Volume 42 The Festival
"Brother Zhao, what should we do next?" Zhao Sihai is the main person in charge of this matter, and Mingxuan and Ou Zhiyang can't take the lead.
"There are a lot of things, let's act separately, our three brothers are responsible for preparing food, so let's trouble the two of you to prepare the things used in the ceremony!" Zhao Sihai thought for a while and said.
"The festival is very important, neither of us has procured it, and we are not familiar with this town, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find all the things, so let's leave it to the three elder brothers, the two of us will prepare the food, although there are many things, but you can buy them anywhere, it is not difficult!" Ming Xuan proposed with a smile.
"That's okay, then it's bothering the two, the silver used is counted by two or two, and the altar will be returned at that time!" Zhao Sihai smiled weirdly, the reason was self-evident, but there was still a little awkwardness in his heart.
"We know ourselves, thank you Brother Zhao for mentioning it! But how many people are there this time? Ou Zhiyang said with a smile, looking like a fellow practitioner.
"Seventy-eight people came to our Yunhe Altar, forty-four people came to your altar, and forty-two people came to the Liufeng Altar, a total of one hundred and sixty-four people, and we will procure about two days of food, so you can look at it!"
"That's okay! After we're done, we'll meet here!" Ou Zhiyang smiled slightly, it seems that such a cliché is still very effective.
"Okay! Without further ado, let's do it now!" Zhao Sihai did not delay, and the three of them walked towards the village and town, while Mingxuan and Ou Zhiyang chose another way forward.
"Why did Zhao Sihai have a strange expression just now, what is the purpose?" Ming Xuan obviously didn't understand the deep meaning of his words.
"That's not some dirty things, although they work hard to procure ingredients, but there is still a lot of oil and water, and the silver used is allocated by the dividing altar, you only need to report the number, how much is used, as long as it is not too excessive, no one will care about you! In this way, they can make a small profit, so when they see us, they are so repulsive and vigilant, but they do not think that we are enemies, but that we are here to get a piece of the pie, if you don't lie to them, I will do the same, otherwise they will not believe us, but just now when you said that you want to buy food, he is a little unhappy! After all, he eats more food, and has more oil and water! But he doesn't dare to say anything. "Ou Zhiyang was born in a wealthy family and has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, so he has seen a lot of such things.
"The dirty things in the world are really unguardable!" Ming Xuan couldn't help but smile bitterly, he was still not deeply involved in the world after all.
"That's why I chose to cultivate martial arts, although my temperament is more suitable for the game Hongchen, but I also can't get used to the mask in this world, but I don't have the freedom and pleasure of cultivating martial arts. Ou Zhiyang shrugged and said.
"I still have to discuss the matter with you!" Seeing that the three of them were no longer visible, Ming Xuan hurriedly pulled Ou Zhiyang into a corner.
"Leader, please tell me something. Ou Zhiyang quipped.
"Let's get down to business, don't make a fuss! I have a proposal for purchasing food, but it is somewhat contrary to the narrow sense, so I don't know if you agree with it. The corners of Mingxuan's mouth lifted slightly.
"But even if you secretly make it bad, it doesn't violate the way of chivalry at all!" Ou Zhiyang had already understood what Ming Xuan meant.
"Hehe, it seems that the two of us coincide!" Looking at Ou Zhiyang's expression, Ming Xuan also knew that he had already understood.
"It's better to be a good guy than a good guy, and it's naturally worse than a bad guy to a bad guy!" Ou Zhiyang smiled lightly.
Things are also as Ming Xuan expected, although it is the Chinese New Year, but as long as they can afford the price, the villagers are still willing to sell, and each household has a lot of inventory, and it is not a problem to buy food, but because there are too many foods to procure, there are many categories, it took them two or three hours to complete, and when they arrived at the assembly point, it was almost unitary, the sky was getting dark, Zhao Sihai and the three of them had been waiting for a long time, their number of things was not much, but they asked for more, but the three of them were very familiar with this village and town, and it was more convenient to procure。
"Oh, it's only over now, I'm tired of the three brothers waiting again!" Before he stepped forward, Ou Zhiyang said apologetically.
"Where, it should be me to thank the two virtuous brothers!" Zhao Sihai said enthusiastically, watching the two of them slowly pull a cart of food, and also know that it is not easy for them.
"Brother Zhao is polite, this is what we should do!" Ou Zhiyang said politely.
"I won't say much if you're polite! It's getting late, let's hurry back!" Zhao Sihai hurried back to hand in the task.
"Brother Zhao, I still have a small matter to trouble the three ......," Ou Zhiyang deliberately stopped talking.
"What's the matter, Brother Yang just say!" Zhao Sihai said arrogantly.
"Liao Qiu and I have been busy with our altar master for a long time, and today I finally got an errand to go out for a walk, and this thing is done, so I think I can come out and play and have some fun...... Ou Zhiyang smiled, looking like you know.
"Hahaha, it's inevitable to go out outside! But the two brothers, tomorrow is the festival meeting, and you can't be sloppy! When the time comes, the lord of your altar will be angry when he sees that you two have not returned!"
"We're just going to walk by the way, it won't take much time! We will definitely come back before the festival! This purchase doesn't cost any silver taels, even if we are filial to the three brothers, I hope that the three brothers will not make a noise after they go back, our altar master has a lot of things, and he will not ask, if he really asks, just say that we have some personal matters to do, and I will come back soon, and I will not affect the three brothers." "The countermeasure, Mingxuan and Ou Zhiyang have already thought about it.
"This ...... This is also human nature! Our three brothers are duty-bound!" Seeing that there was no need to take risks, and there were benefits to be gained, the three of them immediately laughed, but they also pretended to be righteous, and Ming Xuan sneered again and again.
After a little agreement, Hao Xia and Zhu Du pulled up the car and went on the road, while Ou Zhiyang and Ming Xuan looked at their backs in the distance and smiled at each other.
"Now it's up to Chen Yi and them to arrive in time. Ming Xuan said solemnly, the time of the festival is tomorrow, and time is running out.
"Now I can only seek personnel, from the destiny of heaven. Ou Zhiyang said with a long sigh.
Through the conversation with Zhao Sihai and the three of them, Ming Xuan and Ou Zhiyang have a clear understanding of the general situation in the stone cave: there are a total of three demon sect remnants in the stone cave, with a total number of one hundred and sixty-four people, and there are also fifty pairs of young men and women imprisoned, and the three altar masters are all masters of the spirit level, which is quite difficult to deal with, and the rest of the people are all capable and below the strength, so there is no need to worry, but if the big team can't arrive in time, the situation will be extremely grim.
"You say we can sneak in. Ming Xuan suddenly said on a whim, there are many people in the stone cave, and they are from the three branch altars, and they are not familiar with each other, so there should be no problem in blending in.
"No, let's not mention that they may be discovered by the three spirit masters, although they come from the three branch altars and don't know each other, but the total number of people is still clear to everyone, and there are two more people inexplicably, which will definitely arouse their suspicion!" Ou Zhiyang disagreed.
"This is simple, as long as we shrink our spiritual power and don't exert power, they should not be able to detect, as for the number of people, we only need to kill two and fill it up!" Ming Xuan felt that the problem was easy to handle.
"That's not going to work! At tomorrow's festival, each altar will be lined up separately, where will we stand at that time?
"That's not easy. In this way, Ming Xuan also felt that the risk was a bit big.
"Let's wait for tomorrow, we'll have to improvise then. Ou Zhiyang said with a wry smile.
Because they knew the plan of the Demon Sect, there was no need to stay on the mountain at night to face the wind and snow, the two found an inn, recuperated well, and entered a state of preparation, and the next morning, they came to the stone platform again, paying attention to the changes in the stone cave.
The ritual of the festival will naturally not be carried out in the stone cave, so early in the morning, Xiao Hello is busy, and all the items used in the festival are placed at the foot of the mountain.
"Do you see the team?" Ou Zhiyang climbed down from the cliff again, in just half an hour, he had already gone back and forth like this three times, the top of the mountain had a wide field of vision, coupled with his good eyesight, he could see more clearly in a radius of nearly a hundred miles.
"There's been no movement yet. Ou Zhiyang sighed and said.
"Time is running out, and it will be troublesome if you don't come again!" Mingxuan said anxiously.
"Yi Linghai only rushed back, even if she didn't skimp on her spiritual power, it would take seven or eight hours to meet the team, this is not counting the time for pranayama, it would take nearly eighteen hours to go back and forth, and now a total of less than seventeen hours have passed, even if she arrives, the spiritual power is almost consumed, and it is difficult to guarantee combat power, let alone a large army!" Although he had already planned in his heart, he still hoped that they could arrive unexpectedly early.
"Alas, I also know this, but I still hope that a miracle will happen!" Ming Xuan was also a little helpless.
Time waits for no one, and just when the two of them were at a loss, the people of the Demon Sect walked out of the stone cave one after another!
Most of these people only have the strength of martial artists, about one hundred and twenty or thirty people, and then they jump directly from the forty or fifty-meter-high stone cave entrance, of course, they still have to use the stone wall as a fulcrum during the period, but there are already high-level strength of the capable, about thirty or forty people, and the last three people floated down directly from the stone cave entrance! It must be the three altar masters of the sub-altar, seeing this situation, Ming Xuan and Ou Zhiyang hurriedly retracted their heads, so as not to be discovered by them.
"The auspicious time has arrived!The festival has begun!" As soon as the disciples of the Demon Sect lined up, one of them raised his voice and said, Ming Xuan and Ou Zhiyang were shocked, but they were helpless.
Next was a series of ceremonies such as the festival speech, and as the ceremony progressed, Mingxuan and Ou Zhiyang became more and more anxious.
"What should I do?", Ou Zhiyang couldn't help but say loudly, he couldn't care if he would be discovered at this time, of course, the voice was still wrapped in spiritual power and would not be transmitted outside.
"Wait, if the reinforcements haven't arrived by the time the sacrifice is over, we'll do it!" Ming Xuan said resolutely.
"But we're not opponents at all!" Ou Zhiyang couldn't help frowning.
"We don't have to fight to the death, but we have to delay as much as possible and wait for reinforcements to arrive!" Ming Xuan said decisively.
"What if reinforcements don't arrive?" asked Ou Zhiyang.
"We can't watch those hundred innocent people being killed!"
"The ceremony is complete!" At this moment, another shout sounded, so melodious, but so thorny