The ritual area had sustained a certain degree of damage during the search and subsequent handling, but its basic layout could still be made out.
Though called an altar, it was actually assembled from multiple furnaces and matching trenches. Aside from the furnaces around the perimeter, the overall structure was largely level with the ground.
According to the records and on-site interrogations, the ritual process was roughly this: the "secret mine" corresponding to the sacrificial ritual was placed into furnaces or other processing stations, where its form and properties were altered. It was then arranged along the trenches into a complex pattern, thereby pleasing the legendary "Great Existence."
The operation of this ritual was actually quite complicated. It required senior believers trained in Secret Mine Scenery to guide and sort the materials.
But now, with Lu Yang's arrangements, even two Acolyte Priests could control it.
Badar was one of the Fate Trackers and possessed an exceptionally precise grasp of material forms, properties, and arrangements.
As for Yuan Ju, as an apprentice Architecture Priest, he also had a solid foundation in ritual procedures and rune-pattern structures.
As for the specific setup, the cultists' testimony had proven the least useful. Lu Yang had produced a clearer, more detailed plan—though he said it had been provided by the "task force."
It did not matter whether the entire process was a little faster or slower. They did not need to offer "devotion," either. That was the job of those peripheral "cultist atmosphere-makers"...
To be honest, having two proper Myriad Gods Hall Acolyte Priests preside over the sacrificial operation while the less-than-legitimate peripheral cultists recited doctrinal scriptures in trembling voices made the entire scene utterly absurd.
By the end, Yuan Ju did not know whether the altar's scorching heat had overwhelmed him or the absurd