The middle-aged couple, unable to communicate verbally, exchanged a few words, then pointed in a direction and, while kowtowing, implored you to come over.

[You have these two lead the way, and follow them to see what this man and woman want from you. After walking several hundred meters, almost out of the village, you see an altar erected ahead.]

The girl you drove out of the house is now being held atop the altar. If the "Sea God" hadn't come ashore, she would have been tied to a small boat and sent out to sea. But now, you have clearly rejected her, so the girl, despised by the gods, must have her sins cleansed by fire.

[You saw the pile of firewood beneath the girl. Even without understanding the language or the local customs, you knew what had happened, so you rescued her and took her back to the village chief's wooden and stone mansion.]

[You can't even understand their language, so you're no match for their ignorance. Focus on saving them first.]

[In the year 271 of the Daqing era, you were 16 years old. Your foundation increased by 246%, but through hunting various fish and aquatic creatures, your aptitude increased by about 50% through the Blood Essence Fusion Technique, a level comparable to what you would reach more than a decade later.]

After living in the fishing village for several months, you moved into the newly built "shrine," learned the local language, and came to understand your situation.

Just as you initially thought, this was a rather ignorant era. Anything that transcended the common people's worldview was given the title of a god and then worshipped and venerated.

[You, who came from the depths of the sea, happen to share certain characteristics with their main deity, the "Sea Boat God," and thus you are regarded as a deity incarnate.]

You told them you didn't need human sacrifices, but that statement raised doubts: If a god doesn't need sacrifices, is it still a god?

You performed a demonstration of running across the sea.

Fishermen: We deserve to die! How dare we doubt a great god!