Chapter 48

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Yin Yin couldn’t help the twitching of her eyes after hearing Qiaoqiao’s words. Is this to…… burn couples?

The head of this village isn’t named Jia Renyi, is he?

“Qiaoqiao, what is your village chief’s name?” Yin Yin felt her voice tremble.

“Village Chief Grandpa?” Qiaoqiao thought for a while. “Qiaoqiao doesn’t know his name.”

All right.

“Qiaoqiao, didn’t I told you to stay at your aunt’s house? Why did you run back here?” Wang Dachui came in from outside the house and asked Qiaoqiao with a calm face.

Qiaoqiao immediately shrunk. “I don’t like auntie (wife of one’s father’s younger brother). Auntie is so fierce.”

Wang Dachui glanced at Yin Yin and Ling Long, then said to Qiaoqiao, “Qiaoqiao, go find your mother first.”

“Oh.” Qiaoqiao responded and went out to find her mother.

Wang Dachui sat down opposite Yin Yin and Ling Long, his face looking a little bad. “Both of you heard from Qiaoqiao?”

“That’s right.” Yin Yin sniffed. Qiaoqiao told Ling Long not to tell Wang Dachui, but she didn’t tell her not to. This does not count as betraying her, right?

In terms of the thickness of your skin, this really doesn’t count. Ha ha.

Ling Long looked at Wang Dachui and said, “You should tell us what happened. Maybe we can still help.”

Wang Dachui’s brows scrunched up, but he opened his mouth with some measurement. “Are you two really willing to help?”

Yin Yin’s eyebrows jumped, and an ominous premonition came. “This…… it depends on what kind of help it is.”

“Are the two of you willing to be burned instead of Huihui and Dagou?”

……

Only a fool would be willing.

Ling Long sneered. “What do you think?”

Wang Dachui’s face suddenly turned cold. “You have entered Baishui Village, it may not be up to the two of you to decide.”

Yin Yin frowned. If the array at the entrance of the village cannot be broken, then she and Ling Long will always be in a passive position.

She glanced at Wang Dachui and her brain turned quickly. “Maybe, we don’t have to be burned?”

After hearing this, Wang Dachui was taken aback and looked at Yin Yin. He said, “What do you mean?”

“If I’m guessing correctly, burning a couple of men and women every year is what you call a sacrifice? Since you don’t want to, why continue this kind of sacrifice?”

Wang Dachui’s face changed. “If we stop offering sacrifices, we will offend the Dragon Deity.”

“Heh.” Ling Long snorted. “It’s nonsense. The array formation at the entrance of the village is not made by a dragon deity at all, but man-made. You burn your relatives alive for a non-existent dragon deity. Don’t you think it’s too pedantic?”

“The Dragon Deity really exists!” Wang Dachui suddenly became agitated. “Every year, a man and a woman selected by the Dragon Deity will be brought into the Dragon Palace by them, and will be released a year later.”

“Bringing them into the Dragon Palace?” Yin Yin felt that the story became more and more powerful. “An ignorant question, -where is the Dragon Palace?”

“Below the Baishui Pool.” Wang Dachui slowly breathed, “You say, how could ordinary people live underwater for a year? It was clearly because of the Dragon Deity’s protection.”

Ling Long slightly frowned. It seemed that there was a hidden story behind this Baishui Pool. “In that case, you might as well take us to see the pool.”

Wang Dachui frowned his two thick black eyebrows, thought for a long time and finally nodded. “I can take you there, but you must not be disrespectful to the Dragon Deity.”

Looking at Wang Dachui’s pious expression, Yin Yin couldn’t help but pull the corners of her mouth. Damn, this brainwashing was too successful. It’s comparable to a modern cult ah.

“Don’t worry. We will never be disrespectful to the Dragon Deity.” Yin Yin looked at Wang Dachui and smiled sincerely.

Yin Yin’s foot injury was not healed yet. Ling Long helped her to slowly follow Wang Dachui and walked towards Baishui Pool. On the way, they were stopped by a man. “Dachui, where are you going?”

Yin Yin looked at the person opposite them. He was about fifty years old, his hair was half white, and although he looked kind and gentle, he gave off a commanding air.

“Village chief, they said they wanted to see the Baishui Pool.” Wang Dachui replied.

OMG. This is the village chief ah! It’s great that he is not Jia Renyi!

The village chief came over and looked at them a few times. “Are the two you Goudan and Xiaoya?”

Ling Long: “……”

He hate dog’s egg (Goudan)!

Xiaoya smiled and nodded, “Yes.”

“Oh. Why do you want go to Baishui Pool?”

“To look around…… oh no, -to worship the Dragon Deity.” Xiaoya kept a smile on her face.

The village chief thought for a while. “I also happen to be going to the Baishui Pool, so why don’t we go together.”

Xiaoya’s smile was broken.

This excuse after striking a conversation was outdated 800 years ago, okay village chief?!

It’s a pity that the village chief could not hear Yin Yin’s inner shout. When the four of them arrived at Baishui Pool, the weather was just right.

Yin Yin looked around for a while. If this were put in the modern era, it would definitely be a 5A level tourist attraction. (the most important and best-maintained tourist attractions in China)

Yin Yin looked at the calm water. The blue color made people fascinated, but…… “Is there a Dragon Palace below?”

Are you kidding me?

The village chief nodded seriously. “Naturally there is.”

“Have you seen it?”

The village chief paused. “No.”

“No?” Yin Yin raised an eyebrow. “Then why are you so sure that there is a Dragon Palace below?”

“I heard it from my grandparents.”

“Oh.” Yin Yin said meaningfully.

Ling Long stared at the deep water quietly for a while, then looked at the village chief and said, “I heard that it was you who put forward the idea of a sacrifice?”

The village chief’s expression changed. “That’s right. We had offended the Dragon Deity, and we must calm the Dragon Deity’s anger in this way.”

“Is this what you heard from your grandparents?” Yin Yin couldn’t help but sneer.

“No.” The village chief’s palms had already begun to sweat.

“Then how do you know that you can calm the Dragon Deity’s anger by doing this?” The smile on Yin Yin’s face grew deeper.

“……This is the instructions of the Dragon Deity.” The village chief was thankful now that fortunately the villagers didn’t give him so many problems like this people.

Yin Yin pondered for a moment, then looked at Wang Dachui and opened her mouth, “Don’t you all think that this whole thing is just his own delusions?”

Wang Dachui: “……”

Village Chief: “……”

Ling Long smiled, then helped Yin Yin to walk back. “All right. Let’s go back first.”

“Ah? Don’t you want to see the Dragon Deity?” Yin Yin expressed regret.

“I just saw it.” Ling Long replied flatly.

“You saw?!” Yin Yin was shocked. “How did you communicate?”

“……Through spirit.”

“……”

The village chief winked at Wang Dachui who followed Yin Yin and Ling Long back to the house.

After entering the door, Wang Dachui looked at Ling Long and asked suspiciously, “Did you really see the Dragon Deity?”

Ling Long looked at Wang Dachui. He sarcastically said, “Why, don’t you believe that there is a dragon deity? Why are you so surprised?”

Wang Dachui frowned and did not speak.

“Actually, you also doubt the existence of the dragon deity in your heart, right?” Ling Long said, “Not only you, but many villagers had begun to doubt the existence of the dragon deity. If I guess right, this situation should have started after the sacrifice, which can also explain why some villagers would rather risk their lives and want to go up the mountain. It was because they don’t want to watch their relatives get burned alive.”

Wang Dachui was silent for a long time and finally nodded. “Yes. At first, everyone was in awe of the Dragon Deity, but…… Since the sacrifice, everyone has become uneasy. We didn’t know when it will be our turn to be burned. But we are unable to resist the Dragon Deity, nor can we defy him. Since that array appeared, unless instructed by the Dragon Deity, no one can get out of the village.”

“Actually……” Yin Yin raised her hand silently. “I wanted to ask since the beginning. You have been talking about dragon deity’s instructions. But how on earth does it give you instructions?”

Wang Dachui was stunned. “I don’t know. The instructions of the Dragon Deity are all relayed to us by the village chief, and only him has seen the Dragon Deity.”

Ha ha.

Yin Yin pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled. This village chief was indeed the first suspect.

However, he trapped everyone here and didn’t let them go out. He also burned two people to death on time every year. What’s his purpose? It’s not to control the population, is it?

Ling Long also thought of this. He looked at Wang Dachui and asked, “You just said that the men and women who will be burned will disappear for a year?”

“It’s not a disappearance.” Wang Dachui shook his head. “They were invited to the Dragon Palace just below the Baishui Pool by the Dragon Deity.”

Yin Yin narrowed her eyes. “You’ve watched them go down?”

“Yes.” Wang Dachui said this with a somewhat sad expression. “At this time last year, Xinghua and I watched Huihui and Dagou sink into the Baishui Pool with our own eyes.”

“They will come out alive after a year?”

Wang Dachui nodded again.

Yin Yin looked at Ling Long. “Can this also be done?”

“Yes.” Ling Long’s eyes flickered. “According to what I have just observed, what should be built under the Baishui Pool is likely to be some kind of a water dungeon. As long as they are given meals regularly, they won’t starve to death.”

Yin Yin couldn’t understand it. “What’s the point of doing this? That dragon deity won’t be so ball-aching idle right?”

Ling Long’s eyebrows moved. “Ball-aching idle?”

Yin Yin: “……”

Idol, can you stop repeating such words?

Yin Yin wiped her expression and said with a smile, “I mean, the dragon deity won’t be feeling empty and lonely, so he finds two people to chat with him ba?”

This is indeed a problem and it should be said that this is the most critical issue. Ling Long lowered his eyes. What happened to the two people who disappeared during a year? Is this related to the scream they heard last night?

Yin Yin seemed to suddenly think of something. Her eyes lit up. “The two people who were sent to the Dragon Palace, how are they released?”

“I don’t know.” Wang Dachui shook his head. “The night before the sacrifice, the villagers needed to stay at their home. On the next morning, the two people who were to be the sacrifices were already tied to the sacrificial platform.”

“Oh.” Yin Yin hooked the corner of her mouth at Wang Dachui. “After they are tied to the platform, can’t we just save them then?”

Yin Yin’s words did not make Wang Dachui ecstatic. Instead, he sighed. “What’s the use of saving them? Their souls have already been eaten by the Dragon Deity.”

“Ha?” Yin Yin felt that this tale is becoming more and more f*cking amazing.

“The sacrifices who come out of the Dragon Palace doesn’t recognize anyone, and they had also become foolish.”

Yin Yin frowned and exchanged glances with Ling Long. There was a lot of information in what he said.

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