"I don't think there is any need to do this!" Ayibu's expression seemed a little strange.

"What's wrong? This is a rare opportunity!" Su Lannuo was also a little surprised.

I was a little confused, but I still didn't ask until the words came. Because I saw Ayibu's eyes, full of fear and sorrow.

"There's no way! Sulannuo!" Aibu smiled awkwardly, "My caravan is leaving tonight. I want to take advantage of the opportunity of Tiangong to be good at these days and then go to the Tang Dynasty to transport some food for you."

"What? You have to ship a bill!" Sulanno was already grateful and couldn't speak, "Aibu, my brother, my best friend. My words can no longer express my gratitude to your caravan."

"If I were a friend, then there would be nothing to say." Aibu said, "I see that the population of Loulan City has increased again. I hope that my food will allow you to survive this winter."

"Don't worry! After the 'Enlightenment Day', as long as the offerings can satisfy the 'Enlightenment God', I believe everything will get better." Sulano said with a smile.

But Ayibu didn't smile at all when he heard the "Enlightened God". He told Su Lannuo that he needed time to prepare for returning to the Tang Dynasty, so he pulled me out of Su Lannuo's palace.

"Ayibu, what's going on? I don't seem very happy to hear the 'Enlightened God'!" I asked curiously.

"Xuanzang, you are here for the first time and you don't know what this 'Enlightenment God' is? And what kind of festival is this 'Enlightenment Day'."

"Didn't the Lord of Sulannuo say he is a god who protects the Loulan Kingdom?"

"God? I think it's a demon!"

"Demon? What's going on?" I saw that Ayibu had an unspeakable hidden secret.

"Xuanzang, when I first came to this place more than thirty years ago, I met Aznina, the beloved of my life. We fell in love at first sight and we were in love. That night I proposed to her and she agreed to me. And Aznina was willing to follow me back to my motherland." Aibu's eyes were full of sadness, "It's a pity that the world didn't meet the wish."

"What the hell is going on?"

"The day we were about to leave happened to be the 'Enlightenment Day', and Aznina also needed to perform a dance performance in the square. She promised to dance the last dance and left Loulan City with me. But an accident happened. As the dance performance was about to end, countless petals suddenly scattered over the square. Most of the petals fell on Aznina in the center."

"Peals? What does this mean?"

"This means that the sacrifice chosen by the 'Enlightenment God' is Aznina!" When Aibu said this, his eyes were slightly red.

"What? The sacrifice to the 'Enlightened God' turned out to be a living person."

"To be precise, it should be a beautiful girl." Aibu whimpered, "That day I watched the Loulan army take Aznina away from me, but I was powerless. The next day after that, she was sent to the 'Death Canyon' and never returned."

“'Death Canyon'?"

"It is a valley not far from Loulan City, and it is said that the 'Kao Ming God' lives there." Aibu said, "In my opinion, it is not a god at all, it is a man-eating beast."

"Since this is your sad place, why have you been here every year for so many years?"

"First to commemorate Aznina, and secondly to fulfill my agreement with her."

"What agreement?"

"Let the children in Loulan City no longer be hungry, so that she can rest in peace in heaven." After Ayibu said, she was already crying like rain.

Looking at this sad old man, my heart trembled.

This is both for this sad story and for the beautiful girl who will become a sacrifice tonight.

I felt that I should do something, but at that time I was powerless.

It was still some time before nightfall, and it was not time for Ayibu caravan to leave. So I wandered aimlessly on the streets of Loulan City, unknowingly hungry.

When I walked to a remote corner, my stomach started to scream in a bad mood.

At this moment, I heard a sound like nature.

"Master, are you hungry?"

When I turned around, I saw an exotic girl about ten years old appearing in front of me.

The girl spread her hands with a smile, and a steaming pancake appeared in front of me.

Before I could speak, the girl said again: "Master, this is the best sesame cake in our Loulan City. You can eat one quickly!"

Originally I wanted to refuse, but looking at the girl's eager eyes, I took the Shaobing over by chance.

The cakes are full of fragrance, and even I, a very determined person, could not withstand the temptation of this delicious food, and took a light bite.

I must admit that it is the most memorable delicacy in life.

The delicious food spread in my mouth, which made me swallow all the pancakes in one go.

The girl looked at me and said with a smile: "Eat slowly, there's still something!"

"Female donor, I am so grateful. How dare you ask what your name is? The little monk remembers it in my heart." I thanked me quickly.

"Aitasha!" said the girl with a smile.

"What?"

"Aitasha, my name!" said the girl with a smile.

"What a good name!"

"In our Loulan language, it means beautiful flowers! It was given to me by my father."

"Your dad!"

"My father is Sulano, and I am her youngest daughter." Aitasha's smile was as bright as flowers.

"So it's the daughter of the city lord!"

"I heard from my father that you are Uncle Ayibu's friend."

I nodded: "I did come here with him."

"Uncle Ayibu is a good friend of our Loulan City, and you should be our good friend too!"

"I'm a good friend to everyone."

"Then will you stay for the 'Enlightenment Day'?"

"Well..." Aitasha's words made me speechless for a moment.

"Stay here! I'll perform in the square tonight!"

"Performance?"

At this time, I also remembered Aibu's words. It seems that Aitasha is also at risk of being selected as a sacrifice.

Although I don't want to see this cruel scene, I somehow feel that I should do something for them.

"Okay! I will attend the 'Hi Ming Festival' party." I said seriously.

"A word is determined, you can come!" Aitasha smiled, "I hope you can bring me some luck and see if it can make me a messenger of the 'enlightened god'."

"The messenger of the 'Enlightenment God'?" My heart trembled, and I thought to myself, "Don't this Aitasha knows what this messenger of the 'Enlightenment God' means?"

"Is it worth being happy to be the messenger of the 'Enlightened God'?" I asked.

"Of course, this is something that every girl in Loulan City is looking forward to!" said Aitaxia.

"What I'm looking forward to? Aitasha, do you know what it means to be a messenger of the 'Enlightenment God'?" I asked seriously.

"I know, it is to go to the 'Death Canyon', which is where the 'Enlightenment God' lives to practice." Aitasha said with an excited look on his face.

"It seems that the parents of these girls have comforted their hearts with lies." There was also a little bitterness in my heart.

"I know that once I go there, the 'Enlightened God' may not let us come back. Maybe from now on, I will never be able to see my parents again." Aitasha was also a little disappointed when he said this.

"Then you still want to go?"

"If I don't go, there will be other sisters who will go. There will always be people who need to leave their parents. This is the choice of fate and no one can escape."

"Did you know so much at a young age?"

"It was all handed over to me by my father and Uncle Aibu. And I am no longer a child, and I will be an adult after tomorrow." Aitasha said seriously.

In Loulan City, girls are the symbol of adulthood.

"Don't worry, I'll go see your performance. I believe it is the most beautiful dance in the world." I said seriously.

"Of course, I will never be wrong. You will look forward to it!"

"Aitaxia, come and rehearsal!" Aitaxia was speaking, and a group of Loulan girls ran over from a distance, shouting at Aitaxia.

"Sorry, I should leave, monk!"

After Aitasha said that, she also ran away with a smile.

She soon disappeared from my sight surrounded by girls.

"Can you really make these girls sacrifices for that demon?" I sighed to myself.

"There is no way, this is their fate as Loulan girls."

When I turned my head, Sulano appeared behind me.

"City Lord!" I was also shocked.

"What city lord? I'm just an incompetent father." Su Lannuo said blamingly.

"Did you know the truth about the 'Enlightened God' in the morning?"

"So many years have passed, how could I not know?" Sulanno said, "There is no 'enlightened god' in the world. It's just a man-eating beast!"

"Since you know, why did you let those Loulan girls, or even your daughter, die?" I asked angrily when I heard this.
To be continued...