In ancient times, they secretly became gods in the deep mountains.

Chapter 90 Help! Monster!
"I'm coming!"

Zhang Gousheng ran down the mountain, panting, and arrived at Zhang Youhe's side from the other end.

Zhang Youhe was anxious: "What did Her Majesty say?"

After catching his breath, Gou Sheng danced with joy, saying, "The Empress said she would bless us! Yes, she would give us food!"

"Really?" The crowd exclaimed in disbelief.

Having achieved their goal, Zhang Youhe and the others clasped their hands together and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"When will Your Majesty bestow the food?"

The people scrambling to drink the sacrificial wine were unaware of the villagers' difficulties, but now that the difficulties were resolved, the villagers were relieved.

Zhang Youhe shoved, "Gousheng, hurry up, you all go and drink a cup of sacrificial wine. The magistrate said this wine won't make you drunk. It's made from grapes from the town mayor of Xin'an. Adults and children can drink it."

"I've heard that drinking the sacrificial wine can prevent all diseases and prolong life!"

Zhang Gousheng said excitedly, "Okay, I'll go right now."

The wine jar, as tall as a person, was quickly emptied.

While Zhang Gousheng was talking to Zhang Youhe, the others behind him saw a lively scene ahead. After inquiring, they learned that the people were drinking sacrificial wine to the gods, and they cleverly ran over.

When Zhang Gousheng ran up to it, he found that the wine jar was empty.

He was struck dumb!
and many more!

Of the more than a thousand people present, he was the only one who didn't drink the sacrificial wine.
I've heard that the wine used in the sacrificial ceremony can ward off all diseases and prolong life. How come he's so unlucky?

"Waaah—" Zhang Gousheng said with a worried expression.

Gousheng's mother comforted him, "This... there's more to come. Gousheng, wait a moment. Someone just asked the magistrate, and he said that they will invite the wine market in Xin'an Town to brew more wine later."

"I'll grab a cup for you in advance. There are a lot of people today, and I only managed to grab my own. There might be fewer people later on, and many people didn't even get to the front. You're not the only one who didn't get to drink the sacrificial wine."

What else can I do?
Zhang Gousheng can only wait until next time.

Fortunately, the sacrificial ceremony will last for a month, so there will be another chance to drink the sacrificial wine later.

Zhang Gousheng, who had been dejected, suddenly became radiant again.

At noon, Gu Yuexi arrived at the Blessing Disc, her divine sense locking onto the direction of Peach Blossom Village, intending to deliver the food to the village.

During the sacrificial ceremony, the villagers hoped for the goddess's blessings.

The people were looking forward to the food from the villagers. After all, someone had eaten some that morning, and the news spread like wildfire. Everyone knew that the eight villages at the foot of Qihuang Mountain had received a divine gift, and that there was food they had never seen before.

He Jinzong and several other prominent figures also began to rest.

"bump!"

The crowd was noisy and Zhang Gousheng was dozing off when suddenly the scene changed dramatically. The crowd in front of him disappeared in an instant, and an endless expanse of grapevines appeared out of thin air. The grapevines were full of crystal-clear grapes, as dense as stars, and the air was filled with a refreshing and mouthwatering aroma.

Looking around, Zhang Gousheng saw that, including himself, there were only about ten people left.

Zhang Gousheng: "..."

He hurriedly shouted, "Mother! Eldest brother! Er Ya? Grandpa Village Chief...Grandpa Zhou..."

"What about people?"

"Oh my god! What happened? Where is my mother?"

"Where...where did the magistrate and the others go? And what's with all these grapevines up there?"

"Oh no! Am I hallucinating?"

"Waaaaah... Mother... Sister..."

"Where's my grandma? I was just trying to nurse her, and she even slapped me. How come she's gone in the blink of an eye?"

"Help! What the hell are we in?"

"Ahhh! No way! Were we captured by a monster? Or did a monster capture my mother and the others?"

Zhang Gousheng gazed at the endless rows of grapevines stretching before him. These must be grapes, right? He'd seen them in books; there was a fragrance in the air that could make one lose their senses. A bit… a bit like the fragrance of sacrificial wine.

He was already down because he didn't get to drink the sacrificial wine, and then Lai Shuipan deliberately walked around in front of him, his breath smelling like the grapes!

"Clap!"

He collapsed to the ground.

"No!" he cried, trembling, pointing to the endless grapevines ahead. "No...it wasn't us who were captured by monsters, nor were they captured by monsters. It was my mother and older brother who turned into grapes! Everyone except us turned into grapes!!!"

"If I'm not mistaken, they suddenly turned into grapes because they drank the sacrificial wine earlier. The wine! There must be something wrong with the wine!"

"what!"

The people present were shocked.

They shouted, "It must be made by a monster!"

"Help! Monster!"

Panic and fear arose from their hearts. Several people cried out for their parents, tears streaming down their faces. They looked around in fear and screamed in their sobs.

"There's a monster!"

"Don't rush, you've forgotten that we're here to offer sacrifices to the gods today. The goddess has even appeared! Quick, let's go and beg the goddess to save them!"

It's absolutely terrifying.

Everyone drank the wine and turned into grapes!
What earth-shattering, miraculous thing could have happened?!

"Your Majesty! Help me, Your Majesty!"

Gu Yuexi was about to throw the food in her hand into the blessing plate when she glanced to the side and saw that everyone else had disappeared from the water mirror.

She quickly went to the water mirror.

I saw a vineyard that wasn't there before.

"What happened? There were so many people just now, but now they're all gone, and there's only this one person left? And there's a strange patch of grapevines?"

[Host, the people who came down the mountain to watch the ceremony just now drank the sacrificial wine and all turned into grapes. Oh, and these few people didn't get any sacrificial wine, so there's something wrong with the wine.]

"Have people turned into grapes?"

Gu Yuexi asked in surprise, "Who did this?"

"I didn't detect any demonic aura in the crowd."

"Even if the wine was tampered with by a demon, it's impossible not to detect any demonic energy at all."

"So it wasn't a monster that did it?"

She transmitted her voice to Peach Blossom Village: "Don't worry, I already know, and I will save them."

The wailing and crying stopped.

"Has the goddess appeared to us?"

Someone confirmed, "She just told us not to worry, and said she would save the people who turned into grapes?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I heard Her Majesty speak."

"Your Majesty, please save us from this suffering! You must save my mother and my grandmother!"

"My sister is inside too."

"Waaah, my son is only five years old. What will he do without me? I should have known better than to give him the sacrificial wine."

Zhang Gousheng comforted everyone: "Don't worry, everyone. The goddess already knows and will definitely save our loved ones. That monster ruined the goddess's sacrificial ceremony, and the goddess will absolutely not let him get away with it!"

He sighed. Just now, people were scrambling to drink the sacrificial wine, but now those of them who didn't get any wine were unharmed, while the others had turned into grapes!
Gu Yuexi focused her gaze on the seemingly ordinary grapevines, and she finally sensed the human essence within the grapes that had solidified on the vines.

"I still can't detect any demonic energy. It seems that a cultivator has tampered with it. As a cultivator, why would they turn their own kind into grapes?"