ebookland Chapter 21 Altar
Chapter 21 Altar
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The two men fell to the ground, revealing the harmless Black and White Impermanence behind them.
Bai Wuchang wiped the Ghost Messenger Order in his hand on the fallen masked man and said dissatisfiedly: "This bloody smell is really disgusting."
"No way! Isn't your job to catch ghosts? Why do you hate the smell of blood?" Le Jinxi appeared behind them and asked curiously.
"Is it not okay to have an occupational disease?" Bai Wuchang rolled his eyes at him, turned into a ray of light and disappeared into the Book of Life and Death.
As for Hei Wuchang, he naturally followed closely behind.
A moment later, Le Jinxi, Su Yueyu and Zixia put on the masked man's clothes and mask, and swaggered into the valley.
The altar in the center of the valley has been cleaned up. At this time, Old Xin, the man with the golden mask, is making seals with his hands and muttering something on it.
The patterns on the altar were also reorganized under his seals, and a hexagram pattern quickly took shape.
"Since you're already here, there's no need to hide like this. If you really like our outfits, I can ask someone to send you a few sets," Old Xin stopped what he was doing and looked down at the crowd under the altar.
Le Jinxi's heart skipped a beat, "No way! We're exposed? We just came in!"
Just as he was muttering to himself, someone spoke.
"Hahaha! Elder, you are joking. We received news that people from the royal palace entered the mountains, so we came here specially to escort you," two plain-looking men took off their masks and walked out of the crowd.
"Just the two of you? Aren't evil spirits and monsters never separated? What? Do you look down on me like that?" Old Xin looked at them with a cold face, his icy gaze shooting straight at the two of them through the mask.
"Haha, there are exceptions to everything. Elder, please don't bother us anymore," Guiwang laughed, trying to ease the mood between them.
"You also want to get your hands on the things in here? Don't forget, the things in here belong to our Wangxu Sea. It's best to consider the consequences before doing anything." Old Xin already knew their intentions, and he made it clear directly.
"Don't worry, Elder Xin. We two have no ulterior motives. We just want to help you complete this matter as soon as possible, so that we can end the deal between us sooner," Guiwang expressed his intentions again, and Guiliang beside him also nodded continuously.
"Remember what you said," and then Old Xin crossed his legs and entered a state of meditation, no longer paying attention to them.
The moon is at its zenith, and its bright moon is red.
The time has come, and Yuqiu Dier was brought to the altar.
At this moment, she was no longer afraid, but stared at Elder Xin. She said angrily, "Let me go! I am the princess of Cang Yue Country. If you dare to hurt me, my father will never let you go."
"Princess, please be patient. I don't want to hurt you. As long as you cooperate, I will send someone to send you back after the task is accomplished," Old Xin said softly, his tone completely different from before.
Seeing Elder Xin placing his sapphire necklace on the altar, Yu Qiu Die'er struggled to grab it with her hands: "Give it back to me! Give it back to me!"
With a slight raise of his right hand, Old Xin held a natural jade bowl in his hand.
He flicked his finger and shot out a cold light, which passed by Yu Qiu Die'er's wrist. A trace of bright red slowly flowed down her wrist, and Elder Xin hurriedly caught it with a jade bowl.
"What are you doing?" Yu Qiudie'er was startled by his action and subconsciously wanted to retract her hand, but was held tightly by Old Xin's other hand.
"Don't move," Old Xin's voice changed in a hurry, causing the struggling Yu Qiudie'er to freeze in place.
Her eyes swept over the hand holding hers, and the clearly visible arrow scar almost made her faint.
She was very familiar with this arrow scar, so familiar that she knew how many edges this irregular scar had.
She remembered that when she was six years old, an assassin entered the palace. It was this hand that blocked the arrow shot at her. At that time, this hand was pierced by the arrow, leaving this arrow scar.
When she was seven years old, on the birthday of the owner of this hand, she used a pen to draw a longevity flower along the scar of the arrow to wish him a happy birthday.
And from then on, she would draw a different flower every year to wish him a happy birthday.
Half a month ago, she ran to the owner of this hand crying and asked him, "Is there any way to save my mother?"
The owner of this hand touched her head and said, "It is said that there is a magical medicine in Lingze Mountain Range that may be able to save the imperial concubine..."
With moist eyes, Yuqiu Dier touched the arrow scar with her other hand: "Grandpa Xin, you are kidding me, right? You are here to help me find the magic medicine, right?"
At this time, she was already crying.
"In fact, there is no magic medicine. I lied to you." When saying this, Old Xin felt an inexplicable pain in his heart, and his trembling hands wanted to touch Yu Qiu Die'er's head again.
Snapped!
Yu Qiu Die'er shook his hand away and stared at him coldly with tears rolling down her eyes.
Three words came out of his throat almost like a roar: "I hate you!"
Then she broke free from his hand and stepped back, distance herself from him.
At some point, the man in the silver mask was already standing on the altar.
At this moment, he also moved and appeared in front of Yu Qiu Die'er in an instant.
The sword finger lightly touched her neck, and Yu Qiudie'er fell asleep in his arms.
"Don't hurt her!" Old Xin shouted anxiously. He was relieved when he saw that the man with the silver mask did not make any excessive movements.
He ordered: "Send her back after the mission is completed. Remember, you must not hurt her, otherwise I will destroy you."
The man in the silver mask nodded without saying anything. He just looked at the two Wuliangs, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Elder Xin sat on the ground, regaining his previous arrogance. He placed the jade bowl on the ground, closed his eyes, and quickly formed seals with his hands, leaving marks on the jade bowl and the sapphire necklace.
The sapphire necklace slowly rose up and floated above the jade bowl. A faint blue light overflowed from it and surrounded it.
A hexagram mark flashed on the rim of the jade bowl. Six blood columns, corresponding to the six corners of the hexagram mark, slowly rose up and poured into the blue gem necklace.
As if it was merging, the blue gem necklace changed, and a layer of blood quickly covered it.
Snap! The gem fell off the necklace and was embedded in the hole on the altar.
As if something was triggered, the entire pattern on the altar lit up in an instant.
Standing up, Elder Xin stepped out of the altar, swept through the crowd, and ordered, "Blood sacrifice!"
Suddenly, there were cries and shouts. The twenty or so captured men knelt down and begged for mercy: "Let us go! Our families are still waiting for us to return..."
The flash of knives appeared, and screams resounded throughout the valley. Countless blood crows, representing death, flew in from nowhere, hovering in the sky above the valley and humming, adding a touch of weirdness to the bloody scene.
"Don't be impulsive. They are very strong and I can't handle them alone," Su Yueyu grabbed Le Jinxi's clenched fists and reminded softly.
Although covered by a mask, she could still feel Le Jinxi's anger.
"Don't worry, I'm not stupid and I won't die in vain," he said, pulling Su Yueyu closer to the altar little by little.
He also told Zixia to find a chance to sneak out of the valley, and the princess's affairs would be left to them!