Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Li Zhi and Zhang Dongze followed the enthusiastic villagers towards the place of sacrifice. When passing Qinghe, the villagers enthusiastically told Li Zhi and others some interesting stories about Qinghe.

Li Zhi's heart also moved, and he looked at Zhang Dongze beside him, only to see him talking to the villager. Li Zhi reached out his hand unnoticed and took out the copper coin that sealed half of the ghost from the package, and quietly threw the copper coin into the river.

The copper coin fell into the river, splashing a small amount of water, but did not attract anyone's attention.

Li Zhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then he started to respond to Zhang Dongze and the others' topic.

As the three of them were talking, they came to the place of sacrifice.

There were more than a dozen tables placed on the bank of Qing River, and the villagers present were busy placing their own chickens, ducks, fish, geese, pigs, dogs, cows, sheep and other sacrificial items on the tables.

There is also a platform built on the side.

On the stage, a Taoist with a gaunt face was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the stage, and below the stage, a wealthy middle-aged man was serving him respectfully.

Zhang Dongze was somewhat curious, so he asked, "Who is that Taoist?"

The villager who brought Li Zhi and his companions answered, "This is Baiyun Zhenren, specially invited by Master Zhang to preside over the sacrifice. I heard that this Zhenren has great abilities!"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi looked towards the Taoist. As if sensing Li Zhi's gaze, the Taoist also looked towards Li Zhi.

After they looked at each other, they looked away at the same time.

He is a cultivator! Li Zhi thought to himself.

After the villagers had placed all the items for the sacrifice, the wealthy man in the audience stepped forward and respectfully said to the Taoist, "Master, everything is ready. When can we start?"

Master Baiyun looked up at the sky and said, "Let's get started."

As he spoke, Master Baiyun stood up, shaking a copper bell in one hand, waving a wooden sword in the other, and chanting some sacrificial incantations.

As Master Baiyun did this, ripples suddenly appeared on the surface of the river, but strangely, there was not a trace of wind on the river bank. The ripples on the river spread out in circles, getting faster and faster and stronger. The waves hit the stone embankment on the river bank, and the splashing water scared the villagers near the river. They quickly jumped away for fear of being splashed with water.

The copper bell in the hands of Master Baiyun on the stage was shaking faster and faster, and the sound was getting louder and louder.

Li Zhi frowned in the distance. This sound was wrong! This ringing sound was not ringing in the ears, but in the heart!

"Brother Li, this Taoist is not simple. The sound of this bronze bell is so strange!" Zhang Dongze also noticed this situation and said with a serious face.

Li Zhi nodded and whispered, "That copper bell is not an ordinary thing, and this Taoist is probably a really capable master!"

Zhang Dongze looked a little unhappy after hearing this, and whispered, "Will it conflict with our affairs?"

"Our luck shouldn't be that bad. Besides, the thing we want to get is nearby, but not by the river."

Li Zhi's answer made Zhang Dongze look a little better. After all, although he was good at martial arts, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy when facing this Taoist who possessed strange magic.

Suddenly, the bronze bell in Master Baiyun's hand paused, the sound stopped, and in an instant, the river surface returned to calm.

Master Baiyun said in a low voice: "Please ask the river god to accept the sacrifice!"

The wealthy Mr. Zhang in the audience quickly asked the villagers to pour all the offerings on the table into the river.

After the villagers dumped all the offerings into the river, Master Baiyun shouted again, "Please offer sacrifices!"

Master Baiyun's words made Li Zhi's heart tremble suddenly, and then he saw a female villager walking out with two children.

A boy and a girl, they looked to be only two or three years old.

The two children were wearing fancy clothes that they had never worn before and were dressed like children from wealthy families.

The two children had clear and innocent eyes. They seemed to be a little shy because they saw there were so many people present. They carefully hid behind the female villager who led them out.

The female villager was the mother of the two children. She squatted down and looked at her two own flesh and blood, which she had carried for ten months.

She reached out and touched their heads, then their faces and their hands. Her eyes were red as she looked at them deeply, as if she wanted to remember them forever in her heart.

The two children didn't realize anything yet. Seeing their mother's red eyes, they stretched out their hands to touch her eyes, babbling incoherently: "Mom, don't cry... don't cry..."

At this moment, Li Zhi's face changed drastically! He finally understood what the two kids were doing.

He rushed out suddenly, but was stopped by Zhang Dongze who had already noticed it.

"Let me go! Let me go! What do they want to do!" Li Zhi yelled at Zhang Dongze.

Zhang Dongze held Li Zhi tightly, with no emotion on his face. He glanced at Li Zhi calmly and said, "Don't forget that we have something important to do, so we shouldn't cause trouble!"

"Fuck you! Let me go!" Li Zhi cursed. He pulled several times but couldn't break free. In a rage, Li Zhi was about to draw out the black sword.

But the black sword had not been completely pulled out. When it was halfway out, Zhang Dongze simply bent his knee and knocked the black sword back into the scabbard.

Looking at Li Zhi's angry expression, Zhang Dongze just said coldly: "What? You want to fight me? Are you sure?"

Zhang Dongze's cold voice was like a basin of cold water poured over Li Zhi's head. This was the first time that Zhang Dongze spoke to Li Zhi in this tone. The extremely cold voice revealed his contempt for Li Zhi.

Li Zhi slowly released the black sword in his hand. He knew that his ability would not be of any use in front of Zhang Dongze.

The movement between the two naturally attracted the attention of other villagers, and the villagers looked over to them one after another.

Li Zhi glanced at everyone present and said in a trembling voice: "You...what do you want these two children for?"

"It's a living sacrifice, of course!"

At this time, Master Baiyun also came over, with a wooden sword on his back and a copper bell in his hand.

Li Zhi was about to say something accusing, but he thought of the group of people in the He Mansion who were regarded as potential alchemy materials, and that he had unknowingly become an accomplice.

If one's own conduct is not upright, no one will obey even your orders!

Who is he to blame others?

Seeing Li Zhi standing there in a daze, Zhang Dongze stood up and bowed to Master Baiyun, saying, "Master, please don't blame me. My brother and I are here on the orders of Master Liu from Xiaoyao Mountain to do some work. We just came here out of curiosity to take a look. We will never interfere with your bridge building and sacrifice!"

When Master Baiyun heard Zhang Dongze mention Xiaoyao Mountain, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and a smile appeared on his skinny face. He said: "As long as you don't disturb the sacrifice and bridge building, everything will be fine."

After saying this, Master Baiyun turned and left, but the sacrifice continued!

Li Zhi clenched his fists so tightly that he didn't even notice his nails digging into his flesh.

The villager who had enthusiastically brought Li Zhi here before saw that Li Zhi was trembling slightly. He was worried that Li Zhi would ruin the sacrifice and implicate him.

After all, he was the one who brought Li Zhi and the other two here, so he could only whisper to the side: "Don't get excited, little brother. This kind of living sacrifice is a normal thing. And you see, the biological mother agreed to it, so what can we outsiders say?"

Li Zhi turned his head mechanically and looked at the female villager who was holding the two children. Although her eyes were red, she did not look very sad.

"Don't look at her like that, she's just pretending! She might be really happy inside." The villager said again.

"Oh? Why is that?" Zhang Dongze asked from the side.

"Hey, Master Zhang gave her family a large sum of money, enough for their whole family to eat and drink well for more than ten years!" The villager said sourly, as if he wished that his own child would be the sacrifice.

The villager continued, "If it weren't for the fact that Master Baiyun only wanted two children as sacrifices, and also had a birthday requirement, I'm sure there would be many people in the village who would want to hand over their own children as sacrifices."

After the villager finished speaking, he suddenly felt extremely eerie. He looked up and found that Li Zhi had a gloomy face and was staring at him. He was so scared that he quickly fell silent and dared not say anything.

Zhang Dongze patted Li Zhi on the shoulder and said calmly, "Don't be impulsive."

Li Zhi glanced at Zhang Dongze's hand on his shoulder, then glanced at Zhang Dongze coldly.

He knew that Zhang Dongze was worried that he would not be able to control himself and take action, so his hand seemed to be casually placed on his shoulder, but if Li Zhi made any unusual movement, Zhang Dongze could restrain him in the first place.

Zhang Dongze said nonchalantly, "No one in his own village or his biological parents said anything, so outsiders like us shouldn't meddle in other people's business. If we mess up the important matter of the adults and the immortal master, that would be a big trouble."

Li Zhi took a deep breath and clenched his fists tightly.