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When they arrived at Water God Village, the sacrificial ceremony was about to begin.

Occasionally, the sound of gongs and drums sounded, and almost all the villagers put on red and white costumes for sacrifices and walked out of their homes.

The village chief found them and poured them four bowls of clean water.

Fang Li glanced at Xie Baiyuan, Xie Baiyuan nodded slightly at him, picked up the bowl and drank it.

Seeing that both of them drank, Zhong Chuling and Fang Peijun felt relieved, otherwise, although the water looked clear, they really didn't dare to drink it so directly.

Fang Li didn't dare to drink too much, he just took a few sips, smacked his lips and said, "It's a bit sweet."

Zhong Chuling suddenly said: "Nongfu Spring?"

Fang Li: "..."

I don't know if it's Nongfu Spring, but it shouldn't be pure water anyway.

The village head said with a smile: "This is well water. The well is in the ancestral hall. We have been enshrining it all year round, so it is very spiritual. Drinking the well water can wash away the dust in the heart. Only those with a clean mind are worthy of entering the ancestral hall. .”

Xie Baiyuan snorted, and said in a neutral tone, "Then we've drank the well water now, can we go in?"

The village chief looked at them, stroked his gray beard and shook his head.

"They can," he pointed to Zhong Chuling and Fang Peijun, then to Fang Li and Xie Baiyuan, "you can't."

Xie Baiyuan looked at him quietly.

The village head said: "One cannot enter the ancestral hall alone, and only lovers or relatives can enter the ancestral hall at the same time."

For the time being, Zhong Chuling and Fang Peijun, a heterosexual couple, can go in together, but Xie Baiyuan and Fang Li, two bachelors, cannot.

Xie Baiyuan suddenly smiled.

"Then it's no problem." He held Fang Li's face, rubbed his thumb on his lips, and wiped away the water stains left on his lips, "I'm his boyfriend."

The village chief blew on his beard and stared.

Fang Li respected the old and cared for the young, fearing that he would be too old to bear the mental capacity and would not be able to accept fainting.

But Xie Baiyuan obviously didn't have this mentality, he put his arms around Fang Li's waist and kissed him on the lips, and asked shamelessly: "Can we go in too?"

The village head stopped staring, and quickly waved: "Yes, yes, yes." With that appearance, I am afraid that they will do something that will become worse.

After drinking the well water, the sound of gongs and drums that had just subsided began again.

The sacrificial ceremony officially began.

As a big man, the village chief is naturally at the forefront of the entire team.Because Fang Li and the others were guests from afar, they were treated well. They were led to walk in the middle of the line, beside them were six tied pigs with bright red apples in their mouths.

The gongs and drums were blaring, and everyone looked serious and heavy.

In Xie Baiyuan's words, it doesn't look like going to sacrifice, it looks like going to a grave.

It was the first time for Fang Li to participate in this kind of sacrifice, and he couldn't help but look around curiously.

The road to the ancestral hall is not far, but there are many Buddhist shrines along the way. Their [-]-meter-long team stopped when they encountered a Buddhist shrine. distance.

In front of the ancestral hall, everyone knelt and sat down, Fang Li looked up and saw a mass of heads.

The priest was still standing, and his loose robe made it impossible to see his or her gender from the back.

People dressed as witches performed a song and dance, and then the village chief straightened his clothes and walked into the ancestral hall with his grandchildren.

Ten minutes later, the village chief came out of the ancestral hall with the support of two juniors.

I don't know what he went through inside, anyway, when he came out, everyone could see his pale face and sloppy footsteps.

Fang Li looked up at the sky, reckoning that the sun must have set by the time it was their turn.

The waiting time was too long, and he was uncomfortable sitting, so he adjusted his posture secretly.

This small movement was caught by Xie Baiyuan, he leaned over slightly, and said softly, "Is your leg numb?"

Fang Li stopped moving: "A little bit."

Xie Baiyuan didn't speak any more, but covered his hands, kneading his calf with moderate force.

"Should be coming to us soon."

Fang Li looked up, feeling inexplicably nervous.

Zhong Chuling and her boyfriend were ahead of them, feeling even more uneasy.

Especially the person who went in before didn't know what happened inside, so he went in vertically and came out horizontally.The priest shook his head, and the people around him immediately announced to everyone on behalf of the priest that this person was too greedy, which caused the water god to be angry.

The others showed expressions of disgust or fear when they heard the words, only Fang Li and the others were still in the fog.

What does it mean that the water god master is angry?

It's just a statue, can it really threaten human life?

Zhong Chuling was so frightened that she almost cried, her boyfriend Fang Peijun kept comforting her.

In such a situation, a few words of verbal comfort were useless, so Fang Peijun had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask Fang Li for help, asking if he could exchange the order with them.

It didn't matter to Fang Li, anyway, Xie Baiyuan was with him, and it happened that his legs were numb from his knees, which was really uncomfortable, and it would be better if this kind of suffering on his knees could end sooner.

Fang Peijun's question was very clever, he knew that if he asked Xie Baiyuan, the other party would not necessarily agree, even if he did, he would definitely stab a few words.

In fact, this is indeed the case. When Xie Baiyuan walked into the ancestral hall, he also said: "Stretching the head is a knife, shrinking the head is also a knife, and you can't hide if you should come."

"But it's better to die than to live." Fang Li can understand the fear of others. To be honest, if it weren't for Xie Baiyuan, he would be in a panic.

The ancestral hall faces the south and is beautifully built, with the east and west sides symmetrical.

It's just that there seems to be some problem with the feng shui here. As soon as you enter the yard, you can see the well mentioned by the village chief, facing the gate.

"Please go this way." Leading the way was a priest in a loose robe, and the voice came from under the hood. It was a female voice that sounded a bit ethereal and distant. "One person can express a wish to Master Water God, and during this period, the incense will not be broken."

She led him into the ancestral hall and withdrew, closed the door, and said something meaningful: "Wishes must be limited, Master Water God doesn't like the greed of human beings."

As soon as the door closed, the two began to move.

Their original intention was not to make a wish with the water god master, but to find out if there were any clues by studying the ancestral hall.

The bright candle flame danced slightly, Fang Li lit three incense sticks and inserted them into the incense stand.

The statue of Master Water God is placed on the altar, but not in the center, but to the right.

There is a piece of space on the left, and there are many tablets on both sides.

Xie Baiyuan opened the backpack, took out the statue of Master Tianshen that he brought out from school, and placed it in the vacant space on the left.

...Xie Baiyuan finally boldly practiced his idea and brought the two masters together.

It's not an illusion. After the statue of Lord Tianshen was placed on it, the candles in the entire ancestral hall became much brighter.

In addition, the ancestral hall, which was somewhat gloomy and cold before, seems to be shining with a sacred light now.

Only then did Fang Li notice that there were two stone statues on both sides of the altar.

The stone statue was only more than half a meter high. Fang Li took a closer look and found that the one on the left was a shrunken version of the tauren.

On the right is a stone statue with a sheep's head and a human body.

Now it seems that these two stone statues probably guard the two masters.

"What should I do now?" Fang Li didn't know what to do after lighting the incense, so he asked Xie Baiyuan for his opinion.

Xie Baiyuan thought for a while, and replied concisely: "Make a wish."

From what the priest said, wishes must be granted, and they cannot be made too much.

For example, "I want to release a copy now", this kind of wish may be promised, but once it is realized, the price paid must be far greater than what you get.

Fang Li looked at the two god statues and had an idea in his heart: "The two masters are all here, have the positive and negative been offset?"

Xie Baiyuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

Fang Li continued: "If you make a wish now, will the price be lowered, and the receiving and giving may be equal... just like the two ends of a scale."

He figured out the way to do it, but Xie Baiyuan was not so happy.

Even snorted.

"Nothing is absolutely equal," Xie Baiyuan said, "who knows."

Seeing him like this, Fang Li suddenly felt a little stuffy in his heart, as if he had been punched by someone, throbbing and throbbing.

He wisely chose not to ask Xie Baiyuan immediately if something unpleasant happened back then.

Because since it is an unpleasant thing, it will definitely be even more unpleasant to mention it now.

Before he could think of words of comfort, Xie Baiyuan reached out and took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose.

The field of vision was suddenly blurred.

"Why are my eyes short-sighted?" Xie Baiyuan touched around his eye sockets with his fingers.

"...Hiding under the quilt, staying up late to read comics." Fang Li was a little ashamed to say it himself, as if he pulled out the mischievous self in his teens from his memory and showed it to Xie Baiyuan.

If it had been okay before, now Xie Baiyuan became his boyfriend... Anyway, it's a shame.

Xie Baiyuan smiled, his voice was like a hot spring.

"If something happens in a while, you call my name."

He knelt on the futon in front of the altar, with a pious tone, "I hope my boyfriend," he paused for a while, Fang Li couldn't see his expression clearly, he could only hear him being joking and intimate voice, "My boyfriend, Fang Li, has sharp eyesight."

This wish is not much, but it is what Fang Li needs more.

The candle flame flickered, Fang Li blinked, and his vision gradually became clear without wearing glasses.

His vision was restored because of Xie Baiyuan's wish.

But he didn't care about being surprised by the change in his eyes at all, because Xie Baiyuan beside him had already closed his eyes, his body shook twice, and finally fell on his shoulders.

It's not a wish, it's a transaction.