Chapter 016: Blood Ritual

There was a rush of footsteps.

"Young master, it's time to leave, the master has already let the carriage wait outside," a servant outside the door said respectfully.

"Phew... Scared the hell out of me... I thought my father was back again," Nanzi muttered to herself in a low voice.

"Got it..."Zi Xiu shouted a little angrily through the door.

"Young master, oh no Zi Xiu hehe... ...... your book?"

"Shhhhhh

"After waiting for the academy to let you see enough, now you must not let my father know, I brought these things to Hwaseong, otherwise he will definitely throw them out for me and burn them, or throw me out and burn them" Zi Xiu whispered to Yun Tian in a low voice.

Yun Tianyi nodded willingly.

The two of them went out of the door one after the other, "You go and bring those two boxes, remember to be light, they are all my treasures," Zixiu said with a serious expression to the servant waiting outside the door.

"Got it, young master," the servant nodded respectfully.

Yun Tian followed behind Zi Xiu and walked out slowly, "It's too similar, it's just... It's exactly the same, isn't it... Is that animal skin ......?" Yun Tian's mind spun rapidly. Originally, I wanted to put the investigation of my life experience in advance, but I didn't expect to see this by mistake here, is it providential......

"What's wrong, Yuntian, what are you thinking?"

"I know by looking at your expression, don't you want to go to that broken academy in Huacheng" Zi Xiu, who was walking in front, turned around inadvertently, and saw that Yun Tian seemed to have something on his mind, and walked silently behind him with a somewhat blank expression.

"No, that... How much do you know about the things in that book?" Yun Tian whispered as he looked around and took advantage of the fact that there was no one around.

"Oh, you said this, I thought it was..."Zixiu paused. "That book, I know so much, I've already known those books by heart, I can say that it's a living book now, hehe... I'm afraid you won't be able to digest it for a while, what's the matter? You're also interested in these?" Zi Xiu said with a hint of unconcealed pride.

"Sort of, I'm just a little curious about the 'beast' in the book just now."

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now, I'll talk to you on the way back, my father is still waiting for us outside the door" Zixiu picked forward with his eyes and whispered.

On both sides of the door, one by one, two rows of servants stood neatly, all standing with their hands crossed. Outside the door, Nanshan seemed to be talking to Lao Chai about something, and his expression didn't look like he was chatting.

"The young master is out" The housekeeper on the side saw the two teenagers walking side by side, and whispered to the two Nanshan who were talking softly.

The two walked straight in the direction of Nanshan.

"Xiu'er, I've already told you what I should say, remember, when you get to Huacheng, study hard, don't get into trouble everywhere........."

Behind him, Lao Chai's father and son seemed to have a thousand words at this time, but they didn't know what to say, and then Lao Chai patted Yuntian's shoulder, nodded and said affectionately, "Take good care of yourself, come back early"

"I'm leaving, father" Yun Tian nodded, his firm tone mixed with a hint of reluctance.

......

The carriage made its way through the bustling bazaar towards the city gates. Looking at the carriage that was gradually moving away, Lao Chai's eyes became a little moist, although he was a little reluctant, but Lao Chai was convinced that it was right to do so, and he felt a sense of relief. But who would have expected that the next time they met, the father and son would be on that occasion......

After leaving the city, the carriage gradually picked up speed, and after a while, Minshan Town was far behind the galloping carriage. This is the first time Yun Tian has ever sat in a carriage in his life, and although it is a little bumpy, it is already very comfortable in his own opinion.

"Oops, I... I said, 'Master Li', you are taking the two of us to reincarnate tightly" Not long after, when the car was violently bumped again due to the bumpy road, Zixiu couldn't help it, covered his buttocks that were about to be torn to pieces, and complained outside the car with a distorted expression.

"Little master, just bear with me, you have to rush to Yunxia Town before dark, or you will have to spend the night in the wilderness" A middle-aged man who was driving outside the car replied in a loud voice full of apologies.

"Now can you tell me about your book?" Zi Xiu, who was about to have another seizure, was suddenly interrupted by Yun Tian's words.

"Say, what do you want to know?" As soon as Zi Xiu heard that he was going to talk about the book, he suddenly became interested, and instantly put the unhappiness just now behind him.

"I don't know where to start, why don't you tell me about the book I just read," Yun Tian paused slightly.

"Oh, you mean the book "Spirit Beast Record"?"

"Spirit Beast Record?"

"That's right, that's a book about the spirit birds and beasts on this continent, almost all the high-level divine beasts on the continent are included in it, including the ancient spirit beasts that have basically disappeared from the continent for hundreds of years," Nan Zixiu said with great interest.

"What? spirit birds... Strange beasts?" Yun Tian said with a look of disbelief as if he had never seen the world.

"No, you won't even know this," Nan Zixiu looked at Yun Tian and said with a shocked or somewhat disgusted expression.

Yun Tian shook his head with an innocent expression.

"It seems that I really have to popularize the knowledge about this continent for you," Nan Zixiu shook his head a little speechlessly.

"Ahem.. Listen up," Nan Zixiu coughed lightly and pretended to say.

"On this continent, humans are not the only creatures that have the final say, in addition to ordinary people, there are many magical alien creatures, for example, the book you just read is about some of them, and there is another human ......"

"What is another kind of person? Another kind of person?" Yun Tian's face was full of doubts, and he said with some puzzlement.

"The other kind of people are the Quartes..."

"Why? Aren't they human?"

"It's human, but strictly speaking they're not human, they're more 'powerful' than ordinary people, the biggest difference is their souls, it's said that their souls are awakened, their abilities are in their souls, and if you want to become a legendary god, the first thing you have to be a Quat is that you have to be a Quat first."

"When it comes to the origin of the Quat people, there are many theories circulating on the mainland, but no one can say exactly which one, or maybe none of them. The most credible of these is 'the servant's saying'. Zixiu told the stories he heard from somewhere, and some of them were true and reliable, so it's hard to say.

"What did the servant say?"

"Yes, it is said that more than 4,000 years ago, there were only ordinary humans on this continent, like us. Of course, those strange birds and beasts have existed on this continent for a long time before humans. Their existence is not a good thing for humans. Human villages are often attacked by all kinds of fierce and abnormal beasts, and there are several times when strange beasts are rampant, and people can't stand it, in order to change this survival situation, villages all over the mainland begin to gather to discuss countermeasures. ”

"I don't know how long it took to finally decide to use an ancient method called 'blood heir'. But whether the blood heir is effective or not, they don't know in their hearts, it's just a way to do it. Legend has it that a centenarian used this method to summon the gods a long time ago. Therefore, they decided to follow the example of the old man at that time and ask the gods to help solve this existential crisis."

"So, the various villages began to prepare for this 'blood heir' from all over the continent gathered a full hundred old people over 100 years old, and the blood ritual lasted for about a month, I don't know if it was a coincidence, or if the blood ritual really worked. In the middle of the night when the clouds were thick, the gods really appeared, and five at a time. In the end, people's urgent needs were solved, and while people were cheering, another problem followed. That is, if the gods leave, those strange birds and beasts will come back. In order to solve this problem once and for all, at the behest of the tribal elders, the gods decided to select a total of several hundred able-bodied teenagers from each village. Each of the five gods has turned their own souls into soul fragments and sealed them in the bodies of more than 100 teenagers, so that they have different abilities and divine powers to protect themselves, and tell them how to enhance their abilities, and these divine powers can be passed down from generation to generation."

"These hundreds of teenagers were the first batch of 'Quits' later? At that time, the sealing was carried out in a deep mountain called 'Tsutoyama', and later people began to praise this event, and over time they called them Quits" Yuntian listened attentively.

"That's right, they are the ancestors of the Quat people," Zixiu said with a smile.

Nan Zixiu told Yun Tian almost everything he knew. Yuntian seemed to be listening to a mythical story, and he nodded a little believingly.

"Then what does this have to do with that 'Spirit Beast Record'?" Yun Tian said with some confusion.

"The record of the 'Spirit Beasts' is full of some ancient beasts whose strength is terrifying to the sky, many Quit people want to keep their souls for themselves, if you can seal all the souls of any strange beast in your own body, and can use them freely, then it is a big step forward from becoming a relict or even a god."

"What?Seal?" Yun Tian became more and more confused the more he listened. It seems that Nan Zixiu's words today have completely subverted Yuntian's outlook on life.

"Oh yes, I forgot to tell you just now, hehe... In fact, although the Quat people are born with the soul that can become gods, it will take 108,000 miles to really get rid of the mortal immortals, so to speak, since the appearance of the Quet people in ancient times, the highest is to reach the realm of the relics, and I have never heard of anyone who can really turn into immortals. The Quat people can be divided into twelve classes from the lowest to the highest. And it is not very simple for the Quat people to be promoted, there is only one possibility for them to evolve, that is, by sealing the souls of some alien beasts with special abilities, and then taking them for themselves, in turn to achieve the purpose of improving their abilities."

"Wow, then according to what you say, wouldn't the strange birds and beasts on this continent have already been plagued?"

"Haha... Of course not, there are so many strange birds and beasts on this continent that you can't imagine, but the ability is high and low, although the Quat people mainly rely on sealing the soul of the strange beast, but that is not to say that the seal can be sealed, the reason why those strange beasts are called strange beasts is because they have the ability that ordinary beasts do not have, so when the Quat people want to seal their souls, the strange beasts will resist to the death, so in the end, who seals who is not necessarily" Nanzi Xiu said more and more energetic.

"And the 'Spirit Beast Record' you read is some powerful divine beasts, I think there should be few on this continent that can seal their souls, the divine beast you see is called 'Northern Stygian Phoenix Tail Wolf', how about it? That's an ancient beast, not to mention the adult, even the strength of the juvenile Northern Phoenix-tailed Wolf is enough for those strong people to drink a pot, the Northern Wolf not only has a fierce appearance, has the strength of the terrifying sky, but also the number is extremely rare, it is said that in recent hundreds of years, I have rarely heard about them, and it is estimated that they are extinct," Zi Xiu said eloquently.

"By the way, why are you so interested in the Northern Phoenix-tailed Wolf?" Zi Xiu suddenly asked as if he remembered something.

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just a little curious," Yun Tian said with an embarrassed smile.

"Young master, there is Yunxia Town in front," the coachman outside suddenly said at this time.

"It's coming, I'm about to be tossed and scattered," Zi Xiu said with a long sigh of relief.

At this time, night had begun to fall, and a town similar to Minshan Town appeared not far away, and the chandelier at the city gate had been lit by the city gate guards.

The only thing that is a little different from Minshan Town is the boulder in front of Yunxia Town.

The carriage slowed down, and the boulder became more and more visible. On the three words of Yunxia Town, there were deep scratch marks, cutting off the three words 'Yunxia Town'. It gives people a faint sense of unease.