The white-robed god king that Li Ping'an transformed into continued to look at her with a compassionate expression.
Hao Xiaonian murmured: "The end of the world...why..."
"Son, this may be a little hard for you to accept."
Li Pingan said in a deep voice:
"But you must accept it as soon as possible, and I can't stay here for too long. There are already some problems in the world in your eyes.
"You should know the process of sacrifice and have seen the sacrifice of humans with your own eyes."
Hao Xiaonian's 'body' trembled a few times, her expression became a little pale, and her eyes quickly became clear as she recalled some exciting scenes.
She whispered: "Lord God King, is there something wrong with sacrificing human animals?"
"well."
Li Ping'an's eyes became distant, and his disguised old face was filled with helplessness.
He slowly told the story he had just made up:
"The gods you have seen have been infected by the resentment of human beings, and they have turned into monsters that run counter to the gods' original wishes.
"Gods are supposed to be born out of prayers for the good things of all sentient beings.
"But at some point, all of this suddenly changed. The gods looked down at the war on the earth. We thought the war was just a dispute between people, but we didn't expect that after the war, you started to sacrifice the defeated to us.
"So, the gods also began to face choices."
Xiao Nian pursed her lips tightly.
She is a smart person and has received similar praises since she was a child. But now she is confused and doesn't know what to say.
Li Ping'an continued to babble, and Hao Xiaonian suddenly knelt down, interrupting Li Ping'an's words with this movement.
"Um?"
"God, Lord God King," Hao Xiaonian bowed his head and knelt down with his slender figure, "please grant me insight and knowledge!"
Li Ping'an secretly thought, this sacrifice actually has professional terminology.
He thought for a moment, then directly used the power of heaven and said warmly: "Raise your head."
Hao Xiaonian slowly raised her head, and Li Pingan pointed at the center of her eyebrows.
The next moment, Hao Xiaonian's eyes were a little stunned, and blurry pictures appeared in her heart. She vaguely understood something, and fell into deeper doubts.
In fact, Li Pingan just covered the scene of the immortal volcano with several layers of mosaics and presented it to the girl.
It probably took a while.
Li Pingan retracted his finger and said slowly: "Do you understand?"
I almost cried so much.
She hurriedly said: "Lord God King, I just saw some situations where this world is about to be destroyed. I...can't see clearly..."
"Oh, this is too embarrassing. You are just an ordinary person."
Li Pingan casually lit a flat stone behind his back, sat down slowly, and said slowly:
"I am in your heart now, which lengthens the flow of time that you can perceive so that you can know what exactly happened.
"This world is about to suffer a great disaster, and the source of this disaster is that there is a fatal problem in the divine world.
"Good Xiao Nian, you are now the ninth great wizard, and this matter is closely related to you.
"Let me ask you, do you know how to offer sacrifices?"
"I...your servant knows how to sacrifice."
Hao Xiaonian hurriedly said:
"There are six major ceremonies that must be held every year: the founding day of the country, the birthday of Tang Zu, the day of spring, the time of autumn harvest, the birthday of the king, and the day of the new year.
"If there is a battle involving more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, sacrifices must also be held.
"If there is a major disaster in a local area and local sacrifices are fruitless, the royal capital will also hold sacrifices."
Li Ping'an asked: "How many people must be killed for sacrifice in this royal capital alone in a year?"
Hao Xiaonian hurriedly said: "Nearly three thousand people are killed and sacrificed every year in the capital, and more than 67,000 people are killed and sacrificed every year in various places. The total number of people and animals required every year is 70,000."
“Where do humans and animals come from?”
"Most of them were captured by the Qiang people during the war against the ghosts, and some were extremely guilty persons."
After a moment of silence, he continued:
"If you can capture the opponent's leaders and officials during the battle, it will be a superior human sacrifice and the gods will be happy.
"Sometimes there will be people falling from the sky. I don't know where they came from."
Li Ping'an sighed: "Human animals are also human beings. Their resentment is mixed with the sacrifices and pollutes the gods in the divine world. This is the source of disaster."
So Xiaonian understood it this time.
She hurriedly said: "But, Lord God King, sacrificing humans and animals to the gods is our greatest respect for the gods, so why does it bring about disasters?"
"It's just what you think."
Li Ping'an's eyes gradually became distant and he said slowly:
"I am actually not the God King, I am just a part of the God King, a good thought that has not been corrupted by evil.
"When I finally cannot hold on any longer, the gods in the divine world will conquer each other and even destroy themselves.
"In fact, gods are originally humans. When we give up the original beauty, what is left is human greed and desire... My child, this world is running out of time, and the divine realm has reached the edge of war. If a war breaks out in the divine realm,
The world on the surface will suffer catastrophe.
"And you, child, have a very slim chance of saving the world from this disaster."
The confusion in Hao Xiaonian's eyes gradually receded and turned into determination, and she nodded seriously.
Li Pingan felt it carefully and felt that it was still a little short of heat.
He looked down at his hands, with a bit of unbearability in his eyes.
"Sigh, maybe I was ill and rushed to the hospital, so I handed over such a huge responsibility to you, a young man..."
"I can!"
Hao Xiaonian hurriedly said: "Although I originally didn't like to be a priest and wanted to lead the army in battle, I now believe that I can fulfill your instructions! Please believe me!"
"You have to think clearly."
Li Ping'an had a bit of unbearability in his eyes:
"If you are unwilling to bear this, I can erase your memory and pretend that I have never been here.
"If you choose to bear these... my child, what you will face is a twisted divine court, hundreds of gods that have been contaminated by mortal desires. Everything around you is likely to become your enemy. You may
Will be spurned by the world, misunderstood by others, betrayed by others...
"Even so, are you still willing?"
Xiao Nian's eyes became as firm as containing stars.
She said firmly: "I do!"
"Oh," Li Ping'an gently stroked Hao Xiaonian's forehead, feeling ashamed in his heart.
Li Ping'an said in a deep voice: "I can't communicate with you for too long, otherwise I will be discovered by the gods. I will leave the seeds of the gods for you, which will give you powerful power, but you must not reveal this power easily.
.”
Xiao Nian nodded immediately, although he didn't know what that powerful power was.
But the fire of struggle that had been ignited in her at this moment no longer allowed her to care so much.
"Go to sleep."
Li Ping'an patted Xiaonian's head, and she slowly fell to the ground.
On the top floor of the tower, Hao Xiaonian was lying on the stone slab and fell into a deep sleep. A little starlight spread into her body. The scars on her feet began to heal quickly, and strands of flowing spiritual power were hidden under her skin.
And all this falls in the eyes of the shaman priests guarding the corner...
miracle!
Li Ping'an and Qing Su waited for half a day to observe Xiao Nian's subsequent movements.
Hao Xiaonian woke up from her drowsiness and subconsciously wanted to get up, but accidentally she jumped up with too much force and half of her body was embedded in the ceiling.
All the priests were stunned, and then hurriedly rushed to the rescue.
After last night's ceremony, Hao Xiaonian has become the new Great Witch Sacrifice, and is also the lowest-ranking Great Witch Sacrifice. He has succeeded the original Great Witch Sacrifice in this tower, and has become the authority of this sacred tower.
After she was pulled out from the ceiling, the witch priests knelt in front of her in fear.
Hao Xiaonian looked at her hands, looked around a few times with her little eyes, then quietly pinched a stone sculpture and crushed it easily.
Divine power!
She almost jumped up, but immediately controlled herself and sat quietly on the stone floor, trying to digest what she had seen and heard in her dream.
The world is going to end.
She was chosen by the God King to save the world, but this road is destined to be very difficult, and she will also have to be enemies of the current gods, because the gods are infected by the resentment of the sacrifices, and a war is about to break out in the divine world...
Xiao Nian silently clenched her fists, took a breath, and said with a straight face:
"I need to listen to the voice of the gods here, please step back."
The witch priests quickly bowed and retreated.
After they left the sacrificial hall, Hao Xiaonian immediately stood up and looked around for something. Then he ran around and closed the windows, feeling the surging divine power in his body.
"ha!"
So I thought about it and struck out a palm in front of me.
A strong wind blew by, and the stone slabs placed in the corner exploded.
Not a dream.
She had never heard that after the Grand Witch Festival selection ceremony, the new Grand Witch Festival could gain extraordinary power.
Hao Xiaonian bit her lip gently, with a little more fire in her eyes. She quickly ran over and piled the broken stone slabs together, trying her best to disguise the scene to avoid being seen to be smashed by her from a distance.
Afterwards, she walked around excitedly in the sacrificial hall, waving her fists and embroidered legs from time to time. It took a long time before she gradually calmed down.
Outside the window.
Li Ping'an and Qing Su looked at each other.
Qingsu frowned and said, "What did you say to her?"
"I made up a story," Li Ping'an said with a smile, "I can't say she made it up. It's half true and half false. She is full of energy now, and it will be easier for us to do things next."
"She obviously doesn't have the power of heaven, nor any magic to restrain souls, so why does she believe what you say?"
Qingsu tilted her head and stared at Li Ping'an.
"Well, generally speaking, young people like her who come from a good background and have not experienced any hardships can easily blame themselves for responsibilities that do not belong to them."
"Um?"
"She is very kind."
Li Pingan shrugged:
"Your apprentice took advantage of her kindness and ignorance of the world. Go back first. This is just the first seed we planted.
"Let's go to the city and look around to see if there are any good seedlings and if we can fool a few more.
"I'm actually a little depressed now."
Qingsu asked: "What's wrong?"
"I seem to be thinking too much," Li Ping'an sighed, "Ignore this matter for now, and go back and find the truth slowly."
I don't know why.
They wandered around the city for a few more days, and Li Ping'an used the same method to select a few young priests to fool them.
However, except for Hao Xiaonian who knew the truth that "the world is about to be destroyed because of the war between gods", the other little priests only knew that they were born to deal with a disaster. The God King secretly gave them a mission and gave them corresponding abilities.
And they are going to secretly assist the new Great Witch Festival.
After finishing these, Li Ping'an completed the preliminary layout.
The master and the apprentice fled again and went back to meet the Black Turtle cousins.
Xuanyuan Huangdi encountered a little problem here.
When they were arranging preparations for "Pretend to be Gods and Ghosts", they unexpectedly discovered that Gui Lingling's big turtle shell had some marks of the divine court left on it.
The last time she came to Nanzhou, Gui Lingling used a big turtle shell to resist the God's Divine Thunder of Divine Punishment. These marks were naturally formed at that time.
If she were to show up, she would be easily recognized by the Divine King Shenting.
Li Ping'an tried to purify the turtle shell with the power of heaven, but the effect was minimal.
Gui Lingling asked guiltily: "What should I do?"
"It seems that someone needs to change to play the role of Black Turtle," Li Ping'an muttered for a few times, and everyone's eyes fell on Xuanyuan Huangdi.
Huangdi Xuanyuan frowned and pursed his lips, complaining: "I am the ancient Human Emperor after all, and I conquered Nanzhou. Now if you ask me to be a minor god here, spreading the word will greatly damage the majesty of the Human Emperor."
Qing Su said: "How about I become this false god?"
"Then it's up to me," Li Ping'an sighed. "Fortunately, I didn't publicize the birth of the black turtle in the capital before, so I can still make up for it."
Gui Lingling asked in a low voice: "Then we won't start the Flying Black Turtle Cult?"
Li Ping'an said: "Come on, I'll just pretend to be a black turtle. The transformation method should work."
Huangdi Xuanyuan narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "That's a good relationship. I've already prepared the teachings here. Look!"
Li Ping'an took the jade talisman and looked at it, and his eyes lit up.
[The black bird gives birth to Shang, which becomes soup, and the black turtle comes to the world to save lives and heal the wounded.]
"Not bad," Li Ping'an gave a thumbs up and continued to read the many teachings of the Flying Black Turtle Sect arranged by Emperor Xuanyuan.
Xuanyuan Huangdi and Gui Lingling looked at each other, the former blinked, and the latter pursed his lips and smiled, a bit like a conspiracy had succeeded.
…
Just as Li Ping'an and the Four Immortals were busy overthrowing the Divine Court from Nanzhou.
Deep in the Sea of Chaos, there is a secret realm surrounded by the aura of chaos.
Lord Anan was lying on the ground covered in blood, with a lingering smile still on his lips.
In the corner of the secret realm, more than a hundred fierce demons stood quietly, each bowing his head and not daring to say anything.
The dark phoenix hovered for two weeks and transformed into the face of a middle-aged man. It slowly landed in front of Lord Anan and sneered:
"Disaster, why is your golden body so weak?"
Lord Anan sneered: "You are too strong. How can I... cough... how can I get into your eyes if I haven't mastered the golden body method yet?"
Kunpeng snorted and stared at the group of ferocious demons in the corner.
The evil spirits are all terrified.
The Six-winged Cicada and Mosquito Taoist standing at the front also lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Kunpeng.
Above Kunpeng's head, strangely shaped innate gods and demons were floating quietly.
Lord Ernan slowly got up, hiding the blood stains on his body, and said with a smile: "When are you going to leave and return to the Lord's Heaven? I would like to take the first step to contact the powerful people in heaven and earth who are dissatisfied with heaven."
"No need, I have already arranged everything, just follow me."
Kunpeng raised his hand and strangled Venerable Anan's throat, and said coldly:
"Wherever I go, you go. Even if your two masters come, they will never try to take you back from me."
Lord Anan smiled gently.
"Thank you for your consideration."
"Hmph! Let your men go and keep an eye on Xuandu City. If Master Xuandu leaves, report it immediately!"