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"It was Sister Mudan who told me about destiny. She also said that I was blessed, but I think I was unlucky."

Yingying once muttered like this. If she was really lucky, her family would not have been killed by foreign monsters and she would be the only one left.

In short, according to Baihu's narration, the world view is similar to that of Liao Zhai, with many different cultivation systems. Most people can do things like turning the rivers and seas upside down even if they are physically weak and their lifespans have not increased.

Of course, there are also some geniuses who are well-rounded. For example, Chunyang Zhenren has a demon-like physical fitness and is proficient in various methods.

While talking with the temple priest, Lu Yan heard something about the side quest from his slurred mouth and asked:

"Are you saying there's a big river not far away, and there's a river god in the river who's still performing human sacrifices?"

"right,"

The temple keeper grinned, revealing his yellow teeth as he took a puff of his pipe and sipped his wine. "I reckon the original river god was swallowed up long ago, and now some bastard fish has taken his place."

Da Kun strictly prohibits living people from offering sacrifices. Anyone who dares to do such a thing is an unrepentant wild god and will be punished. However, it sounds like the authorities are not taking any action.

"The higher-ups don't care? The nearest city is..."

'Taihu City.'

"Taihu City, right?"

Hearing Yingying's whispered reminder, Lu Yan frowned to express his anger. The temple keeper took out the chicken neck and took a few bites, then shook his head and said:

"You young man still hasn't seen the world. Someone must have already reported it to the authorities. The reason they haven't taken action is probably because the higher-ups aren't killing him because they're waiting to kill the monster and get the treasure."

In this world, humans are the leaders of all spirits, but monsters, as "practitioners" among animals, are also full of treasures. Officials will really do this for a stronger monster.

Da Kun was in the heyday of the dynasty, but there were no fewer corrupt and evil people in the prosperous era than in the late years of the dynasty. They were just covered up by the gorgeous curtain.

"I see. Never mind. There's nothing I can do anyway. Thanks for the reminder, old man. I'll stay hidden over there."

Lu Yan did not say that he was going to slay demons and monsters. He planned to go over secretly to see, and if there was really a problem, he would quietly kill the fish with a sword. It was just a wild god that affected the village, not a real river god.

380

Chapter 380 A world tending towards order.

The people in the village, which has not suffered from natural disasters or man-made disasters, are simple and honest. Lu Yan, who stayed overnight in the temple, did not encounter any excessive things. He also checked by summoning Daisy, and found that the whole village was very peaceful.

At daybreak, Lu Yan returned the bedding, said goodbye to the temple keeper and continued on his way. After completely leaving the temple god's sphere of influence, he patted his chest lightly to make his clothes and face change.

There is indeed a minor god in the land temple, but he is very weak, with energy fluctuations at the silver level, and his body is extremely fragile. He even thought that Lu Yan was just an ordinary scholar.

Dressed like a scholar, he turned into a burly man in a straw raincoat. He stroked his beard, threw Yingying back into the backpack and continued to move forward. After walking for two or three hours, he came to the river which was about two hundred meters wide.

"Lilia, make me a raft."

After asking Lilia to make a raft for him, Lu Yan boarded the raft with a bamboo pole he picked up and paddled upstream of the river, his sight looking very far away.

When we arrived at Hebian Village, another grand sacrifice was being held there. This was the fifth year since the river god needed a bloody sacrifice again.

"Honor the River God!"

The village chief, the person in charge of the fishing gang stationed here, and the big landlord stood on the altar and knelt down to pay their respects. A huge crossbeam extended from the tall altar, and a pig cage was tied to the bottom of the crossbeam with thick ropes.

There was not a pig locked in the pig cage, but a pair of unconscious boys and girls. The villagers behind knelt down and prayed. It took more than 30 minutes for the morning prayer to be over.

The three men wiped the sweat from their foreheads, dropped a pig, a cow, and a sheep from the air, and then signaled everyone to disperse and come back in the afternoon.

The sacrifice takes a whole day, with pigs, cattle and sheep sacrificed in the morning, chickens, ducks and dogs in the afternoon, and only in the evening is it time to sacrifice people.

At noon, Lu Yan, dressed as a boatman, came to the fishing village and squinted his eyes at the villagers coming and going.

Compared to the normal villages that were not plagued by demons, the people in Hebian Village seemed a little... weird.

Up to now, most of the villagers Lu Yan had seen were thin and strong, and he had never seen a fat ordinary villager.

But the villagers in the fishing village here were all well-off. He smelled the aroma of various animal meats and thought they ate very well. He immediately thought of "collusion between humans and demons", humans offering blood sacrifices to demons and demons giving humans fish catches.

"Are families who have contributed their young boys and girls just going to swallow their anger?"

"It doesn't have to be the children of the villagers."

Yingying, who was hiding in the fish basket, poked his head out and said, "Why not just buy it from the kidnapper?"

"Oh, that's right."

Lu Yan nodded. Maybe at the beginning his own children would have to go up to help. But once he had money, he could buy anything he wanted without the villagers having to pay for anything. The conflicts in the village would also be greatly reduced.

It's just people who have nothing to do with you who are going to die. Maybe some people will still have pity on them, but when faced with wild gods and larger groups that they cannot defeat, the little pity in their hearts will be suppressed by factors such as their family and desire to survive.

It's human nature, but it's a pity. The loach below looks good, and Lu Yan plans to take it and roast it for food.

Looking down at the loach gnawing on cattle, sheep and pigs, Lu Yan could feel the energy in it. Its strength was only at the silver level, not even reaching the gold level.

The meat of a monster of this strength should be very delicious. This is his first time tasting silver-level beast meat.

Pretending to grope for the fish basket, Lu Yan pulled out a fishing rod from it, tied the raft at the anchorage, jumped onto the shallows, walked to the cliff near the platform, and threw the fishing rod out with force.

Sitting upright on the edge of the cliff, he looked very leisurely. The villagers around him turned a blind eye to him and subconsciously ignored Lu Yan who was restraining his breath. However, some smart children noticed him.

Children no more than eight years old were on another protruding cliff, staring at the two children sleeping in the pig cage, whispering something, and were surprised when they saw Lu Yan.

They looked around and found that no adults noticed him, so they approached with curiosity and caution. Farmers' children matured early and already had basic cognition, so they were wary of strangers.

"Hey, who are you? Why are you here? It's like the adults can't see you."

"Just an old fisherman, fishing."

Without even turning his head, Lu Yan squinted at everyone and said, "You guys are planning to rescue those two people. Aren't you afraid that the river god will be angry and destroy the village?"

Several newborn calves seemed to have developed feelings for the sacrificed boys and girls and wanted to rescue them.

If it weren't for him, they would either be eaten by the fish along with the sacrificed children, or if they were successfully rescued, the monster would be enraged and destroy the entire village.

In short, it will not be a good thing. The biggest problem is that they have no power.

"I think the river god is fake. He has never appeared once."

"Where's the fish?"

Lu Yan raised his eyebrows and asked the oldest child, "Since the sacrifice started, there have been a lot more fish, right? I see many people in your village have gained weight."

"Tsk, that's entirely because of Da Kun's favorable weather and harvests, and has nothing to do with the Wild God."

The child king wiped his nose. Lu Yan widened his eyes slightly, noticing a little energy emerging from his body. He raised his hand and asked with a smile, "I guess you are the child of a poor scholar."

"how do you know."

The child king was very surprised. His family was a family of scholars that had fallen on hard times. There were books at home, his parents were literate, and they had high hopes for him to pass the imperial examinations.

He was also born smart and liked to read. He would help his parents with work after finishing his studies. After helping his parents, he would take his friends to run around the village.

"Righteousness."

Lu Yan didn't expect that his first contact with the scholar's cultivation system would be with a child.

According to Yingying, this system is also a bit idealistic. Scholars need to have the heart to do good things for the world in order to become stronger and stronger.

The higher the official position, the wider the good reputation, the more good deeds you do, and the faster you will progress. If one day you question your own behavior or take the wrong path, you will stagnate, but the power you originally gained will not be lost.

Based on the Confucian system, Lu Yan guessed that this world was like some magical worlds. The world would make some judgments on the tendencies of the camps, and the world itself was more inclined to the orderly and good camp.

For those who are also walking on the path of order and kindness, "Heaven's Way" will give a beneficial effect to their practice. If one day the blessed person goes astray, the blessing will be withdrawn, but nothing will be taken away.

It is a pity that the "Way of Heaven" in this world is just some kind of general consciousness, and it will not personally send down thunder and lightning to punish the wicked. Thunder and lightning are probably something that is done by immortals and gods.

Guessing the nature of the world, Lu Yan seemed to have some sense and turned his attention to the skill [World Illusion].

If nothing unexpected happens, his sudden thoughts should also be the message conveyed to him by the world. In this way, the effect of the world's illusion seems to be quite good.

381

Chapter 381: Catching big fish.

"No, you almost led me astray. Did you come here just to fish?"

Seeing that Lu Yan was slow to speak, the young man shook his head and continued to ask, with a hint of expectation in his eyes, hoping that it would be like what he had read in the storybook, and that the old man in the straw raincoat in front of him was actually a hermit.

"Yes, it's for fishing, for the biggest fish in the river."

He frankly admitted to the children that he was going to catch the biggest fish. When they heard that he wanted to catch the biggest fish, the scholar seemed to understand. One of the teenagers leaned over and questioned him: "But there was no bait on the hook you just cast."

"What do kids know? This is called a willing bait. If it doesn't take the bait, I have other options."

Lu Yan stretched out his index finger, and the tip of his finger cracked quietly and a drop of blood flowed out. The drop of blood floated in the air and immediately fell downwards. When it fell into the water, it did not disperse quickly, but hung above the fish hook.

With his current physical condition, just one drop of blood would be a great medicine, a precious medicine. I believe that the river god in this river will definitely not be able to resist his own desires and will eventually take the bait.

The educated child king was a little uncertain. After thinking it over, he asked, "Well, can you really catch the biggest fish in the river with this kind of hook?"

"of course can."

Lu Yan glanced at the fishhook in his hand. It was crudely made from a branch and a ball of string. If the fish was a little bigger, it would be able to break the entire branch.

However, he attached energy to the branches and silk threads. On the surface, he was using a simple fishing rod, but in fact he was fishing with an energy fishing rod.

Under the influence of energy, blood beads gathered at the fishhook. Lu Yan deliberately manipulated it to break a hole, and the extremely thick blood energy spread outward, so that almost the entire river could smell it.

At the bottom of the riverbed, a fat catfish over five meters long swung its body to stir the mud, and opened its mouth to eat three animals. The most important thing was not to eat the meat. With its size, the three animals could only fill the gaps between its teeth.

What it cares about most is the power of the incense wrapped around the offerings, as only these incenses can allow it to reach a higher level.

The fat catfish habitually opened its mouth to scoop up the mud and spat it out. It turned its head to stare at the two human sacrifices above the water. It noticed the power of incense wrapped around their bodies and couldn't help but salivate.

'Just wait a little longer, you'll be able to eat it soon.'

The fat catfish was thinking in his mind that he was going to attract the surrounding fish to have a big meal, but the strong smell of blood in the water made him open his vertical pupils like a reptile. He suddenly turned around and swam madly towards the source of the smell!

It smells so good! It smells so good!

It had never smelled anything so fragrant. Even the drop of dragon blood that helped it become a demon was not as fragrant.

The fat catfish could conclude that as long as he ate that drop of blood, it would be enough to offset the incense and offerings of an entire village, as well as his own years of hard practice.

The wild god, whose animal nature was aroused, did not consider the possibility of a trap and completely lost the energy to think. Lu Yan saw the fat catfish swimming towards him quickly, and strange things began to appear on the water surface.

The waves grew bigger, and the small boat anchored on the shore shook violently. The fish in the river swarmed around, trying to get close to the blood but were startled by the fat catfish's ability and fled in all directions.

The sky is covered with dark clouds, and water elements are gathering from all directions, indicating that it is going to rain.

"Haha, the fish are coming."

Lu Yan laughed and said to the children without turning around, "Stand back. Don't blame me if you get swept away by the waves."

"Let's go back."

The child king saw that he was not a simple person. He looked at the two children on the cliff and decided to trust that the fisherman in front of him would not stand by and watch them die. He quickly retreated to save his own life.

With the arrival of dark clouds, the fishermen on the river bank were a little surprised by the sudden rainstorm. The three main priests who had gone to rest rushed back without stopping and were very surprised by the change in the weather.

"Damn it, that thing in the river is causing trouble again."

A man in fisherman's clothes frowned and stared at the river among the chaotic crowd. He didn't know what was wrong with the fat catfish that he could call the wind and rain on the day of sacrifice.

"It's the Lord River God who has appeared. Quick, everyone, kneel down and pray!"

The village chief, the landlord, and the young captain of the fishing gang asked everyone to kneel down and pray. The three people standing in the front had already thought about throwing the chickens, ducks, and dogs over quickly, and then letting the boys and girls go.

The rain poured down, and the once calm river began to churn. Just as everyone was panicking and nervous, a loud laugh drowned out the sound of rain and waves:

"Hahahaha!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the laughter, and saw a fisherman appear at the edge of the cliff, holding a broken fishing rod in his hand, completely unconcerned about the heavy rain and the people offering sacrifices behind him.

The three priests and some people hiding among the villagers became nervous and realized that something was wrong. Many of them grabbed their weapons, circulated their qi and blood, and planned to go to the fisherman.

"hold head high!!"

Before they could make any move, a deafening roar sounded from below the river. Suddenly, the earth shook and the waves surged. The fisherman sat firmly on the edge of the cliff, and the sound spread far away:

"Although I don't know who raised it, it looks like I'm in for a treat today."

Lu Yan, pretending to be mysterious, gently pulled the fishing rod. Under the water, the catfish had already bitten the hook. As soon as it bit, it realized something was wrong. The energy on it exploded and turned into a big net that tied it up tightly.

It also let out a roar like a dragon, but no matter how it struggled, it could not break free from the restraints. The energy in its body was released continuously, but it could not have any effect on the silk thread.

A huge force pulled it out of the water, and the fat catfish was thrown into the air. Everyone saw this scene.

"Thank you for the catfish you raised. I'll take it. I'll take the two children too. You'll have to wait and see!"

Opening his left hand, Lu Yan broke the pig cage and used simple energy to materialize the two children and held them in his arms. With his right hand, he smashed the fishing rod and swung his hand at the fat catfish.