Chapter 119: The Age of Gods Begins
Wujia Village is much richer than Wangjia Village. The total population of the village is almost more than 400 people. You should know that in ancient times, a village had a population of about 500 people. In addition, the world is about to be in chaos, and the court has various taxes and conscriptions. The reason why Wujia Village can maintain a population of more than 400 people is all because of the connections.
Ah, that’s right…there are people above Wujia Village.
The village chief of this generation, Wu Ji, is also the patriarch of the Wu family ancestral hall in Wujia Village. As early as forty years ago, the village had supported an official. Although he was eventually sent out to serve as a ninth-rank official, Wujia Village was different from other places.
What truly changed their fate was twenty years ago, when Wu Ji's youngest son went to Beijing to take the imperial examination. Do you think Wu Ji's youngest son would have directly passed the exam and become the top scorer? Or even have his name on the gold list?
Oh, sorry! This boy was so handsome that he quickly failed the imperial examination after arriving in Beijing. That day, the Wu boy was wandering the streets in despair. He was spotted by Miss Jiao, who was riding in a carriage. Yes, Miss Jiao was the daughter of a fifth-rank military commander in the imperial court. She was obsessed with looks and immediately had her father propose to the Wu boy.
Oh yes, it was a marriage proposal, not a marriage. The idea was to take Wu Ji's youngest son as a son-in-law. At that time, the Wu family had nothing in the court. If there was such a pie in the sky, how could they not eat it?
The young man from the Wu family thus became a freeloader for the fifth-rank military commander. For at least the next twenty years, fewer men from Wujia Village were taken away because of this military commander. Except for those who were forcibly taken away in the early years, Wujia Village is now the most populous village in the surrounding area.
Now Qin Lang transformed into a flying dragon and hid in the darkness of the sky. His golden pupils looked down and saw a huge red altar filled with all the fruits, meats and vegetables that could be taken out. A particularly large pig was placed in the middle of the altar. If it were not for the imperial court's order not to slaughter the pig, the village chief of Wujia Village would probably be willing to kill it even if it was a working ox.
In the face of life, many things become worthless. Wu Ji personally agreed to his son's marriage. Later, except for preventing villagers from being conscripted using his son's name, he treated his son as if he had died and never caused trouble for his son. He still had three sons in the village to serve him, and his life was pretty good.
But seeing that a drought was about to happen, the crops in the fields would be completely dead in a few days. If the crops could not be harvested, people might flee from the famine. Wu Ji naturally hoped that the Wu family could survive this crisis.
The first thing he did upon returning to the village from Wangjia Village was to gather all the villagers at the ancestral hall and announce the Dragon King sacrifice. Who in the village would dare to refuse Wu Ji, the village chief and clan leader? And since they had met the Wang family, they naturally had some expectations for the Dragon King.
At this moment, it was early morning, and Wu Ji had people prepare the sacrifices overnight. He thought that the people in Wangjia Village all offered sacrifices in the middle of the night, and the Black Dragon might like to bring rain at night, so he did all this in a hurry.
All the villagers of Wujia Village knelt on the ground, praying for the Dragon King to come. Standing in front of the altar were Wu Ji and a young man in red clothes kneeling there.
"Today, all the villagers of Wujia Village sincerely worship Canglang, the Dragon King of the West Sea! Please, Lord Dragon King, send down a sweet rain! We offer the following sacrifices..."
Wu Ji sang loudly, and the first person to speak was the young man in red who was kneeling beside him.
Then came all kinds of grains, vegetables, fruits and meat, which made Qin Lang, who was flying in the dark, look at the young man curiously. He then discovered that the young man in red clothes kneeling on the ground had red lips and white teeth, and even a little red mole on his forehead. He was so beautiful that he didn't look like a real person. He looked a bit like a dressed-up ancient doll, clean and beautiful.
After Wu Ji finished singing all the offerings, he also knelt down and kowtowed, speaking loudly.
"Please, Lord Dragon King, send down the rain! Protect the people of Wujia Village from the drought!!!"
At this time, the villagers also began to pray loudly.
"Lord Dragon King, please send down the rain! Protect us!"
"Please, Lord Dragon King, send down the rain! We are willing to be your followers!"
"Please, Lord Dragon King, send down the rain!!!"
Accompanied by the thunderous cheers of the people, Qin Lang was in a good mood. He waved his tail, and in an instant, lightning under his five claws became wild and rampant. The white lightning instantly tore through the sky above the entire Wujia Village. Then everyone in the Wujia Village heard the thunder that seemed to fall in their ears.
The rumbling sound of thunder frightened everyone, but the ground suddenly turned from pitch black to daylight, causing people to look up unconsciously, and then they saw a black dragon circling in the sky.
"Lord Dragon King!!!"
"Lord Dragon King has really arrived!!!"
"Black Dragon!!! What the village chief said is true! Lord Black Dragon!!!"
"Dragon! We have a chance to survive!!!"
The villagers were ecstatic almost instantly, looking at the black dragon circling in the sky with fanatical eyes, and their faith values swarmed towards Qin Lang crazily.
Wu Ji from Wujia Village also saw an inhuman creature for the first time in his life. He was shocked as he looked at the black dragon soaring in the sky, and tears fell from his eyes unconsciously. It was not known whether these tears were shed for the villagers to survive, or because he suddenly realized what was happening after seeing such a shocking scene.
Everyone knelt there, and they heard the dragon's roar as if it was right next to their ears, accompanied by lightning and thunder that struck people's hearts again and again.
Wu You, who was kneeling beside the village chief, also looked up at the black dragon in the sky. His eyes were full of fanaticism at this moment, because he was the sacrifice chosen by his grandfather for the Dragon King. In order to show the sincerity of Wujia Village, the people decided to make a human sacrifice.
So even if he died under the claws of such a black dragon, Wu You was willing, because compared with the girls in the village, Wu You looked even more beautiful like the boy under the seat of Guanyin. This was also the sincerity of everyone in Wujia Village.
Qin Lang was flying in the sky, and in an instant he heard the system say that the faith value had exceeded 50,000. It can be said that the people in Wujia Village are very pious, so it opened its mouth, and a huge dragon roar sounded low and seemed to tear the sky apart. The sky, which was originally illuminated by lightning and as bright as day, was torn open by the black dragon, and it seemed that there was a Milky Way falling from it.
The people of Wujia Village who were kneeling on the ground raised their heads in a daze, letting the rain from the sky hit their faces. They saw the black dragon in the sky tearing open the Milky Way with its claws, letting the water in the Milky Way fall on them.
Because the people of Wangjia Village knew that the rain from Lord Dragon King was divine rain, the people kneeling below were all from Wujia Village, including men, women, young and old, all of whom were receiving irrigation from the rain.
"It's raining..."
"Divine rain... This is the divine rain brought by the Dragon King..."
"Is this water from heaven? Is this the water that the gods drink?"
The people let the rain hit their bodies and opened their mouths involuntarily to catch the water from the sky. Although it had no taste, they were still excited and tears fell unconsciously.
Only those who have experienced drought know how terrible it is. Now that rain is falling, the people in Wujia Village are jubilant, and the cries mixed in with the rain. This scene looks so absurd.
Qin Lang gave these humans time to react. When the people in Wujia Village slowly stopped crying, Qin Lang came down directly from the sky.
The black dragon rushed towards Wujia Village, scaring everyone. As the black dragon descended, the Dragon King suddenly turned into golden light and instantly landed in the air in front of the altar. At this moment, everyone saw the appearance of the Dragon King.
The red hair danced with the wind and lightning, and the shining golden spear seemed to be able to take people's lives at any time. The ink-black armor made Lord Dragon King indescribably intimidating, especially when one accidentally saw Lord Dragon King's golden pupils, it was like seeing the sun and dared not look directly at it.
"Greetings, Lord Dragon King!"
"Greetings, Lord Dragon King!"
Everyone quickly bowed their heads and kowtowed. The respect for the gods allowed Qin Lang to gain a lot of faith points again.
"I have come here for the Lord of Changes. The affairs of the human world have nothing to do with me."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone heard the voice of Lord Dragon King. Even if the gods seemed not to care about them, the tiny humans, it was good that they were willing to come for their friends. Everyone kowtowed and expressed their gratitude again.
The young man in red kneeling in the crowd attracted Qin Lang's attention, because after everyone kowtowed, they heard Wu Ji, the village chief of Wujia Village, speak loudly.
"Lord Dragon King, the people of Wujia Village sincerely offer their respects to Lord Dragon King, expressing their gratitude for His divine rain. This is the little boy that the people of Wujia Village offer to Lord Dragon King. Please accept it."
The village chief of Wangjia Village is very smart. He would not say that Lord Dragon King accepted his daughter as a sacrifice and kept her by the side of the Lord of Changes. Therefore, what the village chief of Wangjia Village said made everyone kind-hearted, and it all depended on who was more willing to give up.
If they truly treat Lord Dragon King, they will certainly choose the best woman or young man in the village to sacrifice to Lord Dragon King, asking for a way to heaven. If they just want to perfunctorily appease Lord Dragon King, then it is not their fault if Lord Dragon King no longer sends down the divine rain.
People are like this sometimes, with many thoughts on their minds. After Wu Ji of Wujia Village decided to worship the Dragon King, he knew that people have respected gods since ancient times, and worship must involve human sacrifices.
Wu Ji knew that human sacrifice would result in death, but he still chose his third son's youngest son because this grandson was the most talented among the young men in the village. He believed that the Dragon King would like him and send down divine rain.
As the youngest grandson of the Wu family, Wu You did not object after knowing that he would be made a human sacrifice. If he could obtain the blessing of the gods by being sacrificed, so that the people in the village could spend the year and even the next year safely, he was willing to be a human sacrifice.
After hearing the voice of the village chief, Qin Lang realized that the young man in red was actually the human sacrifice sent by Wujia Village. The boy should be less than fifteen years old, with a good stature. He should be a beloved child in the family. He was fair and clean, with a red mole on his beautiful face. He was indeed a handsome boy.
Thinking that he would leave Beiyang in the future, Qin Lang came up with an idea.
"My dear friend, the Hundred Changes Star Lord, is in the North. Since this boy is my sacrifice, I will send him to be taught by the Hundred Changes Star Lord. After a hundred years, his fate will be determined."
He simply said one sentence, and then without waiting for the Wu family to react, he turned into a black dragon, killed the young man, and flew away, shocking everyone.
Wu Ji was trembling all over as he watched his grandson being swept away by the black dragon. He remembered that the Hundred Changes Star Lord was still in Wangjia Village. While he felt fear in his heart, he also silently comforted himself that his grandson might still be alive...
But even so, his eyes were still red, and as the divine rain fell from the sky, tears mixed with the rain fell.
In the summer of the 374th year of the Great Xia Dynasty, Wujia Village sent a sacrificial boy to pray to the Dragon King for rain. The Dragon King Canglang sent down divine rain, swept the boy away, and handed him over to the Hundred Changes Star God for custody.
Thus, Daxia truly ushered in the Age of Gods...
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