Waterriver City.

A raging fire surrounded the altar.

At this moment, a young woman with a weeping pear blossom and rain was tied to the altar, and her mouth and eyes were covered with a thick layer of linen.

The flames had spread to their feet.

She grunted and cried, her body writhing back and forth on the pillar, trying to break free of the ropes.

However, until the joints of her hands and feet were ground into clusters of blood, everything around her remained unchanged.

Everyone in the audience held torches and turned their eyes to a man in fine clothes in the stands opposite.

This man is the current river god of Shuihe City, Xi Xinghe.

At this moment, Xi Xinghe was looking at the altar with a cold face, and there was no emotion between his eyebrows.

After a long time, he nodded to the priest beside him, and then turned his back.

The priest bowed respectfully to him and shouted to the crowd, "Conduct - sacrifice - ceremony - ceremony"

As soon as the words fell, everyone raised their torches in response and shouted in unison towards the altar, "Heaven is dead!" Water River Raw! Heaven is dead! Water River Raw! ”

After about a dozen sounds, the priest's fist suddenly closed, and everyone immediately closed the sound as if someone had lit the acupoint, and the next second, they threw all the torches in their hands towards the altar.

The flames were like dragons pouring blood, and in an instant, they swallowed the woman on the altar, leaving only a faint ash in the blink of an eye, floating in the dense water vapor.

Xi Xinghe was still facing away from the altar, and no one noticed the slight heaval on his shoulders at this moment.

This damn curse! When is the head!

Xi Xinghe threw the cup in his hand out and slammed it on the ground, "pop-" The cup was split in an instant.

"Stand down!"

His voice was mixed with anger and majesty.

Seeing this, the priests and priests around him fell to the ground one after another, and they didn't dare to come out of the trembling atmosphere.

For as long as he can remember, Waterriver City has been burdened with this fate, and every ten years he needs to find a virgin from the world as a sacrifice to extend the lifeblood of the entire Waterriver City.

Three hundred years later, he witnessed his sister being dragged onto the altar.

When his sister was surrounded by tongues of fire, he panicked until he gave up struggling, he saw it all, he didn't know what life and death were at that time, he only knew that his sister was very sad to cry that day.

At that moment, he secretly vowed that one day he would change all this!

However, now, he is really a little tired, why does he have to bear the fate of the entire Shuihe Clan alone?

"Newspaper—"

Suddenly, a small servant knelt down in front of Xi Xinghe with a volume of documents in his hand, and hurriedly said, "Lord Xinghe, there is news from the Wuman Great Sacrifice!" ”

When he heard the words "high priest", Xi Xinghe glanced at the little guy slightly, his good-looking eyes narrowed, and he said coldly: "Submit it." ”

"Yes!"

After taking the paperwork, slowly unwrapping the upper sealing line, after seeing the content inside, the originally cold complexion of the man in the Chinese costume finally turned from yin to bright, and the cold light in his eyes faded, and a faint layer of fire appeared.

I saw a few big characters on the yellowed paper.

"The heavens are rising, and the stars are appearing."

His knuckles trembled slightly, and Xi Xinghe slowly rolled those words into a paper ball and kneaded them into his palm.

Legend has it that the water river city has been stable for thousands of years, and the long-standing secret is that the water veins can be maintained through the power of the treasure of a certain town, and the treasure of this town and river is mentioned in the document - Tianshu Star.

But just three hundred years ago, Tianxiao Xingxing mysteriously disappeared overnight, and the Shuihe clan was in danger, until the high priest at that time looked through the ancient books day and night to find the method of sacrifice, and the Shuihe clan barely escaped, and Xi Xinghe's sister was elected at that time and became a sacrifice.

After that bloody sacrifice, this tradition was slowly worshiped as a god by the Shuihe tribe and passed down.

But today, the star of heaven has appeared.

No more trading human lives for human lives!

Xi Xinghe picked up the turquoise pendant hanging around his neck, put it in front of his lips and kissed it carefully, and there was a little starlight in his chestnut eyes.

Sister, you can finally rest in peace......

"Pass my orders, and be sure to find the Celestial Star!"

He turned around, his voice firm and unquestionable.

"Yes!"

At this moment, the priests and priests still bowed respectfully under the stands, and after hearing his order, they got up and bowed three times, and then they all hurriedly retreated.

After the people retreated, only a few servants were left to guard the altar.

Xi Xinghe flicked his sleeves, and the guards beside him immediately stood in two columns in full gear, followed him in a neat manner, and walked towards the Divine Palace.

……

The main hall of the shrine.

The elders of Shuihe City were waiting anxiously for Xi Xinghe in the main hall at the moment, and all kinds of jade jewels were embedded in the glazed bricks, reflecting the golden brilliance of the entire hall.

"Lord Xinghe has arrived—"

A small servant took the lead and shouted a few times at the summons officer outside the main hall, and after receiving the news, the summoner passed it inside layer by layer until the elders in the main hall received the news.

After hearing the sound, the hall that was still noisy suddenly fell silent, and all the elders retreated to both sides of the temple door, standing in danger, waiting in a dumb voice.

After not staying for a long time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the hall, and the elders respectfully buried their hands in their sleeves in unison, until Xi Xinghe himself appeared, and then they knelt down in unison.

"Lord Xinghe, happiness and longevity!"

But Xi Xinghe didn't seem to hear it, and he didn't even look at them at all.

Walking to the throne of the god by himself, he threw off the colored satin cloak draped on his body, Xi Xinghe raised his eyes, and turned to face everyone.

"Since you all know about the Tianqi Star, then I will also say bluntly, from today onwards, all the troops of the Shuihe Clan are only allowed to be used to find the Tianqi Star, and no one is allowed to mention the matter of sacrifice!"

With that, he swept around the hall with his peripheral light.

The hall was suddenly silent.

Just as everyone was looking left and right, weighing each other to see who would be the first to stand up, a gray-haired old man took the lead in the center of the hall with a cane.

Elder Changbai bowed towards Xi Xinghe, and said slowly in a low and hoarse voice: "Lord Xinghe, think twice, if you can't find the star one day, and then delay the best time to sacrifice, then the fate of our Shuihe clan will be precarious——"

"Alarmist!"

Xi Xinghe stared at the old man with red eyes and angrily, these old things always have various reasons to challenge their decisions.

"Listen to what you mean, do you think that this king will never be able to find the Heavenly Star?"

The voice owner's eyes were bloodshot, as if he was about to overturn everything in front of him in an instant.

In fact, Xi Xinghe had only succeeded to the throne for decades, and some of the elders of the clan were worried about whether this young king would be able to take on the position of river god.

Over time, these opposing voices consciously formed a party and secretly competed with Xi Xinghe's supporters.

Xi Xinghe knew this well, and in his opinion, he probably had to do his best to show his power and majesty in front of the elders in order to convince them.

"Old minister...... Can't! ”

The old man was so frightened by Xi Xinghe under his anger that he fell directly to the ground, and a layer of fine cold sweat oozed from his wrinkled forehead in an instant.

"Don't dare? I think you're trying to sit here and give orders for me! ”

Xi Xinghe's fierce gaze was as cold as a goshawk.

"Who made our Lord Xinghe so angry, see if I don't pick his skin, hahaha......"

At this moment, a hearty laugh suddenly came from outside the main hall.

The person who came was dressed in a long robe embedded with a totem with water sleeves, and stepped on a pair of shallow-soled green daisy boots inlaid with beads, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and a graceful and luxurious rich image.

When Xi Xinghe saw him, he instantly restrained the anger between his eyebrows, got up and asked kindly, "Uncle, why are you here?" ”

"There's such a big thing going on in Waterriver City, can I not come?"

The middle-aged man paced, calmly walked to the railing near the divine throne before stopping, and then said, "Xinghe, I have heard what Elder Changbai said, and I think it is not unreasonable. “

As the man spoke, he unconsciously glanced at Elder Changbai who was kneeling on the ground.

"Uncle, why are you so confused?"

Xi Xinghe was a little displeased, his body sank, and he sat heavily on the god seat.

"For so many years, the Water River Clan has been exchanging human lives for peace, are you living with peace of mind?"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a death-like silence in the hall, only Xi Xinghe's sentence "live with peace of mind" lingered over the empty hall for a long time.

The middle-aged man's face was still calm, but in fact, his heart was already full of anger.

This stinky boy who has not dried up is getting bigger and bigger, and he doesn't even take him as an uncle in his eyes!

The air pressure of the entire hall dropped to freezing point in an instant.

And Xi Xinghe knew that the uncle in front of him was quite prestigious in the clan by relying on his connections for many years, even if he was the god of ten thousand rivers at the moment, he still couldn't compete with his uncle clearly.

"You—tell me what you just said, say it again!"

Xi Xinghe was the first to break the deadlock, and in a low voice, he stretched out his slender fingers and pointed directly at the old man kneeling on the ground.

"Old minister...... Old minister......"

The white-haired old man raised his head timidly, glanced at Xi Xinghe and then turned his head to look at Xi Tianchi, he clearly knew that no matter what he said now, he would offend the other party.

simply came to rely on the old and sell the old, his eyes were dark, and he pretended to pass out.

"Elder Changbai! Elder Changbai! ”

Everyone in the main hall rushed forward, "Quickly pass on the river doctor!" ”

Xi Xinghe looked at Elder Changbai with disdain, old guy, you are really good at acting.

However, Elder Changbai's move just gave himself a step.

He stood up and said to everyone, "Elder Changbai has to be respected after all, so let's discuss this matter together after he is well." ”

After speaking, he looked at Xi Tianchi, "What does Uncle think?" ”

Xi Tianchi's face, which was still covered with gloom just now, instantly changed to a smile, "Lord Xinghe's compassion for the elders is the greatest blessing of our Shuihe Clan." With that, he burst out laughing again.

With Xi Xinghe's acquiescence, everyone sent Elder Changbai to the River Medical Hall, and Xi Tianchi also retreated with everyone when he saw this.

For a while, except for the guards at the door, there was only Xi Xinghe left in the entire hall.

He still clutched the creed passed on by the High Priest of Wuman, and he knew that the coming variables were related to the fate of the entire Waterriver Clan.

He can only succeed and not fail!