Chapter 78 Trading
Chapter 78 Transaction

"You...know everything?"

Lu Bingyan looked at Bai Yanliang in disbelief.

Bai Yanliang did not confirm, but did not deny it either, and said: "I know a little more than you think."

Hearing this, Lu Bingyan looked at Bai Yanliang deeply and said, "I can't give her to you. If you still want to live, don't stop me."

"And then? Stab her in the heart and complete the sacrifice?"

A man's voice sounded behind her.

Lu Bingyan's expression changed suddenly. She turned around and saw an ordinary-looking man looking at her.

"Mr. Bai, Lu Rending is not dead, and the ghost that killed more than a dozen people is not Lu Rending." Li Mu said concisely.

Bai Yanliang nodded and said, "I know."

Li Mu followed his gaze downwards and finally discovered the grave that he had dug up and the empty coffin.

Li Mu's expression became a little strange, but he didn't say anything in the end.

He looked at Lu Bingyan again.

"You also know that your mother, including... all the women in this village, were trafficked from outside the mountains."

Lu Bingyan suddenly raised her head, looked at him with red eyes, and shouted: "So what, it wasn't me who did it!"

Bai Yanliang didn't know about this. He looked at Li Mu with a questioning look, waiting for his answer.

Li Mu took out a letter from his jacket pocket and flew it to Bai Yanliang.

Bai Yanliang took the letter, unfolded it and read it.

This... turned out to be an agreement to negotiate a price.

The old village chief offered valuable antiques, and on the other hand, he offered young and healthy women...

It turned out to be the case.

Bai Yanliang finally understood the whole story.

Xiaobin didn't lie.

The Wuji Village has a homecoming sacrifice, a small sacrifice once a year and a large sacrifice every ten years.

And the sacrifice...seems to have to be a woman.

During the small festival, women will have their humanity taken away by something and become like beasts.

And in the high sacrifice, their heart blood will be taken away and their lives will be lost.

Bai Yanliang looked at Li Mu and said, "Last year was the Wuji Village Grand Ceremony, but Lu Rindong didn't die, so the ceremony was not successful. People have been dying over the past year, not because of Lu Rindong's revenge, but because of the anger of the monster that didn't receive the sacrifice. It was the monster that killed those people."

"Well, so, there is no need for you to offer sacrifice today. It is no longer in the sacrificial site. It has already gone to the village." Li Mu nodded to Bai Yanliang, then said to Lu Bingyan.

"No!"

"Do not."

Two voices sounded at the same time, the former was Lu Bingyan and the latter was Bai Yanliang.

Lu Bingyan didn't seem to expect that Bai Yanliang would actually deny Li Mu's opinion. Her angry and unwilling expression froze on her face.

Li Mu looked at Bai Yanliang in surprise, waiting to hear what he had to say.

He believed that Bai Yanliang was not a person who acted without purpose.

Bai Yanliang looked at Lu Bingyan and said, "You have to continue this sacrifice."

"why?"

Li Mu looked at Bai Yanliang and asked.

"Because Lu Rendong escaped death last year and left the Wuji Village."

Bai Yanliang said.

Li Mu frowned slightly, not quite understanding what Bai Yanliang meant.

"If she could leave on ordinary days, she would definitely have a chance to escape, but she has been trapped here. The time and space here are disordered, which is why she can't get out. They are trapped in overlapping time points, which is equivalent to standing still. Only today, after the sacrifice, will the time and space of this village temporarily return to normal." Bai Yanliang explained.

"You mean... complete the sacrifice, restore the time around the Wuji Village to normal, and then we escape?"

"Almost." Bai Yanliang did not deny it, but his answer was very ambiguous. At first glance, Li Mu thought his statement made sense, but... he always felt that Bai Yanliang was hiding something from him.

But he couldn't find any flaws in Bai Yanliang's words.

Li Mu was willing to believe this intuition, but the method Bai Yanliang suggested was also worth trying.

But... the sacrifice requires a woman's heart blood. Is Lin Yan going to be harmed?
Li Mu frowned, he couldn't do it.

"It's worth a try, but..."

Li Mu was interrupted by Bai Yanliang before he could finish his words.

"I'll trade him and you for her."

As Bai Yanliang spoke, he dragged a person out from the bushes on the side of the road, a fainted man.

He has dark skin and a strange appearance, and at first glance he is obviously a villager from the Wuji Village.

"Niu Ping? He...you?" Lu Bingyan's eyes moved back and forth between Bai Yanliang and Niu Ping.

"So his name is Niu Ping? I asked him to lead the way to the back mountain, but he was not very cooperative." Bai Yanliang kicked the fainted villager.

"You kidnapped him? How is that possible! His strength..." Lu Bingyan still didn't quite believe that Bai Yanliang, who looked a little thin, could do such a thing.

Bai Yanliang didn't explain much, but just pointed to his back and said, "I found a kitchen knife at your grandfather's house."

Are you sure you picked it up?

Li Mu's eyelids were trembling slightly.

Lu Bingyan was speechless, but still shook her head and said, "No... He is a man, and a man's blood is useless."

"Who said that?"

Bai Yanliang suddenly asked.

Lu Bingyan looked up at him and found that Bai Yanliang was also looking at her.

"Who told you that the sacrifice cannot be a man?"

His eyes were serious, causing Lu Bingyan to answer subconsciously: "Village...Grandpa."

Bai Yanliang nodded, looked at the man at his feet, and said, "What if I tell you that this statement was a scam from the beginning?"

"That's impossible!" Lu Bingyan retorted subconsciously.

"Why isn't it possible?"

Bai Yanliang also asked back.

"Because... because..." Lu Bingyan's eyes wandered around, but found that she couldn't find any reason.

"Because the men in Wuji Village were afraid of death, they made up a lie from the beginning, and it was passed down from generation to generation until... all the women died. For physiological needs, to continue the family line, and to stay alive, they set their sights on women outside the mountain. By chance, on the day of the sacrifice, a man from outside the mountain discovered the village and walked in. They did a business with him, and so... there were women in the village again." Bai Yanliang said calmly, but both Lu Bingyan and Li Mu had obvious changes in their emotions.

One was pale, filled with hatred and fear, while the other was extremely angry and gritting his teeth.

"Now, are you willing to try? Use this person." Bai Yanliang kicked the villager he knocked unconscious and asked again.

Lu Bingyan lowered her head, so her expression could not be seen, but Lin Yan was put down from her back and fell to the ground.

After a moment, Lu Bingyan raised her head, stared at Bai Yanliang, and said:

"I'll change..."

Bai Yanliang nodded with satisfaction. Li Mu had already helped Lin Yan up, and his expression was a little complicated.

Although the men in this village are beasts who deserve to die a thousand times, he believes that... only the law can punish them.

Bai Yanliang's approach is not in line with his philosophy.

"Mr. Lee."

At this moment, Bai Yanliang suddenly shouted.

Li Mu looked up at him and saw Bai Yanliang looking outside the mountain with a calm gaze.

"You said... Is there any corner in this world where justice cannot reach?"

　End of this volume tomorrow

　　
　
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