67. Gold bracelets
The altar is built in a valley, surrounded by high cliffs and rocks, and the air is cold. In the center, on a large flat white boulder, stood a thick brown ancient stone pillar, on which a few mottled black cracks snaggled appeared, showing a sense of heaviness and solemnity for no reason.
At this time, there were several solemnly dressed people standing in front of the altar, and the stage was orderly lined up with tribal warriors, holding weapons to form a wall, blocking the Wuye people who showed their longing and worship.
"What, there are so many people, I can't see it at all!" Ah Lan stood on tiptoe in the outermost circle and complained quietly.
Wu Ye Jiang looked around and pointed to a rock not far away, "If you really want to see it, let's stand there, the position is high, and the line of sight can't be blocked." ”
"Ah, then let's go," Ah Lan looked at it, happily took Wu Yejiang's hand, and said, "It's a priest of this scale once a year, and it's held by King Shenmu and the Eight Great Elders in person, so it's exciting to think about!" I heard that Wang Shizi will also come to ······"
Wu Yejiang looked at Ah Lan's slightly excited expression, and there was confusion in his eyes. Ah Lan couldn't help but blush when she saw her looking at herself like this, and patted her shoulder vigorously, "I just heard that Wang Shizi is handsome and unparalleled, and I want to take a look, it's very strange!" ”
"No matter how handsome and unparalleled you are, you're just a child." Wu Ye Jiang glanced at her. Ah Lan, like her, is already over a hundred years old, like Xuan Heng and Dump Chong, who are not even twenty years old, what is it if they are not children?
"Uh, don't remind me of my age······" Ah Lan puffed out his cheeks, stretched out his hands and pulled Wu Yejiang's face in the direction of the altar, "It's about to start, take a good look." ”
"Hmm." Wu Ye Jiang responded absentmindedly, his brown eyes pretended to look at the left side of the rock inadvertently, and a black petal gently popped out from his fingertips, and then, with an "ouch" sound, he walked out with a heavy forehead.
"Dumping?" Ah Lan shouted in surprise, "Why are you here?" She said as she jumped off the rock, jumped in front of him, and patted him on the shoulder enthusiastically. During the period from growing up to leaving the Wuye family to live in the deep eye tribe, Ah Lan's usual object of nymphomaniac is him.
"Ah Lan, long time no see," Tilt rubbed his shoulders and bent his lips, "You're really getting more and more rude." ”
"Hey, stinky boy, since the elder handed you over to Wuye Jiang for exercise, I didn't give you less to learn medical skills, and I also have a share of credit for raising you from a little kid to such a big one, even saying that I said so!" Ah Lan puffed out the corners of his mouth and waved his fist in feigned anger.
"Okay, I was wrong, Ah Lan, you are really getting more and more gentle and beautiful." Tilt to change his words.
"Hmph, hypocrisy!" Ah Lan rolled his eyes, and suddenly realized that there was a question, "By the way, did you also come in with King Shenmu?" So how can you stay here? Don't go to the altar? ”
"I've got this!" He gestured to a token on his waist.
"Huh? Jiang, no matter how strong your strength is, you can't just break the elder's order! Ah Lan could see at a glance that although the token was ordinary, it had a powerful magical power, and it could pass through the enchantment between the Wuye family and the Shenmu tribe at any time, so her eyes showed a little reproach, but it was indeed heavy, "You stinky boy, you can come over at any time, why haven't you come to us this year!" ”
"I just got this thing a while ago." Tilting deliberately showed a somewhat aggrieved expression and looked at Wu Yejiang.
Wu Yejiang nodded knowingly, and said to Ah Lan: "Let's go talk about something, can you do it alone?" ”
Ah Lan waved his hand, "Go, go, it's not dangerous here, I'll stay alone, so I won't disturb the two of you." But the festival is about to begin, so make sure to come and see. ”
Tilting followed Wu Yejiang and walked over, flipped the token in his hand, and the corners of his lips hooked up with an inexplicable smile, "This thing is easier to use than I thought." ”
The Wuye family and the Shenmu tribe are not far away, but there is an enchantment in the middle, except for the Shenmu King, the eight elders and Wuye Jiang can come and go at will, and the rest of the people, including Wang Shizi, are not allowed to cross this enchantment without the permission of the elders. The first is to prevent the divine beasts raised by the Wuye family from harming the people in the tribe uncontrollably, and the second is to reduce the contact between people in the two places, so as not to generate unnecessary feelings.
The enchantment was jointly arranged by the eight elders, and only each king of the Shenmu tribe would be given a token to enter and leave the two places freely. And Wu Yejiang was not allowed or anything, purely because the power was too strong, and no one could stop her.
"What do you want to do?" Wu Ye Jiang stopped and asked.
"We'll find out later."
"I don't mean later, I mean the Chaos Beast."
Seeing that Wu Yejiang's eyes were clear, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then laughed a few times, "It turns out that you all know, it's really strong enough, and I can't hide anything from you!" But about the Chaos Beast, you might as well guess what I want to do? ”
"For the throne? No, it's not all," Wu Yejiang looked at his heart, frowning slightly, "Regarding this matter, you have a turbid atmosphere in your heart, I can't see it clearly, so I asked you." ”
"Really?" Hearing this, he looked at his chest, but saw nothing, "But I'm pretty sure I'm here to be strong." I don't want to be shackled in a circle because of my bloodline, I want to use the power of the Chaos Beast to become strong, as powerful as you, and then do what I want to do! Jiang, I'm not you, I don't have the innate strength, and I don't have a thousand-year lifespan, as the son of the king, but because of my mother's humility, I am not even as good as a commoner in the tribe. You'll help me, won't you? ”
Dumping grew up under the teaching of Wu Ye Jiang, so he knows the other party's character well enough, although he is strong, but his heart is simple, and there is a sense of indifference and conceit in his bones.
"Powerful? Well, your purpose is very good, and it is worthy of being handed over by me," Wu Ye Jiang Qi smiled, "The Chaos Beast has no body for a long time, and its qi is sealed under the sacrificial platform, but it only has half of its strength. If you want, how about waiting for me to prepare for a few days and then give you the spell that lifts the seal? ”
I didn't expect her to agree so quickly, and I thought it would take a lot of speech, so I was stunned for a second on the spot before nodding excitedly: "Okay!" I will not let you down, and when I inherit the throne, I will make you the patriarch of the Wuye family. ”
"I'm not interested," Wu Ye Jiang turned his head with a blank expression, "Ah Lan is waiting for me, I'm going over." ”
"Oh, today's priest will be extraordinary!" Tilt said with a smile.
"Really?" Wu Ye Jiang turned his head and looked at him clearly, "Then I'll watch it carefully." ”
Under the altar, dozens of witches are wearing different clothes with their faces painted and hats made of phoenix bird feathers, dancing barefoot in neat movements, singing in unison as if from ancient times, and stretching out a pair of palms together to the sky, making a shape of praying to the heavens. As the song floated overhead, thick clouds seemed to emerge from the sky, surging like waves, and soon filled the entire sky.
Seeing such a scene, the clansmen of the Shenmu tribe and the Wuye clan put their palms together in front of their chests, closed their eyes and whispered ancient incantations.
Wu Yejiang glanced at Ah Lan beside her, only to see that she also showed a look of awe on her face, and closed her eyes with her palms closed.
Wu Yejiang smiled disdainfully, straightened his waist and hugged his arms, so that he could look at the people on the altar for a long time. The Deep Eye King stood in the middle, Xuan Heng knelt in the position closest to him, and the eight elders stood on both sides, their palms together emitting a purple light.
With the faint sound of "brushing", Wu Yejiang's eyes narrowed, and a long ray of light surged out from his fingertips, which quickly entwined the two black shadows and sent them to his eyes.
These two black shadows are the shadow guards sent by Xuan Heng to monitor her, they are inanimate organisms, so they can enter and exit the enchantment at any time, which is why Xuan Heng chose them to be the monitors.
It's a pity that it's so stupid! "Gold bracelets? Isn't it a symbol of power and status? However, how could such a weak and disgusting thing help its owner keep a qiē? Wu Yejiang smiled sarcastically, she knew from the beginning that these two things were looking at her, including what He Tanzhong said, they probably listened to it, and at this time, I am afraid that she will report to Xuan Heng.
"Actually, I don't like being watched!" Wu Yejiang retracted his expression, his fingertips were slightly forced, and the purple light grew wildly, until the two black shadows were completely engulfed, and then they disappeared together, only for a second, and there was transparent and empty air in front of him.
"Jiang, what did you say?" Ah Lan was concentrating on the spell just now, and he didn't notice anything about the black shadow at all.
"Nothing, you heard it wrong." Wu Yejiang raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the altar, Wu Zhu's dance had ended, the thick clouds dispersed and the light fell straight down, and the two stripped slaves were quickly tied to the ancient brown pillar under the escort of the Shenmu tribesmen, their expressions were cold and numb, and they met the conditions of the sacrifice well.
"These two sacrifices are very good, I hope the gods will like to accept the hearts of the tribe and make the Shenmu tribe stronger and stronger!" Ah Lan cupped his palms and put them to his chin, and said with a wistful face.
As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden hissing in the air, and the clansmen present looked up curiously, only to see a big fiery red bird with three heads hovering overhead, its wings spread out to the size of two tents, and the number reached dozens of them.
"Isn't this the battle beast of the barefoot tribe? How did you get here? There was such a shout from the crowd.
Several elders on the sacrificial platform all looked solemn, thinking that there was a loophole in the barrier they had laid out, and they actually let the enemy divine beast break in, and they couldn't help but be shocked when the King of Shenmu personally held the sacrificial ceremony.