Chapter 31: The Anger of Mountain God (2/2)

She then added softly, “If the Mountain God accepts it, the stormy clouds will scatter gradually.”

“All right. Let’s get to it quickly.” Aunt Cui arranged everything immediately.

After that, the people in the village were arranged to twirl the objects in their hands. In the beginning, they felt uncomfortable, but very soon, they got used to it and began to pray along with the sorceress.

The location of the pagoda tree was near Geng Zhishan’s house. Or it could even be said that it was right in front.

Geng Zhishan opened the door, saw the scene, and frowned.

“What are you doing here?” Gu Yusheng asked. Although Xie Mengxuan had been with him for some time now and was used to that voice, she still frowned in response. It was hard to adapt to it,

Geng Zhishan shook his head while Xie Mengxuan stared at them and then looked at the leading lady. She turned to Geng Zhishan and asked, “The villagers attributed the heavy rain to the Mountain God, right?”

“It’s not that surprising; the villagers believed in Mountain God because of the heavy rain and the landslide.”

“But why are they standing in front of my house?”

Geng said these two sentences in succession, and he appeared to be confused himself.

“Boom.”

Just as they were bewildered, there was another loud noise on the mountain, and all of them witnessed the trees on the mountain falling down at a rapid speed.

“What is that? Sorceress, what does that mean? The villagers immediately asked.

The sorceress stopped dancing, looked at the mountain, pinched her fingers like a poseur, and said, “The Mountain God is still angry and says we have no sincerity.”

“It’s just a warning. If we can’t rectify our mistakes, the rain won’t stop until it washes our village away.” She sighed.

Aunt Cui looked anxious. “Why is the Mountain God so furious? Respected sorceress, please tell us the truth.”

The sorceress shook her head and looked at the three people standing at the door. She softly said, “The God said that we have taken in outsiders, originally with good intentions. But we didn’t know that they would bring bad luck. The fate of the outsider is a restriction of our village. God himself tried to use his magic power to overcome it, but he failed because the person had a strong power. So the heavy rain was sent to remind us, but we were too ignorant to realize it.”

Xie Mengxuan, together with the persons in the hut, heard that as well as others outside it. She sneered as she knew that the heavy rain was just an excuse to oppose her.

Someone reacted very quickly and yelled, “Doesn't that mean Geng Zhishan’s wife? We were correct when we once thought that the woman was a bane who should be driven away.”

As he finished, someone went to Geng’s house. Geng Zhishan soon picked up a stick and stood at the door with fierce eyes.

“Yes, it was Geng’s wife who was the bane. It’s her. Now, we understand what God means, and we’ll drive that woman away.”

They wanted to go back to pick up some tools in haste. The sorceress closed her eyes and stretched out a hand to stop them, however. “No, God has the virtue of caring about all humans’ life. In addition, God has given us the punishment. If the woman is driven away, maybe she would lose her life.”

“So what should we do?” the villagers were doubtful again.

The sorceress was silent for a moment, and then she walked to the front of Aunt Cui and whispered, “God has gained the immortal power just for a short time. Though he has the might now, there was no one to accompany him. Thus, he is not strong enough to protect our village. It’s said that if he has a partner to practice couple cultivation, then he can...