After hearing this, Gu Zhenghai asked in confusion, "When the medicine furnace comes, aren't others allowed to watch?"
The big-faced woman shook her head and said, "Okay, but the medicine furnaces all wear phoenix crowns and veils, so you can't see their faces."
Gu Zhenghai asked again, "When will the sacrificial flame be lit?"
Will anyone climb to the top of the stone tower to light it?"
When the two girls heard this, they immediately covered their mouths and chuckled.
"You are so funny, you pretend to be real."
The big-faced woman covered her mouth and smiled, "Not everyone can light this sacrificial flame. It is up to the ancestor to decide when to light it."
"And the sacrificial flame is not an ordinary flame, it is a particularly cold fire."
Gu Zhenghai looked puzzled and asked, "A particularly cold fire?
Isn’t fire supposed to be hot?”
The fat woman said, "So the sacrificial flame is not an ordinary fire. No one except the ancestor can light this kind of flame."
"The elders mentioned before that when our ancestors were guarding the valley and fighting the people outside, they let off the sacrificial flames."
"Even the eyes of the sacrificial flame are white. People burned by that flame will not leave any traces on their bodies."
"But the bones will be eaten away bit by bit by the flames that seep into the body. The person who was burned to death in the end looked fine on the surface, but in fact the bones had been burned to white carbon, and he died a very miserable death."
Gu Zhenghai frowned slightly, winked at Yang Xuan calmly, then looked at the two girls and continued to ask, "When does the sacrificial flame usually light up?"
The obese woman looked up at the sky and said, "Although there is no fixed time, judging from the past, the sacrificial flame should be lit in a while."
"Look, the sacrificial flame is lit!"
At this time, someone suddenly exclaimed.
Everyone immediately put down the bowls and chopsticks in their hands, knelt on the ground, and shouted loudly, "I wish our ancestors a long and prosperous life!"
In order not to attract attention, Yang Xuan and Gu Zhenghai also squatted down, then quietly raised their heads to look at the top of the stone tower.
The two ugly girls were right. The flames ignited on the top of the stone tower were indeed different.
Ordinary flames are light yellow or dark red.
But the cluster of flames at the top of the stone tower was as white as an incandescent lamp, floating like a ghost on the top of the stone tower, which looked extremely strange.
The surrounding temperature also dropped rapidly. It was still unbearably hot just now, but now I felt a cool feeling.
A man wearing a black pointed hat stood on a stone platform about three meters high and shouted in a long voice, "Inherit the grace of our ancestors, please sit down and invite Yao Luo's parents to enter the merit platform."
Take a seat!”
On one side of the open space, there is a high platform about two meters high, with a dozen chairs covered with animal skins placed on the high platform.
Presumably this is what that person calls the platform of merit.
There is no need to ask too much about the three words "merit platform". You can guess with your thumb that it is to express the "merits" of those parents of the medicine furnace.
To say that this ancestor of Wan Ling was also murderous, he blatantly wanted to take away someone else's daughter, and he even made it look like someone else had made a huge contribution.
His original intention may have been to brainwash these people, but this wave of operations is really a bit misleading.
Although the people here are secluded, they are not stupid, and they are a group of evil people who do evil things outside. If they couldn't understand this little mystery, then these people would have died outside long ago.
As the words fell, a group of middle-aged men and women dressed in colorful clothes lined up and walked towards the merit platform. The people next to them smiled and congratulated them.
These people seemed to be congratulating, but in fact they were glad that such a thing had not happened to them.
Whether it is a disaster or a blessing, they have no idea in their minds.
After the group of middle-aged men and women sat down, Yang Xuan saw inside the middle-aged man who seemed to be named Zhou Dingtian that he had seen in the woods before.
He still looked expressionless, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.
In contrast, the middle-aged woman sitting next to him had a gloomy face, full of helplessness and sadness, mixed with a hint of anger.
"Please bring out the medicine furnace!"
The man in the black pointed hat shouted in a long voice like a eunuch.
Then a group of women wearing bright red phoenix crowns and veils, escorted by a group of soldiers, lined up and walked slowly towards this side.
Because they all wore the same clothes and had veils on their heads, it was impossible to tell who was Qing Mudan.
"Brother Yang."
Gu Zhenghai lowered his voice and said, "Leader Peony's parents are not here. She must be the one who will be alone during the toast later."
Yang Xuan frowned slightly.
The most important thing now is not to find out who is Green Mudan, but how to get Green Mudan out of here.
Tens of thousands of people are present here at the same time, half of them are trained soldiers, and there are hundreds of martial arts practitioners.
And there is an old monster with unfathomable cultivation inside the stone tower.
In addition, the man named Zhou Dingtian on the merit platform could not figure out the specific situation at this time.
There was absolutely no chance of snatching the green peony away in full view of the public.
"Medicine furnace toasts to thanksgiving!"
The man in the black pointed hat shouted in a long voice.
Then someone handed each "medicine stove" a glass of wine, and all the "medicine stoves" held the glasses and walked toward their parents opposite.
But one of them still stood there, and it goes without saying that he must be Qing Mudan.
"Brother Yang, something is wrong."
Gu Zhenghai lowered his voice and said, "There is no rope tied to Leader Peony's body. How come she doesn't react at all? With her personality, she will never compromise even if she dies."
"It's not just her."
Yang Xuan frowned and said, "The dozen or so women around her are also very weird."
Gu Zhenghai took a closer look and saw some clues.
Although there seems to be nothing unusual about the dozen women on the surface, if you observe carefully, you will find that their movements are very stiff, as if they are being manipulated.
"What on earth did these bitches do to Leader Peony!"
Gu Zhenghai gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
"It should be no big deal."
Yang Xuan lowered his voice and said, "They are all given to the old monster Wanling. Their bodies will definitely not be harmed. Some special means should be used to temporarily confuse their minds."
Gu Zhenghai gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Yang, what should we do now? If Leader Mudan is sent to the stone tower later, the situation will be complicated. God knows what that old monster will do to Leader Mudan."
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Yang Xuan frowned tightly, thinking about it and couldn't think of a complete solution. Finally, he simply gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "I can't care about that much anymore. I'll find a way to create chaos first, and then take advantage of the chaos to take Mudan away."