The Beast King's Little Wife

"We're going to perform a ritual dance in a little while. Female, do you know how to dance?"

Taken aback by the abrupt question, Lin Dujuan stared blankly at San Yezi and the others.

A mischievous glint flashed in A-Ye's eyes.

But he said in a serious tone, "Well, as a villager, you must learn the sacrificial dance. If you don't know it, cough cough, that's... not a good thing."

Lin Dujuan was about to go crazy. Why did these people have such obvious... undisguised gloating in their eyes?

Also, why didn't they tell her about her canine teeth?

"Oh, your Tiger Tooth probably can't either, so it's normal that he was too embarrassed to tell you. After all, he only recently transformed into a human. Cough cough, if neither of you can dance this ritual dance, then it's really... too embarrassing. Of course, no matter how bad Tiger Tooth is, he's still better than you. After all, he used to be a dancer when he was in beast form."

Lin Dujuan maintained her aloof demeanor, her expression conveying an air of superiority that said, "I'm an expert, I don't care about you."

But deep down, she was thinking, "I have to at least get through this sacrificial dance. Otherwise, these women will laugh at me for it."

“You, Yezi, Hua, jump for me.”

As the two deputy captains, they have to obey orders.

The two glanced at each other helplessly, then jumped up as well.

Lin Dujuan was stunned when the jump began.

Holy crap, is this a sacrificial dance?

This is physical dance!

However, it was a flamboyant frog dance.

The Frog Dance, oh haha, how is it any different from some of the weird dances she's seen in modern times?

So this is the sacrificial dance. She could easily follow those people and imitate the frog's croaking in a very convincing way.

With this example in mind, Lin Dujuan remained extremely calm.

Moreover, the thought of imitating the movements of frogs, monkeys, and tigers made her laugh rather unkindly.

Ah Ye and Ah Hua originally wanted to see her looking distressed.

Unexpectedly, I received a mysterious and enigmatic smile from them.

"beep……"

"beep……"

A long, drawn-out bugle call sounded.

As usual, all the villagers gathered in front of the village's ancestral hall.

A dense crowd of people continued to gather beneath these strange statues. Lin Dujuan looked up and, in the dim light of the morning sun and the glow of torches, could still make out that the statues included insects and strange wild beasts.

More often, they are beings with human heads and animal bodies.

It is said that these statues are of some of the heroes of the past.

However, no one in the village recorded or knew exactly who it was.

"Normally, we would just gather here and Sam would offer a blessing."

But today is different.

All our young people are going out to gain experience, which is a major event in the village. Therefore, everyone must gather at this time to perform a sacrificial dance to pray for the travelers and for the well-being of the entire village.

A-Ye lowered her voice to explain to Lin Dujuan.

At this moment, the girl actually seemed like a good friend.

"Sam is here."

As they were talking, Sam, surrounded by a group of elderly people and a young man, strode towards them.

Everyone present, even those numbering in the thousands, was unusually quiet at this moment.

Sam was still wearing that strange feathered outfit.

Accepting the admiring gazes of everyone, he calmly passed through the crowd and arrived at the highest point of the sacrificial site.

Lin Dujuan secretly glanced at the old fortune teller, secretly thinking that the fortune teller was getting better and better at showing off. In modern times, she would definitely be a master of pretentiousness.

There was no burning of incense like in modern times; Sam simply scraped some fine sand off some statues upon arrival.

She used a bowl to collect the water, and finally, she started wetting her hands with water. Everyone who was about to set off stood together and was sprinkled with water little by little by her.

The horn began to play a rough and powerful tune.

"Woo..."

"Crack..."

The torches crackled and popped.

All you could see was Sam raising one hand and foot, then bending it, transforming his entire body into a toad-like shape, and then he began to utter strange musical notes.

Lin Dujuan glanced around and noticed that everyone was dancing this strange frog dance.

Then, it also made this strange, mysterious sound, which was like a groan or a sigh.

Lift your leg, spread it open, bend your elbow...

He bent down and peered forward furtively...

He was also shouting those strange notes forcefully from his mouth.

As she was jumping, Lin Dujuan suddenly realized something was wrong.

I was just following this group of people and dancing the sacrificial dance.

She discovered that her whole body was radiating heat from within her bones.

The feeling was like being floating upwards.

Even the towering sculptures seemed to come alive at this moment.

When Lin Dujuan's gaze fell upon a strange statue with a human head and a beast's body not far away, she was surprised to feel that the human eyes had actually winked at her.

There was another beast-like creature that actually wagged its tail at her.

Damn, is this just my imagination?

Is it because you're tired?

Lin Dujuan was utterly horrified.

If sacrifices were effective, why bother being an honest person?

Just believe in the gods.

However, when she opened her eyes wide and looked at the tallest statue again...

That's right, the statue also lifted its foot slightly.

"Ah Ye, it looks like it can lift its leg!"

She lowered her voice and asked Ah Ye beside her in a panic.

"Ah, you saw it too, the gods can lift their legs!"

Ah Ye exclaimed in surprise.

But immediately, she covered her mouth.

Lin Dujuan wisely refrained from asking any further questions.

Instead, it started jumping again.

"Boom..."

As Sam exhaled a breath of fire, Lin Dujuan saw that the statue was actually engulfed in flames.

"This……"

She stared in shock at the scene, her mind filled with only one thought: This must be divine intervention!

All the villagers knelt on the ground, repeatedly calling out "Ancestor, Ancestor."

The flames spread from one statue to another, until all the statues were engulfed in flames.

All the statues seemed to come alive at that moment.

Amidst the swirling smoke, the statues seemed to dance and slowly rise into the air, finally appearing to nod repeatedly to the people.

"Our ancestor has appeared! Our ancestor has appeared!"

Lin Dujuan's heart was pounding wildly.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

She actually felt that these gods were singing sad songs.

He was pouring out his heart to her.

One stared at her, two stared at her, three—all the statues looked at her with that deep, sorrowful gaze…

At that moment, Lin Dujuan truly experienced what it meant to feel a chill run down her spine.

My heart is pounding wildly.

Everyone was kneeling in worship, while tears of inexplicable sorrow streamed down her face…