Chapter 322 – Mysterious Stone Pillar

Chapter 322 – Mysterious Stone Pillar
Chu Youtian gasped and looked at Xu Chuniang.

“Please also ask fellow Daoist Yan to come over and give us a hand, when we get out, this treasure will be half for both of us.”

Xu Chuniang thought about it and didn’t refuse, clasping her hands tightly around the stone monument, she forcefully lifted it upwards.

However, with the combined strength of the two of them, they still couldn’t move the monument in the slightest.

After several fruitless attempts, Xu Chunniang helplessly let go of her hands.

“This monument seems to have grown in the earth, it simply can’t be pulled out.”

Chu Youtian, however, refused to give up on this; he took two steps back and picked up the spear that had been thrown aside.

“I am digging today, and I will dig it out!”

After saying that, he used his spear to plow up a circle of soil near the stone tablet, actually intending to dig it out in a hard way.

Xu Chuniang thought about it and lifted her bone blade to start helping.

However, the two of them dug five feet around the monument, but still failed to dig it out; the part of it that was exposed outside was just the tip of the iceberg.

This was not a stone monument, it was more like a stone pillar.

The part of the stone pillar that was buried in the earth had even more uneven runes on its surface, only that it was equally blurry and indistinguishable.

Chu Youtian obviously didn’t expect such a result, and hesitantly looked towards Xu Chuniang, “Still digging?”

Xu Chunniang plucked a few leaves and gently wiped the soil on the bone blade.

“No more digging. Not to mention whether or not we can dig out the stone pillar, even if we luckily dig out the old one, there’s no way to take it away in this land of extinct spirits with no aura.”

Chu Youtian was a little frustrated, it was not easy to come across a treasure, but as a result, he could not take it away.

They had just walked into the cave when they felt an extremely subtle vibration that seemed to come from behind them.

The two of them glanced at each other, both seeing the shocked suspicion in the bottom of the other’s eyes.

“Fang was the ground shaking?”

“It seems like the stone pillar shook there.”

Just then, that vibration struck again, and it was hundreds of times more violent than before.

The cave collapsed and the rocks rolled down, and the two men nearly fell to the ground and were hit by the rocks.

Xu Chuniang was finally sure that the vibration was coming from the direction of the stone pillar.

“Exit the cave first!”

However, just as the two of them withdrew and retreated, the entrance to the cave was blocked by falling boulders, trapping them in the cave.

Fortunately, this earth tremor came fast and went even faster, not long after the cave entrance was blocked, the feeling of earth tremor and shaking of the mountains came to an abrupt end.

Chu Youtian let out a long sigh of relief, with the fluke of escaping from death on his face, “Scared me to death, I thought I was going to be buried alive here.”

This natural cave has already collapsed in a small half in the earth tremor, if the earth tremor continues for a little longer, his little life will really be accounted for here.

Xu Chuniang’s face was equally unsightly, the cave was blocked, so she could only continue to walk inside.

Thinking that the earth tremor came from the direction of the stone pillars, she pondered.

“Could it be that we dug up that stone pillar that caused the ground to move?”

This earth movement came inexplicably, and right after the two of them moved the earth, so she could not help but think about it.

Chu Youtian recalled that when he first headed to the cave and ran, he vaguely saw what looked like a dark light flashing on that stone pillar.

Just Fang hurriedly glanced at it, he did not dare to be sure if he had misread it.

After he informed Xu Chuniang of this matter, his face revealed a look of flesh pain and regret.

“I told you that stone pillar was a good thing, just moving the earth next to it alone caused such a strong earth tremor. It’s a pity, alas.”

Xu Chuniang ignored him and made her way up the stone steps in the cave. If this earth tremor was really caused by that stone pillar, after digging it out, the two of them might really die.

It was her luck that she wasn’t hit by the rocks, but if she were to do it again, she might not be so lucky.

The earth tremor had a wide range, except for Xu Chuniang and Chu Youtian who bore the brunt of the tremor, everyone within the entire valley felt a strong tremor.

By the side of the huge altar, there was a large group of people surrounding it in a great swarm.

Their faces were as colorful as earth, their bodies shivering, kneeling and kowtowing to the altar non-stop, muttering under their breath.

“Lord Witch God is angry.”

“Who has angered Lord Witch God, please calm your anger.”

“The Witch God is above, the sacrifices will be ready soon. My clan has prepared a full eight sacrifices this time, and we will definitely be able to satisfy Your Excellency.”

It wasn’t until the tremor completely disappeared that their apprehension slowly calmed down.

The first few village chiefs got up and frowned lightly after looking around.

“There are outsiders mixing in, there are quite a few of them, and I can sense many unfamiliar auras that make people uncomfortable.”

“Those outlanders are hiding very stealthily, pay attention to protecting the altar, don’t let them disrupt the sacrifice and anger Lord Witch God.”

“Unsuspecting outlanders, huh.”

After a few people had exchanged words, they commanded the clan members to bring the selected sacrifices and send them up to the tall altar.

Those chosen sacrifices were all children under the age of twelve.

They sat on the altar, their eyes wide open in curiosity, not yet sure of their next fate.

Soon, there were more and more people on the altar, as many as fifty or sixty.

You Sinniang watched this scene from afar and couldn’t help but flick the corner of her lips with her tongue, her eyes flashing with covetousness.

“Although they’re all mortals with no cultivation, this much essence, blood, and soul adds up to no small amount of power.”

Tan Lang was startled by the meaning of her words, “Don’t mess around, bloodline sacrifice is not like other things, you have a different bloodline from them, you can’t get this power at all.”

“I know, I’m just a bit greedy. If all these people can be sacrificed to me, I might be able to use this to break through to Jindan.”

Regret appeared in You Sinniang’s eyes, which turned into a cold aura.

“Since I can’t get it, then I’ll destroy it. This group of natives doesn’t have good intentions at all anyway.”

There were not a few cultivators like You Sinniang who had blended into the valley, and most of them had followed people from other villages in.

After seeing this scene from afar, their demeanor varied from righteous indignation to indifference.

But no matter what the attitude of the crowd was, at least so far, a consensus was reached on destroying the sacrifice.

After all, the key to leaving the Land of Extinct Spirits was most likely related to this sacrifice and the object of the sacrifice.

Above the tall altar, the many sacrifices were finally placed into position.

The twelve village chiefs led their respective clansmen to guard the twelve directions around the altar, and began their fervent and lengthy prayers.

After the ceremony began, the Witch God would revive from his slumber and enjoy the sacrifices.

Not far from the altar, within a mountainous hinterland, Xu Chuniang suddenly stopped in her tracks, “Did you hear anything?”

Chu Youtian listened carefully for a while, “It sounds like some sort of ancient tone, but I can’t understand it.”

The two of them exchanged glances and followed the direction from which the sound emanated, and within a few steps, they saw another stone pillar, the unearthed portion of which was only three feet long.

Along the way, this was already the eighth stone pillar they had encountered.

(End of chapter)