"How old is Caicai this year?" At this time, an old voice asked.
The man was silent for a while and replied: "Cai Cai is fifteen years old."
"You still have three years to reach adulthood." The old voice said, "I can't wait any longer, haha..."
After that, there was another burst of ugly laughter.
After a while, a man walked out of the door of the hut.
This man looked to be in his forties or fifties. Like the others, he was wearing clothes woven from leaves.
But Fang Yu found that the man's face was very ugly.
Naturally, men could not discover Fang Yu and Su Changge.
Soon, the man walked away.
Fang Yu frowned.
The conversation I just heard contained a lot of information.
The most critical thing...is the time of the sacrificial ceremony.
Tomorrow morning at eight o'clock.
The timing was absolutely right.
Fang Yu glanced at Su Changge and motioned for him to follow.
Then, Fang Yu walked to the hut.
Neither of them made a sound of footsteps.
Standing in front of the door of the hut, looking forward, you can vaguely see a figure huddled in the bed.
This figure looks very small.
"She must be an extremely old woman." Fang Yu thought to himself.
Fang Yu did not enter the hut, but walked around the hut and walked to the back.
While listening to the conversation between the two people in the house, he discovered a raised spot on the ground behind the hut.
When I got closer, I saw that it was indeed a door with a pile of thatch spread on it.
If the door hadn't been closed properly, Fang Yu wouldn't have discovered it.
This is a door to the cellar.
Fang Yu slowly opened the door and saw the stone steps.
Then, Fang Yu and Su Changge quietly walked down the steps.
As soon as he entered the cellar, Su Changge's expression changed.
A fishy smell hit my face and was nauseating.
Su Changge immediately held his breath.
Fang Yu, who was walking in front, had already frowned.
After coming down the steps, all that could be seen were mummies and skeletons, lying messily everywhere.
Looking further ahead, you can see a pool.
The pool... was filled with bright red blood.
The fishy smell emanates from this pool.
And above the pool, a corpse was hanging.
This corpse had an obvious crack on its neck.
The crack was still dripping with blood.
This is a man, his eyes are wide open, his face is distorted, and full of pain.
"Oh my god..." Su Changge's face turned blue and he was speechless.
He was bleeding in such a cruel way!
Treat it like livestock!
The amount of blood in this pool is already very large, and the color is even a little black.
At this time, Fang Yu already understood the meaning of the conversation in the hut just now.
That so-called grandma needs to absorb the body's essence and blood to improve her cultivation...or increase her longevity.
This is a common method used by evil cultivators.
According to the tone of the people in the previous tribe when they mentioned grandma...this grandma obviously has a very high status in the Dazhao tribe.
An evil cultivator is actually the leader of the tribe?
So... do other people in the tribe know what she is doing?
The man who talked to her before must know.
As for most people in the tribe... Fang Yu thinks that they probably don't know.
Otherwise, few people would be able to accept such a cruel method.
At this time, Fang Yu thought of the girl named Caicai again.
Does this girl know something?
"Zi la..."
While thinking, Fang Yu heard a slight sound.
The sound came from inside the hut.
That grandma is coming out.
Fang Yu thought for a while, then left the cellar with Su Changge and closed the door.
Not long after the two left the cellar, an old woman with a severely hunched back came out of the small house and walked towards the cellar.
This old woman's face is extremely old, and the wrinkles on her face almost cover her facial features.
But her squinted eyes glowed with a cold glow.
This look must be cultivated by killing many people.
Fang Yu thought for a while and decided not to take action against the old woman.
He and Su Changge returned along the original road.
As soon as I walked out of the small forest, I saw Cai Cai walking towards me.
Fang Yu immediately stepped forward and covered Cai Cai's mouth.
"Ugh..." Caicai's face changed drastically, his eyes were frightened, and he wanted to ask for help, but he couldn't make a sound.
There is obviously nothing in front of me, why...
Fang Yu took Cai Cai with him, jumped up and left the place.
…
On the branch of a big tree fifty or sixty meters high.
Fang Yu sat on one side of the branch, and Su Changge sat on the other side.
Caicai, who looked pale, sat in the middle.
"Little sister, as long as you answer our questions honestly, we will never do anything to you." Su Changge said with a smile on his face.
Seeing Su Changge's smile, Caicai's face became even paler and her delicate body trembled.
"No, don't kill me..." Caicai unconsciously moved away from Su Changge and said with great fear.
"Uh..." Su Changge looked embarrassed.
"Tell us the location of the ancient sacred tree." At this time, Fang Yu said.
Caicai turned his head, looked at Fang Yu, shook his head repeatedly, and said: "I can't let you blaspheme the ancient gods..."
"We just want to go over and take a look." Fang Yu said.
Caicai bit her lip, lowered her head, and said nothing.
"Do you know the secret about grandma?" Fang Yu asked, changing the subject.
Caicai suddenly raised his head, looking shocked.
"You should have discovered grandma's secret at some point, right? Her cellar..." Fang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and continued to ask.
Upon hearing the word cellar, Caicai's expression changed drastically.
"I, I, I..." Caicai had tears in her eyes and was about to cry.
"If you tell me the truth, we may be able to help you." Fang Yu said, "As far as I know, you have been targeted by grandma."
Caicai looked at Fang Yu with wide eyes, tears falling down.
…
"I wanted to talk to grandma about something, but I found that she was not in the house... Then I went out to look for her, and then I found an open hole at the back of the house..." Caicai said, her voice trembling, "I'm very curious.
, I just walked down the steps at the entrance of the cave, and before I took two steps... I heard screams coming from inside."
"I looked out and found a man... who was also a tourist who accidentally broke into our tribe. He was hanging upside down in a pool."
"Grandma cut his throat with a knife, just like killing a chicken..."
At this point, Caicai could no longer speak, her face turned pale and she covered her mouth.
"Do other people in your tribe know what she is doing?" Fang Yu asked.
"...I don't know." Caicai sobbed, "We only know that grandma will punish those people, and then they will never be seen again...Grandma said she would send them away, and we all believe her..."
"Is that so..." Fang Yu nodded and asked, "I see you all call her grandma, whose grandma is she?"
"She... is called grandma. Since I was born, everyone around me has called her that." Cai Cai said, "On weekdays, grandma is very kind to everyone, and everyone loves her... She especially loves me...
…”
After Caicai discovered her grandma's secret, she has been in a state of extreme pain and confusion.
She really wanted to tell other adults in the tribe about this, but she didn't dare because she was afraid that something bigger would happen.
Moreover, her grandma had always been very kind to her, so she was even more unable to make up her mind to expose this matter.
"Your grandma is waiting for you to turn eighteen, that is, waiting for you to become an adult." Fang Yu said.
"What, what do you mean?" Caicai looked at Fang Yu and asked.
"It's just..." Fang Yu looked at Caicai who looked like he was about to collapse at any moment. Instead of saying the more straightforward words, he changed his words and said, "She may also want to do you harm."
Caicai lowered his head, wrung his hands together, and said nothing.
"By the way, what's going on with your tribe's sacrificial ceremony?" Fang Yu asked.
"Our tribe holds a sacrifice every year..." Caicai replied.
"A baby must be sacrificed at the same time?" Fang Yu asked with narrowed eyes.
"...Hmm." Caicai lowered his head and responded.
"Damn...this is too cruel. No one in your tribe resists this practice!?" Su Changge couldn't help but cursed.
"The babies to be sacrificed every year are selected by drawing lots... Anyone who complains will no longer be able to receive the blessings of the ancient gods." Caicai whispered.