Chapter 486 Ritual
Ming Zhuo made a rough estimate and they should have already gone deep into the mountain.
The cave here was formed naturally and then artificially repaired to become the habitat of the Saha Sect, or the people of Yemei.
In the deep cave, there is a round mouth above the head, with a diameter of several dozen meters. The entrance of the cave is a very deep cliff.
Ming Zhuo guessed that because of the movement of the terrain, this place should have been a crater tens of thousands of years ago. It's
just that the volcano extinguished and became a dead volcano, and this place was gradually occupied by the people of Yemei.
No wonder this group of people hid in the deep mountains and forests without being discovered. Not only was there the interference of the maze, but also because they occupied the geographical advantage.
The huge cave was now densely packed with people.
The outermost layer was the villagers, all dressed in white, each holding a candle in their hands and making strange prayer sounds.
Ming Zhuo listened carefully and thought it should be an ancient language, but the strange thing was that she always felt familiar, as if someone had called her like this before.
But this was impossible, these rituals were either offering sacrifices to the gods in heaven or summoning Luo Zhi, and she was not dead.
Ming Zhuo looked inside and cast her eyes on the tall altar.
The altar was a square platform made of bricks and stones. The moonlight shone in from the hole above and shone on a corner of the altar, making it look sacred and glorious.
But if you move your eyes slightly to the edge of the altar, you will find that the steps are densely packed with "people".
At a glance, there are actually more than a hundred people.
They are dressed in different clothes and ages, standing quietly in the darkness where the moonlight cannot reach, without any breath. If you don't look deliberately, you won't be aware of the existence of this group of people.
This scene is extremely weird, as if... those people have already died.
Ming Zhuo felt the warm touch of her palm, and after a little identification, she realized that Gu Xu was asking her if Liu Shuang's parents were among them.
She nodded.
These people are the ones transported by Huang Laopi's fleet.
They were chosen here to perform some kind of weird and evil ceremony.
At this time, an old man with white hair walked up to the platform and lit a few incense sticks.
Those "people" who were standing silently suddenly raised their heads and greedily inhaled the smoke from the incense.
The smoke seemed to have consciousness and went into the mouths and noses of the group of people.
He Wangyao stood at the front and always felt that the scene in front of him was indescribably creepy.
He thought for a while and bumped into Li Wenhe: "Do you think this is like the scene of smoking opium in old photos?"
Thinking of this, he wanted to raise his hands to cover his mouth and nose, but they all had their arms tied and couldn't do it at all.
This smoke is too weird, it must be more terrifying than opium!
These people have been fooled! They should have decisively stayed away from them the first time!
But then again, they are ordinary people after all, and they have something to ask for, so they were taken advantage of by this group of evil people.
That's why the people from Saha Religion and Yemei Kingdom are particularly hateful.
Li Wenhe did not answer him, but looked coldly at the baby-faced young man on the altar.
Half an hour ago, after they separated from Mingzhuo, he was worried that those people were going to do something to Mingzhuo secretly.
Soon he realized that he should be worried about themselves.
Not knowing what happened, the guards who had casually thrown twenty or thirty of them aside suddenly became nervous.
Then he saw a baby-faced young man walk in.
"Are you Li Wenhe?" The baby-faced young man scanned the crowd and his eyes fell on him.
Li Wenhe immediately gathered his thoughts and pretended to be dull.
He didn't know what Mingzhuo had done to them, but it was probably very confusing, so this group of people didn't suspect them.
The guard quickly explained: "Yes, he is Li Wenhe. And this one is He Wangyao and Pei Di, they will all be bled for sacrifice later."
The baby-faced young man smiled: "Is that so."
At that moment, Li Wenhe felt a hint of sharp and sharp danger.
The baby-faced young man suddenly took out a dagger and slashed it towards Li Wenhe's eyes!
Li Wenhe almost thought it was just a test.
He quickly thought in his mind, why did the baby-faced young man use the word "you" in the first sentence? It was as if he was talking to himself.
——The other party knew that he was pretending!
Li Wenhe reacted quickly, and drew his sword while quickly retreating, but the dagger was like a leech, chasing him relentlessly.
In the end, he knocked down the dagger, but a bloody mark was still cut on his cheek.
Blood dripped out in an instant.
The baby-faced man said with regret: "It's a pity that you got away with it."
The guards were stunned, and he said dryly: "Lord God's Messenger, the lady and the young master agreed that they would not take action against this group of people before the ceremony began..."
He was worried that this would not be good, because the lady always kept her promises, and she also tried her best to make the young master happy in the last stage of his life.
What if the young master gets angry after hurting these people?
Arthur suddenly turned around and kicked the guard in the heart, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Waste! Can't you see he's dodging? Hurry up and report to the madam, these people are not under control at all, they are all pretending!"
As soon as the words revealed everything, Li Wenhe thought about just having a fight.
But before he started to use the knife, Arthur grabbed someone, and by chance, he grabbed Huang Laopi, and stabbed him in the thigh.
The severe pain made Huang Laopi break away from the illusion set by the puppet and screamed.
At the same time, the people brought by Arthur had already quietly put the tip of the knife on the necks of ordinary people in the program group.
Tang Zhen and Gu Xu exchanged a quick glance. They had no choice but to surrender
.
Li Wenhe withdrew his thoughts. He didn't care whether Mingzhuo was still safe.
He only knew that Mrs. Luo finally sent people to capture Mingzhuo.
Then she urgently summoned everyone and brought them here to prepare for the start of the ceremony.
Arthur kept staring at them like a venomous snake.
Seeing Li Wenhe looking at him, he smiled proudly: "How is it, isn't it amazing? The power of the outer god is boundless. You kneel down and praise him now, maybe he will show mercy and give you the incense to guide you to become servants who can serve the gods and reach the paradise."
Li Wenhe: "Incense to guide the gods? Why do I think it's a trick of evil spirits eating other people
's souls?" He Wangyao also said: "Yes, what kind of gods need to devour other people's souls? Only rookies will wear the sacred cloak to do sneaky things."
Humph, my boss said that the outer gods are just ugly things pretending to be gods!
Arthur was furious and slapped Li Wenhe in the face.
The wound on Li Wenhe's face that had not yet healed was broken again, and blood immediately gushed out.