Soul!

Hearing this sentence, the three of them also changed their faces, and they also knew how dangerous it was.

"The master has always been cautious, so how could he compete with the monster's soul?" Xiao Bailong murmured to himself in disbelief.

"This monster is not very strong. The realm of Taiyi Sanxian is not stable. Even if the master is unable to defeat it, he shouts, and any one of us can destroy this monster. How could he fall into such a dangerous place?" Zhu Bajie silently felt the realm of the White Bone Spirit, and was puzzled.

The four of them wanted to help, but were afraid of backfiring. They were frozen in place for a while and had no choice but to wait anxiously and worry-freely for Tang Sen's awakening.

...

At this time, Tang Sen stood in an open space and looked at everything in front of him in shock.

Everyone from this mountain village gathered in the open space, and in the middle was an old man wearing colorful feathers, and next to him was a woman and a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old.

Everyone's expressions were solemn and solemn, as if they were holding some major ceremony, only the mother and daughter in the middle were filled with horror.

"Everyone, the mountain god bless us every year, and we also need to pay tribute every year. This year, the child An Ning will sacrifice to our great mountain god. You have no objection." The old man sitting in the middle swept across everyone with his sharp eyes, and everyone was relieved at this time, as if he had escaped some disaster, his face filled with smiles that had survived the disaster, and no one expressed his objection.

"Village Chief, don't, don't sacrifice my child to the mountain god. She is still young." When the woman heard this, she seemed to lick her. She knelt in front of the village chief with a "thump" sound, crying and pleading.

"Shut up!" the old man shouted loudly.

"It is the honor of An Ning, a child who sacrificed himself for the mountain god! This matter is decided like this!" Ignoring the woman's crying, the old man had no intention of changing his mind at all.

"Three days later, sacrifice to the mountain god."

Li Si looked at the little girl, her appearance was vaguely familiar, a bit like the girl who changed the bones. At this time, she was standing there in despair, her little face turned pale and bloodless.

Looking at the crowd around, everyone's faces were cold and ruthless, and some even had smiles on their faces, talking.

Tang Sen was eavesdropping, and he finally sorted out the whole story of the matter and couldn't help but feel angry.

The little girl's name is An Ning. Next to her is her mother. A few days ago, his father went out to hunt and did not return. Later, he learned from the people he was traveling with him that his father had been buried in the beast's mouth.

Every year in early March, a sacrifice is held in this village to worship the mountain gods, praying for the whole warehouse of prey, to have enough food and clothing, and to offer sacrifices...

It's actually human!

The offerings are usually for children aged 10-18. They are randomly selected. Whoever dies depends on which child's life.

And this year, it's peace!

An Ning in the middle of the crowd looked at her mother who kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, and deep despair and sorrow appeared in her eyes.

Of course they knew what was going on.

Originally, this year was not peaceful, but since the news of his father's death spread, things have changed.

One night, An Ning accidentally saw that Goudan, who had been sucking for sacrifice, followed his father into the village chief's house, holding a lot of things in his hand. They talked for a long time, and finally Goudan and his father walked out with great gratitude, with empty hands.

Then, An Ning watched them keep entering the doors of one room after another, but they didn't have their own home.

I felt a strong anxiety in my heart.

Sure enough, after a few days, the candidates for sacrifice were selected again in the mountain village. You should know that so many years have passed, once the candidates for sacrifice were confirmed, there was no change, and there was no precedent for re-drawing.

But under the aggressive gaze of everyone, An Ning still took the lottery with a lucky mentality.

Sure enough, An Ning was drawn, and the new offering was her.

Darkness! Naked darkness!

An Ning wanted to resist, but she did not have the power to resist and wanted to tell the truth, but it was useless. These people would only be glad that they were sacrificed and would not come to help her.

What's more, these people may have been accomplices. She saw Goudan's father visiting one by one with her own eyes. The originally wealthy family was extremely poor at this time.

These people planned this conspiracy together.

She is just a victim.

If you want to blame, you can only blame her father for his unfortunate death. They suddenly lost their support and could only let the mermaid meat.

After understanding this, An Ning did not cry and make a fuss, nor did she kneel down and beg for mercy.

She knew that all this had no effect, she was abandoned and no one in this village would come to save her.

The gathering dispersed, and the village chief had already walked away.

Only the unsightly-eyed An Qing was left in the spot, and her mother who had already kowtowed her.

The blood dripped, dyeing the loess under her feet red, but she suddenly didn't realize it. She just kept kowtowing and begging everyone to let her daughter go. The desolate crying sounded far away.

No one turned around, and no one stretched out his hand to pull them, only his cold and ruthless eyes.

Tang Sen wanted to go up and help them up, but he suddenly walked past them and was powerless.

...

Act 2, Night

"Girl, go quickly and run as far as the night is, and never come back. Only in this way can you live." The woman packed her luggage and stuffed the only little dried meat in the house into the package, and said to An Ning.

"Mom, let's go together." An Ning said cryingly.

"No, kid, we can't leave anyone. Mom is here to help you hold them back. The farther you go, the better." The woman gently held An Ning's little face, gently put her drooping hair on her upper ears, and said with a smile.

He stuffed the package into An Ning's hand, opened the door, carefully poked his head out, observed it for a while, and then urged him anxiously after confirming that there was no one.

"Go away, there is no one now. Remember to hide footprints along the way and don't be chased by them."

"Also, if you survive, you must live." Finally, the woman told An Ning to push An Ning out of the door, letting An Ning cry and knock on the door quietly.

After a while, the movement gradually disappeared. At this moment, the woman who was already in tears staggered and stood up and gently opened the door. The night outside the door was dark, but there was no familiar figure.

"Child, you must escape." When the woman closed the door, she seemed to have lost her strength. She leaned against the door and slowly slid on the ground, but there was a smile on the corner of her mouth.

She understood that those who had lost their men had lost their value and dependence in this mountain village.

These days, they have only left but not in, and they have consumed all their remaining food. However, she doesn't plan to live anymore. She wants to follow the person she loves.

But his daughter is still so young that she shouldn't die, especially as a sacrifice.

What is the sacrifice? It is to eat people!

Tie the offerings to your hands and feet, plug your mouth, and place them in the mountains and forests. When you go there the next day, you will only see a pile of scattered white bones.

They have seen this scene many times, but she cannot accept that her daughter is the one tied up.

Now, An Ning should have almost escaped from the village.

Thinking of this, she smiled sincerely.

She had already stayed enough in this village where people cannibalize!

Death is a kind of liberation.

Next, we must try our best to hold back the people we are chasing and buy time for peaceful escape.

Before I could finish my thoughts, I was awakened by the screams outside. The Naruto was shaking outside the window, and there was a loud noise.

But she didn't want to pay attention to it. She didn't care about anything now except...

"Everyone, come out quickly, An Ning is indeed planning to escape, but I took it down in one fell swoop." A man with a rough face showed off proudly.

With a wave of his hand, the two of them walked out with a thin figure behind him. When they looked closely, they found An Ning.

At this time, she was extremely embarrassed, with her face blue and purple, and her body was also ragged, as if she was hanging on by a branch.

Sure enough, "This little girl is quite capable of running. The five of us adults were chasing each other in the woods, but she was like a loach, slipping without hesitation. However, I finally caught her."

"Okay!" Everyone around applauded.

"Cough cough." At this time, a cough sounded.

"The village chief is here." With a scream, the crowd separated a passage and an old man walked in slowly.

"Village Chief, what you said is true. An Ning really wants to run away. If you didn't tell us to wait outside the village, she would have really let her run away tonight. The village chief had a clever idea." At this time, the man looked flattering and flattering.

The village chief ignored him, stretched out his hand and raised An Ning's face. After confirming, he let go of his expressionless face.

"Closing this little girl in this room, sending people to guard her day and night, and offering sacrifices to the gods in three days." After giving a command, the old man turned around and walked slowly into the night.

Those who draw sacrifices usually find ways to escape, and it’s no wonder, but for so many years, no one has been able to escape, and tonight is naturally no exception.

A group of people held torches and knocked on the door fiercely. An Ning's mother was awakened and opened the door carefully.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw the bright firelight and the eyes of many people staring at me, as well as the thin and pitiful figure at the door.

Isn't this true?

The woman had speculation, but she did not dare to confirm or believe it.

Everyone outside the house ignored her and pushed An Ning into the house, turned around and closed the door, leaving two big men to guard the door to prevent them from running away again.

Inside the house, only the mother and daughter cried desperately.

Tang Sen witnessed the whole process, but could only be like a spectator, despite being extremely angry, but could not intervene.

...

Act 3.

The next night, An Ning, who had already accepted her fate after dinner, was dazed in the house when she suddenly heard the sound of conversation outside the door.

“……Sobert,…buy wine and drink…”

"This, okay,... hurry up..."

The conversation outside the door was very quiet, and An Ning could only hear some of it clearly. Just as he was confused, the door slowly opened with a "creak", and a strange man came in, and the two guards at the door ignored it.

The man closed the door with his backhand, with a wretched smile on his face.

"You, what are you going to do? Don't come over." An Ning retreated in fear.
Chapter completed!