A sacrificial ceremony was going on over at the host's seat, and Hong Yuxiu was also busy playing with the various insect repellent spices he had brought around Yanyan's seat, and also distributed protective gear to a few people.
As soon as Bi Cheng got the protective gear, he covered his mouth and nose: "What are you doing, do you want to smoke it to death?"
Hong Yuxiu was still busy: "When the cannibal bees come later, you won't mind that this thing of mine is smoky!"
Bi Cheng secretly pinched out the spices at his feet: "I told you that the wormwood bee doesn't bite people casually, but you didn't hear it. Hey... you smell too much, stay away from me..."
“Be prepared!”
"I don't need this useless thing like yours, I've got Si Jia!"
"Gee, why didn't you tell me earlier? I forgot!"
"You say you are getting older and you still don't admit it..."
"Bi Cheng, you've learned so much from that boy Xiaoliu!"
"Go, whoever learns from him, I only learn from my master."
"!"
While the two were chatting, the high priest had already finished reciting the prayer, and the last sentence was: "May the Liao family be glorious and prosperous forever!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the high priest raised his hand, and a member of the Liao clan next to him used an iron hook to hook the black cloth in the cage, and the sacrifices in the cage were immediately exposed.
At the same time, a woman suddenly screamed at the main table of the Liao family, followed by a group of beautiful maids in rich clothes who were noisy and chaotic.
"Madam fainted!"
"Quick, get some water!"
"Hot hand towel..."
The guest seats were blocked outside by members of the Liao family. They could not clearly see what was going on inside, so they knew that an important female member of the Liao family had fainted.
However, next, everyone heard a sharper scream that almost pierced people's eardrums: "Ah! It's Liao Jingxuan in the cage!"
It’s Hulv Xiaofei!
Yan Yan and Shen Yuyun were immediately startled. At the same time, they stood up to help the case. Regardless of the identity of the guests, they jumped into the circle surrounded by the Liao family members.
The two rushed closer and saw Liao Jingxuan sitting cross-legged in the iron cage, looking down into his arms.
In his arms, he held a five or six-year-old child.
The sacrifice is actually a child again!
The moment the black cloth was lifted, Liao Zhongqing was completely stunned. His eyes were fixed on Liao Jingxuan in the cage: "Jingxuan! You, you bastard! Come out!"
The bells and drums of the sacrificial ceremony all stopped instantly with Liao Zhongqing's loud shout. The sacrificial ceremony was suddenly interrupted, and the originally lively hall immediately fell silent.
Almost all the guests stood up, stretched their necks and looked into the crowd...
The person who fainted was Mrs. Liao, the head of the house, and she was quickly carried out by the servants and maids.
The high priest was also completely dumbfounded. He pointed at the cage and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Quick, quick, why are you still standing there? Get the young master out quickly, the swarm is coming soon. Oh, this is not life-threatening.
, this little ancestor..."
Liao Jingxuan slowly raised his head, his face illuminated by the torches swaying around him.
The noisy and chaotic people almost fell silent at the same time when they saw Liao Jingxuan's expression.
Liao Jingxuan's handsome face was full of tears, and he hugged the dying child tightly in his arms.
He raised his head and slowly shifted his gaze from his father's face to the faces of all the Liao family members around him.
"You actually used a child to sacrifice again! You actually used the life of a living child to perform a meaningless ritual. You still want to pray for blessings. Aren't you afraid of retribution?"
Liao Zhongqing glared at Liao Jingxuan in the cage with furious eyes: "Shut up! You traitor! The sacrifice is also to pray for the well-being of my entire Liao family. You are also a member of the Liao family, and you have a share. Get out of here!"
The high priest also responded anxiously: "Yes, young master, please come out quickly! You have already eaten the ghost baby fruit while holding this child. In another quarter of an hour, the Shie swarm will arrive, and he will not survive."
, you can’t lose your life in vain!”
However, Liao Jingxuan hugged the child in her arms tightly and shouted hysterically: "You sacrifice young children, kill innocent lives, and still want to pray for happiness. You are not worthy of happiness at all!"
All the guests who came to attend the sacrifice were also shocked.
No one expected that the Liao family would use children as sacrifices.
Although ordinary human children are basically regarded as nothing in the eyes of monks, in human society, life is still valued and protected.
What the Liao family did was indeed unethical.
Although everyone was talking privately... Whose family does this child belong to? Where did he get it...
However, the Liao family has a huge influence in Yinggui City, and most of the merchant caravans who come to participate in the sacrifice need to rely on the Liao family for business. Although they have objections to the Liao family's behavior, no one dares to speak openly.
Liao Zhongqing turned a deaf ear to the whispers around him, glared at Liao Jingxuan with a sullen face, and said in a cold tone: "If you don't plan to come out, just make a sacrifice inside!"
He had just finished speaking, and was about to order the sacrifice to continue, when Mrs. Liao, who was sitting at the table, said angrily: "What bastard nonsense are you talking about! Come on! Come on! Get the young master out quickly. If the young master makes a mistake today, you see?"
Who can I spare, my old woman!"
Mrs. Liao knocked the dragon-headed cane, and the Liao family members rushed forward one after another, intending to forcefully drag Liao Jingxuan out of the cage.
But Liao Jingxuan seemed to be determined, hugging the child in his arms tightly and refusing to let go.
Shen Yuyun, who was standing among the Liao family members, looked at the chaotic scene in front of him and tugged down Yan Yan's sleeves anxiously: "You should think of a way quickly, the relief bees will come soon, and as soon as that thing comes,
Jingxuan and the children will all die! Why are you... distracted again?"
Yan Yan was standing in the crowd, her eyes silently looking at Liao Jingxuan in the cage, her expression motionless, even a little stiff.
If the light hadn't been dim at this moment, Shen Yuyun would have noticed that Yan Yan didn't even turn his eyes.
She is using her spiritual consciousness to talk to Lieshan Ding in the Xumi realm. Of course, with Lieshan Ding's current cultivation level, she cannot communicate with Yan Yan directly through the Xumi realm. The channel to communicate with her spiritual sense was opened with Canghua's help.
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Yan Yan was asking Lieshan Ding about the Ghost Infant Fruit, including the Release Bee.
Through this period of getting along, Yan Yan knew that although Lao Ding talked a lot of nonsense, his knowledge of alchemy and various elixirs was even better than Canghua's.
As expected, he is a professional alchemy player. In the eyes of Lieshan Ding, everything in the world can be turned into an elixir.
"Hehe, I finally have a chance to use my old Ding. Girl Yan, just do as Master Ding and I say. When the time comes, let Master Ding and I go out, just watch and watch!"
After Yan Yan listened to Lieshan Ding's explanation, he said in his spiritual consciousness: "Then I'll help you."
After communicating with Lieshan Ding here, Yan Yan already had a clear idea.
When her consciousness returned, she saw the Liao family members gathered around the cage, fighting with Liao Jingxuan there.