I’ll Quit Being a God

After the girl's voice came, the people at the entrance of the village all looked at each other.

The strange silence lasted for a while. Uncle Jie on the mud platform said nothing, just observing the reactions of the villagers.

After a while, someone in the crowd shouted in dissatisfaction.

"You are the wolf demon's minion, so of course you can help it speak!"

"That's right! You and the wolf demon are in the same group! Of course you can help it speak!"

"Master Wu Zhu, this witch girl and the wolf monster are colluding with each other, you know it for sure!"

The villagers begged hard, and with the black-robed wizard Zhu by their side, they felt confident.

However, Gongshu Jie just watched all this happening, and waited until the villagers calmed down before asking the village chief.

"I would like to ask the village chief, after the white wolf opened the incense burner in the mountain, apart from forcing you to offer incense and sacrifice three animals, did he do any other evil deeds? For example, did he hurt people for no reason or cannibalism?"

"Uh... this... this has never happened," the old village chief said in a low voice, "because we don't dare to offend it. We just follow its request, enshrine its statue at home, burn incense every month, and celebrate every new year. During the festival, they go to the mountains to offer three sacrifices. In addition, even if the hunters in the village enter the mountains, they dare not approach the location of the mountain temple, so no villagers are indeed eaten by them."

Uncle Jie asked again, "So when did the rumor about the white wolf eating people appear? I think everyone seems to be sure that the white wolf in the mountain will definitely come down the mountain to eat people... This kind of rumor came after He asked for the virgin. Are there any?"

"Uh...well..." The old village chief hesitated for a few seconds, seeming to be thinking about how to answer.

The girl at the entrance of the village answered directly, "The adults in the village have said so a long time ago!"

The girl stared at the old village chief on the stage and said loudly, "When I was very young, I heard the adults in the village say this. They all said that if the children disobey, they will be killed by the wolf demon in the mountains. Take it away and eat it! They said that a long time ago!"

Uncle Jie looked at the old village chief, "Is what this girl said true?"

"Uh... this..." The old village chief was sweating profusely, but he didn't dare to hide it. He had to admit, "That's true, but it's just words to trick children and cannot be taken seriously. And Master Wu Zhu, although the wolf demon He never cannibalized people, but he did force us to offer incense and satisfy his various unreasonable demands. In this huge aquatic village, there is no longer a statue of the God of Fire. They were all forced by the white wolf to replace them with clay sculptures of the wolf demon. Got it!"

The Huotong Kingdom believes in the God of Fire, and one of the most important responsibilities of the witch is to control the incense for the God of Fire.

The mountain spirits and monsters force the villagers to abolish the worship of the God of Fire. For Wu Zhu, this is an intolerable crime.

After hearing this, Uncle Jie couldn't help but look serious.

However, he did not immediately get angry and go into the mountain to slay the demon as the village chief thought. The black-robed witch Zhu seemed to be inspired.

"Is that so..."

Uncle Jie thought for a while, looked at the little girl in the audience who was being cursed and ostracized by the whole village, and who was stubbornly holding her head high and not flinching, and asked.

"Girl, let me ask you, is it true that there is no statue of the God of Fire in this village?"

The girl hesitated for a moment, and finally she could only nod her head, "Yes, there is indeed no statue of Master Vulcan in the village."

Gongshu Jie then looked at the old village chief beside him and asked, "After the white wolf forced you to worship, in the past eighty years, has this aquatic village ever had a famine or a bad harvest? Are there demons that are wreaking havoc and killing people? Have the wild beasts in the mountains ever been there? Disaster coming down the mountain?”

"Uh... this..." the old village chief thought for a while and shook his head hesitantly, "It seems... indeed not. As far as I can remember, the village has indeed never had a famine. The beasts in the mountains have not come down to eat people anymore, and the terrain here is It’s so remote that I haven’t seen any monsters other than wolf monsters…”

Speaking of the latter part, the old village chief's voice couldn't help but become softer.

Gongshu Jie nodded, and a certain guess in his heart was verified, "In this case, the truth is obvious."

"A small remote mountain village has not had a famine for eighty years, and its crops have matured normally every year. This proves that although the white wolf is favored by you, he has also fulfilled his duties as a mountain god and given you blessings."

"As for the rumors of cannibalism, they have always been your unilateral rumors and speculations. No one has ever been eaten by the white wolf. Even the virgins it asked you to enshrine were returned intact."

"If my expectations are correct, this is probably a warning."

Gongshu Jie said, "I have actually seen the white wolf in Hanyu Mountain. I can make it clear to you that it is definitely not the mountain spirit monster you know, but an extremely noble existence."

"Even the witches in my city dare not make a mistake in front of Him. The little incense and vows you offer are not even worthless to Him."

"And from my contact with him, I can see that he doesn't want to be the Hanyu Mountain God at all, and he doesn't care about the mountain god's position and the power of the incense. There may be another reason for opening the incense in the mountain."

"With His noble status, He is willing to condescend to protect this mountain land and protect you for eighty years, but only accepts a few animal sacrifices. Isn't this a great thing for you? But you are ungrateful and instead spread rumors for many years. If you slander, ruin its reputation, insult its majesty, if you have a bad temper, I'm afraid Shuisheng Village will have been destroyed."

Uncle Jie shook his head and said, "And judging from your attitude, I'm afraid you're not even sincere in offering sacrifices. Even if you can provide incense and aspiration, I'm afraid it won't be much. The Hanyu Mountain God asked you to worship virgins, which is just a way of worshiping virgins." Just a warning."

"Otherwise He has been in the mountain for eighty years and has never eaten anyone every year. Why do you suddenly ask you to sacrifice a virgin this year? And after you sacrificed the virgin, He released the virgin back to the village? No harm was done?"

"Such a simple warning, can't you see it?"

"However, after the girl came back, you not only did not stop slandering the gods, but intensified. You even tried to lure me to go to the mountains to 'subdue demons'? If the wolf god in the mountains knew about this, what would happen to you? do you know?"

Gongshu Jie's tone became more severe as he spoke, making the old village chief sweat profusely and tremble all over.

And not only the old village chief was frightened, but all the villagers who heard these words were frightened.

They looked in the direction of Hanyu Mountain in horror, watching the huge whirlpool of clouds hovering in the sky, Wu Zhu's words echoing in their ears.

"The white wolf in Hanyu Mountain is an extremely noble existence..."

"Even the witches in my city dare not make mistakes in front of Him..."

"If I had been more grumpy, I'm afraid the Aquatic Village would have been destroyed..."

"Not only did you not stop...but it got worse..."

With a crash, the old village chief knelt down. The white-haired old man knelt in front of the black-robed witch and begged loudly.

"Please ask Master Wu Zhu for mercy! Please ask Master Wu Zhu to save my aquatic village!"

When the old village chief knelt down, the villagers also reacted.

In an instant, all the villagers near the loess mud platform fell to their knees and begged loudly.

"Please ask the witch to have mercy on me!"

When everyone knelt down, the only one who did not kneel down was the little girl standing in front of the mud platform.

The black-robed Wu Zhu looked at her and asked, "Don't you kneel down and beg me?"

The little girl said, "Master Wu Zhu, didn't you say that? If the mountain god really cares about everyone, Shuisheng Village would have been gone long ago."

"What's more, if begging for mercy was useful, I wouldn't have been sent to the Lord Mountain God in the first place."

When the girl said this, her tone was very calm.

However, Gongshu Jie took a deep look at her and nodded, "No wonder God looks at you differently... You, a girl, are indeed a little different."

Chapter 18 Widow

What surprised Mr. Jie was not that this girl had the courage to talk in front of him.

But he was surprised that when the girl said these words, there was no trace of resentment in her words and expressions.

Logically speaking, a little girl who was chosen by the whole village and given to a monster in the mountains would have been greatly frightened. She finally escaped death and came back, but she was isolated and ostracized by the whole village. Now she is called a witch by everyone.

After being treated like this, the girl should be full of resentment and hatred towards the villagers.

But now, Gongshu Jie can't see such emotions in the girl. What he saw was a kind of indifference after looking away from everything. It seemed that no matter how much the villagers insulted and misunderstood her, she didn't care.

To be honest, Gongshu Jie wouldn't be surprised if this kind of calmness appeared in an old man who had experienced all kinds of life, or in an ascetic who had overcome catastrophes.

But the girl in front of me is just an uneducated mountain girl! She doesn't even know how to read, but she can have such a pampering attitude.

Gongshu Jie felt that he understood why the Wolf God cared about this little girl.

Such an outstanding little girl is indeed admirable.

If it weren't for the fact that the girl had a relationship with the White Wolf God, Gongshu Jie even had the idea of ​​bringing the girl back to Thousand Needles City to teach her.

This girl is a good seedling...

Uncle Jie sighed in his heart, looked at the old village chief kneeling at his feet again, and said, "Okay, you have heard the conversation between me and this girl. If the White Wolf God in the mountains really cares about you, Why wait now? So you can get up now without kneeling to me."

"What's more, with the dignity of the White Wolf God, if he is really angry and wants to go down the mountain to punish you, I can't stop him at all. If he stops me forcibly, I will only be buried with you."

"So there's no need to kneel down. It's useless to kneel down. I can't help you."

Gongshu Jie said this calmly, but it frightened the villagers.

The old village chief looked even more terrified. He looked in the direction of Hanyu Mountain again, and then asked uneasily, "Master Wu... Wu Zhu, is that wolf... Master Wolf God really so powerful?"

In the simple world view of the villagers, Master Wu Zhu of the city is already the top and top big shot. As long as Master Wu Zhu takes action, all mountain spirits and monsters will flee.

But the Master Wu Zhu in front of him actually claimed that he was no match for the white wolf in the mountains? And the posture is so low... Is the white wolf really so scary?

The old village chief couldn't imagine what kind of monster would be more powerful than Master Wu Zhu.

Gongshu Jie looked at the old man in front of him, thought for a while, and decided to tell the truth to prevent these villagers from doing stupid things in the future and offending the White Wolf God in the mountains.

So he nodded and said, "Yes, the White Wolf God in the mountain is so powerful. Not to mention me, if he is really angered, no one in the entire Huotong Kingdom can withstand the wrath of the Wolf God. ...So you can take care of yourself."

Speaking of this, Uncle Jie couldn't help but sigh.

He thought carefully about what these villagers had done, and couldn't help but admire the white wolf god's good temper.

It is not surprising that ordinary monsters would tolerate the villagers' slander and rumors for the sake of their incense wish. Anyway, the villagers only need to provide the incense wish. But the White Wolf God in the mountain made it clear that he did not care about the worship of this small aquatic village, nor did he care about the incense and power.

Under such circumstances, this group of villagers were allowed to maliciously spread rumors and slander behind their backs. It took a full eighty years before they decided to give this group of villagers a warning. And after the warning, these villagers not only did not repent, but even worsened their behavior.

But even so, the White Wolf God was not angry.

To be able to maintain one's temper in this way, not to mention the mythical beast that frequently produces violent people, even among humans, not many people can do it.

Before, he was a little worried about the white wolf coming down the mountain to cause trouble in the world, but now he was completely relieved.

As long as Huo Tongguo treats each other sincerely, this divine beast will not be a disaster.

With such thoughts in his mind, Uncle Jie saw that the villagers had all stood up, so he asked the village chief again.

"You just said that the reason why the White Wolf God opened an incense burner here was because of a wealthy businessman eighty years ago? Do you know the name of that wealthy businessman? Where does he live?"

This wealthy businessman may be the reason why the White Wolf God is willing to stay here.

With the majesty of a divine beast, he is willing to condescend to be the god of a mountain and protect a land for eighty years. There must be something hidden in this.

If we could find that wealthy businessman, we might be able to know what happened eighty years ago, and we could also learn more about the mysterious White Wolf God.

It's just that the villagers obviously couldn't answer Gongshu Jie's question.

Not to mention the group of ignorant young people in the audience, even the several village elders on the stage were all looking at each other.

It was eighty years ago that a temple was built for White Wolf.

The oldest village chief in the village today was only two years old at the time and had just learned to walk. Even the old village chief knew nothing about this matter, let alone others.

"This... I really don't know," the old village chief said awkwardly, "It was eighty years ago that the wealthy businessman paid to build the temple. It must have been buried long ago. Master Wu Zhu, I'm afraid you won't be able to find it. Him."

The old village chief's answer made Gongshu Jie a little disappointed. But he also understood that he couldn't force this matter, he could only sigh.

"That's right, eighty years is too long. Even if we can find that wealthy businessman, I'm afraid it will only be a cup of loess."

But at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from the crowd.

"I know! I know the name of that wealthy businessman! Master Wu Zhu, I know!"

This voice instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Uncle Jie looked around and saw a dark, strong man in the crowd raising his hands and shouting loudly. The villagers around him quickly stretched out their hands to pull him, frightened.

"Wang Laoliu! You are talking nonsense again!"

"Exactly! Don't you see what kind of occasion this is? Then it's your turn to do whatever you want?"

The villagers were frightened by this hunter who always had a big mouth. They pulled him desperately and tried to cover his mouth.

Uncle Jie waved his hand and said, "Let him go and let him speak. It doesn't matter if he says it wrong."

Hearing Wu Zhu's instructions, the villagers subconsciously looked at the old village chief. After seeing the old village chief nod, they silently let go of the black and strong Orion.

After everyone let go of him, the hunter named Wang Laoliu snorted proudly and said, "A bunch of guys who look down on others. When did I, Wang Laoliu, ever lie? When I say I know, I know! The name of the wealthy businessman who built the temple is Wu Chonggu, and he is from Fushan. These are all engraved under the altar of the mountain temple, but it’s a pity that you are all illiterate, so you don’t know!”

After Wang Laoliu said these words triumphantly, he looked at Wu Zhu on the mud platform and said, "Master Wu Zhu, everything I said is true. You can go to the mountain temple to check it out and you will know. What I, Wang Laoliu, said is true or false."

Wu Zhu nodded, looked at him curiously, and asked, "Are you literate?"

The mountain people in front of me have dark skin, strong bodies, and their speech and behavior don't seem to be literate at all. How can they recognize the inscriptions on the mountain temple?

Wang Laoliu smiled and said, "I, Wang Laoliu, can't read a single Chinese character, so I am just a rough person. But there is an ugly widow in our village who can read. These are the times when I went to the mountain to offer sacrifices, I heard her Said."

Gongshu Jie was suddenly curious. In this remote mountain village, it is logically impossible for anyone to be literate, let alone a woman.

He asked, "Where is this woman now?"

"She died two years ago, but her daughter is still in the village. Well, it's her," Wang Laoliu said, pointing to Xiao Ai not far away.

Wu Zhu looked at the little girl in front of him in surprise and saw the disappointed emotion on the girl's face.

Is this girl's mother literate?

"Is that woman from your village?" Gongshu Jie asked again.