Rebirth of the Totem Pole, I became a taboo

Chapter 170: Burning Lake, Leaving the Village

After the six Mingxia balls appeared, Chen Yao did not feel the surrounding temperature rise, so he was not in a hurry to push them into the Moon Lake.

But within less than an hour, beads of sweat began to appear on the foreheads of the residents of Wanzu Village.

In the Shiwanda Mountains, except for some particularly open areas that are extremely hot in summer, summer is the most comfortable season in other places.

The people in Wanzu Village were a little surprised as to why the temperature suddenly became hot.

This is the case in Wanzu Village, and the villagers of Shuiyue Village, who have lived in the village with abundant water spiritual energy for a long time, can't stand it even more.

Being tied up was uncomfortable enough, and now their clothes were soaked with sweat. The sticky feeling made the villagers of Shuiyue Village, who had never experienced it, almost die of pain.

Chen Yao also discovered this, and immediately controlled the wooden vine to stuff the six Mingxia balls into the Moon Lake.

The range of the sub-column just covers the middle of Yue Lake.

So Chen Yao can control the wooden vine to send the Mingxia ball.

Chen Yao didn't care about it anymore.

When the time is right, changes will naturally occur.

……

Shuiyue Village.

The chief witch just left the Water Moon Totem.

This time, the Shuiyue Totem still did not respond to her request. Although she was disappointed, it was also within her expectations.

After all, the Water Moon Totem has not responded to countless requests over thousands of years.

This time, it was also expected.

However, the thing that exploded above Shuiyue Village before still looms like a shadow over the heart of the great witch.

Although the Water Moon Formation withstood the attack, the chief witch clearly felt that at least one-tenth of the water spiritual energy in the village had been extracted for that defense.

Although the water spirit can be restored in just one night, what if Wanzu Village continues to launch such attacks?
This is the case with just one person. If there are more, and the water spiritual energy is gone in Shuiyue Village, the Shuiyue Formation will also lose its support.

So the chief witch now just wants to figure out what kind of attack the Wanzu Village has, how many times it can be launched, and what is the method to crack it?
And only one person can do all this.

Brought into the house by the mist, the chief witch said to the three witches:
"Third witch, divine the attack just now and see if there is a way to break it."

After the chief witch finished speaking, she sat down in her seat and began to sit cross-legged.

But after waiting for a long time, she didn't hear any response from the third witch.

"The third witch?"

The chief witch frowned, but when she looked at the third witch who was still motionless, her heart suddenly twitched.

"The third witch? Xiao San! Shui Lanxin!"

The chief priestess stood up from the ground and walked towards the third priestess step by step.

When her old hand touched the third witch's body, she finally felt the coldness emanating from the third witch.

The old but steady hand began to tremble when it pulled away from the third witch.

Although the trembling disappeared in the blink of an eye, it was not an illusion.

The chief witch walked up to the third witch, looked at the tortoise shells in the third witch's hands and the broken stone foam, and naturally knew what the third witch had done.

"You, why are you so disobedient!"

The chief priestess sat down opposite the third priestess.

The mist rose up and straightened the third witch's drooped head.

Looking at the third witch's face, which was even older than hers, the eldest witch's eyes gradually became dull.

The voice of the third witch from long ago seemed to ring in my ears again.

"Sister Shuilian, wait for me, you see I can already make a little water snake!"

"Sister Shui Lian, congratulations, you have successfully become the eighteenth witch, but I am still in the middle stage of the first level. I have worked very hard!"

"Sister Shuilian, how did you get hurt? I'll get you some medicine!"

"Sister Shui Lian, congratulations on becoming the eighth witch, but, if possible, please don't work so hard, okay?"

"Sister Shuilian, I have good news for you. I have become a shrine maiden, too! Although I am only the twentieth shrine maiden, which is far from Sister Shuilian's fifth shrine maiden, I can definitely help Sister Shuilian! Because I have become a fortune teller!"

"Sister Shuilian, be careful when you go out this time. I have divined that there is a danger in that place, hidden in the swamp!"

"Great Witch, the merchants this time are from the Ji family of Da Shang. The Ji family is a great fortune-telling family in Da Shang. Can we let them enter my Shuiyue Village? I want to... communicate with them about divination."

"Thank you, Great Witch... Sister Shuilian! With this tortoise shell, divination will be more accurate in the future! The safety of Shuiyue Village is left to me!"

"The Great Priestess..."

"The Great Witch!"

The chief priestess suddenly woke up and looked at the fifth priestess and Sailor Moon who were looking astonished.

"Well, you are here... The third witch has left. You should arrange for her to return to Suigetsu."

The chief witch stood up from the ground and left the house.

The fifth witch looked at the departing figure of the chief witch, then turned to look at the third witch who lowered her head again.

"Why, why did you just leave?"

Nothing happened, so why did the third witch leave?
The fifth witch couldn't accept it.

"Let the third miko return to Suigetsu."

Sailor Moon's cold voice was heard, and then a thin layer of ice appeared under the third witch.

The thin ice is getting thicker and bigger.

Seeing that the fifth priestess did not move, Sailor Moon could only walk over and gently place the third priestess's body in the already formed ice coffin.

Then, the ice coffin was pulled away by Sailor Moon.

The fifth priestess then followed Sailor Moon out.

When we arrived at the location of the Water Moon Totem, the Great Witch was already waiting there.

"Put it in there."

The chief witch gave the order without turning her head.

Upon hearing this, Shui Bingyue placed the ice coffin in the small pond where the Shuiyue totem was.

"Because the village just experienced a war, I didn't inform the villagers. It's just the three of us who will send the third witch back to Shuiyue."

"Yes!"

"Yes……"

Sailor Moon and the fifth priestess replied.

"Then it begins."

After the chief priestess finished speaking, she bowed to the Shuiyue totem, and the fifth priestess and Shuibingyue followed suit.

"The third witch of the Shuiyue tribe, Shui Lanxin, requests to return to Shuiyue!"

As soon as the words fell, the water-moon totem suddenly lit up with a ray of moonlight as bright as water.

The moonlight flowed into the third witch's ice coffin and covered her body.

As the three people watched, the body of the third witch gradually became crystal clear, and finally, it melted into the moonlight.

The moonlight rose again, flew around the Water Moon Totem, and then returned to the Water Moon Totem.

After a long time, the chief witch spoke.

"Okay, you go back."

Sailor Moon and the fifth priestess said nothing and left the location of the Sailor Moon totem.

On the way, the fifth priestess asked Sailor Moon.

"Do you think we can return to Shuiyue later?"

Sailor Moon looked at the fifth priestess beside her, and a hint of hesitation appeared on this priestess who always had a hot temper.

"Whether we can return to Shuiyue or not, at least we are worthy of the Shuiyue tribe, right?"

"We deserve it. Yes, we deserve it!"

The fifth witch's gaze became firm again, and she strode away.

Shui Bingyue looked at the back of the fifth witch in front of her, turned around, and walked towards the edge of Shuiyue Village. She looked at the fish jumping out of the Moon Lake at the edge of Shuiyue Village.

The sunlight hits the fish scales, reflecting the sparkling water.

Sailor Moon's eyes softened.

"It would be nice if I could live a carefree life like you guys."

Shui Bingyue looked for a while, then turned her gaze to the other side of Moon Lake thousands of feet away.

Although there was nothing over there, Shui Bingyue knew that Liu Wudi had always been there.

After calming down, Sailor Moon left.

But what Shui Bingyue didn't realize was that the frequency at which the fish in Yue Lake jumped out of the lake today was a little too high.

Silent all night.

Neither Wanzu Village nor Shuiyue Village launched any attack that night.

It seems that the fighting between the two villages has stopped.

But when Shui Bingyue was awakened from her practice by Shui Shasha, she saw Shui Shasha's face full of panic.

"what happened?"

Sailor Moon stood up immediately.

"Miko, I can't explain it clearly. Come with me and take a look. The chief shrine maiden and the others have also gone there."

Sailor Moon frowned and immediately rushed outside.

From a distance, she saw a circle of people surrounding the edge of Shuiyue Village.

"what happened?"

Shui Bingyue rushed over, and the villagers of Shuiyue Village who she met made way for her.

When everyone moved aside and Sailor Moon's vision was unobstructed, she suddenly stopped.

What comes into view is a silver color above the Moon Lake!
That was not the Water Moon Totem exerting its magical power, but... the belly of a dead fish!

Why did so many fish die?
They were so active yesterday!
Sailor Moon walked to the fifth priestess and the chief priestess and stopped.

"Great Witch, what's going on?"

After Sailor Moon asked the question, the fifth priestess pointed to the Moon Lake.

"Touch the lake water."

Sailor Moon frowned and stretched out her hand. A trickle of lake water fell into her palm. Feeling the hot water in her hand, Sailor Moon looked up at the sky.

The sun is still there and has not fallen into the lake, but why is the water so hot?

"We have sent people to check the bottom of the lake."

The fifth witch said.

Sailor Moon threw away the water in her hand and waited.

Soon, seven or eight guards in the Transcendent Realm came ashore and stood in front of them.

"Reporting to the witch, there is nothing unusual in the lake, but the temperature gets higher the further we go outside. It seems that the source of the heat is in the half of the lake outside the village."

The guard's words silenced the three priestesses.

Outside the village? What's that?
There is... the Wanzu Village.

"Got it, you guys go down, everyone, back off."

As soon as the chief priestess finished speaking, everyone left the place, and soon, only three priestesses were left.

"Thirteenth Witch, can you guess what the Ten Thousand Clans Village is going to do?"

The Great Witch asked.

Sailor Moon knew why the chief priestess asked her, because she was the person who had the most contact with Liu Wudi.

Thinking about Liu Wudi's calm and composed look, Shui Bingyue couldn't guess.

"What else can we do? They are going to starve us to death!"

The fifth witch said hatefully!
However, her words stunned the Great Miko and Sailor Moon.

Yes, if all the creatures in Moon Lake died, what would the people of Shuiyue Village eat?
The priestesses can absorb spiritual energy to maintain their physical condition.

But what about other ordinary people and warriors?

Even if everyone in the village is at the Body Tempering Stage, they can only hold out for half a month at most.

In half a month, Shuiyue Village might not even be able to fight.

But is this really the only purpose?

Sailor Moon was suspicious, but she couldn't think of any other possible situations.

"It's okay. The supplies in Shuiyue Treasure House are enough for Shuiyue Village to survive for several months."

The great witch said.

But after hearing this, the fifth witch said dissatisfiedly: "Are we going to keep wasting time? They can waste time, but we in Shuiyue Village cannot afford it."

The fifth witch's words made the atmosphere gloomy again.

After a long time, the great witch sighed.

"Prepare for the Blood Moon Ritual."

"Uh……"

The fifth witch wanted the chief witch to come up with a less cowardly plan, but...but the blood moon ritual, that is no longer bravery.

That's a tough fight!

Even if they win, how many people will be left in Shuiyue Village?
One hundred? Or fifty?

Can you really afford this price?
"Great Witch, wait a little longer. The Ten Thousand Clans Village can't keep guarding us forever. If it doesn't work... I'll go out and talk to the Ten Thousand Clans Village."

Sailor Moon's words made the chief priestess and the fifth priestess look over.

"Talk? What to talk about?"

The fifth witch frowned and asked.

"In the beginning, the purpose of the Ten Thousand Races Village was to learn about the ancient descendants. By the way, they also wanted to trade our Shuiyue Pills. So, if it can buy a period of peace, then it's fine..."

"no!"

The fifth witch interrupted.

"If we really give them the elixir, the strength of the Ten Thousand Clans Village will definitely increase dramatically. What if they come back to attack us?"

"Isn't this using our own things to hit us?"

Sailor Moon looked at the fifth priestess.

"If you don't want to try, then use the Blood Moon Ritual."

"..."

The fifth witch was speechless.

Yes, there is still a chance if you try. Even if it doesn’t work, at most you will lose a batch of pills, and then you can continue with the Blood Moon Ritual.

If we don't try, we can only carry out the Blood Moon Ritual, which will result in both sides suffering losses!

Seeing that the fifth priestess didn't speak, Sailor Moon turned her gaze to the chief priestess.

The chief witch nodded.

"Just do as you say."

After saying that, the great witch went towards the Water Moon Totem again.

These days, the high witch has never left the location of the Water Moon Totem.

"When are you going?"

The fifth witch asked.

"Go today."

……

(End of this chapter)