Xu Qiuqian took a closer look and saw that the eyelash-like things were still trembling.
What on earth is this?
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a crack appearing under his eyelashes, and the crack was slowly getting bigger.
Xu Qiuqian retracted her hand and subconsciously took a step back.
Immediately afterwards, a huge eye that filled the trunk of the tree suddenly opened and stared at Xu Qiuqian. The huge eyes startled her to the core.
After that, the eyes blinked.
Xu Qiuqian also blinked, and the scene in front of her suddenly changed.
A whimpering sound reached my ears.
After a while, a man's impatient voice came from next to him: "Cry, cry, cry, you'll cry in one day! Shut up!"
After the man finished speaking, his crying became a little quieter, but it still didn't stop. The man stood up and left irritably.
As soon as he left, Xu Qiuqian, who was stunned, was hugged.
"Qianqian, my Qianqian, mother, I'm sorry for you..."
Xu Qiuqian remembered.
She is a villager in Xujia Village. Xujia Village relies on the Beast God Mountain to live a pretty good life. However, there are fairy beasts in the Beast God Mountain. If Xujia Village wants to enter the mountain, they must send a child under the age of ten every ten years. The six-year-old girl's pure soul is given to the fairy beast.
Otherwise, they would not be able to enter the Beast God Mountain.
And this decade, it happened to be Xu Qiuqian's turn. She had just turned fifteen and her sister was only nine, so it was her turn to sacrifice.
In three days, she will be sent to the mountains.
She stared blankly ahead, her eyes unfocused, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
The sound of a woman crying could be heard in her ears, but she felt it was noisy.
"Stop crying." She said aloud.
The woman didn't listen and kept sobbing.
Xu Qiuqian couldn't help but raise her voice: "Stop crying!"
The woman seemed to be frightened and actually stopped crying.
"Qianqian, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, mother, please go out first, I want to take a rest."
Seeing Xu Qiuqian's appearance, the woman couldn't help but want to cry again, but she still held it back and left the room and closed the door behind her.
As soon as the person left, Xu Qiuqian lay down on the bed.
She thought back to what had happened over the past fifteen years.
She is no different from the girls in the village. She has been helping the family as long as she can remember. The life in her memories is gloomy because she has known since she was a child that once she is almost sixteen years old, she will most likely be given away. Fairy beast.
But she couldn't resist.
Because this has been stipulated long ago.
It seems that she knew that she was going to be given to the fairy beast, and her family treated her quite well. They even sometimes let her sister do her work, and her sister took the initiative to help her without needing to be told by her parents.
But she never had a happy day.
In three days she will be sent up the mountain, and her soul will belong to the fairy beast.
She wasn't panicked or scared.
Because she has accepted this almost since she was a child, and even more because she cannot escape from this village.
There was a sound outside the hospital, as if someone was coming to comfort her mother.
Xu Qiuqian's ears have been good since she was a child, so she can hear what the two are talking about if she concentrates a little.
"Oh, there's nothing we can do about it. If we don't send Qian Qian over, the fairy beast won't allow us to go up the mountain."
Their Xujia Village lives on this mountain. If they are not allowed to go up the mountain, won't they starve to death?
"I know, but why is it Qianqian? Qianqian is only fifteen..."
"Auntie, please relax. If Qianqian is gone, you will still have Xiaohui. Xiaohui is only nine years old. Xiaohui is smart, capable and beautiful. After sixteen years, there will definitely be many people coming to propose marriage."
After several attempts to persuade her, Xu Qiuqian's mother was finally persuaded.
"You're right. Without Qianqian, I still have Xiaohui. As for Qianqian, just pretend that I never gave birth to her..."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Qiuqian's door opened with a "squeak" sound.
When the two of them saw Xu Qiuqian, awkward expressions suddenly appeared on their faces.
"Ahem, auntie, I have something else to do, so I need to leave first."
After that, the woman turned and left.
The woman's eyes were red and she explained calmly: "Qianqian, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean it that way."
"I know."
Xu Qiuqian looked calm: "I want to go out for a walk."
Hearing this, the woman hurriedly said: "Okay, you go ahead. Mom will make you your favorite pot of pork. Remember to come back to eat later."
I'm just afraid that she won't be able to think about running away.
Xu Qiuqian lowered her eyes and hummed.
She walked out of the yard.
Xujiacun was just as she remembered, dark and colorless.
Xu Qiuqian walked and walked for an unknown amount of time. A road going up the mountain appeared in front of her. When she looked up, she was stunned because she had arrived at the foot of the mountain without knowing it.
She looked towards the top of the mountain, which towered into the clouds.
It is said that the immortal beast lives on the top of the mountain and absorbs the essence of the sun and moon on the top of the mountain every day.
Xu Qiuqian didn't understand.
Can one achieve enlightenment and become an immortal by absorbing the essence of the sun and moon?
She will also be sent to the top of the mountain three days later.
Will she also be able to see the scenery on the top of the mountain and absorb the essence of the sun and the moon?
If she absorbs the essence of the sun and moon, will she also become an immortal?
She has always had a secret in her heart that she has not mentioned to anyone but her sister, which is that she wants to become an immortal.
She wanted to become an immortal and then go see the world outside the mountain village. She didn't want to be trapped in a corner, get married and have children step by step, or sacrifice to immortal beasts, but all of this was her wishful thinking.
I heard that cultivating an immortal requires spiritual roots. She has no spiritual roots, she is just a mortal.
"Sister!"
Xiaohui's voice came from behind.
Xu Qiuqian withdrew her gaze and turned around to see Xiaohui running over panting.
"Sister, why did you come here? I've been looking for you for a long time." Xiaohui looked up with an angry expression, "Sister, let's go and stay away from this mountain."
As long as she thought that the mountain would take Ajie away in three days, she didn't want to see it.
The two sisters had a good relationship, so Xu Qiuqian did not refuse and was taken away by Xiaohui.
On the way, Xiaohui whispered: "Sister, I asked Granny Liao at the foot of the mountain about something."
Mrs. Liao used to be a midwife and knew some medical skills in treating diseases and rescuing people. However, after her daughter was sent to the mountain, she moved to the foot of the mountain and would run to the top of the mountain every once in a while.
Of course, she couldn't go to the top of the mountain. She could only go to the place closest to the top of the mountain and stay there all day.
Later, one day, Po Liao said that she saw the appearance of a fairy beast, which looked very scary and scary. No one believed it. Then Po Liao became a little crazy. She not only said that she saw the fairy beast, but also saw the owner of the fairy beast.
But everyone thought Liao Po was crazy.
Xu Qiuqian couldn't help frowning when she heard this: "Isn't Granny Liao crazy?"
"I don't think she's crazy. If she was crazy, why would she not forget to climb to the top of the mountain every once in a while? Oh, let's not talk about this anymore. I have something very important to tell you, sister."
"What's up?"
"Sister, don't you want to become an immortal?"
(End of chapter)
