Chapter 373 Sacrifice
Murong Jinran angrily shouted, "Shut up! Do you have the right to speak here?"
The men shut their mouths in embarrassment.
Jiang Ci smiled playfully: "They are acting together, one with a white face and the other with a red face."
Murong Jinran was just using her subordinates to express her thoughts.
Otherwise, if she really respected herself as a fellow Taoist, she would have stopped his subordinates the moment they opened their mouths, instead of waiting until they had finished speaking and then jumping out to scold them after the fact.
Murong Jinran's expression became much colder, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, I failed to discipline my subordinates, please forgive me."
"But now everyone on the ship is trapped. What do you think we should do?"
"You'll listen to me if I tell you so?"
"That depends on whether the solution you propose is reasonable."
Jiang Ci smiled without saying anything and just pointed behind her.
Murong Jinran turned around and saw the black cultivator and the crew carrying a dirty old man.
A foul smell hit me in the face.
Murong Jinran subconsciously covered his mouth and nose, "Who is he?"
The crew member reported: "Captain, when this brother and I went to room 444, this old man was setting up the formation!"
The black cultivator briefly described to Jiang Ci the shape of the magic circle and some strange things.
"Sacrificial formation." Jiang Ci and Murong Jinran said in unison.
Murong Jinran glanced at her, then at the old man, and then ordered the captain, "Apologize to Daoist Jiang!"
The captain was stunned. "Ms. Murong, but she..."
"Apologize!!"
The captain said perfunctorily, "Miss Jiang, I'm sorry."
Murong Jinran frowned.
The subordinate understood what he meant and directly picked up his sword and hit the captain on the knee.
"ah!!!"
The captain was heartbroken and knelt down in front of Jiang Ci.
Murong Jinran said coldly: "It was Daoist Jiang who dealt with the sea ghost's trouble earlier, but you abandoned her privately and wrongly accused her of being the one who trapped the ship. Captain, you are totally wrong!"
"She, Fellow Daoist Jiang, is the savior of all of us!"
"Besides, whether we can escape from this predicament now depends on her!"
The captain's face turned ugly when he heard this. He trembled and lowered his head to Jiang Ci, and apologized sincerely: "Master Jiang, I'm sorry... I didn't recognize the great man, please forgive me!"
Jiang Ci ignored him and just looked at the smelly old man.
The old man had all kinds of strange smells on him, which were very pungent and made people dizzy.
She was well versed in pharmacology and could smell two kinds of medicine and one kind of poisonous insect. "Is it for prolonging life?"
The stinky old man looked at her in surprise, then grinned with his black teeth showing, "No wonder the first sacrifice failed, it turns out that there is a master on the ship."
Murong Jinran frowned, "So you set up the sacrificial formation just to take away other people's lives?"
The stinky old man chuckled, his face full of weirdness: "It's just a world where the strong prey on the weak."
"You are so mean! There are thousands of people on this ship! Can you eat so many lifespans?"
"What do you know, little girl? This is stealing life, going against the will of heaven. One person's life can only buy me one day of life!" The stinky old man grinned like venom, "Three thousand people are only eight years."
"Three thousand people in exchange for eight years of your life. This is too cruel!" said the crew member indignantly.
Hei Xiu also echoed: "Look at how old you are. Haven't you lived enough?"
The stinky old man glanced at the two of them coldly and said, "I won't bother with idiots."
Hei Xiu smiled: "Anyway, I have already destroyed the formation you set up."
The stinky old man looked at him with an even deeper and weirder look. He didn't say anything, but just laughed sinisterly.
"Idiot." Jiang Ci patted the back of Hei Xiu's head. "The sacrificial array has already been activated. Even if you destroy the array he set up, it will be useless. Once it is activated, it will be executed."
"Since you are also cultivators, I advise you to leave quickly before the ship is completely sacrificed. I will spare you as a kind-hearted person."
In fact, he saw that Murong Jinran had an extraordinary background and didn't want to offend him.
That's why I let them go.
As for ordinary people, they are all dead.
The subordinate whispered, "Miss Jinran, there are still lifeboats. How about we go first?"
“Yes, Miss, this is the small world’s own business. Let’s not get involved. Let’s take the old patriarch and leave first?”
Murong Jinran was hesitant.
The subordinate said: "The old master's condition is serious, we can't delay any longer!"
These words touched her heart.
Finally, Murong Jinran decided, "Take Grandpa with you, and let's go!"
The captain was stunned: "Miss Murong, if you leave, what will we do?"
Murong Jinran said calmly: "If you want to live, just leave. The sacrificial array has already begun. Everyone who remains on the boat will die in half an hour at the latest."
The captain and crew members' faces changed drastically.
"Captain, I'll go call the others!" The crew member was about to wake up the others.
The old man stopped her and scolded her coldly, "I'm just letting you guys go. Do you want to wake up more people? Then don't leave!"
Murong Jinran's men slapped the crew member in the face, "If you don't want to die, then be quiet!"
"Miss Jinran, I'm going to pick up the old patriarch."
Murong Jinran nodded: "Go quickly!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she met Jiang Ci's deep eyes.
An inexplicable feeling of guilt spread from the bottom of my heart.
Murong Jinran hid the embarrassment in his eyes and said in a friendly manner: "Fellow Daoist Jiang, do you want to go to the Middle Thousand Realms?"
"oh?"
"I am the daughter of the Murong family of the Middle Thousand Realms. With my recommendation, you can become a guest of honor in my Murong family."
Jiang Ci smiled but said nothing.
What guest of honor? I'm afraid they tricked her back and killed her to keep her quiet.
"I want to ask you a question."
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, please speak."
"You are a monk, what kind of practice do you do?"
Murong Jinran was obviously stumped by her question. After a pause, he said, "Of course it is the right way."
"Correct the way, and practice the ruthless way, right?"
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, what do you mean?" Murong Jinran's pretty face darkened. "Are you blaming me for not caring about the lives of the people on the boat and running away on my own?"
"You know that once this sacrificial formation is activated, blood must be shed."
"Everyone on this ship is destined to die here. If I stay, I will only end up being sacrificed."
"I have never been a selfless person. I just want my loved ones to return home safely."
Hei Xiu retorted: "But we clearly have a chance to win."
"I don't think so." Murong Jinran frowned tightly. "This kind of sacrificial formation, unless all the elders of my Murong clan come, there is a chance of victory. Otherwise, it's just us. Don't dream. It's better to pack up and leave early. Out of sight, out of mind."
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