524: C524 Red Awn

C524 Red Awn

The day was about to break. When Zhou Yi came back to his senses, it was already close to the entrance of the village.

Zhou Yi didn't know how he followed these people back to the village.

He admitted that he was not a good person and had killed many people before. The number of Strange Beast that died under his hands could be considered as countless.

However, not a single one died in such a cruel manner.

Zhou Yi didn't care whether it was killing something because it was determined and merciless, it wasn't cruel or evil.

The Strange Beast could be said to have breathed its last until they finished all their work. Other than the Strange Beast itself knowing how torturous the process was, Zhou Yi also seemed to have felt the same way.

Apart from this, even more curiosity arose. Just what were they trying to do with the things they had spent so much effort to get back?

It was also with this bit of doubt that Zhou Yi finally followed him back.

Shaking his head, Zhou Yi threw those random thoughts out and then jumped onto the tallest ancient tree outside the village. He hibernated amidst the dense leaves and continued to spy on their movements.

After the group of people brought back the Strange Beast's vital organs, they didn't go anywhere and directly went in front of the strange stone elephant.

And this time, the leader appeared again.

He touched the young man's head, then nodded.

Without another word, the young man turned around and left.

Then the leader stood in front of the statue, clasped his hands together, and, after a minute or so, turned and left.

Zhou Yi stared intently at the stone statue. Other than being able to see that it was a Strange Beast with a green beak and fangs, there didn't seem to be anything special about it.

Zhou Yi fell asleep just like that.

The next morning, Zhou Yi was woken up by his stomach rumbling.

Rubbing his stomach, Zhou Yi's eyes opened up a slit. He first glanced at the stone statue in the village and saw the bloody things still underneath the statue. Then he slid down the tree to look for something to eat.

When he was done eating, Zhou Yi went back to squat on the tree. He squatted until the afternoon and went out to get more food. Then, Zhou Yi squinted on the tree for a while.

Zhou Yi planned to stay up all night because he felt that something happened tonight.

When he fell asleep, the sun had already set on the other side of the mountain.

Zhou Yi was impressed by his physical abilities at the moment. He was extremely weak. It turned out that he could stay awake for a few days without any problems. Now that he could stay awake for eight to nine hours a day, he was definitely not energetic during the day.

Rubbing his eyes, Zhou Yi took a glance at the village and found that it was still the same as before, as if nothing had changed.

Especially that piece of Strange Beast's corpse, which was used for the blood sacrifice, it was still the same as before.

When night fell, Zhou Yi felt the air was a bit cool. He thought that his body's resistance had decreased and was sensitive to the air falling later in the night, so he didn't feel anything. He just tightened his collar and continued to hide in the tree, staring at the village.

However, just as he lowered his head and raised it, the stronghold that was originally bright as day suddenly turned pitch black.

Zhou Yi suddenly had a bad premonition.

Before the feeling in his heart could fade, the entire earth suddenly shook.

Yes, it was a tremble.

Zhou Yi seemed to feel a trace of fear from the trembling.

At this moment, he didn't have the leisure to go to the stronghold to be afraid that they would discover him. He quickly stood up and carried the tree trunk as he looked into the stronghold.1

The silent stronghold did not have a single trace of light. It was as if all the people in the stronghold had disappeared.

But the stone statue's vibrations were very clear, and because of it, the entire earth began to shake as well.

This strange vibration did not last long. Zhou Yi saw that the stone statue started glowing with a strange red light.

Compared to the red light emitted by the stone statue, the red flesh that was placed in front of it was a little lacking.

From Zhou Yi's point of view, the red light was even more like blood than the Strange Beast's flesh.

As expected, the moment the red light appeared, the thing underneath began to rapidly wither. In the blink of an eye, the fresh flesh and blood disappeared, leaving behind only a pile of bones.

Just when Zhou Yi thought that everything was over, a blood-red light shot out from the stone statue and disappeared into the dark night sky.

Then everything went back to normal.

Zhou Yi's gaze followed the red light all the way until it disappeared into the night sky.

"What's that?" Zhou Yi's heart was filled with doubts.

The next morning, the stronghold, which had been silent for the whole night, once again regained its vitality.

When those people appeared frequently at the village, Zhou Yi still couldn't figure out what the light from last night was.

However, the leader of the village and the strong youths from the previous night had gathered at the center of the village.

He originally thought that these people would react to the fresh flesh that turned into dried bones in one night, but Zhou Yi realized that he was wrong. Not only did they not have any reaction, they even calmly commanded the dozens of strong young men to move all the dried bones out of the village and find a place to bury them!

For the next few days, those youths did not appear outside of the village again. Even during normal times, there were still people coming out of the village.

Zhou Yi was a little suspicious now. Why did so many people go so far that day? Was it really for his sake?

Zhou Yi had been stuck on this question for a long time, but this question was the same as the red light that disappeared. No matter how much Zhou Yi racked his brain, he was still unable to figure it out.

After that, Zhou Yi made a decision: he would stay and observe the activities of those people.

Time flew by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed. However, other than a few necessary wild beasts to hunt, these people had never left their stronghold before.

Zhou Yi felt strange. Could it be that the stone statue only needed to be sacrificed once a year?

Just when he felt that he was going to give up due to some nervousness, that night, he saw that strong young team once again.

However, this time, they did not ignite their torches. Instead, without the slightest bit of moonlight, they walked into the darkness.

This time, Zhou Yi did not dare to make a single sound. He even suppressed his breathing to the lowest, falling far behind those black-clothed people.

Zhou Yi did not have any Spiritual Force at the moment, so his five senses were not very sensitive. He did not dare to get too close for fear of being found out.

But luckily, everything was just a false alarm. Before they could sense him, he had finally reached his destination.

This time, Zhou Yi was completely blind, because once those people stopped, not even a sound of breathing could be heard. He just stared with wide eyes into the depths of the dark forest, and fell into a daze …

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