47. Sacrifice

The stone statue's eyes were half-opened, half-closed, and his gaze cast into the emptiness ahead, where he had waited for thousands of years, silently witnessing the passage of time and the change of dynasties. At this moment, everyone is looking at the stone statue, and the stone statue seems to be looking at everyone. His eyes are so serene, kind, tolerant, and with a shocking power, people can't help but have a heart of worship.

Yan Xu walked towards the stone statue step by step, knelt down on his knees, and kowtowed three times reverently. As soon as he got up, a rumbling sound suddenly sounded in the empty mountain, and before everyone could react, in the open space in the center, there was a crack, and a three-story stone platform rose from the ground.

Tong Mo looked up at the altar, his eyes lit up with excitement, and even his voice became weird, "The altar!" Lord, this is the altar, the altar where sacrifices are offered to Emperor Fuxi! โ€

Yan Xu couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and with his trembling hand, he carefully rubbed the intricate decorations from ancient times on the wall of the altar, and slowly walked around the bottom of the altar. For this moment, he has been preparing for a lifetime, and at this moment he is only one step away from success, and the qiฤ“ in front of him has become a little unreal, which makes people dare not believe it.

Tong Mo walked quickly to the altar and looked up at the dome on the top of the peak, the full moon was like a silver mirror, hanging brightly on the canopy, facing the altar in the center of the cave, "Lord Wang, the lunar eclipse is coming soon, please prepare as soon as possible." โ€

The sound of fighting came from the Yongdao again, more intense than just now, and the monks of the Great Compassion Temple had begun to break through the defenses of the ghost army and rushed to this side. Tong Mo hurriedly waved his hand to Yun Wei on the side, "Come on, open the coffin." Lord, without further ado. โ€

Yan Xu was stunned, came back to her senses from her trance, took a deep breath, picked up Gu Xiyue in the jade coffin, stepped on the stone steps of the altar step by step, and gently placed her on the altar. And at the other end of the altar, there is a white jade pillar entwined by a dragon, the jade pillar is crystal clear, and the dragon wrapped around it opens its teeth and claws, lifelike.

He leaned over and knelt beside her, carefully arranging her hair, with delicate and gentle movements, as if he had repeated them every day. She slept quietly, unaware of the imminent arrival of Yiqiฤ“, her pretty face smeared with a touch of rouge, a little more angry and coquettish than usual, and her crimson skirt was embroidered with blooming peonies, just like the night of their wedding.

His cold fingers caressed her face, and his eyes were slightly hot, "Cherish the moon, don't be afraid...... I am here...... One qiฤ“ will be over soon, and I will accompany you......"

Ye Xuan stood under the altar, looking up at the altar, Yan Xu knelt beside Gu Xiyue who was sleeping, the dark robe embroidered with gold peony pattern complemented the crimson skirt on Gu Xiyue's body, he kissed her hand lightly, looked at her stupidly, and didn't hear the sound of fighting from the corridor. It should have been a very beautiful picture, but Ye Xuan only felt ironic, the woman lying on the sacrificial platform was the love of his dreams, but while he said how he loved her, he used her as a sacrifice with his own hands in exchange for his supreme power.

A terrible cry suddenly came from behind him, "Cherish the moon...... Cherish the Moon...... Not ......"

Ye Xuan looked back, there was a sword light and sword shadow at the entrance of the Yongdao, and Yili, An Yi and several monks of the Great Compassion Temple had already broken in, fighting with Yunwei's people, and the cry of Fang Cai was made by Yili. His cyan monk's robe had already been torn, and there were a few blood marks on his face, and the wolf was unbearable, and he was desperately trying to break free from Yunwei's entanglement and run towards the altar. An Yi and several other monks were stopped by Yun Wei.

Tong Mo, who was guarding under the altar, flashed a gloomy look in his eyes, and his body shook to block Yili, and he quickly made a few moves with him. Yili shouted at Yan Xu while fighting: "Yan Xu, give me back the cherished moon!" If something happens to her today, I won't let you go! โ€

Yan Xu didn't even raise his eyes, he still looked at Gu Xiyue gently, a contemptuous sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and after a while, he reluctantly let go of Gu Xiyue's hand and slowly paced down the steps.

He waved his hand at Tong Mo and motioned for him to stop, the smile on the corner of his mouth was still there, and he looked at Yili condescendingly, "It's really annoying, why are you always so out of place every time you appear?" Yili, I warned you last time, Xiyue is my wife, you are a monk, do not concentrate on cultivating Buddhism, covet red dust all day long, covet other people's wives, aren't you afraid of the Buddha sinning? โ€

Blood mixed with sweat, sliding off his forehead, he stood at the foot of the stone steps, looking at Yan Xu on the stone steps, his eyes were full of bloodshots, desperate and ruthless, there was a kind of madness that didn't care about a qiฤ“, and the previous immortal who was floating out of the dust and did not eat the fireworks of the world was like two people, "Yan Xu, give her back to me." As long as you are willing to give her back to me, I will promise you whatever conditions you make. โ€

Yan Xu raised his eyebrows, as if he didn't believe it, "Oh? Are you telling the truth? If...... I want you to kill Wataichi? โ€

Yili gritted his teeth tightly and looked at Yan Xu without saying a word, the joints of the hand holding the sword turned blue, and the eyes that were originally desperate and angry gradually became hideous. This kind of separation, not to mention Yan Xu, even Ye Xuan feels extremely unfamiliar.

Yan Xu looked at Yili, and couldn't help laughing wildly, he pointed at Yili, and said proudly: "Yili, Yili, Yili, in vain, I didn't hesitate to hand over the Fuxi gossip to you, but I didn't expect you to have delusional thoughts and want to take his life in exchange for Gu Xiyue." You're such a good apprentice......"

Yili's face changed, and he said angrily: "You talk nonsense! I don't have delusions! You don't have much blood! โ€

Yan Xu snorted coldly, and the smug look on his face was even worse, "Is it really not?" If I had said this to you before, you would have rejected me with all your might, and you would have scolded me with righteous words. But you didn't, and you left, you hesitated...... You're hesitating whether to promise me. Don't you understand? You've got demons! โ€

There was no refusal, just because he was hesitating...... Yili was shocked by the sound of a bang in his head, he took two steps back, his face was pale, he was right, in order to save Xiyue, he had evil thoughts in his heart at that moment.

Yan Xu took two more steps down, there was no more laughter on his face, and there was a cold air in his eyes, "Du Yi once said that greed is not stopped, and the ravine is difficult to fill. That's right, I have greed in my heart, and I am obsessed with power, and I will do whatever it takes to get power. But what about you, you also have lust in your heart, you covet โ–กโ–ก, and even have a desire to kill for the sake of โ–กโ–ก. Yili, you are actually the same as me, you are not much nobler than me. If I'm a ghost, you're a ghost! โ€

"No, I, I don't ......" The anger and hideousness on Yili's face instantly subsided, replaced by horror and self-blame, he staggered back two steps, and suddenly poofed, spurting out a mouthful of blood mist, looking pained.

Ye Xuan said loudly: "Yili, don't listen to his nonsense!" He knows that he won't let go of Sister Xiyue, he is just taking advantage of your guilt, you don't have any delusions at all, and you won't have the demons to murder Master Duyi at all. Others don't believe in you, I believe in you! โ€

Yan Xu glanced at her coldly, "The demon in his heart has been born, whether there is or not, he knows it in his heart, and the Buddha also knows it." โ€

I know it in my heart, and so does the Buddha...... Yili screamed wildly from the sky, and then fell to his knees. Ye Xuan's heart hurt so much that she wanted to go over to help him, but her hand was grabbed.

It turned out that An Yi had gotten rid of Yun Wei and was about to take advantage of the chaos to take her away, "Ye Zi, leave him alone, follow me, I'll take you away." โ€

After An Yi learned the location of the ten directions, he wanted to find the ten directions and destroy it, so that Yan Xu's success would fall short, but although they knew the location of the ten directions, it was not easy to find them. In the end, he had to stay nearby, secretly follow Yan Xu's people, and then wait for an opportunity to save people. Unexpectedly, Yan Xu actually transferred the ghost army here, and he finally broke in with Yili.

Ye Xuan said to him: "It's useless, the poison of thousands of mountains and rivers on my body is incomprehensible for a day, and I can't leave him for a day." There are thousands of people in the ghost army, and if you continue to fight, you will definitely be outnumbered, you don't care about me, Yan Xu won't hurt my life, you go out as much as you want, tell Master Duyi, and let him leave here with all the masters. โ€

An Yi was willing to agree, but Ye Xuan had already pushed him away and ran to Yili, who had fallen under the stone steps. He wanted to catch up, but Yun Wen and Yun Zhu attacked together, he was very annoyed for a while, but he had to withdraw to deal with it. There were hundreds of Yunwei people in the cave, and the monks of the Great Compassion Temple who broke in, plus An Yi, were only six or seven people in total, and the shape was soon one-sided, and several monks and An Yi's necks were all held by sharp swords.

Yan Xu, who was standing on the stone steps, looked at everyone coldly, but said, "Leave them alive for the time being, so that they can witness with their own eyes how I inherit the power of the Ten Directions." โ€

As soon as the words fell, Tong Mo pointed to the dome and shouted excitedly: "Lunar eclipse!" Lord, the lunar eclipse has begun! โ€

Yan Xu raised his head, and above the sky, the full moon as bright as a jade disk had been eaten away by the darkness little by little, and gradually took on a crescent moon shape. Yan Xu kept looking up at the crescent moon until it became thinner and lighter, and finally disappeared into the dark and boundless sky.

Ye Xuan, who was originally holding Yili, suddenly pointed to the stone statue of Fuxi on the opposite mountain wall, "Look, it's crying." โ€

Everyone looked over in amazement, under the half-open and half-closed eyes of the stone statue, two lines of watermarks slowly slipped down, and its eyes were so sad, as if it was pitying, as if it couldn't bear it.

Yan Xu was slightly surprised in his heart, but at this moment, a strong light shone down from the dome and fell straight on the altar, and the surrounding of the altar instantly rose with a glowing light, dazzling, and Gu Xiyue on the altar seemed to be in the sea of stars. Yan Xu didn't think much about it, took out the Fuxi gossip from his bosom, and with a wave of his hand, the gossip crossed a half-arc in the air, clicked, and happened to be embedded in the top of the white jade pillar of the other altar. I saw that the dragon wrapped around the white jade pillar suddenly shone all over, and the Fuxi gossip was even more radiant, leading straight to the sky.

Yan Xu looked at the light, and could no longer hide the excitement in her heart, and her eyes gradually became fanatical. He stood on the high stone steps, turned around and glanced at the people under the stone steps, in the jumping firelight, his eyes were glowing with a breathtaking streamer, and his handsome face was as bright as jade, like a king on top, looking down on all beings.

Turning around again, he walked up to the altar step by step, walked to the white jade pillar step by step, and whispered in his mouth, "Heaven and earth have ten directions, and one strategy is for ten thousand souls." โ€

He stopped in front of the white jade pillar, closed his eyes, and pressed his hand on the top of the jade pillar......