ninety thousand miles

Chapter 605 Sacrifice
"Earlier than the ancient times? No way?" Li Chuan was surprised.
Wen Guying explained, "The ancient times were an extremely long period of time. It started when the Heart Abyss exploded and chaos began, and ended when the ancient monster An crashed into the pillar of heaven. The ancient times we usually refer to may have been the end of the ancient times, when humans and ancient monsters competed for the right to rule the earth. Before that, what the world was like may only be known by the three ancient immortals, Tiansu, Daizong, and Guihong."

"And this underground formation is very complex. Part of it is the lair of an ancient monster, part of it is a naturally formed river channel, and part of it is a secret passage dug by humans. Judging from the spell patterns left on it, it was probably dug by people in ancient times. There are many other parts whose origins I can't tell."

"When we were teleported from Songdu to Dahe, I paid attention to it," Wen Guying paused and said while recalling, "The teleportation array, the spiritual master called it Youguan, which is a very appropriate name. I didn't understand how it worked at all. I feel that the spiritual master, or the half-demon tribe, didn't understand all its uses, and it was just used as a teleportation array. It is a node, something that existed in the original formation, and the eye of the formation at Songdu is also a node. The other parts were created by people, monsters, half-demons, etc. in different periods who tried to use it."

“The most peculiar thing is that everything that everyone has come up with at different times can eventually be combined together and continue to work.”

Li Chuan roughly understood, "Then what was this formation originally used for?"

Wen Guying said: "It may not be a formation."

"What?" Li Chuan was confused and said, "Speak clearly and stop talking nonsense."

"Two possibilities." Wen Guying said, "The first possibility is that it is a formation that covers the underground of the Cangwu Plain. It was set up by a powerful person in ancient times to suppress some great terror. The second possibility is that it is that great terror. I prefer the second possibility."

"Are you saying that there is a huge monster as big as the Cangwu Wilderness underground? Then the ancient monsters and humans, as well as the half-demons of today, took advantage of the characteristics of its body and created some things to serve as teleportation arrays or something? This is impossible?" Li Chuan said.

"If you look underground more often later, you might be able to figure it out." Wen Guying looked up at Li Chuan, "The so-called sacrifice should be a ritual that drives a certain device underground to achieve some effect... Another possibility is that over the long years, the cage and the monster inside have become one."

"You're making it more mysterious. We should go back now. They should be almost ready." Li Chuan stood up and packed up. He said, "It's definitely not a big monster. The more we know about the Cangwu Wilderness, the less certain we are."

After Li Chuan had packed up, the few of them walked back. When they returned to Dahe Lake, they saw that an altar had been set up in the lake. The Xun tribe, the Yu tribe, and the other tribe were standing aside by the lake, seemingly waiting for the sacrifice to begin.

The spiritual master standing in the lake glanced at Li Chuan and others.

Standing behind her were two girls who were dressed similarly to her but looked younger. They were probably also half-demons from the Ruiling tribe.

"It's about to begin, let's watch it here." Wen Guying said.

"Yeah." Li Chuan said.

The next moment, the Xun and Yu tribes dispersed from both sides, revealing their half-demon prototypes. The Xun tribe stepped into the lake one by one in an orderly manner and formed a formation around the altar, while the Yu tribe flew into the air and also formed a formation. Then the Xun and Yu tribes began to dance around the altar, their movements carrying a strange rhythm.

The ethereal singing voice sounded again.

It's the Ruoshui tribe.

Li Chuan looked in the direction where the sound came from. The golden light from the setting sun was interweaving between the green lake water and the pale skin.

The spiritualist walked on the lake towards the altar, holding a torch high in her hand.

The firelight illuminated her face.

Li Chuan saw her mouth opening and closing, as if she was chanting something.

Soon, the spiritual master walked to the altar.

The altar was built with stones and stood firmly on the lake. The spiritual master and the half-demons of the Xun clan also stood on the lake. They did not sink, nor did they sway with the water.

The spiritualist placed the torch on the altar, and then her voice rang out. The chanting soon covered the voice of the Ruoshui tribe banshee and spread in all directions. The flames burned fiercely amid the chanting. The Xun and Yu tribe half-demons surrounding the altar were holding burning torches in their hands. As the spiritualist opened her hands, the flames suddenly shot out, and then the entire altar began to burn, making crackling sounds.

"Fire sacrifice." Jiang Mei said.

"More than that." Wen Guying said.

The sky gradually darkened, and the spiritual master, the banshee, and the half-demons of Xun Yu's tribe became more and more distinct under the light of the fire.

Li Chuan listened to the spiritual master's chanting.

He felt a mysterious power, which continued to grow stronger with the chanting of the spiritual master, the singing of the banshee, the dancing of the Xun Yu and Yu clans, and the flickering of fire.

Li Chuan stared at the fire, and suddenly he found that the spiritual master was gone. Where did he go? He looked around for the spiritual master, and then he saw balls of fire falling into the lake.

The lake was on fire.

The chanting continued and became louder and louder.

The surface of the lake was red.

Not just fire.

Li Chuan, who had been staring at the fire, concentrated his mind and entered a mysterious state.

It was blood. The blood of the half-demon also fell into the lake. The blood did not disperse in the lake water, but was wrapped in some kind of force and continued to sink...

"Blood sacrifice." Jiang Mei said.

Without the sound of the pot, Li Chuan could not see the depths of the lake, so he looked towards the altar again.

In the mysterious state he saw the spiritual master, she was standing naturally on the altar, her body making various gestures as she chanted.

Li Chuan closed his eyes, came out of his state, and looked at the altar again. The spiritual master was gone. He asked softly, "What happened to the spiritual master?"

"She is between dreams and reality." Wen Guying said.

Li Chuan glanced at him.

Wen Guying then began to explain: "The moment she disappeared just now, some changes occurred on her body, as if she was possessed by something."

"Possessed?" Li Chuan asked.

"It's not that she has taken over my body, but that she has become more like her ancestor, the Ruiling beast." Wen Guying replied: "Her ability to enter dreams has been enhanced."

(End of this chapter)