Before the village chief could answer the two children, Li Hai spoke first:
"Children, you don't have to be sacrifices and go meet that damned Salt God. Hurry home and find your parents."
But the two children looked at each other, then shook their heads and refused:
"No, no. We were chosen as sacrifices, to be sent to Lord Salt God to eat. If Lord Salt God goes hungry, disaster will befall the village."
"That's right, Commandant."
The old village chief chimed in from the side. "Our Yu Family Village has done this for over a hundred years. It's always been this way, and everyone's long since gotten used to it."
"Just because it's always been this way, does that make it right?"
After saying this coldly, Li Hai turned his icy gaze on the old village chief.
He could see it now. If he wanted to convince the ignorant villagers of Yu Family Village and save those two children—and perhaps more—he had to deal with this old geezer first.
But simply killing him would be useless. It would only make the remaining villagers more determined in their stance. The only alternative was to kill them all.
So there was only one way to handle this.
He had to take control of the village chief's mind.
Make him an ardent supporter of everything Li Hai did from then on, rather than a stubborn obstacle.
Controlling someone's mind was as easy as eating or drinking for Li Hai.
He didn't need to use the Invisible Evil Spirit to possess him. A single yellow paper talisman would be enough to pacify his spirit, bewitch his mind, and make him work like an ox or a horse.
Even the pure spiritual power granted by [Focusing Spirit Level 2] was enough to suppress and