The altar for the sacrificial ceremony was decorated like a funeral hall for the dead, adding a bit of chill and terror to the already gloomy nest.
Suddenly, Lingpo, who was standing in the center of the desk, yelled, stopped moving her hands, and finished reciting a few spells.
I saw a door opened in the darkness of the abandoned nest. All the old people in the abandoned nest knew of its existence. It was called the door of the abandoned nest. It had not been opened for a long time.
Outside the door is the abandoned nest, but inside the door is a different scene. In the words of the abandoned nest, outside the door is not the place of the abandoned nest, but outside the realm of the abandoned nest.
Of course, there is a more accurate name outside the Lost Nest area, which is called the Lost Nest Tree Cave.
As the name suggests, the tree hole is a place worthy of entrustment. Because of the mystery here, it becomes even more mysterious. It is this mystery that makes the unknown things about the abandoned nest more and more confusing.
Lord Ghost Leader personally held the Ming Lantern and carefully entered the tree hole first. Although he was wearing a mask and could not see his true appearance, it could be seen that he cared for the Ming Lantern very much.
Followed closely is Lai Changqing. Lai Changqing is most concerned about whether the gift of sacrifice can resurrect Ming Deng. Once the resurrection fails, the order of the abandoned nest that was finally established, and even the abandoned nest kingdom, will not be able to survive. Exist again.
And the power he had cultivated for many years in the Yi Nest would also be burned to the ground, which made him extremely uneasy and more angry, showing anger towards Liu Wusheng's impulse.
Of course, Liu Wusheng, who had been controlled, was also taken into the tree hole.
Although Liu Wusheng's behavior was too reckless, it also brought an unnecessary disaster between people and ghosts.
But it is not a bad thing for the ghost leader who has endured for many years. He has endured humiliation and heavy burdens for many years and has been suppressed by humans in this limited place of the abandoned nest. He has long thought about leading the abandoned nest to resist, but he has no name. Find a reason to go to war.
The original truce agreement between humans and ghosts was due to the Dark Lantern. It was also the Dark Lantern that allowed the so-called human-ghost defense line to exist between the Nest and humans.
However, in the eyes of Lord Ghost Leader, it is an unfair agreement to allow the evil spirits with no way to heaven and no door to hell to wander in this desolate place. Moreover, the existing order of the abandoned nest is forced by the so-called righteousness of the world.
The idea of tearing up the agreement had already started when Lord Ghost Head took over the throne of the Lost Nest. After he became the master of the Lost Nest, this idea became even stronger. Now there are cries of sorrow and public dissatisfaction throughout the Lost Nest, which has completely inspired Lord Ghost Head to rise up and resist. Emotions.
As the master of the abandoned nest, he is the master of the abandoned nest. He does not want to become a useless puppet. Naturally, he should plead for the lives of these innocent souls wandering in the abandoned nest, and he is the master in the true sense.
Liu Wusheng's move gave Lord Ghost Head an opportunity to make a name for himself. This was the reason why Lord Ghost Head failed to punish Liu Wusheng immediately.
But he couldn't overdo it. Now that Ling Po was present, she had to give her some face.
In addition, the forces of the War Stopping Faction headed by Lai Changqing are present in every corner of the Yi Nest and should not be underestimated.
In Lord Ghost's calculations, he could only lie dormant patiently, waiting for the resurrection of Ming Deng before making the next plan.
After Lai Changqing and Liu Wusheng entered the tree hole, they had prepared the remaining fire of the sacrifice ceremony and were carried into the tree hole by several ghost figures.
In front of a cauldron with a blazing fire, the remaining fire was put down. The fire radiated and crackled, illuminating the originally dark tree hole.
The large pot was boiling red oil, and the constant rolling was accompanied by a gurgling sound. The sound made people shudder, as if someone was about to be thrown into the oil pan.
On the left and right sides of the oil pan, there were two large knives with the back facing down and the blade facing upward. The two large knives were sharp and shining white, creating an increasingly terrifying aura.
Fear and uneasiness attacked Yu Huo lying on the table. If this was an inner monologue in the face of death, Yu Huo felt so close to death for the first time.
Obviously, the oil pan and the big knife are meant for him. This is the first step in the ritual of sacrifice. Going up the mountain of swords and going down into the sea of fire symbolizes the courage to face death.
Sacrifice means offering sacrifices to Ming Deng, and Ming Deng naturally chooses the host to face death bravely. Yu Huo must survive this first hurdle.
Yu Huo did not regret, let alone resist, and acted very calmly, which made the Lingpo who was about to cast the spell very satisfied.
I saw Lingpo walking lightly into the tree hole on her tiptoes. She came to Yu Huo, tapped Yu Huo's forehead with her finger, turned to face the crowd, and shouted hysterically: "Point the sky." Light the lanterns, light the sky lanterns, light the sky lanterns.”
After shouting three times in succession, the candles in the originally dark tree hole were lit up instantly as if by magic.
The process of lighting the candle is like a long and narrow space-time tunnel, from bottom to top, just like the towering tree, standing under the vast sky, crossing the sky, it is so beautiful.
It is said that beautiful scenery can only be appreciated by passers-by, but behind this beauty, the person involved has suffered a lot of suffering and torture. What Yu Huo will face next is the pain and suffering caused by the gift of sacrifice.
Lighting sky lanterns was a cruel torture in the old days, but compared to torture, lighting sky lanterns in the abandoned nest will become more desperate.
The so-called lighting of sky lanterns is to peel off the body and soul of Yuhuo, and the stripped body is wrapped with gold foil, which is very similar to the method of making mummies in the Western world, but it has a unique name in the abandoned nest. The Dharma is called the 'Golden Body and Flesh Buddha'.
This method is to paste gold foil on the body, and then supplement it with charcoal, sandalwood, poinciana and other materials to accompany it. The purpose is to prevent the body from rotting after the soul leaves the body, and it can play a good role in preserving the body. .
After letting the out-of-body soul step on two big knives, place the soul head down and feet up in the oil pan, light a fire at the feet, and let it burn from the feet to the head until the entire oil pan is ignited. It was called "lighting the sky lantern".
The purpose of lighting sky lanterns is to use human souls as bait, as the wick of the oil pan, to draw fire to the oil pan, and let the oil pan light up. The fire will be radiating, just like this sky lantern.
Sky lanterns are also known as wishing and praying lanterns. No one can control the direction of their drifting, which means "resigning to fate". Therefore, the first step in the ritual of sacrifice is to resign yourself to fate.
Yuhuo is a human being, not a ghost. Whether the soul can withstand such torture is nothing more than his desire to survive. Although the body is protected by a golden Buddha, having the soul leave the body is already very unbearable, let alone endure it. Can withstand the torture and roasting of mountains of swords and seas of fire.
But Yu Huo finally survived, and when the oil lamp burned out, Yu Huo finally passed the first level of the sacrifice ceremony safely.
Yu Huo's soul returned to the physical body from the torment. In fact, Lingpo did not tell Yu Huo that if he could not survive the oil lamp burning out, there was only one result waiting for him, that is, his soul would never return to the physical body.
The reason why Ling Po didn't tell Yu Huo about the consequences of lighting sky lanterns was because she had selfish motives. If she told Yu Huo about the risks, it would definitely cause a psychological burden to Yu Huo. If she didn't tell Yu Huo, she would have given Yu Huo a lot of trouble. The confidence to travel light.
Facts have proved that Ling Po was right. Yu Huo awakened after his soul returned to his body, finally letting go of the stone in the hearts of everyone present.
Yu Huo's awakening brings joy to some and sadness to others. Some people hope that Yu Huo can survive this first hurdle, but some people hope to see Yu Huo lying here and never wake up.
But the development of the situation will not change the process of the sacrifice ceremony just because someone wants Yu Huo to die.
The next ritual of sacrifice has entered the second level. The first level tests courage, and the second level naturally tests Yu Huo's loyalty to Ming Deng.
In the old days, people often sacrificed some or all of their belongings in the form of sacrifices to express feelings of loyalty, gratitude, repentance and trust to God, and to pray to God to fulfill some of their wishes.
Offering sacrifices to the underworld lamp does not mean sacrificing some items to express loyalty to the gods, but rather dedicating oneself and making due sacrifices to the underworld lamp.
The most primitive beliefs of human beings are firstly towards heaven and earth, secondly towards ancestors, worship and respect for nature and history. This is why there are various sacrificial activities, and Mingdeng, as a lineage of corpse-stitching beliefs, came into being because of this. It came into being.
The early ghost lanterns were just magical tools used by ancestors of the corpse-stitching line to drive away ghosts and eliminate evil, because dark ghosts are afraid of light, and the ghost lantern is the best tool to drive away ghosts.
But with the passage of time, the value and significance of the underworld lantern have been improved, and it even played an indispensable role in the last truce agreement between humans and ghosts.
Because of this, there is a saying that the ghost lantern guides the way, but this statement has formed two extremes. The ghost lantern can guide the ghosts wandering in the world and return to the abandoned nest, but the ghost lantern can also guide the ghosts in the abandoned nest. Lead the way, break free from the gate of hell, and appear in the human world.
It is conceivable that the significance of the underworld lantern is that its existence has allowed ghosts and humans to have a truce until now. However, after the underworld lantern died, a few hours later, the door of ghosts opened wide, and the consequences can be imagined.
Sacrifice to the underworld lantern is the only way to prevent this disaster.
In an instant, Ling Po ordered someone to bring out a bowl of red blood and a piece of fresh and bloody meat, placing them in front of Yu Huo.
If it weren't for this situation, Yu Huo would have thought that these two things were a bowl of freshly baked duck blood and fresh pork.
But this is the abandoned nest, and everything should not be thought of in the human way of thinking. Instead, we should think from other people's perspective and use the way of thinking that the abandoned nest should have.
Then the bowl of blood and this piece of fresh meat in front of you are most likely from humans, not animals.
Sure enough, while Yu Huo was speculating, Lingpo had an evil smile on her face, as vicious as an old witch, and in a low voice that made people extremely uncomfortable, she said: "Sacrifice is atonement, and I wear your body as a sacrifice." Atonement for the sinner, atonement for the death of the Dark Lantern, atonement for the light, drink human blood, cannibalize human flesh, eat, eat, eat, sacrifice for your loyalty.”
As a human being, how could Yu Huo drink human blood and eat human flesh? Once he takes this bite, how is he any different from an evil ghost? Once you take this bite, you will completely become the enemy of mankind.
As a member of the corpse-stitching lineage, we are supposed to exorcise ghosts and eliminate evil, but we don't want to be reduced to walking with ghosts and colluding with each other. Isn't this deceiving the master and destroying the ancestors, and deviating from the orthodox?
Once Yu Huo does this, he will not only become a public enemy of mankind, but will also be shamed by the Sewing Corpse lineage, and will need to face verbal and written criticism from the master.
Yu Huo's hesitation and torment were vividly displayed at this moment. The rules of the corpse stitching line on one side and the coercion and inducement of the Lingpo on the other made Yu Huo completely entangled and even a little desperate.
To eat or not to eat is a multiple-choice question. It is a difficult choice between man and ghost. Although he is entangled, the arrow is about to go off, and Yu Huo has to make a choice.
Yu Huo finally made a difficult choice.
