Chapter 426: The Girl Will Be Reborn Outside the Fallen City
Many people breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the high priest's affirmative answer. They were afraid that at this critical juncture, the high priest would not be willing to help them because of the previous incident.
Since the high priest has agreed, their future is stable.
Thinking about the days when they would no longer have to compete with others for limbs, their faces were all filled with smiles, and they shouted: "High Priest, please start quickly. I see that you are not in good health. Please finish early and rest."
"Yes, you have paid too much for this Lifefall City. You should go back and rest early, so let's get started."
They saw the weakness of the high priest, and there was no blood on his pale face. Considering this person's previous living environment, everyone was a little worried that something might happen. They were afraid that the high priest would die accidentally and their summoning ceremony would go wrong.
Faced with the people's urging, the high priest did not say a word, but slowly raised his head, took a deep breath, faced the sun, closed his eyes, and began to pray.
The summoning process was made up by Zhong Mu. He could only refer to the summoning ceremony he saw in the small town before coming to this world. In short, it was enough for everyone to close their eyes and pray first to create that atmosphere. After that, he would come out and make up some nonsense to deceive these people.
This was the normal procedure, but after everyone closed their eyes and prayed for a while, suddenly a dull thud of a heavy object falling was heard in the quiet environment.
Zhong Mu immediately opened his eyes and saw that the high priest's weak body had fallen from the summoning platform. It seemed that he did not have the strength to support it until the end of the summoning ceremony.
The crowd immediately panicked and rushed forward to check on the high priest's condition, fearing that her actions would affect the process of summoning the gods.
Someone cautiously reached out his hand to test the motionless high priest, and his face instantly turned pale. "She...she's dead!"
"Ah? How did the high priest suddenly die? What should we do with our summoning process? Can we still summon him?"
"It's just beginning, and the high priest is dead. He definitely can't be summoned."
"Why did everything go so well for you all of a sudden..."
The person who was speaking immediately stopped talking. They knew very well whether the high priest was a good person or not. The current situation was what they were most worried about.
"It's okay, the high priestess can regenerate. Hurry and drag her back and lock her up. Once she regenerates, we can perform the summoning ritual again."
"Yes, yes, take her back quickly."
Seeing a group of people about to take action, Zhong Mu immediately stepped forward to stop them, and shouted sternly: "Don't move! Do you want to end the summoning ceremony?!"
His expression was so serious that the people around him immediately stopped and became cautious.
"But, the high priest is dead. Can this ceremony still go on?"
"Yeah... the most important summoner is gone. How can we summon her? We should take her back first."
Zhong Mu waved his hand, "No, the ritual has gone awry. If we stop it, you won't be able to summon the gods again. We must force it to continue!"
"Ah? Can we still force it to continue?" Hearing that there was still hope, everyone immediately cheered up and hurriedly listened to Zhong Mu's arrangements, "How do we continue?"
Zhong Mu lowered his eyes to glance at the high priestess lying on the ground, squatted down to check her pulse, and asked Mu He to come over and check again. After confirming that the high priestess was dead, he stood up with a serious face and looked at all the people.
"There are two things that are indispensable in the ritual of summoning God: one is the sacrifice, which is the flesh and blood in your hands, and the other is a being closely related to God, which can only be the high priest.
"Originally, we planned to use the high priest's voice and prayers to resonate with the gods and bring the lost gods back here. But now that the high priest is dead, we have no choice but to try another method."
Zhong Mu took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and pulled out his axe. "We can only use the flesh and blood of the high priest to resonate with the god and summon him back."
"The flesh and blood of the high priest?" The people around were a little confused and didn't quite understand, but they could only listen to the arrangements of the people in front of them. The originally smooth ceremony had gone wrong, and they had to be more obedient.
"It's the same as the sacrifices in your hands. Offering them to the gods in the form of flesh and blood will make the gods realize that the high priest is in danger and come back." Zhong Mu lowered his head and looked at the high priest on the ground. He closed his eyes and prepared himself mentally several times, then chopped down with an axe in front of everyone, cutting off one of the high priest's arms.
He took a deep breath and opened his eyes again. He tried to remain calm as he faced those people, not revealing a single flaw. He said calmly, "Burn the remaining remains of the high priest, and then pray for the flesh and blood of the sacrifice and the flesh and blood of the high priest separately at the exit of Lifefall City."
The people pondered and followed Zhong Mu's line of thought. "The exits of Mingyu City are one towards the gate of Shuangsheng City and the other towards Changsheng City. There are exactly two blood and flesh sacrifices. Can we just pray at different gates?"
Zhong Mu nodded, then paused, looking at those people worriedly. "Originally, if the high priest prayed personally, only the flesh and blood of the sacrifice would be enough. But now that the high priest is not here, we have to pray at different city gates. In this case, we must gather the flesh and blood in your hands and let all the city residents pray together for it to be effective."
"The high priest's flesh and blood alone is powerful enough to be used in prayers alone. So the next arrangement is that all of you take your flesh and blood offerings to the gate of Twin City and pray together. I will take the high priest's flesh and blood to the gate of Eternal Life City and pray. When both sides resonate together, we can summon the god back."
"Okay, okay! I understand! I'll go to the gate of the Twin Cities now!"
"I'm going too! For God's return, we all must go!"
"Go now, we must summon the gods back quickly!"
"right!"
A group of people hurried to leave, but Zhong Mu stopped them first, "Wait, before that, you need to kneel down and burn the remaining flesh of the high priest before you can go again."
"The flesh and blood of the high priest is also an important step in opening the summons. You must kneel down devoutly before you can do so."
The people were stunned and looked at the high priestess who had one arm chopped off. She fell to the ground, and the traces of damage on her body were naturally visible to everyone. They naturally knew where the dark scars came from.
They didn't want to face the high priest any longer, but since this was a necessary step, they had no choice but to do it.
They dismantled the summoning platform, piled up wood, placed the remaining body of the high priest on it, and started a fire.
Countless people knelt and worshipped beside the blazing fire. Although their hearts were not sincere, they had done it in action.
Zhong Mu silently prepared a wooden basket, put a mat on it, placed the high priest's arm in it, and then put it away.
He took Muhe and glanced at the people who were kneeling.
It was impossible to make these cold-blooded people confess their sins or apologize to the high priest, but making them kneel before the high priest's grave in this way could be considered as a way to settle everything the high priest had done in the City of Life.
The high priest of Mingyue City is dead and his body has been burned.
And the ordinary girl in the basket will be reborn outside the City of Life and Death.
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