Taishang asks longevity

Chapter 297

The old woman breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "This old man! My daughter is twenty years old. Five years ago, his wife gave birth to a son for him, and it was difficult to deliver... A son was born, and my lord died... Lao Ding was sad It's been a long time... Originally I thought... Raising my son would be considered a blessing... I never thought that a month ago, a wizard from the Black Witch Cult came to the village to choose a holy boy, and he fell in love with his son."

"The Black Witch Cult chooses a saint child?" Li Changsheng frowned slightly, and said, "What's going on?"

The old woman lowered her voice and said: "Our village is under the jurisdiction of the Black Witch Cult. On weekdays, every once in a while, we have to pay them food and tribute... It sounds nice to say that the selection of the holy boy is actually the old man in the village. They all know...that is to take a child to sacrifice, and the child who was sent...has never been heard of returning...Old Ding knew it in his heart, so naturally he couldn't bear it, so he put up some resistance."

Li Changsheng was startled, and said, "Resist? Is it useful?"

The old woman gave a wry smile and said, "This Black Witch Cult is so powerful in the middle of a hundred thousand mountains. For them, why do they need to engage in such hard-hitting activities? The villagers in the village, in their view, are just like Like ants, human life is worthless here... Lao Ding disagrees, but they didn't grab it, they just said that the villagers in the village have a month to think about it, but..."

Having said this, the old woman stopped.

Li Changsheng asked, "But what?"

The old woman said, "But...they put voodoo on Lao Ding."

"Voodoo?"

The old woman nodded and said: "This old man has been poisoned by voodoo, and his whole body is festered. He has been lying on his head for a long time, dying. Except for his daughter and youngest son who take care of him, the rest of the villagers do not If you dare to visit, you are afraid that the voodoo will be contagious... When the villagers see Lao Ding, it is like seeing the plague."

Li Changsheng frowned and said, "If Lao Ding dies of voodoo, his youngest son will naturally be sent to the Black Witch Cult as a Holy Child. The villagers probably wouldn't dare to stop them, would they?"

"So what can we do to stop it? This Black Witch Cult's methods are brilliant. It can kill a person without knowing it. The voodoo is so powerful... The villagers can't crack it...Everyone has only one life, and the whole village If he dares to stop him, the whole village will die... But if Lao Ding's child is sent out... at least the villagers will be safe."

When the old woman said this, she seemed to be a little bit unbearable, and couldn't help sighing.

In the eyes of many people, choosing is the most difficult thing, but in fact, the most difficult thing is not choosing, but not even having the power to choose.

Those who can choose are at least lucky. Among several roads, they try their best to choose the smoothest road to walk, while those who don't even have the right to choose can only be like duckweed, resigned to their fate.

The old woman said slowly: "You are from outside the mountain, so you don't know what's going on in this village, so... I advise you, you have enough rest here, pick a time, leave the village early, and leave this area. The mountains... these one hundred thousand mountains... are dangerous..."

Li Changsheng asked thoughtfully, "Grandma, do you know how many villages are still controlled by the Black Witch Cult among these [-] mountains?"

The old lady shook her head and said, "There are so many... so many that we don't even know... There are eighteen altars in this Black Witch Cult, and only one is the main altar. Like our Wuyue Village, only one of the altars is controlled by it." It's just the supervision... If you pay food and tribute on weekdays, you will be safe... Things like the selection of holy children are relatively rare... It may be several years, or even decades, before they are released. It will happen once..."

Li Changsheng turned cold, and said: "It seems that among these [-] mountains, this Black Witch Cult can be regarded as the Emperor of Earth?"

The old woman smiled faintly and said: "It is true that you can be regarded as the Emperor of the Earth... But people from the Black Witch Cult rarely appear in the village, and the villagers don't even know where they are... If you want to take the initiative to find them, It is even more impossible... There are many dangers in this mountain... Only when we go together can we be safer."

Li Changsheng said: "Looks like... I should go to Lao Ding's house to have a look."

The old woman was stunned, and said: "Son... why did you go to Lao Ding's house? Now that Lao Ding has been poisoned by voodoo, the villagers are afraid, and it is unlucky to beat his house... If you go... Didn’t the villagers also have opinions on you when they saw it? You are just a passer-by... It’s better not to pay attention to these things... and don’t have too much curiosity..."

Li Changsheng said: "If the child of Lao Ding's family is sent to the Black Witch Cult, wouldn't it save the lives of the villagers? In this way... this Lao Ding's family can be regarded as the village's lifesavers. How can the villagers do this?" waiting for him?"

The old woman shook her head and said, "Whether I want to send it or not, is it something that Lao Ding can stop? It is estimated that in a few days... Lao Ding will die from exhaustion, and by then... the black witch sect will If the sorcerer comes again, the villagers will have no choice but to send Lao Ding's children out..."

Li Changsheng took a deep breath and said, "I do know some techniques to decipher it. If I go to Lao Ding's house, maybe I can help him heal."

"You?" The old lady looked suspicious, a little disbelieving, and said, "Young man... this voodoo is not like an ordinary disease, and it cannot be cured by ordinary medical skills... If you can heal Lao Ding, it is naturally a It's a good thing...but...if it can't be cured, and the body is infected by the voodoo, and you lose your life in vain, it will be bad..."

"Don't worry... old lady..." Li Changsheng said: "How about... you take me to Lao Ding's house, and I will help him see. If I am weak and cannot be cured, I will not force it. If you happen to know how to rescue him, and saved Lao Ding's life, wouldn't that be considered a good deed?"

"This this……"

There was a look of hesitation on the old woman's face.

This old woman is kind-hearted, and she couldn't bear to see such things happen to Lao Ding's family, but she is an old woman, what can she do when she is old?
How can it be her turn to decide the affairs of this village?

After thinking about it again and again, the old woman was hesitant, wondering if she should take Li Changsheng to Lao Ding's house.

She herself was also worried, if Li Changsheng caused trouble and was implicated for no reason, wouldn't it be that his life was wasted?

Li Changsheng smiled slightly and said comfortingly: "Grandma... don't worry... take me to have a look, if you have any worries... take me outside Lao Ding's house, point out which family it is, and I will go in by myself... You stay outside...that way, you won't be involved..."

After hearing this, the old woman sighed, and said: "Forget it, let it be... I am an old woman, I am old, and I have already ignored the matter of life and death. If you can really save Lao Ding's life... I will take you there ..."

After finishing speaking, he stood up, prepared to tidy up, and then took Li Changsheng to Lao Ding's house.

Li Changsheng was overjoyed, and hurriedly helped the old woman with her work.

The tea house quickly closed the stall.

(End of this chapter)