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Chapter 465: Liang Guo Lion Dance Palace and Death Worship (original)

In the following plot, Li Huowang learned from Sun Baolu that there is another force in Qingqiu - the Lion Dance Palace.

The Lion Dance Palace has appeared in previous comic plots.

That was after Li Huowang used the magical power of Daqianlu to add an extra element to the five elements.

Danyangzi took over his body in order to restore the internal organs that were sacrificed in the intercalary five elements.

He used a magical power called the Five Internal Organs Magic of the Lion Dance Palace to replace the five internal organs with a human head with the five elements of destiny.

The Lion Dance Palace had already appeared once at that time.

When Li Huowang came into contact with the people of the Lion Dance Palace again this time, he found that all the lion dance disciples of the Lion Dance Palace were weird people with more hands than feet.

After sending Sun Baolu home, I saw that he was treated well by his family.

Li Huowang and others were very happy about this. Finally, one of their companions had a good ending.

When they were about to head to their next destination, Liang State, Bai Lingmiao's hometown, Sun Baolu's mother told them that Liang State was not a good place.

She also came from Liang State, but it was different from the paradise that Bai Lingmiao described.

Although Liang State was known for its abundance of food and clothing, it was actually a place of extreme extravagance and indulgence in sensual pleasures.

The extremely perverted ways of playing with things like beauty paper, beauty bowls, flesh screens, etc., show that it is a place with a huge gap between the rich and the poor.

"An ancient version of Night City..."

Feng Yiyuan said with emotion, "The beauty bowl and the flesh screen are based on the deeds of the Yan family in the Ming Dynasty. So Liang State is equivalent to a country like the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty."

In the comics, Li Huowang is even more certain that there is no such thing as a paradise in this completely crazy world.

It's just a little bit worse, or even worse.

But the journey must continue. No matter what, Li Huowang still has to send his companions home and see what happens next.

However, at this moment, Li Huowang returned to the modern world again.

He continued to confront the new doctor Wang Wei after he "suffered from the disease" from the perspective of his companions.

In the modern world, Li Huowang's doctor and family seemed to have left, and he returned to normal.

However, just when Li Huowang was struggling with mixed emotions.

But he found that the puppy Mantou he had adopted before was holding a piece of something very familiar in his mouth... Black Tai Sui!

Hei Tai Sui who can help him temporarily escape from the influence of the modern world!
Then Li Huowang immediately ordered Mantou to take him and his friends to find Hei Tai Sui. Since Sun Baolu was a local, he also joined the ranks to help him find Hei Tai Sui.

Led by Mantou, they came to a cave.

However, they found many dead goat bodies in the cave, and even some mummies.

Looking at their shriveled faces and dusty but still intact bodies, they should have been lost and trapped to death in this cave.

However, Li Huowang was very cautious. He approached carefully and drew out the Taia sword.

With a "crack", the two dried sheep corpses on the ground were instantly torn into two halves by Li Huowang's sword, and the black dried internal organs that looked like coal balls rolled out.

Li Huowang did not give up and stepped on it directly.

Facing the puzzled looks of his companions, he said, "Who knows... whether these two guys are dead or not? If they block our retreat or launch a surprise attack, we will all be finished!"

"Hahaha, the protagonist is really cautious. Interesting."

When Feng Yiyuan saw this scene, he immediately found it funny and said.

It's really rare to see such a cautious protagonist, but he has a neurotic feeling of paranoia.

It can only be said that Li Huowang has experienced so many things, especially after experiencing the Zuwang Dao, he now really has no trust in this world at all.

Not to mention a dog passing by, even if there was a blade of grass that popped up, he would be so scared that he would turn his sword into a plow and plow the ground three feet before he could feel at ease.

With such caution, Li Huowang and his group went deeper into the cave again.

There were nearly hundreds of sheep carcasses in the cave. At first, Li Huowang continued to be cautious and crushed the sheep carcasses to ashes just in case.

But later on he gave up because... he couldn't finish chopping them all, he simply couldn't finish chopping them all!

Just like that, after going deeper for a distance, they finally saw more than just sheep.

Instead, something new appeared in front of it. It was a huge bronze tripod that looked as tall as a floor.

The huge bronze tripod was covered with green rust and dust, and it looked like it had been there for a long time.

Li Huowang slowly walked around the giant cauldron and saw the white jade plates and the three animals that were rotten to the point that only bones were left behind the cauldron.

"Someone is performing a sacrifice."

He asserted.

The tripod was originally used as a sacrificial instrument, and these endless dead sheep spread from the front of the tripod to the entrance of the cave. It is obvious that someone is using them to sacrifice to an unknown being.

only……

"Isn't it said that this is the territory of evil spirits? Why is there such a solemn worship ceremony? Could it be that these evil spirits did it?"

Li Huowang said in confusion, "If it is true, then what are they worshipping?"

But at this moment...

"what--!!"

Bai Lingmiao suddenly panicked, hugged the two gods beside him, and screamed.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Li Huowang immediately took full alert, drew out the Taia sword, and vigilantly protected Bai Lingmiao.

The others also drew their weapons, ready to fight at any time.

"Sheep! Sheep!"

Bai Lingmiao pointed tremblingly at the darkness on the left and said with a frightened look in his eyes.

"Let me take a look."

Li Huowang immediately took the lead and walked towards that direction vigilantly. The fluorescent stone in his hand illuminated some things in the dark... These were some sheep corpses.

But the sheep corpses here are completely different from the previous ones. The mummies here are all deformed, half human, half sheep!
An old man fell at Li Huowang's feet, with spiral horns sticking out of his cheeks.

Before he died, he tried desperately to touch his face with his two hooves, but in the end he died in the last moment of his struggle.

Beside him is another sheep corpse, or a human corpse. The upper body is a skinned lamb, but the lower body is a twisted deformity. The crooked hooves move forward with twisted kneecaps. One is backwards, extending randomly like a tree branch.

This scene is full of grotesque beauty.

A hint of ice flashed across Feng Yiyuan's spine.

Sudden……

"No! Those aren't sheep carcasses, they're human carcasses!"

Li Huowang quickly rushed to the cauldron, staring at the rows of sheep corpses with wide eyes in shock, and said, "They were transformed into sheep by others. They are all sacrifices for worship!"

This time, it is even more terrifying.

"Converting people... into sheep?!"

Feng Yiyuan suddenly thought of something and said, "Two-legged sheep?"

Once you realize that these sheep are transformed from humans, the entire nature of this cave becomes completely different.

No longer were there people sacrificing thousands of sheep for the purpose of worship.

But someone killed thousands of people here just to worship something!

So what are these things that are sacrificed as human beings?
The answer is self-evident...

It must be some kind of evil, some kind of terrifying evil like the God of Happiness!
Li Huowang immediately considered whether to continue looking for Hei Tai Sui. After all, if it was really some kind of terrifying evil spirit like the God of Happiness...

Now that he no longer has Dan Yangzi, his cheap master who is at the semi-immortal level, he has no chance of being a match.

And his companions... he also had to consider that if he continued searching, what if he encountered that evil god, then it would be too late.

"Brother Li, this is not right."

Sun Baolu suddenly said, "Look at the sheep, cow and pig heads on the plate. They are placed upside down. These offerings are for the dead sheep." "Are they not worshiping the gods? Instead, they are worshiping these sheep?"

Li Huowang then looked at the location of the sacrifice, and it was exactly as Sun Baolu said.

"Is it for the Sheep God? Old Sun, do you have a Sheep God in Qingqiu?"

Gou Wa asked from the side.

"Sheep are animals. Why should we worship animals as gods? There is no such custom in Qingqiu."

The lewd Buddha of Zhengde Temple, the suffering Bagui of Nestorianism, and the rotten Bodhisattva of Anci Temple.

All the gods and Buddhas in this world that Li Huowang had seen appeared one by one.

Sudden……

"I understand!"

Li Huowang suddenly realized and said, "They are not worshiping these sheep. These sheep are just props they need to make the objects of worship appear. They are worshiping death. They are worshiping death itself!"

"I see... If that's the case, then it's correct."

Feng Yiyuan nodded immediately, and understood a little, and said, "There is nothing more important in life than life and death. The original sacrifice was just to worship life and death at the beginning."

However, at this moment, an accident occurred!

"Da da da……"

The sound of wood knocking had a certain melody and echoed from all directions.

Li Huowang became alert instantly and began to identify the location by listening to the sound.

"Found it! It's... up there!!"

Li Huowang quickly raised his head and looked towards the pitch-black upper end, then quickly raised the fluorescent stone in his hand and threw it directly in the direction of the sound.

As the fluorescent stone was firmly stuck in the cracks between the rocks at the top!
And in the darkness illuminated by the light, a human face larger than the round table suddenly appeared in front of them with the green fluorescence.

It was a man's face with extremely flat features. His face was pale and his mouth was wide open.

Two red and white pupils as big as lamp holes stared at Li Huowang and others below.

But what is even more terrifying is...

There were no limbs or torso behind the man's neck, only a long caterpillar-like body, and a number of hands of different sizes held up the white cloth.

Li Huowang also found the source of the continuous wood knocking sound...

"It's coming from inside his long body!"

He said with sudden enlightenment.

At the same time, Li Huowang also saw that...

"Is it someone from the Lion Dance Palace?"

Li Huowang looked at this strange man in his mind and began to guess.

"Is this the lion dance of the Lion Dance Palace? No, it's not a lion dance! Is there any lion dance with a flat dead face instead of a lion's head?!"

"Is it them? Were they the ones who organized the grand sacrificial ceremony just now? Could it be that they are not the Dancing Lion Palace, but the Dancing Death Palace?"

After thinking for a long time.

"Masters of the Lion Dance Palace, I am Xuan Yang. I have no intention of offending you when I pass by this treasure land. I have a reason for this."

Li Huowang decided to use courtesy before force, and said politely, "It's because I need a black Tai Sui as a medicine for alchemy. I heard that your treasure has it, so I came to look for it. If the masters can help me find one, I will reward you handsomely!"

However, the other party remained indifferent and just looked at them.

But at this moment...

A dark shadow suddenly attacked Li Huowang from behind, and he didn't react at all!
As a result, he was knocked away by a huge force.

only……

Li Huowang was lying on the ground with his teeth bared, revealing the red Daqianlu on his back.

Before this, he embedded the Daqianlu into the skin on his back, which was equivalent to wearing a piece of armor on his back.

At this moment, he saw the thing that attacked him. It was also another dancing lion. The only difference from the dancing lion on the ceiling was its flat face, which was the face of a woman with black pupils and a blood-red mouth!

"Master You!"

Li Huowang immediately took out the copper bell and summoned Master You to come out and fight.

Bai Lingmiao also started dancing the great god dance again at this moment, and the other companions also held weapons and started fighting with the lion dance woman.

At the same time, Li Huowang also used the Great Thousand Records magical power -

"Great Thousand Records Divine Power...Sacrificial Finger Dart!"

Li Huowang was not finished yet and cut off two of his fingers again.

Sharp bone spurs emerged from the swollen fingers, spun around, and flew toward the lion dancer.

Along with the sound of flesh tearing, sticky black blood slowly flowed down the bare feet of the lion dancer.

But the lion dancer still intended to attack.

but……

"Great Thousand Records Divine Power... Sacrificial Tooth Bullet!"

A pair of cast iron pliers appeared in Li Huowang's hand. He reached into his mouth and pulled hard, pulling out two back molars.

The white teeth rolled over and exploded suddenly. The white spike was easily cut off by the flying broken teeth and fell to the ground weakly.

The other party immediately wanted to run away.

however……

"Great Thousand Records Divine Power... Sacrificial Tooth Bullet!"

Li Huowang used his magical powers again, and his teeth hit the lion dancer's vital points like bullets.

Then the other party fell to the ground.

Just looking at the lion dancer who had fallen to the ground, Li Huowang jumped onto the lion's head, raised his sword and chopped it down fiercely, cutting directly along the edge of the huge dead face and peeling off the entire skin.

Then, he finally saw the internal structure of the lion dance.

The entire lion dance is integrated. Whether it is the hands supporting the lion's body or the feet moving underneath, they all come from a twisted and terrifying creature.

Inside the bloody lion dance are various organs suspended by blood vessels.

This creature, whether man-made or natural, looks quite terrifying.

"Oh my god, what is this?"

Goudan looked at the scene in amazement.

However, at this time, Li Huowang used the Taia sword to carefully dig out the organs inside the flesh and blood, as if looking for something.

"Brother Li, what are you looking for?"

Goudan asked curiously.

"Looking for death."

Li Huowang said seriously at this time.

"what?"

"The Zhengde Temple believes in the flesh and blood Buddha, so they can use flesh and blood. The nuns in the Anci Temple have rotten bodies, so they use rotten bodies."

Li Huowang explained, "The giant tripod was used to worship death, so it should be... wrong! The lion dance didn't use death to perform magic just now!"

"unless……"

He stared at the strange bronze tripod with eyes wide open, and said, "Besides the Lion Dance Palace, are there other sects here?!"

(End of this chapter)