The jackdaws were startled, the bleak moonlight was spreading, the rained bluestone pavement was cold and damp, and only a few townsmen who had returned late with oil-paper umbrellas walked coldly on the road, and the townman rang the gong for the third time.

A young man who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old stood at the corner of the street, he was handsome, his face was childish, he was wearing a light blue shirt with cuffs, and a dragon jade pendant hanging from his belt.

Chang Yan, the son of Changhuang, the lord of the Holy City, has two sisters and one brother above him. As the youngest son, he was chosen by his mother as the next heir, and at the same time, as the Sect Master of the Holy Sect, this youngest son is also a candidate for the next Sect Master.

At this time, he was at a loss in his mind in the face of everything unfamiliar in front of him, and a gust of wind blew, and he shivered, and the cold was strange.

Suddenly, a scarlet umbrella covered the top of his head, he looked back, but he suddenly became stunned, the woman in red in front of him was fluttering, ice muscles and jade bones, there was a pair of hooking eyes under the crescent-like eyebrows, and the cold temperament revealed by the whole body was like a bright moon hanging in the sky, and this coldness inexplicably made him a little afraid.

"Isn't the little boy a local?" the woman asked, the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

Chang Yan nodded stupidly, his eyes still staring at her face, not feeling embarrassed at all.

The woman did not rebuke him for her faux pas, but turned sideways to face him, but looked up at the moon, and said, "Do you know? ”

Chang Yan noticed that her tone was full of murderous intent, so she looked at her again, but her steps retreated slightly, and she trembled: "What do you mean by this... Who are you?"

The woman did not answer, but approached step by step, and the umbrella in her hand also fell. Changyan kept retreating, and finally his eyes gathered behind her, and in an instant, he was like a thorn in his back, and exclaimed: "You?!You have no shadow!"

The woman smiled charmingly and said, "Isn't it behind you?"

Before Chang Yan could react, he saw a shadow knife come out of his chest, and the blood rolled down and stained his clothes red. He saw the shadow slowly crawl behind the woman, and there was a shadow on her body.

At this time, the woman's right hand was stretched, revealing a "bone sword", this bone sword was not a real bone, but a cast shape like a backbone, but the sword had the light of "Heavenly Iron", and her hand suddenly waved and slashed towards Changyan's neck.

"Ahh

The young man's eyes opened suddenly, and the next moment he gasped for breath, and saw that the trees in front of him were cloudy, and only a little light came through. He finally breathed a sigh of relief, but the feeling of wetness in the lower half of his body made him feel uncomfortable, he got up but found that his hands and feet could not move, and when he looked again, it turned out that he was bound, and the charcoal fire with teeth and claws around him and a large figure attracted his attention.

He was about to speak, but the man spoke first, but his tone seemed to be talking to himself: "It turned out to be a little doll who peed his pants." ”

"Who are you?!" Chang Yan asked, still full of anger even if his hands and feet were bound.

The big man ignored him, but the object he was baking in his hand frightened Changyan, it was an arm, not a wolf or a tiger, but a human arm.

"You, you're a cannibal?" Chang Yan asked in surprise.

The big man finally replied to him: "You should be glad that you can fall into the trap I set, and you will reach the 'No Return Realm' after a few more steps, instead of being a sacrifice, it is better to give me a full meal."

"'Don't return to the realm'..."Chang Yan muttered, his mind flashing with the history of Dongming Shenzhou that Mr. Jiaoshu had told him.

There are five boundaries in the Dongming Divine Continent, Chaocheng, Lingcheng, Holy City, Tu Ling Secret Realm and Non-Return Realm. There are also two islands, the Realm of Binding Demons and the realm of freedom.

There are two sects, the "Illusion Sect" and the "Shadow Sect", located in the realm of Buhui. The Phantom Sect is a demon, and the shadow is a human. However, this "human" is different from the real "human race", they are good at using shadows to fight, and they have spiritual power themselves, and they can also achieve longevity through cultivation. In order to distinguish themselves from the mortal "Terrans", they call themselves "Shadow Clan".

Although the Illusion Sect and the Shadow Sect are different sects, they have the same tradition, sacrifice.

The phantom sacrifice river, the shadow sacrifice moon. The Phantom Sect was built by the water, believing in the river god, and every year one person will be selected to throw himself into the river to worship the god, and these people are all civilians passing by and not returning to the realm or villagers who are lucky enough to be in the mountains.

The Shadow Sect believes in the god of the moon, and every full moon night will choose one person to sacrifice to the moon with blood. The festival is divided into one small sacrifice per month and one large festival per year. The day of the festival is the 15th day of May every year, and it is called the "Moon Festival". The purpose of the small sacrifice is to offer blood to the moon god, and the "moon sacrifice festival" is that night when the moon god blesses all sentient beings, blesses the disciples with moonlight, and enhances mana.

Chang Yan suddenly remembered the dream just now, that woman was extremely good-looking, but her shadow ended up killing someone. He was terrified at the thought of the shadow knife that pierced his chest, he didn't want to be a sacrifice, and he didn't want to be eaten, so he turned his mind and discussed with the big guy: "I said this big brother, if you let me go, I can give you silver." ”

"Is that what you're talking about?" said the big man, tossing a bag of money in his hand.

Chang Yan's eyes widened and he was about to get angry, but after thinking about it, he had become like this, and he must have been searched a long time ago, so he persuaded again: "This... What's so delicious about human flesh? There are wild beasts swimming fish everywhere, isn't that much better than mine?"

"Have you ever eaten anyone?" asked the big man suddenly.

Chang Yan hurriedly shook his head, how could he have eaten such a thing.

"You haven't eaten it, how do you know people don't taste good?" asked the big man.

"Because... People are selfish, honey-swords, and ghostly... How can meat be delicious for such a person?" Changyan began to babble nonsense in order to survive.

The big guy then asked, "Are you a good guy or a bad guy?"

Chang Yan looked at him with some suspicion, not understanding what his intentions were, and only replied honestly: "Of course I am a good person!"

"Only bad people are selfish and have evil intentions, and since you are a good person, the meat will not be unpalatable. The big man said, his eyes glowing with evil, and he looked at him as he tore at the stump of the roasted limb in his hand.

Seeing his actions, the corners of his mouth twitched ugly, and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva, cold sweat broke out, and he hurriedly said: "You can send me back to the 'Holy City', I am the young master there! I can give you ten thousand taels of gold! There's a lot of meat, you can pick it!"

The big man stiffened when he heard these two words, and finally turned his head to look at him, and said, "Young Master of the Holy City... Are you Chang's? So, Changhuang is your mother?"

Chang Yan was stunned for a moment, although he was dissatisfied with his name for calling his mother, he still nodded and said: "She is the city lord of the Holy City, the sect master of the Holy Sect, she will never break her word!"

The big man smiled wickedly and said, "It's her words, not you." But now not only do I have to eat you, but I also have to give your head to Changhuang!"

Chang Yan was a little frightened when he heard his last fierce tone, but he seemed to have a grudge against his own family between the lines, so he asked, "You... Who are you?"

"Hahaha!" The big man looked up to the sky and laughed, and then said with a straight face: "Didn't those old guys in the Holy City who hung book bags teach you why the cannibals came from?!"

Chang Yan thought about it carefully, and seemed to remember that Mr. Teaching had mentioned it, but he was playful and sleepy, so he missed this verse.

The big man looked at him and explained his doubts, only to see him take off his shirt, revealing his back covered with imprints, and the words "chase" were written under the imprints.

Chang Yan suddenly came to his senses, with a look of disdain on his face, and said fiercely: "It is you who know the law and break the law and violate the criminal laws of the Holy City, why?

With a "snap", Chang Yan had a wide palm print on his face, and the fierce appearance of the big man seemed to swallow him. Chang Yan looked at him with gritted teeth, and did not look afraid, but threatened first: "If you eat me, my mother will not let your people go!"

As a holy city of slavery, it retains the human rights of slaves except for personal freedom, and they are not allowed to be bullied, tortured and killed. However, some people saw the stitches and bought the old, weak, sick and disabled slaves at a low price, and let them suffer all the humiliation for the amusement of the rich and noble families of the holy city, and were later discovered by the guards of the holy city and reported to them, and the city lord Changhuang finally expelled these people from the city and branded them one by one, so that they could not wash away this humiliation.

Changyan doesn't remember the history of cannibalism, but he really knows where this brand came from.

The big man was angry, turned around and took the giant axe standing next to the tree trunk and came towards him, and said fiercely: "If it weren't for Changhuang expelling us, how could we have fallen to this point, in the dilemma of not returning to the realm and the Tu Ling secret realm, we can't eat beasts and reptiles, and we can't be demons! Even if I don't eat you today, I will chop you into meat puree!"

As the words fell, the giant axe swung at his crotch, as if trying to break the "lifeline" of the Chang family.