Dongfang Mian chuckled, patted its head, and said, "There will always be a chance."
The next morning, Dongfang Mian followed the Shi family to the ancestral worship site. She glanced around and saw that all those present were insignificant figures; the Shi family head and Bao Bao were nowhere to be seen.
Dongfang Mian stared intently at a teleportation array behind the altar. She had asked the Great Protector, who said that the Shi family head always entered the ancestral tomb through that teleportation array during ancestral worship ceremonies, but he always went in by himself. Therefore, the Great Protector did not know if there were any conditions required to activate that teleportation array.
Soon, the auspicious time for ancestor worship was approaching, and the head of the Shi family finally appeared. Also appearing was the baby that Dongfang Mian had been longing for. The baby was dressed up very exquisitely, like a festive lucky boy, but his pale face and lifeless eyes showed that he was not doing well.
Dongfang Mian stared intently at the baby without blinking, but the baby seemed lost in thought, staring straight ahead without moving.
At this moment, the head of the Shi family stood at the highest point of the altar and said, "My people, today is the most important ceremony in the history of our Shi family for the past hundred years, the ancestral worship ceremony. Many of our people have participated in the ancestral worship more than once, but today, after the ancestral worship, we will rewrite the future of the Shi family and the future of the Medicine Domain."
The child next to me is someone you all probably recognize. He is the young master of our Shi family who recently returned. Some of you may not know that the young master has an innate poison body, which is a rare and precious blessing from heaven. However, for the future of our Shi family, the young master is willing to sacrifice his innate poison body to bring back our Shi family's greatest ancestor—the Poison God Ancestor.
The sacrifice of the innate poison body can be exchanged for the protection of the Poison God Ancestor for a thousand years. A thousand years is enough time for the Ancestor to lead our Shi family to glory. At that time, not only the Mu family, but the entire Medicine Domain will be under the rule of our Shi family. At that time, all of us clansmen here will be people above others. Come, let us thank the young master for his sacrifice.
"Thank you for your dedication, young master!" Those who were able to attend the ancestral worship ceremony were mostly the confidants of the Shi family head, and they shouted loudly with burning eyes.
“Alright, I hereby announce the official commencement of the ancestral worship ceremony. First, we invite the young master’s biological parents to clean him, signifying his departure from the mortal world, his flesh returning to his parents, and only his pure soul being offered as a sacrifice,” said the head of the Shi family.
As soon as the words were spoken, a man and a woman stepped forward, one holding a handkerchief and the other carrying a basin of water. Their eyes showed no reluctance, but were filled with a desire for power.
Dongfang Mian couldn't tolerate this scene and could only turn her gaze away from it. She couldn't understand what kind of mentality would make biological parents willingly sacrifice the soul of their own flesh and blood. She knew that if the sacrifice was successful, the baby would suffer the torment of a thousand years of soul obliteration on behalf of the Poison God.
After wiping, the head of the Shi family smiled with satisfaction: "Now, I will personally place the guide for the young master's sacrificial ceremony."
The eldest elder respectfully carried five kinds of poisons that had been collected and refined earlier to the head of the Shi family. After the head of the Shi family carefully examined each one, he placed them on the baby's face while shouting loudly:
"The venom of the golden and silver snakes is applied to your eyes to guide you to see the path; the eggs of the purple-spotted toad are placed in your ears to guide you to hear the instructions; the whiskers of the blue-legged centipede are inserted into your nose to let you smell the scent; the Soul-Free Fruit is placed in your mouth to make you free from thoughts and desires; the Soul-Severing Grass is tied to a strand of your hair to let your soul rest. The five guides have arrived to receive the innate poisonous body and call upon my ancestors."
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