Chapter 129 Sacrifice
Shen Wan shook his head: "In my opinion, there is more than one ghost."
Qi Chong's eyes widened: "Are there other ghosts? Those villagers who died tragically ten years ago?"
Chen Wan looked back at Shili Village. Looking down from a high place, Shili Village seemed to be in the mouth of an abyss, as if being swallowed by darkness bit by bit.
"Captain Qi, do you know why your parents took you and your sister away from Shili Village?"
Qi Chong was surprised: "Master Shen has a keen eye. He even saw that I have a sister?"
"According to my father, he wants to take us to study in a big city, where the teaching staff are better."
"I'm afraid it's more than that."
"ah?"
Qi Chong was just about to ask for clarification.
Chen Wan immediately ran after Xu Nanan and the village chief.
Qi Chong had no choice but to follow behind with a puzzled look on his face.
The mountain behind Shili Village is very large, with continuous hills. Mines have been discovered in some parts of the area and have been mined.
Xu Nanan ran towards the abandoned mine.
What I saw was a mine that was overturned by a mudslide. All that was left was a devastation, with no trace of the mine at all.
Xu Nan'an collapsed and knelt on the ground, "Lili!"
"What's wrong with you, kid?" The village chief finally caught up with him, grabbed him and walked back.
"There was a heavy rainstorm a few years ago, and a mudslide destroyed the abandoned mine. What are you doing here?"
Xu Nan'an grabbed the village chief's hand and asked, "Where did you hide Lili's body?"
"Isn't he hiding in the mines?"
The village chief's face darkened: "Xu Nan'an, don't think you are great just because you returned from studying abroad. How dare you question me like this with any attitude!"
Xu Nanan's expression was suppressed and he was about to explode.
"I have dreamed of Lili crying every day for the past fifteen years. You know exactly what you did to her!"
The village chief frowned, glanced at Shen Wan who was walking towards this side, and said in a low voice: "There are outsiders here, don't embarrass yourself, come back with me."
"I won't go back!" Xu Nan'an's eyes turned red, and he said angrily: "Lili is crying! Her soul has not found rest at all!"
"Uncle! You are her biological father, how could you bear to do this..."
The village chief's face changed, and he hurriedly covered his mouth: "What nonsense are you talking about, kid?"
Shen Wan came over and said coldly: "Now that things have come to this, Village Chief, please stop hiding it."
The village chief glanced at her quietly: "What do you mean?"
"I walked all over Shili Village and found something particularly interesting."
The three looked at her.
"What?"
Chen Wan: "There is not a single woman in the entire Shili Village."
Qi Chong reacted belatedly: "Yes, I walked around the village today, but I didn't see any old ladies or women. It seems that all I met were men."
The village chief looked gloomy: "That's because the women are all working at home, so they don't have the time to go out and stroll around."
"Well, let's go to every villager's house and see if there are any women there."
“Qi Chong!” The village chief was a little angry, pointing at Shen Wan and said, “This is the master you found, what a bullshit master!”
"Does she know how to respect the privacy of the villagers?"
Qi Chong was even more puzzled than him: "Uncle, why are you so excited?"
"Could it be that Master Shen is right, and there is no woman left in Shili Village?"
The village chief frowned and said angrily: "Even you are talking nonsense! Without women, where would the men in our village come from?"
"I think you are not masters of metaphysics at all, you are just liars!"
"Qi Chong, take your friends and get out now. Our village does not welcome such a master!"
Xu Nan'an, who had been kneeling on the ground for a long time without saying anything, suddenly sneered: "Why are you feeling guilty?"
The village chief's face darkened, "Xu Nan'an, get out too!"
"You are using the excuse of doing good for the village, but I think you have some conspiracy. You want to take away the village's abundant resources, right?"
Xu Nan'an chuckled: "What bullshit resources, for the sake of resources, you don't even care about human lives..."
The village chief was completely furious, and he stepped forward to grab him, "You and your parents have left Shili Village for many years. You are no longer a member of Shili Village. Get out of here. I order you to never set foot in Shili Village again!"
Qi Chong hurriedly stepped forward to separate the two, "Uncle, Nan'an and I both grew up in Shili Village. This is our hometown."
"Nan'an just missed Lili too much. Didn't Lili accidentally fall into the water and drown?"
"No!" Xu Nan'an broke free from the village chief's grip and screamed in despair: "Lili was beaten to death by him!"
"Beat him to death!!"
After these words were spoken, Qi Chong and the village chief were stunned.
Qi Chong was shocked.
The village chief was furious and quickly reacted by rushing up and wrestling with Xu Nanan.
Shen Wan glanced at the dark clouds in the sky.
The dark clouds rolled in, and there seemed to be thunder and lightning flashing.
"This is the eve of the storm."
Shen Wan stopped them, "Stop fighting, I already know the whole story."
Xu Nanan pushed the village chief away and ran to her.
"Master Shen, the truth is no longer important to me. I just want to know where Lili's soul is. I want to see her!"
Shen Wan said dimly: "How can the truth not be important? It's not only about Lili, but also about other people."
Qi Chong was confused. "Master Shen, what is going on? I am completely confused."
Chen Wan looked at the village chief with cold eyes, "All these disasters come from human greed."
"greedy?"
"Shili Village is a place of great feng shui. Your ancestors accidentally discovered minerals and after selling them, the whole village became rich and famous as a wealthy village."
Qi Chong nodded: "Yes, that's what my father told me. Shili Village became rich because of the discovery of rich mineral resources. That's why the whole village became rich."
Shen Wan continued.
"The minerals made Shili Village rich overnight, and every household drove luxury cars and lived in Western-style buildings."
"But the good times didn't last long."
"Due to over-exploitation of mineral resources, the resources are slowly being depleted, and the last bit can no longer be mined."
"The developers have withdrawn from Shili Village, but the ancestors of Shili Village have lived off the mountains. Even if they become rich, they cannot keep their money."
"Some people in the village became addicted to gambling and lost all their wealth, while others indulged in drinking and partying and lost their wealth..."
"It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. When wealth is lost continuously, the villagers feel the crisis."
"They are not thinking about getting rich through hard work, but are once again setting their sights on the mineral resources in the mountains."
Qi Chong was still confused: "I don't quite understand, what does this have to do with Lili and the women?"
"As long as we find the minerals, Shili Village will be able to realize its dream of becoming rich overnight again."
"But it's not that easy."
Shen Wan looked at the village chief steadily.
"Therefore, the men of Shili Village came up with a cruel method."
"Use women to sacrifice to the mountain god."
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