Chapter 49

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All the secrets are just below the Baishui Pool.

Ling Long’s eyes changed. There is no point in burning the villagers. The so-called dragon deity insisted on doing so for only one reason -there is a hidden secret in the people who were burned to death. Burning them is just a cover, and hiding the secret is the real reason.

The village chief must know something, or maybe he had planned all of this.

Just looking at him, he doesn’t seem like a master of martial arts, but if there is someone behind the village chief, where does that person live all the time? The village is not big, and the villagers are very familiar with each other. If someone new came, they will definitely be recognized at first glance.

After thinking for a while, he raised his head and asked Wang Dachui, “Has there ever been any unfamiliar face in your village?”

Wang Dachui recalled his memory, then shook his head and said, “No. You two are the only people who have entered the village in recent years.”

Yin Yin sensitively seized the keyword. “Meaning that someone broke into the village by mistake a few years back?”

“Yes.” Wang Dachui nodded. “Just like you, they were injured and had stumbled upon the entrance of the village.”

Yin Yin pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled at Wang Dachui. “Then what happened to them later?”

“Instead of the people from the village, they were the one burned to death.” Wang Dachui replied calmly.

Yin Yin: “……”

If she knew it would be such a tragic ending, she wouldn’t have asked.

Ling Long’s eyes flashed. “What about the people who should have been burned that year? Where are they now?”

Wang Dachui contemplated for a moment then sighed. “They were left in the Dragon Palace forever to serve the Dragon Deity.”

Ling Long’s eyebrows frowned. It seemed that there was something going on with those people, and that is why the dragon deity couldn’t put them back into the village. He’s afraid that they were already quietly executed by the dragon deity long ago.

He glanced at Wang Dachui. “When will this year’s sacrifice be held?”

Wang Dachui’s expression froze. “The day after tomorrow. The villagers will have to stay at home and cannot go out.”

Ling Long buried his head. It seems that tomorrow was their last chance.

After having a brief meal with Yin Yin, Ling Long pulled her back to the room. Yin Yin intuitively knows that Ling Long was planning something.

“Xiao Lingling, what are you thinking about?” Yin Yin shamelessly stuck to him.

Ling Long looked at Yin Yin for a long time. The best way to do this was to directly knock Yin Yin out. But he won’t be rest assured leaving her alone while she’s unconscious. But if she wasn’t passed out, she will definitely follow him.

What to do?

After hesitating for a while, Ling Long decided to tell Yin Yin the truth. “I need to go and look under the Baishui Pool. All the secrets are hidden there. As long as I go there, everything will be solved.”

What he didn’t say was, if it goes well, everything will be solved, if it doesn’t go well…… then he would probably have to be like the villagers –stay there in the Dragon Palace for the rest of his life to serve the dragon deity.

And in the current situation, it is more likely that things will not go well.

But even if he didn’t say it, how could Yin Yin not understand. Not to mention that Ling Long is currently injured, even under normal circumstances, he is not necessarily the opponent of that dragon deity. This is a dangerous trip.

She grabbed Ling Long’s sleeve and looked at him with burning eyes. “Can you not go?”

Ling Long looked at Yin Yin, touched her face with his hand, and caressed it gently a few times. “No.”

Yin Yin immediately decided to activate her unique skill of crying in just three seconds, and was about to cry.

“Don’t pretend to cry.” Ling Long squeezed Yin Yin’s face. “We can’t sit and wait for death. If we stay here and do nothing, it will only be a dead end for us.”

Although she knew that he was right, Yin Yin just didn’t want to let Ling Long go while knowing that there was danger lying up ahead. She thought for a while and said, “Then I will go with you.”

Sure enough.

Ling Long’s heart sank. “You stay here obediently and wait for me to come back.”

“I won’t!” Yin Yin rejected Ling Long’s suggestion. “If something really happens to you and you can’t come back, I will still be burned to death. I’d rather die in the Dragon Palace with you than be burned by them!”

Ling Long frowned and looked at Yin Yin. After considering for a long time, he finally nodded. “All right.”

If they have to die, then they will die together.

With a heavy heart, Yin Yin waited for the night to come.

In fact, although she thinks this trip is dangerous, isn’t Ling Long the protagonist? With the protagonist’s halo over him, he can surely survive from any predicament, right?

When she used to read novels, she often complained that the protagonist’s halo was too big and there were too many golden fingers. Now…… she only hopes that the halo can be bigger and the golden fingers can be more.

“Faintly, don’t worry too much. Everything has its own causes and effects.” Ling Long pulled Yin Yin to his side and sat down, holding her cold hand.

“En.” Yin Yin nodded. “Say, what do you think is inside the Dragon Palace? Why did those people go crazy after being imprisoned for a year?”

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“I guess, maybe someone is using the villagers to refine some type of medicine.” Ling Long thought and said, “They may be under the effects of drugs, that’s why they were mentally confused.”

“Medicine?” Yin Yin frowned. She had heard that Qin Shihuang (the first emperor of Qin) invited many alchemists to refine pills in order to live forever.

“I don’t know what kind of medicine it is. I can’t know until I go to the bottom of the Baishui Pool.”

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At the time of the third night watch (midnight), Ling Long lying in the bed opened his eyes on time. He pushed the already somewhat disoriented Yin Yin on his side. “Faintly, let’s go.”

“Mm.” Yin Yin rubbed her eyes and nodded at Ling Long.

Although both Ling Long and Yin Yin were injured, they were still people who knew martial arts. If they wanted to sneak away while the villagers who did not know martial arts were asleep, it was nothing to them.

Walking lightly to the bedside and pushing open the window, Ling Long and Yin Yin smoothly arrived outside Wang Dachui’s house.

With Ling Long’s memory from this morning, he led Yin Yin to the Baishui Pool.

All is quiet in the dead of the night while the whole village was sleeping.

At this time, Baishui Village looked a lot different from the daytime. It gave a sense of…… a creepy feeling. Countless scenes from horror films flashed through Yin Yin’s mind.

Having too much imagination is not necessarily a good thing.

She squeezed Ling Long’s sleeves tightly for fear that the person in front of her would disappear if she blinked her eyes. The calls of wild animals could be heard all around. It seemed that at least on this point, Wang Dachui had not deceived them.

Seeing the Baishui Pool in front of them, a sudden shrill scream rang out again in the dark night. “Ah————!”

Yin Yin was startled and immediately covered her mouth in a silent scream.

Ling Long’s eyes hardened and he looked around. It seemed that the voice did not come from under the Baishui Pool.

But there is no shelter around here. Where are the people hiding?

Just as Ling Long was puzzled, a measuring voice suddenly sounded from behind them, “This two guests, what are you doing here when it’s already so late?”

“Ah——!” Yin Yin really screamed this time. Ling Long turned and blocked Yin Yin while coldly looking at the person in front of him.

The new comer is precisely the head of Baishui Village.

“Since it’s already so late, what is the village chief doing here?” Ling Long asked with a cold face.

“Hmph.” The village chief snorted, turned and walked forward, “You two want to go to Baishui Pool, right? Don’t blame me for not reminding you. It’s better not to interfere in the matters of Baishui Village.”

Yin Yin poked her head out from behind Ling Long. She looked at the village chief’s back and said, “Actually, we don’t want to interfere at all. Why don’t you let us leave now?”

The village chief stopped and said, “There is nothing I can do about this. The formation at the entrance of the village was set by the Dragon Deity, and even I can’t walk out.”

“So you are not the dragon deity?” Yin Yin asked.

“Heh, how could I be the Dragon Deity? The two of you are really flattering me.” The village chief laughed to himself while standing in the dark, but the laughter sounded inexplicably sad.

“Actually, you are aware that there is no dragon deity under the Baishui Pool, right?” Ling Long’s cold voice mixed with the night breeze sounded much colder.

The village chief’s figure seemed to shake, and Yin Yin actually had the illusion that he could just be blown away by the night wind.

Seeing that the village chief did not deny it, Ling Long continued to ask, “Since you know, why are you letting your villagers die?”

The village chief turned around suddenly, his expression actually overlapped with Li Li’s face that night. Yin Yin couldn’t help frowning. What burdens are they carrying?

“My grandfather was a very wise man. When I was young, I often pestered him and asked him to tell me stories.” The village chief suddenly talked about the past. “One time, my grandfather asked me a question. He said that if one day you are driving a carriage on the road and the horse suddenly loses control and runs madly forward that you can’t stop. And at this time, you find a fork in the road ahead of you where there are three people standing on one path, and only one person on the other path. Then, which road would you let the horse drive on?”

He looked at Ling Long and Yin Yin, and asked, “What do you think, which side is the right one?”

Yin Yin’s eyebrows wrinkled. This was clearly a paradoxical question. No matter which side he chose, it was wrong.

“The less crowded side.” Ling Long said.

The village chief smiled, “My grandfather said the same thing at that time. Sometimes, only by sacrificing a few people can the vast majority of people be protected.”

Yin Yin’s heart leaped. “Do you mean that if you did not burn those sacrifices, the other villagers will be in danger?”

“The anger of the Dragon Deity is a disaster.” The village chief said and turned around once again. “Aren’t the two of you going to the Baishui Pool? Come with me.”

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When Yin Yin stood by the side of Baishui Pool she was still brooding about what happened just now. She looked at the calm water and asked, “How can one go down?”

“You want to go down?” The village chief seemed surprised.

“Yes.” Ling Long walked a few steps around the pool. “Isn’t the array at the entrance of the village set by the dragon deity? We can only ask them to let us out.”

The village chief took a look at the pool of water and said quietly, “No need to look for them. The Dragon Deity has come to pick you up.”

Before she understood the meaning of the village chief’s words, Yin Yin felt that her ankle was held by a cold hand. Looking at the pale hand protruding from the pool, Yin Yin was pulled down even before she could have the time to scream.

With a loud ‘putong’ a huge wave of water splashed out from the edge of the pool.

Ling Long’s heart was alarmed. “Faintly!!!”

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