Konoha's Inheritance Master

Chapter 431: Sacrificial Ceremony
Xiaojiao heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, and cold sweat soaked out of his forehead and back belatedly.

Xiaojiao, who survived the catastrophe, even lost his thoughts on saving Xiaoyu.

Seeing his son's appearance, Dajiao by the river thought he was still stubborn, so he continued to urge, "I'll tell you to go back."

However, Xiao Jiao suddenly discovered that the serious father just opened his mouth quickly, and no sound came out.

Immediately startled, I frowned and listened carefully, only to find that the surroundings were eerily quiet, as if I was still in the hallucination just now.

A chill instantly rose from the soles of his feet.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

Xiaojiao kept patting his ears, opened his mouth in a panic, and wanted to shout out.

However, Xiaojiao found that everyone was looking at him with strange expressions.

Seeing this situation, the uneasiness and panic in Xiaojiao's heart intensified.

His legs suddenly went limp, and he slumped to the ground.

I'm speechless.
This kind of result is an unacceptable blow to any normal person.

Dajiao by the river watched his son keep tapping his ears and opening his mouth, without thinking about the deaf-mute at all.

Instead, he said with a stern expression: "Don't think that you can threaten me with this way of hurting yourself, this matter is not negotiable."

After that, he turned his head and winked at the two honest villagers: "Take him back to the house to rest, and watch him."

In the process of turning his head, his eyes swept over the strong man beside him, and the look of prey flashed away.

There are several other strong men like this in the village.

If you don't seize this opportunity, then after a few years, when you get old and your physical strength declines.

Or accidentally get hurt one day.

These people are likely to backfire on themselves.

Just like the original self.

The old guy thought he could bluff himself, but he pushed him to the ground and plucked out his eyeballs.

In this place, only the head of the village can enjoy the women and the best food in the village at will.

In the past, the only way to become a village head was to rely on strength to convince others.

As for now, there is a better way ahead.

Thinking of this, Dajiao's eyes by the river became sharper.

Quietly watching Xiaojiao, who was struggling with a big mouth, was picked up by two villagers and dragged towards the village.

"Village chief, does the thing in Xiaojiao's hand have something to do with the mountain god?" The strong man beside him withdrew his hand and said with a simple and honest face.

Dajiao by the river said in a flat tone, "That's something passed down from my grandfather."

"Oh." The strong man scratched his unkempt hair, with a look of sudden realization.

Dajiao by the river didn't have the heart to play tricks with him any more, so he turned around and strode towards the altar.

On the way, he picked up a torch and yelled while walking: "The sacrifice begins."

After all, he threw the torch in his hand towards the altar.

The torch fell into the haystack below the altar.

The haystack burned at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The burning black smoke enveloped the small fish on the altar, making it hard to open its eyes.

"woo woo woo woo"

The little fish whimpered in horror, but couldn't move because his body was tightly bound.

The people below the altar did not show any mercy, but most of them kept bowing towards the altar with a devout expression.

It was as if the flames engulfed the stage were not their own kind.

"Crackling."

Soon, the fire had enveloped everything on the altar, and the whimpering of the little fish disappeared.

A strong smell of barbecue wafted into everyone's noses.

The eyes of the riverside Dajiao who bowed his head and bowed slightly raised, looking at the altar covered in flames, his eyes were filled with a terrifying chill.

After sacrificing a few more wastes, those disobedient guys can be eliminated.

"Wow, wow."

Just as Dajiao by the river was thinking, the crowd behind him suddenly became commotion.

"Listen, what is the sound?"

"It's a water tiger!"

Dajiao by the river stood up suddenly when he heard the sound, and looked downstream.

I saw that the usually calm river surface became choppy, with black spots jumping out of the river one by one, and then dived into the water again.

Dajiao by the river was suddenly terrified.

Although those black dots are still far away from here, everyone living here knows what they are.

The water tiger is a kind of gregarious monster that occupies a certain water area and lives in the water.

They don't eat fish and shrimp in the river, but like to eat animals that live on land.

Monsters have territories.

The reason why the village was built here is because it belongs to Shi Sangyan's territory.

In the past, although there were water tigers that went upstream and ate several villagers.

But due to Shi Sangyan's ferocity, they dare not appear blatantly, let alone stay for a long time.

But now.
Thinking of this, Dajiao by the river subconsciously took two steps back, preparing to lead the villagers to escape away from the river.

Immediately, he turned around, faced the villagers, and prepared to shout and run away.

But when the words came to his lips, Dajiao by the river held back again.

Because most of the villagers didn't show fear at all, instead they started talking with the people around them.

"Why are there so many water tigers suddenly appearing?"

"There are so many, aren't they always downstream?"

Of course, some people panicked and shouted: "Quick! Everyone run to the mountains!"

It's just that only a small part of the villagers were terrified, and most of them knelt there motionless.

A villager said confidently:

"Don't be afraid, we are blessed by the mountain god. The sacrificial ceremony is not over yet. Leaving now is disrespectful to the mountain god."

As soon as the words fell, a group of villagers echoed:

"That's right, the priest didn't say anything, what are you afraid of?"

"Shi Sangyan is no match for Lord Mountain God, let alone these water tigers."

These people who believe that the mountain god will protect them are really a little naive and a little stupid.

But without exception, they all agreed with Uchiha Tunan.

The ridiculous thing is that their priests are the ones who don't believe in any mountain gods.

Seeing that everyone has so much confidence in the so-called Lord Mountain God, Dajiao by the river is also unable to get off the tiger, so he can only nod slightly with a smile on his face.

Then, with seemingly steady steps, he walked slowly towards the back of the crowd.

In this way, even if the water tiger comes ashore later, there is a high probability that he can escape.

After all, with so many villagers around, he doesn't need to run past the water tiger, he just needs to run faster than others.

Everyone didn't suspect him, thinking that the priest was still performing the ceremony, they all continued to lower their heads, praying to the mountain god in their hearts.

Soon, the water tigers had already reached the water area of ​​the altar.

Under the sunlight, the black scales on the bodies of these water tigers jumping in the water were gleaming.

At this moment, a water tiger swimming in the forefront suddenly jumped out of the water when it was close to the river bank, and fell towards the altar in a parabola.

"Oh!"

Seeing that the water tiger was so close, everyone stepped back.

Even the villagers who were full of confidence in the mountain god just now are the same.

A group of people rushed into the forest behind.

It's just that out of their belief in the mountain god, most of the villagers still didn't run far. Some climbed trees, and some burrowed into the grass.

Hiding in the dark to observe the movement of the water tiger.

At the same time, the sound of tearing and chewing came from the altar shrouded in fire
Many villagers who have never seen a monster with their own eyes also understood how terrifying the monster is.

Such a big fire can't hurt it at all.

How can mortals fight against monsters.

Just when everyone was trembling, the water tigers from downstream also rushed nearby.

One of the water tigers didn't jump in the water, but instead floated half of its body out of the water, and made sounds with different syllables towards the altar.

Seems like a unique language.

The next moment, I saw flames surging around the altar.

A water tiger covered in black scales stepped out of the flames.

Full of reluctance, he glanced at the forest not far away, then licked the sharp claws that looked like dense fishbone, bent his limbs slightly, and threw himself into the water.

Just like that, the group of water tigers swam upriver along the river.

After the water tigers left, the villagers breathed a sigh of relief one after another.

Dajiao by the river also secretly rejoiced that he was stable enough to run without running away.

Immediately, he began to order the people around him to find the villagers who ran away just now.

At this moment, a villager who climbed to the top of the tree shouted:
"Master Priest, they went up the waterfall."

(End of this chapter)