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After the pass city developed a breach, it became far less difficult to attack. With A Lu's help, the Shang Kingdom vanguard broke through the pass city with minimal casualties before Shang Jun arrived.

Afterward, the Shang army drove straight ahead, fighting all the way to the outskirts of the Ge Kingdom capital.

Before Ge Jun received this news, he had been entertaining an envoy from the Xia ruler. The banquet had already gone on for half a month, and processed sacrifices filled the surrounding area.

Pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese—the three livestock and three fowl—were cut by different sacrificial methods, their different parts arranged in their proper places and endowed with corresponding meanings.

Shamans burned incense, danced, offered sacrifices, and prayed. Layer upon layer of wondrous sounds echoed through the surroundings, blending all manner of willing power into the flesh and blood, purifying its filth and making it more delicious, more pristine.

Of course, at this banquet, the three livestock and three fowl did not count as the finest fare. There were even higher-grade "sacrifices," prepared through special methods and served at the banquet for the Ge Kingdom nobles and the Xia Dynasty envoy to enjoy.

Looking at a basin of raw meat that carried a faint medicinal fragrance, Ge Jun said with a hint of obsequiousness, "Envoy, please try this dish of sliced raw meat. We improved it according to the method bestowed by the Xia ruler. After decades and several generations of cultivation within the divine kingdom, its flesh and blood have been purified to the utmost. Supplemented by all kinds of medicinal herbs, it benefits even people like us."

"Of course, to prevent the fear born of death from contaminating the meat's flavor and spiritual vitality, we carve and take it fresh. Before the ingredients