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Chapter 154 Chapter 154: The Great Witch in the Stone Tower

In the dead of night.

Cai Xiaolan hid in the darkness and looked ahead.

A dozen steps away from her, there was a huge square, like entering another world.The bonfire was brilliant, with more than a dozen people gathered in front of the bonfire.Wearing a mysterious mask and striped animal skins, they dance and dance like crazy or crazy.

Outside the bonfire, the She people, big and small, old and young, were all sitting neatly, staring at the firelight.

"What are you doing?" Cai Xiaolan had never seen this scene before. After exhausting his brain, he could only come up with two words - sacrifice.

Gradually, the ceremony seemed to have reached a crucial point, and the people around the fire jumped even more excitedly. Sparks swirled around and some fell on the animal skins.

The people who were sitting just now slowly stood up one by one, opening their hands as if they were ready to hug something.

But Cai Xiaolan, who was hiding in the darkness, could see clearly that there was nothing in front of these people except the crackling flames.

In the center of the fire, a tall man with animal skins all over his body suddenly appeared, holding a black scepter high in his hand.

"witch!"

"witch!"

"witch!"

The crowd erupted.

The skin man took out a small bag, grabbed a handful of powder inside, and sprinkled it on the fire.

The crowd around them started fighting fiercely, shouting one after another. Regardless of whether they were wives or mothers, they all pushed them back and rushed forward.

"witch!"

"witch!"

For some reason, after a group of people shouted twice more, they all fell to the ground, even the masked man at the front was no exception.

"Ah?" Cai Xiaolan's head was full of questions.

We held a good sacrifice, but in the end, everyone jumped at it?
She hid in the darkness and waited for a while, but a bunch of people in front of her still fell to the ground. She ventured to take a closer look, but she got goosebumps all over her body, and everyone had weird smiles on their faces.

There is a sweet fragrance in the air.

As if something suddenly occurred to her, Cai Xiaolan hurriedly ran away from them.

Everyone in the village gathered in the square, leaving other places empty. The entire village seemed like a skinned suckling pig, with muscles, blood vessels, etc. all displayed in front of Cai Xiaolan.

"It's a pity. It's so dark that I can't see anything clearly." Cai Xiaolan turned around and found everything was pitch black, but couldn't find anything crucial.

She did not forget the purpose of coming to the village. She searched for several times in secluded places in the village, but could not find any trace of the person.

"This is strange. Where can so many people be imprisoned?" According to Cai Xiaolan's estimate, if you want to provoke hostility between the two ethnic groups, the number of people imprisoned must be more than single digits.

After walking around again and finding nothing unusual, she focused on the only building she had never been to.Right in the center of the village, there was a huge, brightly lit building, made of stone and tightly fitted with no entrance except for a narrow doorway.

"Is there anyone else here?"

Cai Xiaolan pushed open the stone door with all her strength. Although she tried her best to use her skillfully, there was still a dull friction sound between the stones.

"Cough cough cough -" there were coughs coming from inside.

Cai Xiaolan thought she had been discovered and immediately hid in the shadows outside the doorway.After staying there for a while, no other sound was heard.

"When you hear the coughing sound, you feel weak and the cough is uneven. You must be sick." Cai Xiaolan brought the doctor's basic skills to the extreme.Even if you are a thief, be a skilled thief.

Standing on tiptoes, she slowly entered.

The majestic and majestic building on the outside is equally impressive on the inside. In this barren era, it can definitely be regarded as "finely decorated"!
"Amazing!" Cai Xiaolan said.

Even the Governor's Mansion didn't give her such a refreshing feeling.

Following the sound, Cai Xiaolan walked inside. On an animal skin bed, Cai Xiaolan finally found a person. Judging from his clothes, he should be a member of the She tribe, and he had a higher status.

There was a strange fragrance in the room, and it didn't smell good, but it definitely didn't smell like old people, or the musty smell caused by humidity.

"Old man, what's wrong with you?"

Cai Xiaolan came closer, but the old man didn't react at all, just coughing to himself.

"Old man?"

Finally, Cai Xiaolan appeared completely in front of the bed, and the old man's face was completely revealed in front of her. She subconsciously thought of two words, "dry"!
The old man had his eyes closed. Perhaps he was disturbed by the blocked light, so he opened his eyes.The eyes are bright, without any shadow.

Jili Gulu said something incomprehensible, and Cai Xiaolan spread her hands to show that she didn't understand.

The old man's wise eyes moved, his Adam's apple rolled, and he spat out some official words intermittently, "Who are you? Why are you here? Where is Xiaohu?"

Cai Xiaolan sat generously next to the old man, held up the old man's right wrist and felt his pulse.

"Who are you? What happened to the people outside?" The old man looked anxious and wanted to struggle but had no strength.

"Your old pulse is weak, agitated and unbalanced, caused by deficiency of Qi and blood. I'm afraid you won't last long. What do you care about other people?" Cai Xiaolan smiled.

Seeing Cai Xiaolan reveal her physical condition in just a few words, the old man stopped talking and just stared at her.

"I came from Annan City. An elder in my family bought beef tendons and didn't return for seven days. I followed the clues and followed him here." Cai Xiaolan explained the purpose of her visit.

The old man was still staring at Cai Xiaolan. After a while, he continued: "The people you are talking about should be locked up upstairs. Go rescue them!"

"Tell me the reason?"

The old man shook his head and said, "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. What's there to say?"

"Do you know where your people are now?" Cai Xiaolan asked.

"Haven't everyone been arrested by the officers and soldiers?" The old man's tone was full of despair. He had seen the cruelty of the government once.If the thieves hadn't pressed too hard, how could the clansmen have reached this point.

"They danced around the bonfire and then they spread a powder and then they all lay on the ground."

"Ah?" The color on the old man's face suddenly faded, "They really didn't cut off the God's Grace Grass!"

"Herb of Divine Grace?"

The old man slowly told Cai Xiaolan a story. Decades ago, as the third disciple of the great shaman of the She tribe, he discovered a kind of grass on the mountain. It has magical pain-relieving ability and can be used wherever the body is injured. It temporarily stops the pain.And it was precisely because of this herb that he surpassed the other two disciples of the great witch and became the great witch of the She tribe.And with the use of Divine Grace Grass, he discovered another characteristic of it, which is hallucinogenic.

With the help of it, the old man consolidated his belief in the gods of the She people.

After the war years passed, the frequency of injuries among tribesmen became less frequent, but the demand for Divine Grace Grass did not decrease.The old man was shocked to find that the people in his tribe depended on it and pretended to be sick to get it.He used his identity as a great witch to stop this behavior. Although the process was difficult, it was so powerful that people gradually accepted their lives without it.

"So when you fell, they couldn't control it?"

The old man nodded.

(End of this chapter)