Chapter Ninety-Six: Alone in the Mysterious Holy Land

Jia Qianqian was completely stunned, and it took a long time before asking, "What does the sacrificer do?" ”

The Grimace Wizard explained, "Girl, you are placed in our holy place with these sacrifices, and after an hour, after receiving the instructions of the gods, you can return." ”

"With these offerings?" When Jia Qianqian saw the big-eyed and round-eyed ox head on the high platform, which had just been cut off, he suddenly felt uncomfortable, and hurriedly shouted: "I don't want to be a sacrificer, Nie Wuzheng, you can help me explain it to them clearly." ”

Nie Wuzheng saluted the wizard and the patriarch and said, "We are just outsiders passing through this place, can you please re-choose your clan as sacrificers?" ”

The patriarch and the ghost-faced wizard shook their heads violently, "No! The gods have chosen her, and she is our sacrificer. When the ghost-faced wizard had finished speaking, he said something in the Sisli language, and then he saw several women rushing up, holding strange costumes and some colorful paints, and without saying a word, they put them on her.

"Don't! Let me go! Jia Qianqian shouted.

Nie Wuzheng made a move, and several women suddenly fell to the side, pulled Jia Qianqian behind him, and hurriedly explained: "No, she can't be your sacrificer." ”

Who knew that this action immediately annoyed these people, and when they saw the patriarch screaming, the men of the entire Sisri tribe immediately raised their bright scimitars. Da Niu immediately rushed in front of Nie Wuzheng, looking at these people with a nervous expression.

Jia Qianqian looked at this scene, it was bad, so many people, even if Nie Wuzheng was strong in martial arts, he couldn't stand the siege of so many people, so it was better not to have a conflict. Hurriedly shouted: "Don't, stop, I'll be your one of the sacrificers." ”

The patriarch shouted again, and the men put away their scimitars.

Nie Wuzheng still protected Jia Qianqian behind him and asked, "Will she be in any danger?" When you're done as a sacrificer, will you let us go? ”

The Grimace Wizard said, "How can she be in danger if she just stays in the Holy Land, communicates with the gods, and conveys respect and gratitude on our behalf?" When you return, she will be the most honored guest of our clan, and when the celebration is over, she will naturally see you off. ”

Nie Wuzheng put his mind at ease and smiled at Qianqian, "It's okay, you just treat it as a game and listen to them." ”

Jia Qianqian also roughly understood at this time, nodded, stepped forward, and began to let the women dress her up.

After the makeup was finished, although he couldn't see what his face was painted on, seeing Nie Wuzheng pursing his lips and smiling, he knew that his face must be very ridiculous.

Dressed in their costumes specially prepared for the sacrificers, Jia Qianqian was surrounded by everyone and came to the altar. After the ghost-faced wizard had spoken again, four Sisri men came over carrying a wooden board with intricate patterns and a small ghost-faced mask around it. The ghost-faced wizard bent down and hugged Jia Qianqian, Jia Qianqian was so frightened that she screamed again, and the ghost-faced wizard put her on the wooden board and told her to sit cross-legged. So all the people began to chant in circles around her again.

It took three turns before stopping, and then the four wizards began to dance the bizarre dance with tambourine again. The patriarch shouted, "Go to the Holy Land!" ”

So the clansmen respectfully visited those sacrifices around Jia Qianqian, and the four young men steadily carried the big wooden planks and began to march towards the mountains in the distance. Women, the elderly, and children did not have to go to the Holy Land, but all the adult men of the tribe had to go. The group marched towards the mountain. Along the way, the clansmen were still following the wizards in response, and the four wizards were still playing tambourine and dancing strange dances.

Jia Qianqian, who was sitting on the wooden board at the highest, did not feel the infinite scenery at all, the cow's head in front of her that was still oozing blood was placed in front of her, and there were three dead sheep around, which made her disgusted, so she had to close her eyes and not look at it, or turn her head to look around at those clansmen.

Nie Wuzheng and Da Niu walked together on the periphery of the team, staring at Jia Qianqian all the time, and when the two of them met their eyes, they would give her an encouraging look, which made Jia Qianqian feel a lot more at ease.

However, sitting cross-legged for a long time was really uncomfortable, Jia Qianqian took advantage of the fact that no one in those clansmen paid attention to her, and secretly changed her posture, anyway, she was wearing that wide robe to cover it, and no one noticed that she was still sitting cross-legged.

It took more than an hour to come to the so-called holy place on the mountain. This is a large mountain in the vast steppe of Khotan. The strange rocks on the mountain, that holy place, is a cave halfway up the mountain, and it is also the burial place of the sorcerers and patriarchs of the Sisri tribe for generations.

When they arrived at the entrance of the cave, everyone knelt outside the cave and began to chant loudly, Qianqian was carried into the cave by four wizards, and the rock wall in the cave was lit with an everlasting lamp. Nie Wuxuan wanted to follow up in the cave, but was immediately blocked by several fierce men. Nie Wuzheng didn't dare to break in, so he had to wait anxiously outside the cave.

After entering the cave, I didn't go far before I arrived in a large space. Inside, there are lanterns lit on all four walls, and there is a stone platform that resembles an altar in the middle, and a shrine-like place in front of it is also strangely decorated, where it seems to be enshrined a glowing thing.

The four wizards placed the sacrifices one by one, and Jia Qianqian was held by the ghost-faced wizard and placed in the middle of those sacrifices, and then, after the ghost-faced wizard recited a few words to the shrine, he turned to Qianqian on the altar and said: "Girl, you can communicate with the gods well, please be sure to convey the respect and gratitude of the Sisli people, and in half an hour, we will come in and take you out." From now on, you will be the most honored guest of the Sisri, and all the Sisli will thank you. ”

After speaking, he walked out with the four wizards, and Jia Qianqian shouted: "Hey, don't you accompany me?" Leave me alone in this place? ”

"If we don't come in, you must not leave here without permission, or the gods will condemn you and the Sisri, and then you will die without a place to bury." The ghost-faced wizard warned in a stern tone.

Jia Qianqian was stunned for a moment, in this cave filled with mysterious aura, the words spit out under that hideous grimace made her feel that she had fallen into the Yellow Spring of Hell. No place to die? If you run out without permission, these people will eat you alive, right?

The ghost-faced wizard and the four wizards withdrew, and Jia Qianqian stared around with frightened eyes, lest a ghost or so-called god suddenly come out.