If you have seen the high tide, you will definitely think that the white line on the Canglang River at this time is the wave of the wave.

Lintao City is a city built next to the Canglang River, and when you look into the distance, the riverside is full of torches, and even at night, you can clearly identify the changes that have occurred on the river.

The white waves are like a dividing line, completely separating the clarity and turbidity of the Canglang River. From the confluence with the Butcher's Knife River, the white waves turned into brushes dipped in milky paint, and everywhere they passed, they were bound to be stained with a cloudy white. The white flocculent is like a snowflake that does not melt, floating and tumbling in the waves.

When the white wave came to the altar, it was seen more clearly. The original pale blue water of the river seemed to freeze in an instant, turning a cloudy milky white. The waves of the river are churning, like white lotus flowers blooming, in the tranquility of the night, they look elegant and generous.

But this tranquility was soon shattered, and the people cheered excitedly, and in their eyes, the Canglang River became a flowing river of gold, and the waters of this river would bring them endless wealth. They were excited, they were excited, they sang, and in the most simple way of the common people, they expressed the joy and happiness in their hearts.

"Boom!" A bell rang, followed by the sound of a "woo" horn, and a group of people wearing Canglang Palace costumes appeared on the altar, blowing the horn in their hands, and walked around the huge copper tripod in the middle of the altar. Trumpets sounded one after another, announcing the official start of the sacrifice.

Gao Zuo found that the people around him began to move, and consciously moved towards the stone bridge on the shore. The stone bridge over the river is connected to Lintao City on one side and the altar in the heart of the river on the other. The 98 Canglang Palace disciples on the bridge were still standing there with their heads held high.

These people, who had been watching the sacrifice from the shore, lined up in front of the stone bridge in an orderly manner. Every time, the disciples of Canglang Palace would let a person walk up the stone bridge and go to the altar. When this person walked across the stone bridge, the Canglang Palace disciples standing on both sides would pick up the horn from their hands and blow it. The man who walked up the stone bridge would walk all the way to the bronze dome accompanied by the sound of the trumpet.

At this moment, a wizard dressed very strangely came out of the shadows behind the bronze tripod, chanted some complicated incantations on the ladder in front of the bronze tripod, and then performed some strange movements or danced a dance. Then, the wizard would pull the person who had come to pray to him and cut the belly of the man's index finger with the scimitar in his hand, causing him to drip the blood from his fingertips into the bronze tripod in front of him.

The man stood on the ladder and put his hand on top of the copper tripod, letting the blood drip into the tripod. There were seven drops in total, and when the seven drops of blood were gone, he would be asked by the wizard to get down the ladder and walk back to the shore of Lintao City along the stone bridge.

Blood sacrifices? The first word that crossed his mind was "blood sacrifice." One after another, people wearing golden masks walked up to the altar and poured seven drops of their blood into the ding, offering these blood to the river god, using the blood as a sacrifice, hoping that the river god would bless him with a successful salvage operation and that there would be no flood in January of the following year. This kind of sacrifice is clearly a blood sacrifice.

You know, anything that has anything to do with "blood" is not good. For example, a weapon that uses blood to conclude a contract will be called a "demonic weapon", for example, a demon beast raised with blood will be called a "demonic beast", and another example of a heart decision and martial arts that require blood as an introduction to practice will be called "demonic exercises". As long as blood is used, it has nothing to do with the Demon Cult.

Canglang Palace is one of the three major religions of decency, why would it encourage ordinary people to sacrifice with their own blood?

At this moment, Gao Zhen suddenly noticed that the stone slab of the outer ring of the altar suddenly shook, and it was opened from the inside, and many iron boxes were raised staggeringly. These iron boxes are oval-shaped, like an egg, and stand on the outermost stone bricks of the altar. Each of these iron boxes has a thin crack on the top, and it seems that if you touch a mechanism, these iron eggs will open.

Gao Zhen counted it, and sure enough, like the disciples standing on the stone bridge, there were a total of 49 iron boxes.

Just as Takatsu had guessed, someone pulled the brake inside the altar, and there was a burst of gear clinking, the sound of machinery running, and the cracks in the top of the iron boxes opened one by one, cracking in half. Suddenly there was a flash of starlight inside the iron box, as if the light of the stars was locked in and then released all at once.

All 49 iron boxes were opened at once, and a magical bird flew out of each of them. These birds resemble eagles, with hard beaks that are curved and golden, and wings that are powerful and slender, and whose feathers are as black as night, but shimmer like stars, large and small.

They spread their wings and flew like shrunken patches of night sky floating from the altar, the stars shining brightly, competing with the stars in the sky. The scenery is so beautiful that it is as if the gods of the sky are playing the role of an artist who carefully cuts the glorious Milky Way into the shape of birds, and then waves them to life and let them fly in the dark night and become messengers of the stars.

Many people stopped their steps, quieted down, tilted their heads, and quietly enjoyed the splendid scene. As soon as the starry birds flew out of the iron boxes, they flapped their wings and circled around the altar. There are 49 of them in total, and they form a circle in a regular circle, you follow me, I follow you, and they form a closed circle. The stars shone brightly on the ring, like the Milky Way closed, and fell from the sky to the mortal dust.

"This is ......" Gao Zhen stared at these birds carefully, the twinkling stars on their bodies attracted him deeply, reminding him of his own starry body, and the pattern on the phantom membrane blown out by the Nine Nether Conchions. What kind of animals are they? He has such a noble appearance.

The ring of these birds gradually narrowed to the middle, from the outermost circle of the altar to the middle circle, and finally to the top of the bronze tripod. They hovered over the tripod faster and faster, and people gradually lost the figure of each of them, only feeling that it was a small starlight.

Attracted to blood? Could it be that the blood is sacrificed to feed these amazing birds? Gao Zhen guessed so, but quickly shook his head again, which is unlikely. Because raising Warcraft is nourished with blood every day, if it is interrupted on any day, Warcraft may go crazy and then turn back on its owner. This kind of sacrifice held by Canglang Palace is held once a year, so it must not be for the purpose of raising these flying birds.

Why is that? Does blood have any particular effect on these birds? Or what do they secrete after eating blood? Gao Zhen's heart suddenly tightened, and he remembered something. I have inquired about the relevant information about the material of "Chen Tears" in the stone recording platform in Yancheng. According to the data, Tatsu tears are the tears of a bird called "Tatsu". And this bird is generally found in the area of Lintao City, and it is rumored that they will eat children.

Could it be that these star-clad birds that flew out of the iron box were "Chen"? Sucking blood is the same as eating children, and it will cause them to secrete tears? The reason why Canglang Palace collects people's blood and releases Chenniao is to collect their tears? What do they want tears for?

After thinking about it, Gao Zhen had some clues. The stars are golden, and have metallic spiritual powers, just as the tears of these birds are regarded as excellent metallic materials. And gold is raw water, so metallic materials can also be used to cultivate water attribute exercises. This is in line with the "Canglang Decision" cultivated by the disciples of Canglang Palace. So, collecting blood and converting it into tears is for cultivation?

But Gao Zhen soon felt that something was not right, the Canglang River is rich in water attributes and strong spiritual power, the people of Canglang Palace are not good at using this material, why do they have to use other materials? And there aren't enough tears produced in this way, at most one tank can be installed, there are so many people in Canglang Palace, how can they use it? This also has nothing to do with the rumored suppression of the undercurrents and waves at the bottom of the river, and things are certainly not so simple.

Canglang Palace is said to be used to worship the river god on the outside, but it must be used for other purposes behind the scenes. What made Gao Zhen feel strangest was that he could see the strangeness, and other immortal cultivators should also be able to see it. But why did the sacrificial activities continue for so many years, but no decent immortal cultivators have come forward, is it because they have succumbed to the obscenity of Canglang Palace, or are they afraid to know the secrets hidden in the palace?

The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't figure it out, and decided to take a closer look, and it would be better to go to the altar and offer blood once to see what they were doing.