Shaojun riding the sea

Chapter 257 Blood on the Altar

"The Chinu army has entered the Qingli Mountains? Are they going to refine the Feng clan members into Shura soldiers?"

Shi Xuanling listened to Xiao Mo's story, her face changed drastically, she was furious, her chest heaved, she clenched her hands fiercely, and said hatefully: "Xi Yuehan is a lunatic, how dare he touch the Feng family?!"

"Why wouldn't he dare? In order to defeat the Allied Forces, he has already gone crazy and will do anything, regardless of the cost!"

A cold light flashed in Xiao Mo's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Besides, in Xi Yuehan's view, the Feng family split into two factions. The one he cooperated with was the Restoration Faction, so he naturally didn't care about the life and death of the Shouqing Faction. He even felt that sending troops into the Qingli Mountains to refine Shura soldiers was helping the Youzhou court to eliminate the traitors in the family. He felt from the bottom of his heart that we should be grateful to him, so he acted first and reported later, and directly decided on the first batch of refining targets, which were the main forces of the Shouqing Faction imprisoned in the prison in the mountains..."

"You mean..." Shi Xuanling's pupils suddenly shrank, and she suddenly remembered something, and her breathing became rapid: "The people imprisoned in that cell are the old clan leader, all the elders, many brothers and sisters in the clan, and... and my father!"

"That's right. Those imprisoned in the prison are all members of the Shouqing Sect headed by the clan leader, as well as your father, Lord Shi. They were all captured by the Chi Nu people and tied to the altar..."

"Altar?"

"Yes, those Chi Nu dogs want to refine them in public to show off the so-called national power of Chi Nu and to intimidate the remaining tribesmen in the mountains. The first target of those dogs is the tribe leader!"

On the high altar, there is a black and gold flag with a special moon pattern outlined on it. It is the symbol of the moon god of the Chinu tribe and the eternal belief in the hearts of all the Chinu people.

Next to the alchemy furnace, there also stood an old man wearing a black and gold robe and with a feminine face. He was none other than the messenger sent by Xi Yuehan to carry out the mission, the National Master Yue Zun of the Chi Nu tribe.

It can be said that the disaster in Qingli Mountain was caused by this person.

This National Master Yuezun is Xiyuehan's most trusted minister, who is responsible for refining Shura soldiers for Xiyuehan and sending them to the battlefield. He holds a very high status in the Chinu tribe. It was he who proposed that Xiyuehan send troops into the Qingli Mountains to refine the Feng clan members in the mountains!

Because Pei Shixi had gone to the Chinu tribe to negotiate cooperation with Xi Yuehan, and the subordinates he brought with him were all members of the Feng clan. The National Master Yuezun accidentally discovered that the Feng clan all had strong muscles and bones, and were born with a special physique, which made them most suitable for refining into Shura soldiers.

At that time, the war was already very tense. The allied forces were winning victory after victory and becoming more and more courageous. They consumed a large number of Shura soldiers that Xi Yuehan had refined with great difficulty. He had little "surplus food" left, and the Blue Flame Pill also had a fatal flaw. The one in ten chance of successful refining could no longer satisfy his appetite. He needed a large number of Shura soldiers who could be successfully refined, have enhanced combat effectiveness, and be at his disposal!

Just when Xi Yuehan was having a headache, the Yue Zun National Master whispered in his ear an astonishing plan, which led to everything that happened later. The cruel and frenzied King Chi Nu finally extended his claws into the Qingli Mountains and reached out to Pei Shixi's blood relatives!
He was not afraid of falling out with Pei Shixi, because in Xi Yuehan's view, the Feng family had already split into two factions, and he was just helping Pei Shixi to eliminate the forces in the family that opposed him and punish the traitors imprisoned in the mountains for him. Moreover, those who accomplish great things do not care about trivial matters and will give up things when necessary, just like the Chi Nu tribe, which sacrificed countless warriors in exchange for a group of Shura army that would kill gods and Buddhas when they met them.

Xi Yuehan took it for granted that Pei Shixi and he must be of the same kind and would not fight with him over this matter.

So he executed first and asked for permission later, which led to the absurd scene on the altar.

At that time, the sky was filled with wind and snow, and the Chi Nu army was guarding the altar majestically. Those members of the Shouqing faction who were captured from the prison were tied tightly to the bracket, just like fish on the chopping board, unable to struggle and were at the mercy of others!

The stage was filled with grieving and indignant Feng clan members, all with tears in their eyes, but they were unable to break through the encirclement of the Red Slave army. They could only watch as their brothers and sisters were about to be forcibly refined and meet the tragic fate of becoming Red Slave's puppets!

This scene was so familiar, just like hundreds of years ago on Yunzhou Island, when those Feng women who let go of the Helan royal family were ordered by Kuang Heng to be taken to the altar and burned at the stake in public. And today, everything seemed to be repeating itself, except that the targets of the torture and oppression of the Feng family had become the cruel, ruthless and terrifying Chi Nu people!
And this bunch of unscrupulous Red Slave dogs were actually brought into the mountains by the Restoration Party in the first place. It was the so-called letting a wolf into the house, nothing more than this. How absurd and ironic it all was!
When Zuo Chong and Xiao Mo in the alchemy room heard the noise and rushed over, the Yue Zun National Master on the altar was strangling the neck of the clan leader Qi Yuan, trying to force-feed him the Blue Flame Pill. Yes, Zuo Chong and Xiao Mo were ordered by Pei Shixi. It was they who led the team to bring the so-called "Red Slave Military Doctors" into the Qingli Mountains. However, they did not expect that this was just a scam. The so-called military doctor delegation actually leaked the information, exposing the location of the Qingli Mountains and attracting a large number of Red Slave troops. Everything that happened afterwards was completely out of control, which was beyond Zuo Chong and Xiao Mo's expectations!

They were originally still dealing with the Red Slave people in the mountains. On the surface, they were dealing with the disgusting State Master Yue Zun, but in fact, they were secretly anxiously awaiting the response and support from Youzhou. However, they never expected that the Red Slave dogs would blatantly attack the Feng clan members!
Snow was flying all over the sky and the wind was howling. A hidden flying knife cut through the sky and fiercely attacked the altar, stopping the action of Master Yue Zun!
"Stop! Whoever dares to touch a hair of my Feng clan, let them go!"

The person who shot the hidden weapon was Zuo Chong who came in a hurry. He and Xiao Mo had been tricked by National Master Yue Zun and locked up in the alchemy room. When they realized something was wrong, they rushed over immediately and rescued the clan leader Qi Yuan in time!

Seeing that his actions were exposed, he would inevitably clash with the Restorationists sent by Youzhou. The Yue Zun Imperial Master was not worried at all. He just tossed his robe calmly and said with a sinister smile on the altar:

"Master Xiao Zuo, don't be angry. You can see clearly that the people tied up on the altar are all traitors of your clan. It is not a pity for them to die. It is their good fortune to be refined into Shura soldiers. Isn't your Youzhou court in need of troops? Aren't these ready-made ones? Why don't you make the best use of them?"

Zuo Chong was immediately furious when he heard this: "Bah, what a bullshit! They are all human beings, living members of the Feng clan!"

"That's right!" Xiao Mo wore a bronze mask on his face, so the crowd couldn't see his expression. They could only hear his voice as cold as the snowstorm: "Whether it's the Restoration Faction or the Guardian Faction, they all belong to the Feng family. Even if they have their own differences and choose their own paths, that is our family's own business. It's not your turn as outsiders to intervene and decide their life and death!"

"Humph, you two 'adults' from Youzhou are so arrogant. Do you really think you can stop this national teacher?"

The black and gold robe shone with a strange luster in the wind and snow. State Master Yuezun raised his hands high on the altar with a majestic aura:
"Moon God, no one can stop the Chi Nu tribe from getting what they want. We will win this battle and return to the sea on our dragons. You two had better retreat at your own pace. Do you really want to break the alliance with the Chi Nu tribe for these traitors? Aren't you afraid that Lord Pei will blame you?"

"Stop talking nonsense, you bunch of red slaves, get out of Qingli Mountain!" Zuo Chong had a hot temper and impatiently shot out two more flying knives, which flew straight towards the altar.

Xiao Mo, who was beside him, also drew out the long sword wrapped around his waist, raised his left hand in the wind, and shouted coldly: "My master will only blame us for being stupid and not discovering your intentions earlier, and will kill you bunch of bastards!"

The two of them led their tribesmen to rise up in resistance. A melee was about to break out and the altar was instantly in chaos.

"What happened next? How could you defeat so many Red Slave troops?"

When Shi Xuanling heard this, her blood boiled and she almost couldn't help but stand up. She wished she could fly to the Qingli Mountains on that day, holding the Star-Splitting Divine Bow in her hand, and kill that damn Yuezun National Master with her own hands!

"We are indeed no match for them. There are too many Red Slave soldiers. We can't kill them all. The blood on the altar is flowing like a river. We are all blood-thirsty!"

Recalling the tragic scene of that day, Xiao Mo couldn't help but clench his palms, gritting his teeth and said hatefully: "Catch the leader first. Originally, we wanted to capture that Yue Zun State Master to threaten the Red Slave Army to surrender, but he was too cunning, and he also had strange and extraordinary skills. Zuo Chong and I couldn't take him down together. At the most critical moment, Zuo Chong suddenly thought of a person who might be able to turn the tide, capture Yue Zun State Master, and force those Red Slave dogs to retreat!"

"Who? Who did you think of?"

Xiao Mo took a deep breath, looked directly into Shi Xuanling's eyes, and said firmly, "Your father, Shi Zhongqing, was also on the altar at that time, but he was poisoned by Zuo Chong and was unconscious. He was tied to a corner of the altar. No one cared about him. Even the Yue Zun State Master could not have imagined that a 'scholar' who looked frail and gentle would become the most terrible nightmare of all the Chi Nu dogs after waking up!"