According to county records.
Along the Luoshui River, there have been legends of river gods as early as decades ago. At that time, there was no need for human sacrifices and incense was offered to relieve droughts.
Since more than ten years ago, boys and girls must be sacrificed so that the river god can cast rain.
The blood sacrifice attracted the attention of Yunyou Rogue Cultivator, who reported it to Great Marsh Market within the Qing Kingdom, and became one of the Dan Ding Sect's external affairs to eliminate demons.
"When the drought comes, countless boys and girls die in the red land, but there is no immortal to take care of it. The river god eats a few, casts spells to make rain to save people, and the immortal comes to slay the demons!"
Niu Dazhu's eyes were red. "Who is the monster and who is the devil?"
Zhou Yi said coldly, "Doing good means doing good, and doing evil means doing evil. They can't be confused. It can make rain fall without eating people, so why do we need to sacrifice?"
"That's stupid people who don't know how to be grateful!"
Niu Dazhu ridiculed. "Originally, the river god only needed incense to offer rain and alleviate the drought. However, the stupid people got the benefit and wasted River God Temple. Since the river god started asking for blood food as a sacrifice, the incense has been strong and endless!"
"So it's not about good or evil, it's just a transaction."
Zhou Yi said slowly, "We can't kill the River God today, but other monks will come tomorrow, and one day they will kill the troublemaker demons."
"If you kill the river god, will you bring rain?"
Niu Dazhu's eyes were red and he looked like he was crazy. "I heard that immortals attach great importance to karma and retribution. If there will be another drought in the future, the red land will be thousands of miles away. Those who died tragically will be killed by you!"
"I thought he was a villain, but I didn't expect him to be a fool."
Zhou Yi shrugged and said, "Senior Brother He's cultivation is similar to that of a snake demon. Can he move clouds and spread rain to save thousands of miles of drought?"
"It's okay to dig a few wells, and it's raining thousands of miles away... maybe the ancestor of the sect can do it."
Senior Brother He raised his head to look at the sky, his eyes flashing with light. "Looking at the sky, it seems that there will be rain recently, and it will be about seven or eight days later. So, Master Zhu, brother, have you considered the snake demon's tricks to fool the people?"
"I just investigated it beforehand."
Zhou Yi is very cautious about the external affairs of the sect. He would not dare to come unless he investigates thoroughly. He sighed, "If it is really the snake demon raining rain, I will not come to interfere with this matter, otherwise it will be difficult to make a decision."
Niu Dazhu understood the conversation between the two, and changed from furious to stunned, and began to question again.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"One more thing..."
Zhou Yi said, "The snake demon can't withstand the rain. It's not that difficult to disperse the original rain clouds."
Niu Dazhu fell to the ground with a thud.
"Shuang'er, dad is sorry for you..."
Three days later.
Noon.
The sun is scorching like fire.
Village Pier along the river.
Two to three thousand people from surrounding villages and towns gathered here.
The skinny, dark faces looked at the makeshift altar set up on the shore, their eyes filled with despair.
Niu Dazhu is wearing a Daoist robe, dancing on the altar, and chanting words.
"Sacrifice!"
After the voice fell, eight men carried the offering table to the river. In addition to dried fruits and three animals, there were also two pairs of boys and girls on the table.
They were cute three- or four-year-olds, wearing bright red and green coats, laughing and playing with each other.
There were parents of children in the crowd. Seeing this scene, they could no longer bear it and cried loudly. The tribesmen immediately dragged them down, gagged their mouths and bound their hands and feet, so as not to disturb the river god and have to sacrifice again.
Niu Dazhu shouted, "Send incense, kneel... get up... and worship again!"
They knelt down for a long time and kowtowed to the sound of Niu Dazhu.
After three kowtows and nine obeisances, eight men carried the offering table to the river, shouted in unison and threw the sacrifices into the river.
The four children's laughter froze, and before they had time to cry, they were submerged into Luoshui.
"Best greetings to the River God!"
"Respectfully invite the River God..."
The sound spread for several miles, shouting nine times in a row.
The flow of Luoshui became more and more turbulent, gurgling like boiling water, and a sound was clearly heard in everyone's ears.
"I am the God of Luoshui River!"
It was far away and majestic, shocking Spirit Soul. A snake body several feet high emerged from the river, its eyes flashed with green light, and two large tumors protruded from the top of its head.
Buzz!
Eight rays of golden light rose from the water at the same time, like golden pillars. The people on the bank thought it was the palace of the river god, and they became more and more in awe of it.
"Array?"
The snake demon screamed in fright, and the huge snake body melted into water, merged into the river and disappeared.
"What an exquisite water escape, no wonder he has repeatedly escaped pursuit!"
Zhou Yi was in charge of the formation disk a hundred feet away, Mana was pouring into it, and Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation was slowly shrinking.
The snake demon suddenly panicked and rushed left and right to force a breakthrough. However, the formation that could trap Pseudo-Core was simply not something it could shake.
Senior Brother He and others held the formation flag, and golden light fell on the water. There was no snake demon figure, but the water surface was dyed blood red, with pieces of meat and scales floating on it.
roar!
With a roar that sounded like a dragon or a snake, the snake demon reappeared, and its body that was more than ten feet long rose into the air.
"Change!"
Zhou Yi The sound reached the ears of the disciples, and the eight formation flags quickly changed their positions.
In all directions, the sky and the earth are all wrapped in golden light. From the outside, it looks like a closed octagonal prism, completely isolating the snake demon from the river water.
"Now I'll trouble you brothers to subdue the demons!"
"As it should be."
Senior Brother He and the others nodded slightly. The five thousand Spirit Stones were not made to hold the flag of the formation. Mystic Item flew out from Storage Bag.
Hiss! Hiss!
There are scars on the snake demon's body. No matter how it struggles and spits poisonous water, it cannot break through the eight-door formation and it cannot avoid Mystic Item's encirclement and killing.,
Roar!
With another roar, the two tumors on the snake demon's head ruptured, and two rays of purple light flew out, flying towards the two fellow disciples respectively.
"Be careful!"
Senior Brother He's eyes narrowed slightly, knowing that this was the snake demon's method of suppressing the bottom of the box, he opened his mouth and spit out a puff of black and yellow smoke.
The yellow smoke seemed to be invisible and illusory. After wrapping the purple light, it quickly solidified into a translucent substance. Only then could he clearly see the purple light, which turned out to be a deer antler, about half a foot long.
"Dragon Horn!"
Senior Brother He looked happy, opened his mouth and swallowed the yellow smoke into his belly, obviously not intending to take it out again.
Another ray of purple light was also stopped by a fellow disciple, and the antlers were wrapped in a golden net bag, and the income Storage Bag was taken as his own.
roar!
The snake demon let out a mournful cry, purple and green colors Demon Qi intertwined, and its breath expanded rapidly.
"This snake demon will become a dragon, and its whole body is full of treasures. Don't let it explode!"
A golden light flew out from Senior Brother He's wrist, turned into a two or three-foot collar in the wind, and wrapped around the snake demon's neck to imprison Demon Qi.
When the other disciples heard this, they showed no mercy and used secret techniques one after another.
After a while.
The snake Demon Qi message dissipated, fell into the formation, twitched a few times and then made no movement.
Senior Brother He has gone through several times of exterminating demons, and knowing that the demon is cunning, he used the Soul Capturing Technique to pull the remnant soul of the snake demon out of the corpse, and then used Thunder Method to blast it into ashes.
"It's done."
Zhou Yi was hiding in the distance and watching the battle. He saw the snake demon's spirit dispersed and flew towards him in the escaping light.
"Thank you, senior brothers. How about converting the remains of the snake demon into Spirit Stones and dividing them equally?"
"Master Zhu brother is awesome."
Senior Brother He and others praised him repeatedly and cast a spell to peel off the remains of the snake demon.
Demon Core, scale armor, and skeleton can be refined into high-grade Mystic Item. There were many Spirit Stones and spiritual objects in the snake demon's stomach. They were made for a total of six thousand Spirit Stones and sold to a fellow sect who was proficient in weapon refining.
Zhou Yi glanced at the horrified people, and he and his fellow disciples turned into escaping light and flew towards the Dan Ding Sect.
"The snake demon can stay near Luoshui for a long time and its strength has not declined. It must have discovered the spiritual land. It will happen that after a few days, I will resume my practice and find the spiritual land. I will have a way out in the future!"