Songzhou, a state city that is a little far away from Jiankang City, and is not very inconspicuous.

The long distance between it and the capital of Jiankang is destined to not be very prosperous in this state city, and because it is far from the border, there is no war here - but the commander of the Song Prefecture is not a pure mess, he also has his own things to do.

That is, to deal with the problem of the denomination under the rule.

After all, there are always some things in this world that cannot be done by man, so people will resort to these things to all kinds of ghosts and gods, hoping that there are any existences in the underworld that can solve this problem for them - this kind of thing is regardless of the size of the official rank, after all, even Xu Yan, the commander of the Song Prefecture, has problems that he can't solve.

It's like a folk sect that has been banned repeatedly, this is a problem that Xu Yan has not been able to solve no matter what, he has ordered again and again to prohibit those folk sects from worshiping ghosts and gods, but all kinds of secret sacrifices are still open under his nose again and again.

And in the face of this situation, the method chosen by Xu Yan, who was really out of options, was......

Pray to God and Buddha.

Yes, if you can't beat it, join it, this is the method Xu Yan came up with, so relying on the identity of the commander of the army, Xu Yan quickly became the most powerful sect leader in Songzhou - and this is also Xu Yan's purpose, after all, he also has some news channels in the Jiankang Imperial City, and now with the death of the emperor and the new emperor's accession to the throne, this Dachen court is no longer good.

And he, the commander of the army, naturally has to plan early.

Emperor Tiangao is far away, he is talking about the Song Prefecture where he is located, and the control of the imperial court is weakening at the moment, this is simply an opportunity given to him by God - as the old saying goes, God does not take it, but suffers from it, now that he has the opportunity to strengthen himself, how can he just give up?

"As long as the strength is strong enough, even if it is the so-called emperor, it will be like that."

Whenever he thought of those letters from the Jiankang Imperial City, Xu Yan couldn't help but tremble all over, and his heart was surging.

"So, O all-powerful ghost, give me power."

While chanting like this, Xu Yan bowed down to the altar in front of him.

This kind of worship should have an effect, at least there are some fanatical sect members in Songzhou, who have gained inhuman power through worship - but it's a pity that Xu Yan himself couldn't worship any effect, let alone any evil qi released, he didn't even do it into his body.

"Am I not religious enough?"

Thinking like this, Xu Yan waved his hand and motioned for his subordinates to bring a few death row prisoners up.

These people who were supposed to be beheaded after the autumn, since they were all going to be killed, it didn't make much difference if they died early or late, and similarly, since they were all going to be killed, it didn't matter if they were beheaded or not - just like now, he stabbed the death row prisoner, and then took out the heart, and the death row prisoner couldn't die anymore, and there was not much difference from beheading.

Then, Xu Yan carefully put the still trembling heart into the stone bowl and respectfully placed it on the altar.

"Omnipotent ghosts, please give me strength, please give me strength......"

"What are you doing?"

"What......"

Hearing that there was a sound on the altar in front of him, Xu Yan couldn't help but subconsciously raise his head.

It's a ghost god, and the ghost god was really summoned by him!

It's just that this ghost god looks a little too human-like, if it weren't for the fact that the other party is flying in mid-air right now, and there is a broken knife with a bronze rust in his chest, he would even think that this is someone who deliberately ran to trick him - but immediately, he confirmed that this is really a ghost in front of him.

After all, he had already felt the inhuman, huge coercion.

"Listen to my request! Oni-sama! ”

Xu Yan hurriedly leaned over and kowtowed.

"Please give me strength! Make me invincible! ”

"Hmm...... A ritual to ask for power? ”

The figure with the broken knife nailed to his chest frowned.

"Then you're doing the wrong thing."

“…… Yes? ”

Xu Yan was dumbfounded for a while.

What is ...... called? The process went wrong?

Is there a process for this kind of thing?

"Then there must be a process, so you don't know?"

The figure with the broken knife nailed to his chest turned delicate.

"I'll just say why a man should use this kind of sacrifice, it's a woman's prayer for many children and grandchildren, and a man will only use it...... Forget it, you get out of the way, I'll come. ”

With that, the figure descended from mid-air and took the dagger in Xu Yan's hand casually.

then stabbed Xu Yan in the chest and abdomen.

The stone bowl on the table was thrown aside and replaced with a new one, and Xu Yan's heart blood also fell into the bowl under the precise stab of the dagger. Immediately after, Xu Yan's bone marrow was taken out and mixed with the blood in the bowl, and then the figure smeared the paste on his face and body, drawing sharp lines.

"Under the witness of all the ghosts and gods, we are one."

With that, the figure drank down what was left of the stone bowl.

Immediately after, there was an inexplicable force surging on those sharp lines.

But the figure shook its head.

"Not enough."

Picking up the dagger, the figure turned its gaze to the guards on the side.

In just a few moments, all the guards were impaled by him on the spot.

After repeating the same sacrifice six times in a row, the figure with the sword nailed to his chest had a better complexion, and the inexplicable power flowed on the intricate patterns on his body, which made him move more and more freely.

"It's a pity, it would be nice if I came one more time."

Thinking like this, the figure couldn't help but glare at Xu Yan's corpse fiercely, if it weren't for the other party wasting a meat man, he should have been able to perform eight sacrifices - it was too late to make up for one now, the key to this ritual process was to use the person he saw for the first time after praying, and it would be impossible to do this effect if he saw it for the second or third time.

"But the sacrifice of the year has been handed down all the time......

With this thought in mind, the figure flew into the air again, higher and higher, higher and higher.

Although when it came, it had already sighed that those vicissitudes of life, those things were people, but it was rare to come over, and it still had to take another look.

Take another look at this former homeland.

"I think this is it."

Although the towns and villages at its feet made it feel a little unfamiliar, the mountains and rivers still gave it a sense of déjà vu.

And this means that it has been able to look for the remnants of the past through these familiar terrains.

"If you have spiritual flesh, there is no shortage of it, there are a lot of meat people here."

The figure flying in mid-air narrowed its eyes.

"In other words, there is only wine left."

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