Chapter 713: Chapter 314: The Evil God Abdicates
Zhou Xuan fabricated this lie to maintain the mystique of the Blood Well Society.
How is mystique created?
By being mysterious and ambiguous enough so that the mbers can’t discern the identity of the “High Priest,” allowing the mystique to grow—this will help the Blood Well Society attract more mbers in the future.
“I will have to arrange an identity for Zhou Xuan in the future.” Zhou Xuan aid his plans at himself.
…
“Indeed, the Heavenly Venerate is omnipresent and omnipotent.”
After reporting to Zhou Xuan, Ah Wang said to Li Liuyun, “Zhou Xuan has stripped Li Jiumu’s new soul, and the High Priest sent soone to negotiate… But that’s Zhou Xuan.”
This move by Zhou Xuan and Yuan Buyu profoundly shook Ah Wang’s soul.
A Great Elder of seven Incenses… With a snake dream generated by the Dream Law, Zhou Xuan easily generated a dream within a dream,
Li Jiumu, with such high incense fire, didn’t even survive one round in Yuan Buyu’s dream.
To say “Eagle Hunting Rabbit” would be to overestimate Li Jiumu’s capabilities; in the hands of Zhou Xuan and Yuan Buyu, he didn’t even count as a rabbit, which could at least struggle a bit. At most, he was like a toad, ready to be crushed at will.
Such a formidable figure, yet when his newly stripped soul was taken, the High Priest simply sent soone to retrieve it, exuding a sense of ease.
Li Liuyun, however, held a different opinion. With jade-like fingers, she poked Ah Wang’s forehead and said, “Ah Wang, do you really not have any brains? You still haven’t realized… Zhou Xuan’s identity is unusual…”
“Huh? What is Zhou Xuan’s identity?”
“He must be a priest under the High Priest’s command.”
Li Liuyun analyzed decisively, “See, we were almost hard by the Great Elder, and at that ti, who but the High Priest and the Heavenly Venerate would care about the safety of us two insignificant individuals?”
“Of course, it was the High Priest and the Heavenly Venerate!”
“Are you saying that Zhou Xuan and Yuan Buyu were originally sent by the High Priest?”
“Naturally,” Li Liuyun said, “Otherwise, the appearance of Zhou Xuan and Yuan Buyu would be too coincidental.”
As she spoke, she was so moved that she bowed towards the direction of Mingjiang Prefecture City, saying, “The heavens have guided us to et our true master. I, Li Liuyun, swear allegiance to the Heavenly Venerate unto death.”
Ah Wang, equally moved, bowed towards the Prefecture City.
“Today, we have witnessed just the tip of the iceberg of the High Priest’s power. rely by having priests under him, they could casually kill Li Jiumu. We, the Blood Well Society mbers, truly have a protector.”
“We can’t always rely on the High Priest to protect us; we must think about how to accomplish the tasks he assigns us.”
At this point, Li Liuyun’s words caused Ah Wang to look a bit troubled.
Their task for today was to investigate the origins of the “Nine Serpents God,” but Li Jiumu had already made it clear—today, the Blood Sacrifice Ceremony will proceed smoothly, but the Nine Serpents God will not descend.
If it will not descend, how can we investigate its origins?
“First, listen here for the High Priest’s instructions, and we’ll handle the aftermath,”
Li Liuyun pointed at the body on the ground and said.
After all, Li Jiumu was the Great Elder, and since he died in Liuyun Village, an explanation was necessary. Otherwise, it would be extrely difficult for her, Li Liuyun, and Ah Wang to leave the village unscathed.
“Let’s bury the body first.”
Li Liuyun thought it best to cover things up first, then co up with an explanation to give to the other elders in the village.
Just as she and Ah Wang were about to start burying it, they were surprised by the quick action of the other elders in the village. Seven figures in coarse robes sprang up from the yellow soil of the courtyard like bamboo shoots after a rain.
“Lao Shi, why did the Great Elder die?”
“Did you rise up in rebellion? Did you kill the Great Elder?”
“That young man isn’t from our Liuyun Village.”
Today is the day of the Blood Sacrifice Ceremony. The seven elders were initially in the Ancestral Shrine offering sacrifices, but suddenly the burnt incense ashes drifted, writing the words “Jiumu” on the ground. At the sa ti, the skulls worshipped in the Ancestral Shrine all trembled, indicating a major event had occurred within the clan.
Liuyun Village has a “headhunting” tradition. If there is a conflict with other villages and a battle ensues, the defeated foes’ heads are taken, skinned, and the bleached skulls are kept as trophies and achievents.
In addition, when highly esteed elders in the clan pass away, their heads are also taken and their skulls are offered in the Ancestral Shrine.
The skulls in Liuyun Village thus hold the sa reverence as the “ancestral tablets” in the Main Halls of Mingjiang Prefecture City.
Once the ancestors’ skulls indicated a major event, the remaining seven elders wielded “natural law” to reach the Great Elder’s courtyard with lightning speed…
At this ti, only Li Liuyun and Ah Wang were present in the courtyard, and naturally, the other elders pinned the Great Elder’s death on them.
Even though they also believed that Li Liuyun, with her incense fire level, despite her rebellious nature, could not have killed the Great Elder.
Li Muchun, the Second Elder of Liuyun Village, with the Great Elder dead, beca the elder with the highest authority. He waved a staff, directing the other elders, “Why are you standing there? Capture Lao Shi and that outsider, wait for the Blood Sacrifice Ceremony to conclude, and then interrogate them.”
“Understood.”
The other elders, with fierce looks, surrounded and advanced towards Li Liuyun and Ah Wang.
At this mont,
Suddenly, there was a fox’s cry from outside the courtyard.
In the deep mountains of Mingjiang Prefecture, the various villages hold different beliefs, but all agree on one point: foxes are not to be hard. Foxes are the kin of the Lord of the Shadow Hall—King Xishan.
A mass of snow rolled forward… A six-tailed fox, with elegant steps, slowly walked into the courtyard.
“Hu Chou’er?”
Li Muchun recognized its origin from the streak of colorful fur on its back.
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