The sky finally got bright, and the line of sight for finding the way became clearer. As the river continued to widen, several shabby fishing boats came into view. Since there were traces of fishermen's activities, it meant that they were not too far away from home.

Sure enough, beside a wide ford, a wilderness trail suddenly appeared. The trail was winding and went straight up the hill. There were also human footprints on the trail.

Just as Yan Yunting was about to climb up, a burst of conversation suddenly came from above his head. It was the Hakka dialect of Sichuan people:

"Hurry up, hurry up, it's going to be dawn soon. If we delay the time, Grandpa River God will get angry, and we will all be finished!"

Then, a bright fire light lit up on the hill, as if a team of people were carrying something to the river beach.

"Yan Yunting, did you hear what they said? They mentioned the River God." Ning Ruowei reminded.

Grandpa River God? Corpses floating in the river? There is obviously a connection between the two.

Yan Yunting nodded and said "Yeah" softly, and took Ning Ruowei and hid in the bamboo forest on the bank of the river, "Don't say anything yet, just wait and see what happens."

Soon, the team went down the mountain along the path. There were about twenty or thirty people in the team. They were holding torches. They looked like a group of plainly dressed people. But what was surprising was that in the center of the team, there was an old scalper pulling them.

There was a cage, and inside the cage was a young girl.

"Village Chief! Master Wizard! Please let me out! I don't want to marry the River God! Wuwuwu..." The girl was tied up with red ribbons, and her hands and feet were still attached with shackles, and she cried miserably.

Ripple on both sides of the river.

Next to the cage was this old man in black clothes holding a cane. He looked arrogant and disdainful: "Girl, I married you to the river god to keep the villagers safe. You have had no father or mother since you were a child, and your horoscope is consistent with a yin marriage. You

If you don’t marry, who will marry you?”

"Master Wizard! The River God will eat me! I won't marry! I won't marry!"

"If you don't marry it, it will eat our entire village! Betrothing you to the River God is a gift to you!"

"Let me out! Dad! Mom! Come and save me..."

…

"It's unreasonable to use human sacrifices. Is there any royal law in this world?" Ning Ruowei picked up her sword and rushed out of the bamboo forest, shouting at the group of people:

"You are extremely stupid, let me go!"

The villagers picked up their hoes and farm tools one after another, and the wizard rushed to the front of the team and looked at Ning Ruowei and Yan Yunting: "Who are you, how dare you block our way to send off our bride!"

"You don't care who I am. If you are wise, let me go immediately, or I will kill you all!"

Ning Ruowei pulled out her sword. The light of the sword gurgled, scaring the villagers back.

At this time, a sixty-year-old man came out and said politely: "You two, I don't know where you come from as knights, but this is a family matter in our Hongshi Village. You'd better take care of it, so as not to injure you.

It will lead to death!"

"nonsense--"

Ning Ruowei was really about to take action, but Yan Yunting gently held her shoulders, shook her head, stepped forward and asked:

"Old village chief, I heard you talk about the 'river god getting married' earlier. What happened? Can you tell us? We are all martial arts practitioners, and we still have some ability."

Seeing Yan Yunting's extraordinary weapon, the village chief hesitated for a moment, sighed, and spoke.

Here's what happens:

It turns out that this place is named Golden Knife, and there are seven villages located here. It used to be farming, fishing and hunting, and the weather was good. But a month ago, a group of water monsters suddenly appeared in the river. They rushed into the village, burned, killed, robbed, and raped.

.Fornication, kidnapping, and plundering. In Baishi Village, the village closest to Golden Blade, more than a hundred people were brutally murdered.

Several other villages were very frightened, but they could not afford to offend the monsters, so they had no choice but to send their wizards to negotiate peace.

"Grandpa River God said that from now on, we must pay tribute to a girl every month, otherwise we will massacre the village... We... We were forced to do such a thing because we had no choice."

When talking about this horrific incident, all the villagers lowered their heads. If they were not helpless, who would be willing to give a living person to a monster?

"When something like this happened, didn't you report it to the official? Or did you find a nearby mountain monk to eliminate the demon?" Ning Ruowei asked.

The village chief shook his head helplessly, "In our remote mountain village, if we just go out for a few days, if the river god discovers us, all the officers and soldiers will die without any help."

Yan Yunting frowned slightly, "Old village chief, have you seen those monsters? What do they look like?"

The village chief lowered his voice and said: "They have green faces and fangs, sharp claws like knives, and bull-like horns on their heads. They walk on two legs like humans, can talk, and can use weapons, and they specialize in digging out people's hearts and livers!"

From this point of view, the murderers of the corpses floating in the river were these water monsters.

"Village chief, stop arguing with them. Grandpa River God said that when the sun comes up, he will come to fetch people. Let's send this girl up quickly!" the wizard urged.

"You evil monster, you open your mouth and say 'Grandpa', I'm afraid even your own biological grandfather didn't call you so affectionate, right?" Ning Ruowei blocked the front of the team with a horizontal sword and shouted loudly: "This girl's life is going to be saved today.

, I’m saved!”

"Get out of my way!" The wizard waved his cane and sent out a flash of light at Ning Ruowei.

Ning Ruowei was shocked and angry, and hurriedly stepped out of the way, "I didn't expect that you, old guy, is still a cultivator! You should be killing demons and doing justice for heaven, but you are helping monsters to harm innocent people. What are your intentions?!"

"Hmph! If you block the road here, you will harm the lives of the whole village!" The wizard pointed and shouted at the villagers: "These two people dare to blaspheme the river god, go and tie them up and sacrifice them together!"

"You are looking for death!"

Before the villagers could take action, Yan Yunting took the lead and drew his sword. This wizard was at best a Qi-training monk, so he could kill him easily.

"Whoa!"

A flash of sword light flashed, and the wizard's head was cut off together with his crutch, and fell roundly at the village chief's feet.

The village chief was so frightened that he sat down on the ground and said, "Sir... have mercy on me!"

Yan Yunting wiped away the bloody beads on the sword and ordered in a cold voice: "Don't delay, the sacrifice will continue."

"What?!" Ning Ruowei and the villagers were all shocked, "What do you mean?"

Yan Yunting looked at the calm river surface and whispered: "Lue the snake out of the hole."

Ning Ruowei glanced at the pitiful girl and gritted her teeth: "Then I'll be the bait."

Yan Yunting shook his head, "You can't swim."

Ning Ruowei looked appraisingly, "But I know you will definitely come to save me."

Yan Yunting raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you afraid that I am no match for those monsters?"

Ning Ruowei hummed: "They can't be more powerful than Wu Xiao."
Chapter completed!