When he discovered that these dead sheep might be human beings, he was completely shocked.
But after the shock, new questions appeared in Li Huowang's mind.
"What do they worship? Who are they?" Li Huowang's mind constantly revolves around these two questions.
It is very necessary for him to clarify these two issues now. If this cult is still deep in the cave, then he must consider whether he should continue to risk going inside.
It's worth taking the risk to get black Tai Sui, but it's not worth dying for.
After learning this, Sun Baolu said: "Brother Li, this is wrong. Look at the arrangement of the sheep, cows and pig heads on the plate. They are placed upside down. These offerings are for the dead sheep."
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"They are not worshiping...gods? But they are worshiping these sheep?"
The frowning Li Huowang stood nearby, constantly switching back and forth between the tributes and the dead sheep.
"Is it... to supply the goat god? Lao Sun, do you have a goat god in Qingqiu?" Gou Wa asked from the side.
"Sheep are animals, why should we worship animals as gods? There is no such rule in Qingqiu."
After hearing this, Li Huowang's mind quickly showed the various forces he had experienced.
The evil Buddha in Zhengde Temple, the suffering bastard in Nestorianism, and the rotten Bodhisattva in Anci Temple.
Suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and the words in his mind blurted out involuntarily.
"I understand, they are not worshiping these sheep, these sheep are just props for the object they need to worship. They are worshiping death, they are worshiping death itself!"
"What?" Others obviously did not understand what Li Huowang wanted to say.
They don't understand, but Li Huowang understands
He stood on top of the giant cauldron and looked down at the sheep corpses below again.
Some being drove hundreds of people here and turned them into sheep.
Those who failed were thrown aside, while those who succeeded were gathered together and killed at the same time.
The moment these sheep died was the beginning of their worship. They were not worshiping the sheep, but worshiping the death itself of these sheep!
As the details were sorted out one by one, he felt that at this moment he completely understood the behavioral logic of these existences.
Underground in Qingqiu is not only the mess of evil spirits, but also a religion that worships death!
What’s even more outrageous is that Li Huowang doesn’t even know whether the people who believe in this religion are humans or something else.
Judging from previous experiences, since they worship death, these things must have some ability about death. It is just a simple association. Li Huowang knows how dangerous the other party is.
After fully understanding what this meant, Li Huowang became nervous and looked at the other people around him.
"Let's go, you go out first, this is not an evil problem anymore!"
After saying that, Li Huowang led the others outside, but after just a few steps, "Da~Da~Da~" the sound of wood tapping suddenly sounded.
Li Huowang was shocked. He quickly held the hilt of his sword and looked around at the darkness.
"Da~da~da~" The sound of wood tapping carried a certain melody, and echoes came from all directions. The overlapping echoes made Li Huowang completely confused as to where it was coming from.
Unable to tell where the enemy was, Li Huowang did not dare to rush in for fear of bumping into the enemy.
Li Huowang gritted his teeth, his ears kept moving slightly, and he used all his energy to identify the direction of the sound.
As the sound got closer and closer, Li Huowang's keen hearing finally came in handy, and he heard the direction of the sound.
"Found it! It's...up there!!"
Li Huowang quickly raised his head, looked at the dark upper end, quickly raised the fluorescent stone in his hand and threw it directly in the direction of the sound.
As the fluorescent stone was firmly stuck between the cracks on the top of the rock, in an instant, a human face larger than the round table suddenly appeared in front of them with the green fluorescence.
It was a man's face with extremely flat features. His face was pale, his mouth was wide open, and his two red and white pupils as big as light holes were staring at Li Huowang below.
There are no limbs or torso behind the man's neck, only a long body like a caterpillar, with large and small hands holding up the white cloth.
Li Huowang also found the source of the uninterrupted wood knocking sound, which came from his long body.
His weird voice made Li Huowang immediately recall what he saw at Women's Mountain.
"Is this the lion dance of the Lion Dance Palace? No, it is not a lion dance! There is no lion dance that does not have a lion head on its head, but a flat dead face?!"
"Is it them? Were they responsible for the grand sacrificial ceremony just now? Could it be that they are not the Lion Dance Palace, but the Death Dance Palace?"
However, no matter what it was, when he saw the big ball hanging on the top of the rock, Li Huowang couldn't pretend that he couldn't see anything. He decided to try it first by touching it.
After thinking for a moment, Li Huowang spoke slowly, "Masters of the Lion Dance Palace, I would like to thank Xuanyang for your courtesy. I don't mean to offend you when passing by this treasured place this time. It's just a matter of fact."
In the blink of an eye, Li Huowang immediately found a new reason.
"I need a Black Tai Sui to be used as a medicine guide to make elixirs. I heard that there is a precious treasure in the land, so I came to look for it. If the masters can help me find one, I will thank you very much!"
Don't worry about how to thank me later. Li Huowang said that we are already here anyway, and the next step is to see how the other party responds.
What I didn't expect was that the lion dance was hanging upside down from the top, saying nothing or expressing anything, just like a stone lion hanging there.
"What does the other party mean? Is it because the lion dancers are all from Qingqiu, so they don't understand what I say?"
Li Huowang thought of this, turned around and told Sun Baolu to speak to it again in Qingqiu dialect.
Just when Sun Baolu said that, Li Huowang suddenly tensed up, and sensing the danger, he subconsciously pounced to the left.
But it was already too late to move at this time. As soon as he felt a pain in his back, his body was knocked away by a huge force.
"I was attacked by a sneak attack, and the lion on top was a bait!"
After thinking about all this, Li Huowang fell heavily into the darkness. When he got up again and touched his body with his hand, he found that he was not injured.
"What...is going on?" Li Huowang subconsciously touched his back.
When his fingers touched the "Da Qian Lu" under his skin, he realized that it was "Da Qian Lu" that had just blocked him.
Although the process of embedding "Da Qian Lu" under the skin was very painful, it was a blessing in disguise. Now I have an extra layer of thick armor on my back.
Li Huowang felt happy but it quickly disappeared. He had nothing to do with it now. He quickly leaned on his crutch and rushed over there.
He saw the thing that attacked him. It was also another lion dancer. The only difference from the lion dancer on the ceiling was that its flat face was a woman with black eyes and a blood-red mouth!