Chapter 988 Sword Sacrifice

The Champion Marquis of Jing State has become a hot topic in Jiuqu City.

Facing the eloquent Sword Sect Master, he even found it troublesome to explain and killed him with one move.

He did such a thing, but no one could refute it. The domineering and majestic he possessed were far beyond the reach of others.

It had been several days since the incident, and the citizens of Jiuqu City were still talking about it.

"What kind of person is this Champion Marquis? Why is he always so unpredictable?"

"Who knows? Some people say he is arrogant, while others admire him. Many girls in the city have a crush on him and say they like men like this."

"Although the Champion Marquis is unreasonable, he is a good man after all. Otherwise, how could he save the whole city from the sword formation?"

Zhou Ran was too lazy to pay attention to the discussions of the citizens.

During this period, Zhou Ran has been living in the City Lord's Mansion.

The Lord of Jiuqu City, Qu Yang, treated Zhou Ran as a distinguished guest, served him attentively, and gave Zhou Ran the secret room of the City Lord's Mansion for Zhou Ran to use for retreat.

In the secret room, Zhou Ran carefully regulated his breath and sorted out his thoughts.

The person he met before was probably the disciple of the Beiqiong Immortal, who betrayed the Beiqiong Immortal in the end and disappeared.

That happened tens of millions of years ago, and now it is too old to trace.

The Beiqiong Immortal sealed the passage between the two worlds, and the Nanji Immortal built a domain wall to guard the turbid breath. Are these two things related?

The sword sacrifice of the Sword Sect may provide some clues for me.

Zhou Ran retreated in the secret room for several days, and there were only three days left before the sword sacrifice.

It also takes three days to go to Longyin Mountain from Jiuqu City, and it is time for me to leave Jiuqu City.

Zhou Ran bid farewell to Qu Yang, who reluctantly said, "Marquis Guanjun, today we part, I don't know when we will meet again. You are the person I admire most in my life, so you must be careful when you go to the sword festival. The Sword Sect has been able to hide its true identity for so long, which shows how deep their scheming is. I don't know what means they will use."

"Thank you."

Zhou Ran responded, said goodbye to Qu Yang, and left the city.

Going east from Jiuqu City, the surrounding scenery becomes more and more beautiful as the altitude increases.

The scenery in the southern border is very different from the western wind in the western border. Zhou Ran admired the scenery along the way while heading towards Longyin Mountain.

A few miles away from Longyin Mountain, you can see the appearance of Longyin Mountain.

Like a sword, it pierces straight into the clouds.

Compared with Longyin Mountain, the domain wall is just a dwarf.

The closer you are to Longyin Mountain, the more lively it is around.

The dignitaries from the three kingdoms in the southern border all came to Longyin Mountain to watch the ceremony.

Qu Yang once told Zhou Ran that the Sword Sect’s sword sacrifice never sent out invitations, and outsiders could come at will. But even so, there was an endless stream of visitors from the three kingdoms in the southern border, including the royal families of various countries, which shows that the Sword Sect has a respected status in the southern border.

Zhou Ran followed these people who came to watch the ceremony up the mountain, and soon they reached the halfway point of Longyin Mountain.

The location of the sword sacrifice was right here.

Zhou Ran was a little surprised and asked the person next to him: "Why is the Sword Sect's sword sacrifice site not on the top of Longyin Mountain, but on the mountainside?"

"Friend, you are from the outside world, right?" The person next to him looked at Zhou Ran in surprise, but patiently explained to Zhou Ran, "This is not halfway up the mountain, but just the foot of the mountain! Longyin Mountain is so high that you can't see the end at a glance, and there are dragon gods on the top of the mountain. Even a strong Jianzong dare not set up an altar on the top of the mountain!"

"Top of the mountain?"

Zhou Ran also raised his head and

looked into the sky. Sure enough, he couldn't see the top of the mountain.

The altitude of Longyin Mountain is impossible to guess. Could it be that the dragon clan really lives on the top of the mountain?

Just thinking about it, suddenly there were crowds of people.

The royal representatives of the three countries in the southern border also came to the viewing platform. Although they were not the kings themselves, they represented the entire country.

The others stood up and saluted the royal families of the three countries. After the royal representatives of the three countries took their seats, everyone sat down slowly.

Zhou Ran looked at the guests around him silently.

The Sword Ceremony of the Sword Sect was attended not only by the royal families of the three southern borders, but also by many celebrities, with hundreds of people in front and behind. The scene was grand and amazing.

Everything was ready, and the leader of the Sword Sect, Ao Tian, ​​finally came out, with dozens of Sword Sect disciples behind him.

They were dressed neatly, and each of them held a spiritual sword in his hand, giving people a heroic feeling.

Ao Tian saluted the spectators and said, "Dear guests, welcome to the annual Sword Ceremony of the Sword Sect! Although the disciples of the Sword Sect are acting on behalf of heaven, the dead souls under the sword are not innocent, but they are also full of resentment. The purpose of the Sword Ceremony is to sacrifice the sword and appease the dead souls who died under the sword of the disciples of the Sword Sect in a year!"

As he said, Ao Tian and dozens of disciples set up the formation, and the spiritual swords in their hands were all pointed to the sky.

Dozens of spiritual swords, dozens of people's true essence injected, made the sword energy pierce the sky.

In the sky, the runes of the sword formation appeared, the runes were shining, and it was impossible to look directly at them.

After a while, the sword energy injected into the sky turned into the shape of a spirit sword, and fell like raindrops on the altar of the sword sacrifice.

Aotian and the disciples of the Sword Sect did not dodge or avoid, and welcomed the sword energy.

Although these sword energies that fell from the sky were extremely sharp, they could not hurt the human body. They passed through the bodies of everyone and inserted into the altar.

The entire altar was filled with swords, the sword formation was complete, and the sword sacrifice was about to begin.

In the air, many images of souls appeared, and these souls were flying with their fangs and claws.

The disciples of the Sword Sect held spirit swords and went towards these souls.

One by one, the souls were defeated by the swords of the Sword Sect disciples, with graceful postures and sword energy bursting out, just like dancing.

The guests present were all stunned.

"It is worthy of being the Sword Sect! The disciples of the Sword Sect are better than their predecessors, no wonder they can be invincible."

"Every year's sword festival, the strength of these disciples is even better. I believe that it will not be long before the Sword Sect will become the largest sect in the inner domain!"

"Although it is a performance, it is an opportunity for the disciples of the Sword Sect to show their strength. The Sword Sect is so strong that the southern border can be guaranteed to be safe!"

The voices of whispering also reached Zhou Ran's ears.

Zhou Ran was not interested in the strength of the disciples of the Sword Sect. He carefully sensed the surrounding atmosphere.

There was a familiar smell, but this smell was mixed with the sword energy and could not be identified for a while.

The disciples of the Sword Sect kept killing souls. Every time they killed a soul, the power of the sword formation increased. After a while, the entire altar was wrapped in a powerful force.

At this moment, a black gas suddenly rushed out from under the altar. .

The black gas infected the entire altar at lightning speed.

The sword festival was originally no different from the previous ones, but when the black gas appeared, everyone realized that this year's sword festival was completely different from the previous ones.