A small stream of water flowed out from the cracks in the stones. At first, it was like an old man suffering from prostatitis peeing. Gradually, under the sound of Lin Baici's singing, the water flow began to increase.
After waiting for seven or eight minutes, the water flow turned into large streams and seemed to be gushing out.
When the sheep-headed woman saw this scene, her cold attitude immediately changed. She shouted a strange language that Lin Baici couldn't understand. She must have been chanting a prayer. Then she knelt down devoutly and began to kowtow.
Seeing this, the other women in cloaks also knelt down.
Mari Goto, who was crowded in the crowd, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene.
Lin Jun was recognized by the Dragon Girl,
Passed!
I can date him now.
Goto Mari knelt down and worshiped the dragon girl sincerely.
For the villagers of Shenyin Village, only with the blessing of the Dragon Girl can they be happy in this life.
Lin Bai's mouth felt dry when he sang, and his throat felt a little uncomfortable.
When the sheep-headed woman began to chant her prayers, Lin Baici naturally closed her mouth.
Everyone else was kneeling, but it didn't seem right to stand by himself, so he squatted down. Kneeling was impossible anyway.
The spring water gushing out from the pile of rocks represents the appearance of the Dragon Girl.
Basically, out of ten worships, only one is successful, so this is a very grand event.
The women were all immersed in this atmosphere, praying for the Dragon Girl's blessing, but they ignored Lin Baici, otherwise they would not have knelt down when they saw him squatting on the ground...
Such transgression would definitely break his legs.
Lin Bai resigned and moved aside.
Blah blah blah!
The spring water flowed very fast, and until the pebble pool was filled, the flow rate slowed down slightly, but it still did not stop.
They overflowed and moistened the soil.
The sheep-headed woman stood up and took off her black robe.
She was actually wearing nothing underneath, so her plump body was exposed to the air.
Lin Baici's eyelids twitched suddenly.
What the hell?
Not over yet?
Lin Baici stared at the sheep-headed woman for no other reason than to know what this woman wanted to do.
Her skin is not saggy yet and there are almost no wrinkles visible.
Lin Baici had no experience, otherwise she would have been able to tell that she was a woman in her thirties who was engaged in a relatively leisurely job.
The sheep-headed woman walked into the pool, bent down, picked up a handful of clear and cold spring water, and poured it on her body.
Wow!
This sound was like a signal for "dinner". The women who were kneeling put out the torches.
Then there was a rustling sound.
There was no sunlight shining into this cave, and when the torch suddenly went out, even with Lin Baici's enhanced eyesight, he could not see anything.
A rustling sound reached Lin Baici's ears.
What are they doing?
Take off your clothes?
It sounds similar, but it shouldn't be so unrestrained, right?
After all, there is still an outsider like me!
Blah blah blah!
The sound of water became louder, and it was obvious that someone had walked into the spring.
To be honest, this scene is weird, but also a little charming, and it is very arousing people's imagination. If the second senior brother comes, he will definitely jump into it and let everyone play together.
But Lin Baici's nerves were tense.
He always feels that there is big trouble ahead!
Sudden,
Whoosh!
A firelight lit up.
It was a woman three meters away to Lin Baici's right who picked up a torch and lit it.
The orange-red firelight illuminated the cave and reflected the swaying shadows of the women on the cave wall.
"Fuck!"
Even though Lin Baici was very experienced, his heart beat violently at this moment and he couldn't help but uttered a curse word.
Is this some kind of dark ritual going on?
Those women were all the same as the sheep-headed women, wearing no underwear, but wearing a black hood on their heads, with only two eyes exposed.
Now, they all took off their black robes, squeezed into the spring water, and began to bathe.
If these women didn't wear headgear, this scene might look better, but now, it's both weird and terrifying.
Whoosh!
The women looked at the woman who lit the torch.
However, they did not blame her. Some continued to bathe, while others picked up torches from the ground and lit them too.
After all, the light is too dark, making bathing very inconvenient.
As for Lin Baici...
The women looked at him without any shyness or embarrassment.
Being stared at by a group of women wearing hoods, Lin Baici suddenly panicked. He subconsciously looked at the first woman who lit the torch.
She also took off her robe and only wore a hood. Judging from her height and figure, she seemed to be Goto Mari's mother?
Except for the sound of water from the bath, there was no movement in the cave. Just when Lin Baici was about to leave, the sheep-headed woman spoke.
"These spring waters are a gift from Her Highness the Dragon Girl. After bathing, you will be free from all diseases and all worries will disappear!"
The sheep-headed girl obviously said to Lin Baici: "You have been recognized by the dragon girl, and you are one of our own!"
"Now, we will hold the 'village entrance ceremony' to accept you!"
"???"
Lin Baici suddenly had a hunch, wouldn't these women want to drag him to take a shower?
Maybe even something more exaggerated.
Sure enough, as the sheep-headed woman finished speaking, five women came over, grabbed Lin Baici's arm, and dragged him into the spring pool.
The woman on the left even took off Lin Baici's robe.
Snap!
Lin Baici slapped her hand away.
"Don't be nervous. From today on, we are all one family!"
The sheep-headed woman looked at Lin Baici with gentle eyes: "Everyone recognized by Her Majesty the Dragon Girl is a family. We must learn to share everything about ourselves."
The women pulled Lin Baici hard.
"Marri-chan, you have chosen such a good boyfriend!"
"His body is so strong, he should be able to last a long time this time, right?"
"Great, we have a new man in our village!"
The women murmured quietly and looked at Lin Baici with greedy and eager eyes.
Lin Baici was a grown man, but he was so grossed out that he had goosebumps.
What is this?
Pansi hole?
"truth?"
Lin Baici turned around and looked for Mari Goto.
But she is a little girl and has no right to speak in this environment.
The women were still pulling Lin Baici.
"Don't waste Her Royal Highness Dragon Girl's gift!"
The sheep-headed woman urged: "Come quickly!"
More women came over, pulling Lin Baici to take a shower, and some bold women even started to take off his clothes.
[If you run away, you will offend these women, and they will not take you to the real altar.]
【But if you don’t run, then you will become their nourishment!】
[Men who have participated in the welcome ceremony will have their vitality drained away, causing premature aging. It is a luxury to live for ten years! 】
Lin Baici didn't want to participate in this kind of ceremony at all. Now that he heard Nagami's comments, he immediately used his hands hard to throw away the women, and then left the cave without looking back.
The cave suddenly became quiet.
Whoosh!
Everyone’s eyes turned to Mari Goto.
Goto Mari lowered her head.
"Go and convince him that he must attend the next welcome ceremony!"
The goat-headed woman ordered.
…
Lin Baici came out of the cave and didn't know the way home, so he was waiting not far from the entrance of the cave.
He thought that if he had to wait for a long time, someone might come to catch him, but he didn't.
More than ten minutes later, Mari Goto came out after changing her clothes.
"Lin Jun, I will take you home!"
Mari Goto walked in front, as if nothing happened just now.
"Have you seen the dragon girl?"
Lin Baici inquired.
"You should call her Your Highness!"
Goto Mari corrected, paused for a few seconds, and explained: "Her Royal Highness the Dragon Lady has brought good weather to our village!"
"More importantly, she helps us live long, healthy and youthful lives!"
"Have you not noticed that there are no aging women in our village?"
At this point, Goto Mari's tone became pious. She was originally reluctant to part with Lin Baici, but when she thought of the kindness of Her Highness the Dragon Girl...
"In order to stay young, are you willing to trade everything?"
Lin Baici asked back.
"..."
Mari Goto was silent.
"Have you ever thought about leaving this island and visiting other places?"
Lin Baici always felt that the key to clearing the level lay with Mari Goto, so she must be persuaded to lower the status of the Dragon Girl in her heart.
"If you have to stay on this island to be young and beautiful, what's the difference between that and going to jail?"
Lin Baici sighed: "This kind of life is too barren!"
"Even if you live for a hundred years, what's the point?"
"Life should be on the road, and we should only stop when we die. But for you, birth is death!"
Goto Mari suddenly stopped: "I don't understand this, no one has taught me!"
"Why should someone else teach you?"
Lin Bai's words were profound: "You just have to ask yourself what you want!"
Mari Goto was silent again.
Lin Baici knew that enough was enough, so he no longer instilled a "view on life", but waited for Goto's truth to be digested.
The two returned to the village.
Dawn has not come yet.
Lin Bai resigned and went back to his room to sleep.
Boom! Boom!
As soon as Lin Baici lay down, there was a knock on the window.
It's the secret code agreed upon before.
Lin Baici glanced at the door, immediately rushed to the window and opened it.
Xia Hongyao squeezed in.
"How's it going? You're not hurt, are you?"
Xia Hongyao grabbed Lin Baici's shoulders and looked at his body
"No!"
"What happened in the cave?"
Xia Hongyao asked: "There is no hiding place there, so I was relatively far away and didn't hear it."
"A dark ritual was performed!"
Lin Baici was not embarrassed and simply told the story.
"So it seems that the condition for clearing the level is to find a way to find the dragon girl?"
Xia Hongyao pondered.
"perhaps!"
"By the way, we were attacked last night!"
"Did something strangle your neck?"
"right!"
"That was caused by a Ksitigarbha statue on the roadside outside the village. I smashed it!"
"I knew you were the one who solved it!"
Xia Hongyao was very happy and hugged Lin Baici's shoulders.
The two briefly chatted for a few more words, discussed the follow-up plan, and Xia Hongyao was withdrawn.
…
With a few rooster crows of "ooh, oh, oh", morning came again in Shenyin Village.
At around 7 o'clock, Mari Goto came up and asked Lin Bai to leave for dinner.
At the dinner table, Goto Rei was like a good wife and mother, serving food for everyone. It was completely impossible to tell that she had participated in the dark ceremony last night.
"Can I go for a walk outside?"
Lin Baici asked.
Hou Tengxin glanced at Lin Baici and lowered his head: "Okay, you are already half one of our own!"
Why half?
Because Lin Baici did not attend the subsequent welcome ceremony.
After dinner, Lin Baici and Goto Mari went out on the street. From time to time they would see a woman, but they all chose to ignore Lin Baici, as if they were engaging in a bullying campaign to 'isolate him'.
Lin Baici didn't care at all. He walked around all morning and went home for dinner.
Just as he sat down, a group of people broke into Goto's house.
The leader was a woman, about forty years old, wearing a pair of glasses, very bookish, like a university professor. When she saw Lin Baici, she asked directly.
"Did you kill the Ksitigarbha statue outside the village?"
This voice was exactly the same as the woman wearing the sheep skull last night, but now it was filled with indifference and anger.
Before Lin Baici could speak, the woman sneered: "It's useless for you to deny it. Except for you, an outsider, no one in our village would do such a thing!"
This reason is really impeccable.
Lin Baici can't always say that there are outsiders?
This not only exposed Xia Hongyao and the others, but also showed that he had evil intentions and was plotting against the village.
"take away!"
The sheep-headed woman shouted loudly, and the women behind him immediately stepped forward, preparing to tie him up with ropes.
Lin Baici did not expect that the situation would take a turn for the worse. He hesitated for a moment and did not struggle. At the same time, he also saw Goto Mari, who was separated by the crowd, winking at her to tell him not to be impulsive.
If you resist, you will be killed on the spot.
Lin Baici's hands were not only tied behind his back, but a black hood was also put on his head, the kind without holes, so Lin Baici couldn't see anything.
He was pulled forward by a rope.
It was a flat road at first, and after about ten minutes, it turned into steps. Lin Baici could feel the temperature and humidity decreasing.
It must have entered an underground place.
After walking for a while, Lin Baici was pushed forward violently by a pair of hands.
He didn't fall. After staggering a few steps, he hit a wall with a bang.
The surrounding area became quiet.
"Am I being locked up in a dungeon?"
Lin Baici moved his wrists and pushed them to both sides.
Snap!
The hemp rope as thick as the index finger was broken.
Lin Baici grabbed the hood and pulled it down.
It was dark all around, so Lin Baici groped for a while and found a wooden door.
Are you being imprisoned in a dungeon?
Lin Baici was not in a hurry to go out. Xia Hongyao and the others had been secretly monitoring him and they must have known that he had been captured.
As long as they are in danger, they will come to rescue at any time.
The question now is how to gain the trust of the sheep-headed woman...
wrong,
When he faced her, he didn't feel hungry. He should have tried to find a way to make Goto Mari trust him.
The dungeon was dark and eerily quiet. Lin Baici just waited to see if there was any improvement.
I don't know how many hours passed, but Lin Bai was almost numb, and the cell door suddenly opened.
A ray of light from a torch rushed in through the crack in the door.