Chapter 421 Sacrificing the Immortal Beast
Xu Qiuqian took a closer look and found that the eyelash-like thing was still trembling.
What on earth is this? Just as I was thinking, I saw a crack appear under the eyelashes, and the crack was slowly getting bigger.
Xu Qiuqian withdrew his hand and subconsciously took a step back.
Immediately afterwards, a huge eye that filled the entire tree trunk suddenly opened and stared at Xu Qiuqian. The huge eye scared her so much.
Then, he blinked.
Xu Qiuqian also blinked, and the scene in front of him suddenly changed.
I heard sobbing sounds in my ears.
After a moment, the impatient voice of a man came from the side: "Cry, cry, cry, all you do is cry all day long! Shut up!"
After the man finished speaking, the crying became a little softer, but it still did not stop. The man stood up and left in annoyance.
As soon as he left, the dazed Xu Qiuqian was hugged by someone.
"Qianqian, my Qianqian, I'm so sorry for you, wuwuwu..."
Xu Qiuqian remembered.
She is a villager of Xujia Village. The Xujia Village relies on the Beast God Mountain for their livelihood and leads a pretty good life. However, there are fairy beasts in the Beast God Mountain. If the Xujia Village wants to enter the mountain, they must send a girl under the age of sixteen with a pure soul to the fairy beasts every ten years.
Otherwise they cannot enter the Beast God Mountain.
And this decade, it happened to be Xu Qiuqian's family's turn. She had just turned fifteen and her sister was only nine, so it was her turn to be sacrificed.
In three days, she will be sent into the mountains.
She stared blankly ahead with a dazed look in her eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.
She heard a woman's sobbing, but she thought it was noisy.
"Stop crying," she said.
The woman didn't listen and continued sobbing.
Xu Qiuqian couldn't help but raise her voice: "Stop crying!"
The woman seemed to be frightened and really stopped crying.
"Qianqian, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, Mom, please go out first. I want to rest for a while."
Seeing Xu Qiuqian's appearance, the woman couldn't help wanting to cry again, but she held back and left the room and closed the door.
As soon as the person left, Xu Qiuqian lay down on the bed.
She thought back to what had happened over the past fifteen years.
She was no different from the other girls in the village. She had been helping with housework since she could remember. Her memories of life were all gloomy because she had known since she was a child that once she was about to turn sixteen, she would most likely be given to a fairy beast.
But she couldn't resist.
Because this has been stipulated long ago.
It seemed that they knew that she was going to be given to the fairy beast, so her family treated her pretty well. Sometimes they even let her sister do her work, and her sister would take the initiative to help her with the work without her parents telling her.
But she was never happy for a single day.
In three days she will be sent to the mountain and her soul will belong to the immortal beast.
She was neither panicked nor afraid.
Because she has accepted this matter almost since she was a child, and more importantly, she cannot escape from this village.
There was a sound outside the yard, as if someone came to comfort her mother.
Xu Qiuqian had good hearing since childhood, so she could hear what the two were talking about by concentrating a little.
"Alas, there is nothing we can do about it. If we don't send Qianqian over, the fairy beasts won't allow us to go up the mountain."
The Xujia Village relies on this mountain for its livelihood. If they are not allowed to go up the mountain, won’t they starve to death?
"I know, but why is it Qianqian? Qianqian is only fifteen..."
"Don't worry, Auntie. Even if Qianqian is gone, you still have Xiaohui. Xiaohui is only nine years old. She is smart, capable, and pretty. When she turns sixteen, there will definitely be many people who will come to propose marriage to her."
After several attempts of persuasion, Xu Qiuqian's mother was finally persuaded.
"You're right. Even without Qianqian, I still have Xiaohui. As for Qianqian, just pretend that I never gave birth to her..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a creaky sound and Xu Qiuqian's door opened.
When the two saw Xu Qiuqian, embarrassed expressions suddenly appeared on their faces.
"Ahem, auntie, I have something else to do. I'll leave first."
After saying that, the woman turned and left.
The woman's eyes were red as she explained hesitantly, "Qianqian, don't misunderstand me. That's not what I meant."
"I know."
Xu Qiuqian said calmly: "I want to go out for a walk."
Hearing this, the woman said quickly: "Okay, go ahead, I'll make you your favorite sweet and sour pork, remember to come back and eat it later."
I was just afraid that she would run away because of the depression.
Xu Qiuqian lowered her eyes and nodded.
She walked out of the yard.
Xujia Village was just as she remembered, gray and colorless.
Xu Qiuqian walked and walked, and she didn't know how long she had walked before a road leading up the mountain appeared in front of her. She looked up and was stunned, because she had arrived at the foot of the mountain without realizing it.
She looked up at the top of the mountain that was so high that it reached the clouds.
I heard that the fairy beast lives on the top of the mountain, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon every day.
Xu Qiuqian didn’t understand.
Can one become an immortal by absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon? Three days later, she will also be sent to the top of the mountain.
At that time, would she also be able to see the scenery on the top of the mountain and absorb the essence of the sun and the moon?
If she absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon, could she also become an immortal? She had a secret in her heart that she had never told anyone, except her sister, that she wanted to become an immortal.
She wanted to become an immortal and see the world outside the mountain village. She didn't want to be trapped in a corner, get married, have children, or be sacrificed to immortal beasts according to the routine. But all this was just her wishful thinking.
I heard that cultivating immortals requires spiritual roots, but she doesn’t have any spiritual roots. She is just a mortal.
"Sister!"
Xiaohui's voice came from behind.
Xu Qiuqian withdrew his gaze and turned around to see Xiaohui running towards him, panting.
"Sister, why did you come here? I've been looking for you for a long time." Xiaohui looked up, looking angrily, "Sister, let's go, get away from this mountain."
As long as she thought that this mountain would take her sister away in three days, she didn't want to see it.
The two sisters had a good relationship, so Xu Qiuqian did not refuse and was taken away by Xiaohui.
On the way, Xiao Hui whispered, "Sister, I got some information from Mrs. Liao at the foot of the mountain."
Grandma Liao used to be a midwife and knew some medical skills to cure diseases and save lives. However, after her daughter was sent to the mountain, she moved to the foot of the mountain and would run to the top of the mountain every once in a while.
Of course, she couldn't go to the top of the mountain. She could only go to the place closest to the top of the mountain and stay there for the whole day.
Later, one time, Grandma Liao said that she saw the appearance of a fairy beast, which looked extremely scary. No one believed her. After that, Grandma Liao became a little crazy. She not only said that she saw the fairy beast, but also the owner of the fairy beast.
But everyone thought that Grandma Liao was crazy.
Xu Qiuqian couldn't help but frown when she heard this: "Isn't Mrs. Liao crazy?"
"I don't think she's crazy. If she was, why would she remember to climb to the top of the mountain every once in a while? Oh, let's not talk about this. I have something very important to tell you, sister."
"What's up?"
"Sister, don't you want to cultivate immortality?"
(End of this chapter)
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