Chapter 196 The cruel truth
As I guessed, due to the influence of the tide of the city for countless times, a few years ago, all the middle-aged and young people in the village had left, leaving behind a group of old people.
There is no large area of arable land in the village, and the remaining elderly people can only rely on vegetable gardens and a little land that is open to Hetao.
As we all know, family conflicts will inevitably arise over such a long time, and the most serious of them is the Wu Feng family.
Wu Feng's parents were financially struggling in early years and were forced to drop out of school. Later, the two of them had some savings when they went out to work and began to try to do business.
It’s also fate that makes people feel bad, and the couple really make a fortune.
With money, the couple settled in the city and had a child. In their opinion, Wu Feng, who had been living in the village for many years and had not graduated from elementary school, had no value for training at all, and could just allow him to stay in the countryside to take care of the old lady.
It’s early for children in rural areas to get married. In a blink of an eye, Wu Feng has reached the age of marriage. The old lady wants the couple to give some money to marry Wu Feng.
But the couple's second child has already started to go to school, and it is time to use the money, so they naturally don't want to.
Because of this incident, the conflict between Wu Feng and the old lady and the couple further deepened.
People in the village have more or less similar situations. In the long run, the villagers do not go to the city and the people in the city are unwilling to come back, and the village becomes more and more closed.
Later, a legend spread among the villagers. A shrine appeared in the woods behind, which was dedicated to the old gods and immortals. The old gods would respond to their requests.
This is a new thing. The elderly in the village have lived here for decades and have never heard of any shrine in the woods. It seems to appear out of thin air.
As a result, many people went to worship with curiosity.
If you say that this old god is also a real spirit, you can cure minor illnesses and disasters with ease. Burn incense the day before and get healed the next day.
Gradually, this old god of unknown origin became the belief of the villagers.
Later, something happened. One night, the elderly in the village were dreamed by the old gods, saying that as long as they eat the meat of their children and use this meat to sacrifice themselves, they can live forever and be reborn.
The village was in a turmoil now. At first, no one believed it. Later, during the chat, I heard that everyone had the same dream. If I don’t believe it, it would be impossible.
All the elderly gathered together to discuss and said that these children were unfilial and could live forever and be reborn, wouldn’t they still want to have as many children as they want?
We can't say that these old people think evilly, but that immortality is too attractive.
In ancient times, no emperor of all dynasties dreamed of immortality. If they told them that they could exchange their children for immortality, let alone one or two, they would be willing to kill everything, and they would just be reborn.
What happened later became a bit bloody. These old men used various reasons to trick their children back to the village, put them down with medicine, and killed them and ate them.
Wu Feng is involved almost every time. As the only young man in the village, he is a serious new force, and if he catches a woman, he will do some dirty things.
The call that Xie Laosan received was from the woman we saved. After she was caught, she witnessed her husband being eaten. She also saved her life because the old god asked that a living person sacrifice must be given.
It was also thanks to the villagers who didn't know their smartphones, so she seized the opportunity to make a call, and then the news came out.
I heard it was cold all over my body. What a good guy, that old ghost is not only doing evil, but also bewitching others as his minions.
"It's really a fool. If this can last forever, then why can you practice? You can have children and eat it. Someone believes what an old ghost said, and even treats him as an old god. It's ridiculous!" Sister Geng Geng mocked her without hesitation.
However, the five old men who had been caught did not say a word. They probably thought in their hearts that if the three of us had not had a good thing, they would have lived forever now.
"Sister Geng Geng, what is that old ghost's purpose?" I asked.
Sister Geng Geng thought for a while and said, "Maybe it is to enhance her strength, or... is she really sacrificing something?"
I couldn't help but think of the altar on the underground river under the glacier. Will these two things have any connection?
Of course, these are just my guesses out of thin air, and it is hard to say what happened.
After knowing the incident, Xie Laosan looked at these people with hatred. They violated not only the law, but also human relations.
Not long after, Xie Laosan's colleagues rushed over, Wu Feng and others were taken into the car, and Sister Geng Geng and I came to help, so we simply made a record.
Of course, for some reason, we concealed the part about killing the old ghost clone, and Xie Laosan certainly would not expose us.
When I left the village in Xie Laosan's car, I looked back and saw that from then on, there was no one in the village.
Houses will gradually collapse and bury things related to humans. If they are not planned, then in a few decades, the weeds will connect it with the forest and river tide. How many people will remember what happened here?
After feeling for a while, I shook my head and sent a message to Sister Xiaoyao, telling her that the old ghost had appeared again. If it weren't for him, maybe the tragedy in this village wouldn't have happened.
Unexpectedly, he also came back after we came back from Tibet, which is not a good thing for us.
Sister Xiaoyao responded quickly, saying that she would be more careful when she asked Sister Geng Geng and I to be more careful and she would be back soon.
I clenched my fists. Although I had just used up all the five thunder energy in my body, they are slowly recovering themselves.
Only then did I understand how powerful the so-called thirty-six methods of Tiangang are. As long as I master the method of five thunder, even if I don’t meditate and recover after using it, it can generate the five thunder energy by itself.
The internal organs have their own five elements, and they form a world, and the five thunder energy is endless.
I don’t know what it would be like to meet Lao Gui again, Yang Lian and Lin Qingcheng, and how much chance of winning we have.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but fantasize that if the master was willing to take action, would it be easy to deal with that old ghost?
However, according to Huang Tianlin, Master should have returned to the mountain now.
I couldn't help but look forward to the days when I was in my hall. At that time, I would take a team of immortals, all of whom were powerful. I would just do whatever I wanted to deal with Yang Lian and the others.
I still remember Sister Xiaoyao told me that it is difficult to mobilize troops without giving away the whole body, but how should I get it? I don’t seem to have any say.
Chapter completed!