Yi Chengxin drew the blade across her palm, lowering her eyes to watch the bright red blood flow out and fall in a thin thread into the cauldron.
From her angle, Li Piaoqing saw it perfectly clearly. That bright red sank into the deep blue, where it should have spread into a vivid red pool on the thick surface, but nothing happened.
As though water had been poured into water, the bright red blood vanished without a trace. Yet the next moment, the flames in the cauldron abruptly surged higher without warning. Li Piaoqing even ducked instinctively; they looked ready to scorch the roof.
Amid the magnificent blue filling the hall, the High Priest led everyone to their feet and raised both hands high. "Edict Child of the Pupil Lineage, the Immortal-Sacrificing Ceremony is complete. You are permitted to enter the forest for Edict Transmission."
The twenty-odd people rose and bowed once more. The girl before the cauldron said nothing, returning the dagger to the table with both hands.
Then, her hands still bound, the girl passed the offering table and went straight ahead.
And disappeared.
Li Piaoqing froze for a moment. Black Cat had already melted through the latch of the high window beside her and pushed it open a crack. Li Piaoqing moved over, and the scene inside the Rear Hall came into view.
Yi Chengxin was walking in.
Li Piaoqing was about to look more closely, but at that very moment, every hair on her body suddenly stood on end.
Through the thin wall, the High Priest's ghostly gray-white eyes abruptly locked onto this spot!
With the ceremony over, he seemed suddenly to have recovered his awareness of his surroundings. Startled, Li Piaoqing was about to draw her sword when a small paw pressed down on the