Volume 2: Yun Ji Cang Hai Chapter 1377: Humble and Dedicated
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A huge boulder lay sideways in the river, almost swallowed by the water. There was a small house built with stones on top, which was already crumbling. And the crisp nursery rhymes and cries continued to come out from it, and penetrated the wind and rain and drifted into the distance, making the heart tighten when they heard it!
The three brothers followed the sound and slowly landed on the boulder.
The old dragon and the tiger head looked curious.
Lin Yi waved his sleeves and immediately enveloped the boulder more than ten feet under the magic power. After a while, he bent over and stepped into the low stone house. The crying stopped suddenly, and a child's voice sounded: "Uncle...are you going to eat my daughter and brother..."
The stone house is three feet in diameter, low and drafty. But in the corner sat a five- or six-year-old girl, holding a one-year-old boy in her arms. The clothes of the two little people had already been soaked by the rain, and they were still shivering in the cold. Judging from the situation, this should be a brother and sister pair.
Lin Yi knelt down and said in surprise: "Baby, why are you here? Why does uncle want to eat people..." He did not forget to activate his magic power secretly, and the surrounding area was suddenly filled with a thick warmth.
The girl who calls herself Nian'er is wearing a double bun and looks really cute, but there is a bit of panic on her little face. He blinked his big clear eyes and stared at the old uncle who suddenly appeared, and said hesitantly: "Aren't you... the river god..." But before he finished speaking, his brother in his arms couldn't bear the hunger and cold, curled his lips and howled again. Start crying. She hurriedly patted her hands and murmured: "Yun'er, stop quickly, Yu'er, stop quickly..."
This female doll is comforting her young brother, and she is also comforting herself. The river will overflow its banks and the stone houses will collapse. The siblings are isolated and helpless, and they can only entrust all their panic to the nursery rhyme that never leaves them!
After a while, the boy fell asleep. The female doll breathed a sigh of relief, but looked at Lin Yi timidly, and said sweetly: "Uncle, please let me go, he won't cry..."
Lin Yi shook his head and said with a gentle smile: "As soon as I tell you why you are here, I will let you go..."
The girl's bright eyes flashed, she nodded quickly, and replied: "Nan'er and Yadi are given to Uncle River God for his enjoyment. Uncle River God is hungry and will be angry..."
The children's speech is reversed, but it is not difficult to understand.
This is human sacrifice, using boys and girls to worship gods. How ridiculous!
Lin Yi asked: "Nan'er, I don't know where I live so that my uncle can send you and your brother home..."
Nan'er smiled, but replied seriously: "My family is in Duanshan Village. It's okay to let your brother go. It's better to keep Nan'er. Otherwise, if you get angry, there will be no harvest in the fields next year. My parents will have to do it." Starving..."
This girl is too young to remember Duanshan Village. As for where her home is, she has no idea.
Lin Yi reached out and held the two dolls in his arms, turned around and left the stone house. Nu'er hugged her brother and looked around timidly.
The two brothers were still waiting, and Lao Long asked in confusion: "Boss! What are you doing?"
Hutou shook his head and said: "Boss is really busy and picked up two dolls in the heavy rain..."
Lin Yi lowered his head, smiled slightly, and said, "Now that we have met, these two children are destined to be lucky..."
Nan'er was still holding her brother in her arms, but she saw two other old men with strange expressions standing in the air not far away. She was so frightened that she shrank her head in Lin Yi's arms. The once awe-inspiring and terrifying Uncle River God has become her only support at this time!
Within a hundred miles, only one mountain village could be seen in the consciousness.
Lin Yi jumped up into the air with his two children in his arms, and said to the old dragon who followed him: "You are the reincarnation of a divine dragon, so it shouldn't be difficult to summon the wind and rain. The heavy rain here has caused disasters, do you know the reason?"
Old Long looked at the four directions through the rain and fog, pondered for a moment, and replied: "Due to the mountain topography, whenever the solar terms change, the yin and yang rise, so there are constant wind and rain! And our so-called magical powers are nothing more than coming from heaven and earth. The power, but far less than..."
"What you said makes sense!" Lin Yishen agreed, and then asked: "Do you think there is a river god in this big river?"
Before the old dragon could say anything, Hutou rushed to answer: "If there are gods in this river, wouldn't the mountains and trees have already become spirits..."
Lin Yi smiled and asked: "Birds and animals can become spirits, why can't plants, trees, mountains and rocks? It is said in the scriptures that everything in the world has spirits..."
Between joking and joking, it turned into a profound and ethereal discussion of scriptures. Hu Tou was suddenly unable to answer the words, and even the old dragon was silent and thoughtful.
In the eyes of mortals, there are omnipotent and moody gods in this world. Just like the three old uncles in the eyes of the little girl, they are monsters that are terrifying and respectable, but they have to rely on for their lives. In the eyes of the three brothers, all laws have causes and practice has results. The so-called gods are nothing more than another kind of existence. But under the way of heaven, all things are mixed together, and there are no distinctions between immortals, mortals, dogs, and grass...
Twenty miles away, there is a village with dozens of families. The house located on the mountain col has been washed to pieces by the flash flood, and not a single person can be seen at all. All around are turbid currents forming marshes and accumulated water forming pools.
As she slowly passed by the ruins on the mountain col, Nan'er forgot about the nursery rhymes and panic, and just looked down blankly. Her little hands couldn't help but grasp her uncle, the river god. The mess looked familiar, but it was completely different...
Three or five miles further, there is a high mountain. Visible from a distance, there is a huge cave halfway up the mountain. The swaying figures among them should be where mountain people took refuge from heavy rains and floods.
As soon as Lin came to a thousand feet away from the cave, he did not fall down, but stood quietly in the wind and rain with his child in his arms. Laolong and Hutou followed and looked at everything in the cave.
In the cave, there were one or two hundred mountain people crowded together, whether they were women, children, old or young, or young and strong, all of them looked sad. There was also the woman's sobbing, which made the storm even more desolate.
At this moment, an old man in the crowd said sternly: "Mother-in-law of Nan'er's family, please don't be sad anymore. If you anger the river god, it will definitely bring disaster to the people of the tribe..."
The woman was afraid and her sobs gradually stopped. Next to her sat a strong man, his head lowered and sighing.
It was an old man who was nearly seventy years old, with a haggard appearance, and his eyes were already cloudy, but he was sitting upright, looking very virtuous and respectable. He stretched out his hand to hold his dirty white beard, coughed lightly, and then taught him a lesson: "Every year during the rainy season, a sacrifice is indispensable. As long as the river god accepts the offering, the clouds will disappear and the rain will disappear. This is the rule of our ancestors. , cannot be violated..."
Everyone in the cave was listening to the teachings of their elders and had no idea what was going on outside the cave.
Hu Tou lost his interest in getting wet in the rain. Light flashed all over his body, and a layer of mist suddenly exploded. He was instantly refreshed. But he cursed impatiently: "These despicable mortals are so damn stupid! They should throw that old immortal thing into the river..."
Lao Long didn't mean to do anything, he just watched.
Lin Yi said: "Lin comes from the mortal world and is also a common person..."
Hutou shrank his head and suddenly became silent.
Lin Yi's whole body was enveloped by mana, blocking out all movement. The two children in his arms only felt warm and harmonious, and they were quiet and motionless. He added with deep feeling: "The helplessness of life and death inevitably makes people fear and awe. The desperate trap always makes people pray for the justice of heaven. And whenever we enter a dilemma and it is difficult to escape, Isn't that true? After the bloody price, sometimes nothing can be changed. Is it also a kind of humble persistence..."
The tiger head blinked his eyes, a little confused.
Old Long thought for a while and said: "Boss! You are becoming more and more compassionate, but you just regretted two babies..."
Lin Yi smiled bitterly and said: "For the two children, the elders of the clan are the laws of heaven that cannot be violated. And you and I also encounter imprisonment and shackles, we are just constantly fighting and breaking..." He no longer sighed. , his figure flashed and he landed in the cave. When the protective magic power dissipated, the girl in her arms said crisply: "Mom..."
There was a sudden silence in the cave, and everyone was stunned and at a loss.
He was an old man with a thin face, a white beard and a smile on his face. I don’t know where he came from, but Shicai didn’t notice it. However, the pair of dolls he held in his arms were no strangers. They were the daughter and youngest son of the Guo Huai family in the village...
"Nan'er... brother..."
After a while, the mother-in-law's exclamation rang out from the crowd. She recognized her child, but it was like a dream and she couldn't believe it.
Lin Yi gently put the two children down. My brother had woken up from his sleep, and after taking only two steps, he staggered and fell to the ground, and was immediately helped up by his sister. Perhaps seeing a familiar face, the little man couldn't help but giggle. And Nan'er was even more overjoyed and called out urgently: "Mom...Dad..."
The mother-in-law had stood up from the crowd, her mouth opened arrogantly, with tears in her eyes, and she choked out in despair: "My daughter...mother is here..." The man in her family also opened his eyes wide and murmured: " Brother...my lifeblood..."
"Ahem..."
At the same time, an urgent cough suddenly sounded from the crowd, followed by an angry rebuke: "What an outrage... How outrageous! Who took back the two dolls and where did they put the gods? This is so disrespectful... It's so disrespectful! It's going to bring disaster to the whole village... It's going to bring disaster to the entire clan..."
There was a commotion in the cave, and then it was silent again. Yes, we have to make offerings to the River God every year, and this year it’s the Guo Huai family’s turn. And his two children were sacrifices to the River God. Now that they were sent back, wouldn't they have broken the rules of their ancestors and would definitely cause disaster!
The woman and the man who were about to rush out suddenly froze on the spot. There are only two little people supporting each other, leaning forward, with faces full of joy, looking forward to the embrace of their parents...
Lin Yi looked at the crowd and received a pair of questioning, wary, and resentful eyes. He shook his head secretly, then held his long beard in his hands and said without any doubt: "From now on, no more sacrifices are allowed. Duanshan Village moved five hundred miles away and settled in the highlands of the mountains and forests!"
The old man was still furious and was about to continue scolding him. He was startled when he heard the words. He tried his best to open his cloudy eyes and said in surprise: "You...who are you..."
Lin Yi stopped answering, and suddenly a colorful ray of light emerged from his body, and the sleeves of his robe were flying in the wind, and then there were mist and clouds under his feet. Then his whole body was rising slowly, and then he said with a loud voice that shocked all directions: "You don't respect the order. The whole clan will be destroyed!" After saying this, he stepped on the auspicious clouds and slowly flew away from the cave. But in the blink of an eye, his figure had disappeared. Then there was a crisp call: "Uncle River God... That's Uncle River God..."
In the cave, the old man took the lead and knelt down, worshiping: "With sincerity, the gods show their holiness; when the edict comes, I dare not violate it..."
In the rain and fog that filled the sky, laughter sounded: "Haha! Those mortals are really interesting. They would rather believe in ghosts and gods than themselves..."
Someone said meaningfully: "There is a god living in everyone's heart..."
"Who is the boss's god?"
"What do you think..."