Ma Xiaoyu and Yin Xiu continued to move forward. After leaving Wangnan, they had obtained enough supplies."By the way, have you really conquered the Zombie King single-handedly in the past?" Ma Xiaoyu asked him. "Last night, three at a time." Yin Xiu held up three fingers. "I mean in the past," Ma Xiaoyu emphasized. “In the past…” Yin Xiu was somewhat at a loss for words and could only nod and say, "It can be considered as a single-handed operation." When Ma Xiaoyu heard this, she knew he was bragging, but she didn't expose him. She just smiled and said, "If you say it's the final say, then it's the final say." Yin Xiu scratched his head and asked her again: "What about when you fought those two zombie kings alone in Malaysia before?" Ma Xiaoyu blushed and turned her head away, "I didn't say it was alone." She spoke so quietly that Yin Xiu didn't hear it at all. He could only nod casually, as if he knew her answer. According to the map they got from Wangnan and the location of the Thousand Buddha Temple, they were about two hundred miles away from the Thousand Buddha Temple at this time.

Two hundred miles does not seem far on the map, but it is impossible to reach the destination in just one or two days. So they stopped temporarily in a village called Linbo. This was originally a fishing village. If you follow the river that flows through the village, you can reach the big lake. Later, as the fish became less numerous, rice was planted here like in other places, and the fishermen became farmers. But no matter what the village was like originally, it is now deserted in the zombie apocalypse, just like most villages in Jiaozhi. In addition to the yellow and dry crops, there were also a few mutilated corpses lying in the rice fields. After smelling the stench coming from afar, Yin Xiu changed his mind. This place has become a scorched earth, just like other places, it makes people feel terrible and desolate. "Let's go." Before Yin Xiu could say anything, Ma Xiaoyu had already made her judgment - staying here would gain nothing and it would just be a waste of time. As they drove the horses around, a sound suddenly came from deep in the village. There was the sound of a group of people banging on something, jumping up and down, and landing on the ground. Yin Xiu thought of zombies first, but even the Zombie King could not come out and walk in such sunlight. So the two of them controlled the camel and horse's restlessness and just waited by the roadside. After a while, the source of the noise appeared. This time there were not only knocking sounds, but also the sounds of musical instruments being played. The people in the front were divided into two lines, one team had red cloth tied on their heads, and the other team was wrapped in white gauze, jumping around and playing music. Ma Xiaoyu immediately pulled the reins and turned the horse's head. "Come on!"

Yin Xiu's hands were busy, following Ma Xiaoyu's actions, but he still asked, "What's wrong?" "The Snake God is getting married." Ma Xiaoyu's face was solemn. However, just as they turned their horses around, on their way back, another group of people came over, dressed in the same way as these people, and also playing musical instruments. Neither happy nor sad, their behavior was strange and their faces were numb. Snakes are strange and terrifying creatures in the culture of any region or country. They seem to be everywhere, in woodsheds, wells, jungles, ancient roads, and even on beams and pillows. Snakes often represent death and disaster. Just because of their light kiss, when the woman felt pain on her heel, death often came with it. Precisely because they are so terrifying and mysterious, the ancients gradually began to treat snakes as gods after they discovered that they could not exterminate them. It is an ancient god that brings death, punishment, and is unpredictable and cannot be looked at directly. In Malaysia, local natives sometimes also perform this kind of sacrifice. This kind of sacrifice is usually held after encountering a disaster, in order to appease the resentment of the gods and pray for forgiveness and blessings. Because Ma Xiaoyu knew about this, she was the first person to think of staying away from it. However, by this time they were surrounded by teams on both sides. Amid the banging and banging procession, a few people were carrying a red sedan chair. As the sedan bearers shook the sedan chair, the people inside seemed to sway a few times as well. That is the bride who will marry the snake god. At the beginning, Ma Xiaoyu wanted to stop their sacrifice. After all, this is barbaric, bloody and ignorant, and any civilized person who sees it will want to stop it. But later, Ma Xiaoyu gradually realized that the so-called civilization and barbarism are just different ways of life. Even if you rescue the girl who is the bride of the snake god today, another girl will be sent to the bridal sedan tomorrow to replace the other one. Many families even consider this kind of sacrifice as an honor and make voluntary contributions. The only way to stop this kind of sacrifice is to use blood and force to make the entire tribe and village surrender and establish new rules, so as to change this situation. But in order to save one person, more people have to be killed, and we don’t even know if it will be effective or how long it will last. Is this another kind of self-righteous scrutiny? Ma Xiaoyu never thought that she should be smarter or more noble than those people in the tribe. She did not have such self-righteous sense of superiority. Of course, she can also use magic to make herself the new "snake god" of the tribe, but all this is just part of the cycle and will not help the future. Therefore, when Ma Xiaoyu encounters this situation, she just wants to avoid it and not get involved. Yin Xiu naturally knew the principle of listening to advice and having enough food to eat, so he did not hesitate and just followed Ma Xiaoyu, who knew the business, and did everything as he was told. However, at this time, they had indeed been involved in this strange sacrifice. "Lower your head." Yin Xiu suddenly called out. Ma Xiaoyu was still hesitating, but when Yin Xiu held her hand, the warmth from his palm made her feel at ease. So the two of them lowered their heads and let the sacrificial procession pass by on both sides.

They didn't intend to have any interaction with these people. Gradually, the sound of the beating became more frequent and louder, as if someone was holding a drum and playing it at their feet. Yin Xiu still kept his head down, pretending nothing had happened. I don’t know how long it took, but a cold, slippery touch slipped across Yin Xiu’s neck, making people feel cold to the bone. There was also laughter, silver bell-like laughter that seemed to be sliding on a saw, each one going off track, appearing disordered and absurd. Yin Xiu realized something was wrong, and with a sneer, he gently placed his hand on the bag. Stupid! Yin Xiu pushed with his thumb, and Izumi Ichimonji appeared an inch, flashing a cold light. The noisy sounds that originally surrounded them suddenly stopped, and when Yin Xiu looked up again, the wedding procession had already walked far away and disappeared behind the woods. But Ma Xiaoyu was still looking over there, a little absent-minded. [Could it be that she was just under an illusion? ] Yin Xiu reached out to her chest. "What are you doing?" Ma Xiaoyu grabbed his wrist. "Nothing, I thought you needed me to help you untie the acupuncture points or something." "Do you think I was acupunctured?" Ma Xiaoyu let go of his hand and said unhappily, "Even you didn't fall for the illusion, so how could I be?" Touching her earring, she said, "I just saw a white peacock in that team." "White Peacock?" Ma Xiaoyu rolled her eyes at him. "She's the sister of Bai Fenghuang who was wearing a short skirt and you were staring at her the whole time." "Oh, it's her." Yin Xiu responded, "She is also doing odd jobs in that team?" "What odd jobs? I mean, it's her who's sitting in the sedan chair." Ma Xiaoyu sighed, "Maybe she volunteered to be sacrificed to the snake god and become a bride." "So that's it." Yin Xiu nodded, and suddenly realized that something was wrong. "That's not right. She is a Miao. Why would she come to Jiaozhi to be the bride of Jiaozhi's snake god? Isn't that very wrong?" "Of course something is wrong. I just saw her eyes were dull and her saliva was almost flowing down. It was as if she was possessed by evil spirits." "That must be a ghost!" Yin Xiu slapped her thigh and said, "The two sisters claim to be Taoist priests and Gu masters, but their skills are actually very poor. Maybe they will really fall for it."

"Why are you so nervous?" Ma Xiaoyu glanced at him and said, "You look like you really care about other people's safety, don't you?" "Not really." Yin Xiu waved his hands repeatedly, "I'm just wondering if the snake god they worship has any connection or chance with these two Miao people." When he said this, Ma Xiaoyu immediately felt curious, or rather strange. Although the two Miao people had different goals and even different routes. However, at this moment in Jiaozhi, they seemed to be in trouble. Although they looked completely different, they had to wonder if the two Miao people were actually facing the same trouble as they were? Was the source of both problems the Hanba? …… There were noises of banging and knocking as the team marched, and no one noticed that a shadow on the ground had blended into the ranks. The white peacock sat in the bridal sedan. Its simple and elegant attire had been changed. It was wrapped in a red wedding dress and swayed with the sedan. A black shadow rose, and Yin Xiu appeared in the shadow, pressing a piece of talisman paper on the back of the white peacock's neck. The white peacock's originally dull pupils suddenly contracted, and when she was about to scream, Yin Xiu covered her mouth. The people carrying the sedan only felt the sedan suddenly sink, but didn't feel any other movement, so they just continued to move forward. "Hey, if you scream, I might be able to run away, but you will have to die here." Yin Xiu whispered. “%@#%…” The white peacock struggled a few more times, but when he saw from the corner of his eye that it was Yin Xiu, he couldn't help but feel relieved. After taking a few deep breaths, she stopped struggling and tapped the back of Yin Xiu's hand with her fingers, signaling him to let go. Yin Xiu then released the hand that was covering hers, only to find that Bai Kongque's face was already flushed. "what happened?" "What do you think?" The white peacock glared at him. Only then did Yin Xiu realize that because the sedan was very small, when he covered the white peacock's mouth just now, the two of them were actually almost stuck together, face to face, body to body. And Yin Xiu's other hand was placed where it shouldn't be, soft and broad. "..." Yin Xiu let go of his hand and whispered, "It's not my choice." "Is it necessary?" White Peacock's face turned red and white, "You are talking to me in my ear now, and you are going to say that you are forced by the situation?" "How about we use telepathy or sign language? You don't want those people outside to find out that you and I are squeezed in the same sedan, right?"

"Bah! Who wants to communicate with you telepathically? Besides, I can't do it either." Despite being angry, White Peacock still had to turn his head and speak into Yin Xiu's ear. "What is the situation now?" "That's a question for you." There was a faint smell of alcohol in Yin Xiu's mouth. It was not unpleasant, but rather had a special fragrance, which made White Peacock's face even redder. "How did you get caught? Where is Bai Fenghuang? Where did she go?" "White Phoenix!" The white peacock screamed in surprise, but Yin Xiu covered his mouth with his hand again. Only when she indicated that she could control the sound did Yin Xiu let go of her hand again. "We encountered zombies, lots and lots of zombies." White Peacock wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve. "When I was in Miaojiang before, I saw some tribes refining zombies, but they were only one or two, used for fighting. It's unheard of that dozens of them appeared at once like this." "A few dozen is normal, but things have changed now." Yin Xiu thought of the night in Wangnan and felt that if Bai Kongque and the others were to meet them, they would probably die even if they were to fight a hundred times. In this way, the fact that the white peacock was able to survive the tide of corpses can be considered a kind of luck, or even great fortune that its ancestral graves are smoking. "What about the White Phoenix? She wouldn't..." As they were talking, it seemed that one of the sedan chair bearers stepped off the seat and the sedan chair shook. The two of them were squeezed together again, even closer. "Don't push me!" The white peacock gritted his teeth. "I've taken my hands away." "Not the hand..." The sedan chair fell into silence. After a while, White Peacock said leisurely: "White Phoenix should be fine, she has always been very skilled. I was unlucky. I was caught by these villagers when I was escaping and fell under their spell, so I became the bride of the snake god." "She is so disloyal that she doesn't come to save you?" Yin Xiu said dissatisfiedly. "What kind of loyalty do women have?" The white peacock glared at him, "And I said, she didn't abandon me, I was lost!" As she was talking, she remembered something else and asked Yin Xiu, "What about you? Did you get lost and come here too?" "Why do you ask me this?" Yin Xiu was a little surprised. "Because the female Taoist priest who was following you doesn't seem to be here either."

"Who do you think I am?" Yin Xiu suddenly remembered that Ma Xiaoyu was probably still lurking behind the team. He shuddered and quickly distanced himself from Bai Kongque. However, the sedan chair shook again, causing the two of them to stick together again. "Aren't you a great master in the realm of synesthesia, an existence in the Central Plains that can be counted without even using ten fingers?" asked the White Peacock. "Yes what's the matter?" White Peacock bit his lip, his palms sweating, "I thought masters like that could control themselves." (End of this chapter)