Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable-Chapter 1024 - 935: Queen of Terror 31

Li Meng nodded, "It is a bit strange. If you hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t have realized. Apart from the two days we went out to sea for fun, no one from the village goes to sea. Logically, since people here are so poor, shouldn’t they be more diligent about going out to sea?"

Just the day after Shuangshuang and Li Meng found it strange that villagers didn’t go out to sea, the villagers decided to set sail. Moreover, before going out, they held a sea god worship ceremony for safety.

However, the village has a custom that doesn’t allow outsiders and women to participate in the sea god worship ceremony, so Shuangshuang and the others couldn’t approach to watch. But this didn’t stump them—everyone had a few tricks up their sleeves, being seasoned players. The four of them used different methods to spy around the ceremony and got a clear view.

The worship ceremony looked quite ordinary, mainly led by God’s Servants from the temple. The only difference was that at the end of the ceremony, the lead God’s Servant took out several black stone-like blocks. These stones seemed to be perforated, and the God’s Servants stringed them up, binding them onto the fishing nets.

After tying on those black stones, all the fishermen acted very excited, as if they’d already returned from sea with a great harvest.

However, later in the evening, watching fishing boats return fully loaded, Shuangshuang and the others noticed something odd. The few boats that went out to sea were all packed full, which seemed suspicious given the short time spent out at sea—a day’s time reaping such a bountiful catch was abnormal.

Shuangshuang approached to take a closer look, discovering that the fish species were quite mixed, indicating it wasn’t just luck encountering a school of fish for such a harvest. She also noticed that the small black stones on the nets were all gone.

It seems these black stone-like things are the key to the fishermen’s great haul, as God’s Servants can assure the fishermen of harvests, which is why they hold them in such high regard, willingly offering their best to support these God’s Servants. It’s also why they aren’t eager to go to sea and fish.

The crux of the matter appears to be these small black stones. Where do these stones come from? It’s unlikely they’re simply satisfied with being treated well and fed by villagers.

Since the conduct of these God’s Servants is clearly questionable—otherwise, they wouldn’t eye Li Meng and me so lewdly—the villagers must pay a satisfactory price to gain benefits from these God’s Servants.

No matter what, after days of delay, there’s finally a clue. Shuangshuang, Li Meng, Jun Yu, and Li Liguo discussed and decided to explore the depths of the temple, at least to understand what exactly those black stone-like things are and how they’re obtained.

But before Shuangshuang could check out the temple, she unexpectedly learned of a major event in the fishing village. Apparently, the village has a custom of holding a girl’s coming-of-age ceremony in the temple every three years.

All girls in the village between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one must participate, and Shuangshuang and Li Meng were specially invited by the village chief to attend this village event.

Shuangshuang and Li Meng, along with Jun Yu and Li Liguo, felt that the village chief’s invitation seemed urgent and a bit odd. However, relying on their skills and courage, they weren’t afraid. Especially with Shuangshuang around, Li Meng was even less worried. Seeing Shuangshuang didn’t oppose it, she agreed immediately.

Seeing Shuangshuang and Li Meng agree, the village chief was delighted, even reminding them to dress up nicely for the occasion.

The coming-of-age ceremony was set to take place in two days. Shuangshuang wasn’t in a rush to investigate the temple, as the opposing side had made their move; she wanted to see what tactic awaited them at the ceremony.

From the moment they agreed to attend the ceremony, fishing villagers seemed to appear wherever Shuangshuang and Li Meng went, seemingly monitoring them as if fearing they’d run away.

This further confirmed to the group that the village chief’s invitation was not well-intentioned. Yet for now, they couldn’t figure out what could be special about the coming-of-age ceremony. After all, village girls would partake too; if something happened at the ceremony, these families’ daughters wouldn’t fare well either.

Two days passed quickly, and Shuangshuang and Li Meng donned beautiful long dresses. Of course, they wore shorts underneath to ensure they could fight if necessary without worry of exposure.

As they went out, they found the girls attending the ceremony were all dressed in new clothes and looked glamorous, with good taste—not one dressed gaudily.

Shuangshuang and Li Meng observed that the girls’ excitement was genuine, not feigned. They also sensed an underlying streak of competition among them but saw nothing amiss.

Judging by their excitement, it was apparent the girls eagerly awaited the ceremony. The girls’ parents were also pleased, and usually indifferent fathers showed rare kindness, which pleasantly surprised the daughters.

Joining the chattering girls, Shuangshuang and Li Meng made their way to the temple. Around ten God’s Servants were waiting at the entrance, their eyes fixed on the pretty girls, especially Shuangshuang and Li Meng, receiving several suggestive glances.

Shuangshuang could still bear it, but Li Meng struggled. Leaning close to Shuangshuang, she whispered, "If we weren’t waiting to investigate the ceremony’s shady parts, I’d want to gouge out these men’s eyes!"

Shuangshuang smirked faintly, replied, "No hurry, there’s a chance to act later. For now, let’s watch what they and the villagers have conspired to do."

In truth, Shuangshuang was also quite upset, because when she’d visited the temple before, everything was normal—no ominous vibes. But this time, she suddenly sensed those God’s Servants emanated a strong resentful energy, filled with unwillingness and pain.

Resentful energy is something only spirits can generate, and those surrounded by it are bound to be the enemies who wronged the spirits. Shuangshuang sensed a lot of resentful energy, very intense, chaotic, indicating it didn’t stem from a single spirit; this suggests these so-called God’s Servants have likely taken many lives.