Chapter 298 Sacrifice
They looked at each other, and finally fell silent.
Anyway, the person in the house can't escape, the people outside are still searching house by house, and the sacrifice will be found sooner or later. Isn't it just sleeping? He wants to see how crazy this person can be when he wakes up!
It’s just to give the opponent some buffer time, it’s definitely not that they were scared by the cold face!
This wait lasted a whole day.
I don’t know if Yin Xiu didn’t sleep all night, so he was woken up just as he fell asleep in the morning. He was in a bad mood and fell asleep directly after closing the door. He didn’t wake up until dusk.
He stood up sleepily, and remembering that there seemed to be two people outside, he reached out and pushed open the door.
At a glance, there was a huge crowd of people outside the wooden house. Almost the entire village was gathered outside the wooden house. They were all holding weapons, worried and hesitant, stuck here and not daring to come in.
There was a sea of people, row after row, surrounding the wooden house, but no one dared to come forward and knock on the door.
Seeing Yin Xiu finally wake up and walk out of the house, the crowd, which was originally quiet and even a little sad, suddenly became alert. All the men raised their weapons and pointed at Yin Xiu nervously, not daring to breathe.
"You! Tell me! Where did you hide Yejia? Is it in your room?"
They searched the entire village but couldn't find him. They suspected that Ye Jia was in this house. They wanted to come in but were afraid of this stranger who suddenly appeared in Hai Village. After much hesitation, they finally didn't dare to come in. It was already dusk, and they planned to attack if Yin Xiu didn't come out.
Fortunately, when the crowd was hesitating, Yin Xiu woke up and came out, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yejia isn't here." Yin Xiu stretched and yawned, looking as if it had nothing to do with him. "You should give up treating Yejia as a sacrifice."
The crowd cursed and were about to prepare for a life-or-death fight with Yin Xiu, but before they could even grasp their weapons, Yin Xiu stared at them and said, "I will be the sacrifice in place of Ye Jia."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. They were all stunned and suspected that they had heard it wrongly.
Everyone looked at each other, whispered, and muttered, still suspecting that they had heard it wrong.
Who would rush to die? This matter had nothing to do with him originally, but he insisted on getting involved and even offered sacrifices to take the blame. He wrote his name in the Book of Life and Death, right?
Yin Xiu ignored their shock and, with his sword slung across his shoulder, he slowly walked towards the beach under the setting sun. "The altar has been built, right? It's on the beach, right? I'll be there now. You guys hurry up and get ready."
The crowd was a little confused by the commands, but they still subconsciously packed up and prepared for the sacrifice after dark.
Everyone was confused and went about their own business. Even the person who was responsible for taking Yin Xiu to the beach was dizzy.
Looking at Yin Xiu beside them again and again, they really couldn't believe that this threatening man would suddenly become their sacrifice. They were all prepared to fight this man to the death, but the result was so dreamy.
"You...what are you thinking about? Don't you know what being a sacrifice is for? You're being offered to the gods!" Even the guard was so confused that he asked Yin Xiu, "Even if you've never seen a god, you should know that being a sacrifice doesn't end well. It's probably death!"
"I know." Yin Xiu's expression was indifferent. "I said my boyfriend is that god?"
The guard's face twisted. "You're so young, but your brain is not working well."
That was their great God, the God they revered and feared. Boyfriend? What nonsense was this person talking about? How could such a great being condescend to be a human's boyfriend? And this person was obviously a man!
The guard's eyes turned from complicated and fearful to sympathetic as he looked at Yin Xiu.
Yin Xiu ignored him and just followed the instructions to the beach.
In the afterglow of dusk, the sea surface was rarely shimmering, appearing very calm. The tall sacrificial altar built of wood had been prepared, and there was a formation drawn on the ground that Yin Xiu could not understand.
Some meat was served on both sides of the platform, and countless people were kneeling below. The scene looked solemn and serious.
The person nearby brought a rope and looked at Yin Xiu hesitantly, "Generally speaking, it has to be tied up, because we don't want the sacrifice to run away... You..."
"No need to tie me up, I won't run away." Yin Xiu waved his hand, walked up to the sacrificial altar consciously, and then sat on it waiting for the night to fall.
Some of the people below were kneeling, some were muttering, and some were watching from the side, not participating in anything. Yaya's mother was among them.
She looked at Yin Xiu, sighed, shook her head, then turned and left.
The moment it was completely dark, torches were lit on the beach, and the tiny dots of light illuminated the greedy faces of the group. Their expressions became more excited, and the sound of their kneeling and praying became louder.
The leading man stepped forward, holding a torch high and facing the crowd, shouting, "Close your eyes! Kneel! Pray! Offer your sincerity and call upon the gods. Once the gods take the offering, our Hai Village will be prosperous once again."
"This special sacrifice will usher in a new life for us! Everyone, call out with all your might! The great God will hear your call from the abyss!"
The sounds of kneeling and praying gradually grew louder, and the excited faces became distorted.
Yin Xiu sat on a chair high on the altar, staring motionlessly at the faces below, feeling bored.
Desperation can indeed drive useless people to extremes, and these people are the best proof.
They could have chosen to break down the wall that blocked their way out, and they could have pointed their weapons at those outside the village who wanted them dead, but they didn't. Instead, they chose to point their weapons at their own people, locking themselves in this small sea village to die, pinning their hopes on invisible things, and even sacrificing their own people.
Looking down from a high place, it was actually a little funny.
Countless noisy prayers continued to grow and resound throughout the night sky, muttering and muttering, and then at a certain moment, suddenly stopped.
The villagers who were facing the altar and the sea had their eyes closed. They suddenly felt something and all of them shut their mouths, lying motionless on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.
The sudden silence made the entire beach feel eerie.
Yin Xiu also felt that something appeared behind him in the sea, staring at him.
The damp chill sent a chill down his spine, and his body subconsciously became alert as he gripped the knife.
But the thing behind him just stared at Yin Xiu without making any move, as if sizing up this little sacrifice.
Just when Yin Xiu thought it would not move, a darkness suddenly came over and sucked Yin Xiu into it.
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