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Chapter 177 The Origin of Dragon King Temple
Speaking of the origin of Hualong Village, I immediately became interested, curious about what happened here, including the folk customs and experiences here.

"Tell me quickly." I urged.

Bai Yang was silent for a while, as if he was thinking about where to start. After thinking about it, he said: "Let me tell you about the Dragon King Temple first!"

"Hundreds of years ago, a very powerful celestial master passed by here and found a magic snake in the river disguised as a dragon king. , and it will keep the village safe."

"The villagers believed the demon snake's lies and killed many innocent lives. The great celestial master couldn't see it, so he summoned the demon snake and fought with it, forcing it to show its original shape and uncovered the conspiracy. But the demon The snake devoured too many souls, and the demonic technique has already been completed, even if the great celestial master is profound, it is still a bit difficult to parry."

"In the end, in order to protect the villagers, the great celestial master sacrificed himself and used his whole life to separate the snake's body from its primordial spirit, trapping it in the yin and yang formation!"

"The Dragon King Temple was built on the dragon veins of Hualong Village. It was originally intended to use the dragon's energy to suppress the evil snake under it! But the villagers were deceived by the evil snake and killed the children in the village. It is too shameful. The people of Hualong Village The ancestors kept this matter a secret, and fabricated a beautiful lie about Hualong Village, which was passed down from generation to generation, and the villagers have long forgotten the truth!"

"It's a pity that in the long river of time, the two great arrays of yin and yang did not dissolve the evil spirit of the evil snake. On the contrary, the resentment and evil energy in the village gathered more and more, which made the formation slowly loosen. The essence of the evil snake The god gradually woke up from deep sleep, and its strength was greatly reduced. Although it could not break through the seal, it cast spells to deceive the mind of the witch in Hualong Village."

"The sorceress of Hualong Village has become the snake woman under the command of the demon snake. In order to break through the seal as soon as possible, she passed on the words of the snake woman, and repeated the same trick again pretending to be the dragon king, deceiving the ignorant villagers, and devouring the incense of life to restore her strength."

When Bai Yang told me this, he paused, and then smiled at me and said, "This is the origin of the Demon Snake and the Dragon King Temple, but as I said just now, the Yin and Yang formations can be loosened, except for time." The most important reason is that they were corroded by the evil spirit that is getting stronger and stronger in Hualong Village."

"Hualong Village already existed in Zhao and Song Dynasties. It was the village where the population was still thriving. But later, there seemed to be a catastrophe in the village, and many villagers died one after another, which led to many relocations. This is the grievance of the village for hundreds of years. The truth about the evil, and the true origins of the two official puppets."

After hearing this, I frowned. If Hualong Village existed in Zhao and Song Dynasties, why are there two official puppets of the Ming Dynasty enshrined in the Shuangsheng Temple?

There is a loophole here, but there is no reason to think this way. I asked suspiciously: "The village has hundreds of years of yin energy? The village has become what it is today. Except for the magic snake, is it not because the two official puppets have been incensed?" They have already cultivated into Yin Immortals, are they the ones who let the villagers watch a play and seduce the souls of the whole village?"

In the end, I explained to Bai Yang what I heard from Granny Liu.

Bai Yang shook his head slightly: "Yes, but not entirely."

"What do you mean?"

I quickly opened my mouth and said, I always felt that there seemed to be something else in it, and there were doubts in it that I didn't understand.

Grandma Liu told me that the village worships the Yin Immortals every year, including mentioning to me the identities of the two official puppets.

However, in Grandma Liu's explanation, most of them just talked about the past changes in the village, and did not explain in detail the origin of Hualong Village and the origin of the two official puppets.

Bai Yang said solemnly: "She may not know, after all, the truth of Hualong Village has been covered up for generations, but maybe she deliberately concealed the crimes of the whole village, do you know why Shuangsheng would do such a thing? ? Logically speaking, after so many years of devotional offerings from the villagers, I would never do such a thing to them anyway.”

I have always been puzzled by this point of doubt. After Grandma Liu said it, I have never been able to understand. According to what she said, why Shuangsheng still has such a big resentment towards the villagers, and wants to let all the villagers of Hualong Village Funeral.

In my subconscious mind, it is because of things like Yinxian, who may become obsessed after practicing for a long time.

After all, most of those who rely on incense to practice are for the sake of fast and refined Taoism, and they take a slanted edge with their swords.

But obviously, the real reason for this is different from what I thought.

Bai Yang pondered for a while, and then said: "Speaking of this matter, we have to start from the Ming Dynasty. Due to the change of dynasties at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were many wars and smoke, and the people in the world were in dire straits. At that time, many people Many places could not afford to eat food, and at that time, some refugees also came to this place and settled down.”

When Bai Yang said this, he obviously disclosed it, because Hualong Village was first established by Zhao Song, but now when Ming Dynasty was established, some villagers came here, which is obviously contradictory.

But I didn't interrupt, and continued to listen to Bai Yang with doubts in my heart.

Bai Yang said: "So in that miserable dynasty, some places started to eat people."

"eat human?"

My heart skipped a beat, but I wasn't too surprised.

In the early years, due to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and wars, even the leaves on the trees were eaten up when they were suffering.

In the end, there was nothing to eat. It is said that some hungry people could not stand it and would eat people.

Some corpses that died of starvation on the road will be dragged back. Some villagers died in their homes, and they were dug away after being buried in the soil overnight.

I can't understand it because I haven't experienced that absurd period of time when people starved to death.

"Hualong Village is one of them. In fact, there is no way to do it. When Hualong Village first had evil deeds, it would trick people from other villages into it, and even leave some outsiders in the village to kill and eat them, because Hualong Village is isolated from the outside world and cut off contact with the outside world, and this evil custom has been passed down."

When I heard this, I almost understood it, and suddenly remembered one thing, that is, there is a saying in Hualong Village that people can't die.

Could it be that the dead bodies buried in the village were actually shared among the villagers?

I thought of the banquet that Granny Liu took me to eat in the village two days ago, and there was meat on the table. I was still wondering how the meat came from Hualong Village, which has long since been banned from going out.

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt a little sick to my stomach.

Bai Yang continued to speak: "I met a demon monk who practiced evil methods and sold human flesh for food. Anyone who has eaten it will think it is a delicacy in the world. This also proves that these villagers are addicted to eating human flesh."

"Speaking of which, you should have guessed it. Even if the Ming Dynasty was completely stabilized and the people had food, the vulgar custom of cannibalism would still be passed down in this isolated Hualong Village."

(End of this chapter)