Chapter 86 He's not even as good as an animal!
Xiao Qidi asked, "Do you want the snakes to carry us out?"
Ning Jinli nodded, "That's right. The cliffs on both sides of Falling Eagle Gorge are too high and steep. No matter how good your martial arts are, you can't climb them. But the snakes can. Look at how they walk on the cliffs as if they're on flat ground."
"And I could also feel that they were attracted by the blood flowing down the cliff. If I hadn't refused them permission, they would have already climbed up the blood."
Xiao Qidi thought this method was feasible.
However, judging from the amount of blood flowing down the cliff, a large-scale massacre must have occurred above, with blood flowing like a river.
And this is the main peak of the Tian Shu Sect.
It seems that something serious has happened to this sect.
Even with a swarm of snakes escorting you, it's best to be cautious.
He gave Ning Jinli some special instructions.
Then, Ning Jinli ordered the snakes to gather together, wrapping her and Xiao Qidi in the middle and holding them up steadily.
Countless snakes intertwined with each other, and under Ning Jinli's command, they seemed to transform into a giant black serpent comparable to a river, rapidly slithering along the cliff face, sucking up the blood on the cliff as they climbed upwards.
Nourished by the abundant blood, the snakes became increasingly energetic as they climbed.
Ning Jinli even felt a strong push against her back, and in addition to the sound of the snakes writhing and rubbing together, she could hear the whistling wind.
In the blink of an eye, the ground below was no longer visible.
Right now.
The ancestral hall's open-air platform is located at the top of the main peak.
Lu Xingfeng and Ye Zhi Qiu both heard a friction sound coming from the abyss below.
The ground seemed to tremble slightly.
"It's here... the giant serpent is here!" Lu Xingfeng's eyes gleamed with excitement.
Ye Zhi Qiu's face turned pale as he looked at the edge of the platform with suspicion and uncertainty.
Judging from this commotion alone, what is about to appear must be a behemoth.
It seems the sacrificial summons were real.
The giant snake was real...
...
"Hahahaha!" Lu Xingfeng's maniacal laughter echoed through the night sky.
He gripped the shotgun in his left hand, braced himself against the ground, and stood up unsteadily, head held high, waiting for the giant snake to crawl up.
Under the moonlight, the long robe, stained with blood, fluttered in the wind.
Despite his serious injuries, he was able to hold on thanks to his formidable skills.
Moreover, the sense of accomplishment and joy from successfully summoning the giant serpent made him even more excited, to the point that he could no longer feel the pain.
As the sound of the rock wall rubbing against the wall grew closer, the vibrations around the platform became more and more noticeable.
Finally, the outline of a huge snake's head emerged from the edge of the platform, like a small mountain rising up.
Because it was against the moonlight, you could only vaguely see a silvery edge that was coated by the moonlight.
Faced with such a colossal creature, Lu Xingfeng dared not get too close. He stopped about ten meters away from the giant snake and looked up to observe it.
It was the first time he had ever seen a giant snake, and he was deeply shocked. He hadn't expected that just the head that had emerged would be so enormous; its size clearly far exceeded his expectations.
This is definitely more than ten zhang long! It's probably... more than a hundred zhang long!
Ye Zhi Qiu sat on the ground, too shocked to speak.
Although the giant snake's appearance is not clearly visible, its outline alone suggests that its head is larger than a heavy truck in the modern world.
So... wouldn't the giant snake's body be equivalent to a train?
No……
It should be wider and longer than a train...
The oppressive feeling of the massive object made Lu Xingfeng dare not make any rash moves at this moment.
He even felt a little uneasy, unsure whether the secret techniques he had learned could truly allow him to communicate with the other party and then command them.
After a quick thought, he tried reciting the relevant incantation from the secret technique.
However, the giant snake did not react at all.
It only poked its head out at the edge of the platform, without climbing any further or moving.
Lu Xingfeng was completely baffled. After thinking for a while, he wondered if it was because the giant snake had become intelligent and he needed to be polite to it before it would help him.
So he knelt down and said loudly, "Serpent God! Please accept my bow!"
Little did he know that the giant snake head he saw was actually formed by Ning Jinli controlling the swarm of snakes.
Ning Jinli and Xiao Qidi were hiding among them.
This was the method the two devised while using the help of a swarm of snakes to climb the cliff.
Because we don't know what we'll encounter once we get up here.
Just to be on the safe side, continue to use the snakes to disguise yourself as a giant snake, and first find out what happened up there.
"A snake god?" Ning Jinli muttered softly, "Does this guy think we're gods?"
Xiao Qidi said, "When we reached the top of the cliff, I noticed many patterns carved on the rock face, which should be some kind of symbol, and there were also grooves extending from elsewhere, with the blood flowing down along the grooves. At that time, I already felt that this might be some kind of sacrificial summoning ritual, and now, judging from this person's reaction, I am certain that I was right."
“So that’s how it is,” Ning Jinli said with disgust. “The Tian Shu Sect actually uses this kind of evil and crooked practice of sacrificing living people! So much blood! Heaven knows how many people they killed!”
Xiao Qidi added, "If you hadn't killed that giant snake, it really would have been summoned up."
Ning Jinli asked, "What do we do now?"
Xiao Qidi pondered for a moment, "Let me clarify the situation further and test the waters."
He adjusted his voice and called out loudly, "Who is kneeling?"
His voice was deliberately lowered, and it was produced by circulating his internal energy, combined with his innate kingly majesty. Under these circumstances, it sounded like the voice of an ancient god to Lu Xingfeng.
Lu Xingfeng was once again shocked.
The giant snake could actually speak human language!
As I guessed, it had indeed gained sentience and could be considered a snake god!
It might even have already successfully transformed into a dragon, and could become a dragon in the future!
"Serpent God!" Lu Xingfeng answered respectfully, "I am Lu Xingfeng, the leader of the Tian Shu Sect here. It was I who offered the blood of four hundred disciples as a sacrifice to invite the Serpent God up here!"
"Four...four hundred disciples?" Ning Jinli covered her mouth, her eyes instantly flashing with anger.
Four hundred lives lost!
So he was sacrificed by this guy named Lu Xingfeng?!
brute!
No, no animal would do something so cruel!
He's worse than an animal!
"Kill him, he must be killed." Ning Jinli suppressed her anger and gritted her teeth.
A chilling killing intent flashed in Xiao Qidi's eyes. "Wait a little longer. I want to know what he's going to do. And that woman behind him, if she also participated in the sacrifice, I will definitely execute her as well."
"Are you the leader of the Tian Shu Sect?" Xiao Qidi continued to pretend to be the so-called Snake God, asking sternly, "As far as I know, the leader of the Tian Shu Sect is a woman. Why are you deceiving me!"
Lu Xingfeng blurted out, "How would the Serpent God know that the Sect Leader is a woman?"
Xiao Qidi replied, "Are you questioning my divine power?"
Lu Xingfeng was terrified and kowtowed, saying, "I dare not! Please forgive me, Lord Snake God!"
He then hurriedly explained, "Snake God, before you appeared, our sect leader was indeed a woman, but now it is me."
"What do you mean?" Xiao Qidi continued to ask.
Lu Xingfeng thought for a moment and then said, "Snake God, the person behind me is the former sect leader. She has already passed the position of sect leader to me."
Amidst the swarm of snakes, Ning Jinli strained her eyes, trying to make out what the woman slumped on the ground looked like.
For some reason, even though she was far away and couldn't see clearly, she inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity.
“Is that so? Let her come closer,” Xiao Qidi said.
"Come here quickly!" Lu Xingfeng roared at Ye Zhi Qiu.
Ye Zhi Qiu had no choice but to comply.
She stood up with some difficulty, like a walking corpse, and came to Lu Xingfeng's side, but instead of kneeling down before the Snake God, she looked up and gazed into the distance.
At this distance, neither she nor Lu Xingfeng could make out the appearance of the giant snake against the moonlight.
However, Xiao Qidi, with his exceptional eyesight, recognized her as the leader of the Tian Shu Sect, whom he had met once before outside Xitun Pass.
It seems the situation is more complicated than he anticipated.
"Why did you pass the leadership of the sect to him?" Xiao Qidi asked.
In a daze, Ye Zhi Qiu vaguely felt that the voice sounded somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it before.
She gradually came to her senses and kept recalling the events in her mind.
"The Serpent God is asking you a question, answer properly!" Lu Xingfeng quietly reminded him in a threatening tone.
Ye Zhi Qiu raised his head and stared at the snake god's enormous, black head.
Judging from the snake god's behavior just now, it doesn't seem to be as Lu Xingfeng said, that it would obey his commands as soon as it was summoned.
Moreover, the serpent god can speak and possesses a considerable degree of intelligence.
This means that whoever can persuade the snake god will be helped by the snake god, or... no one will be helped.
So perhaps I haven't reached a dead end yet!
Having considered all this, Ye Zhi Qiu made a decisive decision and said loudly, "Serpent God! I have not relinquished the position of sect leader to him! This man is a traitor to the Tian Shu Sect! He has betrayed his master and ancestors and is attempting to usurp the throne! He invited you, Serpent God, to this place to use you to threaten me! I implore you, Serpent God, to make a wise judgment!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Xingfeng was stunned.
What's going on?!
Now that we've met the Snake God, she actually... dares not cooperate?
Ye Zhi Qiu's cold, resentful voice echoed through the air.
Amidst the swarm of snakes, Xiao Qidi suddenly felt Ning Jinli trembling beside him, so he whispered, "Based on my brief encounter with the leader of the Tian Shu Sect, she shouldn't be a bad person. Besides, she even captured the Crown Prince of Yu Kingdom and handed him over to me. Don't worry, I will find out the truth."
Ning Jinli's mind went completely blank.
That cold, clear voice kept echoing in his mind.
Although she hadn't heard it for ten years, it was clearly the same as her mother's voice in her memory!
Unexpectedly...
In this ancient world more than two thousand years ago, you will encounter someone whose voice is exactly the same as your mother's!
“Ye Zhi Qiu, you…” Lu Xingfeng whispered angrily, “Have you forgotten what you promised me? Have you forgotten what I told you? How dare you…”
Ye Zhi Qiu sneered, "The reason you can threaten me is not only because you can actually summon this giant snake, but also because you said you can control it. But now it seems you don't have that ability. So why should I be threatened by you?"
Lu Xingfeng gritted his teeth, and, still not believing it, quickly recited the incantation from the secret technique that could command the giant snake.
Unfortunately, there was still no response.
"Serpent God!" Lu Xingfeng cried out, "I am your loyal servant, and I am willing to offer you everything I have as a sacrifice! I only ask that you help me!"
Xiao Qidi said, "So, what the sect leader said is all true? You admit it?"
"Yes! I admit it! I would never dare to deceive the Serpent God!" Lu Xingfeng said righteously. "Please, Serpent God, help me in consideration of my loyal sacrifice!"
He was the one who offered the sacrifice, and he refused to believe that he couldn't gain the favor of the serpent god based on that alone.
Logically speaking, the snake god should not possess human moral concepts.
It helps whoever offers sacrifices; isn't that obvious?
So what if the secret spells and incantations fail? Does Ye Zhi Qiu really think the Snake God can't tell who the worshipper is?
Thinking of this, Lu Xingfeng felt even more confident. "If I were to receive the Snake God's assistance and take control of the Tian Shu Sect, I would soon be able to easily wield the power of a nation's court. At that time, let alone four hundred human sacrifices, I could offer you four thousand or even forty thousand, so that you could eat to your heart's content!"
Just now, when he admitted it himself, Xiao Qidi was prepared to have Ning Jinli control the snakes to go over and devour him alive.
But upon hearing this, he decided to investigate further.
What does it mean that after mastering the Tian Shu Sect, one can gain significant power in the imperial court?
"So you seem quite confident that you can provide me with even more sacrifices in the future," Xiao Qidi said in a low voice. "Tell me, how will you do it?"
Ye Zhi Qiu felt a chill run down his spine.
Oh no, I miscalculated.
It seems that even if Lu Xingfeng cannot use secret techniques to control the giant snake, he can still win its favor by offering sacrifices.
The serpent god clearly didn't care about right or wrong, only about the sacrificial offerings.
She could never do something as heinous as human sacrifice.
"Reporting to the Serpent God!" Lu Xingfeng immediately replied, "Once I take control of the Tian Shu Sect, I can complete the important task assigned by the Yu Kingdom's court. Once the task is completed, I will become a high-ranking official of the Yu Kingdom's court! In addition, with the Serpent God's continued assistance, I might even become the ruler of a country in the future!"
Xiao Qidi asked, "What mission?"
Lu Xingfeng was eager to prove himself to the Snake God, so he blurted everything out without hesitation.
After explaining the mission details, he added regretfully, "It's a pity that the operation a few days ago failed. We didn't rescue the Crown Prince of Yu Kingdom, and the King of Xuan Kingdom, whom we had captured, was lost on the way back..."
"Huh? Lord Serpent God!" Lu Xingfeng had a sudden inspiration and asked loudly with great anticipation, "The people I sent out, as well as the King of Xuan Kingdom, all fell into Eagle Falling Gorge. That's your territory. Have you seen them?"
At that moment, Lu Xingfeng felt a surge of hope. If Xiao Qidi had fallen and survived, he must still be trapped inside. All he had to do was ask the Snake God to help him get up.
"Lu Xingfeng, you!" Ye Zhi Qiu's face turned ashen with rage, and she almost choked on her breath. Clutching her chest, she exclaimed, "You actually went behind my back to become a lackey of the Yu Kingdom? Have you forgotten that you are a citizen of the Xuan Kingdom?! The current ruler of the Xuan Kingdom, Xiao Qi Di, is a peerless monarch, unprecedented in history, and you actually harmed him?!"
Lu Xingfeng sneered, "I'll become a citizen of whichever country can offer me the greatest benefits. As for Xiao Qidi, he's just a powerless, empty-headed monarch. What kind of unparalleled monarch is he?"
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