After chatting idly for a few moments, they saw more than a dozen maidservants approach, carrying five-colored earth and white jade.
Since ancient times, no large-scale sacrifice had ever been able to do without five-colored earth and jade.
Jade was the essence of the earth, while the five-colored soil corresponded to the Five Virtues and Five Elements. When the two were brought together and supplemented by ritual offerings, they indeed created an extraordinary spectacle.
Of course, the amount the maidservants had brought up now was far too little.
In ancient times, whenever those Holy Emperors held sacrifices, they would build altars from five-colored earth mixed with jade. Even the lowest standard was nine zhang nine—over thirty meters in diameter.
And in this world's history, the largest altar had measured ninety-nine zhang. Countless manpower and resources had been expended upon it, yet on the very day the altar was completed, that emperor had died of a sudden illness.
Later generations had an explanation for this: virtue did not match the position.
As a Daoist, Han Jinyue naturally understood the value of these two things. Seeing this, fresh doubts arose in her heart.
Zhang Huang'er did not conceal anything and immediately explained that they intended to use a sacrificial rite to stir the nation's fortune, preventing that demoness from leaving any hidden safeguards upon Han Jinyue.
Hearing this, waves of emotion rose in Han Jinyue's heart once more.
What she did not know was that Zhang Huang'er was not doing this because the sisterly bond between them ran so deep. She simply did not want Han Jinyue to be used by Fan Qingmeng.
After all, she knew that Han Jinyue bore a severed karmic bond.
Fan Qingmeng alone might not be able to do anything with it, but behind Fan Qingmeng stood