17. Blood Lotus Sacrifice Array
North Cliff Gui Honey Wine Garden!
It's really as Lu Gongzi speculated!
When Princess Lanyu heard this, her peach blossom eyes glanced at Lu Renjie on the side of the table in shock.
She knew that the old manager's identification must not be wrong, this person is one of the three famous winemakers in Dali today, when the winery was established, it was the elder brother of King Ling who personally went to find him to serve, and all the winemaking recipe processes of the winery were supervised by him alone, and his whole family and grandchildren were in the winery, and he would not dare to lie in front of him.
She immediately frowned, and immediately commanded in a solemn tone,
"Huan'er, quickly order Commander Jiang to lead people to search the North Cliff Gui Honey Wine Garden, block all the entry and exit gates of the North Cliff, and no one is allowed to leave, and wait for this Lu messenger and his colleagues to go to investigate and interrogate clearly! Everyone in the manor needs to cooperate fully! β
"Yes."
The little maid was ordered to leave in a hurry again.
"I want to ask the eldest princess to allow the lowly to convey the accompanying demon slaying guard leader and release signal fireworks to quickly summon the demon slaying officers of the surrounding county governments!"
Lu Renjie also immediately opened his mouth to ask for instructions.
Princess Lanyu is not stupid, she knows that if she wants to prove that Lanling Winery is just being used, she is also kept in the dark and does not know about this case, if she wants to completely clear up the relationship with the Blood Lotus Sect, she needs to first make every effort to gain the trust of the Lu cha official in front of her who has been tracking all the way here, and immediately nodded without thinking,
"Yes."
Lu Renjie received the promise, immediately walked out of the water pavilion, and beckoned to a few people looking at the third floor of a pavilion not far away, and then pointed to the sky with a solemn face that was already twilight and steaming like fog.
This is a signal gesture that the three of them have agreed on in advance.
"Sure enough, it's as Brother Lu deduced! Hurry up and set off the tiger roaring fireworks! β
"Brother Lu is so fast, I don't know what method was used, but in a moment, I confirmed from the eldest princess that the wine lees came from here......"
Next to the railing, the two demon guards got Lu Renjie's signal, and couldn't help but muttered excitedly.
Zhang Deshuai immediately took out a tube of red fireworks, raised it high in the sky, and poured a qi machine into it from his palm, and then the red tube burst open, and a scorching white flame erupted with a bang.
The white flames soared to the top of the sky and exploded with a thud, forming a huge ball of light from a white tiger.
The glittering tiger stood in the clouds, and roared seven times in succession, all of which were as deafening as midsummer thunder, and could be heard clearly within a radius of more than 100 miles.
Seeing that the fireworks were released, the tiger roar disappeared, and the two demon slayers were about to jump off the railing of the building and rush towards Lu Renjie.
But at the moment when they were about to raise their legs, the two of them suddenly noticed that in the direction of the lake on the shore outside the winery in the distance, an extremely terrifying yin and evil aura suddenly appeared, grew, and even quickly spread in the direction where the Lanling winery was located......
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About two quarters of an hour ago, when Lu Renjie and the two demon slaying guards were on their way to the Jade Fragrance Garden by Princess Lanyu's maid.
Lanling Winery is located on the north shore of Qianlong Island.
In the vineyard against a towering and steep blue-brown cliff, two figures shrouded in black robes appeared beside a stream of water in the vineyard, quietly listening for an urgent message from the eyeliner they had planted in the front door of the winery.
This water flow is wide and up to four zhang, leading directly to Qianlong Lake not far away, and connecting with Tianshui River.
On the shore of this current, hundreds of vats sealed with large red cloth are neatly stacked.
Few people know that under each red cloth seal, it is a child who has been taken captive......
The honeycomb is hung on the cliff wall around this honey garden, because it is known that there are a large number of bees in this garden, and few people are willing to enter it except for dozens of slaves who live and work every day, and even avoid approaching this garden.
"Okay, this seat knows, it's done a good job, and there will be a lot of rewards afterwards, so you can go down first."
After listening to the hurried lake-patrolling eyeliner, a black-robed man on the right nodded, and calmly commanded.
"Thank you, Venerable, for the reward! The small ones quit first! β
The man who had rushed to report the news heard the praise, and his face could not help but show a smile of excitement and joy.
Immediately, he bowed down and turned to leave.
But he didn't expect that after only two steps, he suddenly heard a crisp popping sound, as if the wine vat by the water behind him was suddenly shattered by a stone, and it was like a watermelon being pierced by a punch.
Curious, he subconsciously wanted to look back, but suddenly felt that his eyes suddenly went black, and the world suddenly ceased to exist, including himself.
Glancing at the corpse whose brain was pierced by a qi machine, leaving only the body still moving forward and walking briskly, the black-robed man on the left suddenly opened his mouth and asked,
"Why did the Holy Envoy kill this eyepost? We still have seventy children left, and I'm afraid it will take a few days before we can start the battle......"
"It's too late, Poison Lotus and Blue Lotus have left before dawn, but there is no news so far, at this moment, three Demon Slayer Guards suddenly came to the winery to ask for a meeting, it must be that the two have unfortunately been caught, and the Demon Slayer Guards can find out here so quickly, they can only start the battle immediately, and it will change later."
When the black-robed man on the right answered, he slowly withdrew and raised his hand that had swung out a qi machine.
There was a thud, and at this moment, the headless corpse that had walked several steps finally fell to the ground with a bang.
"If you start the formation at this moment, you will definitely not be able to exert the full power of the Blood Lotus Sacrifice Array, and the awakened water demon will be flawed......" The black-robed man on the left said in a worried tone, as if he wanted to dissuade him.
"How can there be anything satisfactory in this world, this plan was hastily designed in a short time after being destroyed by the trouble-stirring Liu Jinglei, and it can make up enough of the current number of sacrifices, we are already full of God's favor, rest assured, there is a puppet body in this seat to personally hold the array, and the water demon awakened by seven hundred sacrifices is enough for us to use, Black Lotus Protector, you immediately rush back to Xuanjing and tell the lord that this seat has opened the blood lotus sacrifice array and is ready to enter the next plan, and he should also make corresponding preparations."
ββ¦β¦ Obey the command, and wish His Holiness all the best......"
Seeing that he couldn't persuade the other party, the black-robed man on the left had to nod his head, say a word of blessing, and then turned around and waved out a water escape sneaking charm, he was wrapped in a soft blue wave, turned into a ball of water, silently blended into the water, and disappeared without a trace.
The black-robed man, known as the Holy Envoy Venerable, turned around and waved his hand at the group of servants waiting at the bottom of the cliff.
A group of people understood and quickly arrived, and began to push the wine vasks into the water.
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In the Jade Fragrance Garden, where the sky had already darkened, when a yin and evil aura suddenly appeared on the surface of the lake in the distance, it was shrouded in darkness for a moment.
From the direction of the lake, a cold and unusually cold wind began to blow.
There was a strong smell of blood in the wind.
"Yikes! What a taste! It's fishyβ"
In the water pavilion, when the violent wind blew, Princess Lanyu couldn't help frowning, covering her nose and exclaiming.
After all, she has grown up in brocade clothes and jade food all her life, how free and uninhibited Rao is, and she has never smelled such a pungent smell into her lungs.
A group of maids immediately gathered around the princess to shield her from the gloomy wind.
"Eldest princess? Are you okay? When Lu Renjie heard this, he hurriedly returned to the water pavilion and asked with concern.
The beautiful woman with a disgraced face raised her head from a pile of maids, straightened her chest, and pretended to be calm.
"It's okay, it's just that I'm not used to smelling this smell at first, what's going on, why is it suddenly smelling like this?"
"I don't know yet, this strange phenomenon seems to have spread from the surface of the lake, eldest princess, your ......"
When Lu Renjie answered, he suddenly stared at Princess Lanyu's chest, and stopped talking.
At this moment, the small jade plaque that was tightly clamped by the twin snow peaks was emitting bursts of clear light, like a breathing lamp.
ββ¦β¦ The dragon breath jade in this palace must be a demon in the Qianlong Lake, and this jade has a sense! Princess Lanyu looked down at the jade light in the proud ravine, and suddenly woke up.
Demon ......
An ominous premonition rose in Lu Renjie's heart, and he immediately hurried,
"Let's go to the lakeside."
Without waiting for the eldest princess to respond, he turned away from the water pavilion and ran in a longitudinal stride, rushing in the direction of the fishy wind blowing on the shore outside the village.
After seeing the vision, the two demon slayer guards had already rushed downstairs with Han Daru, who had stayed in the winery and had never left, and rushed to the shore of the lake to investigate the situation.
"Alas......"
Princess Lanyu lifted the hem of her skirt and followed her out of the water pavilion, stopping under the pavilion corridor, looking at the back of the man who disappeared in the wind and fire, hesitated for a moment in a complicated mood, and finally sighed, turned back to the maid beside her and ordered,
"You wait in the manor, don't run blind."
"Yes."
A group of girls responded resignedly, not knowing what the eldest princess meant.
Princess Lanyu said, then gathered her spirit, and said in a clear voice like talking to herself,
"The breeze lends me strength!"
As her lips open and close, there is a way to say it.
In an instant, this graceful beauty with a slow skirt was like a flying immortal, supported by a breeze, and flew in the direction where Lu Renjie was running.
In the corridor under the pavilion, a group of maids were stunned, and it was the first time she had seen her own hostess, who had been living in the winery all the year round and was too lazy to leave the building, could fly ......
But with such a sudden change in vision, the eldest princess told me to wait in the manor and not run blindly, why did she chase in the direction of that Lu Gongzi? Isn't she afraid of danger?
This group of girls couldn't understand it, except that Huan'er who was present somewhat understood the mind of her hostess.
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Outside the village on the shore.
On a mountain rock standing abruptly, Lu Renjie's figure fell, and the two demon slayers and that Han Daru had already stopped here, looking at the dark and gloomy lake in the distance.
"Two on the top? What's going on? β
Lu Renjie stepped forward and asked.
"Brother Lu, come and see ......"
Zhang Deshuai turned his head with an unusually solemn face, glanced at Lu Renjie, and did not answer directly, but let go of a position on the side, and pointed to a position on the northern lake in the distance.
Lu Renjie squeezed over, only to see that on the surface of the lake, there were dense huge wine vats, and there were hundreds of them!
These vats are not chaotic floating on the water, drifting with the current, but as if guided by some invisible force, they surround the water surface and form a lotus flower.
Moreover, these vats were now emitting an eerie glow of blood, like a lipstick lantern.
Lu Renjie is now strong in his eyes, and when he looks at it at this moment, he can vaguely see that in the center of those red lanterns, there are children with arms and feet, closed eyes and hanging their heads, like babies in the womb.
They and their peace are all because of the blood-colored talisman attached to their foreheads, which has sealed the primordial gods......
And the trick that these blood-colored wine vats are being pulled at this moment is from the black-robed man in the center of the lotus flower, holding a talisman flag.
The black-robed man held the talisman banner high in his hand, and countless blood-colored filaments of light overflowed from the talisman flag, connecting the wine vats on the water surface, like a shepherd's whip, driving these wine vats to move on the surface of the lake, towards the direction of the Tianshui River outside Qianlong Lake.
As the vat rolls on the water, the lake is boiling and shaking violently, setting off a fishy wind.
"Blood sacrifice! These vats are full of children who have recently disappeared, and they want to sacrifice the blood of these children into the Tianshui River! β
Seeing this, Lu Renjie came to his senses, and suddenly said in a lost voice.
Zhu Sihou said suspiciously,
"What are you doing with the blood sacrifice into the Tianshui River? There is no river god in this river. β
Zhang Deshuai answered,
"There is no river god, but there is a river demon, Lao Zhu, don't forget, five years ago, I gathered the strength of many masters in the Demon Slaying Division, sacrificed many errand soldiers, and killed a three-headed snake Jiao, but the demon heart of the water demon has not been found."
"I see! The demon's heart is not extinguished, if this Blood Lotus Cult uses the blood of hundreds of children's True Yuan to sacrifice in some kind of large array, it will definitely be able to resurrect the demon......"
When Lu Renjie heard this, his heart was suddenly shocked.
His father in this life, Lu Tianming, died in the battle to kill the water demon five years ago.
But I didn't expect that the demon heart of the water demon had not been destroyed so far, and there was even a cult that had spent so much effort and wanted to resurrect it with hundreds of children.
When these scum are uprooted, the corpses are burned and ashes are pumped!
Lu Renjie's heart suddenly struck with anger.
"It's a pity...... It's already late, the bloodshot pulled on top of those wine vat has obviously formed a barrier formation, our strength is weak, and we can't defeat the person holding the formation, so we can only wait for the hall master to rush to help......" Zhang Deshuai suddenly changed his mouth and sighed in frustration.
"That's right! The hall master is a martial artist at the peak of the six grades, and she has cultivated a drunken tiger roaring magic skill, if she arrives in time, there will be hope! Zhu Sihou looked expectant and continued.
However, Han Daru, who was short and fat on one side, had a different opinion and said categorically,
"If you are late, you will change, and the power of the mayfly can also shake the tree! We need to leave this evil cultist in this lake before your hall master arrives, otherwise when he can easily guide the sacrificial formation into the Tianshui River, the closer he is to the demon heart, the easier it will be to resurrect the water demon. β
As he spoke, the great Confucian stretched out his hands, took advantage of the inattention of the two demon slayers, put them on their shoulders, and said solemnly,
"The two demon slaying guards should be as brave as the gods of war, kill the evil cultists, and save the common people!"
Anyway.
A mighty aura poured into the bodies of the two demon slayers, and the bones of the two of them shook violently, and they instantly became iron-clad and their eyes were brave.
"Fuck! Lao Tzu Zhu Sihou went to the Xuanjing General Office at the age of twenty to do a demon slaying guard, and he has been safe and sound for three years so far, he must be talented, why not be afraid of a blood lotus evil man! β
"Even if Zhang dies in battle today, he will kill demons!"
As if they had fallen into an evil spirit, the two demon slayer guards said a word proudly, turned around and went to the winery guards who had come to watch not far away to ask for their blades, and drove the boat to the northern water.
What kind of hex is this?
Lu Renjie was stunned for a while, and when he turned his head, he saw that the hands had already grabbed his shoulders.
"Eh, eh! No need for masters! β
Lu Renjie took a step back and raised his hand to refuse.
"Lu Shicai doesn't need to worry, this is my Confucian cultivation, the seven grades of speech, these two demon slaying guards already have the heart to kill evil cults and save children, I just gave them corresponding or excessive courage." Han Daru explained with a smile, saying that he had no malicious intent.
I see, the Confucian Seven Qualities of Spiritual Realm are words and laws......
"The master doesn't need to spend cultivation on me, I have courage, I have courage."
Lu Renjie hurriedly waved his hand back.
"That's good, everyone who protects the people, Han Mou will take the lead!"
"The breeze borrows my strength!"
Han Daru nodded, and after that, he suddenly shouted, and in an instant, his entire short and fat figure was lifted up by a breeze, and he rushed towards the lake floating in the red wine tank in the distance without hesitation.
What a trick!
In the future, I will have the opportunity to learn more of this kind of flying and earth-like technique......
Lu Renjie was envious, he turned his head, and was about to go to the shore to find a guard to ask for a blade and a boat, but he saw that in the drowsy twilight, Princess Lanyu was already standing behind him at some point.
"You're going down to the lake to fight that evil man?"
Without waiting for Lu Renjie to speak, Princess Lanyu took the lead in asking.
Lu Renjie nodded,
"Where is the duty of the lowly duty, it is dangerous here, please also ask the eldest princess to go back to the village to let the government soldiers guard, wait for the news, the hall master of my demon slaying division will definitely come soon, I believe that Lanling Winery will be fine."
"When Bengong watched you just run, there was no martial arts blood in your body, and cultivation was inevitable......
Speaking of this, Princess Lanyu paused, and empathetically did not reveal the shortcomings of Lu Renjie's cultivation, and said,
"You take this piece of dragon breath jade and carry it well, if you are unfortunate enough to fall into the water, take this jade into your mouth in time, it can provide you with a steady stream of breath, so that you will not choke on water and fall into a coma."
As she spoke, under the witness of Lu Renjie, the beautiful woman pulled out the jade plaque that was shining slightly like breath from the tight gully with great force.
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