Please control me, my divine being!

Bai Tieya was still lying in the tree hole. Compared to yesterday, he looked better, but his body was gradually growing together with the tree bark, which seemed to be some kind of folk art to prolong his life.

Seeing that you had arrived as promised, he put aside his worries and began to fulfill his promise, imparting to you the basic knowledge of the cultivation world.

He began to speak in detail:

Currently, there are ten major lineages in the cultivation world.

Mountains and rivers, temples and gods, celestial masters and mystical arts, the common people and the Jianghu, the immortals of the North, and the herbs and medicines.

He can command ghosts and communicate with spirits, summon corpses to drive away evil spirits, ward off calamities, practice witchcraft and incantations, and has no taboos.

These ten cultivation paths have dominated the cultivation world for over a thousand years, each experiencing its own rise and fall.

The "Ya Ren" (牙人) belong to a certain path within the underworld, worshipping their patriarch, Ya Gong (牙公). Their methods include the art of persuasion, the art of keen insight, and the art of blood pacts...

Bai Tieya originally intended to guide you into the field, but after last night, he had to abandon the idea and begin to reveal Qin Hongshi's abilities to you.

Sacrifices are divided into major and minor categories.

She underwent two great sacrifices and acquired the arts of tongue manipulation and blood pact, making her a formidable opponent.

In the world of martial arts and江湖道脉 (Jianghu Daomai, a term referring to the martial arts world), this level is generally called a "sitting master" or "grand sitting master."

To kill her, one would need at least the strength of a Grand Sacrifice, and meticulous planning to find even the slimst opportunity.

Is it a grand ceremony?

That should mean breaking through the first major node and obtaining the mundane techniques.

Zhou Qing silently pondered, watching Bai Tieya continue talking. The other party recounted the sacrificial process again, which was almost identical to what he had heard from Su Tangyu.

However, Bai Tieya gave a more detailed account.

There are many types of sacrifices, including minor sacrifices, major sacrifices, and command sacrifices.

The sacrificial process should not be rushed, not only because it might anger the gods, but also because a superior altar, ritual diagrams, and offerings can bring more blessings from the gods.

This can be seen in the context of the game's text.

Zhou Qing discovered that if any part of the ritual went wrong, it could very likely affect the acquisition of divine power.

Offerings that could have been converted into ten points of divine power may only be converted into six or seven.

So Zhou Qing, who had gathered a large number of small-value offerings and was preparing to begin the second sacrifice, temporarily suppressed the idea.

He first controlled the girl, returned to the Fa Cult, and secretly moved the pile of small items out and stored them in the cave.

Then, while searching for sacrificial materials, he also learned various kinds of knowledge from Bai Tieya.

Time flies.

Three days later, Zhou Qing put the tabloid aside, looking disappointed.

There's still no new information about the person who rolls up the curtain.

Since that day, the other party has been caught and has not published any new content in the tabloids.

Zhou Qing calmed down and entered the game.

Today is an extremely important day.

Over the past few days, through numerous explorations and relentless exploitation of the Dharma, he finally found enough cinnabar pigment to draw the ritual diagrams and materials to construct the altar.

The grand ceremony must be a bit more formal. Even if the god himself doesn't care, he still has to pay some attention to it for the sake of the efficiency of the conversion of divine power.

You speak with Bai Tieya and inform him that you have made preparations for the sacrifice. He is overjoyed and decides to lend you a helping hand in the final moments of his life.

Inside the cave were offerings piled up like small mountains, in a chaotic and disorganized manner.

Bai Tieya frowned, momentarily doubting whether you were truly prepared.

These offerings contained very little value.

Even if a sacrifice is successfully held, it is difficult to receive the gods' favor, and there is a high possibility of angering the gods.

You explain to him that the god you believe in is a kind and benevolent deity, and that this is the best offering you have made since becoming a believer.

After hearing your explanation, Bai Tieya fell silent.

He stopped speaking and quietly watched you draw the diagrams for the instrument.

As soon as you put pen to paper, your hand starts to tremble, and every line you draw is crooked and uneven, far from smooth, and can hardly be described as a complete line segment.

You suddenly remember that the first sacrificial ceremony was held underground at the River God Temple, where there were ready-made ritual diagrams.

The second sacrifice was under the control of the gods.

This is the first time you've actually drawn the instrument diagram yourself.

Only now do you realize just how difficult it is; even a single stroke requires extremely high skill...

Hey.

Zhou Qing stared at the game text, speechless for a moment.

As expected, he is a follower of his little genius, and as always, he does not give anyone the slightest surprise.

Forget it, I'll just do it myself.

...

Inside the cave, Li Qinghe looked at the crooked pattern she had drawn, and her breathing became heavier for a moment.

I've practiced many times these past few days!

They can even draw simple ritual diagrams smoothly and completely in normal times, but why can't they do it during sacrificial rites?

The types of ritual diagrams are different, but the ritual diagram she needs to use now is not complicated and belongs to the most basic type of ritual diagram.

Li Qinghe's confidence was completely shattered.

Only when you actually start performing the ritual do you realize how difficult it is to draw this thing.

Bai Tieya, standing beside him, frowned even more, increasingly doubting whether the girl before him could actually kill Qin Hongshi.

Last night he believed that even if he died, the girl should be able to do it.

After all, there was a guy with an incredibly high status standing behind the other party!

Whether it's wild gods, evil spirits, or something else.

Anyway, he himself had experienced three major sacrifices and was once the head of a city. He only used a mundane technique to peek at it and suffered a backlash, almost losing his sight.

That's why he felt he had a chance.

But now...

Bai Tieya began to doubt his own judgment.

He could only watch helplessly as the girl failed to draw the diagram for the instrument.

Now his entire body is fused with the tree bark, and his arms have completely merged into the tree.

Having already exerted tremendous effort to reach the cave, they were no longer able to perform the delicate work of drawing diagrams.

Just as Bai Tieya was pondering how to proceed with the ceremony smoothly, at least ensuring that Li Qinghe could successfully complete the first grand sacrifice, he saw the girl suddenly lose her expression.

His empty eyes stared at the ground, his hands unconsciously picking up paintbrushes, dipping them in vermilion paint on the cleared ground, and wielding the brush like the wind.

Bai Tieya narrowed his eyes for a moment.

The efficiency and smoothness of this kind of diagram-drawing technique are indeed signs of divine favor, and such beings will receive divine revelation at crucial moments.

Such people generally find the path of spiritual practice much easier than ordinary people, but they also encounter many other problems.

Based on past experience...

Those cultivators who easily receive divine revelation usually meet with unfortunate ends.

However, in today's cultivation world, who can guarantee a good ending?

Having survived three major sacrifices, I have become what I am now.

He spent most of his life honing his body and refining his skills, while also worshipping gods and practicing worldly arts, yet he still rarely had a peaceful end.

Not long after.

With the girl's fluid strokes, a perfect painting was created.

Then she moved the offerings into the center of the ritual diagram, and took out a wooden board with two characters carved on it with a wood-cutter's knife: "Qingzhu".

This was indeed the most thoroughly prepared sacrifice she had ever performed, but Bai Tieya shook his head repeatedly at the sight.

As a seasoned veteran of sacrificial rites, I found the entire process riddled with errors and omissions.

"An altar needs an image, not just a wooden board! Besides, this is just the honorific name of the deity; what about their real name? You're making things this way, and it's easy to run into problems."

"Shh!"

Li Qinghe turned around and gestured for him to be quiet.

Immediately afterwards, the ritual diagram drawn with cinnabar suddenly burst into light, and the red runes shone brightly, as if they had come alive, flowing like water in the diagram, illuminating the entire cave with a red glow.