As Shi Yuyan got closer and closer to the top of the mountain, the strong wind from the flapping of her wings made the people hiding on the mountain walls unable to open their eyes.
The fog at the top of the mountain that never scattered all year round was blown away.
Uchiha Tunan, who was rising and falling with the waves, was also revealed in Shi Yuyan's vision.
Uchiha Tunan looked up at the shadow that covered the sky, but the curiosity on his face gradually turned into a little disappointment.
Although it was just a glimpse, Uchiha Tunan could still roughly judge that the essence of this big guy in front of him was not much different from the birds in the future.
It was just that he was always in a place where the Force of Nature was dense, causing him to be matured.
Other than being much stronger, he did not have any special abilities.
According to the memories he obtained from forcefully searching Koyu, the rumored demon had intelligence that was not inferior to that of humans.
However, this demon in front of him
It seemed that his intelligence was not particularly high.
He actually dared to rush over recklessly.
Disappointment.
While he was deep in thought, Shi Yuyan had already raised her sharp claws and pressed them down on Uchiha Tunan.
On the mountain wall.
Okaku looked at the behemoth above with a face full of fear. He shouted, "Everyone, hold on tight!"
Everyone tensed their bodies and desperately leaned against the mountain wall.
It was the first time Shokaku, who was still inexperienced, saw this scene. His hand that was holding the vine was full of greasy sweat, and he nervously closed his eyes.
Such a huge monster launched an attack, and the residual power could easily cause the mountain to collapse.
It was all his fault for going up the mountain to take revenge in the middle of the night.
This time, everyone was in deep trouble.
Just as Shokaku was feeling regretful, a strange language came into his ears.
"Immortal Technique - All Cloth Bag Technique."
A loud voice echoed in the night sky.
Rumble!
The mountains and rivers trembled, and countless fine rocks and rocks fell from the two thousand meter high mountain peak.
The waterfall that fell vertically on the other side of the mountain suddenly stopped, and the water stopped flowing.
"Peng!"
Shokaku that was tightly shut only heard a world-shaking boom.
This sound seemed to come from the mountain behind him, dull and heavy.
After this sound disappeared, the entire world seemed to return to silence.
After a long time, Shokaku slowly opened his eyes.
He saw that the rocks and dirt that had fallen continuously had disappeared, and only the hazy dust was still floating down towards the ground.
"Tick tock, tick tock... clatter..."
The warm liquid dripped onto the tip of Shokaku's nose, merging with the sweat.
It was raining?
Shokaku couldn't help but feel an itch on the tip of his nose and reached out to wipe it away.
He only felt that his fingers were stuck to the lake.
Looking closely, the whole person was stunned for a moment, but he saw the dark red on his fingertips in the dark.
"Blood..."
The villagers, who thought they were in the same line, were injured and immediately turned to look.
They saw the villagers, including their own father, doing the same thing.
They stood close to the mountain wall, their heads raised high, their mouths wide open, and their faces dull.
When Shokaku saw this, he slowly raised his head and looked over.
The entire person was suddenly shocked. He opened his mouth and stammered,
"That is... hand?"
A huge stone hand seemed to have reached out from the top of the mountain. It clenched its five fingers and firmly restrained Shi Yuyan.
And in the eyes of the villagers, the invincible monster was frantically twisting its head, looking like it wanted to break free.
"Li!"
A shrill cry rang out.
However, Shi Yuyan's wings were tightly wrapped by the stone hand, and there was no room for her to struggle.
In the next moment, the stone hand clenched tightly, and a foul stench of blood burst out from between the fingers of the stone hand, falling to the top of the mountain and the earth.
The hissing sound of the stone bird stopped abruptly.
Rumble
After a wave of shaking, the stone slowly sank to the top of the mountain, as if it had never appeared.
However, there were many fresh flesh and blood tissues hanging on the branches of the trees at the top of the mountain.
Uchiha Tunan ignored the primitive people on the mountainside and closed his eyes again to absorb the Force of Nature.
After all, this was the most prosperous era of ancient civilization.
Uchiha Tunan did not want to waste time on these primitive people from the countryside.
After the Force of Nature had absorbed enough, they left for the large human settlements.
As for the Stone Bird just now.
It was just a monster, not as valuable as the civilization of wisdom.
On the mountain wall.
Everyone was still looking up at the sky in a daze.
After an unknown period of time, Shokaku was the first to be unable to hold on. His legs went soft and he collapsed on the cliff.
Looking at the black feathers that were the size of a banana leaf falling down, the shock and doubt in his heart could not be any greater.
What exactly was that just now?
"Everyone, let's go down the mountain first."
Okaku came back to his senses, swallowed his saliva, and whispered to everyone to go down the mountain.
The rest of them did not dare to speak, afraid that they would attract the attention of the powerful and unknown existence at the top of the mountain.
One by one, they trembled and slid down the vines to the mountain with difficulty.
During the entire process, Shokaku was in a state of sudden confusion.
When he came back to his senses, he found that he could already see the fire ahead.
It was his group who had unknowingly arrived near the village.
At this moment, Okaku stopped and turned back to whisper, "Did you hear it before?"
Everyone looked at each other and nodded silently.
One of the older villagers said in a deep voice,
"It seems to be talking, but it's different from our language."
Okaku nodded and confirmed that he was not hearing things, so he called everyone back to the village first.
At this time, the women in the village were still surrounding Koyu, and each of them kept talking.
Seeing everyone return to the village, the women seemed to have found their backbone and all greeted them.
"You are finally back."
"What happened? We heard Shi Yuyan's cry just now."
"Yes, there was an earthquake just now. Did we encounter a monster?"
"Can we go to the mountain to soak in the hot spring in the future?"
....
Okaku obviously had no intention to explain to these fertility tools. He waved his hand with a serious expression and said,
"The women and children, return to the house. Everyone else, stay."
Although these women were curious, they did not dare to disobey the village chief.
They could only obediently walk towards their house, but the discussion did not stop.
Okaku turned his head and looked at Shokaku who was staring at Koyu curled up on the ground. He sighed softly and said,
"You should go back and rest."
Shokaku looked up at his father and said with a puzzled face,
"Is it really just a mountain?
The mountain came back to life, not only could it talk, but it could also easily kill the monster.
Has the mountain also become a monster?"
Okaku was calm. He rubbed Shokaku's hair and whispered, "How can the mountain become a monster? Don't worry about this. Go back and rest first."
Shokaku nodded silently and then walked towards Koyu, intending to bring her back to the house.
However, at this moment, Okaku reached out his hand to stop Shokaku and said in a deep voice, "You go back first. We still have to discuss her problem."
Shokaku was stunned for a moment. He looked back and forth between Koyu and his father. He said with a puzzled expression, "But... then I..."
"Go back!"
Okaku shouted. When he was about to roar, Shokaku was stunned.
This was the first time that Shokaku had seen his father speak to him in such a heavy tone.
Seeing his father's face flicker under the light of the torch, Shokaku lowered his head, silently turned around, and dragged his heavy footsteps toward the house.
After Shokaku left, Okaku turned around and said to the crowd,
"The Mountain God has awakened. We need to hold a sacrificial ceremony for the Mountain God."
"Village Chief, how do you know that it is the Mountain God, not a monster we don't know?" A strong man asked the question in the hearts of everyone present.
Okaku shook his head and said,
"Mountain rocks will not become monsters.
Moreover, we have lived here for generations. We can only pray that they are gods and not monsters. "
As he spoke, Okaku's expression gradually turned sinister. He looked at everyone with a hint of cruelty in his eyes and said,
"You have to think about it clearly. We have food and women here.
Once the village is moved, it is too difficult to find a suitable place to live.
You don't want to go to the town to be slaves to those warriors. You won't even have a chance to touch women in your life. "
As soon as he finished speaking, a hint of ruthlessness flashed across the faces of everyone.
The ancestors of these people were slaves who escaped to this place, and no one wanted to lose their current life.
Wealth comes from danger, not to mention all kinds of rumors indicate that the mountain should not be a monster.
Besides, monsters also had their own habits.
Just like Shi Yuyan, they basically would not eat people.
Even if a mountain turned into a monster, it probably wouldn't be interested in blood and flesh.
"Village Chief, we understand. You can do whatever you want." Everyone looked at Okaku with determined eyes.
Okaku nodded in satisfaction and touched his chin.
"I heard the old man say that if you want to obtain the protection of the gods, you need to sacrifice something."
"Then what should we sacrifice?" A villager who looked slightly younger asked.
The old villager beside him said thoughtfully: "It is said that outsiders sacrifice to gods with wild animals or slaves."
Wild beasts could be captured, but there were no slaves here.
If it really could not be done, it could only be sacrificed to the villagers.
When everyone thought of this, they all turned their eyes to Okaku.
They saw Okaku expressionlessly staring at Koyu curled up on the ground. He said in a cold voice,
"Say, sacrifice her to Mountain God.
Mountain God should like it. "
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At this time, Shokaku absent-mindedly returned to the room in the center of the village.
There were no illumination facilities like oil lamps in the room. There was only a simple wooden table, four wooden stools, and a bed covered with hay.
In the dark, Shokaku touched the bed with his memory. He hugged his legs and sat on the bed, quietly looking at the sky outside the window.
What happened today was a bit too shocking, and Shokaku could not tell whether he was angry or afraid.
The rooms of the village were close to each other, and there should be strange groans everywhere at this time.
But today, the village was surprisingly quiet.
Time passed bit by bit, and the chaotic thoughts in Shokaku's mind gradually calmed down. A wisp of doubt came to his mind.
Father and the others were discussing something. Why did they leave Koyu behind?
Was it to treat Koyu?
They wouldn't do anything to Koyu, would they?
When I thought of the behavior of the men in the village, Shokaku inexplicably thought of this.
No, with his father here, he would not allow others to do such a thing.
Out of trust in his father, Shokaku shook his head fiercely, wanting to throw the idea out of his mind.
But for some reason, this thought was like a thorn in his heart.
In the dark room, Shokaku could not help but think about it.
What if.
After all, with Koyu's current condition, she probably wouldn't have the ability to work in the future and wouldn't be able to help her in her life.
Father might not allow Koyu to marry him.
The only value of Koyu, perhaps, was giving birth.
To Shokaku, Koyu was his childhood friend's first love. No one could tolerate this kind of thing.
Shokaku, who was sitting on the bed, got up and carefully left, walking outside.
Normally, Shokaku walked for more than ten minutes on a journey of two or three minutes.
When he was about to approach the open space near the edge of the village, he finally heard a sound.
But no one spoke.
Didn't they say that they wanted to discuss?
Shokaku was even more confused. He came to the corner and slowly poked his head out.
Suddenly, Shokaku's pupil suddenly contracted.
He saw more than a dozen torches standing in the open space, and He don't know when they were put on wooden stakes.
At this time, Koyu was tied to the wooden stakes, and her mouth was stuffed with animal fur.
As for the people with Okaku, they all had cold expressions on their faces, silently moving the firewood back and forth under the wooden stakes.
This was not the first time that Shokaku had seen this scene.
In the past, when the village caught large beasts, they would often stick them into the wooden stakes for barbecue.
But now, the scene reappeared, but it was his beloved woman who was tied to the wooden stakes.
Why?
In front of the wooden stakes, Okaku watched Koyu calmly, without any pity in his eyes.
At this moment, Okaku noticed that a villager was giving him a look.
He immediately looked back.
He saw a thin figure standing quietly in the darkness.
However, that extremely familiar silhouette made the big corner of the river recognize who the person was at a glance. He immediately strode forward and said in a deep voice, "What are you doing here?"
Shokaku stared straight at Koyu, who was tied to the wooden stake and constantly struggling. He opened his mouth, then stiffly raised his head to look at his father, whose face was gloomy, and said hoarsely,
"What are you doing?"
When Okaku saw his son like this, his heart softened. He took a deep breath and said softly,
"We need to sacrifice her to Mountain God, so that Mountain God can protect us and survive here safely."
Sacrifice?
Shokaku heard this word for the first time, but combined with the situation of Koyu, he instantly understood the meaning of sacrifice.
As for the Mountain God mentioned by her father, it could only be the owner of the stone hand that she saw tonight, which should be the hand of the Mountain God.
Shokaku's face suddenly turned pale, and he stared at Okaku in disbelief.
He said hoarsely,
"Why is it her? Didn't you promise me that?"
Okaku avoided Shokaku's gaze and looked at Koyu who was constantly twisting on the wooden stake.
"She is the only one who has seen Mountain God.
And it seems that Mountain God should be very satisfied with her. "
Hearing this, Shokaku turned his head with difficulty and looked at Koyu.
"Woo.." Perhaps Koyu still remembered Shokaku subconsciously, but when she saw Shokaku look over, she struggled even more.
Shokaku's eyes turned red. He slowly lowered his head and knelt on the ground with a thud. He gritted his teeth and said,
"Father, please don't give Koyu to Mountain God.
I will work hard. When I become a great warrior, I can still protect everyone. "
However, Okaku shook his head firmly and said,
"There is no room for negotiation. Mountain God is an existence that can easily kill Shi Yuyan.
Even a warrior could not do this easily.
That was a god."
"How can I keep her?" Shokaku asked, unwilling to give up.
However, Okaku did not have the patience to continue persuading his lost son under such circumstances. After all, the surrounding villagers were secretly paying attention to this side.
However, Okaku's face turned cold and he scolded, "Go back."
Shokaku was still kneeling in the same place, unmoved.
Just as Okaku was about to ask someone to bring Shokaku back, Shokaku seemed to have suddenly thought it through. He silently got up, turned around, and walked into the village.
Seeing Shokaku's lonely figure gradually disappear into the dark, Okaku couldn't help but sigh deeply, and then continued to command the villagers to prepare the sacrificial work.
It was also the first time that Okaku had set up a so-called sacrifice.
He did not know if the Mountain God in his heart would be satisfied with this sacrifice.
But other than Koyu, there seemed to be no better replacement.
For this small village, men were an indispensable resource.
As for adult women, they basically had an extraordinary relationship with the men in the village.
Once they were chosen, it would probably cause some people to be more or less dissatisfied.
He would grow old, and every time he hunted, there would be a risk of disability and death.
If something happened to him in the future, it was hard to guarantee that those who were resentful would not add insult to injury.
There were no laws here to restrict people. Whoever had a strong fist had the right to speak.
And those underage women also had the value of fertility and simple labor.
On the other hand, Koyu would only waste the food in the village if she went crazy and needed people to take care of her. She was completely a burden.
Moreover, from the analysis of the situation when Koyu came back, it was very likely that Koyu had already received the favor of Mountain God.
Overall, the choice was already the best choice for Koyu as a sacrifice.
As for Shokaku, this child.
After some time, he would arrange a woman for him and forget about it.
However, what Okaku did not expect was that Shokaku, who entered the village, did not return to his room but went straight through the village.
In front of the dark and deep forest.
Shokaku turned his head and looked in the direction of Koyu.
Even with the buildings of the village blocking his view, he seemed to still be able to see Koyu covered with fear.
After a short glance, Shokaku turned his head, his gaze unprecedentedly determined.
"I will definitely save you."
After saying that, Shokaku plunged into the forest and followed the route in his memory, going around the mountain peak.
The reason why Shokaku didn't continue to beg his father just now was because of him.
It was because he knew that he was not enough to change his father's mind.
The only one that could save Koyu.
Only the target of the village's sacrificial ceremony, the Mountain God that only Koyu had seen before.
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Shi Yuyan had a huge body, which led to the blood flowing down the mountain wall after it was crushed by Uchiha Tunan.
The mountain peaks under the night looked like melted candles.
The forest in this era was silent.
Because once it made a sound, it would attract the enemy.
The sticky blood that flowed slowly on the mountain wall was a great supplement for those beasts.
However, because the noise Shi Yuyan made just now was too terrifying, the beasts nearby had already run away.
Only the insects kept pouncing towards the mountain peak, greedily sucking the blood.
Near dawn, Shokaku covered in blood finally climbed to the top of the mountain.
In the dark forest on the top of the mountain, there were pieces of stinky flesh and blood scattered everywhere.
Even the bird smoke rising from the hot spring was dyed red.
Shokaku, who had just climbed to the top of the mountain, saw this scene and swallowed his saliva in fear. Then he gathered his courage and shouted as he searched,
"Mountain God !"
"Mountain God !"
....
"Smack ---"
Shokaku raised his foot and lowered his head to look. He saw the flesh and blood of a stone bird quietly lying under his feet.
However, from the looks of it, this was meat paste to begin with.
He could not help but recall the bloody scene of that towering stone hand crushing a rock bird.
Was this power of a god?
"Gulp ---"
If it was said that Shokaku had only been afraid of the so-called mountain god before, then now it had already begun to develop into reverence.
"Huff... huff..."
A strong wind suddenly blew up on the top of the mountain, shaking the branches and leaves of the big tree and making whistling sounds.
It was this strong wind that blew away the mist that shrouded the top of the mountain in an instant.
The sight in front of Shokaku also became clear.
All around, the forest was dense, and the shadows of trees were heavy.
Looking ahead, the dense towering trees blocked the view, only leaving a small gap between the trees, so small that people would almost instinctively ignore it.
But one of the gaps seemed to have magic, attracting Shokaku's sight.
It was as if the entire world only had a single line of scenery.
Floating on the surface of the water with thin smoke, standing with a straight back.
Looking at that silhouette, it was no different from a human.
This was the man that Koyu spoke of, the Mountain God.
Shokaku pursed his lips, his heart indescribably complicated.
If the other party was just an ordinary human, then he would definitely rush up and skin him alive right now.
However, the other party was a mountain god that could easily crush a monster like Shi Yuyan.
Shokaku shook his head violently, throwing out the wild thoughts in his heart.
Right now, the most important thing was to ask Mountain God not to let Koyu be a sacrifice.
In the next moment, Shokaku took a deep breath and ran towards the direction of his back.
When he came to the edge of the hot spring, he directly knelt on the ground and slammed his head on the ground, saying excitedly,
"Mountain God, please allow me to replace Koyu as your sacrifice."
Uchiha Tunan, who had the terrifying perception ability, knew everything about these primitive people at the foot of the mountain.
Naturally, he also knew what this young primitive man behind him was doing.
Originally, Uchiha Tunan did not intend to pay attention to these primitive people.
But he did not expect that they were actually preparing to worship him as a god.
This was interesting.
Although Uchiha Tunan was far from becoming a god, becoming a god could be said to be one of Uchiha Tunan's final goals.
It was not bad to use these primitive people to practice.
Shokaku put his head on the ground and waited for a long time.
Finally, a magnetic voice rang out from the calm surface of the water.
"In the process of civilization development, intelligent beings generally pass through the civilization of the gods, the civilization of the monarch, and the civilization of the people.
Based on my rough understanding of you, you have basically not formed a civilization that should belong to you.
Whoever has the biggest fist will have the power to control the fate of others.
It was just that everyone's strength was not too different, so almost every strong individual had a part of the power.
This kind of power was extremely scattered and not condensed. "
Uchiha Tunan used the language he learned from searching the brain of Koyu, which was also the local language.
Although Shokaku understood Uchiha Tunan's words, he did not understand what Mountain God said in front of him.
In his confusion, he could not help but slowly raise his head to look ahead.
A breeze blew at the top of the mountain, blowing away the light smoke on the surface of the water.
Only then did Shokaku notice that the Mountain God in front of him was actually standing on the surface of the water.
At this moment, Uchiha Tunan continued to say to himself,
"Power usually brings desire to expand. No one is willing to give up.
Therefore, if you want to control power for a long time, you need to rely on the strength to suppress everyone.
Even if this strength does not belong to you, or does not exist at all.
The gods are born."
Speaking of this, three rings of magatama appeared in Uchiha Tunan's eyes, and he lowered his eyes to look at the calm water surface.
In the blink of an eye, his line of sight penetrated the mountain and looked straight at the village downstream.
At this time, the village had already prepared the sacrificial ceremony.
Okaku had gathered all the villagers, and they could hold the sacrificial ceremony after dawn.
As for the missing Shokaku, Okaku had no time to look for it for the time being.
Looking at the villagers standing in front of him, Okaku standing on the sacrificial altar said loudly,
"In the future, I will not be the village chief of this village, but also serve as the priest of Mountain God.
I will do my best to serve Mountain God and let Mountain God bless us to survive safely. "
....
Uchiha Tunan looked at these ignorant primitive people and felt that it was quite interesting.
As for what kind of mentality this primitive man in the lead had to serve him.
Uchiha Tunan did not care.
At this time, Shokaku, who had been worrying about Koyu, once again loudly pleaded,
"Mountain God, I beg you, exchange the sacrifice for me!"
On the surface of the water, Uchiha Tunan smiled and shook his head.
"I don't want you to sacrifice to me, but your father needs to sacrifice me.
So, you found the wrong person to ask for help. "
"It's true!"
When Shokaku heard that Uchiha Tunan did not ask the villagers to offer sacrifices, his eyes were filled with surprise.
Then, he reacted and muttered with a puzzled face,
"Why? Why did my father want to offer sacrifices ?
You clearly didn't ask for anything.
I will tell father now that you are a kind and great god. You don't need a living person to offer sacrifices. "
Uchiha Tunan chuckled and said in a low voice,
"It is useless. No one will believe you unless I personally speak.
In this world, living life is always more valuable than dead life.
But why is there such a thing as a living sacrifice? Even a small village like yours has been passed down.
Have you ever thought about it?"
When Shokaku heard this, he recalled the various strange stories the old man in the village told him in his mind. He said in a low voice,
"It is because in this world, other than you, there are also Evil Gods who like to consume souls.
That is why this evil ritual is passed down. "
"The power to choose a living sacrifice may be a deterrence that makes people revere.
As long as you have the power to decide the life and death of your kind, you will have the power to enjoy the resources of your race. "
As Uchiha Tunan spoke, he slowly turned around.
This was the first time Shokaku had seen Uchiha Tunan's appearance, so he didn't show too much surprise.
After all, he was a man, and he wouldn't be as amorous as when he first saw Uchiha Tunan.
His impression of the gods was almost blank.
In a short period of time, the image of Uchiha Tunan was labeled as a god by Shokaku's subconscious.
In the future, perhaps he would always believe that the god was like this, but it was a little whiter and more beautiful than ordinary people.
It was unknown if Shokaku understood what Uchiha Tunan had just said, but he muttered with a puzzled expression,
"But why must it be Koyu."
Uchiha Tunan smiled and slowly walked toward Shokaku.
He said slowly, "As long as the disaster doesn't come to people who have the ability to resist, we can slowly build a habit.
After a long time, it will become a custom, or even a golden rule.
At that time, the candidates for the living sacrifice will no longer be limited to the weak who will drag the group down.
It was possible that the clan group was too powerful and difficult to restrain."
As soon as he finished speaking, Uchiha Tunan had already left the boiling water and arrived in front of Shokaku. He looked down at Shokaku with a gentle expression and said,
"If you go back and beg your father now, maybe you can still make it."
Shokaku felt an inexplicable pressure when he came into contact with the god in his heart at such a close distance, and it was forcibly stuck in his heart.
Even his breathing became somewhat uneven, and his thoughts were unprecedentedly chaotic.
After a good while, Shokaku gasped for breath a few times. It seemed that his head had opened up, and he understood what Uchiha Tunan had said before. He kowtowed to Uchiha Tunan and said,
"Father will not listen to me...
I beg you, only you can save Koyu now.
No matter how ambitious father is, he would not dare to disobey your will. "
"I am very interested in being a god, and I have been working hard for it."
Uchiha Tunan shook his head and said. Then, he took out a Buddha statue from his ninja backpack and placed it in front of Shokaku.
This Buddha statue was something that Uchiha Tunan had sincerely exchanged for before crossing time and space.
However, this was just a useless little thing. It was not bad to give it to the first believer who saw him.
Uchiha Tunan pointed at the Buddha statue and said,
"A qualified god should not speak, just like him."
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