Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 106 Blood Sacrifice
This night at Yinlan Villa was destined to be restless.
It should be said that the Lan family in Yinlan Villa has never been so restless since they can remember.
In the middle of the night, everyone was awakened by the frightened and panicked voices of the servants who came to report the news.
"The grain cart was burned. Who did it?" The core members of the Lan family who held real power grabbed two pieces of clothing, put them on and ran to the meeting hall.
Everyone knows that if you go too late at this time, you will just have to endure the wrath of your ancestors!
The grain truck that arrives once a month determines the food problem for the hundreds of people in Yinlan Mountain Villa. It is impossible to supply the food for so many people in Wulong Town in a short time!
"What's wrong with Tangjiabao? Are they going to start an all-out war?"
"It's hard to say. Maybe he is deliberately provoking us to make the Lan family take the first move. I don't think it's urgent. Let's wait and see the situation before making a specific decision."
"We've had some bad luck this year. First, the largest flower field was inexplicably burned down, then the control over West Street weakened, and now they're actually riding on our heads and shitting on us!"
"If this continues, not to mention the Tang family, even those other vicious jackals in Wulong Town will probably take the opportunity to bite off a few pieces of our fat meat!"
In the meeting hall of Yinlan Villa, disheveled officials came one after another.
The old ancestor who was sitting right above didn't say a word, but his face was already ashen.
Just when most people had arrived, a servant came running in again, "Report...Old Ancestor, our...our canal is blocked..."
Everyone in the meeting hall widened their eyes.
The grain carts were burned, the waterways were destroyed, and they had trouble getting food and drink. How could they fight Tangjiabao?
The ancestor of the Lan family frowned slightly.
There was not a trace of expression in his cloudy eyes and wrinkled face.
Just when the people of Yinlan Villa were at a loss for ideas , another servant came in and said, "Our...our ancestral tomb of Yinlan Villa...is on fire!!"
boom.
At this moment, the whole hall was in an uproar.
The old ancestor, who had been sitting quietly on the platform, suddenly put his hand on the table. Although he did not say a word, the exquisitely carved wooden table began to crack and then shattered to the ground.
No food, no water, no incense!
The series of attacks on Tangjiabao really hit the mark.
However, the old ancestor's expression quickly returned to calm. He had been in charge of Yinlan Villa for so many years, so what ups and downs had he not seen?
Ever since the death of Tang Jiabao and the masters of his generation, the area of Wulong Town has been suppressed by Yinlan Mountain Villa.
He just didn't believe that as long as he was alive, Tangjiabao could still make a comeback.
Looking at the people from Hidden Blue Villa who were like a group of flies below, he frowned again and asked, "Where's Shaoze?"
"He went to attend Master Lu Huang's banquet today, so he should be back soon!" A steward of the second generation of the Lan family stood up and answered.
"Okay, wait a little longer!" The old ancestor nodded slightly and closed his eyes again, not knowing what he was thinking about.
This wait lasted for nearly half an hour.
The brows of the old ancestor of the Lan family were getting tighter and tighter.
Suddenly, a loud noise came from outside the meeting hall: "Oh no, oh no..."
Everyone frowned at the same time because of the hateful and sad noise.
"What's the matter? Come forward and let's talk slowly. You two are all in a panic. How disgraceful!" A steward lifted his robe, walked out, and scolded the messenger servant who was crawling over to him.
"Grandfather... all the masters..." The messenger crawled on the ground, not even daring to raise his head, and tremblingly called out: "Young Master... Young Master..."
A gleam of light suddenly flashed in the old ancestor's cloudy eyes. He stood up suddenly and rushed to the messenger servant in almost an instant. He picked him up and asked in a stern voice, "Shao Ze, what happened to Shao Ze?"
The servant was frightened by the Lan family's ancestor's aura, and felt like he was shaking all over: "Young Master... was killed! His head... is hanging on the beam of his private house on West Street!"
Snap——
The old ancestor loosened his grip, and the servant fell straight to the ground and didn't get up for a long time.
In the entire conference hall, all voices fell silent.
Everyone's head was buzzing.
They looked at their ancestor and dared not even breathe...
This old man, the backbone of the Lan family that has relied on to stand firm in Wulong Town for decades, has always been strong with age and respected by everyone in the Lan family. But now he seems to have aged dozens of years in an instant, and his back, which has always been as straight as a sword, has become hunched.
A dignified four-star warrior actually stumbled a bit as he walked the short distance of dozens of steps from the door to the high chair.
silence.
The entire Lan family meeting hall fell into deathly silence.
The ancestor of the Lan family just sat down on the highest armchair in the hall, looking into the distance with empty eyes.
He stood there motionless, like a stone statue, without blinking an eye...
One hour.
Two hours.
Three hours.
It was not until Lan Shaoze’s head was brought back from Wulong Town and placed in front of the old ancestor that he suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood. His eyes suddenly revealed a ferocious light like a hawk: “Go to the ancestral land, open the altar, I want... a blood sacrifice!”
Everyone in the room was shocked.
Almost everyone knelt down at the same time: "Grandfather, please think twice!"
"After the blood sacrifice, you only have three days to live!"
"Now that Shaoze is gone, we can train another successor! If you were gone, our Lan family would have no future..."
The ancestor of the Lan family slammed the armchair and stood up: "I have made up my mind, and no one can argue with me! During the blood sacrifice, you will guard Yinlan Villa and... wait for me to come out!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
No one noticed that a line of tears ran down the old face.
"With Shaoze dead, Yinlan Villa really has no future..." The old ancestor of the Lan family clutched his chest and silently recited three words in his heart, "Tang... Family... Castle!"
When the figure of the ancestor completely disappeared from the meeting hall, a younger generation secretly raised his head and asked, "Uncle San, what is blood sacrifice?"
"Hey... you kid, you don't know anything. Blood sacrifice is a secret method passed down by my Lan family's ancestors. It can only be used when the clan is destroyed or the village is destroyed. In short, after the blood sacrifice secret method is activated, no matter whether it succeeds or not! The person who is sacrificed will only live for three days at most!"
"Ah? Then why did the ancestor do this?!"
"Because, once the blood sacrifice is successful, the ancestor will be at least at the peak of four stars. It is possible that he will even be five stars. A five-star strongman will wipe out the entire Tang Family Castle within three days!"
"But... our ancestor asked us to defend Hidden Blue Villa... How long do we have to do it?"
"The blood sacrifice takes forty-nine days, and we have to look for sacrifices during this time, so... it will take at least three months." An elder said loudly, "The news of our ancestor's seclusion must not be spread to others, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous!"
With a four-star warrior as their ancestor, even if Tangjiabao takes over Wulong Town, it will not rashly attack Yinlan Villa directly.
However, once the Tang Family Fort knew that the ancestor was in seclusion, they could attack directly without any scruples!
"I know. Then we just wait for our ancestor to come out and destroy Tang Family Castle." The young man who first asked the question jumped up with a smile and left the meeting hall.
"Alright, alright, it's okay. Once Tang Family Castle is destroyed, won't the entire Wulong Town be ours?" The younger generations of the Lan family left here one after another, leaving only the last few middle-aged people of the second generation of the Lan family, looking at each other in bewilderment.
No wonder the ancestor was willing to sacrifice himself and go into seclusion to perform a blood sacrifice, trying to eradicate Tangjiabao on his own.
Because, in Yinlan Villa, apart from Lan Shaoze, there is really no one else who can be called the "future"!
…
That night, not only was Yinlan Villa not peaceful, but even Tangjiabao was also uneasy.
The three Tang Boyuan brothers were so shocked by how much Xiaotang and her friends could accomplish in one night that they almost burst into tears.
The battle with Yinlan Villa is only a matter of time.
Since Xiaotang had cut off Yinlan Villa's water and food supplies in advance and burned their ancestral graves, everyone in Tangjiabao was mobilized and on high alert to guard against Yinlan Villa's crazy counterattack.
But……
Until the sky began to turn pale in the distance, there was no sign of the expected counterattack.
In the morning, the spies who stayed in the town brought news that Yinlan Villa had withdrawn from Wulong Town overnight.
Almost all the industries were abandoned, and everyone retreated to Yinlan Villa!
"How is it possible?" Tang Boyuan and his companions were totally in disbelief when they heard the news. The entire Tang Family Castle did not relax either, but all members of the family began to take turns on guard to ensure adequate rest.
Naturally, the Tang family will not let go of the fat meat left by the Lan family in Wulong Town!
Tangjiabao immediately sent people to take over all the industries, both Mingming and secretly.
However, all this has nothing to do with Tang Zheng.
He had already spent a lot of energy to snipe Lan Shaoze.
Although he finally succeeded in getting rid of this nemesis and successfully advanced to the second star, and even obtained the upgrade artifact he had always dreamed of - the secretly engraved ornament Rain Flower Seal, he himself was also covered in wounds.
After he returned to Tangjiabao, he went straight into the healing sanctuary that had been prepared long ago, the flower fields of decadence and luxury, and found a good spot next to the King of Flowers and slept on the floor.
A dreamless night.
It was not until noon that he stretched and stretched his muscles, and found that the extravagance around him had withered a lot, but fortunately his injuries had mostly healed.
"I have to wait for a while before I can plant flower seeds. It would be great if I could buy flower seeds directly from the mall like in the game, and then spend some money to speed up the growth." Tang Zheng looked at the flower field, shook his head, and walked out with a lot of ideas.
Bathed in the beautiful sunshine and smelling the enchanting fragrance of flowers, Tang Zheng simply began to practice martial arts in front of the flower field.
When he was upgraded to a higher star before the battle, he had not had time to see how much his strength had increased.
"Raise your hands, charge at the crown, the rain stops, and roar upwards..." Tang Zheng's hands flew, and the two daggers slashed out sharp rays in the air, as if the continuous sunlight could be shattered together.
After reaching the second star, Tang Zheng clearly felt the power of his martial arts, which had at least doubled.
Moreover, after the battle with Lan Shaoze, the fluency and speed of his shots have been greatly improved.
"I really want to beat him for another five hundred years, but unfortunately, Young Master Lan doesn't give me this opportunity..." Tang Zheng felt very regretful.
After practicing a set of martial arts, Tang Zheng felt very satisfied.
The only thing that is a bit uncomfortable is that every time I use it to compete for the championship, the feeling of disharmony that I encountered before starts to appear again.
Although it was far less serious than before, Tang Zheng was now much more proficient in martial arts, and he felt even more uncomfortable with this disharmony than before.
Tang Zheng practiced it again a few times and soon suppressed the feeling of disharmony.
"That shouldn't be the case. How can the technical barrier appear again ?" Tang Zheng remembered that this possibility didn't seem to be mentioned in the Ta Que Notes.
"Master!" Just when Tang Zheng was puzzled, a familiar voice pulled him back. Looking up, he saw Tang Xiaotang and Tang Zixie, along with a group of his students, smiling and waving at him in the sun.
