"You...how could you do this." Gongsun Zimang couldn't stand his teammates ignoring him, and even more so, he couldn't stand his teammates' attitude of lying down. He screamed "Ahhh" in helplessness and fury for a while, then turned around and ran away.
Lan Tiao opened her eyes and prepared to chase him, but was stopped by Chu Zhuzhu.
"Let him calm down alone. It's a good opportunity for us to get some peace and quiet."
Lan Tiao said: "I am afraid that he will do something irrational under the influence of his emotions."
"No, everyone has the instinct to survive. Gongsun Zimang wants freedom more than us, so he is anxious every day and talks about escaping." After this period of time together, Chu Zhuzhu and Lan Tiao have become familiar with each other. Since everyone has a mark on their head, they don't have to worry about becoming sacrifices. Every day is doing housework, eating, sleeping, and going up the mountain to kneel down to worship the gods. It is peaceful and regular. Chu Zhuzhu has gone out many times at night, looking for a way to leave, and then found that she couldn't get out at all. No matter which direction she went down the mountain, she would see a rugged and miasma-filled path, and then as she walked... she would find herself back halfway up the mountain.
Over time, Chu Zhuzhu lay down and gave up resisting.
Lan Tiao also ran away secretly. He encountered the same situation as Chu Zhuzhu, but he was braver. He ran to the altar in the middle of the night, poured out the few small insects he had caught during the day from the bottle, and threw them on the altar. Then, the small insects turned into blood and disappeared in an instant.
No wonder the idol was left unattended in the entire village, as no one could get close to it.
Moreover, late at night, the face of the statue was obscured by a faint miasma, revealing only a pair of tea-green eyes. No one knew what material the eyes of the statue were made of. Under the dark night, they emitted a faint light, and vaguely visible tea-green pupils with a hint of hazy light gray. Normally, seeing a pair of glowing green eyes in the dark would appear rather eerie and terrifying, but the pair of green pupils on the statue did not make people feel scared at all. The light was sacred and soft, which made people feel close to it.
Lan Tiao stared into the statue's eyes and suddenly felt like crying. She couldn't help but wonder, "Why did I just throw those insects onto the altar? Those insects' lives are lives too. They died so pitifully. This is all my fault. I repent. Sob, sob, sob. Oh my god, this is horrible! How could I have such a thought?"
Lan Tiao suddenly woke up and realized that the statue at night was not easy to deal with. He quickly lowered his head and stopped looking into the statue's eyes. He stared at the ground and walked away quickly.
When Lan Tiao was lost in his memories, Chu Zhuzhu's voice came to his ears, pulling him out of his memories.
Chu Zhuzhu sighed and said, "What do you think we should do? We're stuck here for the rest of our lives... Do you want to consider having a child?"
"Huh?" Lan Tiao's mind was confused for a moment. "Who will give birth to the child?"
"As for me." Chu Zhuzhu didn't seem shy at all. She said, "I don't like you, nor do I like Gongsun Zimang. I just feel that I haven't had a child in my life. Judging from the way you two look, I guess you haven't either. I wonder if you are willing."
"Us... us?" Lan Tiao felt sick. He said in disbelief, "You want to give birth to a child for the two of us?"
"For me, just having one child is enough. Let's see who of you two agrees. If both of you are willing, I can give birth to one child first and then to the other." Chu Zhuzhu said. Anyway, both men have outstanding figures and looks, so she will not lose out no matter who she chooses.
Lan Tiao was silent for a while, then said, "...I'm sorry, I'm still young and don't have any thoughts about having children for the time being."
"Okay, I'll ask Gongsun Zimang tomorrow." Chu Zhuzhu didn't feel embarrassed or lost at all after being rejected. She just suddenly wanted a child, and it didn't matter to her who to have the child with.
Lan Tiao couldn't accept it and said, "I feel like you talking about giving birth is like talking about drinking water and eating..."
Chu Zhuzhu glanced at him with disdain and said, "You are too young and naive. A cultivator like me is only focused on cultivation and pursuing the Great Dao. Apart from cultivation, other things are not very important to me. Having children is just to continue the bloodline. Besides...it would be great if my child was chosen as a sacrifice to summon the Ci Guang Clan when he is two or three years old."
Lan Tiao was filled with questions: "Are you sick? You're willing to sacrifice your child after giving birth to him?"
"I think you're the one who's sick." Chu Zhuzhu glared at Lan Tiao in dissatisfaction and said, "Giving birth to children is also for spiritual practice. When the Compassionate Clan summoned the Ci Guang Clan, they had to sacrifice two children. Although those two children felt pain during the process of death, they were reborn as souls not long after, becoming members of the Ci Guang Clan and growing up in an instant. I suspect that the Ci Guang Clan possesses the ability to achieve immortality..."
Lan Tiao frowned, "So what?"
"What's the purpose of cultivation? To pursue immortality. My child can achieve immortality at a young age without any effort. What's wrong with that?"
Lan Tiao said, "This isn't good at all. If the price of eternal life is losing my freedom forever, what's the point of being trapped here?"
Chu Zhuzhu said: "It's better than losing your freedom and not being able to achieve immortality now."
Lan Tiao was speechless: "..."
The two looked at each other in silence for a moment, and Chu Zhuzhu said, "It's really true that we don't agree on anything."
After saying that, he turned away.
Lan Tiao thought, "If believing in the God of Compassion can gain the power to kill Prince Rui, then... becoming a believer isn't impossible..."
Then he thought, "No, that's not right. If I become a believer and am trapped in this small place for my entire life, I will be helping the evildoers. How could I do such a thing?"
"But if we can kill Prince Rui, my brothers and sisters will be safe and sound. I believe Zheyu and Jinyu will take good care of my sisters. As for me, I will live here all year round and dedicate my life to the gods, grateful for their help in my revenge..."
"Wait, have my thoughts... been tampered with?"
Lan Tiao suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He recalled that Chu Zhuzhu had just said that she wanted to have a child and use the child as a sacrifice. At that time, he thought Chu Zhuzhu was unreasonable. Now he thought about it, have everyone's thoughts been influenced unconsciously?
Lei Fenfei participated in the conversion ceremony, so his thoughts changed the fastest, from wanting to escape to willingly staying. This change was so obvious that it was easy for everyone to notice the problem.
But Lan Tiao and others... their thoughts were changing little by little, imperceptibly. The change was so subtle and varied from person to person that the parties involved didn't even notice it.
Chu Zhuzhu wanted to achieve immortality, so she couldn't help but wonder why she couldn't achieve immortality by believing in gods?
Lan Tiao wanted to kill Prince Rui, but it was difficult for him to do so with his current strength, so he wondered why he couldn't use the gods to help him take revenge?
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