Chapter 6832 Sacrificial Ceremony
The curtain of the chariot was pulled open. A pair of long and narrow eyes looked down where Long Chen was.
“Divine daughter, what is it?” asked a woman in skintight battle armor with her hair in a high ponytail.
The woman to pull open the curtain was wearing fiery-red robes. Even her hair was red, a stark contrast to her pale skin which made her appear even more beautiful.
This red-robed woman was the one these people were talking about, the divine daughter Chi Yutong.
Chi Yutong was from the Flame God Sect. In the Heavenly Magnificence Divine Prefecture, they were considered another overlord-level existence. Although their reputation was slightly below the four immemorial sects, they were still a household name.
Chi Yutong gazed down from her chariot to look at that handsome but strangely apathetic man. “This person is powerful!”
The other woman quickly looked down as well. As soon as she did, the person they were staring at slowly raised his head and looked at them. “The chariot has a formation protecting us, but he can still sense us looking at him?”
Chi Yutong immediately slowly closed the curtain. She didn’t want any misunderstandings. “That person’s aura doesn’t seem to be someone native to the Heavenly Magnificence Divine Prefecture. Yuluo, once we enter the city, I’ll go to the sacrificial ceremony. You introduce yourself to that man. I’ll come as soon as I’m done and see if we can bring him into our Flame God Sect.”
“Big sister, his senses might be sharp, but is it worth it for you to personally invite him?” The other woman’s name was Chi Yuluo. She was Chi Yutong’s little sister, but not biologically.
“I told you to go, so go. Make sure not to lose your temper like you do sometimes. When I get there, you better not have offended him by accident! Actually, maybe I’ll send someone else...”
“Since when am I that bad? I can handle it! You just go to the sacrificial ceremony!” Chi Yuluo was speechless at this lack of trust.
“Remember, even if you can’t pull him to our side, don’t offend him!” reminded Chi Yutong.
“Aiya, I know! Please, divine daughter, rest at ease!” Chi Yuluo wasn’t Chi Yutong’s biological sister, but the two were still very close. If there were outsiders, she would call her divine daughter as a sign of respect, but when it was just them, she would call her big sister.
The Scarlet Blood Battle Chariot passed over the city just like that. It didn’t even pass through the gates, instead flying above them.
Long Chen was slightly startled to see that. Was this person’s status really so extraordinary? She didn’t even have to go through the city gates?
After all, flying over city gates was an extremely offensive action ordinarily.
The chariot isn’t even going through the gate? Isn’t that a bit crazy?” exclaimed a nearby person. It wasn’t just Long Chen who found it odd.
Someone else explained, “You must not be from the Heavenly Magnificence Divine Prefecture. I’ll tell you this, if you can hunt down that many Divine Sovereign devils, you can also enter the city like that.”
“Ah, so she’s allowed to fly over because she brought back that many powerful corpses!”
“Friend, you should count yourself luck to witness the return of the red-robed divine daughter’s devil hunt. There will be a big sacrificial ceremony in a bit, and you’ll be able to see her beauty first-hand at that time. After all, she is one of the Heavenly Magnificence Divine Prefecture’s eight great divine daughters! She is said to be so beautiful that no man can resist her charm. Even fish will jump out of the water to see her.”
“Really? Then I’ll have to take a look!” The surrounding people quickly scurried forward in hopes of making it in time to watch.
“Sacrificial ceremony? Are those devil corpses the offerings? But who are they being sacrificed to?” Long Chen’s curiosity was also piqued.
They had to register in front of the city gates before entering. To avoid trouble, Long Chen had Jing Jing temporarily return to the primal chaos space.
There was a long line when Long Chen arrived. Seeing this long line and the rate at which people were passing through, Long Chen couldn’t help frowning.
“Friend, I feel like we have destiny together. Let’s get to know one another!”
Suddenly, a woman wearing battle armor and with her hair in a ponytail appeared by Long Chen’s side. Her eyes and eyebrows were beautiful, but she gave off an exceptionally valorous air. In fact, she instantly reminded him of someone he knew: Liu Zongying, Mo Nian's fiance.
She was very tall, even half an inch taller than Long Chen. Her eyes shined brightly, and despite how sharp they were, they did not feel oppressive. It gave Long Chen a sense that she wore her emotions on her sleeves.
Surprisingly, she immediately extended a hand towards Long Chen without any womanly reservations.
Handshakes were rare even amongst male cultivators, but for a male and woman to do so left Long Chen feeling a bit odd.
However, since she had already extended her hand, he nodded politely. “Yes, I really do feel like we are tied together by destiny.”
Long Chen had immediately recognized her as the woman who had looked at him from the Scarlet Blood Battle Chariot.
When their hands met, Long Chen felt a fiery flame energy stealthily press against his body as if it was going to invade him.
However, her control was excellent, and there was no actual invasion. It was a rather polite kind of probing.
This woman was Chi Yuluo, acting on Chi Yutong’s orders. She was rather stubborn and refused to believe that Long Chen was really so amazing.
After all, in her view, true peerless heavenly geniuses never roamed around all on their own. They always had a battle chariot, or had some divine beast, or a flock of guards or attendants.
Those were all ways to express their status. It let them avoid trouble. In addition, the peak heavenly geniuses of the major factions were all viewed as treasures. Who would let them roam around on their own? If they were accidentally killed, what would they do?
Chi Yuluo was using her own power to provoke Long Chen’s senses into an automatic defense. That way, she would be able to judge his power.
However, Long Chen did not react at all to her flame energy, disappointing her.
She remembered Chi Yuluo’s instructions, and ended her test there. She held Long Chen’s hand firmly and introduced herself. “This junior is Chi Yuluo from the Flame God Sect!”
“I am Long Chen, a random rogue cultivator of no reputation or fame!” Long Chen smiled slightly.
Chi Yuluo was rather embarrassed by this response. “Ah, brother Long, I apologize. My big sister said that you were a peerless expert, and I was a bit unconvinced so I was rude just now. Please forgive me!”
Long Chen’s smile widened. Chi Yuluo really had a frank character. She really was just like Mo Nian’s fiance.
“Your big sister? You mean the red-robed divine daughter?” asked Long Chen.
“Yes, my big sister is the red-robed divine daughter, Chi Yutong.She had to go to the sacrificial ceremony, so she sent me to see you. She said that you are very strong and wishes to get to know you. It would be best if you were willing to join our Flame God Sect. Of course, if you do not wish to, we can simply be friends. But we would like to avoid being enemies,” said Chi Yuluo.
Long Chen almost burst into laughter. This level of frankness was beyond his expectations.
“I’m honored by the divine daughter’s opinion. I also want to get to know her.” Long Chen naturally wouldn’t refuse such a good thing. Making friends in the Heavenly Magnificence Divine Prefecture wasn’t a bad thing.
“Great! Then let’s go through the side door. I have a special status, and I can bring you through a shortcut.” Seeing that she had succeeded in forming a good relationship so easily, Chi Yuluo directly brought Long Chen around the city gates and to a side door.
Chi Yuluo simply showed off her status plate and said a few words. The general meaning was to simply let Long Chen through for now, and she would make sure that they were paid well for this special treatment.
Clearly, Chi Yuluo’s status was truly extraordinary. The guard was very courteous to her, and quickly finished the arrangements to let Long Chen through.
Looking at the endless line outside the main gate, Long Chen suddenly felt a sense of self-enlightenment.
“So it’s not that I don’t like people that cheat through the side door. The problem is that the person going through the side door isn’t me.”
Once he was in the city, Long Chen planned on going to the Huayun Trading Company, as they had a branch here.
He had already killed people before entering the city. He should report it to the Huayun Trading Company to save himself the trouble.
However, Chi Yuluo said that the sacrificial ceremony was about to begin, and asked him to watch first.
Long Chen decided that this was reasonable, and followed her to the heart of the city. As she walked alongside her, quite a few people immediately bowed to her when they saw her.
Long Chen discovered that they were responding to the belt she was wearing. She realized that the front of the belt had a light blue tablet.
This tablet had the characters Devil Slaughter on it. Chi Yuluo noticed what Long Chen was looking at, and explained, “This is the devil hunting belt. It’s split into seven levels, red, orange, yellow, green, azure, blue, and violet. I only just reached the sixth level, so the color is a bit light. The devil hunting belt has its own special formations carved onto it that records our kills of the outsider devils. Hunting down outsider devils with higher cultivation bases will give us more devil slaying points. This is a symbol of our glory. The higher the level of the belt, the better treatment you receive in the Heavenly Magnificence Divine Prefecture. Have you ever killed any outsider devils?”
“Hm... I don’t quite recall.” Long Chen didn’t know how to respond to that question.
If he said that he hadn’t, he would be looked down upon. If he said that he had, she might ask more questions. What race were they from, what cultivation base? Where did he kill them? Then it would be troublesome.
Chi Yuluo did not mind Long Chen’s ambiguous answer. They arrived at a giant plaza packed with people. But this massive plaza was solemnly silent.
At the heart of the plaza was a tall platform with dozens of shrines. Each shrine had a statue inside.
Chi Yuluo brought Long Chen to the very front. Hundreds of the Flame God Sect’s experts were already waiting.
When Long Chen arrived with Chi Yuluo, many young disciples looked at him curiously. They didn’t know why Chi Yuluo would bring a stranger here.
Just as Long Chen sat down, the entire plaza quivered. A heavy voice rang out.
“Let the sacrificial ceremony begin!”