Chapter 40 – Palace, fierce beast, sacrificial offering

"As expected, Feng Ge is indeed the leader of the rebel army, but not the queen who opposes us."

Under the tree, Wu Wang maintained his sitting posture, muttering to himself.

This Ji Mo actually came up with a plan to put drugs in the wine and use the antidote beforehand. He was really underestimated before.

Wu Wang looked inwardly at himself, looking at the Shen Nong cards wrapped in mana that had not been dissolved, including the Detoxifying Elixir, Condensing Elixir, Soul-protecting Elixir, Calming Elixir, and Worm-expelling Elixir. He smiled bitterly.

Isn't this a waste of resources?

Although the senior Shen Nong gave him many elixirs, these elixirs are non-renewable resources, and using one means one less.

Well, forget it.

What evil thoughts can Ji Xiong have? It's just that he wants this little Nascent Soul cultivator to not participate in the upcoming story.

If Ji Xiong reveals all his plans because he saved him several times before...

Then Ji Xiong's reputation would be ruined, and the Ji family should find someone else to train as soon as possible.

Wu Wang was not angry about Ji Mo's little plan.

But Feng Ge's eyes when she covered the queen with a quilt just now made Wu Wang slightly vigilant.

This Feng Ge...definitely has a problem.

"Quick! Protect the queen's palace!"

"Set up a protective formation!"

Several women's shouts came, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps everywhere, and two teams of guards surrounded the palace.

Wu Wang was not in a hurry, sitting there quietly thinking, getting away was not a problem.

The reason why he could judge early on that Feng Ge was going to rebel in the Kingdom of Women was based on many factors.

Not to mention anything else, when he was attacked in the National Teacher's Mansion, Feng Ge did not show up afterwards, and the General's Mansion was not far from the National Teacher's Mansion, just a hop and a skip away for Feng Ge.

According to Feng Ge's previous personality, she was unlikely to miss such a lively event.

Another point is why Senior Shen Nong would send him to Feng Ge. This is already a kind of suggestion.

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Wu Wang already knew that Feng Ge, the general of the Kingdom of Women, had a high position and was in charge of the military power. If she wanted to rebel and become the queen, she did not need support from the Human Realm.

The goal of the rebels is not the queen, but Feng Ge wants support from the Human Realm...

The answer is already very obvious.

[Feng Ge wants to rebel, and the Human Realm wants to support, the mythological order of this place.]

However, Wu Wang still had a few doubts in his heart that he could not solve.

In the ice armor, Wu Wang looked at the secret room where the queen was hiding, and he remembered that there were several broken parchment scrolls with some symbols that had almost faded away.

Before collecting enough information, it is better not to make frivolous judgments.

That would be too unprofessional.

Closing his eyes, his spiritual sense slowly spread like flowing water.

Like a drop of water falling on a calm water surface, a slight ripple spread, and the figures of more than a hundred guards around the palace were projected in Wu Wang's mind.

Wu Wang showed the patience of the average North Wilderness hunter.He waited quietly, observing the patrolling guards on the rooftops from all sides, and at the moment when they moved their line of sight away from him, he acted.

Here it comes!

Wu Wang suddenly opened his eyes, and the floor under his buttocks silently turned into debris as he fell straight down.

- This place was originally a courtyard, but when the queen transformed it into her bedroom, a layer of wooden planks was erected from the ground, leaving a large gap.

He turned around and softly patted the hollow ice armor, creating a false ice person inside it, and then erected an ice pillar underneath to prevent the area from collapsing.

Then, Wu Wang quietly sneaked past the wooden plank layer and entered the blind spot of the guards' sight above.

After some searching, he finally snuck into the queen's treasure trove.

Wu Wang kept his spiritual sense expanded, listening to all six directions and watching all eight corners, quickly searching for the carrier of information among the treasures.

There were parchment scrolls, stone tablets, and a wall hidden behind a cloth in a wooden frame.

Wu Wang stirred up a little breath from afar and lifted the dusty cloth, revealing several paintings on it.

But at this moment, Wu Wang's expression became more and more solemn...

"What is this?"

A weeping goddess, a kneeling child praying, and a fading divine light;

Terrifying monsters, a crying figure being pushed forward, and a girl who turned into dust;

But looking closely, both the monsters and the goddess had a same circular disc under their feet, with star patterns arranged on it, as if the monster had replaced the position of the goddess.

Thinking about it again, when discussing the myths of this place with the national teacher, the national teacher sighed and said:

"The gods of North Wilderness are hidden in starlight, and Sun Festival can serve the gods on their left and right."

Did the god who created this place leave this kingdom?

Leaving only a fierce monster as the guardian beast of the country, and the monster needed sacrifices to guard this kingdom?

Wu Wang hugged his arms and stood quietly in front of the mural, pondering.

He didn't feel any excitement from the noise outside, instead he felt annoyed.

...

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.

Figures shuttled quickly among the palace buildings, wearing golden and silver armor, with surprisingly consistent expressions, full of determination.

Under the shining golden light of the big formation in the palace, hundreds and thousands of people gathered in the northwest corner of the palace.

One after another, people rushed into the big formation from outside, each with a weapon and strong combat power, all of them top-notch in the Kingdom of Women.

Due to the sudden opening of the big formation in the palace, there was some chaos in the capital, but most of the people were just curious and gazed towards the palace.

Elite troops marched towards the streets, and torches were lit on the walls around the city.

The capital was supposed to be a night of sparkling starlight, but suddenly it became cloudy.

Anxiety filled the hearts of the women, but they didn't know what had happened.

In the northwest corner of the palace, two flashes of light passed, and a huge stone tablet was shattered, revealing a circular hole with a diameter of three zhangs and a sloping corridor that seemed to have no end.Ji Mo was dressed in a blue Daoist robe, standing on a lotus platform with a treasure sword in his hand. Around him floated several powerful immortal treasures, including a shining red war drum and a small hammer wrapped in tiny electric arcs.

Ling Xiaolan stood in mid-air, her sword at the ready, dressed in a white dress that was spotless and pure. She gazed intently at the circular hole before her.

Feng Ge landed in front of the hole with a knife, followed by a large group of skilled warriors from the Kingdom of Women. She looked at the entrance, her face turning pale.

The general took a half step forward, suddenly glaring with wide eyes and gritting his teeth, his armor shimmering with a faint glow of blood. When she left this place at the age of twelve, she was only twelve years old. Her memories before the age of twelve were always of the dark underground palace, with countless unnamed companions...

"Hey, do the gods really hear our prayers every day?"

"They should be able to hear us. They say that once we grow as tall as the sacrifices, we can go outside."

"What's it like outside?"

This was their most common conversation.

"Everyone!" Feng Ge raised her long knife and shouted loudly, turning her back to the circular hole and looking at the people in front of her. They were all looking at Feng Ge.

"The darkest and most unbearable side of this country will soon be revealed to you. Once we take this step, there will be no turning back."

Behind Feng Ge, a group of martial artists holding weapons were ignited with flames in their eyes. As Feng Ge took a step forward, they rushed forward.

"Do we kill everyone inside?" Ling Xiaolan suddenly spoke up.

Feng Ge turned her head and whispered, "The fault is not with the people of the country, but with the fierce beasts and us who rely on their power. Please, Your Highness, use your skills to subdue the sacrifices and guards inside."

"Alright." Ling Xiaolan closed her eyes, pinched the lotus seal, and when she opened her eyes again, her body had turned into a white rainbow and flew into the hole.

In the distance, a few shouts could be heard from inside, but the voices quickly quieted down.

Ji Mo calmly said, "The Human Realm will not ignore this matter. Today, we will assist General Feng in killing the fierce beasts and rescuing the Kingdom of Women from the shadow of the fierce beasts."

"Thank you." Feng Ge whispered, then rushed into the hole with her long knife.

Her soldiers followed closely behind, their figures flowing like water, without hesitation, even though they knew there would be casualties in this battle.

Facing the fierce beasts left behind by the gods, how could they not fight a bitter battle?

But they could not be afraid now.

They must not be afraid! As they entered deeper into the circular hole, the sound of footsteps was like the sound of flowing water. The path ahead began to widen, and they began to see the unconscious sacrifices wrapped in immortal light on the ground. Obviously, the skilled warriors from the Human Realm had easily subdued them.

Feng Ge gestured, and a few people in the front of the group were responsible for re-binding these sacrifices.

The deeper they went into the circular hole, the more figures were wrapped in immortal light.Ling Xiaolan used her Leaping Spirit cultivation to attack with all her might, and the guards and priests here had no resistance, avoiding the bloodshed that would have occurred.

The guards in armor were scattered with bows and arrows;

The palace maids, with a look of panic, were surrounded by fruit, meat, and vegetables.

Long-life lamps hung throughout the corridor, and many luminous minerals were arranged, with the ground level and spotless.

The underground passage began to have branching paths, but each path had obvious markings, leading either to the kitchen or to a bed.

After charging forward for an unknown distance, they arrived at an underground circular palace that was brightly lit. The palace was divided into dozens of levels from bottom to top, each level with twelve openings and a long corridor in front of each opening, like terraced fields.

Feng Ge stopped her figure, raised her left fist high, and the shadows behind her quickly stopped, looking around.

Ling Xiaolan was suspended in the center of the circular palace, her eyes closed and her eyebrows furrowed. She took out a jade flute and played it lightly.

Feng Ge walked silently to the corner of the circular palace and picked up a wooden hammer next to a bronze gong. She struck the gong face hard.

Dang!

Dang!

The sound of the gong echoed throughout the palace and spread in all directions.

Soft and dense footsteps came from each opening, and the martial generals looked up at each opening.

First, a little girl in loose white clothes peered out from above and quickly ran to the corner of the corridor in front of the opening.

Then, a group of little girls in loose white clothes rushed out of the various openings, calmly walking to their own positions. Their unremarkable eyes quickly scanned the figures below, but they soon knelt down, clasped their hands together, and sang hymns of prayer.

Feng Ge stood in front of the bronze gong, unable to move for a long time.

The sound of the flute gradually stopped, and Ling Xiaolan looked at these figures with a frosty face, but found that most of them were children, each age group having a fixed prayer position, and the oldest group being only fourteen or five years old.

The total number was six or seven hundred.

"They have no names."

Feng Ge's figure was shrouded in shadows, calmly saying:

"Do you want to know the meaning of their existence? Follow me."

As she spoke, Feng Ge stood up and leaped to an unoccupied opening, walking into the darkness.

Although the memory was very distant, Ji Mo remembered that day when he walked a long way in a passage and followed the strange snoring sound to the end of the passage...

The unpleasant snoring sound appeared again.

This seemingly endless passage made people hold their breath subconsciously.

Finally, they arrived at a huge stone gate, and black smoke emanated from the cracks in the stone gate.

Ling Xiaolan slashed her long sword in the air, leaving dozens of cracks on the stone gate, and the dazzling light shone through, causing the gate to collapse with a bang.

Black smoke rolled out, and Ji Mo held the small hammer floating next to him. A shock wave swept forward, and countless black smoke dissipated in an instant.

This was an extremely magnificent palace.A terrifying beast several tens of zhang tall sat in the center of the palace, with a twisted human face, bloated bull body, four legs and a thick arm.

It reached out and took a faintly white-robed girl, lightly sniffed at her nose, and the figure quickly turned into smoke and dust, slipping from the beast's big hand.

The beast searched with some dissatisfaction, but did not touch any other sacrifices; the several trembling priests on the high platform in the distance continued to kneel and pray.

White-robed girl... white-robed...

"What are you doing here? Are you looking for death!"

Suddenly, a voice of scolding came from behind, and Feng Ge remembered herself at the age of twelve, who was so scared that she forgot to shout and was lifted up by a powerful hand...

"General Feng Ge!"

The several priests on the high platform noticed the intruder, and an old female priest trembled and shouted, "What... what do you want to do? This is disrespectful to the gods! It will bring disaster!"

"Get out," Feng Ge's voice was very plain, but her eyes were full of bloodshot.

The priests ran down the high platform without looking back, running to a corner, not daring to say a word.

With a few wails, Feng Ge's long knife pointed at the beast.

"This is the guardian beast that protects us!

The cost of guarding us is that we need to exchange it with human lives, and the kings of past generations chose to hide this secret!"

Feng Ge took a deep breath, her eyes burning with two flames, her voice becoming high-pitched and gnashing her teeth.

"I am a sacrifice who walked out of here!

The priests use the secret of the gestation pool to secretly breed batches of babies, without giving them names, without giving them the qualifications to become citizens of the Kingdom of Women, and wait until their souls mature at the age of fifteen to sacrifice their souls to the beast!

Are those children we saw born to die in this world?

If they are not given names, are they not our citizens?

Today, we will rise up to save the children inside and kill this beast!"

Feng Ge suddenly raised her head, threw her long knife aside, and raised her hand to grasp a long spear that condensed in her palm. Thunder surrounded the spear, and her voice reverberated in the hall:

"The future of the Kingdom of Women is in our hands!

Tonight, we will go against the will of the goddess. Tonight, with our swords in our hands, we will liberate this country from the shadow of the beast!

The first general in front of the emperor, Feng Ge, has betrayed the gods today!"

The beast scratched its forehead with its hand, its bloodshot eyes staring at these small figures in front of it.

A lotus flower bloomed, and the sword light slashed a hundred zhang.

Ling Xiaolan's figure appeared above the beast's head, and Ji Mo's hands were forming seals. Several immortal treasures around his body were glowing...

...

In the center of the palace, the foundation of the Kingdom of Women, the gestation pool.

Wu Wang sat quietly by the pool, looking at the huge mural painted on the bottom of the pool, hesitating for a moment before sighing softly.

"Who are you!"A few shouts came from the entrance of the Pregnant Spirit Palace, and more than ten guards immediately rushed in.

Wu Wang raised his left hand towards these figures and gently clenched his fist. The dozen or so guards were instantly trapped in solid ice, but the ice did not press against their chests, leaving a gap at their nostrils.

Wu Wang stood up, spreading his wings behind him, and calmly said:

"I am... perhaps someone who can help you."

Time was tight, the mission was heavy, and there were still many arrangements to be made.

The predicament faced by the Kingdom of Women was even more difficult than the sudden blessing of the Star God.

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