Chapter 244: I will lend you my head to suppress the bureaucrats and villains in the world
Qingyuan Town in Lianxia Prefecture is a famously beautiful place. It is located in the bend of Lianxia River and is surrounded by two mountains. It has a mild climate and rich mountains and fields.

Even though it is some distance away from several big cities in Lianxia Prefecture, the people of Qingyuan Town live a quite comfortable life.

The climate and products are very pleasant.

The beautiful scenery and good climate have nurtured many good people.

For example, the daughter of Qingyuan Town is quite famous throughout Lianxia Prefecture and even in several neighboring prefectures.

They have a gentle temperament like water, fair skin, and mostly good looks.

Because of this, many people in Lianxia Prefecture are proud to marry the daughters of Qingyuan Town.

Even some wealthy businessmen from the four states of the South China Sea sent matchmakers to look for the pretty girls from Qingyuan Town.

So overall, Qingyuan Town can be considered a fairly prosperous place where people live and work in peace and contentment.

Until a year or two ago, a river god suddenly appeared in this river bend.

It is not known whether this river god is real or fake, or just a legend.

But when this legend arose, the communication between Qingyuan Town and the outside world suddenly decreased.

Even many merchants who used to travel to Qingyuan Town have never been there again because buyers in Qingyuan Town no longer place orders.

Many people found this a little odd.

There was even a daughter from Qingyuan Town who was living outside the town and reported the matter to the police, but according to the police's investigation, there was nothing unusual in the town, so the case was left unresolved.

Others say that the people in Qingyuan Town have all started to worship the river god, worshipping him day after day and chanting his name night after night. Many people have stopped caring about worldly affairs, and therefore have less communication with the outside world.

After Su Wenying married and moved to Nanhai, she wrote several letters back to her parents' home, but never received any response.

So she had to send a letter to her brother who was doing business in Lianhua Mansion instead.

I didn't feel relieved until I confirmed from my brother that my parents were fine.

But now Su Wenying was holding her child, hiding in a woods in front of the town, shivering.

She looked at the river bend in the distance through the gaps in the leaves.

Countless people dressed in yellow, with blank eyes, worshipped towards the Lianxia River.

Several boats were sailing slowly on the river. On the boats were many wicker baskets, and inside the baskets were babies.

The babies kept crying, and most of them had painful expressions on their faces.

But the villagers seemed to have heard nothing, and the fanaticism in the eyes of the leading priests almost overshadowed everything.

Ever since Su Wenying was rescued by Chen Zhian and brought her daughter back to her mother's home in Qingyuan Town...she realized that something was wrong.

Her parents are indeed still there.

But his behavior became quite strange. Every morning and evening he would burn incense towards the Lianxia River and mutter to himself.

Every seven days, they would hold sacrifices in front of the Lianxia River with the villagers, slaughter some livestock and throw them into the river, and then pay homage with great ceremony.

These things were not enough to scare Su Wenying so much.

What really made Su Wenying feel creepy was... the look in her parents' eyes when they looked at their five-month-old daughter.

There was joy and enthusiasm in his eyes, as if he had found a treasure.

Su Wenying originally thought that this was because her parents loved their daughter.

Until two days ago...the town's priest actually summoned everyone to draw lots.

The family that draws the lot must offer a sacrifice.

Su Wenying originally thought that the sacrificial objects were nothing more than some livestock and nothing special.

But when she got there, she found that not everyone was eligible to draw lots. Among the four hundred households in the town, only a dozen or so drew lots.

There were more than a dozen households, but only three won the lottery.

Her parents did not win the lottery, and they sighed and felt it was a pity, as if they had lost the opportunity to serve the river god.

Su Wenying didn't think much about it...

It was not until today's sacrifice that Su Wenying clearly saw the horror.

People offering sacrifices on the river bank.

The strange yellow robe on his body.

The fanaticism in the eyes...

And on that boat, three babies!
Everything seemed horrible.

Su Wenying couldn't even breathe at this moment.

She finally understood that the lot drawn that day was for the qualification to donate the baby.

If her parents had won the lottery, her daughter would have almost become a sacrifice.

This Qingyuan Town...what exactly happened?

Su Wenying trembled and suppressed the fear in his heart.

She looked down at her daughter in her arms. She was sleeping soundly with her eyes closed, looking very well behaved.

"If I offer her to the river god, I will be able to obtain a better human world..."

For no reason, this thought popped up in Su Wenying's mind.

A few breaths of time passed.

Su Wenying suddenly opened her eyes wide and tears flowed from her eyes.

Why does she think so?
This terrifying thought was like a needle piercing her mind, making her confused and extremely frightened.

"There are strange things in this town."

Su Wenying was a little at a loss for a moment.

She blamed herself for her recent thoughts, but was so powerless from fear that she sat paralyzed in the woods.

The trees hid her body.

“The world is becoming increasingly abnormal.”

Su Wenying thought of her husband. Her good life in the past had fallen into the abyss and then shattered.

She just wants to raise her daughter safely.

But looking back now...everything seems to have become a luxury.

The world is full of demons and ghosts, everything is out of control, and she doesn't know where to go!

"Run away!"

Su Wenying suddenly woke up, she gritted her teeth, hurriedly got up, and hurried back to her room.

She didn't even dare to waste too much time, so she simply packed up some necessary things, took some dry food, and went up the mountain from Qingyuan Town.

She hurried up the mountain, and when she reached halfway up the mountain, she turned around to look.

But I saw an extremely strange scene...

Su Wenying clearly saw that the small boats on the river were still there, but several faint tentacles emerged from the water and entangled those small boats.

For some reason, the babies on the boat stopped crying.

He just closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

And from a high vantage point...

Su Wenying clearly saw that there was a monster like a long snake lurking in the river.

The monster was also looming, with only one spot at the bottom of the river emitting light.

Those lights formed this monster.

The monster swallowed the light in big gulps, and then extended several tentacles from its body to entangle the babies.

Su Wenying felt cold sweat all over his body.

"Is this the mountain god that my parents believe in?"

Su Wenying was a little at a loss.

After a few breaths, a strong wind blew, making Su Wenying even colder.

Only at this moment did her eyes move away from the monster at the bottom of the river and fall on the people on the river bank.

When her eyes fell on those men in yellow, the hair on her body suddenly stood up, her eyes were filled with fear, and the intense fear made her feel a little dizzy.

because……

At this moment, Su Wenying clearly saw...

Those men in yellow had stood up, but they did not look towards the river. Instead, they turned their heads strangely and all stared at Su Wenying.

Their eyes were empty and emotionless, like zombies, with their heads half-raised, looking towards the hillside. Everyone looked at her with a weird posture and weird eyes.

Su Wenying was suddenly at a loss.

Her daughter, who was sleeping peacefully in her arms, seemed to be awakened by something. She started crying in fear with her little face flushed.

The little hands and feet broke free from the swaddling clothes and waved around as if frightened.

Su Wenying had no time to comfort her daughter, because... a faint tentacle stretched out from the bottom of the river, leaping over like wandering smoke, and was about to land on the child in her arms.

Do not!
Su Wenying didn't know where he got the strength from, he turned around and ran.

The storm is coming.

Su Wenying ran for dozens of feet, but his body suddenly became extremely stiff and he could no longer take a step.

She seemed to realize something, swallowed her saliva, and raised her head with difficulty, only to see that the tentacle had reached her head without her knowing when, flashing a strange yellow light. The two points of light were like a pair of eyes, staring at her in the same strange way.

Su Wenying looked up at the sky with his eyes open, staring blankly.

The tentacles that appeared and disappeared seemed to have a soul and gave off a soft laugh.

"Where do you want to run?"

Su Wenying hugged the child tightly and said nothing.

The tentacle originally thought that Su Wenying was frightened silly, but then, it noticed that there was some surprise in the woman's eyes.

surprise?

Why are you surprised?
[Xie Minglei] He was filled with excitement, yet also a little confused.

He controlled the tentacle to float over and follow the woman's gaze, looking up into the sky.

The sky was filled with mist.

And the clouds are dispersing.

From the depths of the clouds, a magnificent and majestic bronze carriage slowly emerged.

The carriage was covered with a laurel-like light, as if burning with white flames.

And in the white flame, there sat a young man.

The young man had a sword on his waist and a magic mirror in his hand, and was looking down at the tentacle incarnation!
"Chen Zhian!"

Just a glance.

Xie Minglei had already recognized this person's origin.

His tentacles trembled and suddenly disappeared.

The same was true of the tentacles on the surface of the Lianxia River, and even the golden light emanating from the depths of the riverbed, which disappeared in an instant.

"benefactor!"

The pressure on Su Wenying suddenly disappeared, her body was no longer so stiff, she could no longer suppress the fear in her heart, and tears flowed from her eyes.

She held the child and bowed: "Please, benefactor, exorcise the demons and save the father in the town..."

Su Wenying didn't finish his words.

Chen Zhian, who was sitting on the bronze sedan chair, had already stood up.

He drew the long sword from his waist, and the fierce sword intent scattered like heavy snow in the cold winter.

The Yunchuan sword also turned into a streak of white light and shot straight forward.

The clouds in the sky dissipated, and the sword energy rose up to the sky like rolling smoke from beacons, but countless sword energies fell down and turned into a sword domain!
The next moment.

Chen Zhian disappeared on the spot.

The boat carrying the baby on the river seemed to be lifted up by some magical force!
The terrifying sword spirit and knife intent, mixed with thunder that seemed to come from the sky, pierced into the river with brilliant light.

Rumble!
The river burst open.

The place that was emitting golden light from deep under the river suddenly collapsed and turned into thick smoke.

Thick smoke rose into the sky.

Qingyuan Town has changed drastically!
The fog that originally lingered in the town had somehow turned into billowing smoke and dust, which was filthy and disgusting.

Chen Zhian appeared from a place in the void.

He just snapped his fingers lightly.

Stars are falling from the sky.

The magical power of Big Dipper's flowing light suddenly appeared, mixed with the magical power of Taoism and its blazing thunder!
The thunder was loud, carrying with it an aura of astonishing majesty and a surging murderous aura, and it went straight into Qingyuan Town.

Countless auras finally gathered into the Yunchuan sword, and combined with the sword spirit beacon tower river, they finally transformed into hundreds or thousands of sword qi weapons!
Those swords and weapons were like an army, filled with murderous aura from the battlefield, flying into Qingyuan Town!
For a moment, the sword energy rang!
The war is raging!

The sound of the wind caused by the weapons was like the shouting and killing on the battlefield!
The terrifying evil spirit penetrated directly into this evil place.

It was as if something strange was dispelled in this way.

And on the river bank, the people who were originally wearing yellow clothes and had confused and empty eyes suddenly woke up.

Those small boats fell from the sky and landed on the river bank!

The parents of the babies immediately ran forward with tears in their eyes.

“It is rumored that the Lord Jiaoxiang of Western Penglai also practices the Dragon Transformation Technique. A place with a population of 50,000 people under Western Penglai has also been bewitched by him. The people there pay homage to him every day, hoping that he can use the power of incense to offset the harm of the Dragon Transformation Technique.

And let the people offer babies and girls to him for his practice."

A smile appeared on Chen Zhian's lips.

He walked down from the clouds and into the river like a god.

The people on the river bank looked at him in surprise, and were a little at a loss for a moment.

After a few breaths, Chen Zhian walked out from the riverbed again, without a single stain on his clothes.

He held a piece of golden metal in his hand, and the smile on his face faded.

This person who has practiced the art of transforming into a dragon is quite smart.

He left this golden statue in the river to be worshipped, but he himself was not there.

Chen Zhian shook his head slightly and boarded the bronze carriage.

Su Wenying watched Chen Zhian leave in the strange chariot without saying a single extra word from beginning to end.

But the people on the river bank have regained their composure. Some are wailing, some are feeling inexplicably terrified, and some are worried that the river god at the bottom of the river will come back.

Several young and strong men had already tied up several sacrifices.

Su Wenying took a deep breath.

"This lord has saved my life again and saved the entire town."

As she was thinking this, a voice suddenly came to her ears: "You are extraordinary. If you are willing, someone will come to pick you up in Wohuang Hill."

Su Wenying recognized that this was the voice of his benefactor.

She looked down at the river bank, and understood in her heart... the world had changed drastically. If she had no one to rely on, she would not be able to survive, her daughter would not be able to survive, and her parents would not be able to survive either.

So she didn't hesitate at all and just said, "Benefactor, Su Wenying is willing."

-

Chen Zhian left the river bank, went all the way to Lianhua Mansion, and flew into the Lianhua Mansion Yamen.

In the government office, the prefect Yuan Zao seemed to be waiting.

When he saw Chen Zhian coming out of the void, he stood up and saluted Chen Zhian respectfully.

"Master Seal Bearer." Yuan Zao looked calm, with a hint of relief in his tone.

Chen Zhian sat upright on the imperial carriage and looked down at him: "I haven't taken the seal yet."

Yuan Zao did not answer Chen Zhian's question, but knelt down and said: "Living in such a chaotic world, Yuan Zao is helpless, but he will not argue."

As he spoke, he took off his black hat.

Chen Zhian asked him, "Where did the Xie family members in Lianxia River go?"

"I went to Xuantianjing to temporarily avoid the adults' attention." Yuan Zao said with his head down.

Chen Zhian nodded slightly, a sword flashed, and Yuan Zao's head fell to the ground.

He didn't say much or waste time, and beheaded the prefect.

"I will lend you my head to suppress the bureaucrats and scoundrels in the world."

Chen Zhian continued his journey and rushed to Xuantianjing.

(End of this chapter)