I’ll Quit Being a God

"Village...Village Chief..."

The villagers looked nervously at the elderly people in the team, trying to get some enlightenment.

The person in the village who has the most contact with the mountain god is the old man in front of him. Now that such a strange and unpredictable thing happened, everyone subconsciously looked at the old man.

But at this moment, another huge thunderbolt struck down in the sky, and it was even bigger than the previous one, like a huge beam of light hitting the mountains.

Rumble——

The deafening explosion almost stunned the villagers, and they even felt that the earth was shaking from the thunder and lightning. This terrifying scene, like a landslide and a cracking earth, frightened the villagers so much that they all collapsed on the ground and trembled.

Even the villagers who grew up in the mountains have never witnessed lightning striking the mountains so close - and this is not ordinary thunder and lightning at all! How could there be such a big lightning!

The expressions of the villagers were extremely horrified, and the old village chief in front of the team tightly grasped the crutch in his hand.

Everyone stood on the mountain road in panic, fearing that thunder and lightning would fall on their heads in the next second, or that something else terrible would happen. But after they waited for a while, the mountain returned to calm. Not only did there not be a third lightning strike, but even the strong wind in the mountain forest seemed to have become smaller.

The old village chief paused the crutch in his hand vigorously and said in a hoarse voice, "Let's go! Send the virgin to the mountain temple quickly! There can be no further delay. I have never seen the mountain god so angry! If you go late, Something big is really going to happen!"

The old village chief's words shocked all the young men.

In the village, the old man's words are authoritative and no one dares to question them. The old village chief said this, which means that the matter has really reached a serious stage.

No one dared to be lazy and rest anymore, and the villagers immediately started running quickly on the mountain road. Even though the mountain road was dark and rugged, even though everyone's legs were a little weak after witnessing the terrifying thunder and lightning just now, no one dared to slow down at this time.

They took turns carrying the old village chief and the girl in the red wedding dress, and ran with difficulty on the rugged mountain road.

Finally, when everyone was panting and almost exhausted, they finally saw the mountain temple standing in the jungle.

That mountain temple that makes all the villagers in the entire aquatic village awe and fear...

Chapter 7 Grievance

At this time, the mountain forest had become quiet. As the villagers gradually approached the mountain temple deep in the mountains, the roaring and flashing thunder and lightning in the night sky completely disappeared, no longer like the silver snakes dancing wildly, lightning and thunder like before.

Even the howling wind in the mountain stopped at this time, and the entire Hanyu Mountain became eerily quiet.

The villagers walking in the mountains and forests all looked scared and nervous. The abnormal weather scares everyone.

Especially not long ago, they witnessed the terrifying scene of thunder striking the mountain with their own eyes. The scene was like the end of the world, which fermented the fear in the hearts of the villagers to an almost fatal level.

So when they saw the mountain temple, all the villagers stopped breathing subconsciously and no longer dared to go forward, for fear that something terrible would happen. It wasn't until the old village chief's angry urging that the frightened villagers gritted their teeth and walked towards the mountain temple with trembling steps.

This mountain temple was built more than 80 years ago. According to old people, it was originally funded by a wealthy businessman in the city. But after the mountain temple was built, the mountain god appeared in the mountain, and Shuisheng Village had to offer incense to the mountain god in exchange for blessings.

In the next eighty years, Shuisheng Village almost never suffered from famine, and even the wild beasts in the mountains no longer came down the mountain. Even during the thirty-nine days of the twelfth lunar month in the middle of winter, the hungry wild beasts in the mountains would not come down to eat people. The village lived a relatively peaceful life under the protection of the mountain god.

But everyone knows that the mountain god in Hanyu Mountain is not gentle, but cruel and cruel. If you dare to disobey it, you will definitely bring about huge disasters.

Elderly people spread horror stories about angry mountain gods, tearing people alive, and even causing fields to wither and crops to fail. They warned everyone that they must respect the mountain gods and never bring disaster to the village.

But now, they seem to have angered the mountain god.

The virgin who was supposed to be sacrificed fled back to the village privately. This is a terrible disaster that makes people's scalp numb even if they think about it!

But the villagers didn't even dare to run away. They could only force themselves and walk towards the mountain temple with trembling legs, praying in their hearts that the mountain god would be open to them and let them live.

In such panic, the villagers finally came to the gate of the mountain temple.

In the dark mountain forest, the mountain temple illuminated by the light of torches looks slightly eerie. The small rattan sedan that was left in the temple during the day was still there. Ropes cut by sharp weapons were scattered around the temple.

Seeing the cut rope, the villagers became even more convinced that the girl escaped on her own. They glared at the girl fiercely, but no one dared to make a loud noise in front of the statue of the mountain god.

After tying the girl to the rattan sedan again, the villagers carefully stepped back and planned to go outside to guard her. This time no one dares to leave without authorization. They must stay here until the mountain god takes away the virgin.

But when the villagers retreated to the entrance of the mountain temple, the clay statue on the altar suddenly moved. Then, a low, terrifying sound with faint echoes sounded in everyone's ears.

"What...are you arguing about?"

This gloomy whisper was not loud, but it was like thunder exploding in the villagers' ears, and everyone was so frightened that they collapsed on the ground.

The only one who could still remain calm was the old village chief. He was horrified to see that the clay statue on the altar came to life and was looking at them with cold eyes.

The old village chief was so excited that he immediately fell to his knees and kowtowed desperately.

"Please, Lord Mountain God, have mercy! Please Lord Mountain God, please have mercy!"

The village chief's pleading and shouting woke up the frightened young men around him. Other villagers also knelt down and imitated the village chief, kowtowing desperately and begging for mercy.

"Please, Lord Mountain God, have mercy! Please Lord Mountain God, please have mercy!"

The crowd's uniform shouts for mercy spread far away, arousing echoes in the mountains and forests.

"show mercy……"

"show mercy……"

At the altar, Lu Heng looked at the group of villagers below him who kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, feeling a little confused.

He was lying on the ground digesting the power of thunder in his body, when these villagers appeared inexplicably. What are these people doing here at night?

But when Lu Heng saw the girl who was tied back to the wicker chair and the scar on the girl's forehead, he roughly understood something.

"Did you send her back?" Lu Heng asked.

When the statue spoke, all the villagers stopped shouting and begging for mercy. They knelt in front of the temple door, bowed their heads and did not dare to move.

Only the old village chief raised his head tremblingly and explained, "Master Mountain God, it was us who brought her back. We caught her running away in the village. We also knew that Master Mountain God must be very angry, so we immediately sent her back. Send her back again. She did it all by herself, and we didn’t know anything about it! Please have mercy on the mountain god!"

After the village chief finished speaking, he banged his head again, making a loud bang on the yellow mud floor.

Behind the village chief, the villagers all followed suit and kowtowed vigorously, "Please be kind to the mountain god!"

The scene of dozens of people kowtowing at the same time was not unspectacular, but Lu Heng was speechless when he looked at this scene.

He really didn't expect that these villagers were afraid of him to such an extent that they were frightened. But considering what the wolf demon had done in the past, these villagers can't be blamed for having such a reaction.

He sighed and said, "Okay, please raise your heads, I won't blame you. I did let this little girl go back, she didn't run away privately."

After speaking, Lu Heng ignored the villagers' shocked reactions after hearing this. The clay statue on the altar exhaled a ray of cold wind, blowing over the girl on the cane sedan.

There seemed to be a strange force in this cold wind. The moment it brushed against the girl's body, the ropes tied to her body automatically broke apart.

The girl once again regained the ability to move freely, and even the cloth tied around her mouth was loosened.

On the dark altar, the clay statue looked down at the girl on the cane sedan and asked, "Why don't you tell them the truth?"

The Lord Mountain God's question made all the villagers startled and then a little nervous.

The moment the mountain god spoke, they still didn't understand that they had made a mistake. Is this virgin really not running away privately, but the mountain god letting her go?

Although I don’t know why I asked the mountain god to let her go, but now my group of people are smart enough to kidnap the girl back and disturb the mountain god’s purity. Doesn’t this make the mountain god angry...

The villagers were extremely frightened, and the old village chief, who had always been calm, was trembling slightly. Everyone secretly looked at the girl on the cane sedan, fearing that the girl would say something fatal next.

But after the girl on the cane sedan regained her freedom, she did not speak.

She raised her head blankly and looked up at the clay statue of the white wolf on the altar. Facing this ferocious mountain god that the old people had rumored, she was not afraid, but felt endless grievances in her heart.

On the way here, the girl thought she would stop crying. But after hearing the words of the mountain god to rectify her name, and thinking about the treatment she received after returning to the village, the girl's grievances that she had suppressed all the way broke out.

With a "wow" sound, the girl burst into tears.

The cry spread far away and echoed in the mountains. I cried so heart-breakingly and heartbroken that all the villagers in front of the mountain temple looked embarrassed and uncomfortable.

Chapter 8 A lifetime

The girl's cry lasted for a long time.

The more she cried, the sadder she became. She didn't stop crying until she was convulsing all over. This desperate and sad cry made the villagers frightened.

The old village chief who was closest to her finally couldn't help it, and quickly and secretly pulled her sleeves, speaking cautiously.

"Stop crying, Xiao Ai, Lord Mountain God..."

"It doesn't matter," the white wolf statue on the altar said lightly, interrupting the old village chief's cleverness, "let her cry. The child has been wronged, and if she is not allowed to cry even a few times, that would be too cruel. .”

After saying that, Lu Heng looked at the girl on the cane sedan and said, "Cry, little girl. Cry if you want, don't care about the opinions of these mortals, cry out all the grievances in your heart, cry as loudly as you want, It doesn’t matter how long you want to cry, no one here dares to hinder you.”

Lu Heng's words were not harsh, but the more understated his tone was, the more frightened the villagers were.

The old village chief had shrunk into a ball, and his hands were shaking. A sense of fear that a catastrophe was imminent emerged in his mind. He no longer dared to say a word, and knelt there with his head lowered, fearful and humble.

The actions of the old village chief also shocked the villagers. Although they didn't quite understand what happened, the old village chief knelt down in fear, and they all became nervous. They all followed the old village chief's example and knelt down, lowered their heads, and pressed their foreheads to the ground. Don't dare to move.

Dozens of people knelt in a ball, listening to the girl's cries in fear and humility.

The girl on the cane sedan cried for a long time, and finally her sobbing gradually stopped.

"Woo... Lord Mountain God... Wu..."

The girl was sobbing and her eyes were red and swollen from crying. She kept wiping her tears while walking down from the cane sedan, then knelt in front of the altar and kowtowed vigorously.

She didn't say anything, but just knelt in front of the altar, crying and kowtowing.

Seeing this scene, Lu Heng on the altar was quite helpless.

"Okay, okay, everyone, please get up and stop kneeling."

Seeing the villagers looking at each other and raising their heads nervously, Lu Heng said, "Now that the truth has been revealed, you can take the people back. I don't need boys and girls, and I won't need to pay tribute in the future. Give me the boys and girls, and the matter is settled.”

"Besides, this girl is very pitiful after being wronged tonight. I hope she won't be hurt again when she goes back."

Lu Heng's words made the old village chief who just raised his head quickly say, "I will promise the mountain god..."

"No need to make a promise, just do what you have to do," the clay statue on the altar interrupted the old man again, "You can go back now."

As soon as these words came out, the intention of driving people away became obvious. Under the leadership of the old village chief, the villagers kowtowed respectfully towards the altar, then stood up carefully and backed away slowly.

In the mountain temple, the girl who no longer cried looked at the adults behind her who should be familiar but were extremely unfamiliar tonight, then looked at the dark altar in front of her, and called softly hesitantly.

"Lord Mountain God..."

The girl's voice was very low, so low that it was almost impossible to hear.

But the white wolf clay sculpture on the altar still heard it. He lowered his head, stared at the little girl in front of him, and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"..." The girl fell into a brief hesitation and silence. In this short hesitation and silence, the girl seemed to have thought a lot.

But in the end, she shook her head in disappointment and murmured, "No more, thank you, Mr. Mountain God."

Following the example of the adults, she kowtowed to the mountain god on the altar, and the little girl slowly walked out of the dark mountain temple.

Behind him, in the dark mountain temple, the clay statue stopped moving, and Lu Heng returned to practice underground again.

The little girl wearing a dirty red wedding dress walked among the villagers and followed everyone out of the mountain.

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Dim torches barely illuminated some of the roads. The villagers all walked slowly, kept their mouths shut, and did not dare to make any unnecessary noise for fear of disturbing the terrifying mountain god.

Now, they just want to leave this eerie Hanyu Mountain as soon as possible, return to their warm home in Shuisheng Village, and share everything they saw in the mountain tonight with their wives and children.

The feeling of facing the gods directly is so terrifying. Thinking about that feeling makes me feel a little nervous now. No matter how bold Qing Zhuang was on weekdays, he couldn't stand up at this time. They all lowered their heads and did not dare to speak loudly.

The girl walking among the crowd said nothing. Even if the misunderstanding was resolved, no one showed affection to her again. But unlike the adults around her who were too frightened to breathe, there was no fear or fear on the girl's face.

In the process of leaving, she looked back from time to time, watching from a distance that the slightly lonely and dark mountain temple gradually disappeared into the jungle under the moonlight, her eyes full of sadness.

What happened tonight made her more helpless and desperate than the day her mother died of illness.

She never thought that one day, the kind and kind elders in the village would show such ferocious expressions to her. It's obviously not her fault, and the person chosen wasn't even her in the first place. But when everyone found her walking out of the mountains, everyone's expressions became extremely scary at that moment.

No one believed her, and everyone was cruel and cruel to her.

Under such circumstances, the only one who upholds justice for her and makes her feel warm is the ferocious mountain god in the legend of the old people - the man-eating mountain god that adults often use to scare children.

The feeling of loneliness and helplessness spread in the girl's heart. She followed the adults blankly on the rugged mountain road, and for a moment she didn't know where she should go or where there was room for her.

The wind in the mountain forest gradually picked up again.

But this time the mountain wind was not biting, and everyone didn't care. They just quickened their pace and didn't want to stay in the mountains for too long.

But as they walked, someone discovered something was not quite right.

"There seems to be something following us..."

The person who said this was Wang Laoliu, an old hunter who had been in the mountains all year round.

He looked back at the direction he came from with a nervous expression, "Did you hear it? There seems to be a sound behind us."

Wang Laoliu's sudden words frightened the villagers. Because there is no shortage of wild beasts in Hanyu Mountain. In the past, when the wild beasts were short of food in winter, they would go down to the village to snatch away children and even attack lone villagers.

Although after the aquatic village worshiped the mountain god, the wild beasts in the mountain no longer came down from the mountain to attack living people. But if the villagers are encountered by those wild beasts when they go into the mountains, they will still eat people when they should.