Chapter 499 Sacrifice Ceremony
The sun outside was gradually rising higher, and Yun Ran heard familiar footsteps at the door. It must be the little maid from last night.
squeak!
It was the sound of the door being pushed open.
Yun Ran closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, and heard two maids talking in low voices.
"I put the love incense myself last night. It should be okay, right?" It was the voice of another maid.
"He hasn't woken up yet. The love potion must have worked." It was the soft voice of the little maid.
"Huh," another maid breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. This incense can confuse people's minds and make them obedient. Don't make any mistakes later."
"The Ecstasy Incense has already been used, so there won't be any problems." The little maid said, "Besides, I talked to her for a long time last night, and she is really willing to sacrifice herself and become our Grand Master."
"That's good," said another maid, "Let's go wake her up and get her washed and dressed. The Snake Wizard will send someone to urge her soon."
The little maid responded, and the footsteps of the two people gradually approached.
Yun Ran pretended not to wake up yet and was awakened by the two men in a daze. Then she dressed up and changed into a rouge-colored dress.
The clothes were of the Nanlin Kingdom style, revealing slender, snow-white arms. The skirt was very long, dragging on the ground, and the chest and waist were hung with sparkling silver tassels. It was very luxurious and beautiful, but the complicated skirt was not very convenient for walking.
The dragon beard mask on her wrist was not taken off. Perhaps because the style was very similar to Nan Lin's bracelet, the two maids did not notice anything wrong with it.
However, perhaps the two of them did not know how powerful this weapon was.
She finished dressing up quickly, and as expected, someone came outside to urge her to get ready. Two maids led her out.
Along the way, Yun Ran just pretended to be drugged by the love potion, and obediently let the two men lead him away, without saying a word or looking around.
The two maids led her through twists and turns for a long time before finally stopping in a wide open space.
She looked at the huge stone altar in the open space and knew that it was the Shenglong Altar that the little maid had mentioned.
At this time, the open space was already full of people, all dressed in bright and luxurious clothes. They must be members of the royal family of Nanlin or people holding official positions.
King Mengraolangda of Nanlin and the eldest prince Mengraolangtu were also there, standing at the head of the group. Yun Ran even saw a snake wizard in a black robe beside Mengraolangda, but did not see Miao Yi.
I think the snake witch was afraid that she would disrupt the sacrificial ceremony, so he locked her up.
When she came out in the morning, she left me at Qingtanju where she was temporarily staying. If Miao Yi could escape and reunite with me, I should be able to help her more or less.
The lonely king is quite clever. While she was attending the welcoming banquet last night, he secretly toured the Nanlin Royal City, which is not even half the size of their Dakang Palace. He visited all of it except for those places that were guarded and inconvenient to enter.
At this time, Yun Ran was led by two maids and stood behind King Nanlin and the eldest prince.
The eldest prince turned around and smiled at her thoughtfully.
Yun Ran continued to play dumb and ignored him.
The snake wizard had already climbed onto the high altar. He took off the hood he had been wearing and the veil covering his face, revealing his bluish-white skin covered with strange green lines.
But the people below seemed unaware, with expressions of reverence and respect on their faces and in their eyes.
A brightly colored golden ring snake was coiled on the snake wizard's shoulder, and the snake's head moved forward and backward as he moved his hands.
He was muttering some strange words, which must have been the same prayer that the little maid said last night.
After a long time, the snake wizard stopped.
He suddenly turned around, took a big step back to the edge of the altar, and opened his arms as if in an invitation.
boom!
The sound of huge rocks collapsing was heard.
The altar was backed by green mountains. Suddenly, the rocks behind the altar opened up, revealing a dark cave in front of everyone.
Then, Yun Ran heard the crisp sound of iron chains colliding.
She frowned. Isn't it the snake god? Why is he locked up?
In this moment, a huge black shadow slowly crawled out of the cave, and the huge snake head was swaying above the altar.
It’s a huge black dragon!
The dragon was so huge that its front half took up the entire altar, while its back half was still dragged in the cave.
The snake wizard had already run down the altar at some point, stepped back far away, and stood aside.
Yun Ran suddenly opened her eyes wide. It was the one she dreamed about last night!
Bang!
Led by King Nanlin, everyone present knelt down in unison.
They crawled on the ground with their heads lowered, not daring to look up at the huge black dragon.
The hem of her skirt was tugged by someone. It was the little maid standing beside her.
Yun Ran pretended to come to his senses and knelt down as well.
It seemed that the big dragon really had a bad temper as the little maid said. It twisted its body desperately on the altar, and the iron chains hit the stone wall, making a loud noise that shook the eardrums.
Everyone in the audience prostrated themselves on the ground in awe, not daring to look up, but Yun Ran secretly looked up at the stage.
This sight froze her.
The big dragon's eyes were red, and there was a fierce look in its vertical pupils, which was completely different from the sad expression she had dreamed of last night.
And at this moment, something even more surprising happened to her.
On both sides of the altar, ten burly warriors with bare upper bodies, each dragging a child in their hands, walked onto the altar.
The children were only four or five years old, five boys and five girls.
The warriors did not go up to the altar. They stopped about a dozen steps away from the altar and threw the children up one by one.
In my ears was the crazy roar of the big dragon, and the crisp sound of its sharp teeth piercing through flesh and bones and chewing.
These children seemed to have been drugged with a love potion and did not cry or make a fuss until they were torn to pieces and swallowed by the giant dragon.
Yun Ran felt a chill in her heart. She clenched her hands into fists and stared at the giant dragon chewing up and swallowing the children one by one.
The altar was littered with the remains of children, and blood was all over the ground.
This is what the little maid said, a gift to the snake god.
The creeping chill spread from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and Yun Ran took a deep breath.
This is not a snake god, but a snake demon.
Suddenly, the snake wizard standing next to the altar seemed to notice something, and he suddenly looked in the direction of Yun Ran.
Yun Ran reacted quickly, lowered his head, and hid among the people who were kneeling on the ground.
The snake wizard didn't notice anything unusual and looked away.
On the altar, after accepting the offerings, the snake god quickly calmed down. It was no longer restless and struggling desperately, but instead stretched out its blood-red tongue, as if licking the blood that had just splattered.
It was not until this time that King Nanlin led everyone to get up from the ground.
Everyone understood each other tacitly, as if the incident of the giant dragon cruelly swallowing the child had never happened.
Yun Ran stood up with them. Through the gap between King Nanlin and the eldest prince in front of her, she saw the snake witch walking towards them quickly.
After the offering, the covenant is sealed with sacrifice.
It's her turn.
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