Chapter 537 Xinhe God Festival, Eat Fish and Drink Fish Soup!

The appearance of Chen Jingchou and Yu Xiaoxue not only attracted the attention of Zhang Fang, who was always alert, but were also quickly noticed by the villagers who had narrowly escaped death.

However, the villagers' attitude towards the protagonist group is far less respectful than when facing the "god" Zhang Fang.

After seeing the two people appear, the villagers who noticed them immediately glared at them. Two of them had a bad temper and couldn't help shouting angrily on the spot: "You two have the nerve to come back? You almost killed all of us, do you know?"

Chen Jingchou looked confused when asked, while Yu Xiaoxue on the side looked guilty.

When Zhang Fang saw this, he immediately asked in a low voice: "Don't get excited, please tell me first, what happened, why are you so hostile to these two young men?"

"Report to the Immortal!"

The old village chief's attitude towards Zhang Fang was impeccably respectful.

Upon hearing his inquiry, she immediately bowed and saluted, and then explained: "The girl's name is Yu Xiaoxue. She has been an orphan since she was a child. She and her brother Xiao Shuo were raised by Mr. He in the village inn. Xiao Shuo was the one who was raised by the immortal before. The lame child who was saved.”

"Our village has been threatened by the shark spirit in recent years. Every year, a girl is sacrificed for the shark spirit to enjoy. We can't bear this, but the shark spirit is powerful, far beyond the ability of ordinary mountain villagers like us. To contend, we have no choice but to do as the shark spirit said, drawing lots every year to determine the children to be sacrificed."

Speaking of sadness, the old village chief couldn't help but shed a few tears from the corners of his eyes.

"This year, I happened to draw the daughter of Dr. Yue in the village."

"That kid Xiaoxue actually approached her and wanted to replace Doctor Yue's daughter with herself to pay homage to the River God. As a condition, Doctor Yue must do his best to heal her brother's leg..."

"Hmph!" The old village chief was only halfway through what he said when a strong man on the side couldn't help but interrupted angrily: "She clearly promised to sacrifice herself to pay homage to the River God, but she was not willing to be eaten by the River God. That reckless boy pissed off the river god and almost killed us all!"

Hearing this strong man's words, Zhang Fang frowned: "What river god? A small shark spirit can also be called a god? It's ridiculous!"

The strong man was scolded by Zhang Fang and was so frightened that he shrank his neck and did not dare to speak any more.

After all, this god in front of him easily killed the "River God"! Once the gods are offended, no one can bear the consequences. And it is not difficult to see from the attitude of this god when he speaks that he despises the River God Sacrifice from the bottom of his heart.

"Don't blame the immortals."

At the critical moment, the old village chief took the initiative to stand up and said in a low voice: "This Liu Dazhuang is actually a miserable man. When the lot was drawn for the River God Festival last year, his daughter was unfortunately chosen. Although he was reluctant to give up, In the end, he sacrificed his daughter to the shark spirit with tears in his eyes, in exchange for a year of peace for the whole village."

Zhang Fang nodded slightly when he heard this, but did not show any clear attitude. For a while, all the villagers were silent, and no one dared to say anything.

In fact, Zhang Fang didn't know how to evaluate the behavior of these villagers, including Liu Dazhuang, so he simply didn't evaluate it.

Compared with worrying about the rights and wrongs of these ordinary villagers, of course, their own main mission is more important.

Thinking of this, Zhang Fang immediately said: "Now that the shark spirit is dead, it is meaningless to discuss these things. It is better to continue your river god festival and change the content to a celebration to eliminate the fake river god. Every household Everyone has to eat fish and make fish soup, and everyone is having a good time!"

After hearing this, the villagers led by the old village chief couldn't help but be stunned.

Is there such an operation?

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that the New Year customs probably come from this?

That’s okay!

Zhang Fang told the story lightly, then declined the villagers' invitation to participate in the River God Festival, eat fish and drink fish soup, and then waved to Chen Jingchou and Yu Xiaoxue, who were excluded by the villagers. : "You two, come with me."

After leaving Yuehe Village with two people from the protagonist group, Zhang Fang asked casually: "Are you resenting those villagers for being ignorant and repaying kindness with enmity?"

Yu Xiaoxue immediately shook her head and said, "No, no!"

After all, Chen Jingchou is an educated man, and his words are much clearer: "The immortal is joking. Those villagers are unable to resist the shark spirit, and humiliating themselves is the only way to survive."

"On the contrary, I, despite having obviously intervened in this matter, failed to eliminate this disaster for the villagers in the cave. Instead, I almost killed more people. Speaking of which, I should feel ashamed."

Hearing this, Zhang Fang gently shook his head again: "Speaking of it, my approach is actually not much different from yours. If there is any difference, it is probably just that I am stronger. Just kill that shark spirit easily and give him no chance to escape."

When Chen Jingchou heard this, he immediately said: "No! In fact, in this matter, my approach was indeed too reckless. To be honest, I have been learning Guigu Taoism from my master since I was a child, and I think I have some abilities. .”

"If I had been more prepared before going to rescue people and set up a formation in advance to prevent the shark from escaping, what happened later would not have happened."

As he spoke, he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment: "If the immortals hadn't come to help today, I'm afraid that before we came back, many villagers would have lost their lives in vain because of my reckless behavior."

Hearing what Chen Jingchou said, Zhang Fang could not help but flash a smile of relief on his face. Being able to reflect on so many things through one thing, Chen Jingchou seemed not to be as useless as he thought.

Stopping, Zhang Fang turned to look at Chen Jingchou, and then said: "Let me introduce myself again. My name is He Ran. You can call me by my name directly, or you can call me Brother He. Don't always call me an immortal. Yelled it, making me sound like a bluffing fortune teller."

After a slight pause, he immediately added: "I think you two have heard what I said to the villagers before. I came here to track down the powerful demonic energy that suddenly appeared in this area yesterday."

"But when I arrived, I found that the evil spirit had disappeared."

"I suspect that the demon that suddenly appeared may have used some method to hide its aura, and that's why I missed it."

Having said this, Zhang Fang looked at Chen Jingchou with burning eyes: "I saw that Chen Shaoxia is also a Taoist, and he happened to stay here for the past two days. I called you out alone just to ask Chen Shaoxia, where are you? When the Tengu eclipsed the sun yesterday, could you detect any powerful surge of demonic energy?"

The powerful demonic energy that appears when Tengu eclipses the sun?

When Chen Jingchou heard Zhang Fang mention this matter again, a trace of confusion flashed across his face at first, then was replaced by shock, and finally turned into a look of indescribable ecstasy.

Then, he knelt down in front of Zhang Fang with a "pop" and said loudly: "Chen Jingchou begs the immortal, you must save my master!"