Chapter 4: Willing to be a sacrifice
In the mansion of the Lu family, a middle-aged man like a night owl sat in the hall, more than a dozen elders sat on both sides, and more than 20 leaders of the younger generation in the hall stood with their heads bowed and waited for the commander.
This person is the forty-sixth patriarch of the Lu family - Lu Jianping. He took a sip of tea, put the teacup down gently, and raised his voice to the disciples in the hall, "Are you all ready?"
"Please rest assured, patriarch!" everyone replied in unison, the first person was the second son of the Lu family, Lu Zilou.
Lu Jianping nodded with satisfaction after seeing it, and then suddenly got up and said, "Okay-the ancestral hall worships the ancestors!"
"Report - no matter how bad the lord is!" At this moment, an abrupt voice sounded, and a servant ran in from outside the hall.
Seeing this, Lu Jianping scolded fiercely: "Today is a big day in the clan, what do you look like in a panic? Do you want to find death?" After speaking, with a wave of his hand, the servant was suddenly absorbed by a strong wind.
"Master forgive sins...... ......The servant was stuck in the neck and struggled to squeeze out a few words.
"Well, let's talk about it, what's the matter? If you bully each other, be careful of your dog's life!" Lu Jianping let go of his hand and said in a deep voice.
The servant felt the strength on his neck loosen, coughed violently twice and hurriedly said in a panic: "Master, two slaves for sacrifice have died!"
"What?" Lu Jianping slapped the table suddenly when he heard this, and the strip made of fine silver fir ironwood turned into a piece of powder in an instant.
The hearts of the young men below suddenly sank after hearing this, they must know that the ninety-nine slaves used for the sacrifice are very important, they are the key to opening the door of the secret realm, and now the lack of numbers means that they will be in a lot of danger when they enter.
"What the hell is going on?" Lu Jianping said angrily.
The servant said tremblingly, "Early in the morning we bathed the slaves in incense and prepared to set off, but when they learned that they were to be sacrificed, they immediately began to riot. While we vigorously suppressed, two slaves secretly bit their tongues and committed suicide. The other slaves followed suit, but we were able to keep them under control by plugging them all in their mouths. β
"Ah, how is this good?" The elders of the hall and the leaders of the Lu family suddenly made a mess.
"Hmph! These cheap slaves are bad for me!" Lu Jianping was furious after hearing this, and a cyclone in his hand came out of his hand, blasting a hole in the top of the hall into a well.
Seeing the patriarch Fa Wei below, he immediately quieted down, but many elders were very dissatisfied, and the chief person sitting below said coldly: "This is a major event in the clan, and I hope that the patriarch must make proper arrangements, so as not to mistake the children of the clan." β
Lu Jianping glared at the other party fiercely, this person was Lu Hao, the eldest elder of the clan, and the two veins had been competing for the position of patriarch. The other party suddenly made a mistake in this matter, which made Lu Jianping even more angry.
Lu Hao ignored it at all, turned his head to look aside, and waited to see how good Lu Jianping was.
Seeing this, Lu Zilou hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Father is angry, the auspicious time is coming soon, let's think about countermeasures!"
Lu Jianping nodded when he heard this, tried his best to restrain his thoughts, and was ready to start thinking about countermeasures, although he was at odds with Lu Hao, he couldn't shake his status in the clan, after all, four of the ten elders supported him, which was a lot of power for the patriarch.
"Get out of here - if you don't leave us again, we'll be killed!"
"What's the matter? Who dares to come here?" Lu Zilou was in a manic mood, and when he heard the noise outside, he was immediately furious.
When the servants in the courtyard heard this, they hurriedly ran to each other and said, "Report -- it's Zhang Orion and his wife who came to see the patriarch. β
Lu Jianping was even more angry when he heard this, and shouted: "What do you want? This little thing can't be done, what kind of hunter, pull out the rod and kill it." β
"Yesβ" The nursing home responded.
Lu Zilou thought for a while when he heard this, and then smiled gloomily: "Wait!"
Just when Lu Jianping looked at him suspiciously, he stepped forward and whispered to him: "Father, aren't they exactly two people..."
When Lu Jianping heard this, his frowning brows slowly soothed, and then he said to the nursing home: "Why are they here?"
"Patriarch! Patriarch!" At this moment, Zhang Laohan and his wife had already broken in, put a pile of animal skins on the ground, and then knelt down and bowed: "Patriarch Xiao Lao'er has a reluctant request, I hope you can fulfill it." β
"Say, what's the matter?" the patriarch didn't even raise his eyelids, took the tea that was handed over by his servant and took a slow sip.
Zhang Laohan said earnestly: "I hope that the clan can bring a child with him when he goes to the secret realm this time." After speaking, he bowed down with his mother-in-law.
"Presumptuous! This is a major event once in ten years in the clan, how can you untouchables come to mix?" Before the patriarch could speak, Lu Hao scolded loudly.
Everyone below also burst out laughing, as if they had heard the most ridiculous thing in the world.
"Patriarch, please be merciful, for the sake of my old man picking the fairy grass for you back then, just give Xiao'er a chance! My Xiaotian is very smart, he will definitely live up to expectations. The mother-in-law knelt two steps forward.
When Lu Zilou heard the name Xiaotian, his brows couldn't help frowning deeply, and a feeling of disgust arose in vain.
"Looking for death!" A young man on the side stepped forward and slapped his mother-in-law twice, and the mother-in-law suddenly felt that the world was spinning to the side, Zhang Laohan hurriedly stepped forward and hugged his mother-in-law and begged together: "Patriarch, please beg, as long as we give Xiao'er this opportunity, we are willing to be cattle and horses for the clan for generations, even if we take the lives of our old couple, we are willing." β
The other clansmen just wanted to blast them out, but Lu Zilou stood up and stopped everyone: "In order for your son to enter the secret realm, are you sure you are willing to do anything?"
"Yes, we are willing to do anything. When the old man and his wife heard that there was hope, they excitedly ignored the injury, knelt down and took two steps forward in response.
Lu Zilou smiled and arched his hand and said: "Father, if you don't agree to the two of you, it will seem that our Lu family is not ungrateful and generous enough, since they are so persistent, I think it will be accepted!"
"Huh?" As soon as these words came out, there was a lot of discussion below, this is an unprecedented event in the clan.
Lu Hao was just about to scold, but Lu Zilou smiled and saluted: "The Great Elder listens to me finish speaking!"
Then he looked at Zhang Laohan's family and said unhurriedly: "Do you know how precious this opportunity to enter the Spiritual Source Secret Realm is?"
Mr. and Mrs. Zhang hurriedly said: "Second son, we know, and I hope you will say a lot of kind words to help my family Xiaotian, I will agree to any requests you have!"
Lu Zilou looked up to the sky happily when he heard this, and laughed: "Okay! I am relieved to have your words! I also don't want you to be a cow and a horse for the clan for generations, if you are really sincere, then how about going to the Lingyuan Secret Realm as a sacrifice? If you agree, I will be the master and give him a chance!"
"What?" The couple were shocked when they heard this, knowing that they had to make sacrifices, but their gods were destroyed, and they didn't even have the opportunity to be reincarnated.
Everyone in the hall was also shocked when they heard this, slaves were used as sacrifices on the mainland, but they had never used the people of the clan as sacrifices, this was a big taboo, and if the matter was spread, it would chill people's hearts.
When the Great Elder Lu Hao heard this, his heart sank, and he said secretly: This son is so vicious, it seems that we should pay more attention to him in the future!
Lu Zilou ignored everyone's shock, for fear that the two would not agree, so he continued to bewitch: "This is also for Xiaotian's consideration, you must know that there are many dangers in the secret realm, every time the secret realm is opened, there are not a few people who are buried in it, and those who have nothing are even more ordinary." But if he has the blessing of your spirit in the sky, he must have a better chance of winning, after all, there is only one chance, if you don't want to, then give up, and as for letting Xiao Tian enter the secret realm, don't mention it again!" Then he said to the servant: "Take them away!"
"Wait!" Zhang Laohan hurriedly shouted, then looked at his mother-in-law, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Old woman, are you afraid?"
The mother-in-law looked at Zhang Laohan and said with a smile: "Since I followed you, I have never been afraid!"
The old man looked at his mother-in-law and shed two lines of turbid tears, and then said sonorously: "We agree!"
"Well! The auspicious time has come, and someone has taken them to bathe and incense before they go. Lu Zilou was afraid that they would regret it, so he hurriedly shouted at his subordinates, but he was secretly ecstatic in his heart: Hmph! A litter of beasts, three times and twice against this son, this time you don't even have a chance to reincarnate.
Seeing that the two of them were taken away, the patriarch twisted the beard on the black mole at the corner of his mouth and said: "Zilou, although it is tricky to lose two slaves, but it is not impossible to be a father, this palm spirit incarnation technique is a secret that is not passed on by all clans, you must know that it is not easy to get the gift of the upper sect, why are you doing this? How can you easily cheapen these untouchables?"
Lu Jianping has this question, it is not without purpose, the secret realm of the spiritual source is a gathering place for spirit beasts, and I don't know which great power used a secret method to trap the spirit beasts in it, in order to make it easier for future generations to obtain incarnations outside the body. And if you want to merge with the spirit beast, you must practice the incarnation technique outside the body, and this kind of secret method is very strictly controlled by all races, and only those who have obtained qualifications can practice it.
"Father, of course I know this, you can rest assured, what is the use of the supreme mastery of the dead?" he laughed.
After hearing this, the patriarch bowed his head again and again: "My son has an excellent mind, and his future is bound to be limitless! β
Lu Zilou hurriedly saluted: "Don't worry, father, I will definitely make my Lu family famous in the mainland like my brother!"
"Okay! I'm waiting for this day!" and then shouted to the hall: "Prepare to worship your ancestors, and set off at an auspicious time!"
"Yesβ" Everyone in the hall replied in solemnity