Chapter 22 Awake!
Look at the people in front of me, they are all dressed up by ordinary villagers, and they are all thin and not decent, and their skin is very dry.
Some elderly people have their skins that are about to crack, and it is obvious that these people are extremely deficient in water. The lack of water causes the dealers here to grow at all, and they have no food and drink, so they naturally become like this.
Chen Mo looked over and said that the two children were tied to the altar. A group of people knelt on the ground and kept praying, wanting to pray that it would rain, but no matter how they prayed, it would be useless.
No matter how much I pray for rain, I didn't respond.
They were a little depressed, but the two children were very frightened on the altar. Several middle-aged men and an old mother in front were obviously a little annoyed.
"What's going on? Isn't it raining? This time we sacrificed two boys and girls. Why didn't God favor us? If this continues, we will starve to death here."
"I think we have to get out of here."
"Leaving? It's impossible. If you go to escape, you're more likely to starve to death on the way. How many elderly, weak, sick and disabled are there in the village? I'm afraid that most of them will die before we find a safe place. I believe that we must be not pious enough. As long as we are sincere, God will definitely rain."
"Last year we also beg for rain. God would take away boys and girls every time, and then heavy rain fell on our land. This year we are like this, so why doesn't God appear?"
Village names looked panicked and helpless, but at this time, the mother and mother in charge suggested killing the boy and girl, which might move the sky and rain heavily.
At first, the villagers definitely disagreed, especially the two parents of the child in a corner far away, who were even more crying, but they could not control the decisions of the villagers.
Now I heard that I wanted to kill my children directly, so how much pain it hurts in my heart.
Although I knew that if my children were taken away, the outcome would not be good, it was really hard to bear to see their children die in front of me. They had to take their children away on the spot and disrespect the rules, but the mother and mother tied them up with a few people.
"I think it's because these people are not sincere enough that God is not favoring us. Why did they come before and not now? It's because we are not sincere enough that these people are sacrificed to God. I believe that the Water God will definitely come, and we will sacrifice together with them!"
The mother-in-law's mouth, which had few teeth, made a vicious sound.
"No, don't hurt my mother." The bound girl was anxious and cried so hard that she didn't want her mother to be like her.
The people in Murakami were silent, and many people couldn't bear it, and even had the idea of disbanding and finding another way.
However, the mother-in-law has a high prestige in the village. He has three sons, young and strong. In addition, several of his relatives are adult men in the village. Most people cannot afford to offend them. The mother-in-law is held by the mother-in-law all year round. This has led to the fact that the mother-in-law has agreed to the status of the mother in recent years.
What she said is what she said. This old mother is not tall, about 1.5 meters tall, very thin, her wrinkled face is full of vicissitudes, but her eyes are even more sinister.
This taste of rights, the taste of dominating the fate of everyone, immersed her in it.
Whoever dares to offend her will have to offer sacrifices to the God of Water. And his horrible tone and cold eyes say that you are the next person to sacrifice, and what is the message given to her by the God of Water. Whoever dares to be disobedient in the village is against the God of Water, and wants the whole village to have no harvest and cannot have enough food.
Now they still have some food, but it is difficult to survive without water. They are also dissatisfied with the rule of this mother.
"Pony Zhang, the river god you mentioned will definitely come to rain us today, why didn't he come?"
"Yes! Zhang Po, I think we are sincere enough. Is the Water God no longer communicating with you now? This will happen if you can't contact me?"
The village elders, several young and strong men, and older people all began to question them.
"Isn't it always the case before? Why isn't this year? Don't you believe what my mother said?"
A man stood up and scolded him. Zhang Po’s sons all stood up, and his relatives immediately retreated.
They have many people and can't afford to offend them.
The mother looked scary and her eyes looked at her, and she felt a little scared when she was looked at her.
"Tie these people!"
A hint of pride flashed across the mother's eyes. The child's parents were tied up and sent to the altar. What they had to do was not just sacrifice to the living, but to perform sacrifice to the dead.
This is the only way to be sincere enough.
However, just as they tied up and were about to kill, someone saw a boy in white appearing in the distance. The appearance of the boy attracted their attention.
After all, there are very few strangers coming here, and suddenly they see a stranger and find it very strange.
"Who are you?"
"stop!"
"If you don't say anything, arrest this person!"
The mother's eyes were vicious, and she was staring at the boy with a dead wooden crutch.
In Zhang Po's eyes, Chen Mo is also a person who can offer sacrifices. Besides, there is no outsider in this radius of ten miles. Chen Mo must have passed by here elsewhere. Generally, such people have a little silver on them.
If you kill him, you can still get what he has on him, wouldn't it be just right?
Chen Mo took all this into consideration and knew that these people were led by this old witch and did not dare to disobey this old witch, but how could Chen Mo care?
He vaguely felt a little demonic energy before. In the distance, he had not passed. The meager demonic energy was definitely not something that was not something that was cultivated. Chen Mo could feel it. Because of this, he knew what the water gods in these people were, just a big dragon entrenched nearby to rest.
Chen Mo had swept his spiritual sense before and found the traces of the dragon. Although he didn't know the specifics, judging from the signs of demonic energy, he was either practicing or sleeping.
Looking at the appearance of these people and the scene of the altar, Chen Mo could also infer that it was the nearby dragon that was stirring the clouds and raining, which made it rain here, but the dragon liked to eat children, so the old witch prepared children every year. In the long run, she had a relatively high status and authority. She said that anyone who sacrificed her children would suffer, and naturally no one dared to offend her.
At this time, someone wanted to come and catch Chen Mo and offer sacrifices together.
The little girl on the altar was a little surprised when she saw Chen Mo, but she was more anxious: "Brother, please leave quickly, don't be here. This is the matter of our village and it has nothing to do with you. Grandma, don't hurt your brother."
Although the little girl had not had a deep contact with Chen Mo, she could feel that Chen Mo was a good person and she didn't want anything to happen to Chen Mo.
"Shut up and catch him!"
The old witch scolded the little girl. In her eyes, the dead were not qualified to speak. However, his sons wanted to catch Chen Mo, but Chen Mo was mentally controlled, and instead tied up the old witch and sent it to the altar.
Chen Mo has no good expression for such a person.
Naturally, the little girl and the boy were put down, and all the villagers didn't know what Chen Mo was going to do. They just shocked Chen Mo, how could the old witch's sons tied up their mother and sent it to the altar? They didn't believe it if there was no Chen Mo's reason.
"You, let go of me, son, I am your mother. What are you going to do? Why are you tying me? What magic did you use to control my son?"
The old witch's face was extremely difficult to see, and at the same time, a kind of fear spread. She didn't know how Chen Mo would treat her, and now she was tied to the altar and would be eaten by the water god.
Fortunately, the Water God will not come today, so I should be fine.
Generally, anyone who is tied to the altar will be eaten by the water god, even if it is her.
The villagers thought she could communicate with the water god, but in fact she made it up casually. When the water god came for the first time, she advocated sacrifices to boys and girls, just to ensure their lives. Then they found that the water god really took this set and sacrificed it year after year. However, the water god did not come today, and the drought here has been a long time, so they have no choice.
"Water God, will he come?"
The villagers hated this old witch very much, so they did not resist. In fact, they could not resist either. Chen Mo was too strong.
Many villagers even looked at the old witch with hatred. Many of their own children were sacrificed by the old witch and sacrificed their lives. On the contrary, the old witch's own descendants are still alive.
"I don't know! The Water God hasn't come for these times. I don't know why. If the Water God doesn't come to Xingyun Buyu, we will all die of thirst!"
An old man sighed.
Hundreds of old and young people gathered here, looking anxious and worried. Chen Mo said, "Don't worry, the water god you mentioned will definitely come. By the way, have you seen the true face of that water god?"
"No, from the beginning to now, we have only seen dark clouds, and the sacrificers disappeared. We have never seen the true face of the water god, but the water god really exists. After every sacrifice, there will be heavy rain here."
"So, you have never seen the God of Water, so I'll let you see what the God of Water looks like today. And if I guess correctly, the reason why you are drought here is because of the God of Water you mentioned."
"What? Young man, what you said is true?" Many people's faces changed drastically. Could it be that the Water God was the one who harmed them?
But the water gods rain every year, which does this benefit them?
Boom!
Suddenly, everyone was puzzled. Chen Mo pointed his finger and a whirlpool appeared in the sky. Then a thunder sounded. The sound was transmitted within a radius of hundreds of miles. Thunder suddenly appeared. When all the villagers saw this god-like method, they all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chen Mo, trembling. This scene was too scary.
Chapter completed!