On the platform, a young male wearing a blue, white and gray cloth stripe, a gray headband, and gray and white hair walked up to the center of the sacrificial altar.
"elder brother!"
Pu Yueling came up and shouted happily. After shouting, she immediately glanced triumphantly at Ling Yunxi, who was talking to Xiao Chenzhao in the audience.
Pu Shangji glanced at Pu Yueling and replied indifferently, "Hmm."
Upon seeing the people on the stage, Xiao Chenzhao knew that this round was a sacrificial competition, and a hint of worry flashed across his eyes.
Sacrificial contests are usually only brought out after three rounds of competition where no winner can be determined, so that the Beast God can decide who the final winner is.
This is a supplementary round, which means that ordinary orcs can no longer rely on their accumulated strength to compete.
Winning involves a certain degree of probability.
This time, it was placed in the second round of the competition.
During the sacrificial ceremony, the so-called divine reactions and strange phenomena might be incomprehensible to others, but he knew there was a hidden meaning behind them.
As the daughter of the high priest, Pu Yueling definitely knew what was going on with the beast god's response at the sacrificial ceremony.
Thinking of this, a hint of worry appeared in his eyes.
"Yunxi." He called out to Ling Yunxi, who was about to go on stage, "How about we just skip this one?"
Ling Yunxi stopped and looked back at Xiao Chenzhao, smiling slightly. "It's alright, Father. Didn't we just say that mindset is the most important thing?"
“But…” Xiao Chenzhao hesitated, “Sigh, never mind, whatever you do, your father will support you.”
“Just consider it an experience,” Xiao Chenzhao added.
“Okay, I’m leaving,” Ling Yunxi said.
"Yo ho!"
A few meters away, under the shade of a tree, a beastman from the Beast Academy saw Ling Yunxi go up on stage. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he said sarcastically, "I thought she was too scared to go up."
“Ha, what is she afraid of?” another orc said.
"That's true, she's Ling Yunxi, a female who's done all sorts of shameful things."
The two people on the stage were already in place.
"Pu Yueling is definitely going to win this time," the orc below the stage said excitedly. "It's a foregone conclusion."
Ling Yunxi looked at the back of the male in front of her with a puzzled expression.
She searched her memory.
The original owner hadn't seen this person much before, but noticed that his eyebrows and brows were somewhat similar to Pu Yueling's, but his eyes were colder, giving people a sense of distance.
Pu Shangji glanced at the orcs below the stage. He remained expressionless and spoke in a cold voice: "I will preside over the second round of the competition. Please watch."
Then he raised his hand to signal to the orc next to the altar.
At this moment, two orcs carrying a basin of red liquid walked up.
In the center of the red liquid is a piece of animal bone engraved with animal patterns, shaped like a mountain peak reaching into the clouds.
"Before you lies a beast bone capable of summoning the response of the Beast God. As for how to unlock it and whether you can find the key to unlock it, that depends on your individual abilities."
"Whoever receives a response from the Beast God first wins this round of the competition."
After finishing speaking, Pu Shangji stepped aside.
As soon as he left, the orcs below marveled at the patterns on the animal bones.
"The patterns this time are clearly more complex than before," remarked an orc standing near the front of the altar.
"Yes, this level of complexity is something only someone who specializes in rituals could understand."
Another orc said, "But it's alright, this is Pu Yueling's forte, she'll definitely pass."
"I wonder if Ling Yunxi will be able to pass this level smoothly," he added.
"Hahaha, it would be a miracle if she could pass..."
Pu Yueling looked at the animal bones in front of her, a smile playing on her lips, and picked up a small animal bone placed beside her and began to fiddle with it.
"Wow……"
The orcs below, seeing that Pu Yueling had already begun to act, all praised her and cast admiring glances at her.
Looking at Ling Yunxi to the side, I saw that she was frowning and had not yet started.
"Tch!" one of the orcs said disdainfully after seeing it. "She probably hasn't even seen the bones of the old sacrificial beast."
“Of course, they’re always busy bothering others, how could they have time to study these things?” another orc chimed in.
Ling Yunxi looked at the animal patterns on the animal bone in front of her with a solemn expression. She picked it up and examined it carefully.
The underground orcs noticed Ling Yunxi's somber expression and mocked her smugly.
"Ling Yunxi, just admit you don't understand!" an orc shouted. "Stop showing off."
"Yeah, stop thinking about it. You'll need to eat something if you overuse your brain later."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
After the orc finished his taunt, bursts of laughter erupted from below.
"Pfft." The orc from the Beast Academy sneered after hearing this, "I thought she was so capable, but she's just trying to attract everyone's attention."
"This is boring, let's go."
At this moment, Ling Yunxi heard the laughter of the beastmen below the stage, but ignored them.
"Yunxi, keep going, don't be nervous," Xiao Chenzhao shouted after hearing the voices of the other orcs.
Ling Yunxi looked up at Xiao Chenzhao, smiled, and then continued her study.
She didn't believe there was really a beast god; there must be something else hidden inside this thing.
She examined the patterns carefully through the sunlight and found them to be strangely shaped and unusually complex.
Although she couldn't understand it, she noticed a small hole in the inconspicuous pattern at the bottom.
I shook it, and I could hear the sound of water inside.
Ah, I see!
She quickly used the thin bone knife beside her to poke into the small hole, and at the same time heard a "click" sound from inside.
The liquid that was blocked on the animal bone was instantly freed and flowed down rapidly, merging with the liquid below the animal bone.
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