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Chapter 54 054 [Sacrifice to the Gods]

This seemingly ordinary bamboo stick has a powerful control over the soul.

Chen Sheng just pulled lightly with his staff, and a soul that was stretched into a snot-like shape was pulled out of Zhao Cheng's body. With a golden hoop on its head, it was sucked into the staff without any resistance.

Roar roar~
Sensing the vitality of the living soul, dense ghost shadows immediately emerged from the emerald green nine-section bamboo staff and pounced towards them angrily.

Why? Why?
Why are you still alive and I am dead?
Why can you enjoy a wonderful life while I have to be trapped in a small bamboo stick and suffer torture for eternity?
The shrill cries of ghosts echoed back and forth in the dungeon.

Complaining about the injustice of heaven, hating the immorality of the earth, and hating people's enjoyment, with endless hatred for living people, the ghost soldiers devoured all of Zhao Cheng's vitality in just a moment, and transformed his soul, which was far more powerful than that of an ordinary person, into a ghost.

"what……"

Zhao Gou was almost scared crazy by what happened to his son. He got up frantically and wanted to run away.

However, he was hit hard on the top of his head by the nine-section staff, and the soul bound by the tight hoop was also pulled out and fell into the staff that was rising and falling.

After a while, a new member was successfully added to the ghost soldiers.

The ghosts were fighting and biting each other, and finally five hideous ghost heads stood out, among them were the distorted faces of Zhao's father and son.

They looked at Chen Sheng with hatred, wishing they could eat his flesh and bones alive, but with the sound of a bell, they could only helplessly put it into the staff and disappear.

"Finally, we have gathered five ghost soldiers at the peak of the Refining Essence Realm.

With them as leaders, and relying on the special ability of ghosts to be immune to most physical attacks, I will be able to fight against cultivators in the Qi Transformation Realm even if I encounter them in the future.

Aside from not being able to appear during the day and having a chance to devour their master, the Five Demonic Soldiers have no other drawbacks."

The bamboo stick in his hand was ice-cold, but Chen Sheng felt a strong sense of security in his heart.

After completing the ghost training, he then looked at the two bodies on the ground and suddenly pressed hard on their foreheads with the bottom of the bamboo stick.

After the bamboo stick was removed, two bloody circular marks were left on the forehead. Blood flowed out of the marks, forming an abstract "earth" character on the skin in the center of the circles.

Next, he leaned over and pasted a yellow talisman on the foreheads of the two corpses, and fed a golden elixir into each of their mouths. The corpses then began to transform on their own.

There was only a crackling sound.

The bodies of the two corpses rose rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, their muscles swelled, their skin turned light gold, and their whole bodies exuded a sense of stiffness and solidity.

[Yellow Turban Warrior]: A zombie-like Taoist soldier belonging to the earth element. He possesses characteristics of a Taoist soldier such as immense strength, a body as stiff as iron, unlimited stamina, and stupidity.

Depending on the physical strength of the deceased before his death, he will gain different degrees of physical enhancement after the transformation. He can also be used as a container for ghost soldiers to walk under the scorching sun, which is a supporting Taoist technique for the Five Demons Ghost Soldiers.

Chen Sheng estimated that the bone strength of the Yellow Turban Warrior transformed from a peak-level warrior in the Refining Essence Realm, after its corpse had stiffened, could even temporarily resist being cut by the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations Qi threads.

"With the power I have now, it seems I can plan ahead for Pingxiang County."

……

a few days later.

The cold wind was howling and light rain was falling.

On a cleared drying yard on the bank of the Fuyang River, more than 20,000 people gathered together. Even though they were shivering in the cold wind and rain, no one dared to leave.

Under the gaze of hundreds of strong soldiers outside the crowd, they were stretching their necks and looking up at a high earthen platform made of loess.

As one of the rare high grounds nearby, this five-meter-high earthen platform with a flattened top looks extremely eye-catching.

At this time, there were forty-nine boys and girls on the platform, ranging in age from two to three and as many as six to seven, wearing only bellybands and crying loudly due to the cold.

Unfortunately, their hands and feet were tied with hemp ropes and connected to each other, so they could not escape at all.

On the river not far from the drying yard, there were more than twenty rafts floating on the river that could fall apart at any time.

On one half of the raft were empty boxes made of rotten wood, which were said to contain gifts purchased at high prices for the river god. The other half of the raft was empty, obviously reserved for the boys and girls who were offering sacrifices to the river boy.

There is a small area on the shore enclosed by a fence, where more than a dozen cows, sheep, pigs and other animals are kept.

This is the place where the Fuyang River God is sacrificed alive.

It is three quarters past noon, the auspicious time is approaching.

A group of nobles who had been waiting for a long time in a tent beside the earthen platform finally stepped onto the platform, surrounded by their entourage, and looked around the entire drying yard.

Woohoo——

Suppressed, low sobs could be heard faintly from the crowd.

Upon hearing this inappropriate voice, the beautiful witch in gorgeous robes among the nobles immediately became unhappy.

“The reason for sacrificing young boys and girls this time is because Pingxiang County has been disrespecting the river god for many years.

Last year’s floods and epidemics are lessons for us.

Today we are sending these children to the divine domain of the River God. They will always be by the side of the God and serve him. This is a blessing that comes from the protection of their ancestors.

On such a good day worth celebrating, there are still people who are ignoring the overall situation and crying quietly. If the river god hears this, he will be angry."

Her words not only had no effect on the people's ears, but made the families of their children who were about to be drowned in the river cry even louder.

The cries of adults and children mixed together, making people feel upset.

Today is a major event of offering sacrifices to the gods. Except for the Zhao family, the patriarchs of the other three families of the four major powers in Pingxiang County are all present.

Looking at the people below the platform who were gradually becoming chaotic, the head of the Huang family said immediately.

"The villagers are ignorant and fear power, not virtue. Why should a wizard preach to them? If you just discipline them, they will behave themselves."

Then, at a command, the soldiers walked into the crowd to look for the crying person.

After a round of punches and kicks, the entire drying yard soon fell into silence.

Seeing this scene, the county magistrate, the only nobleman wearing an official robe, couldn't help but sigh.

“Speaking of which, Pingxiang County has been plagued by natural disasters for years, and as the county magistrate, I am also responsible.

He had been working in Pingxiang for several years, but he neglected the river god, which led to the disaster.

But it is never too late to mend the situation. The most important thing now is to appease the anger of the river god.

It’s a pity that these people who spend all day digging for food in the loess cannot understand our good intentions.

Let the people suffer a little longer, and we, the decision-makers, will bear the blame."

As the meat eaters of Pingxiang County, it is naturally impossible for everyone to undermine the county magistrate.

For a time, there was constant compliments on the platform, all praising the county magistrate for his concern for the country and his noble character.

After a while, one of the witch's disciples came up and whispered that the auspicious time had arrived.

The witch looked at the county magistrate, and after getting the approval of the county chief, she stepped out of the crowd and spoke loudly facing the Fuyang River.

"In the year of Bingchen, the first month of spring, on the banks of the Fuyang River, the people are terrified. Here, with a sacrifice, I declare before the River God:

I humbly believe that the gods reside in the water palace and have power to suppress the floods. In the past, King Yu dredged the nine rivers and the nine rivers were connected. Now the muddy waves are surging and the people are suffering from the disaster.

Isn't it the sin of the common people that angers the gods above?"

(End of this chapter)