As a native earthling who lived in a peaceful era, Cao Ye had only seen such a bloody sacrificial method in books.
The tall altar made of huge rocks was piled with wild beasts killed by the villagers.
Blood was still oozing out from the wound on his flesh, dripping down along the lines of the boulder.
No matter how many times he saw this scene, Cao Ye would feel shocked. This was the desolate Great Desolate!
However, this was the first time he had seen such a big scene since he came here.
Could it be that he had a great harvest today? Cao Ye guessed.
Cao Ye spread out his divine sense and landed on the trunk of the willow tree. He looked at the tall altar and the people below.
Today's altar was a little different from usual. The offerings were divided into two parts, and there was another pile of stones beside the altar. There were also many wild beast corpses on it.
The villagers busied themselves, piling up most of the prey they had hunted today on the altar.
Cao Ye watched with interest, wanting to see what would be different about today's sacrifice.
Finally, everything was ready. Under the leadership of the clan leader, everyone began to pray.
"I request that the willow tree continue to protect our village. If the Guardian Spirit needs it, please enjoy these prey to your heart's content.”The clan leader's expression was solemn as he spoke to the willow tree piously.
"It doesn't seem to be any different." Cao Ye looked down and thought.
The sacrifice should have ended after the prayer, so Cao Ye was not prepared to continue watching.
Right at this moment, the clan leader bowed towards the willow tree once again.
"Everyone in the Desolate Village, pay your respects to the Guardian Spirit. If there is a new Guardian Spirit here, you can enjoy the offerings here.”
Cao Ye was somewhat stunned. Two Guardian Spirits? I've never heard of the Desolate Village having two Guardian Spirits?
"Which Guardian Spirit is so powerful that it can accept worship in the village where the Willow Deity has taken root?”
He searched his memories, but he still could not find such a Guardian Spirit.
As the people of the Desolate Village paid their respects, Cao Ye found a force surging towards him.
Cao Ye was confused. Could it be because he was beside the Willow Deity and accidentally received a portion of the Willow Deity's sacrificial power?
Just as Cao Ye was feeling puzzled, the system came out again to show its presence.
"Ding, it has been detected that the host has triggered a check-in mission. Do you wish to sign in?”
The appearance of the system interrupted Cao Ye's thoughts.
Cao Ye pondered for a moment and decided to ask the system about this power first.
"System, what was that power just now?”
"The host is born under the willow tree and can share the power of the willow god's sacrifice through the villagers 'worship.”
"There's such a good thing?" Wasn't this equivalent to using the power of the sacrifice for free?
After figuring out the source of the power, Cao Ye immediately said to the System,""Sign in!"
"Sign in complete, receive the power of sacrifice, obtain desolate beast blood essence to temper the body!”
As soon as the system finished speaking, the clan leader and the others watched helplessly as the blood essence on the sacrifice flowed along the winding patterns of the altar to the willow root.
"Or willow wood? As expected, it was impossible for two Guardian Spirits to coexist.”The clan leader looked at the scene in front of him and said.
It seemed that no new Guardian Spirit had appeared. Perhaps the Willow Wood Guardian Spirit's reaction was relatively slow, the clan leader thought as he stroked his beard.
"Patriarch, I told you, it's impossible for two Guardian Spirits to appear at the same time.”Desolate Tiger said.
"After so many years, the Willow Deity has finally begun to enjoy the offerings.”The Huang Flying Dragon let out a gratified sigh.
All these years, they had been protected by the willow tree from the invasion of desolate beasts in the deep mountains and forests. However, the willow tree had never enjoyed the sacrifice, so they felt a little uneasy.
After all, everything was fair. Now that the willow tree had finally begun to enjoy the sacrifice, they were happy from the bottom of their hearts.
"Patriarch, it seems to be the second speculation. The spirit of the willow tree has truly awakened. The changes in the two eggs yesterday were brought about by the willow tree.”Desolate Forest Tiger said to the clan leader.
The clan leader nodded and ordered everyone to remove the offerings. He distributed them to everyone, cut them up, and let them bleed. The desolate beasts he caught today could be used.
Other than the blood essence used by the Guardian Spirit, the rest could be used by the children in the village to temper their bodies several times.
Everyone got busy, but no one noticed that the blood line meandered past and ended on a green grass.
The thin threads formed by the blood essence were currently climbing up the patterns on the leaf. The patterns on the leaf itself were flashing with black-purple lightning. The red and purple blended together to form a strange light.
And this grass was growing at the root of the willow tree!
Cao Ye absorbed the blood essence as if he was taking a pill. He circulated his Eight, Two, and Nine Mysterious Arts, and his cultivation rose to a higher level.
Today's check-in, other than the Willow Deity's sacrificial power and absorbing some blood essence that was better than nothing, there seemed to be no special reward.
Although he had also been rewarded with a pill-like rune last time, he had at least learned the Breath Holding Technique. This time, he might as well give out sugar pills.
At the thought of this, Cao Ye began to call the system in his mind.
"System, what's going on? Why aren't you human anymore? Is this all for today's check-in?"
The system was speechless and silently lit up the system panel.
[Host: Cao Ye]
[Identity: Nine Heavens Jasper Grass]
[Status: Middle Germinal Stage]
[Item: Power of Sacrifice (Can be accumulated), Eight, Two, Nine Mysteries, Breath Holding Technique]
[Effect: 1]
[Level: Ordinary Grade Rank-5]
[Ability: A sacred healing item that can heal people through the power of sacrifice]
"What's the use of saying so much? Isn't she still a healer?”Cao Ye looked at his attribute panel and complained helplessly.
What was the difference between this and the initial attributes?
Turning off the annoying system, Cao Ye placed his attention back on cultivation.
Now that he had maxed out his healer attribute, he could only rely on his own hard work to increase his combat strength.
Cultivation was the most important thing. Fortunately, with the power of sacrifice, he could eat the blood essence that was like jelly beans every day. It was a good thing for his cultivation to increase.
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