Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable-Chapter 1025 - 936: The Terrifying Queen 32
The process of the coming-of-age ceremony is very simple, where girls line up, holding three sticks of incense, and walk through the God’s Servants standing silently on both sides holding various Magic Artifacts and reading the Sea God Scripture, entering the main hall to offer incense to the Mermaid Sea God.
Lan Shuangshuang and Li Meng also held three sticks of incense, lined up together, walked into the temple, and then offered incense to the Mermaid Sea God. During this process, Lan Shuangshuang and Li Meng’s attention was focused on the God’s Servants standing on both sides.
The two of them easily sensed that these God’s Servants were out of place. In fact, these God’s Servants did not hide themselves too much. They seem to be bowing their heads and whispering the so-called Sea God Scripture. But in reality, their attention is focused on the girls offering incense.
If a girl is beautiful, the eyes of these God’s Servants will show a hint of satisfaction along with the lascivious intent that Lan Shuangshuang and Li Meng have felt more than once. It seems that these girls are not here for a coming-of-age ceremony but instead being selected as objects of pleasure by these God’s Servants.
Lan Shuangshuang and Li Meng completed the incense offering without showing any emotion and walked out, entering the temple’s normally closed-off backyard along with the other girls who had finished offering incense.
The backyard was lined with long tables filled with sumptuous dishes. Here, the girls who have participated in the coming-of-age ceremony completed the final step by having a thank-you meal together.
This so-called thank-you meal was arranged by all the villagers of the fishing village, and only the girls themselves attended the feast. The parents and brothers did not participate.
For girls who have always been in an environment of male-importance and female-disregard, this kind of gathering holds special significance. While eating, all the girls’ expressions were solemn, looking as though they were participating in some important ritual rather than merely having a meal.
After the meal, the village chief happily followed a God’s Servant and walked up to the front steps, loudly announcing to the girls, "All of you who have participated in the coming-of-age ceremony and have now become adults, I believe you have heard some things about the coming-of-age ceremony from your parents.
You should know that after the ceremony ends, the luckiest girl will receive the favor of the Sea God and go to the Sea God Valley, where the Sea God resides, to serve him for a month.
Afterward, the Sea God will reward these favored girls with a large sum of money and send them off to big cities to work, live, and completely change their lives, allowing them to have a future that others can only envy! Now, let’s have the God’s Servants announce the list of girls fortunate enough to receive the Sea God’s favor." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
As the village chief started speaking, the girls below were already eagerly watching him, clearly aware of today’s occasion. Upon hearing about the Sea God’s rewards, all the girls showed enthusiastic expressions.
Li Meng, below, sneered as she whispered to Lan Shuangshuang, "The village chief’s performance is just like a madam in an ancient brothel pulling strings for people, and there’s all this bullshit about being favored by the Sea God. Who knows what dirty thoughts these people actually have.
Shuangshuang, don’t you think these girls are so stupid? They believe such a foolish excuse and eagerly anticipate it. Aren’t they essentially cleaning themselves up to feed themselves to the wolves, utterly stupid."
"These girls have been indoctrinated from birth with the idea that men are superior and women are inferior, along with a distorted worldview of male superiority and female inferiority. They are then not allowed to go out to study and gain knowledge, most are illiterate with at best two or three years of schooling.
Since childhood, they’ve been busy working, serving fathers and brothers, subjected to the education that women are inferior to men. This kind of brainwashing from a young age has fixed their mindset that they are lesser than men and should be trampled on by men.
Coupled with their narrow vision and lack of worldly experience, and trust in their parents, if their parents say the same things as the God’s Servants, it wouldn’t be surprising for these girls to believe such an absurd excuse.
No matter what the God’s Servants are plotting this time, we’ll know once we delve deeper. I have a rough guess about the God’s Servants’ motives, but I can’t prove it yet.
But soon, regardless of what the God’s Servants and villagers are up to, they will eventually reveal their true intentions."
Lan Shuangshuang spoke with furrowed brows, unable to help herself. She felt very uneasy at the moment, and she had a premonition that the resentful energy surrounding the God’s Servants and the girls at the fishing village’s coming-of-age ceremony is related to the favored girls by the Sea God. If her guess is correct, this truly is a testament to the darker nature of human beings compared to ghosts and gods.
While Lan Shuangshuang and Li Meng were speaking quietly, the God’s Servants had already begun announcing the names of girls favored by the Sea God from the high platform. The girls whose names were called would be taken into an empty room by a God’s Servant.
The chosen girls happily followed the God’s Servants away, while the unchosen girls waited expectantly, showing disappointment in their eyes every time a name called was not theirs.
Although these girls have been conditioned by their parents over a long time to the habit of male superiority and female inferiority, it doesn’t mean they don’t want to lead a better life. To work and live in a big city is no doubt the best, heavenly life in their eyes. Little do they know that given their mostly illiterate conditions, going to a big city might be more painful than living in this fishing village.
Soon, Lan Shuangshuang heard the village chief call out her name along with Li Meng’s. Unlike when calling other girls, after announcing Lan Shuangshuang and Li Meng’s names, the village chief directly walked down to Lan Shuangshuang and Li Meng.
"You two are truly lucky. This is the first time the Sea God has favored outsiders. I know you are from the city and might not appreciate the Sea God’s rewards, but a fresh experience wouldn’t be too bad.
The customs in our place cannot be bought with money. The girls favored by the Sea God will stay in the picturesque Sea God Valley, with its stunning scenery, nestled between mountain and sea, and has many interesting marine life on the beach.
This time of year, you get to see the large-scale nesting of sea turtles, which is impressive, especially when the little turtles hatch and flock into the sea, a rare sight. Many sea birds come to hunt them, and if you like, you can even keep a small turtle around.
The Sea God Valley is our blessed land, a place not allowed for access except during years of scarcity. Besides our village, no one has ever found the location of Sea God Valley. You two happen to have this chance to go and play for a month."
This village chief is indeed eloquent, knowing that the Sea God’s rewards wouldn’t persuade Lan Shuangshuang and Li Meng, the city girls who aren’t in need of money.
