Chapter 184: Sacrifice to Heaven

"I see. That would make sense. Why did you join the Impermanent League with your cultivation? By the way, you said that this mask and token were passed down from your ancestors?" Han Li heard what Bai Suyuan said, He nodded slowly and asked again.

"The original owner of this mask was an ancestor of our Bai family, the immortal who once served as the elder of the inner sect in the Candle Dragon Dao. Our Bai family can become a family of cultivators who secretly manage Baiyou Kingdom. It is also because of this old ancestor back then. As for the token, it is naturally his." Bai Suyuan explained.

"Since that's the case, why don't you go directly to Zhulong Road to find this immortal ancestor and ask him to kill this demon?" Han Li raised his brows slightly and asked.

"According to my grandfather, this ancestor suddenly disappeared thousands of years ago, and there has been no news of it. Several elders in the clan went out to look for it, but they also disappeared together...Since then, the power of my Bai family has disappeared. It is also gradually no longer what it used to be... It is precisely because of this that the great-grandfather was so eager to cross the catastrophe and become a true immortal that he was finally taken advantage of by the demon." Bai Suyuan said with a heavy sigh.

"I can't verify what you said for the time being. After I have seen Bai Songshi with my own eyes and confirmed that he was taken away by the demon, I will decide whether to do it or not." After hearing this, Han Li said after thinking for a while.

He didn't actually believe everything the girl in front of him said.

In Han Li's view, it was not easy for a late-stage cultivator to hide under the eyes of a real immortal for so many years, and she naturally had more precautions in her heart.

"This... okay. At the beginning of next month, Baiyou Kingdom will hold a ten-year worship ceremony to worship the heavens. At that time, the emperor will bring all the civil and military officials to the Tai'e Mountain in the territory to enshrine Zen and worship the heavens. The white pine stone will naturally be the head of all officials. You have to go with you. If you do it at that time, stay away from the mundane city and minimize the impact." Bai Suyuan hesitated and said.

"Alright." Han Li nodded upon hearing this, as if he had settled the matter.

"By the way, I still don't know how to call you?" Bai Suyuan's eyes lit up, and she asked.

"Li Feiyu."

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The Tai'e Mountains, located in the east of Baiyou Country, have always been famous for their majestic mountains and beautiful scenery. Among them, Tai'e Peak is the highest mountain in the entire country. It has always been revered as the "Dongyue Divine Mountain". The status in my heart is extremely high. According to legend, a true immortal who attained the Tao once soared here in the daylight.

The literati and scholars of Baiyou Kingdom have always been proud of being able to climb Tai'e Peak and write poems for it. Up to now, there are still some poems from ancient times and modern times on the mountain. The cliff carvings left by everyone attract many people every year. Come and see the truth.

However, just one month ago, the entire Tai'e Peak was surrounded by a large number of armored soldiers, and it was completely sealed off. No matter the princes, nobles or ordinary people, they were not allowed to climb the mountain.

Regarding this, Baiyou Kingdom did not have any objections, because they all knew that the emperor was coming to offer sacrifices to the heavens and pray for blessings.

Although Tai'e Peak was banned, a few days before the ceremony, Dongtai County at the foot of the mountain was already overcrowded by people from nearby counties.

On the day of the official ceremony, before dawn, both sides of the official road leading to Tai'e Peak in the county were crowded with people who came to pay their respects to the emperor's holy face.

As soon as the auspicious time came, the emperor and all the civil and military officials drove straight out of the palace in the county, and went straight to Tai'e Peak under the guard of the Imperial Forest Army.

On the top of Tai'e Peak, on an open circular altar, several incense burners have already been set up, and a brocade red carpet has been spread on the ground. There are many officials in official uniforms of the Ministry of Rites, all with pious faces and hands bound. waiting.

But among these people, there was a middle-aged official with an ordinary face, with his hands hanging in front of his body, his eyes were constantly turning, and he was looking at the surrounding environment.

This person was none other than Han Li who had changed his appearance and lurked in. Bai Suyuan used another method of concealment to hide outside the altar.

After observing for a while, Han Li found that apart from the soldiers patrolling outside, there were more than a dozen Nascent Soul and Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators hidden, and the Minister of Rites next to him was actually a Transformation Spirit Stage cultivator.

Han Li knew that most of these people were secretly arranged by the Bai family.

After waiting for about an hour or two, the emperor's car finally arrived at the top of Mount Tai'e first.

The emperor, who seemed to be no more than a weak crown, got out of the carriage with the support of the eunuch, but he was not in a hurry to come to the altar, but stopped beside the carriage, as if he was waiting for something.

After a while, the cars behind also followed up one after another.

Immediately after the emperor's carriage stopped, the door opened, and an old man in purple robe with white beard and hair stretched out a palm, and with the support of two attendants, he tremblingly got out of the carriage.

His face looked very old, with wrinkles all over his face, his eyes were cloudy, and there were a few scattered silver hairs floating on his forehead, his body was hunched, and he looked like he was dying.

The emperor saw him walking slowly to his side with a smile on his face. Accompanied by him, he slowly walked towards the altar, and the rest of the civil and military officials followed quickly.

Han Li was mixed in the crowd, and the blue light that was hard to detect in the depths of his eyes was fleeting. His eyes swept over the old man, and he was basically sure that this person must be the old master Bai Songshi.

Although this person now behaves like an octogenarian with limited mobility and hides his aura very well, but naturally he cannot hide it from his spiritual sense. From the surface, this person is indeed a monk of the Mahayana period.

Apart from deliberately suppressing his cultivation and covering up his aura, he didn't find anything wrong.

The emperor and Bai Songshi walked up the steps slowly, step by step up to the altar, and the rest of the civil and military officials stopped at the bottom of the altar.

The old man with a decrepit appearance, when he passed Han Li and other civil servants of the Ministry of Rites, his steps froze slightly, and the corner of his eyes seemed to inadvertently glance towards a direction outside the altar, and there seemed to be a gleam of light in his cloudy eyes, but It was just fleeting, and then immediately returned to normal and walked to the center of the altar.

Under the auspices of a senior official from the Ministry of Rituals, the ceremony continued as usual, and Han Li pondered for a while, thinking about it in his heart.

"Fellow Daoist Li, I'm afraid the devil has already spotted me. Why don't you make a move? Are you really confused by this devil's tricks?" At this time, Bai Suyuan's voice suddenly sounded in his mind, and it seemed a little anxious.

"Fellow Daoist Mo Guang, can you take a look at it for me..." Han Li heard this, lowered his head to look at his own shadow, and asked through mind-to-heart connection.

After a while of silence, there was no change in his shadow, but the voice of magic light sounded in his heart: "Fellow Daoist Han, this person is not weak at hiding his energy, but according to my observation, it is indeed our demon clan outside the sky." of the genus."

When Han Li heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, showing a hint of a smile.

At this time, the emperor had already offered three animals under the arrangement of the senior officials of ceremonies, paid homage to the three pillars of high incense, and then retreated to the chariot beside him.

"...my emperor respects morality, looks up to the Holy Spirit, inherits the heaven and establishes the pole... establishes a heart for the heaven and the earth, establishes a life for the people, and brings peace to all generations... the prosperity of the merits will last forever... I will inherit the order of the heavens , I would like to sacrifice..."

Bai Songshi, as the head of all the officials, began to face the officials and recite the rites of worshiping the sky instead of the emperor. His voice was hoarse, and he seemed to be exhausted and exhausted.

When Han Li saw this, he suddenly stepped up and stepped out from the crowd.

The official of the Ministry of Rites who was beside him was startled, and hurriedly wanted to stop him, but only saw a figure in front of him, and he was gone.

In the next moment, he had already appeared in the center of the altar.

With a wave of his sleeve robe, a blue whirlwind immediately swelled out of it, swept past like a blue dragon, rolled up everyone including the emperor, and brought them straight down the mountain.

The monks who were hiding among the mortals were all radiant and wanted to get out of it, but there was nothing they could do. They could only float up with the crowd and fly to the foot of Mount Tai'e.

"Are you the reinforcement that girl invited?" Bai Songshi stopped chanting the sacrificial oration and turned to look at Han Li.

His originally cloudy eyes suddenly became extremely clear, his stooped figure immediately became straight, his hands gathered together the messy hair on his forehead, and the decadent air in his whole body was swept away, replaced by a kind of The atmosphere of a rather powerful person in power.

Han Li sneered, but didn't answer, his figure flashed, and he came over suddenly, and punched him straight in the head.

Seeing the sudden burst of aura, the old man's eyes twitched slightly, his body flashed, and he retreated tens of feet.

Han Li's punch missed and hit the ground of the altar.

Just hearing a loud bang, the entire altar shattered and turned into a piece of dust.

Dozens of streams of light kept flashing around Han Li, and all of them glared at Han Li.

"Where did you come from, how dare you attack our patriarch!" An old man in a green robe pointed at Han Li and cursed.

After Han Li punched, he didn't make another attack. He just stared at Bai Songshi opposite him without blinking, and didn't even look at the people around him. .

These people are all monks of the Bai family, and the strongest are only in the late stage of transformation, so naturally he will not care about them.

And at this moment, another slender figure shot from a distance and landed on the crumbled altar. It was Bai Suyuan, who had a delicate and pretty appearance, and was wearing a short pink lotus skirt.

"Second Uncle, Uncle...you stop. I invited Senior Li to come back and kill the Heavenly Demon. Don't be fooled by that demon and lose your life in vain." Bai Suyuan shouted loudly.

"Shut up, you villain, not only killed your own grandfather, but also dared to talk nonsense and slander the patriarch. You really don't know how to live or die. Today I will clean up the house for my elder brother." The old man in green robe, who Bai Suyuan called second uncle, was furious Angry, as soon as the light on his body lit up, he killed Bai Suyuan.

Han Li caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye, but ignored it, and walked towards "White Songshi" step by step.