Rumble!
The thunder roared, and panic spread among the villagers. Two black dogs barked incessantly, and someone could no longer suppress their cries.
Kou Yushan led the village guard team, a group of able-bodied young men, and swiftly navigated through the woods to find the highest ground with the densest canopy above.
"Leave behind the heavy stuff, everyone come this way!"
Kou Yushan shouted, and everyone dropped their packs and quickly gathered at the spot Kou Yushan indicated.
Adults with children, over seventy people huddled together, clutching each family's rooster, nervously watching Kou Yushan take out a spool wrapped in hemp twine from a bundle, placing it in a wooden basin handed over by He Baosheng, and opening a bamboo tube at his waist, pouring out the black dog blood inside to soak it thoroughly.
Skinny, with a cloth wrapped around his head, joined the other guard team members, using shovels to dig drainage channels around the gathering spot.
