Chapter 563: Offering Lin Yan as a Sacrifice! (Part 2)
"Even if your numbers are numerous, gathering an exact number must mean there's some left over."
"Only the entirety of the Master of Rain's tribe is offered up, such sincerity should be rewarded with Divine Skill!"
"..."
The atmosphere in the scene fell into silence.
The Rain King displayed a look of confusion.
But in the next moment, joy surged in his heart, and he thought to himself, "I merely forgot to count the numbers earlier... Otherwise, I would have only given one hundred forty thousand, leaving an uneven number!"
"Along the way, a batch of offerings were eaten, leading to an insufficient number, yet the Dragon God sees it as genuine sincerity?"
"Indeed, the heavens have intentions, and it seems I am destined to receive this fortunate opportunity!"
"The Master of Rain above, ancestors bless, it seems that in this banquet, the alliance with the Dragon God will surely be mine, the Master of Rain tribe!"
With this thought, he moved forward, casting a glance at the envoy of the Red Fire Divine Clan, sneering, "The Dragon God's Decree, are you dissatisfied?"
"If truly dissatisfied, does the Dragon God even need to take action?"
"My Rain tribe swears to uphold the Dragon God until death, determined to be unyielding with you, until one tribe is annihilated!"
"..."
The Red Fire Divine Clan was instantly enraged.
But in the end, a relatively calm envoy held them back, shaking their head slightly.
Seeing this, the other Divine Demon Clans also set aside their thoughts, suppressing all dissatisfaction within their hearts.
And amidst the Gods and Demons at the back.
The Little White Ape and Niu Yan exchanged a glance.
"This works? If I had known, I wouldn't have snatched from the Master of Rain tribe!" The Little White Ape couldn't help but feel complicated, thinking, "Damn, this Jiujiang Dragon God is quite the performer, always overthinking, isn't this over-interpreting?"
"..."
Niu Yan looked on with a strange expression, thinking, you monkey, have always been this way.
As each tribe presented their offerings in turn.
First were the various royal clans.
Then the higher bloodlines of the Divine Demon Clans.
Next were the medium and lower bloodline Divine Demon Clans.
Then came the numerous and formidable evil tribes... and these evil tribes, must have Heavenly Demons and Holy Spirits who have entered the Saint Realm to be eligible to attend the banquet and present gifts.
Lastly were lone-walking Gods and Demons like Niu Yan.
Though possessing God and Demon bloodlines, they lacked stable territories, numerous kin, unable to form a tribe.
Finally, there were evil like Little White Ape, skilled but also without territory and tribe, just here to fill numbers.
Evil like these might end up as a post-banquet treat, devoured by still-hungry Gods and Demons.
"Master, it's almost our turn..."
The Little White Ape glanced back.
Lin Yan appeared tied up on the surface.
He wasn't a virgin boy or girl but was offered as a Human Clan "Creation" powerhouse.
In the scene, quite a few Divine Demon Clans, unable to gather virgins, captured powerful Human Martial Artists to substitute the count.
A Martial Artist of the Refining Essence Realm is quite the nourishment, surpassing many virgins.
And those of Qi Refining Realm, Refining God Realm, or even Creation level Humans provided greater sustenance.
Especially the Creation level Humans, having reached the peak of human cultivation, being the finest delicacies.
Capturing such level Human Martial Artists qualifies one for the banquet.
This time, Niu Yan presented over two thousand virgin boys and girls who couldn't be settled midway.
While the Little White Ape presented Lin Yan, a "Creation" stage Human!
"Six men of Creation level."
"Thirteen of Refining God Realm."
"Thirty-six of Qi Refining Realm."
"Over one hundred twenty of Refining Essence Realm."
"These Human Martial Artists are likely the backbone of various Human Clan tribes, during this time of Divine Demon Clan's rampant abduction of virgins, breaking numerous tribes, capturing even the high tiers of Human tribes."
Lin Yan took a deep breath, eyes solemn.
In later generations, even the entirety of Qifeng Prefecture probably wouldn't gather six Creation Gods, thirteen of Refining God Realm.
This era's Human Clan was not weak.
But lacked the Old God's protection.
No Human Martial Saint stood at the forefront.
Creation level Humans were merely slightly stronger prey to these world Gods and Demons.
This era's Alien Races seemed more ferocious, more chaotic than later times.
His gaze swept over, landing on the six of Qi Refining Realm among them.
Cultivation reached the Refining God Realm at this step, requiring assistance in the realm of the heart.
Moreover, once a Martial Artist of the Refining God Realm acquires an Old God's Magical Object, they can pose a considerable threat to gods, demons, and evils!
Generally speaking, Martial Artists who are raised by gods, demons, and evils are usually at the Qi Refining Realm level.
"These six Qi Refining Realm individuals have strange expressions, abnormal Qi Mechanisms, too calm demeanors, lacking determination, rather dazed and confused."
Lin Yan roughly guessed that these six Qi Refining Realm individuals were likely people of the Human Clan raised by the Divine Demon Clan or evil beings.
Just like in later generations, they were only given the methods of cultivation but not the means to fight.
Merely blood food fattened up!
Unable to gather enough virgin boys and girls, they were picked out to be presented to the Jiujiang Dragon God.
"Ancient Kui Bull Venerate, sacrifices of two thousand four hundred and twenty-three."
A giant python lazily spoke.
The previous ones often numbered tens to hundreds of thousands of virgin boys and girls.
Here, over two thousand was already not surprising.
Even that flood dragon was too lazy to glance, letting other giant pythons report the numbers.
Niu Yan cursed in his heart: "Just earlier, they said the wealth of ten thousand coins wasn't sincere; a hundred coins was genuine. They wanted to impart the law to the Rain Clan! Now when it's my turn, they still give exact figures, including the tail numbers. Why not say they would impart the law to me?"
"Isn't it because they see others are royalty and gave tens of thousands?"
"They want to establish an image, urging all tribes to imitate the Rain Clan, so they'll dare not continue hiding things when seeking the Dragon God's favor in the future!"
"For those like me who gave just over two thousand, they're too lazy to recruit me, is it?"
Niu Yan scoffed inwardly, unable to restrain a muffled hum through mouth and nose, white smoke curling around.
"Hmm?"
The flood dragon looked over, slightly cold: "Do you have any complaints?"
Niu Yan hurriedly shook his head, his gaze solemn, and said, "I just feel that sacrificing to the Dragon God, the offerings are too few, but unfortunately, my abilities are too weak, I only found over two thousand offerings. Truly, I am extremely ashamed, and almost cried out but failed to stop the sobbing, how disrespectful..."
"Hmm?"
The flood dragon paused for a moment, then said, "Underestimated you, genuine indeed, move forward two rows of seats. By the way... are you a bull?"
Niu Yan nodded, not understanding the difference between male and female.
"I am also male."
The flood dragon's eyes had a satisfied look: "Tonight, come to my snake den. I will personally impart the law to you..."
"..."
Niu Yan's heart trembled, rising with a feeling of unease.
Little White Ape tutted: "Can't see it, this one-legged crippled bull, appears graceful in the flood dragon's eyes... The dragon doesn't like females, most likely has taken a liking to you."
Then the voice of another giant python reporting the list of offerings was heard.
"White-Winged Divine Ape, one offering."
"..."
All eyes focused on this double-winged white ape.
One offering?
Could it be a disruption?
"Creation Level human?"
The flood dragon swept over with satisfaction: "Though only one, its quality is extremely high, can surpass a thousandfold! You appear as a demon, not a god, not yet ascended to Saint, and yet managed to capture a Creation Level human, resisting mouth and stomach greed, escorting all the way here without feeding..."
He said quietly: "You're sincere too, you look like an ape, but with wings on your back, truly a rare alien species... I wonder what kind of race would be born if infused with flood dragon bloodline?"
"No..."
Little White Ape exclaimed: "I am male!"
Niu Yan spoke in a muffled voice: "He likes males."
Little White Ape, shocked, said: "How do males breed?"
The flood dragon obviously didn't think too much, only said slowly: "Tonight, you also come to my snake den, I haven't experienced such an alien species..."
"..."
Little White Ape and Niu Yan did not speak.
However, sound had already erupted violently among the phoenix tree branches and leaves.
"Lord! First kill this thing later, it's damn disgusting!"
"If this flood dragon doesn't die, I won't sleep or eat peacefully!"
"..."
Lin Yan didn't reply, only being treated as an offering, sent to the edge of the cave ahead.
And at this moment, the Jiujiang Dragon God was just below the cave.
Just waiting for the Jiujiang Dragon God to rise from the cave, the feast would begin.
Ang!!!
At that moment, the sound of a dragon's roar echoed through the heavens and earth!
Then a divine dragon rose from the cave, roaring