Liang Qu's gaze flickered as he scanned ten lines at a glance.
According to the records.
Great Snow Mountain had planted a great many "Hidden Stakes" in Blue Lake at the upper reaches of the Huai River, as well as around Blue Lake.
Under the court's supervision, Jian Zhongyi was removing them one by one. The fewer Hidden Stakes remained, the weaker the Blood Sacrifice would become. In a little over a year, it was estimated that nearly one-tenth of the Hidden Stakes had been removed.
At present, it was known.
Great Snow Mountain's Blood Sacrifice of Blue Lake had two main purposes.
First, to pollute the Huai River, shake Da Shun's foundations, and aid the Northern Court's southward advance.
When Ha Lu Han had competed before the court in the past, the Mahakala he displayed had been Great Snow Mountain's guardian deity.
Great Snow Mountain had long since infiltrated the Northern Court—or rather, the two were secretly branches of the same tree, sharing the same breath!
Second, by sacrificing Blue Lake in blood and polluting the Huai River, they might obtain a Small Rank Fruit.
Rank Fruit.
This was not the first time Liang Qu had heard the term.
"Do you know what a Rank Fruit is?"
When Liang Qu had advanced to True Image, such joyous news had not been mentioned by the Sacred Emperor.
Instead, the Sacred Emperor had gotten straight to the point, speaking from Jian Zhongyi to Great Snow Mountain.
Liang Qu shook his head. "I know only a little. I once heard General Xu say that of the Four Gates and Seven Paths, to enter the Furnace Path, one must grasp a Rank Fruit."
The chief eunuch waved his fly whisk. "Earl Xingyi, what enters the Furnace is a Great Rank Fruit. A Great