Chapter 104: The Rite
The altar of Tianci is located in the central square in the east of the village, composed of a double platform paved with marble, more than 40 steps extend to the top, four dark gray stone pillars are located in the four directions of the altar, and a leopard-print brazier is located in the center.
Lopelle, the head of the village of Grancia and the head of the Celestial Sect, stood in the center of the altar and received the worship of the villagers. He had a short beard, dressed in dark blue robes, and in his right hand he held a girl in a white shirt with long hair, and on his left stood a young woman in a purple gauze dress.
Faced with the crowd under the altar, the girl's distracted eyes suddenly returned to blood, and she retreated in fright, but her hands were clutched tightly by Lopelle and she could not break free.
"Master, let's get started!" the purple-shirted woman bowed her head to Lopele.
Lopelle nodded, raised his hand to signal the villagers to be quiet, and said in a deep voice: "Fellow villagers of Grancia Village, I am here today to announce a great news - the Holy Child who has been missing for more than ten years has finally been found by me, and the unfinished 'Apocalypse' ritual more than ten years ago will begin again, and at that time, the whole village will be blessed and bid farewell to death." ”
"Sect Master, God gives you the grace of God, repent of your sins, and be reborn!" The Heavenly Gift Sect disciples around the altar shouted slogans in unison, leading the rest of the villagers, who all raised their hands rhythmically as they followed the movements of the Heavenly Gift Sect members.
However, there were also some villagers who were skeptical of the Godsend, unwilling to echo the actions of others, and they shouted loudly to silence the surrounding villagers, led by a strong man who even stared at Lopele to show his displeasure with Lopelle.
Ling Wenxuan, Gui Xun'er, Song Zixi, and Shao Yan were mixed in this group of people, and Mei Xun'er looked left and right, and whispered to the people around her what was going on? Shao Yan stood on the unobtrusive side, peeking at the stretcher covered with a white cloth sheet that was carried in front of the strong man.
"It looks like there's a dead man lying inside. Song Zixi reminded in Shao Yan's ear.
Gui Xun'er pointed to the purple-shirted woman next to Lopelle in surprise: "Look, isn't that person Yin Youning?"
"Don't be impulsive, let's see, we'll find a way to rescue Kalia later. When the purple-shirted woman's gaze swept over them, Ling Wenxuan hurriedly lowered Gui Xun'er's shoulders so as not to be discovered by the other party.
Lopelle straightened his hat with his left hand, looked in the direction of the strong man, and said softly, "Yo! Isn't this the younger brother of the blacksmith brothers, Elusson, why did you bring so many people to the altar today?"
Without saying a word, the strong man called Eluson lifted the white sheet, and a stream of black corpse liquid flowed out of the side of the stretcher, and everyone covered their mouths and noses to hide the stench emitted by the corpse, and some even vomited on the spot.
It was the corpse of a young woman, her yellowed skin had been badly ulcerated, revealing white bones, coagulated blood covering her entire face, her distorted face was horrible, and what she saw before she died seemed to torture her.
"It turns out that you just want your wife to come back to life, just like your brother back then. Lopelle touched his beard and coughed, "I can help you, provided that your wife is resurrected and worships my godsend." ”
"No, I don't need to, I want to ask the village chief for the villagers in the west of the village more than for my wife's death. Elusson glanced at the villagers standing around him, "For several weeks, the ghost attack in the west of the village has caused panic in the people around me, this time it is my wife who died, who will it be next time? Sooner or later, the disease caused by the ghost will spread to the east of the village, I just want to remind the village chief to do his duty." “
"I'm your village chief, the leader of the Heavenly Sect, and I don't need you to teach me how to do things. Lopelle let out a cold laugh and stretched out his left index finger, "Besides, with the power of this Ring of Miracles, even if that 'ghost' kills you all, I will have a way to resurrect you." ”
The ring stood out in the bright sunlight, and Lopelle deliberately raised his hand high so that the villagers under the altar could see the artifact that had brought miracles to the entire village.
Ling Wenxuan immediately took out a pencil and a square piece of white paper from his coat pocket, at this time, Lopelle had already hidden the hand wearing the ring behind him, he could only rely on his extraordinary memory to sketch the appearance of the Miracle Ring on the paper, and after he finished drawing, he accidentally found that the pattern embedded in the Miracle Ring was exactly the same as the Heaven-Sent Scar.
The appearance of the Heaven-Sent Trace is obviously the effect of the Miracle Ring's divine power, and Kalia has some of the Miracle Ring's divine power left on her body, which explains why the Seven Artifact Probe reacts as soon as she gets close to her. Hilna had told them that the Godsenders would show the Heaven-sent marks on their foreheads at night. Could it be that these cultists will be controlled by the Ring of Miracles at night?
There is no evidence of this, especially since most of the villagers of Grancia have been deceived by Lopelle, and no one will take their word for it.
Just as Ling Wenxuan was thinking about his next plan, there was a situation at the scene again, and he saw Yi Lusen continue to roar: "Have you decided to leave this matter alone?"
"It's not that I don't care, but for the future of the village of Grancia, I have more important things to deal with. As he spoke, Lopelle took the girl by the shoulders and pulled her in front of him.
"Hey, who the hell is that girl?, do you know her?" Song Zixi noticed that the look on Gui Xun'er's face was extremely nervous when she looked at the girl.
"I'll explain it to you later, look around us. Gui Xun'er winked at Song Zixi and Shao Yan.
Only then did they discover that the Celestial Sect disciples with spears had come from both sides, surrounding the small group of villagers brought by Ilusson, and the four people hiding in them were obviously also considered accomplices.
Eluson yelled, "What do you mean?"
"Why are you in a hurry to leave! Didn't you say that you want me to solve the 'ghost attack' incident? Since I have agreed to your request, I can't let you go easily. Lo Pele took the leopard dagger handed over by Yin Youning, took off the miracle ring from his hand, and said in a straight voice, "All living beings are suffering, life in the world, all of them are the same to death, today my sect will obey the will of God, only with the power of this ring, cast the miracle of eternal life." ”
Amid the cheers of the villagers, seeing that the dagger was about to be slashed at Kalia's fingers, Ling Wenxuan whispered to Gui Xun'er: "No matter what I do later, please don't hesitate, if I fail, you must leave here immediately with Elusson, understand?"
Without waiting for Gui Xun'er to nod in agreement, Ling Wenxuan suddenly took off the hood on his head and laughed wildly at Lo Pele: "Ridiculous! You guys are really the most ridiculous people I've ever seen." ”
"Who is so bold as to make fun of the Sect Master. Yin Youning scolded angrily and swept towards the surrounding crowd, revealing an elusive look when her gaze fell on Ling Wenxuan.
Ling Wenxuan forcibly held back a smile and continued: "Let me ask you? Do miracles really exist in this world? What is a miracle? A weak person defeats a strong person called a miracle, a scientist who changes the world with a theory that is denied by the world is called a miracle, and an ordinary person doing something that others think is impossible for him is called a miracle. Big mistake, these are not miracles, they use their sweat every day to fight for their ideals, and finally achieve inevitable success. The so-called miracle is nothing more than a word coined by mediocre people in order to envy the achievements of those who are just as mediocre as them. “
"Birth, old age, sickness and death are unchangeable laws of nature, and don't you think it's ridiculous that you abuse the divine power of the Ring of Miracles and disobey the will of Heaven, but insist on saying that it is a good deed for the benefit of the people?"
Lo Pele pointed at Ling Wenxuan: "Who are you, dare to make false accusations against this sect leader!"
"Ling Wenxuan, a foreigner, a priest of the Tianyao Sect. Ling Wenxuan came to Elusson's side and said loudly, "Citizens of Grancia Village, please wake up, don't be bewitched by the Heavenly Cult anymore, forget the past, and cherish the present. ”
"Bold cult cultists, how dare you bewitch the people here and insult my holy sect!" someone in the crowd yelled at Ling Wenxuan, and then everyone echoed that person's words and aimed their fingers at Ling Wenxuan.
Song Zixi whispered uneasily: "You are too high-profile, we are just here to listen to the information, this is good, our intentions have been exposed to you." ”
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, you are right. Ling Wenxuan then turned to Elusson, secretly hid the drawing of the Ring of Miracles in the palm of his hand, and then tightened Elusson's hands and glanced at the villagers in the west of the village, "Later, you will take these villagers to leave here quickly, and then find a place to hide." ”
Just as Eluson wanted to ask Ling Wenxuan why they were helping them, the Heavenly Gift Sect disciples under Lopelle pressed on them step by step, and the four of them immediately drew their respective weapons when they saw this, blocking in front of Eluson and the villagers in the west of the village.
"Elusson, this is your last chance, are you sure you want to be the enemy of all the people of Grancia Village for this Tianyao cultist?" Lopelle covered the hatred in his heart with a smile full of pain, he stared at his hands, "You don't understand what the Tianyao Sect has done to me, they killed my most beloved people, ruined my life, they secretly did some shady things, but they lied about justice, they are all devils in human skin, they are the real cult." ”
"I don't care what kind of grievances Tianyao Sect had with you before, but if I can't get justice for the people in the west of the village, I won't give in. ”
Ilusson's words completely ignited the anger of the villagers at the scene, and words such as "Kill these cultists!" and "Kill Ilusson, protect my holy religion!" were heard endlessly, and rotten eggs, broken stones, and other miscellaneous objects were thrown along with curses.
Song Zixi and Gui Xun'er used their respective weapons to resist, and at this time, the Heavenly Gift Sect disciples holding spears rushed towards them, Shao Yan hurriedly condensed spiritual power to summon the spell ball, and cast thunder to meet the four Heavenly Gift Sect disciples who rushed to them, and with a burst of spherical electric light, the four people fell down in response.
More Tianci Sect followers poured over, and they clashed with the villagers present, but no matter how seriously they were injured, it didn't take long for them to get up again and engage the villagers in the west of the village, and soon the villagers in the west of the village could not resist, and some were even killed on the spot.
Seeing this, Ling Wenxuan immediately fired several shots to knock down dozens of Tianci Sect disciples who were trying to attack Yi Lusen, and Song Zixi also opened his bow to assist Ling Wenxuan, and for a while, the rose petals scattered everywhere, and all the Tianci Sect disciples who attacked the villagers in the west of the village fell.
Lopelle smirked: "This is the divine power of the Ring of Miracles, the members of the Heavenly Gift Sect are immortal and immortal, I want to see how you deal with it." ”
"Don't tell me, I really have a way. As soon as the words fell, Ling Wenxuan condensed his spiritual power and used the flame spirit of the 'Seven Bullets of Guiding Spirits', and the flame-shaped long whip sprayed out from the guiding spirit, and he threw the fire whip behind him, lit the straw on the ground, forming a wall of fire, separating himself from Song Zixi and Yi Lusen and the villagers in the west of the village.
Gui Xun'er quickly understood what Ling Wenxuan meant, but Shao Yan still wanted to rush over the wall of fire to help Song Zixi.
"Senior sister, you leave with Miss Gui first, and here is me and Father Ling. Song Zixi glanced at Shao Yan, and then turned to Ling Wenxuan, "Stinky boy, I'm going to make a mess for you this time, don't hold me back." ”
"Don't worry, I've already figured out how to surrender. Ling Wenxuan smiled and shot a "flame shot" at a Heavenly Gift Sect disciple who rushed over.
"Then let's go first, you have to take care. Without waiting for Song Zixi to complain about Ling Wenxuan, Shao Yan led the villagers in the west of the village to evacuate quickly.
Luxon followed closely behind, and soon they were near a deserted farmland under Ilusson's guidance, and seeing that there were no followers from the Heaven-Sent Cult nearby, the group stopped.
"I know there's a secret passage nearby where you can hide for a while, and that's where my brother and I used to store the ironware we forged. Elusson pointed to a small cabin not far away, "It's over there, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to accommodate all of us." ”
"Miss Shao's situation is urgent now, and I don't know what happened to Lan Lingxiang and them now?" Gui Xun'er thought for a while and said to Shao Yan, "I'm in charge here, you go to the Leicester Inn immediately and tell them our news." ”
Shao Yan lifted her glasses, turned around without saying a word, and then left quickly with winged steps.
Looking at her back, Gui Xun'er felt extremely uneasy in her heart, if Ling Wenxuan was here, would she agree with her decision made without authorization?
Father, you must be safe!