Chapter 21: The Sacrifice Begins

Boom!

A drum sounded through the sky, shaking the whispering crowd outside the Overlord Temple, and also woke up the sleepy Dian. Thanks to Tang Huan, he stayed in the hut very "happily" last night. If Sun San hadn't found an earthwork in the morning, I'm afraid he wouldn't have come to "worship the overlord" today, but would have gone directly to see the overlord.

"Sir, can you hold on?" Looking at his haggard appearance, Sun San asked with some concern.

"Don't worry, he can't die." Before Dean could speak, Tang Huan beside her smiled heartlessly, and as she spoke, she turned her gaze to Dean again, and said in a slightly reproachful tone, "You are really, although the food is delicious, you have to pay attention to moderation." Now that you're like this, it's really distressing to me. After speaking, he didn't forget to pat his chest and pretend to have a sad expression.

"Humph!" In the face of Tang Huan's sarcasm, Dean just snorted coldly. It's not that he was scared of Tang Huan, but he really didn't have the strength to quarrel with him, after all, he had a lot to do here today. Although Dean ignored herself, Tang Huan was not angry, after all, yesterday's events alone were enough for her to be happy for a while.

Without Tang Huan's chatter in his ears, Di'an's mood became much calmer. He swept around without leaving a trace, and found that the people who came here were roughly divided into two factions, one was the ordinary people who were oppressed by the black, and the other was the Lu family and the government that were incomparably powerful although they were small in number.

Why didn't he come?!

When his eyes swept to the crowd of the Lu family, he deliberately slowed down, but found that there was no Lu Jia.

Isn't Lu Jia convinced of the overlord's manifestation, how could he miss such a grand ceremony today?

There was no thought for a moment, and he didn't think deeply anymore. Suddenly, a domineering gaze shot over, and the four eyes were separated by a pair of eyes, and neither party had the slightest intention of retreating.

The other party is a young man from the Lu family, although he is dressed in a decent way, but the look of looking at people and wanting to raise his entire nostrils to the sky shows that he is definitely not a good bird.

Although Dean has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for so many years and has seen all kinds of gentlemen, he has never seen this kind of Confucian who wants to be a gentle and elegant Confucian scholar and is afraid that others will not see that his face is the first in the world.

After looking at the strange thing twice, he moved his gaze to the crowd in the official mansion again. Compared with the Lu family, there are not many representatives of the government, only Di Chun, Li County Lieutenant and a group of errand officers. Although Di Chun was talking to County Lieutenant Li about something, he still sensed Di'an's gaze, and then he nodded his head without missing a trace, indicating that everything was normal.

"The door is open!" As soon as Dean retracted his gaze, Sun San beside him jumped up with great excitement.

Dean moved his gaze to the two doors that were slowly opening, and his normally calm state of mind became flustered for no apparent reason.

Is it too tired?

He rubbed his aching temples, barely regaining his strength.

"Wu Zhu is out!" With a burst of cheers from the crowd, a middle-aged man dressed in a loose silk robe, wearing a yellow hat that resembles a bird's head in front and a magpie's tail in the back, and a black iron mask on his face, walked out with two boys.

Wu Zhu stopped on the steps, and there were two boys behind him, one holding a white feather, while the other was holding a bronze shield engraved with primeval beasts in his left hand, and a copper axe more than seven feet high in his right hand. The left foot steps on the moon, the right foot pedals the sun, and there is a dragon under the crotch, like the Eastern Emperor Taiyi in the ancient book.

"Bye!" The two boys turned to one side slightly, and after standing facing each other, they shouted in unison. Although the voice was still a little immature, the momentum was quite majestic, as if at that moment, the two of them got rid of the shackles of ordinary people and soared to become the servants of the supreme overlord.

Boom!

As soon as the boy's voice sounded, a deafening drum sound came from the Overlord Temple.

The drums were still echoing in the air, and Wu Zhu slowly turned his body and knelt on the ground with a bend of his knees.

Wu Zhu bowed, and the people behind him did not dare to slack off, regardless of their status, regardless of their status, and regardless of men, women, and children, they all bowed down with solemn expressions.

Dean didn't want to pay attention to it, but he stood like this, and he looked too outstanding, so he had to squat on the ground. Although the posture was still a little strange, fortunately, everyone's minds were on worship, so no one looked at this corner.

"Up."

With the boy's shout, everyone stood up from the ground like puppets. Although many people's clothes and faces were covered in dust, none of them moved to wipe the dust away.

Looking at the people around him who were like walking corpses, Dean questioned his belief for the first time in his heart, is there really any witchcraft in this world?

However, just as he was thinking about it, the boy's hateful voice came to his ears.

"Bye!"

Although they had been making it for so long, and had not even entered the door, the people did not have the slightest resentment against this cumbersome etiquette, and they were like they were frightened, and they willingly carried out every order of the boy.

After repeating this three times, the boy finally closed his mouth and retreated behind Wu Zhu. Then, accompanied by the sound of rumbling drums, Wu Zhu led everyone slowly to the ancestral temple.

is finally about to enter the Overlord Temple, but there is no joy in Dian's heart, and the whole heart seems to be pressed by something, extremely uncomfortable.

Could it be that there is really the divine power of the overlord of Chu here?

He suddenly remembered what Lu Jia said, but this thought was abandoned by him after only a moment, why did he become suspicious?

"Whew!" He paused, took a deep breath, looked at the gloomy sky, and then lifted his steps again.

Not long after, he came to the Overlord Temple, and the first thing that caught his eye was not the group of witches in plain clothes and wearing mountain ghost masks in the courtyard, but the blood-red statue of the overlord of Chu in the main hall not far away.

However, because the courtyard is full of smoke, the vision is also very blurred, if you want to find out, you can only go to the main hall to check, but the entrance of the main hall is heavily guarded, and it is definitely impossible to break through, so I have to wait for Wu Zhu to take everyone in.

However, Wu Zhu walked to the third-order circular black wood altar in the courtyard, but did not move forward. He straightened his clothes, bowed his hands to the main hall three times, and then slowly walked up to the altar.

As he walked up the steps step by step, the drums in the temple became more and more rapid.