The Taoist's words made these villagers a little scared. After all, hundreds of years of tradition have been deeply ingrained in their hearts.
So now these people's slight intimidation makes everyone shrink back.
"But we have to wait for the village chief to come back. No one can take away these children until the village chief comes back." Someone said with courage.
"Yes, you are right. Our village chief is going to meet an important guest. This guest will have a way to solve our problems." The villagers gathered their courage again.
"Has someone come to the village?" The red-faced Taoist was slightly surprised, and then he sneered: "No wonder you are so bold, it turns out someone is here to support you."
"Haha, it's just that in front of the mountain god, it's useless for you to find anyone. I want to see today who the person you found gave you so much courage."
Soon, the village chief hurried over with Chen Yu.
"Old guy, you're finally back?" Another short and fat Taoist sneered: "What do you want these villagers to do to stop us? Is it good fortune?"
"I don't want to rebel, I just want the children in our village to survive." The old village chief said angrily: "We have to negotiate terms."
"What terms do you want to negotiate? Isn't what the mountain god has given you enough?" The red-faced Taoist said coldly: "Don't go too far, otherwise it will be of no benefit to you."
"It's too unethical to use children as sacrifices." The old village chief said, "You go back and tell the mountain god that we can use cattle and sheep as sacrifices in the future, as long as we don't let the children die, we can do anything.
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"Are you qualified to negotiate terms with our God?" A short and fat Taoist sneered: "Have you forgotten what kind of life you used to have?"
"Now the mountain god has given you peace. You should be grateful to him. He just wants a dozen children in your village who have not fully developed their intelligence. Are you so unhappy?"
"They are our children, not your sacrifices." The old village chief said angrily: "If this continues, our village will cease to exist."
"Old village chief, have you been deceived by someone?" The red-faced Taoist said with a smile: "You must not listen to some people's nonsense. They have never seen the world and cannot solve your problems.
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"Don't let the matter go unsolved and anger the mountain god, and then he will punish you and destroy your entire village."
The person the red-faced Taoist mentioned was of course Chen Yu.
"Are you sent by the mountain god?" Chen Yu stepped forward and looked at these people with interest.
"Yes, we are sent by the mountain god. Who are you?" A fat man glanced at Chen Yu sideways.
"My name is Chen Yu, I'm from outside." Chen Yu said with a slight smile.
"Friends, I know you people outside think you know a lot. You don't believe in ghosts and gods, you believe in science." The red-faced Taoist said with a smile.
"You know a lot." Chen Yu smiled and said, "It seems you have a lot of experience."
"I travel around in my spare time and have been to many places. To be honest, I have seen many people like you." The red-faced Taoist glanced at Chen Yu.
"But there are indeed ghosts and gods in this world. Just because you haven't seen them, doesn't mean they don't exist."
"I know that ghosts and gods do exist in this world." Chen Yu nodded and said, "But ghosts and gods will never behave like you."
"Are we messing around?" The red-faced Taoist glanced at Chen Yu: "I am saving them. Without us, the mountain god would never have allowed them to survive until now."
"What does the mountain god look like? Have you ever seen it?" Chen Yu turned his head and glanced at everyone.
"No." Everyone shook their heads.
In fact, everyone's understanding of the mountain god is just from murals and legends. No one among them has ever seen the mountain god.
"Are you an old gentleman? Have you seen him?" Chen Yu looked at a centenarian.
This old man should be the eldest one in the village. He has gray hair and looks to be at least a hundred years old.
It's just that the people in the mountains eat and drink very clean water with no pollution and no additives. Therefore, even if this old man is a hundred years old, his spirit is still as good.
"I didn't. My grandfather told me when he was still alive that he went hunting in the mountains one night and saw something that looked like a mountain god." The old man shook his head slightly.
"Can you describe what it's like?" Chen Yu asked.
"It was very high...as high as several floors." The old man recalled: "And he moved very quickly. My grandfather only saw a shadow, and then it disappeared."
"Very high, very fast." Chen Yu nodded: "Is this the so-called mountain god? With all due respect, many things can actually be done, but these things are beasts, not mountain gods."
"You dare to blaspheme our mountain god?" The three Taoists were furious and stepped forward together.
They stared at Chen Yu coldly. As long as Chen Yu dared to talk nonsense, they would be rude to Chen Yu.
"It's not that I'm blaspheming your gods, but your so-called gods don't exist at all, right?" Chen Yu said coldly: "Don't tell me that you believe in Sanqing. Sanqing doesn't have believers like you.
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"Friend, it's not a good habit to be nosy." The red-faced Taoist smiled: "I don't care who you are or where you come from. Get out of here now, otherwise don't blame us for being rude."
"I originally didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but when I came here, the old village chief took care of our food and housing. I received their favor." Chen Yu smiled slightly and said, "It's not me who refuses to repay a favor.
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"I'm sorry, you may risk your life." The red-faced Taoist's face became more and more gloomy. He stared at Chen Yu and clenched the knife in his hand.
"I am never threatened." Chen Yu said slowly.
"I'm not threatening you, I will really kill you." The red-faced Taoist sneered: "This man has deceived everyone with his evil words and blasphemed the mountain god. Take his head and sacrifice it to the mountain god."
The red-faced Taoist waved his hand, and the two short and fat Taoists behind him moved.
Although these two Taoists were short and stubby, their speed was really not slow. They took a step forward, formed a strange Taoist seal with their hands, and then pointed slightly at Chen Yu.
"Stabilizing Curse..." In an instant, a huge force of thought came from the fingertips of the two people.
The body-fixing spell used by these two people is a kind of spell inspired by the power of thought. It is somewhat similar to the Taoist practice method, but it is not the same. It should be an evil path of its own.