Only One Road

"Get out, now!"

"What is wrong with your Eastern Desolation delegation? You are so ignorant of propriety that you actually dared send an envoy whose blood has been corrupted by evil! Aren't you afraid of enraging the Holy Ancestors?"

"Quickly, keep your Threads of Entanglement under control! Do not accidentally harm anyone..."

Before the Merfolk clone, the temple officiants acted as though facing a formidable enemy.

The other delegations also hurriedly kept their distance, terrified that those blood-red Threads of Entanglement would shoot toward them and drain them into dried corpses.

"My apologies! The Threads of Entanglement within me have indeed gone somewhat out of control!"

Li Qingyun wore an expression of guilt and regret. He stepped out from the Eastern Desolation delegation's ranks and, beneath the anxious gazes of Tushan Wenshan, Yu Guinong, and the others, gave them a reassuring look.

He secretly transmitted his voice to Tushan Wenshan. "Lord Tushan, go without worry. This journey to the Ancestral Temple will surely be free of mishap!"

How could there be any mishap? Mere sea-gathering, Moon-Gathering-level blood food and human sacrifices—how could the Holy Ancestors possibly have any appetite for such things?

After a pause, Li Qingyun transmitted again, "You need only present the list of human sacrifices to the Holy Ancestors one by one. Should any Holy Ancestor be moved and willing to lend our Eastern Desolation Domain Temple a hand, he will naturally come down to find me..."

Tushan Wenshan sighed and nodded in reply. "It can only be so. I hope that this trip can settle milord's matter properly!"

Having remained in Hundred Victories City for half a month, Tushan Wenshan, Yu Guinong, and the others had gained some understanding of the value of "top-grade human sacrifices."

Their Eastern Desolation delegation had come brimming with "sincerity"—two Ancestral