Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 60 The Childbirth Doctor (Resurrection Match)

Li Wushou, alone on horseback

They sped out of the city and flew across the Emerald River!

As for why he was alone? The reason is that not long after leaving the northern part of the city, the earthen sedan chair following behind him exploded!
This sedan chair was originally prepared for a priest who had cultivated his Yin body, but unfortunately, the blood and energy of the twenty-four people were still too strong, and it was destroyed after struggling to leave the city.

Fortunately, they were already close to Cui Family Village, so Li Wushou instructed Lin You to lead the junior priests to Cui Family Village by land!
He rode his horse towards the riverbank where the river god had married last time, and as he rode, he was secretly relieved that the sedan chair hadn't been blown up in the city, otherwise Zhu Sihai would probably have laughed his teeth out!
The man and his horse were quite at ease. As they approached the riverbank, a thought struck him, and the dark shadow beneath him suddenly shrank back behind him, while a piece of incense-ash horse statue floated back into his arms!
Li Wushou strolled along the riverbank, gazing at the still-burning bonfire with a cryptic expression.

Not far from the campfire, three large red sedan chairs were parked, half-submerged in the riverbed!
The scene of the river god's last wedding was still vivid in his mind. Was he getting married again this time? And three times at once? Li Wushou was speechless!

Looking around, the mast on the high platform was different from last time; it was broken! Incense was still swirling around the shrine, but Li Wushou, despite his focused attention, could not find any trace of the river god!
Just as they were about to determine the direction of the village and prepare to go and wait for Lin You and the others, the dark figure behind them suddenly became restless.

Li Wushou's expression shifted. The dark figure was so agitated; had it discovered some evil spirit? Just yesterday, Li Wushou had gone to the River of Yin Qi to consume a soul!
Enveloped in darkness, Li Wushou plunged into the dense forest, rushing towards the direction that had stirred the shadows! Yin energy emanated from his body, making him as light as a swallow, and he vanished in a few moments.

After wandering around, a deep pool suddenly appeared in the dense forest, its water so black it sent chills down one's spine.

Li Wushou stood in the shadow of an ancient tree, gazing towards the deep pool!

A dozen or so people stood solemnly by the pool, the leader wearing a feathered crown, who was none other than the old man from Cui Family Village!

Behind the group was a shrine of medium height, identical in style to the one on the high platform by the river, only much larger.

On the woods beside the shrine, a person was hanging, struggling in terror. On a large patch of trees next to him, there were also people hanging, but those people had long since turned into skeletons!

Cui Tai was also a member of Cui Family Village, and he still couldn't believe that he was the one to be the "partner"!

Last night, the river god got married, and the Cui family village didn't sleep a wink!

The fact that three brides were married at once was so overwhelming that even the mast on the high platform broke. This was a spectacle that Cui Tai had never seen before in his life!

The three brides were all plump; in this world, it's not easy to find such figures! Grandpa spent a fortune to buy the other two. I heard that if this is successful, the entire Cui family village can move to Wufang City!
This made all the tribesmen yearn for it, including Cui Tai!
The river god was also delighted to be marrying three brides at the same time. Cui Tai, who was standing far away, only knew that the river god's belly was slapping loudly and the waves in the Emerald River were huge!
In the blink of an eye, the three brides were swallowed by the river god!

The crunching sounds didn't frighten the people of Cui Family Village; instead, they danced even more joyfully! Cui Tai was among them, but everything changed after the River God shouted excitedly, "Grandpa Cui, I'm going to lay eggs!"

His former neighbors turned hostile and tied him up.

It wasn't until he was taken to the sacred Black Pool of Cui Family Village and hung from a tree next to the shrine that Cui Tai realized he had been chosen as a midwife!
I am Grandpa Cui's grand-nephew! Why is this happening?

Cui Tai was heartbroken. As Cui Agong's grand-nephew, how could he not know the tragic fate of a man in labor? He sobbed and tried to cry out, but all he saw was Cui Agong's cold and stern back!
Suddenly, the black pool made a splash, and Cui Tai's heart skipped a beat! He knew that the river god, who had just been on the riverbank, had arrived!

By the moonlight and from the height he was hoisted, Cui Tai could see very clearly that the enormous true form of the river god was slowly emerging from the black pool, and its terrifying flesh and blood even spread to the bank of the black pool.

His round belly was somewhat shiny, and it seemed even rounder than before he swallowed the bride!

"Grandpa Cui, get ready, I'm about to give birth!"

After saying this, the river god's sharp fingernails suddenly ripped open his belly, and yellow fish roe, about the size of a human eye, slid out! The villagers of Cuijiazhai had already prepared bags sewn from an unknown type of membrane, waiting beneath the river god's belly. One by one, the fish roe slid precisely into the bags, the two working together with perfect coordination!
Soon, five bags were filled to the brim, no more, no less!

The river god patted his belly, seemingly quite pleased with himself. "Haha. How about it, Grandpa Cui? I told you I needed five midwives!"

Grandpa Cui bowed respectfully, somewhat admiringly saying, "Lord River God, you truly had foresight!"

"Haha. Then hurry up and get the pregnant man pregnant! Lord Zhu is waiting for the baby!"

After saying this, a wave surged in the black pool, and the river god sank to the bottom, returning to the Emerald River along the underground river!

Grandpa Cui directed the group, carrying five leather bags filled with fish roe, and came to Cui Tai and the others. The five people hanging from the tree struggled and stared at Grandpa Cui in terror!

Grandpa Cui looked displeased and rebuked him.

"We are all doing this for the sake of the future generations of Cui Family Village. Why are we so flustered about making a small sacrifice? It's just death! This time is different from the past. City Lord Zhu is in a hurry, so we can only choose from within the village."

If it weren't for the vigorous vitality needed by the mother, the village wouldn't have chosen you young and strong; there are plenty of old people willing to die for you!

Though you die today, you are heroes of Cui Family Village! To ensure fairness, my grand-nephew Cui Tai will join you in the midwifery!

Cui Tai was stunned: "???"

Sensing that the other four people, apart from Cui Tai, had calmed down a bit, Grandpa Cui pointed at one of them!
One of the villagers carrying a bag stepped forward and poured the fish roe from the leather bag at the other's feet!
Then he pulled a dagger from his pocket and cut open the other man's stomach!

A violent scream echoed through the dense forest. Blood dripped into the fish roe, which suddenly burst open and began to wriggle, then crawled along the tree trunk toward the source of the blood!

The fish roe moved extremely fast, quickly climbing up to the man's abdomen and burrowing into his stomach along the cut open skin!

The person hanging there let out a silent scream, his whole body stiffening, his skin bulging and writhing beneath it! He must have been thoroughly enjoying the fish roe inside!

A moment later, loud cries rang out in the dense forest!
The cries were deafening, and the villagers clutching their bags were terrified! The scene was so eerie that even those who had experienced it before couldn't help but feel a chill!
The young men who were hanging there had been completely devoured, and more than a hundred fist-sized embryonic babies fell from their skeletons! These babies were red and yellow all over, with indistinct facial features, and some even lacked complete limbs!

Old Master Cui watched coldly, then suddenly shouted in a chilling voice:
"Killing infants breeds resentment!"

They moved forward from the left and right, bringing the strange fish-roe infant to the edge of the black pool, and kept swinging their knives!

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle~!"

The blood flowed into the black pool, making the water even deeper!

This went on for a night, and now only Cui Tai remained hanging upside down from the dead!
The feeling of waiting for death is unbearable, Cui Tai thought about it more than once!
"I wish I were the first to die! Now it's finally my turn!"

(End of this chapter)