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Yun Chengying sighed and said, "I can't persuade her anymore. She's determined to go. Since she wants to marry the mountain god, let her go."

Zhou Dashan said anxiously: "Absolutely not! If you go to sacrifice the girl, you will never come back."

"Uncle Zhou, there's no need to say more. I've made up my mind." Yun Qingqing said, looking at Old Man Zhang, "Uncle, I'll go in your granddaughter's place."

Old Man Zhang frowned and said, "Young lady, please think carefully. Do you really want to sacrifice in place of my granddaughter?"

Yun Qingqing nodded and said, "I've thought it through. I'm going."

Gao Dazhuang looked at Old Man Zhang and said, "Uncle Zhang, please go back first. We can discuss this matter tomorrow and let Miss Yun consider it later."

"Okay." Old man Zhang nodded, turned and left.

After he left, Gao Dazhuang looked at Yun Qingqing and the others, "Come with me into the house, we'll have a good chat."

Yun Qingqing's four siblings and Zhou Dashan followed Gao Dazhuang into the main hall.

After everyone sat down, Gao Dazhuang looked at Yun Qingqing and her four siblings and asked directly, "What are you planning to do?"

The five brothers and sisters did not believe the mountain god's words, but the girl offered to offer sacrifice on behalf of Uncle Zhang's granddaughter. The five brothers and sisters must be planning something.

Yun Qingqing confessed honestly, "We suspect that there is something wrong with your mountain god, so we want to sneak into the sacrificial girls to investigate."

Gao Dazhuang frowned and said, "If the mountain god is real, the whole Lotus Village will suffer if you act recklessly like this."

"It can't be true."

Yun Qingqing said, "The spiritual energy in this world is so thin that it can't support a true mountain god. Moreover, if it were truly a god, why would it demand a young girl's sacrifice every year?"

Yun Chengying immediately agreed: "That's right, all decent gods eat incense, unlike you mountain gods who only target young girls——"

He suddenly made a bold guess: "Isn't your mountain god a Taoist who practices unorthodox methods?"

Gao Dazhuang frowned and didn't respond. He sometimes had the same doubt.

Gods thrive on incense and offerings, so why do we have to ask them to sacrifice large amounts of food and girls every six months?

Zhou Dashan suddenly said, "This mountain god is not a good thing. My wife back then..."

He paused, then, as if mustering up a lot of courage, continued, "My wife was chosen to be the sacrifice girl. When I found her, she was tortured and covered in wounds."

He had never told anyone about this matter because he was afraid of getting into trouble, but now that things had come to this, he felt there was no need to keep it secret any longer.

Gao Dazhuang's expression immediately grew serious. "Brother Zhou, are you telling the truth? Is your wife really the sacrificial girl from our Lotus Village?"

Taoist Lingyun said that those girls who were offered as sacrifices were all taken into the mountain temple to enjoy happiness.

If what Zhou Dashan said was true, then the girls who were sacrificed over the years were...

Zhou Dashan nodded and said seriously, "My wife was severely traumatized at the time. After she was rescued, she wouldn't let anyone get close to her. I wanted to send her home, so I inquired about her situation and learned that she was the girl offered as a sacrifice to the mountain god by your Lotus Village."

Yun Chengying's eyes blazed with anger: "Sure enough, the villains are using the mountain god's words to do evil!"

Zhou Dashan looked at Yun Chengying and said, "Brother Xiaoba, there are countless bad guys hiding in that Mountain God Cave. You can't take any risks."

Yun Chengying narrowed his eyes slightly, "I must go and see what this so-called mountain god of Lotus Village is."

"But..." Zhou Dashan still wanted to persuade.

Yun Chengying waved his hand to interrupt Zhou Dashan's dissuasion: "Don't worry, Brother Zhou, I'm good at martial arts, I'll be fine."

Yun Qingqing suddenly looked at Gao Dazhuang: "Brother Gao, where are the five chosen girls now?"

Gao Dazhuang said, "They are all at home now, but they will be sent to the village ancestral hall tonight. Taoist Lingyun will perform a ritual the day after tomorrow, and the men in the village will escort them to the Mountain God Cave."

Yun Chengying sneered, "Sacrificing at midnight? This mountain god acts like a thief."

Yun Qingqing continued to say to Gao Dazhuang: "Brother Gao, can you do us a favor?"

Gao Dazhuang asked, "What do you want me to do for you, young lady?"

Yun Qingqing asked, "Brother Gao, can you help us replace those five girls?"

Gao Dazhuang frowned and asked, "You five brothers and sisters are going to sacrifice for those five girls?"

Yun Qingqing nodded, "Yes."

"Girl, I can help you with this, but..."

Gao Dazhuang frowned as he looked at the Yun brothers. "These four young men are so tall, they don't look like girls. There are no girls this tall in our village."

Yun Qingqing said, "We have our own way to deal with this. We just hope you can help replace us with the five girls and hide those five girls temporarily."

Gao Dazhuang thought for a moment and said, “Once the girls enter the ancestral hall, everyone in the village will be waiting outside to pray for them, and then there will be no chance to replace them.

If you really decide to replace the five girls for sacrifice, you must do so before they enter the ancestral hall."

Gao Dazhuang paused and continued, "The girls who go to offer sacrifices are all wearing wedding dresses and covered with red veils, so their faces can't be seen. As long as you are the same height as the girls, you won't be able to see them."

Yun Chengying raised his eyebrows and sneered: "Marry five at the same time? This mountain god is really greedy-"

Gao Dazhuang's face suddenly darkened: "In recent years, almost all the young girls in our village have been sacrificed to the mountain god."

Yun Chengying slammed his hand on the table and said, "This evil bastard! I want to see what kind of disgusting thing is harming people!"

Yun Qingqing said to Gao Dazhuang, "We have decided to offer sacrifices on behalf of the five girls."

Gao Dazhuang nodded, his eyes firm as he said, "Okay, since you have made up your mind, I will help you."

He also wanted to know what this mountain god that their village revered was!

Zhou Dashan said in a deep voice: "I'll go too!"

He wanted to go find his wife! He thought his wife might have been captured and taken to the Mountain God Cave!

Gao Dazhuang hurriedly advised: "Brother Zhou, don't join in the fun. You'll be easily discovered if you go."

Yun Chengying persuaded Zhou Dashan: "Brother Zhou, go home and wait for us to come back. We will help you find your wife."

Zhou Dashan opened his mouth to say something, but Yun Qingqing said to him, "Brother Zhou, I will help you find a wife. Please do me a favor."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Dashan immediately asked Yun Qingqing, "Miss Yun, what do you want to do? Just tell me. As long as I, Zhou Dashan, can do it, I will do it for you."