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Su Shixia really didn't know that there was such a trick in the sacrificial ceremony. After listening to Feng Qi'an and Feng Qiyu's words, she nodded suddenly and asked:

"If I remember correctly, my second brother told me before that mother is the high priestess of Northern Frontier, and the soul-soothing bell of Northern Frontier is also in mother's hand, right?"

"It's in my mother's custody."

Feng Qi'an said:

"It is a 'divine artifact' after all. On ordinary days, the bell is enshrined. Only during sacrificial ceremonies will mother specially 'invite' the artifact out."

“That magic weapon is, after all, a sacred object of the Northern Frontier. It can be used by the high priest at the sacrificial ceremony to reassure the people.”

"That's right."

Su Shixia's sudden words left Feng Qian'an and the others a little confused.

Then Su Shixia explained:

"Didn't I tell you before? The sword of the Dongling Kingdom, the compass of the Xiqi Kingdom, the Yin Seal of the Nanyue Kingdom, and the soul-suppressing bell of the Beijiang Kingdom are all powerful instruments that can suppress the destiny of an area or even an entire country."

"Although my mother has never practiced the mystical arts, she is the owner of the Soul-Calming Bell. In addition, the sacrificial rituals passed down in the Northern Frontier should be able to activate a little bit of the power of the Soul-Calming Bell. Therefore, it is not surprising that the sacrificial ceremony can produce magical effects that seem magical to ordinary people."

Seeing that Feng Qi'an and Feng Qiyu both nodded, obviously they understood and agreed with what she said, Su Shixia then continued:
"When I went to the underground palace before, I awakened some... memories of the past. My second brother knows this."

"From the memories I have, I can be sure that the Soul-Calming Bell does have the effect of influencing the spirits of humans and animals."

"This should be the reason why the animals took the initiative to 'fall into the trap' after the sacrificial ceremony. In addition, the Soul-Calming Bell has a slight influence on human sanity. If nothing unexpected happens, those who participate in the sacrificial ceremony and are affected by the Soul-Calming Bell will also increase their trust in the person holding the Soul-Calming Bell."

"Mother said that she wanted to completely eliminate the culprit who endangered the safety of the Northern Frontier this time. Could it be that she wanted to influence the mind of the person behind the scenes and make him step forward and fall into the trap?"

Feng Qian nodded.

"Sister, you have studied the mystical arts, so you know exactly how many tricks there are in this sacrificial ceremony."

"Although my mother is the high priestess, she is only following the rules passed down for thousands of years and performing the ceremony meticulously and perfectly."

"Mother doesn't know any mystical arts, and she probably doesn't intend to actively control other people's consciousness. From what I heard from her, she wants to use the Soul-Calming Bell as a medium during the sacrificial ceremony to pray to the heavens, so that the mastermind behind the scenes will receive the punishment he deserves and the disaster that threatens the northern border will be completely eliminated."

Su Shixia listened to Feng Qian'an quietly.

At the beginning, she actually agreed with her mother's initiative to use the Soul-Calming Bell.

But when Feng Qian'an said that his mother wanted to pray that the disaster that threatened the northern border would completely disappear.

She just frowned slightly at first, and then, as if she suddenly thought of something, her face changed and she couldn't even sit still, and stood up on the spot.

"No! If you really pray like this, something bad will definitely happen!"

"How do you say this?"

After all, this concerns their mother's safety. When Su Shixia said this, Feng Qian'an and the others immediately became nervous.

Su Shixia took a deep breath, tried to calm down, and explained to them in a concise manner.

"Mother's original intention was not wrong. If she only wanted to deal with ordinary people, using the Soul-Calming Bell and the effect of the sacrificial ritual might really expose the mastermind behind the scenes, or even cause an accident."

"But the bad thing is that this time, the person my mother wants to deal with is not an ordinary person. And the 'trouble' she wants to get rid of is not an ordinary 'trouble' either."

Feng Qian'an and his wife looked at each other, somewhat unable to understand what Su Shixia meant.

Feng Qiyu thought of what happened on the way from Xiqi Kingdom to Beijiang, and instantly understood what Su Shixia meant. He was so surprised that he blurted out, "You mean... the sacrificial ceremony is likely to attract array fish?!" "That's right."

Su Shixia nodded heavily.

"Brother has never seen the Formation Fish in person. Although we have communicated with each other before and explained that the disappearances were caused by the Formation Fish, he probably doesn't have much of a sense of reality."

"But you have seen the array fish with your own eyes, so you should know how terrifying they are when they gather together."

Feng Qi'an and his wife turned to look at Feng Qiyu at the same time, and saw that he was also frowning and looked worried.

Noticing the gazes of Feng Qian'an and his wife, he paused for a moment and then explained:
"I saw those array fish through the ice. Although I have never come into direct contact with them, the sight of them gathering together is truly terrifying."

"If I had to describe it, it's like locusts in the sea."

The climate in northern Xinjiang is extremely cold, and animals like locusts cannot survive in northern Xinjiang.

If it were those people who were truly born and raised in Northern Frontier, they would probably be a little confused when they heard Feng Qiyu's description.

Fortunately, Feng Qi'an came from Xiqi Kingdom, and his wife had read a lot of books about several countries outside the northern border, so she quickly understood what Feng Qiyu meant.

"If mother just wants to find the mastermind behind the murder of the people of Northern Frontier and force him to show up, it shouldn't be difficult."

Feng Qiyu said:

"But just like Xia Xia said, the bad thing about mother's decision this time is that she wants to get rid of the 'root of trouble.'"

"If the mastermind behind this shows up, he will definitely be accompanied by a formation fish."

"Xia Xia once said that the array fish, especially those that have eaten human flesh and drunk human blood, will have the urge to actively attack humans and like to gather in crowded places."

"The scale of this sacrificial ceremony is far greater than in the past, and there will definitely be a lot of people gathered on the scene. If my mother's sacrificial ceremony really attracts the mastermind behind the scenes and all the array fish he raises..."

"The people participating in the sacrificial ceremony stood on the ice, and the array fish gathered layer by layer under the ice where they stood, hissing..."

Just imagining that scene, Feng Qiyu felt his scalp tingling and he couldn't help but gasp on the spot.

"No! We must contact our mother as soon as possible. We can't let her do anything wrong! We have to stop her!"

Feng Qiyu also stood up as he spoke.

Feng Qian'an let out a helpless smile as he stood up with them.

"I originally thought that I would let you guys have a good rest tonight and we would set off early tomorrow morning, but now it seems... you can't rest."

His eyes swept over Feng Qiyu and Su Shixia.

"If you can still hold on, shall we set off now?"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Su Shixia twice more with concern and reminded her: "If you are tired, stay here with your sister-in-law and wait until tomorrow morning to act. It's just to pass on the message. Your second brother and I can go together..."

"not enough."

Su Shixia interrupted Feng Qian'an.

"This time, I have to go there in person." (End of this chapter)