Chapter 715 - Chapter 715: Sacrifice (2)
Chapter 715: Sacrifice (2)
Ji Yunxi nodded and said, “Last night, I drew blood and performed a divination. I finally saw a hint of heavenly secrets.”
Using one’s own blood as a guide to communicate with the heavens and ask for an oracle.
This seemed simple, but it was extremely harsh on the person who performed the divination. It even damaged their lifespan.
Normally, who would be willing to sacrifice so much?
Even though Ji Yunxi did not say anything, everyone could guess the seriousness of the matter.
“I always thought that the spiritual spring drying up was because of me. I didn’t
Imow that was not the case until last night.” Ji Yunxi smiled bitterly. “Our Valley of Heavenly Secrets has worked hard for the sake of the world for generations, but we didn’t know that we had already left behind a disaster for ourselves. The spiritual spring drying up and the blood of the divine tablets are just warnings. If we don’t respond soon, everyone will suffer divine punishment.”
Everyone was shocked. They naturally knew that it was disadvantageous for them to reveal too many heavenly secrets. Therefore, everyone who went out of the Valley of Heavenly Secrets had a rule that they only did one divination a day. Moreover, most of the money obtained from divination would be used to do good deeds.
“I wonder if Young Master has a way to solve it?” someone asked.
Ji Yunxi did not answer immediately. When more people asked, she said sadly,
“Sacrifice people to the heavens to beg for forgiveness.”
Everyone was in an uproar. Human sacrifices used living people as sacrificial offerings. They needed to take the blood from the heart and throw the human sacrifice into the stone tripod to burn it.
This was indeed recorded in the ancient books, but because it was too cruel, the clan had never held it in the past hundred years.
“I wonder how many people are needed?” the First Elder asked with a dark expression.
“It requires 81 children, and we plan to hold it at seven o’clock today.”
“Well…”
Not to mention that time was tight, even if they were given more time to prepare, it was impossible for them to capture people outside and sacrifice them. That would only cause them to accumulate more negative karma.
In other words, these 81 children had to be found in their clan.
Everyone’s expressions were a little ugly, especially those with children under the age of five.
Seeing this, Ji Yunxi pursed her lips and said, “After the sacrifice, the spiritual spring will come to life again.”
Ji Yunxi said that because she knew that the spiritual spring was too tempting for everyone.
Including…
She looked at the 70-year-old First Elder and saw joy in her eyes.
Ji Yunxi sneered and said seriously, “Everyone, go back and think about it. If you’re unwilling, I’ll die with the Valley of Heavenly Secrets.”
Since she had already said so, how could anyone have a choice?
Since the spiritual spring did not dry up because of Ji Yunxi, she could take over the position of Valley Master at any time.
The people of the Valley of Heavenly Secrets respected the Valley Master.
This included the First Elders. They might question and oppose the High Priest’s decision, but they would only obey the Valley Master unconditionally unless the Valley Master violated the clan’s rules and betrayed the Valley of Heavenly Secrets.
Just like Ji Luo, because she was no longer the Valley Master of the Valley of
Heavenly Secrets when she betraved them.
Moreover, the spiritual spring was indeed attractive enough.
Even if there were people who were really unwilling to let their children die, they had to see if others agreed.
It was not a loss to exchange dozens of children for the lives of all the clansmen.
Just as Si Yun and Ji Yunxi had expected, before the sun set, the four Elders sent 81 children to the priest hall.
Torches were lit around the priest’s hall, illuminating the entire courtyard.
An altar appeared beside the stone tripod in the middle. Eight men in black robes and sacrificial masks were dancing strangely around the stone tripod. They kept waving their hands and feet and chanting ancient prayers.
These eight people were all disciples of the High Priest.
Afraid of disturbing the gods, not many people could be present during the sacrifice. The four Elders bowed sincerely to the stone tripod and left the priest hall.
The sky turned completely dark, and heavy black clouds enveloped the entire sky, making people feel depressed. They had a feeling that a storm was coming.
The 81 children had been instructed by their families, but there was no fear on their faces. Instead, they looked at the eight people chanting proudly.
Of course, it was also possible that they knew what they would experience. However, the beliefs they had been instilled with since they were young made them feel that it was an honor to be able to stand here.
After the chanting ended, two disciples came out of the side hall with two large trays. Each tray was filled with bamboo tubes the size of wine glasses. The two of them walked up to the child and distributed the bamboo tubes one by one.
They were also obedient. They held the small bamboo tube and only drank it in small sips when the high priest on the altar asked them to.
“It’s delicious. Is this the sugar water that Ah Weng mentioned?” A chubby little boy smacked his lips and said in surprise..