Wait for me, and watch me fight my way back to the reincarnation path

"Send the 'human sacrifice' over? So, you know that what was sent over was a human, right?"

Qin Qiong narrowed his eyes.

The whispers in the crowd suddenly became louder...

"I, we, it was Patriarch Jia who said that these people were chosen to worship the gods..."

The man whispered back, lowering his head.

Qin Qiong looked at him. This man was already over forty years old, with a face full of flesh, small, pointed eyes, a long face, but a surprisingly short body, just like a lizard that had jumped out from the ground.

"So, after delivering the 'human sacrifice', on which day did you move the stones to see the result of your sacrifice?"

The merchants looked at Qin Qiong in surprise. How come this woman knew everything?

"This... is usually on the third day. By then, the mountain god will leave and we can pass through."

"Tell me, what did you see after you opened the stone?"

Qin Qiong asked, trying his best to suppress his increasingly frantic voice.

The man stopped talking, and everyone in the caravan fell silent. They lowered their heads again and again.

"Yes...yes, those people died, so what!"

Suddenly, Jia Sicheng started yelling wildly.

"Then tell me, what other ways are there to get through? Tell me, you've been there, right? Then tell me, without using witchcraft, what other ways are there to get through?"

"It's easy for you to say that. We can still live without taking the trade route. You've experienced that kind of life. The whole family can only wait until the food is bought before knowing whether they can live a good life this year... You try it! I don't want to, I don't want to live that kind of life again! I don't want it! Why not take the road if there is one!"

"Then use yourself, your brother, your wife, and your children as 'human sacrifices'!"

Qin Qiong was also furious.

"In that case, you can go wherever you want and no one will stop you. Why don't you use it?"

"...I, I have money, I have silver, I can buy it, I can..."

Jia Sicheng's eyes turned red.

"Asshole! You are taking human life lightly! Do you still have any respect for the law?"

Prince Hong also stood up and rebuked loudly.

"Haha... Prince, no matter how many lives I send up, they are not as many as the lives you princes have died in the war!"

Jia Sicheng really gave it his all.

"You say I am disregarding human life. Then, Your Majesty, how are you going to get away? I am watching you, how are you going to get away?" Qin Qiong looked at Jia Sicheng with contempt. This guy is really crazy.

"I'm telling you, the most fatal thing in the world is not war."

She looked at him and said, "But you wouldn't understand even if I told you. Since you asked, I can tell you. But before that, let your witch tell everyone how you got through it."

The man who had been wearing a white fur cloak was pushed over.

After the hat on his head was taken off, everyone recognized that this man was a senior steward of the Jia family. However, he had been traveling with Master Jia for many years, so no one recognized him at first.

"Tell me, Great Witch!"

Qin Qiong said with a sneer.

"Say!"

The sergeant next to him shouted loudly.

The man was so frightened that he was shaking like a pile of sieves and couldn't speak at all. Qin Qiong turned to everyone with a sneer.

She said loudly: "Their method is to kill people! Use people as sacrifices!"

At this time, some people below had already understood and were trembling.

"They use all kinds of methods every year, such as deceiving, buying, and even kidnapping. At least five people are needed each time, and sometimes more. Think about it, how many people have died in these years?"

The hall was in an uproar this time, and even the prince's soldiers began to curse.

"This is a sacrifice!"

Jia Sicheng shouted wildly: "How else can we get through? Is there a way? Tell me, is there a way?"

People's cursing was interrupted and everyone slowly quieted down.

Qin Qiong sneered, "Stupid! Stupid!"

She leaned forward slightly and looked at Jia Sicheng.

"Really? Do you really think so? Isn't it because this method is the fastest, easiest, and most importantly, the safest way to hide this road?"

"How dare you say no? If you tell the people in the town, are you sure no one in the town can find a way to get through it? The town was hit by floods, and everyone had no solution, but now they have found a solution, haven't they?"

"All we have to do is ask the prince for help and it will be fixed! It's just a road, how can there be no solution? Check your conscience and ask yourself, what is this all about!"

"No, no... there is no other way..."

Jia Sicheng began to panic.

Qin Qiong ignored him, she stood up and spoke loudly to everyone.

"In fact, this road was discovered a long time ago. The tribe I mentioned earlier should be the first to know about it. I think they only come here every year to graze or grow something. They don't live here permanently, maybe only for a few months. This can be seen from the houses in this small village now."

"The houses at the back are not for living, but for storing things."

"The old people in the town also said that they used to guide people, but they didn't want outsiders to know about this road."

"But, for some reason, they no longer come, and that so-called wizard must have been exiled by their own people. Why? Just think about the idea he came up with, and you will know what kind of person he is."

"Which clan would want to let such a person stay in their home? However, that person wanted to go back. He betrayed their clan's secrets, which was the dark road."

"Of course, he succeeded in the end and went back, but he left this sinister idea behind."

Having said that, Qin Qiong turned to the merchants again.

She continued, "Why? You had to wait until the third day to go there? Aren't you really curious about which mountain god accepted your gift? I don't think you know, right? Even if you didn't see it, you should have heard it, right?"

"Tomorrow you will see the valley. The valley was broken by the earthquake, and in the middle of the valley there is a vine-like plant. This plant grows along the mountain, and when it reaches the top, because of the sunlight, it moves from both sides to the middle, so that the whole valley is filled with such vines."

"The road connecting the two mountains is buried under the vines and can't be seen clearly. But if you take the wrong path, you will fall into the abyss."

“Ah, so that’s how it is…”

People in the hall began to talk.

Qin Qiong raised his hand again to signal everyone to be quiet.

"So is there really no way? Will that tribe also kill people to find a way out?"

"Of course not! In fact, we looked carefully and found that the mountain on the opposite side is higher, so the vines here grow neatly towards that side."

"So, every year when they come here, they row over from a high place. So how do they row over here?"

"There was a small platform there. At first, I thought it was an altar, but later I realized it was just a platform for fixing stakes."

"Tie a rope up there and connect it to the other side. The method is very simple, because the time they come here is different from ours, so it is likely that the rainy season has arrived."

"Also, people don't need to use large vehicles. It may be a little troublesome for the first time, but once you get here, the rope is tied tightly and can be used year after year. There is no need for any other method."