The metaphysical mother returns, and the villain son stands at attention

Chapter 74 The Hidden Village

Maomao led them deeper into the cave, skipping and jumping along the way, looking visibly happy.

After walking for nearly twenty minutes, Gu Qingyin became a little anxious. Just as she was about to ask, Maomao in front of her suddenly barked excitedly twice.

Gu Qingyin's heart moved, and she took two quick steps, and the view ahead suddenly became clear.

Gu Qingyin was very surprised. Who would have thought that there was a village hidden on this small island.

Maomao turned around and called out to them twice, then turned around and ran out, his speed was even faster than before.

Huo Xinghai was startled, "It won't run away, will it?"

"No." Gu Qingyin was very interested in this village. "Go in and take a look."

The houses in the village are all stilted wooden houses. They must be very old and some of them are half collapsed.

Gu Qingyin found a house that looked relatively intact and walked in.

The furnishings in the room were very simple, with a bed, a low table, and four wooden stools. There was a plate on the table, and the plate was dark, so it was hard to tell what was on it. There was no quilt on the bed, but there was a straw mat and a crooked wooden pillow.

There was a sickle in the corner of the room, a bow and arrow hung on the wall next to it, and a rattan basket with a hole in it hung on the beam...

After Gu Qingyin looked around, a feeling arose.

The owner of the house didn't know that he would never come back after he went out this time. He just went out for a temporary trip and he might want to finish eating the food on the table when he comes back.

"What on earth happened..." Gu Qingyin muttered to herself.

Looking at the pile of corpses outside, you can tell that the villagers left the village because of the same thing, and none of them came back.

"Mom, what did you find?" Huo Xinghai stood at the door and peeked in.

Gu Qingyin came out, shook her head and asked, "Is Maomao back?"

This place was too dirty. Huo Xinghai was filled with disgust, as if he was afraid of touching something.

"I don't know where it went. This place is so run-down. What is there to take from it?"

Gu Qingyin continued to walk towards the village. Huo Xinghai instinctively didn't want to go in, but he also didn't want to stay here with two puppets. After hesitating for a while, he reluctantly followed his mother.

Gu Qingyin found a very strange building in the village. It looked a bit like a yurt from the outside, but it was made of wood.

A circular wall with a conical roof on top and a piece of wood standing on top with a white cloth tied in front.

The wooden door on it had fallen off, and looking inside from the outside, it was pitch black, as if some ghosts were hiding there.

"Mom, mom." Huo Xinghai tugged at Gu Qingyin's clothes, "You don't want to go in, do you?"

Gu Qingyin stared at the inside of the yurt and tried to comfort him halfheartedly, "Be good. If you're afraid, just wait for your mother at the door. I'll go in and take a look and come out soon." After saying that, she walked away without waiting for Huo Xinghai's response.

Huo Xinghai could only watch his mother moving further and further away from him, until she finally disappeared at the entrance of the yurt.

He blinked, feeling a little strange. Would a normal person suddenly become blind after walking in?

Huo Xinghai suddenly became nervous. Could this entrance be a space-time entrance to another dimension? Could he still come back?
He took out his cell phone to check the time, and secretly made a very brave decision - if Gu Qingyin didn't come out for more than five minutes, he would go in to find her!

Focus on one person, if you want to disappear, disappear together, don't think of leaving him alone.

As soon as Gu Qingyin stepped through the door, she realized something was wrong. It was like she was traveling through a time tunnel.

But it was too late to retreat now. She could only follow the force and move forward, unless her body was torn in half, one half on this side of time and space, and the other half on the other side. Things were not so bad that she had to chop herself apart. Gu Qingyin chose to stay put for the time being and see where her destination was.

As the power of time and space slowly dissipated, Gu Qingyin's eyes also brightened up. It was a dim light that flickered as if it would dim at any time.

Gu Qingyin looked up and saw a wall of stone murals. The light she just felt came from the torches next to the murals.

Gu Qingyin paused and looked around.

This was a very empty area, with an altar-like object in the center, with a brazier and a bronze cross on top. She walked closer and saw a large area of dark red on the edge of the bronze altar.

If I'm not mistaken, this should be what the yurt looked like before it was abandoned. It was the place for sacrificial ceremonies in the village.

No one knew how many people had died on the altar, and the evil spirit was very strong. Gu Qingyin casually threw a talisman over it.

But miraculously, as soon as the talisman fell on the altar, it suddenly became transparent and then slowly disappeared.

Gu Qingyin raised her eyebrows in understanding. Since she came from another time and space, she could not influence the things here unless she wanted to stay forever.

But obviously, she didn't want to.

Shrugging, Gu Qingyin turned around and went back to the mural. She was just curious about the fate of this village.

The murals were very simple, but the meaning they expressed was very clear. Gu Qingyin looked at them one by one.

There is no specific time. At the beginning, a group of people traveled through mountains and rivers, found a piece of land, and then settled there, becoming the first residents here.

This piece of land is the island where Gu Qingyin and her friends recorded the show.

The villagers have been holding sacrificial activities, and the god they worshipped happened to be Zhulong.

Occasionally, Zhulong would answer their prayers and then take away their tributes.

But suddenly one day, Zhulong disappeared. No matter how many offerings the villagers prepared or how sincerely they prayed, Zhulong never appeared again.

The villagers didn't understand. They discussed it for a long time and came to the conclusion that maybe the tribute was wrong.

Afterwards, the villagers began to sacrifice living people and pray for Zhulong's response.

The result was unexpectedly good. The first time a human was used as a sacrifice, Zhulong appeared.

The candle dragon swept away the sacrifice and then helped the villagers realize their wishes.

At this point, the villagers became more and more certain that Lord Zhulong liked to eat people.

Although it is evil, the villagers think it is worth it as long as sacrificing one person can make the whole village live a good life.

But they never expected that that was the last time Zhulong appeared. No matter how many men and women were sacrificed after that, Zhulong never responded.

The villagers fell into panic, and then reflected again on what step they had taken to anger Zhulong. Finally, they came to the conclusion that the sacrifice was too old and not tasty.

Then, the villagers, led by the village chief, broke into a house that day and took away their baby who was less than a week old.

The child was born with a disability. He couldn't speak, had thick body hair, and was thin and small. At first glance, he looked like a little monkey.

Gu Qingyin stared at the furry child on the mural for a long time, thinking that it couldn't be such a coincidence, but her intuition told her that it was such a coincidence.

This furry kid is Maomao when he was a child.

(End of this chapter)