Manzhong Hill is as inaccessible, deserted and lonely as ever. The lush vegetation in the past has all died due to the severe drought, leaving only a few stand-alone tree trunks. The surfaces of these tree trunks have all become dark and shiny.
It's so weird when you go up there, it makes you feel scared.
On the desolate road, the procession of "sending off the bride" slowly came. The people inside played the music harder and louder, so that the sound of instrumental music echoed faintly in the empty dry forest.
Not long after, the team came to a stop in an open space. The drumming was still going on, but dozens of men ran out of the people accompanying them, and they hurriedly carried the materials they had prepared in advance.
In front. At the same time, there were dozens of other people wearing strange costumes and painted masks on their faces. They were scattered around and danced weird dances with drums. In just a moment, a three-story wooden building was
The square altar was then built. The altar was painted with golden colors, and there were several five-color flags on the corners, with images of mythical beasts such as green dragons and redbirds painted on them.
Seeing that everything was ready, the drumming suddenly stopped, and even the weird dancers stopped and stood with their hands tied. At this time, an older man walked out of the crowd and looked at the sun.
He shouted loudly: "The auspicious time has come, please come to the stage, Ye Nu."
Hearing the sound, the two maids leaned over and stretched out their hands to open the red curtain of the sedan chair. A pavilion-like woman wearing a colorful phoenix harem and a red handkerchief walked out. Under the guidance of the two maids,
, stepped onto the top of the square platform step by step. In the more than a hundred steps from the sedan chair to the square platform, the woman in red walked on the red satin with such steady steps, without any hesitation or crying. "Miss." On the square platform, the maid looked sad, but she couldn't help but call softly.
"Go down quickly, this has nothing to do with you." The red handkerchief responded in a low voice, and then there was no more sound.
Seeing that the master was still unmoved despite his determination, the maid had no choice but to let go of her hand, knelt down with tears in her eyes, kowtowed three times respectfully, then covered her face and quickly got off the altar.
At this moment, under the scorching sun, only the woman in red was standing alone on the altar. Under the red handkerchief, her slightly tilted head could be seen, as if praying and waiting for the last moment. Everything was ready, and everyone in the audience was ready.
There was silence. The elder looked around and saw that nothing was missing, so he turned around and shouted again:
"Please Ziyan!"
The crowd gathered suddenly separated from somewhere, and a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing a dark red robe walked out proudly, followed by a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, holding a sandalwood square plate with an incense burner in the middle.
Bronze vessels.
Just like that, he walked straight to the altar. The Taoist shook his fly whisk, reached out and opened the lid of the dish, and there was a black clod of earth lying inside. Then he kneaded the formula with one hand, muttered something in his mouth, and raised his hand after a while.
Throw it into the stove.
There was a soft sound of "bang", and a bright purple flame suddenly shot up from the stove, beating wildly, attracting everyone's admiration.
"The wind and fire ascend to the deep court, the dragon and lightning break through the darkness.
Purple flames offer sacrifices to the people of Ye, and the rain of soul breath is coming soon! Disease! Disease! Disease!"
The middle-aged Taoist priest proudly looked around the audience, then stretched out his hand to pick up the stove from the wooden tray. The people around him knelt on the ground, knelt down and shouted in unison.
"Ask God to give rain! Ask God to give rain!..."
Just when the Taoist priest was about to set fire to the altar in front of him, a sudden change occurred!
"Who dares!"
The strong wind was accompanied by a sharp scream, and a huge long black object fell from the sky. It hit extremely heavy in front of the altar, causing the ground to tremble. The Taoist priest was so shocked that his face turned pale and he could not stand steadily.
Sitting on the ground, the stove in his hand fell aside.
When everyone came back and looked carefully, they saw a giant sword as black as ink stuck diagonally on the ground. The sword seemed to have been halfway into the ground, and it looked so menacing and threatening.
The strong wind from the flying giant sword blew off the red handkerchief on the head of the woman in red, revealing a handsome face inside. It was none other than Li Siye. And the scream from outside just now penetrated the bottom of her heart, as if she was in
In the dream, it was really unbelievable.
She raised her head and was about to follow the sound when the red handkerchief fell and the sudden sunlight hit Li Siye, making it difficult to open her eyes, causing her to subconsciously raise her hands to rest her forehead. The tall figure slowly descending gradually became clearer, and a forehead slightly
Li Siye's eyes were filled with sweat and a man's face full of eager eyes.
How could I forget this face? When we said goodbye that year, and when I dreamed about it several times, it was this man who hugged me tightly and protected me, lowered his head and smiled, saying, "Don't worry, I'm here, nothing will happen."
It will hurt you."
When I see you again now, your appearance has not changed. You have lost a bit of youthfulness, and you are extraordinarily dark and appear restrained and cold. The person is in front of you, and your body is like a tower. It blocks the poisonous light of the sun in exchange for a cool shade, and you are getting stronger and stronger.
It is as reassuring as it was in the past. Even if his fate remains unchanged and he has to leave today, Li Siye feels no regrets.
But such thoughts are not what Sun Huo can know now. What he sees in his eyes is a tall and graceful lady in red, with willow eyebrows and bright eyes that are pitiful. She has not seen such a big change in several years. He is so surprised that he can't help but lose his mind.
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"The common people pay homage to the Immortal Master!"
A greeting suddenly woke up Sun Huo. He bit the tip of his tongue secretly to calm down. He quickly and quietly took a half step back, turning his face away and not daring to take a closer look at Li Siye in front of him.
"Don't worry, I'm here to make sure you get home safely. Your big brother Li Yan is on the way." Sun Huo said this with a slight twitch of lips. Sun Huo turned around and walked to the altar to look down at the people below, preparing to face
The ensuing questioning and challenge... But he didn't notice that there was already a pair of tearful eyes behind him.
On the other side, they originally thought that the immortal descended from the sky was a glimmer of hope in a desperate situation, but when they saw the person flying down to the altar, his eyes fell on Ye Nu without even moving away. The hearts of the old man in charge and everyone else suddenly jumped.
It sank straight down like falling into an ice cave. As a last resort, the old man had no choice but to stand up and speak.
"Your Excellency, as an immortal master, why don't you practice in a blessed place outside the world, but instead come to this drought-stricken place to intervene in secular affairs and prevent the rain ceremony?"
"Why am I here? Is it your responsibility to take care of it? But when a severe drought hit the world, the Li family of the Jiuyuanhui not only did not move to other places to protect their foundation, but instead stayed in their hometown to contact the gentry and did everything they could to raise money and provide food.
, giving porridge to the hungry. You have been able to survive until now because of its grace, but now you have to sacrifice Miss Li’s family on fire to pray for rain. Natural disasters are ruthless, do people also want to follow the unscrupulous and unjust principles?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. They did not expect that the visitor seemed to know the ins and outs of the matter, and he even defended the Li family in his words.
"Master Immortal, please calm down. However, Greenstone City has been suffering from drought for many years without seeing a drop of rain, and all the neighboring cities have abandoned this place without help. If it is not that we are at the end of our rope and there is no other way to think of, only this prophecy implies a solution to the problem, I
I wish I could be such an ungrateful person again."
"Absurd!" Sun Huo said angrily when he heard this. "How can rumors be taken seriously without any evidence? If I didn't come here today and let you hold a fire sacrifice but no rain fell, would you be able to make Si Ye
To bring the dead back to life, or to commit suicide?!"
Facing Sun Huo's angry rebuke, the old man was trembling, but he still had to force himself to calm down and said.
"Master Immortal, this prayer for rain will definitely not fail. Ye means fire, bright, and has the meaning of brilliance. Miss Li has a noble destiny, and she is the daughter of the three yangs who were born in the yang, moon, yang, and sun.
She is the perfect candidate for Ye Nu in the prophecy. Her voluntary sacrifice will surely inspire heaven to rain down and save thousands of living beings in Greenstone City. Greenstone City will not forget Miss Li’s contribution and will definitely open a temple afterwards.
Enjoy the incense and worship it year after year."
Sun Huo was stunned. Before he came, he only heard from Li Yan that it was because the victims gathered in the Li Mansion and knelt down to beg for help. Si Ye had to sacrifice his life to keep the Jiuyuan Society safe, but he didn't know that there was such a person among them.
Reason.
"Strong words are nonsense. We are all survivors of natural disasters. Who is more valuable than others? If we really want to talk about the difference between superiority and inferiority, shouldn't it be you who think you are inferior first to sacrifice your life in order to
The life of the Supreme Lord is safe? Such a reversal of right and wrong and revenge is really a waste of the Li family's previous charity to save lives. How can you still have the face to continue to live?" After coming back to his senses, Sun Huo suddenly blurted out a curse.<
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"As long as I'm here today, no one can touch her! Do you hear me clearly? Get out of here!"
What Sun Huo didn't expect was that his extremely angry words would suddenly change the situation. He saw that he was kneeling on the ground, shrinking in fear, but instead of obeying, he got up and left. Instead, his eyes gradually turned cold, and his face became colder.
There is no more respect in the world.
Suddenly, Sun Huo raised his hand to block it in front of him, and saw a stone being fixed out of thin air and slowly spinning in front of his palm. Such an act of venting anger, which failed to be a sneak attack, ignited the emotions of the victims like a spark. Before Sun Huoxun could
As soon as he made an attack, everyone gathered around. All kinds of obscene words were uttered, accusations and curses were heard endlessly, and stones and debris were thrown at them. Although there seemed to be an invisible wall to block them all, it was completely helpless.
Close. Perhaps they were afraid of the ferocity of the black sword, or perhaps they were jealous of the identity of the immortal cultivator, but no one dared to rush to the altar and knock Sun Huo off.
Obviously he came here full of enthusiasm and traveled through the night to save a city of civilians from life and death, but he never expected that he would end up in such a situation where he was besieged by hatred for no reason. At this moment, Sun Huo was filled with anger and anger, but for a moment he didn't.
Got an idea.
"Sir, you are already honored as an immortal master. Please take care of your great future and leave first. There is no need to put yourself in danger and suffer humiliation for this little girl." Even though there were thousands of words he wanted to say, when it came to Si Ye's mouth, all he could do was
I cruelly leave this sentence to say goodbye.
Suddenly hearing such a sentence, Sun Huo felt even more irritated. He thought it was Si Ye looking down at him, and responded without looking back: "What nonsense are you talking about! If I were so cold-hearted and unrighteous
Why do you need to come here?"
For some reason, Sun Huo has had a vague feeling of danger in his heart since he came here, and this sense of crisis has surged and is about to explode because of his temporary stay. But looking around, all he can see is
The victims, blinded by their resentment, were so anxious that they had no way of noticing the source of this sense of crisis.
Under the pressure of the situation, Sun Huo could no longer do what he wanted, so he reached back and pulled Si Ye. Just when he was about to lead the people to jump into the air and fly away, a sudden change occurred!
Among the victims who were cursing and blaming, several shrill screams for help rang out in unison. Immediately, everyone saw in horror that several strange black vines had wrapped one hand or foot of those people, and they were hard.
It was dragged to the ground and carried away quickly, even if the person struggled desperately, it was of no avail. What was even more creepy was that at some point, the color of the surrounding land turned into gray and dark, and there was a faint smell of decay. Just as everyone was looking around to see what was going on, several more people were caught by the strange vines one after another. The situation was extremely dangerous.
A golden figure flew past, twisting and turning, and the vines suddenly broke and opened. The people who were dragged were saved and stopped. But a horrifying scene appeared. The vines that had originally bound the victim
The broken branches of the rattan danced for a few times like living creatures, and then stopped. A little bit of dark red juice spattered from the fracture, and it sprinkled on the cloth, and spots similar to corrosion appeared out of thin air. The figure stopped, and it turned out to be Sun Huo who came to the rescue when he saw the situation was bad. He lowered his head and glanced at himself, and the golden light blades extending from his palms instantly collapsed and disappeared, and then he raised his hands and grabbed his chest.
The skirt of the clothes was suddenly pulled, and the right half of the sleeve was torn off in one piece, and was thrown to the ground. Immediately, several areas of this half of the clothes blackened and shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into embers.
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Seeing such a scene, Sun Huo's eyes narrowed slightly. It was undeniable that the action of rescuing people just now was too reckless. In order to cut off the cane as quickly as possible, the arm used for thrusting did not deliberately get out of the way, allowing his sleeve to wipe the cane.
The fracture was stained with a lot of juice, but I never thought it would be so corrosive.
Before Sun Huo could think about it, he suddenly felt that the originally bright and dazzling sky around him suddenly darkened. Looking up, he was a little surprised to see that the scorching sun in the sky seemed to have a dark spindle split in the middle.
A hole in the shape of a hole penetrates the entire sun. At first glance, it looks like a snake's eye looking down at the world coldly. What's even more frightening is that in the distance where the line of sight is blocked and cannot be seen, there is a thin line of dark smoke rising straight into the sky.
It rises and sinks right into the crack in the sun.
"Look, what is that?!"
Several screams from the crowd once again diverted Sun Huo's attention. When he followed the sound, another even more incredible scene suddenly came into view.
In the direction of Greenstone City, the visual inspection should be directly above the city. There is a blue full moon hanging high without any warning. It is charming and cold. Just looking at it from a distance can make you feel as if you are facing the eternal moon.
Like ice, there are wisps of chill. Under the blue moon, countless smoke clouds are constantly rolling and surging.
What is unbelievable is that the scene of Wanzhongqiu at this moment appeared on the clouds. It was actually a mirage legendary in the mortal world. With Sun Huo's eyesight far beyond that of a mortal, he clearly saw what was happening around him in the mirage.
Everything is going on exactly the same time.
It's just that this magical scene didn't leave Sun Huo time to sigh and appreciate. Instead, his face turned pale. In one of the mirage, he saw what was connected under the black smoke of the future.
A huge plant that I have never heard of.
The plant had no branches or leaves, except for a solitary and upright green trunk, with a tightly closed bud growing on the top, and its petals were bright red like blood. What was even more horrifying was that there was exposed soil under the root.
It was scorched black, as if the land was dead. Countless black vines were twisting and spreading like snakes out of their holes, and seemed to have covered most of the Manzhong Hill.