Goatbeard didn't say what the specific sacrifice was, but as it is related to the word "sacrifice", it is not a good thing to think about.
Er Goudan, who was named, did not react at all, as if he could be arranged at will.
But Chu Mu clearly saw his shoulders suddenly straighten.
The young man was thin, with the bones on his shoulders and back sticking out from his tattered clothes, giving him a stubborn look that was both unwilling and helpless.
Chu Mu turned his gaze aside and stared at the withered old woman——
"Master Dong, Master Dong, we are poor people from Zhoujiawu and would like to take shelter in the cave. Please spare us a moment and make way..."
She threw the strange piece of bamboo again.
Chu Mu moved his fingers slightly, and a small invisible wind lifted the bamboo strip that was about to turn the black side up and flipped it over.
Click.
"Ahh! White face up!! Master Dong agreed!"
"That's great, Master Dong finally agreed."
Everyone on the boat cried with joy, and Er Goudan breathed a sigh of relief without leaving a trace.
The sounds of laughter and weeping from within the cave stopped the moment the card landed. This was like a signal, and the withered old woman loosened her fingers: "The cave master has given the all-clear. Let's go."
The man with the goat beard raised his hand and gestured. The boatman rowed the boat, turned the boat around, and headed into the cave.
The inside of the cave was pitch black and you couldn't see the bottom, so you didn't know how deep it was.
Pingniang grabbed Chu Mu's hand and said, "Don't be afraid."
Chu Mu was slightly stunned.
He turned his head quietly and looked at the woman who might know him.
Pingniang has an average appearance, and years of hard work have left her face covered with deep wrinkles.
Her hands were also rough, and the palm that was pinching Chu Mu was covered with hard and thick calluses.
[Old Eight, I am Si Zhengshen, why am I involved with this Pingniang? ]
{Every time you travel to the plane to be judged, you will use the identity of an ordinary person in the current world. Because the people in the temple love to see the desperate struggles of ants before death, you are responsible for collecting these images.}
[Collect?] Chu Mu suddenly realized something, [Can they see me?]
{That's right, just like the live broadcast of the plane, as long as the temple wants, they can watch it anytime. Your role is to make this live broadcast of killing more interesting.}
[Sure enough, it's perverted. 】
{When you first arrived in this world, your spiritual energy conflicted, and you passed out by the river. Pingniang picked you up and took you home. Pingniang and her husband asked you where you came from, and you lied about having lost your memory and stayed at her house. And then...}
Chu Mu raised his eyebrows slightly: [So the weirdness in Zhoujiawu has something to do with me? ]
{Yes, but not many. Before you came to this world, the temple had already released strange monsters into this world, and the Songhua River was one of the locations. Your arrival simply attracted the monsters ashore.}
Through Lao Ba's answer, Chu Mu learned that the country he was in was called Zhuhua, an ancient country with thousands of years of history. It has existed since the beginning of enlightenment, and mankind has not yet truly entered the period of productivity development.
In recent years, successive natural disasters have caused people to suffer. The ruler of this plane could not bear to see so many lives destroyed, so he secretly used his spiritual power to open the minds of all living beings and cultivated many elite talents.
It was this action that aroused the thundering wrath of the temple, which decided to torture and kill the ruler along with the world.
The Songhua River where Chu Mu landed is the largest river in Zhuhua. The entire river runs through almost half of Zhuhua. Zhoujiawu is a remote village along the river.
Pingniang kindly rescued Chu Mu. The monster in the river was attracted by Chu Mu, and came ashore and entered the village at night, killing many people.
The surviving villagers fled to the ferry at Zhoujiawu, preparing to head to Taiping Town on the other side of the river.
The Fan family of Taiping Town is a well-known Tianshi family. Because of the protection of the Fan family, Taiping Town has always been peaceful.
{Mumu, if you were to say when your faith was first shaken, it was probably the moment Pingniang and her husband blocked the monster for you.}
Chu Mu understood that the reason why he was still willing to squat next to Ping Niang was probably because of this hesitation.
The touch between my palms is not soft, but it is warm.
Chu Mu tried to respond to her, Pingniang trembled and grabbed Chu Mu's hand even tighter.
"Wuwuwu——" intermittent crying sounds floated over.
The next second, there was an ear-piercing scratching sound under the deck.
"What's going on?" someone trembled. "Didn't Master Dong agree to let us in?"
The scratching sound moved from the bottom of the boat to both sides of the ship, getting closer and closer to everyone.
Suddenly, the stern of the ship sank and a damp and cold aura covered it.
"ah!"
Someone behind me screamed.
Pingniang shuddered violently and instinctively wanted to look back.
Chu Mu wrapped an arm around her and pushed her forward, whispering, "Don't look."
On the stern deck, a vague white shadow stood there quietly.
She was wearing a wet long white dress, and her long, soaked hair was dragging all the way to the deck. She was even moving forward, crawling towards the passengers' feet.
“Ah—help—”
A clump of hair grabbed the outermost man and wrapped him like a cocoon in the blink of an eye.
"Hehehehe."
The strange laughter was chillingly cold, and the weird creature appeared in a flash, standing among the passengers at the back of the boat.
The people at the stern suddenly panicked and jumped up and ran to the bow, with the monster chasing them.
The ferry was not big to begin with, and it lost its balance when pushed by the panicked crowd. The stern of the boat tilted upwards and it was about to capsize.
At this moment, the young man named Er Goudan rushed out in a few steps, hugged the wet monster with both hands, and pulled her towards the stern of the ship.
The monster's hair was so heavy that it actually pressed down the raised stern of the ship.
"Er Goudan, take it to the water!"
Chu Mu glanced at the bottom of the water. The area surrounding the boat was covered with seaweed-like hair. He could also vaguely see a few swollen white faces, with greedy and weird smiles on their faces.
If Er Goudan really jumped down, the outcome would be predictable.
Chu Mu pulled Pingniang aside and said, "Stay here."
"Where are you going?" Pingniang reacted quickly and immediately grabbed Chu Mu's hand, "Don't go, you can't save him."
"If Uncle Yun were here, he would definitely not stand by and watch someone die."
Uncle Yun is Pingniang's man. He used to be the most powerful hunter in Zhoujiawu. When he was young, he lost a leg while saving his companions. Not long ago, he lost his life while saving Chu Mu.
Pingniang's eyes were filled with grief and she slowly let go of her hand.
Chu Mu left a word "don't worry", then tapped the ground with his toes and flew out like a white crane.
Ergoudan and the monster had already rolled to the edge of the boat. Chu Mu held a sharp dagger in his hand and cut off the hair entangled with Ergoudan in a few strokes.
"Come here." Chu Mu stretched out his hand towards the charcoal-black boy.
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