Chapter 12: Opening the Altar
Xiao Zheng went to the prison to see Wuxin seven days later, when Mo Chongshan had already been released. He brought three pieces of news to Wuxin. The first is about 'Dragon's Blood', Xiao Zheng used the time of the past few days to mobilize all his playmates around him, walked through the streets and alleys, and finally heard the information about this medicine in three small pharmacies of retail investors. It turned out that this medicine was not called 'Dragon's Heart's Blood', but 'Crocodile Tears', because its leaves were like black scales clinging to the trunk, and it looked vicious, and it grew in the swamp filled with methane, so almost no one paid attention. The three alchemists had only seen each other when they were young.
"Do you know where?" asked Wuxin.
"Black Reef Marsh. ”
"How far?"
"Three days on horseback. ”
The second news is that Sun Wangqian, who was stabbed, has turned around under Lie Yuan's treatment, and the Sun family has not started a war with the Ye family. The third news is naturally the 'opening of the altar' that has been spread widely.
"Open the altar of God, do you want to sacrifice to heaven with my heart and atone for your sins?"
"Yes, the altar of Tianqu City is open once in a hundred years, and I ask the King of Medicine to bless the wind and rain in the century, and this rule has never been broken since ancient times. ”
"Then why ......"
"I only heard that this is the bitter bamboo Taoist of the 'Tianxing Sect', after watching the medicine gardens of the four major families, said that your behavior angered the medicine king and sent down divine punishment, and only when your heart and blood are drained can you atone for your sins. ”
"The eighth day of the first month, it's only a few days!"
"Only five days, to be exact. Boss, you leave Tianqu City. ”
"Xiao Zheng, you should remember what I said. ”
"But if you go on like this, you'll die. ”
"Don't worry, no one can take my life except myself!" Wuxin smiled faintly: "Hey, now that I think about it, I know the reason why my father asked me to cultivate immortals, and it is estimated that he already knew about opening the altar." ”
"Why do you always look careless? It's a matter of life and death, and you're not in a hurry at all?"
"Don't worry, now that you know the whereabouts of the dragon's blood, the matter of the Medicine Garden should be solved!"
"Speaking of dragon blood, I heard from Mazi that it seems to be in Aunt Luo Xue. ”
"What, her aunt? The gloomy woman, is the news reliable?"
"Mazi said that I heard it occasionally two days ago, but I'm not sure!"
"Who's talking?"
"It seems to be a slave of the Luo Xue family. ”
Wuxin knew that Luo Xue was not an ordinary person, and her aunt's strength was not weak, if she used the Immortal Dao Method to sprinkle the negative dragon heart blood into the medicine garden, then ......
"Just because I'm too close to Cher?" I didn't want to think about it, this kind of thing is too coincidental and ridiculous.
Immediately, he asked Xiao Zheng to inform Han Xing and Qiu Yang of the news of Long Xin's blood, and asked the two of them to take a trip to the Black Reef Swamp. It doesn't take a day to go back and forth at their pace.
Two days later, Wuxin was sent back to the Ye family, and he needed to burn incense and bathe in the Ye family ancestral hall for three days, but Hanxing and Qiuyang still did not come back.
Ye Changqing sat in the courtyard, looking at the brilliant starlight in the sky, stunned. It wasn't until Lie Yuan's figure appeared in the courtyard that he came back to his senses.
"Everything is done?"
"I guarantee that the young master will not appear on the altar tomorrow!"
"No, he'll show up. ”
"But that medicine was enough for the young master to sleep for a day and a night, and by that time, the sacrifice had already ended. ”
"You don't have to worry about this, take care of Leng Yue in the past two days. Ye Changqing smiled on his face and said, "I'm a little tired, push me into the room." ”
Lie Yuan Zhaoyi, entering the room, but the scent of sandalwood wafting out of the incense burner, he couldn't help frowning, because this was exactly the same smell as the Ye family ancestral hall, looked around, and found that there were two bottles of small medicine on the wooden table next to the bed, which Ye Changqing ordered him to prepare some time ago.
"Master, ...... you"
"Remember, don't let the word go. Ye Changqing said calmly.
Lie Yuan probably guessed Ye Changqing's intentions.
The next day, the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, when the first rays of sunlight woke up the sleeping Tianqu City, the atmosphere on the street was very different from the past, and there was a sense of solemnity in the excitement. The patrolling city guards took three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and after eating breakfast, they put on new clothes and walked to the medicine king field. Everyone in the city knew that the altar was under the Medicine King Field, and the key to opening the altar was in the hands of the four major families and the City Lord's Mansion.
By noon, the area around Yaowangchang was already full of people, Shangguan Shangguan stood on the edge of the stone pillar in the center of the square, Ye Changchun in the east, Sun Yao in the west, Xiao Muhe in the north, and Zhao Qian in the south. Looking at the sky, the five took out a palm-sized copper key from their arms, and the key was in the shape of a cross. Several people pointed it at the keyhole in the black stone pillar next to them, and when they inserted it, the stone pillar lit up with golden light.
The rumbling sound echoed, cracks appeared in the originally flat masonry ground, the two sides were separated, and the middle altar slowly rose, just reaching the chest of the bronze statue of the Medicine King, and the stairs rose under the altar, with a full nine hundred and ninety-nine steps.
After a short time, several old men appeared under the altar, they were the joint elders of the five major families, and after that, they walked into the priests and priests, and the people on the periphery saw this and took the initiative to retreat to the edge of the square.
At noon, Wuxin walked through the crowd led by a few priests. He was dressed in a white silk gauze robe and white crane cloud shoes, his long black hair was shiny, his bright eyes and the light smile on the corner of his mouth really didn't look like a naughty teenager, with a faint sense of elegance out of the dust. Behind him were Ye Yaozu and the rest of the Ye family. When they arrived at the edge of the square, the priest asked Ye Yaozu and the others to stop and led Wuxin up the stairs.
Lie Yuan came to the Ye family ancestral hall, but there was no longer a heartless figure, and Leng Yue was lying on the table, as if she was asleep.
"Cold Moon, Cold Moon!" Lie Yuan shouted as he shook Cold Moon's body.
Leng Yue opened her eyes in a daze, found that it was Lie Yuan, and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Where's the young master?"
"Young master bathing in it?"
"What time is it?"
"Wow!"
"It's noon, and you've been in the water since last night?"
"What!" Leng Yue stood up from the stool in shock, she was shocked at how she could sleep for so long in this realm, and looked at Lie Yuan suspiciously.
"Okay, did you drink the tea I brought to the young master last night?" Lie Yuan said.
Leng Yue thought about it and nodded.
"Do you know that it's 'dizzy' in there!"
"Why are you doing that?"
"It was ordered by the master. Wait, where is the young master now?"
"At noon, it should be sacrificed. ”
On the medicine king field, Wuxin was already lying on the altar, and the priests and priests were reciting the 'Sutra of Atonement' around the altar.
Xiao Zheng and Mo Chongshan and more than 200 other teenagers were tied to the edge of the Medicine King Field, and nearly a hundred city guards wearing iron armor were guarded. They originally wanted to create chaos with firecrackers and other loud things, but they were unlucky, and they were discovered when they were about to arrive at the Medicine King Field, and they didn't even make a single movement, so they ended up like this.
"What a failure, what should I do now? The boss is already lying on the altar. Asako asked.
"It's strange to say, our plan is also very thorough, and when the drum is beating, we will take the opportunity to create chaos, why was they found out before we entered the Medicine King Field, and it was still a pot. Xiao Zheng's face was full of anger.
"That's it, and it's going to be separate!"
"No, they didn't even ask and started arresting directly, as if they already had our list before!" Xiao Zheng said, his eyes swept around, but he saw that everyone looked dazed.
"You mean... Mole?" Mazi hesitated.
Xiao Zheng didn't answer, as early as three days ago, when he was unintentionally released, he recruited more than two hundred people, they discussed how to save their boss, and someone proposed to take ecstasy directly, and finally found that this was not a good way, because they couldn't enter the square at all. The best thing to do is to create chaos, the shock of the crowd panic, maybe there is a chance to start. So, a crude plan was formed, and he began to collect bamboo cannons in the city.
In the past two days, Xiao Zheng has been very excited about his plan, because in this way, his name can also become louder, and if the boss dares to pee on the shoulder of the medicine king, he will dare to set off firecrackers on the altar that is open once in a hundred years to create chaos.
"Hey, it's a pity!" Looking at the city guard in iron armor, holding a spear in his hand, and with a solemn face, Xiao Zheng sighed for his plan to be strangled in the cradle.
Luo Xue couldn't believe her eyes, because her aunt was injured, what strength Luo Rou was, she knew better than anyone else, but just last night, her aunt had one of her arms cut off, and the Qiankun ring in her hand was also lost, and she couldn't believe her ears, because from her aunt's mouth, she knew the murderers - Hanxing and Qiuyang. These two people are unintentional followers, what does this mean, it means that they have no intention of attacking her aunt. This is something she cannot understand.
"What is it for?" she muttered to herself, unable to figure out why. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something, and asked, "Is it for... Dragon's Heart?"
She learned from Xiao Zheng's mouth that Wuxin had been looking for this medicinal herb, but she didn't say that her aunt had dragon heart blood in her hands, because it was the medicinal herb needed to save her father. She couldn't figure it out, and her mind was so confused that she completely forgot that today was the day when she was unintentionally sent to the altar.
The smile on Nangong Chiyue's face disappeared, and looking at Luo Xue's irritated expression, he didn't know how to comfort him.
"Sister Xue'er, what day is it, have you forgotten?"
"What day?" Luo Xue said absentmindedly.
"Today is the day when Ye Wuxin was sent to the altar. ”
"Ahh
"Don't you want to see?"
"What's there to see?"
"You should at least go and find out, what if you misunderstand him? Besides, is that not necessarily what he commanded? Do you want your pure 'friendship' to end?"
Luo Xue pondered for a long time, gritted her teeth, and said, "Yes, I can't figure it out here, so it's better to ask clearly." ”
"Let's go, brother will go with you!"
"Brother Chiyue," Luo Xue's face flashed with hesitation, and asked, "If it's really him, what should I do?"
Nangong Chiyue said gently: "You can do whatever you want, I will accompany you." ”
"Thank you!"
On the Medicine King Field, the earth-shattering drums had just ended, and the sacrifice had walked up to the altar, and the dagger in his hand had been raised.
"Be merciful!" the rolling voice echoed in the sky, and three streamers of light streaked across the sky.
When the figure was revealed, everyone below was shocked.