Marine Village.
This was a coastal village that could be seen everywhere in Minhai County. Every family made a living by fishing, and fishing nets were often hung at the door to dry.
At night.
Amidst the howling wind, a little girl stumbled out of the village and hid in a crevice on the coast.
Soon, the village was in an uproar.
Groups of fishermen with torches in their hands began to search around crazily.
"The sea is the home of everything!"
"The great Father of the Sea needs sacrifices!"
"Offer sacrifices, and Father of the Sea will give us fish, gold..."
...
Yingzi's eyes were filled with tears of fear, and she desperately covered her mouth.
She did not know why everything had turned out like this.
She had a very harmonious family, with healthy parents and a brother who loved her very much.
But the last time she went out to sea, her brother never came back.
Since then, everything seemed to have changed.
First, her father kept sighing, saying that the imperial court's taxes were getting heavier and heavier.
Then, on a sunny day, her father and a few uncles decided to take a risk and go out to sea to catch some precious marine products — Old Master Liu said that those could be used to offset the taxes.
Then, it was another long period of waiting.
On a stormy night, only Second Uncle came back. He said that everyone on the boat had encountered a shipwreck, and he was the only one who survived.
For the fishermen, the moment they went out to sea was like putting their lives on the line. Other than the crying of a few families, they calmly accepted this reality.
But...
From that day onwards, the fishing village became very strange.
First, Second Uncle kept persuading some people, and then everyone became very fanatical...
It was a very... strange state.
Recently, this fanaticism reached its peak, and they even began to form their own church and held some suspicious sacrificial activities at night.
The unbelievers and women in the village... disappeared one by one.
Finally, Second Uncle's gaze fell on her...
Memories flashed past, and tears blurred Yingzi's face.
...
On the beach, a bonfire had been lit.
"Father of the Sea is merciful, and he is our home!"
A middle-aged man dressed in fisherman's clothes announced loudly with a fanatical face, "He will give back as much as you sacrifice to him..."
"Bring the substitute sacrifice!"
Along with the voice, a struggling little girl was sent to the middle-aged man.
"One Qi Mixed Yuan, before the Heavens!"
The man kept chanting a strange incantation, "Descend into the sea, that is Xuan Ke! The boundless ocean is the root of the world! "
"One Qi Mixed Yuan, before the Heavens!"
The surrounding believers chanted the same thing. Their voices were vague and layered … Mixed with the sound of the waves, it became more and more eerie.
Hualala!
The sea rippled at night, as if a shadow was hiding at the bottom of the sea.
"Deliver the offerings!"
The middle-aged man announced loudly. Immediately, some fishermen moved their boats to the shore.
This kind of ship was specially made to sink the sea. It was guaranteed that it would fall apart after sailing for a period of time, causing the people on it to be buried in the sea.
"O great Father of the Ocean, please accept our tribute."
The middle-aged man had a fanatical expression as he carried the little girl onto the boat and was about to push her into the sea.
"I really can't stand it anymore …"
Right at this moment, a tender reprimand suddenly sounded from the side.
A red-robed female cultivator appeared with a murderous look in her phoenix-like eyes. "You foolish villagers actually believe in the Evil God and even offer a living person as a sacrifice … Have you forgotten that she's also your kin?"
"Outsider?"
The middle-aged man sniffed the sea breeze, and a strange expression appeared on his face. "I also smell the smell of the sea on you … Why do you want to stop us?"
"I, Cen Hongyue, am not the same kind of person as you!"
Cen Hongyue said seriously, "I'm just using the magic, but I won't be controlled by those behind-the-scenes existences and lose my mind …"
This female cultivator was Cen Hongyue, whom Chung Shen-soo had casually enlightened in the Full Moon Market.
However, the current her cultivation was not to be underestimated. She had faintly touched the threshold of a grand cultivator. Even in the cultivation world, she was not considered weak.
It was even to the extent that she'd single-handedly annihilated the Five Paths Sect, earning herself the nickname of Ruthless Celestial Fairy in the cultivation world.
She cultivated the Stormy Waves Secret Hibernating Sword and the Doumu Origin Scripture, so she had always been cultivating by the sea. Today, she suddenly came to this village on a whim, but she did not expect to see this.
"No … You should understand how great the Father of the Ocean is!" The middle-aged man's voice became more and more indistinct. Scales began to grow on his body, and even his head became deformed and distorted. "You … have a kind of motherly beauty. I believe the Father of the Ocean will like you even more!"
Before he finished speaking, the merman monster that he had transformed into had already pounced forward.
"Reckless!"
Cen Hongyue snorted coldly. She opened her small cherry mouth, and a black line flew out, sweeping past the monster's head.
Bang!
The huge monster ran a few steps forward before its huge head fell, flowing with stinky blood.
"Ah!"
A female believer screamed, tearing through the stagnant air.
Some of the fishermen seemed to have woken up from a dream, screaming and fleeing.
The other group of fishermen roared and began to transform into shorter merman monsters.
"Stormy Waves Secret Hibernating Sword, go!"
Cen Hongyue made a sword sign with her hand, and a flying sword broke off prematurely, killing in and out of the monsters.
When she put away her sword and stood up, there were no more monsters standing around.
Speaking of which, these monsters were unlucky.
Originally, they were just ordinary people with shallow spirituality. Later, they went to the deep sea and received the call of a murderous-level demon.
But this was merely a little bit of aura pollution. Their mutated bodies might be strong enough, and it was unbeatable for ordinary people, but for cultivators, it was nothing at all.
Moreover, some of their natural abilities, such as using their ravings to interfere with ordinary people's thoughts … Cen Hongyue was not afraid of this.
"Little girl, don't be afraid. It's all right now."
Cen Hongyue saved the little girl who was used as a sacrifice. Suddenly, she looked at the cliff beside the beach.
There seemed to be a little girl hiding there. She was smart, and she had already moved closer to her.
At this moment, she could not help but raise her head and look at the bright moon in the night sky.
Tonight's moon seemed to have changed a little. Something was very wrong before, which made her come to this village on a whim.
And this time, when she saw the moon, Cen Hongyue was a little dazed.
She seemed … to see that eye again.
"I cultivated the Stormy Waves Secret Hibernating Sword, but I did not receive too strong a call or pollution … Clearly, it's because of the Doumu Origin Scripture … Doumu, Doumu … Could it be related to the stars?"
Cen Hongyue had a very bad feeling. Although she had stepped out of the trap of the Stormy Waves Secret Hibernating Sword, she seemed to have fallen into an even bigger trap.
But at this moment, she had no choice.
She looked at the two little girls and asked softly, "Are you … willing to be my disciples?"
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