Mu Duo let out a sigh of relief.
With the White Snake here, the ritual could continue without losing face before everyone. It seemed everyone was satisfied with the White Snake, but... why was she still holding that glittering stone in her mouth?
A huge, ferocious snake mouth had a massive diamond wedged inside it. Bai Yujun could not bear to part with the diamond for fear someone might steal it, so she simply clamped it in her mouth and came onstage with it. To others, it looked as though she had a fake tooth set in her mouth.
Among the villagers, one man rubbed his forehead. He kept feeling that the thing in the sacred beast's mouth looked very much like the stone that had previously been used to prop up a table leg.
Mu Duo spoke again.
"Sacred beast, return to your place~!"
Following the earlier instructions, Bai Yujun slithered toward the Giant Tree. After landing, she twisted her enormous body and coiled around the Giant Tree as she climbed. Her hard Snake Scales scraped against the wood with sharp cracking sounds. She spiraled upward, climbing to the very top and raising her snake head high. Looking down at the three sacrifices, she was relieved—they were all natural enemies.
Next came Mu Duo's recitation of the sacrificial text.
Its contents were obscure and difficult to understand, roughly informing the ancestors to bless the sacred beast's return, so that the tribal village might enjoy Favorable Winds and Timely Rain, prosperity, and flourishing growth, and so on. In truth, no one paid attention to Mu Duo's sacrificial text. Their eyes were fixed tightly on the White Snake. Bai Yujun's form differed somewhat from everyone's understanding of a white snake.
Her savage snake head bore sharp fangs, and the strange, obvious