books44 Chapter 125 The Surname Dies, the River God Offers Sacrifice
Chapter 125 The Surname Dies, the River God Offers Sacrifice
"A precious pearl!"
The woman couldn't bear to eat the fish herself, so she boiled the large fish she had obtained from Guankou into soup and fed it to her daughter spoonful by spoonful.
After taking only one bite, the little girl's face turned black, and she fell to the ground, bleeding from all seven orifices.
The woman held her daughter, who hadn't even had a chance to say a word, and wept bitterly.
"Baozhu! Don't scare your mother! What's wrong with you! Help! God, please save my daughter!"
"Take my life and leave, but take my life so my child can live!"
From that mournful cry.
The entire inlet was shrouded in gray.
Hundreds of people lay on the ground on both sides of the riverbank; they were all able-bodied men who had come home from work and were drinking water to quench their thirst by the river.
"Father! Father, wake up! Don't you want Er Ya anymore?"
Along the riverbank, people from both sides came out to search for their families. When they saw their loved ones lying lifeless on the ground, they all cried and wailed.
The newlyweds, upon hearing that there were fish in the river, went out for a short while but died on the bank. The bride, still wearing her new clothes, was about to change into mourning clothes. Unable to accept it, she threw herself beside her husband, weeping uncontrollably.
"Liar! You said you'd be with me forever, but it's only been a few days, and you're already leaving me!"
Beside her stood a dark-skinned man who silently picked up his pregnant wife, his hands trembling as if his soul had left with his wife and child.
An elderly couple, seeing their only child lifeless, supported each other as they carried their son's body home.
The old man carried his son on his back, struggling to move his legs, which were already weak. The old woman beside him reached out to support him, but after taking only one step, she knelt down, pounded the ground, pointed to the sky, and cried loudly:
"God, look at the sins you have committed! You are trying to force us to our deaths!"
Living is difficult enough as it is.
Those who died were all their own relatives.
He is the father of the family, the pillar of the household, and the hope of the family.
It is a situation where thousands of households in Guankou are not truly households, and homes are not truly homes.
In an instant, hundreds of people died from the river, young and old, men and women, and every household hung white mourning clothes.
No one sighed or felt pity because someone in someone's family had died. There were too many deaths; every family had someone die because of it, and every household had a corpse on display.
"Heavens! The people of Guanjiang Estuary are doomed!"
Beneath the Dragon Gate, the River God noticed immediately. He was heartbroken to see the people on both banks lying on the ground.
"how so!"
Instantaneous entry into the water.
The black mist, invisible to the naked eye of mortals, was nowhere to be seen in his eyes. He could only see black lines floating in the originally clear river. These black lines smelled extremely foul and contained a great deal of poison.
Not to mention ordinary people, even the river god himself got his fingers burned when he touched it.
But now there's no time; the entire river basin, except for the upstream area, is infected.
The river god knew his magic was weak and he couldn't bring the dead back to life, but he could prevent people from dying.
He quickly bowed to the all-seeing and all-hearing eyes.
The two demons were so frightened that they retreated.
Even the smallest deity is still a deity; it's utterly impossible for them to bow to demons.
The river god opened his narrowed eyes, which were filled with grief and heartache over the deaths of the people under his jurisdiction. He bowed deeply again and said:
"Please inform the people downstream that the river water is poisonous and they must not drink it."
The all-seeing eye immediately returned the greeting, saying sincerely:
"We will certainly live up to the River God's trust!"
Having said that, he was about to leave when he turned back and asked:
"And what about you, River God?"
Isn't informing the people something the river god should do?
The river god closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were resolute. He said:
"I want to do what the river god should do."
The two demons dared not delay any longer and went straight downstream.
Yao Ji, inside the Yang residence, felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. She frowned, stood up, and used her magic to investigate. She heard cries echoing throughout the Guankou area, and her expression changed drastically.
Without the slightest hesitation, he drew his sword.
The heavenly soldiers and generals who had been lying in wait at Guankou all came out, but when they saw Yao Ji's figure, they were stunned:
"Fairy Yao Ji!"
They concealed their presence in Guankou to protect Yao Ji's family, but now that such a big thing has happened in Guankou, Tianjiang was in a dilemma for a moment, then his expression suddenly turned serious.
Summon all heavenly soldiers:
"As immortals, we are here for the sake of the people. Most of us ascended from mortals, and we know how much the people suffer. Now that the people are in trouble, what should we do?!"
"Protecting mortals is the duty of gods!"
They heard the heavenly soldiers' reply.
Heaven will be pleased and strike with a mighty palm:
"it is good!"
He pointed to one of the smallest heavenly soldiers and gave the order:
"You, immediately go to heaven and report back to the Star Lord."
Then he raised his arms and shouted:
"Everyone else, follow me and conceal your presence to stabilize the souls of the people!"
"Yes!"
The earth-shaking answer came from the mouths of five thousand heavenly soldiers. They were divided into fifty small teams and went down the river basin. For every family member who had died, a deity in silver armor would appear to cast a spell.
Although the dead cannot be brought back to life, they still drag their souls away from their bodies.
One heavenly soldier isn't enough, so two, three...
As more and more people died, more and more deities joined them.
With her eight-month pregnant belly, Yao Ji looked down over the entire irrigation canal, seeing nothing but the black mist in the river.
Yang Tianyou chased after his wife from the mansion. Seeing her standing high above the clouds, he clenched and unclenched his fists, and finally slowly returned home to stay by his children's side.
Even though he was extremely worried, he didn't say a word.
Yao Ji was a goddess first and then his wife. She had her own things to do, even while pregnant.
The sky turned gray.
Yao Ji took out her Heavenly Eye from her bosom and, in no time, spotted the Nine-Headed Willow hidden at the bottom of the river.
Knowing she was no match for him, she still resolutely swung her sword and thrust it out with all her might.
The sword's edge cleaved through the water's surface, heading straight for the Nine-Headed Willow.
Upon realizing he had been discovered, Xiang Liu ceased hiding, broke through the water, and faced Yao Ji.
His eyes were filled with madness, and he burst into wild laughter:
"Haha, I never expected there to be a goddess here at the mouth of the river."
Yao Ji looked at the dead people and pointed her sword at Xiang Liu:
"You audacious fiend, how dare you harm the people! Surrender now!"
Nine-Headed Xiangliu found it laughable. What right did a mere Golden Immortal have to challenge him? When he followed Dijun to conquer the world, there were no immortals in the heavens!
The two instantly became entangled in combat.
The river god below, watching, felt a sense of peace in his heart:
"It's good that a deity has come to Guankou; the people's suffering has been temporarily halted."
"Now, the river god should do what the river god should do."
The water was filled with countless filthy substances, and even if a god subdued the hydra, he could not prevent the people in the downstream basin from dying.
Water is the foundation of people's survival.
He slowly lowered the nozzle.
They allow the polluted river water to erode them; as river gods, they purify the water as long as they exist in a body of water.
The venom of the Hydra is extremely poisonous. The River God is merely a minor Celestial Immortal, and it is no easy task for him to purify the venom of the Hydra, whose cultivation level is that of a Taiyi Golden Immortal. Moreover, this poisonous water will also erode one's cultivation.
The river god's eyes grew increasingly cautious; rather than be corrupted by this treacherous water, he would rather do it himself.
He shouted:
"I will exchange all my magical power, all my merits, and even my life to make the river clear!"
Golden light pierced through the river god's light blue robes; it was the magical power he had cultivated for thousands of years.
From the back of his head, tiny wisps of merit emerged. The River God, gazing at the vast amount of merit he had collected through his greatest passion in life, murmured:
"Go, you can save as many people as you can purify."
He closed his eyes.
He sacrificed his life to give himself to Guankou.
As the river god sank to the bottom of the river, his body transformed into specks of starlight, actively chasing after the turbid water, enveloping it, creating thousands of bubbles, and then pressing it inward.
The starlight vanished along with the foul water.
The water inlet is clear now.
The river god also disappeared.