will protect you."

Lu Yi: "...I really can't see that you have this kind of personality."

"What kind of character? Love to chat and still very loyal?" The ghost wanted to laugh, but the corners of his lips twitched stiffly on his paralyzed face. He frowned strangely and forced a distorted smile. I love to laugh."

Liao Si who was eavesdropping: "..."

This was definitely not the Tenbi he knew.

Lu Yi shuddered, "Damn ghost, I beg you not to laugh! They are doing business, you can't go in and disturb them!"

"What's the business?" said the dead ghost, "I can't just watch my friend suffer so much."

Lu Yi had a weird expression: "You want to suffer for Jiang Luo?"

It seems to be holding back a laugh.

The dead ghost nodded, and said as a matter of course: "We are all his friends, and as friends, we have to share our difficulties."

Zhuo Zhongqiu and Ge Zhu who were standing beside them immediately applauded: "Good!"

They pushed the dead ghost and Lu Yi into the room, and Ge Zhu sighed and said: "You are indeed good friends, I will leave the expedition to the ancestral hall to the four of you, leave the rest to us, and we will wait outside to meet you .”

Lu Yi doubted life: "No, no, I didn't say that, I didn't mean that!"

They were pushed straight into the house.

Wen Renlian, who was grooming Jiang Luo's face, raised his head when he heard the sound, showing a gratified smile: "You are welcome to join this operation."

He shook his hands, and the loose powder was flying in the air. Wen Renlian looked at Lu Yi and Sigui's taller and stronger bodies, and said sincerely: "I will try my best to make you a beautiful girl."

Jiang Luo opened one eye and looked at them, and smiled happily, "That's enough buddies."

It is really time-consuming to make up three people so that they look real.Only Jiang Luo was fast and good. He had an outstanding appearance and beautiful features. After covering up the more and more heroic spirit between his brows and eyes, he could achieve the goal of being indistinguishable from male and female.

Ge Zhu and Zhuo Zhongqiu borrowed four sets of local clothes for them. Luckily, the clothes were just like what people said, they were unisex. With the jacket and robe, there was not much difference between male and female clothing.

Five o'clock in the afternoon is the end of everything.By the time Jiang Luo and his party came out of the house, Ge Zhu and the others were already waiting bored.

After seeing the effect on Jiang Luo, they felt a sense of surprise, "Jiang Luo, you are really amazing."

The black-haired young man's hair was loosely braided and casually draped over his left shoulder.The corners of the dark red lips are slightly raised, full of spirit and beauty, looking forward to brilliance.

Enough to make others subconsciously ignore his deliberately concealed gender characteristics.

The clothes fit unexpectedly, and when the waist was gently tucked in, there was a curve that made people blush and heartbeat.

Jiang Luo bent his lips and smiled, revealing Lu Yi and the dead ghost behind him in a good mood.

Others: "...poof."

After Lu Yi put on the women's clothing, he let it go, he asked suspiciously: "What kind of eyes do you all have, don't we look good?"

Ge Zhuren smiled until his face cramped, "It's pretty, very pretty."

Lu Yi's appearance is inherently handsome, and his figure is tall. With such a dress, it can only be said to be neither fish nor fowl.But compared with the living dead next to him, he also became more eye-catching.

The facial features of the living dead are strong and cruel.But at this time, she was dressed in women's clothing and put on a lot of heavy makeup. The facial features were not softened much, but they looked funny and funny, which made people laugh.

Wen Renlian said helplessly amidst laughter: "I tried my best."

When the time was almost up, they put some self-defense tools on their bodies and went out quietly.

The doors of each house are closed tightly, and only young girls are walking in the village.There are shy and timid smiles on every soft and beautiful face, their eyes are excited, and their cheeks are peachy and apricot.

The four of Jiang Luo mixed in, but they didn't attract much attention.Because the girls were no longer in the mood to pay attention to other people, their breathing was slightly short, and tension and anticipation occupied all of their minds.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, young girls were already standing in front of the ancestral hall.

Although there are many young girls, there are only a few dozen of them in total.In order not to be found out, Jiang Luo and the others deliberately stood in a remote corner.

The village chief rushed over and stood at the front, waiting for the ancestral hall to open.

He looked more nervous than the girls, walking back and forth non-stop, the sweat on his head kept coming out, and he roughly wiped it off.

The sky was suddenly covered with a layer of thick clouds, and the clouds were dense.

The door of the ancestral hall opened slowly, and the god in black walked out.The village head hurried up to greet him, and invited Shen Gong to sit down in the front seat.

Shengong's black hood covered his face, his voice was very low, his voice was dry and hoarse as if it had been destroyed, "Let them come over and report their birthdays one by one."

The village chief nodded hurriedly, walked up to the group of girls and said, "One by one, report your birth date in front of Shengong. You can answer whatever Shengong asks. This opportunity is very rare, so cherish it!"

The girls standing in the front row stepped forward one by one and walked in front of Shen Gong.

Shen Gong kept his head down, making people wonder if he was looking at the girl.After occasionally speaking and leaving a few girls standing on his left side, he didn't say anything else.

The girls in front walked quickly, and Jiang Luo found that the girls who were left on Shengong's left side were all overjoyed, while the girls who were not left by the exit were already tearful and crumbling.

And the girls who were left behind, without exception, gave birth date horoscopes, all of which were extremely gloomy birth date horoscopes.

It's really weird.

Jiang Luo knew it in his heart, and when he stepped forward, he lowered his head to avoid the village chief's sight, and lowered his voice to report a very gloomy date of birth.

According to common sense, he should also be left behind.But Shengong played cards out of common sense, and asked hoarsely, "What's your name?"

Jiang Luo paused, chose a name common in the village and said, "Cuihua."

Shen Gong said: "Just now there is already a girl named Cuihua."

The village head looked at Jiang Luo suspiciously. These girls who promised themselves to God don't go out much on weekdays, and they don't have much contact with other men.He really didn't remember how many girls named Cuihua there were in the village, but the village head didn't doubt it, and explained for Jiang Luo: "Shen Gong, you know the girls in our village, there are a few girls with this name every year."

Shengong: "Really?"

He stood up on crutches, and walked slowly to Jiang Luo.

A pair of feet appeared before Jiang Luo lowered his head.

Black cloth shoes, a black robe, Shengong's whole body is tightly wrapped.What's even more surprising is that Jiang Luo's height is already 1.8 meters, but this Shengong with a cane is half a head taller than him.

Shen Gong stretched out a hand wrapped in black cloth from the black robe, lifted Jiang Luo's chin, and seemed to look at it carefully, "But why do I feel that this person looks a little unfamiliar?"

Jiang Luo's heart skipped a beat, and he raised his eyelids, seeing a little pale chin protruding from under Shen Gong's black robe.

Against the backdrop of the black hat, the chin looked lifeless and pale, with a sharp and perfect curve.

It was faintly familiar to Jiang Luo.

Shen Gong lowered his hands, pinched Jiang Luo's cheeks from bottom to top, and said in a hoarse voice, "Are you really from Shentu Village?"

Jiang Luo showed a harmless smile, "Shengong, of course I am from Shentu Village."

"Then what will you do," Shen Gong moved his hand to Jiang Luo's shoulder, and pressed down hard, "will you do something to serve the gods?"

Jiang Luo's shoulder ached, as if his bones were about to be crushed.Cold sweat broke out from the tip of his nose, and he calmly said, "I will."

The village head said in a panic: "Don't worry, God, the girls in our village have all learned how to serve the gods. They know how to do it. There is no one who can't, and one is better than the other."

"I'm relieved that the village head is doing business," Shen Gong said slowly, "After all, I never missed it in the past few years."

The village head suddenly burst into a violent joy, as if he had been reborn, and his face was full of spring breeze, "There will definitely be no problems this year."

Shen Gong nodded, looked at Jiang Luo again, and after thinking for a moment, said: "That's him, everyone else go back."

As soon as this remark came out, the girls who were not selected showed despair, and half of them even had white eyes and fell to the ground powerlessly.

Jiang Luo glanced back at his companion, Wenren and him silently mouthed: Anxin.

He nodded calmly, and followed Shen Gong and the village chief into the ancestral hall.

He wasn't too scared, but mainly curious, what secrets were hidden in the village's ancestral hall?

There was a gap in the door of the ancestral hall, and the inside of the door was dark. After the three of Jiang Luo walked in one by one, there was a heavy closing sound, and the last ray of light was blocked out of the door.

Shen Gong led the way at the front, Jiang Luo was in the middle, and the village chief followed behind.After stepping into the darkness, Jiang Luo's eyes took a while to adapt, and he was able to see the ancestral hall clearly in the darkness.

The ancestral hall is divided into two parts, the inside and the outside, and the outside is empty, with nothing but an altar.The strange thing is that there are only incense burners and incense candles on the altar, and there is no sculpture or drawing paper of a statue of a god.

They walked from the outside to the inside, where a few dimly lit candles stood.Shen Gong picked up a candlestick, opened a secret door on the ground, turned his head and said quietly: "Follow me."

The candlelight cast bright and dark shadows on his face, and the room was eerie and terrifying. The village chief's voice trembled when he answered, "Okay."

The secret passage is a long, downward stone staircase.

Jiang Luo didn't know how long he had walked down, but he only knew that the candle in Shengong's hand had already burned a third.The sound of footsteps echoed in the empty secret passage. It was clearly the footsteps of three people, but it sounded as loud as a dozen people.

Finally, they set foot on flat ground.

After stepping on the flat ground, there was finally light on both sides of the wall.Shen Gong blew out the candle in his hand and put it aside, leaning on his crutches, he continued to walk unhurriedly.

Jiang Luo cast suspicious eyes on him.

The black robe covered up Shengong's appearance. If Shengong has always been dressed like this, does it mean that everyone in Shentu Village has never seen Shengong's real appearance?

Is it possible to pretend to be a god just by wearing such a black robe?

While thinking about it, Jiang Luo heard the faint sound of water flowing, and there was actually an underground river hidden underneath.As they went deeper and deeper, the underground river revealed its true colors.

Under the dim light, the two-meter-wide underground river was clearly illuminated.The water flow in the river channel was turbulent and turbulent, and some tumbling water wetted the mud on the banks on both sides, turning it into a wet swamp texture.

I don't know how deep the river is, and there is no bridge here.Shen Gong, who was walking in front, suddenly stepped aside to get out of the way, and said in a low voice, "God's bride, please go first."

This address made Jiang Luo's eyelids twitch. He ignored this unpleasant little detail and asked, "How do I get there?"

But as if he had said something stupid, Shengong immediately laughed out loud. The laughter was hoarse and treacherous, and it was creepy and cold, "Of course I left with your feet."

Jiang Luo's teeth immediately itched.

There is only one fucking person in the whole world who is so yin and yang, who can stir up all his anger with just a laugh.

——Chi You.

This is the first time Jiang Luo has met Chi You since Chi You went inexplicably crazy in the hotel last time.

He hasn't finished revenge for the last time.

Jiang Luo sneered shortly, "You are the god, you are the servant of the god."

The village chief said angrily: "Cuihua, how can you say that!"

"Isn't it?" Jiang Luo raised his eyes to look at Chi You, full of tricks and malice, he said indifferently, "Do you want to deny that you are a servant of God?"

Shen Gong twirled his crutches and said slowly, "I am."

"In that case, you still let me go directly into the water?" Jiang Luo frowned, unceremoniously, "Is this what a servant of yours should do?"

More importantly, Jiang Luo found many ghosts in this river.

One after another, ghost images were washed away by the current, and a new batch rushed in.At the bottom of the dark river, these ghosts have different shapes. They stretch out their hands and try to climb up, but they are trapped by the river water, and they can only fall into the water again in despair.

These are drowned ghosts, also called water ghosts.

Drowning ghosts and hanged ghosts cannot be reincarnated, and they must pull someone to act as a scapegoat in order to liberate themselves.If Jiang Luo stepped down with one foot, he might be pulled into the water by hundreds of water ghosts and become their substitutes.

Shengong faced him, his face covered by the black hat seemed to be able to see Jiang Luo through the robe, "What do you want?"

"You jump down," Jiang Luo raised his chin slightly, his expression cold and stern, "Be a stepping stone for me to cross the river."

The village chief gasped, he forgot everything, and looked at Jiang Luo almost in horror.

Shengong slowly grasped the scepter, and then let it go gently.The slender scepter became a plaything in his hands. Although his hands were wrapped in black cloth, his every move was so careless that people couldn't take their eyes off it.

"You're right." After a long time, Shengong used the honorific title, and he seemed to smile. "With your status, you really shouldn't go into the water yourself."

After finishing speaking, Shen Gong stepped into the river under the unbelievable eyes of the village chief.

Jiang Luo could see clearly that the moment Shen Gong stepped into the water, those water ghosts rushed towards Shen Gong like hungry beasts that had finally smelled the fishy meat after years of hunger.But at the moment when several pairs of ghost hands touched Shen Gong, they suddenly retreated like a tide.As if they saw something extremely terrifying, they leaned on Shengong's nearest water ghost, and even went crazy and went back desperately.

In an instant, the water all over Shen Gong's body became clean.

Shengong straightened his arms and inserted his cane into the ground on the other side. He said humbly, "Please."

Jiang Luo gave him a meaningful look, strode forward, and stepped on Shengong's shoulder.

Shengong stood upright without any swaying. This "bridge" was much more stable than some suspension bridges.

Jiang Luo was about to continue stepping on him to walk forward, but suddenly several pairs of pale ghost hands were placed on his ankles.

The water ghosts who were still terrified just now surrounded him again at this moment. They ignored the god at Jiang Luo's feet, and greedily and eagerly wanted to drag Jiang Luo into the water.

Jiang Luo was so dragged that he couldn't move half a step.

He glanced at the male, sneered, abruptly pulled out his leg from among the many ghost claws, and jumped to the opposite bank with one step.

Shen Gong and the village head went ashore one after another, and when Jiang Luo found out that the village head went into the water, those water ghosts didn't move the village head either.But it wasn't that he didn't dare to move because he was afraid of the god, but that he didn't respond at all, as if the village chief was already... a dead person.

The three of them walked forward for a while and arrived at an ancestral hall.

The underground ancestral hall is two or three times larger than the ground.

The flickering candles in the ancestral hall cast shadows of different lengths on the ground, illuminating some of the murals on the wall.But what attracts more attention than the murals is a statue of a god sitting cross-legged in the ancestral hall.

No, it is more like a statue of an evil god than a statue of a god.

The idol is carved from stone, with a rigid smile on its rough face that is exactly the same as the mask.He is standing in front of him with a lotus in his left hand, his eyes are closed, and he bends like a smile.At first glance, the facial features are benevolent and kind, but there is always a strange feeling that follows her, and there are several bloodstains that have dried up on her lips like blood.

The color on the statue's body is also extremely weird, it looks like a painted statue as a whole, but the feet are black and white.At the intersection of color and black and white, there is also a trace of blood.

But the village chief didn't seem to feel anything strange. He looked at the statue with fiery eyes, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times, muttering to himself continuously.

"God..."

Shengong ignored his actions, and went forward to put three sticks of incense on the statue, and the cigarette rose faintly. He said lightly, "Tie him up."

who?

Jiang Luo raised his eyebrows, and looked sideways with a feeling in his heart. The village chief had already taken out a circle of hemp rope from his arms, and walked towards him with stern eyes.

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