With her spatial ability to raise beast husbands, the wicked female becomes the darling of the group

Chapter 359 Destiny and Mission
After a while, the two river god messengers covered Su Muyao with a transparent shroud, and then pulled the boat downstream, submerging it in the river.

There seemed to be another force enveloping the entire ship.

They kept sinking.

At first, the river was murky, and you couldn't see your surroundings clearly. But as you went deeper, the bottom of the river became clear, and it was also bottomless.

There are some algae, shrimp, fish and other creatures.

They swam and attacked the ship.

The river god's messenger used his supernatural power to cut the attacking algae and kill the river shrimp.

Su Muyao frowned as she looked at everything and communicated with the system: "System, have you noticed anything unusual? The cold aura at the bottom of this river is very strong. The river shrimp, snails, and shellfish here are all very large. The algae seem to be aware of their own existence and are automatically attacking the orcs and boats."

The system said, "Host, the cold aura here should be resentment. If the resentment accumulates too much, it will cause them to unconsciously and automatically attack the orcs."

"Anyway, you can't eat anything from this river."

"This place is eerie, host must be careful."

Su Muyao also realized that something was getting increasingly wrong. She sat on the boat, fully alert, while observing her surroundings.

She didn't know how much time had passed when Su Muyao saw a riverbed ruin.

It seems that a fierce gale is constantly blowing here.

Even the boat was swaying precariously.

The river god's messenger said, "This is the altar, and also the final resting place of the offerings."

"Only with the offerings here will the river not easily overflow; this is also your merit."

Su Muyao looked at the huge altar in the ruins deep in the riverbed, surrounded by huge stone pillars, some of which were broken.

The raging wind kept blowing.

Su Muyao asked, "Wait, were all the offerings here before?"

"of course."

Are they all still alive?

The river god's messenger said, "Every hundred years, the offerings will disappear, and new offerings will be needed."

"More than 20 years ago, the river overflowed because your mother left. Even when your mother came to offer sacrifices, it still couldn't suppress the flood. Once you go in, you should be able to suppress it."

As he spoke, the river god's messenger steered the boat toward the altar.

Su Muyao said, "Wait, I want to ask, what needs to be suppressed here? Is it necessary to offer sacrifices?"

The river god's messenger said, "I don't know either. These are proverbs that appeared on the river god's pillar, and we must abide by them."

"Miss Su, there's nothing we can do about it. Please go inside."

Su Muyao asked, "Who offered me up as a sacrifice?"

The river god's messenger looked at Su Muyao with a strange expression and said, "It's your cousin."

Upon hearing this, Su Muyao looked shocked. "Impossible."

She couldn't possibly mistake what her cousin looked like.

“Miss Su, things have come to this point, and you are going to be a sacrifice to save everyone, so I have no reason to lie to you, do I?”

The system said, "Host, there must be something wrong here."

"Moreover, the altar at the bottom of the river should be a place of sacrifice, but the closer I get to the altar, the stronger the resentment I can feel."

Su Muyao also felt the chilling aura growing stronger.

"By the way, where is your river god?"

She thought the offerings were meant to be used as the river god's bride, but she never expected them to be sent to the altar.

She could also sense that there were strong restrictions around the altar, and that once inside, one might not be able to get out.

Even so, she still wanted to go in and investigate.

Moreover, restrictions generally don't pose a problem for her.

The River God's messenger shook his head and said, "I don't know. We haven't seen our River God for a thousand years. Even the River God's palace was destroyed a thousand years ago. We can only act according to the proverbs on the River God's pillar."

Speaking of this, even the river god's messenger couldn't help but sigh.

The once magnificent palaces were all reduced to ashes.

"The aquatic creatures in your river have all grown very large and are attacking the orcs. What's going on?" The river god's messenger shook his head and said, "We don't know either. The aquatic creatures didn't attack the orcs before, but now the aquatic creatures on the riverbed are rampant and are attacking not only the orcs, but also us, the river god's subordinates, and the river orcs."

"Miss Su, we have answered all your questions. Please come in."

Seeing that the river god's messenger was getting impatient, Su Muyao said, "I'll ask one more question before I go in."

"Miss Su, please ask."

"What did my mother say and ask when she was brought here as a sacrifice? Was she forced to become a sacrifice?"

The river god's messenger shook his head and said, "No, your mother is very calm."

"However, I heard from the river god's messenger that each generation of sacrifices will follow the arrangement."

"Otherwise, why would the river only flood in the last twenty years or so over the past thousand years?"

No matter what Su Muyao asked next, the river god's messengers didn't know.

Having made up her mind, Su Muyao entered the altar.

As soon as she entered the altar, a force imprisoned her there.

The surrounding restrictive forces began to rotate.

Then Su Muyao saw the statue in the center of the altar.

Su Muyao's heartstrings trembled.

The statue looks just like the portrait of his mother that his father painted in his study.

Even the system exclaimed, "Host, you look about 50% like this statue!"

“Mother, she must be my mother.”

The system exclaimed in surprise, "No way, the offerings turned into statues as soon as they entered here?"

"Then, host, is your mother dead?"

“I see cracks in this statue.”

Su Muyao's face turned pale. "No, I won't die."

Su Muyao reached out to touch the statue, her eyes welling up with tears. "Mother, is that you?"

"I am Mu Yao, can you sense me?"

"Mother, wake up, how can I save you..."

"Mother, Father and I miss you so much..."

Su Muyao reached out and gently hugged the statue, whispering many words in an attempt to awaken her mother's consciousness.

Even knowing it might not work, she still wanted to try.

Just as she was rambling on and on about many things, she was suddenly pulled in by a force.

Then Su Muyao found herself sitting in a room, with her mother in front of her, who was pouring her water.

Ji Shui looked at Su Muyao with loving and tender eyes and said, "Child, you have suffered all these years."

"Mother, it's you, it really is you."

Ji Shui stroked Su Muyao's hair, her eyes filled with tenderness, and said, "It's me, my child."

"You've grown up in the blink of an eye."

Ji Shui felt a mix of emotions, including regret and remorse. She really missed her daughter, but some things were both destiny and mission.

After the mother and daughter talked for a while, Su Muyao finally asked the question that had been bothering her: "Mother, what exactly is going on?"

"How did you turn into a statue?"

Ji Shui sighed and said, "I don't have much time, so I'll make this quick."

“A thousand years ago, the water-suppressing stone tablet by the Jade Pool shattered and disappeared. Below the Jade Pool and below the altar at the bottom of the river is a dark river. The dark river originally suppressed resentment that had been generated 100,000 years ago, but the stone tablet shattered and the divine power disappeared, the resentment rushed out and caused floods.”

"Only females with the bloodline of the Azure Beast can use the power of the altar to suppress the resentment."

"Unfortunately, the sculptures shatter every hundred years, requiring new female sacrifices to continue the suppression."

"In fact, some resentments become stronger the more they are suppressed, and the power of the female sacrifice is no longer effective."

“More than 20 years ago, my brother couldn’t bear to see me sacrifice myself, so he sent me away ahead of time. But the resentment in the Youhe River was too strong, and the previous offering broke prematurely, causing the river to overflow. Even though I came back to offer my sacrifice within the hundred-year time limit, it was still no use. The resentment below could not be suppressed.”