On the day of the sacrificial ceremony.

In the early morning, before the sun had fully risen, the people of Jiaolong City were already pouring water on the streets to clean them and make them look brand new.

In Jiaolong City under the rule of the Sea God Sect, the sacrificial ceremony is the most important day of the year. Even if the people are angry, they can only dare to be angry and dare not speak out, and carefully cooperate with the monks' requests.

The solemn and spectacular Zhonghe Shao music is coming from the square where the Dragon Statue is located. It is composed of chimes, chimes, bells and other dozens of musical instruments.

An hour before the ceremony began, Lu Qingshan and Zang Xiaojian had already arrived at the restaurant where they had reserved their seats in advance.

They ordered a few of the restaurant's famous dishes, and the two of them tasted them slowly and chatted quietly, looking like ordinary diners.

Looking towards the square from where we are currently, we can see that in front of the huge dragon statue, a circular mound altar has been set up for sacrifices. In the southwest of the altar, there are sky lanterns hanging, sacrificial incense, and misty clouds.

But in the center of the Circular Mound Altar, what is placed is not the god tablet, but a huge sunken pit. Inside the pit are placed many green sandalwood trees that will emit a strange fragrance when burned. On top of the green sandalwood trees are It is filled with a dazzling array of pearls, jade, silk, and other expensive items.

On both sides of the altar, the city guards of Jiaolong City stood quietly on both sides to maintain order.

In the southeast corner of the altar, there are many ceremonial musical instruments placed. Musicians who are proficient in musical instruments are playing music, and this is where the continuous ringing of bells begins.

The viewing seats in the square were already crowded with people watching the ceremony. There were thousands of them. They all had a mysterious symbol painted on their faces, and there was a band tied to their left arms. White and blue ribbons, so many people gathered, but there was no noise at all, it was very solemn.

These are the people who are forced by the Poseidon Sect to come to watch the sacrificial ceremony. Mortals would not dare to resist the order of the Sect. And naturally they would not dare to make a noise if they were frightened by the authority of the monks.

Lu Qingshan took a sip of tea and his eyes wandered between the tables.

At the window seat, before Lu Qingshan arrived, there was already an energetic old man sitting. There were many spirit beast bags hanging around the old man's waist. He looked like he was a beast cultivator with a high level of cultivation.

The old man was drinking alone, his eyes wandering, and his attention was obviously on the sacrificial ceremony in the square. But after Lu Qingshan and Zang Xiaojian arrived, he looked at Lu Qingshan's table from time to time.

In the southeast corner, there were two burly men, ordering a table full of snacks and drinks, and holding large bowls of sea drinks, looking very happy.

Next to Lu Qingshan and Zang Xiaojian, there was a family of three sitting. The husband and wife were both very young, and the little boy of three or four years old was sitting next to his mother, who was also very well-behaved.

The wife was ladling the steaming meat porridge with a spoon and was feeding the child, her eyes full of love.

After a long time.

"Here we come." Zang Xiaojian said softly.

On the sky not far away, three blue lights flashed.

The blue light gradually approached the altar, and finally landed in front of the altar, revealing the figure inside.

Three Poseidon Sect monks wearing blue robes.

A Jindan monk and two Foundation-building monks are the ones responsible for presiding over this sacrificial ceremony.

bang bang

As the three monks arrived, the bells suddenly stopped, the drums started to play louder, and the sacrificial ceremony officially began.

As soon as Jindan Zhenren of Poseidon Sect arrived, he raised a flame with his left hand, flicked it, and shot it towards the accumulated salary in the pit in the center of the altar, and then lightly scolded, "Welcome the God!"

scurry

Fireworks immediately rose high from the fuel wood in the deep pit in the center of the altar.

The priest who had been waiting for him at the side walked up with a sacrificial inscription in his hands, and bowed down respectfully in front of Master Jin Dan.

Master Jin Dan took over the sacrificial inscriptions, and with his spiritual power embedded in his voice, he recited the sacrificial inscriptions loudly, and his voice resounded in all directions.

After reciting the sacrificial words, the two foundation-building monks from the Poseidon Sect also led ninety-nine boys and girls up from both sides of the altar.

These boys and girls were restricted by the spell and remained motionless, like puppets on strings, allowing themselves to be controlled by others, but their eyes were full of fear and panic.

Master Jin Dan looked calm and uttered three words in his mouth, "Sacrifice the boy"

The two foundation-building monks of the Poseidon Sect were ordered to make seals with their hands, and these boys and girls could not help but walk up to the altar step by step in an orderly manner.

On the altar with smoke and fire, the children jumped directly into the fire pit without any pause or hesitation.

The firewood was burning with raging flames. As soon as the boys and girls entered it, they were instantly surrounded by the flames. Their expressions were twitching and painful. However, the boys and girls who were blocked by the monks using spells could not even cry out.

Their young faces loomed in the flames, gradually burning into charcoal and disappearing.

Among the people watching the ceremony, some had indignation on their faces, some were sad in their hearts, some had red eyes, but most of them looked numb.

The sacrificial ceremony is still in progress.

Above the restaurant.

Lu Qingshan patted King Xishu on the head, looked at the family of three who were about to go out after paying the bill and said softly, "Follow them, see where they stay, don't be discovered."

The Western Rat King sucked the fat on his paws, feeling a little unfinished and looking like he didn't want to move.

"If you do well, I will give you two Blood Spirit Pearls." Lu Qingshan wrote lightly.

King Xi Mo was immediately shocked when he heard this. He patted his chest and promised, "Why don't you just follow one person? Tiger eats bean sprouts. It's a piece of cake. Leave it to me, Lord Mouse."

King Xishu jumped up and quickly disappeared into the restaurant.

The West Rat King is not arrogant. Although it has no attack methods, its ability to conceal its aura is indeed quite outstanding. It is really good at following others.

"Why them?" Zang Xiaojian asked puzzledly, "The monk who has been paying attention to us and the sacrificial ceremony is obviously more suspicious."

Lu Qingshan shook his head and explained, "Due to the geographical location of Jiaolong Island, the people on the island speak with more or less accents, as if they curled their lips and spoke. But when the old man just talked to the waiter, his accent was

On the heavy side, they are obviously not from the island, but like you and me, coming from the mainland.

And you see that the old man has four spirit beast bags hanging around his waist, which shows that he is a beast cultivator, and his cultivation level is not low, so it is not surprising that he can see through the poor illusion of the West Rat King.

People from outside are still beast cultivators, and they are a little curious about the sacrificial ceremony and the Western Rat King. It is not surprising that they are paying attention. And this organization that wants to overthrow the Poseidon Sect is obviously a local force, and the possibility of having monks from outside is not high.

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"As for this family of three," Lu Qingshan chuckled, "Have you ever seen a mother who would feed extremely hot meat porridge to her children, and which child could eat the hot porridge just out of the oven without changing his expression?

In addition, you may not have noticed that from the beginning to the end, the husband only took the initiative to look at his wife once, and there was almost no real eye contact with the children. They seem to be so inseparable, does this look like a family of three?"

"The husband and wife are fake couples, and the children are fake children, so only ghosts are real."
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