Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 258 257: Yes, I plan to rebel
"The sunlight in the stomach of the Bitter River God gives people a very strange feeling. It doesn't feel like the warmth of normal sunlight. It's more like there are two big light bulbs installed in the stomach."

Lin Beixuan looked up at the two huge holes on the top of his stomach, where the sunlight was shining in.

The two holes were like a pair of eyes, watching everything inside.

Lin Beixuan withdrew his gaze upward and looked calmly at the villagers of Xiahe Village who surrounded him.

"What do you think?"

He stood on a piece of bluestone, with an upright figure and a black robe that gave him a distinguished temperament, like a scholar of high status.

Seeing that Lin Beixuan had an extraordinary demeanor, it was obvious that he was not an ordinary person like them.

Although Guan Shuo and others were holding farm tools, they did not dare to act rashly. They stared at Lin Beixuan with their eyes wide open, breathing rapidly.

"Brother Guan, let's take action!" Someone finally couldn't help but say.

Guan Shuo had a gloomy face and took a step forward with a short knife in hand.

He didn't want to keep going like this any longer.

If the other party's behavior looked like that of an ordinary person, he would have already brought his men to rush over and capture the other party first.

But the feeling Lin Beixuan gave them was too special, which is why the stalemate has lasted until now.

Guan Shuo took a deep breath.

"My dear, I don't know where you came from, but our Xiahe Village doesn't like outsiders to intrude. If you leave now, I can pretend that you have never appeared."

When he addressed Lin Beixuan, he couldn't help but use the term "noble".

Lin Beixuan raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, but instead asked an irrelevant question: "The air around here is so stinky, can't you smell it at all?"

Guan Shuo was confused: "What do you mean?"

"Nothing, I just think it's weird."

Lin Beixuan followed Ajiu's footsteps and came to Xiahe Village. Along the way, he found that the stench he smelled was getting stronger and stronger.

The stench of this biological decay and fermentation is simply suffocating.

There was a flash of anger in Guan Shuo's eyes. He found that the man in front of him seemed to care nothing about what he said.

"In that case..."

"on!"

Guan Shuo gritted his teeth and roared, then rushed towards Lin Beixuan with a dagger in hand.

The people behind also let out a few strange cries and picked up their weapons.

Lin Beixuan looked at the group of people rushing towards him without any panic.

Although he is now weak, he is still not comparable to these ordinary people.

The dagger was sharp and the hoe was heavy. Several farm tools were about to fall on Lin Beixuan, but at this moment, a cry of surprise came from the villagers behind him.

"Stop, stop it all!!!"

It was the bald man's voice.

The villagers stopped what they were doing and looked back, only to see the bald man running towards them, sweating and panting.

"Stop fighting. The village chief said to invite the people back to the village."

“Remember, it’s please!”

"please?"

Guan Shuo's eyes widened: "He is an outsider. What if we bring him to the village and something like what happened in Shanghe Village happens?"

"Yes, I heard that a lot of people died in Shanghe Village and even their bodies couldn't be found." Someone echoed.

The bald man shook his head, recalling the stern look of the village chief, and asked repeatedly: "The village chief said that this is the will of the Bitter River God. Do you think you are disobeying the Bitter River God?"

When they heard the three words "Kuhe God", all the villagers immediately retreated.

The Kuhe God is a secular god worshipped by the villagers from both the upper and lower reaches of the Kuhe River. It is their belief, and no one dares to go against the will of the Kuhe God.

In the hearts of these people, the God of Ku River is even more convincing than the elders in their families.

Guan Shuo was also surprised when he heard this. He called Lin Beixuan a noble man, and the other party really was a noble man.

But he was still on guard against Lin Beixuan.

He dispersed the villagers who surrounded Lin Beixuan and stared at him: "I will keep an eye on you. Don't even think about doing anything to harm the village."

Lin Beixuan patted Guan Shuo on the shoulder.

"I admire you for having your own opinions and principles!"

After saying that, he walked towards Xiahe Village.

The bald man immediately came up to Lin Beixuan and bowed, indicating that he could lead the way for him.

Lin Beixuan did not refuse and followed the bald man.

The country road was winding, but fortunately it was relatively flat. It passed through a field. On both sides of the road were cultivated fields. The soil was yellow and black, and the smell it emitted made Lin Beixuan couldn't help but wrinkle his nose.

"Can you grow crops on this land?" Lin Beixuan looked at the bald man who was leading the way.

Hearing this, the bald man smiled awkwardly, scratched his head and answered uncertainly: "It should be possible. I planted a lot of seeds last year and some seedlings grew out, but unfortunately they didn't survive for some reason.

Everyone thought it was because of insufficient fertilizer, so they added a lot of fertilizer to the fields in advance this year, and they all thought there should be a harvest this year."

Lin Beixuan didn't dwell on this issue any further, and instead asked the question that had been puzzling him for a long time.

"Do you smell this stench in the air?"

"Stink?"

The bald man stretched his neck and sniffed hard to the left and right.

"No, what's the smell? Did a toilet explode?"

Seeing that the bald man looked completely unaware, Lin Beixuan smiled and said nothing more.

As soon as he entered Xiahe Village, Lin Beixuan found that many people in the village were looking at him.

Apparently the news that this outsider was going to enter the village had already spread throughout Xiahe Village.

Under these gazes, he began to look around the village.

Xiahe Village is quite large and gives people a somewhat primitive impression.

The structure of their houses is the same as those earthen houses on the ground. They are square boxes built with earth and some lime, and look very monotonous.

"How many people are there in your village?"

"Including the elderly and children, there are almost 300 people."

Lai Tou always remembered what the village chief said to him, so he was very respectful and did not hide anything from Lin Beixuan.

Lin Beixuan nodded and said nothing, but a hint of doubt flashed across his eyes.

The two soon arrived at the village chief's house.

Compared with the ordinary houses of those villagers, the village chief's house is obviously more special. There are many flags with strange patterns hanging on the earthen walls, like a temple guarded by some ancient witches.

Lai Tou took Lin Beixuan and pushed open the door of the yard. They came to a house and shouted loudly.

"Village chief, I have invited people over."

Lin Beixuan looked inside from outside the house, glanced at the scene inside, and his eyes fell on the three people inside.

A skinny old man, a woman and a child.

He was also familiar with that child, it was Ah Jiu who had "saved" him before.

Gu Yan raised his eyes and glanced at Lin Beixuan, then said to the bald man.

"Go to the granary and get two kilograms of rice."

"Thank you, Village Chief!"

The bald man's face lit up with joy, and before leaving he did not forget to respectfully make a gesture of invitation to Lin Beixuan, and then slowly left the yard.

Lin Beixuan walked in with a normal expression.

Seeing this, the woman in the room immediately moved a chair from the corner and placed it in front of Lin Beixuan.

"Please take a seat."

Lin Beixuan was not polite and sat casually on the chair. Gu Yan looked Lin Beixuan up and down, with a bit of curiosity and scrutiny in his eyes. He could see that Lin Beixuan was extraordinary from his appearance and temperament.

"How did the distinguished guest come to us?"

"I accidentally made a hole in the ground and the blood came in from the intestines, but it took me quite some time." Lin Beixuan pointed upwards without hiding anything.

"I didn't expect that Luozhou is actually a completely different world above and below the ground. It really opened my eyes."

Gu Yan's withered fingers trembled slightly, and he asked uncertainly, "Does your honorable guest know where we are?"

"What do you think?" Lin Beixuan raised a slightly playful smile on his face.

"After meeting you, I realized something. Humans are indeed very tenacious creatures."

The woman stood aside, holding Ajiu's right hand, and listened carefully to Lin Beixuan's words, but Lin Beixuan's words were confused, which made her a little confused.

Gu Yan smiled and said, "Then the distinguished guest should know where this place is."

"Is the outside world okay now?"

"I came all the way from Qingzhou to here, and except for you, I haven't seen a living person, but I have seen quite a few ghosts." Lin Beixuan shook his head.

In his opinion, secular people are not strictly considered secular people, so Zhou Zhe and the others were not included.

Hearing this, Gu Yan's eyes dimmed a little.

"So it looks like things are getting even worse up there!"

"That's about right. I passed by a county town and it was full of corpses."

Lin Beixuan spoke calmly about the scenes he saw in Pingyang County.

He and Gu Yan chatted like friends, but the words he said frightened the woman so much that cold sweat dripped down her forehead.

The more Lin Beixuan talked about the tragic situation in Luozhou, the more tormented Yinggu felt.

She had always wanted to leave this place and return to the outside world, but Lin Beixuan's words were like a knife that pierced her hopes bit by bit.

The Luozhou she wanted to return to is now a living hell.

Going back up there, you not only have to experience hunger, but you also have to face those vicious ghosts.

Gu Yan glanced at Yinggu, smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Since Luozhou is already like this, why did the distinguished guest still come in?"

Lin Beixuan changed into a comfortable sitting position.

"One is to train the troops, and the other is to see if there is a chance to get the Luozhou secret treasure."

Lin Beixuan's frank words shocked Gu Yan.

"Troop training?"

Between the two pieces of information, Gu Yan subconsciously ignored the information that he thought was less important.

"Yes, I intend to rebel."

"You want to rebel!!"

Gu Yan's face was filled with horror. He couldn't imagine what terrible words he had heard, and he even subconsciously wanted to cut off his ears.

In the secular world, for ordinary people like Gu Yan, "rebellion" is such a distant and untouchable word. They don't even dare to hear others talk about it, for fear of being implicated by the court and having their entire clan executed.

Available today.

He heard it.

And I heard it from a person who did not hide his feelings at all, as if talking about rebellion was as easy as farting.

Gu Yan suppressed his shock, calmed his breathing and composed his mind.

He must have heard it wrong just now.

That’s right, I must have heard it wrong!
How could a normal person openly say that he was planning to rebel?
Shouldn't this kind of thing be done quietly and secretly, for fear that someone might overhear it?

Gu Yan forced a smile on his face and said, "Could you please repeat what you just said? I am old and my hearing is not very good."

Ajiu also felt that the village chief must be too old to hear such clear words, so he volunteered to repeat what Lin Beixuan had just said.

"Grandpa Village Chief, he said he wants to rebel!"

Perhaps because he was afraid that Gu Yan would misunderstand again, Jiu emphasized his words.

At this moment, his little face was full of joy, as if he was waiting for Gu Yan to praise him.

Unexpectedly, Gu Yan's skinny body was already trembling slightly when he finished speaking, and suddenly he slammed his hand on the table and yelled at Ajiu.

"I know!!"

Because he was too excited, Gu Yan's voice was a little cracked.

He quickly took a deep breath and looked at Lin Beixuan.

But the other party looked calm, as if he didn't feel at all that what he said was outrageous.

Rebellion is such a serious word, yet it is said so easily.

"My dear guest, do you know how much trouble this statement will cause if it gets out?"

Lin Beixuan looked at Gu Yan in confusion.

"Disaster?"

"There are not even a few people left in Luozhou. Where did this disaster come from?"

"..."

Gu Yan’s old face froze.

Then, Lin Beixuan continued, "As someone who has experienced Luozhou firsthand, you should know better than me what it is like now."

"The hundred-li territory of Luozhou has been ravaged by starving ghosts. Do you think there is support from the imperial court?"

"I'm telling you something that doesn't belong to Naju."

"Qingzhou is located on the border of Luozhou. The Nanyang evil spirit and Zigu God openly encroached on and divided up government officials, taking the land of Qingzhou into their own territory. I have not seen the court step in to reclaim the lost land."

"You have been living in the stomach of this bitter river god for a long time. You don't know what the situation is like outside. Evil spirits are everywhere. Foreign tribes have invaded and occupied 50% of the land of the past dynasties."

"Do you know what life is like for the people in this half of the land under the rule of evil spirits and foreign races?"

Gu Yan remained silent upon hearing this. He looked like a piece of porcelain that was about to break, old and decayed.

Lin Beixuan shook his head and sighed: "That's really hell on earth!"

Then he changed the subject.

"Of course, it's better than your Luozhou. At least they don't have to starve to the point of eating humans to fill their stomachs."

"do you think so?"

Lin Beixuan's words were like a steel needle piercing Gu Yan's heart, shattering any fantasy he had.

"You have been living in this illusion for a long time. Do you really think that the world is peaceful?"

"As soon as I entered this stomach, I smelled the stench of decay."

Lin Beixuan stood up.

"This stench comes from the secular gods you worship and also from your rotten hearts..."

"Let me guess, has cannibalism started in your village?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the room fell into deathly silence, which was even more terrifying than when Lin Beixuan said he was planning to rebel.

Yinggu's gaze instantly fell on Gu Yan. She looked at the old man, expecting to see his excited denial.

However, it does not.

She screamed, "Didn't you ask me to believe that there was no cannibalism in Xiahe Village? You are lying to me!"

Gu Yan couldn't understand why Lin Beixuan, an outsider, knew all this.

He calculated that Lin Beixuan was their only way to survive, but he didn't expect that this way to survive might also be their way to death.

Gu Yan glanced at Yinggu and said expressionlessly, "I didn't lie to you. There is indeed no cannibalism in Xiahe Village."

"But we have people who eat Kamikawa Village!"

(End of this chapter)