Chapter 84

Their fixed hands would be pulled, bringing piercing pain.

Because of the pain, these people would instinctively struggle upward.

But this was the most fatal part!

Because the surface of the cross would sprout one dense, barbed little spike after another, constantly scraping against these people's bodies, and every friction would scrape away some flesh.

Such torture also made this group of villagers miserable; they wailed and screamed.

In less than a moment, they had already become a bloody mess.

To make sure this group of people remembered the lesson, Jiang Yan's torture lasted for a full day.

Whenever this group of people couldn't hold on and were about to die, a small vine would always pierce into their bodies to replenish their vitality.

Jiang Yan did not have the intention of killing this group of people.

After all, there were still children like Ruu.

Slaughter these people in front of a child?

Jiang Yan was worried it would leave an indelible shadow on Ruu's psyche.

And the reason Jiang Yan tortured these people so much was just to make them remember.

As long as they dared to continue this kind of sacrifice, the terrifying scene of today would ring out again.

By dusk, Jiang Yan let this group of people down.

Immediately after, a thick voice rang out in the ears of these villagers.

"This time, considering your ignorant and foolish nature, I exempt you from the death penalty."

"If you dare to commit such a human sacrifice activity that is beneath humanity again, I will make you taste eternal torture!"

The villagers knelt on the ground in terror, kowtowing constantly.

"Thank you!"

"Thank you, God, for sparing our lives!!"

"We will never dare to do it again!!"

This group of people had already been scared out of their wits; after a day of torture, both their bodies and spirits were on the verge of collapse.

"This time represents a warning; in the future, I will continue to observe this place."

"I will take this child away, and as for you, look after yourselves."

After speaking, Jiang Yan grabbed Ruu, whose eyes were covered by vines, and then the Great Buddha began to dissolve in place and disappeared.

"God... it really was a god..."

The village chief's gaze was dull, and he looked somewhat insane.

This kind of torture from Jiang Yan was something even young people couldn't bear.

Let alone an old man like the village chief?

Clearly, his mental world had already collapsed.

But this was the punishment Jiang Yan bestowed upon him.

After taking Ruu away, Jiang Yan reunited with Raiden Ei on the hillside.

"Was that giant from just now your doing?"

Raiden Ei saw Jiang Yan return with Ruu and knew that the wooden giant that had suddenly appeared was Jiang Yan.

Because there was no Buddha in this world, Raiden Ei just thought it was a giant with a strange shape.

"Hmm, how was it, cool, right?"

Jiang Yan held Ruu and said with a smile.

"It was; I almost thought another Archon had come to cause trouble."

Raiden Ei nodded seriously.

"Hmm? Big brother? Big sister?"

"Why is Ruu here?"

After Jiang Yan retracted the vines covering Ruu's eyes, Ruu opened his eyes cautiously.

Just now, after his eyes were suddenly covered, he had heard the screams of Grandpa Village Chief and the others.

How could a child have heard such terrifying wailing? His heart had been filled with fear.

Until he opened his eyes again and saw the gentle big brother and the quiet big sister from yesterday.

"Ruu, do you know what these people were about to do to you just now?"

Jiang Yan said to Ruu seriously.

He had to teach this child in front of him a lesson.

Seriously, he was about to be sacrificed and didn't even know to resist.

Although it seemed it wouldn't have been of much use for a child like him to resist.

"I know, Grandpa Village Chief wanted to offer me to the Thunderbird so I could be with the Thunderbird forever!"

Ruu's innocent personality didn't let him realize what a sacrifice really was.

In a child's thinking, he was already friends with the Thunderbird, and of course, it was fine to be with the Thunderbird forever.

"Then do you know what your fate would have been?"

Jiang Yan continued to ask.

"Of course, it's to live with the Thunderbird forever, right?"

"I am friends with the Thunderbird, I suppose it wouldn't mind."

Ruu said with a smile.

Jiang Yan slapped his forehead directly.

Sometimes, he really admired the innocence of children.

"Since that's the case, then I will break this ridiculous innocence of yours."

Jiang Yan said faintly, sat cross-legged, and looked at Ruu with a serious face.

For the next period of time, Jiang Yan carefully explained to Ruu what a sacrifice was.

What a ritual was.

And what his parents and Grandpa Village Chief wanted to do to him.

Time soon arrived at night.

Ruu's eyes were dull.

Clearly, these words from Jiang Yan had brought him no small shock.

Thinking that if Jiang Yan hadn't saved him, he would have faced being sliced into a thousand pieces and dying from blood loss.

Fear flashed in Ruu's eyes.

"But... but if we don't do this, what if the Thunderbird gets angry?"

Ruu was somewhat hesitant, worried that the Thunderbird would be dissatisfied because he hadn't been sacrificed.

"How could that be? You and the Thunderbird are friends, aren't you?"

Jiang Yan patted Ruu's head and said with a smile.

"Would you let your friend offer their life for you and be eaten by you?"

Ruu shook his head violently.

Even a child wouldn't easily joke about their friend's life.

"Then that's it, isn't it?"

"I suppose the Thunderbird wouldn't want you to sacrifice yourself to it, right?"

"When it comes, you can go ask it."

Jiang Yan rubbed Ruu's soft, tender cheeks; he finally knew why Guizhong and Cloud Retainer and that group of female immortals liked to rub his cheeks when he was young.

A child's cheeks are bouncy!

They feel super great to rua!

Jiang Yan also fell in love with this feeling of rua-ing a child's cheeks.

"But... when will the Thunderbird come?"

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