Chen Chuan glanced at Xuejun Dao and took two steps closer. Although the outward invasion of the red stone underneath was weakened, there seemed to be no change on the surface.

He ignored these, bent down and reached out, picked up the stone, and at the same time glanced at the ground, walked to the key ritual node, wiped it with his foot a few times, and destroyed the pattern on it.

Just after finishing this matter, there were several deep breathing sounds and several coughs coming from the side, and the three people who were originally wrapped in the Tantric ritual cloth slowly woke up at this moment.

But when they saw Chen Chuan standing in the middle and taking away the Sun Wheel Stone, they were surprised at first, and then became extremely frightened and angry, and a series of words burst out from their mouths.

Chen Chuan didn't understand. It must be some kind of foreign language. At this time, two people tore the cloth off their bodies and stood up from where they were.

Both men were over two meters tall. Judging from their body movements, they were obviously fighters. After standing up, they each took out two axes from their waists and said something to him, although they still said the same thing.

I can't understand it, but I can clearly feel the anger contained in it.

Chen Chuan stood calmly on the spot. He looked at the two axes and felt a little regretful. They were not weapons carried by third-level fighters and had almost no collection value.

Just when the two men roared and tried to rush towards him, he took out the gravel he had prepared in advance from his pocket and flicked it out with his fingers. Only when the two men were halfway, as if they had been shot, did they head towards

He leaned back and fell to the ground one after another.

The whole process happens very quickly.

At this time, there was only one person left. He woke up and seemed to realize that something was not good about the situation at the scene. He immediately said in a jerky voice: "Sir, please don't do anything. I have no hostility."

Chen Chuan looked at him and asked: "Did you arrange this Riyuan ritual?"

Hearing him reveal the name of the ceremony, the man was startled, put aside his chances, hesitated and said: "Yes, we arranged it... Excuse me sir..." He raised his head and asked carefully: "Where are you now?

A year?"

Chen Chuanchuan: "The Republic of Dashun was established in the 94th year."

The man was stunned for a moment, converted the time, and fell silent immediately. He obviously understood that not long after he entered the ritual sleep period, this person came in and destroyed the ritual. And he could find this place so accurately, then

It must not be an ordinary identity. He asked with some difficulty:

"Sir, are you from the Dashun government?"

Chen Chuanchuan: "You can think so."

The man felt relieved in his heart. What he was afraid of were the competitors within the sect and other enemies of the esoteric sect. On the contrary, people from the Dashun government could communicate more easily, and at worst he would have to pay a fine.

He said cautiously: "Your Excellency, the sacrifices I use are all brought from abroad, and no people from your country are used. Even the sun wheel stone will not be leaked during the ceremony..."

Chen Chuan looked at the crystal in his hand and said, "What will be the consequences if it is leaked?"

"Don't you know?"

Although this person was a little surprised, he hesitated and explained, "If it is not handled properly, within a certain range, it will cause the death of humans and animals and the withering of vegetation..."

Having said this, he hurriedly explained, "For our sect, the sun crystal is the key to opening the ceremony and a necessity to maintain the ceremony. We don't want to cause such a situation and be discovered by your government, so please believe me, such a result

It won't happen."

Chen Chuanchuan: "Let's not mention that this is Dashun's land. It is not a place where you can arrange rituals casually. And you don't seem to have considered the consequences of the failure of the ritual?"

"Failure, impossible!"

This person immediately denied it.

Chen Chuan looked at him calmly.

This person realized something was wrong, because since Chen Chuan was here to deal with it, if he didn't follow him, he might have discovered something abnormal?

Is there something wrong with the people who went back?

Just when he thought of this, his breathing suddenly became rapid, and then he grabbed his throat with both hands, as if he couldn't breathe.

Chen Chuan raised his eyebrows. He could clearly sense that this person's physical condition was deteriorating rapidly and his vitality was weakening with an unstoppable momentum.

The man suddenly pointed at the sun crystal, "Quick, quick, save..."

Chen Chuan understood what he meant. He wanted to return the sun crystal to its original position and extend his life, but the ceremony had been destroyed by him, and it would be useless even if he put it back, so he just stood quietly.

Seeing that he was not moving, the man had a look of despair on his face. As his breath gradually disappeared, the skin and flesh on his body quickly shrank, and then turned into a mummy in just ten seconds.

Chen Chuan stepped forward to check and found a package on the man's body, which contained some necessary medicines and a notebook. As for the two security guards, they only found some necessities for survival in the wild.

Seeing that there was nothing of value here, he was about to return to the ground, but when he raised his head, the light hit the top of the cave, and there were bulges there.

At first I thought it was just a natural formation on the top of the cave, but after taking another look, I found that there seemed to be something inside. Looking again, I was shocked to find that there seemed to be huddled figures inside.

He withdrew his gaze, ignored it, and turned around and walked out. Behind him, everything was as usual on the uneven cave walls. Is there any figure anywhere?

Chen Chuan walked out along the original path. Since the outside field was completely restrained, he has rarely seen such visions recently.

He guessed that the situation just now was caused by the sun crystal in his hand, but as long as he believed in his own judgment and ignored it, there would be no hindrance.

In fact, he recently discovered that as long as he uses his second self to lower his body's expression, he seems to be able to effectively avoid such anomalies, but this is not a good method, because avoiding the problem does not mean that the problem does not exist.

Cao Guiqi once told him that things like visions are also materials that help him make progress. Every time he sees and overcomes them, it is good for training his spirit, so he does not need to do this, he can just face it normally.

Because he had memorized everything along the way, he went out faster than he came in, and returned to the ground in less than ten minutes. Apart from being stained with some moisture from the cave, he didn't even sweat.

When he walked out of the cave and came into the light, he just closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them again, he was completely adapted to the light outside.

Director Lei had been waiting outside. When he saw him coming out, he walked closer and looked at him, "Student Chen, are you okay?"

Chen Chuanhua: "Director Lei, I'm fine." He patted the package and said, "I brought some things up."

"Let's talk in the car."

Director Lei took him to his armed car and handed him a bottle of water. Chen Chuan thanked him, took out the contents of his package and handed them to Director Lei, and then told him what he had just encountered.

arrival situation.

Director Lei first took the sun disk stone, took a look at it, his expression became solemn, and then he solemnly placed it in a heavy metal box. After sealing it, he then put the information that Chen Chuan brought up.

I also took out the notebook and looked through it carefully.

Chen Chuan found that he read very quickly, turning a page with just one glance.

Only ten minutes later, Director Lei closed the notebook in his hand and said, "I have basically sorted out the clues. The leader of this expedition is the wealthy businessman in the information, who should be Oriko."

Chen Chuan asked: "Is this person famous?"

Director Lei said: "Orico is from Nordlander and has a criminal record of holding cult rituals in various countries around the world. The Dashun Esoteric Cult Examination Bureau has his file."

Chen Chuanhuan: "This man claimed that the man in the expedition twelve years ago was his father. Is this true?"

"They do have a father-son relationship, but things are not that simple."

Director Lei raised the notebook in his hand and said: "I thought they held a simple sun source ceremony, but in fact they went further and held a 'stealing fire' on top of it."

"Stealing fire?"

Director Lei said: "This is the term used in the Sun Source Ceremony. Simply put, during the Sun Source Ceremony, the life force of one party can be transferred to another party.

However, in order for the Riyuan Ritual to achieve the greatest effect, the sacrificer needs to be willing and aware of every detail and truth. If an ignorant sacrifice is used instead, the vitality gained will be very little. After all, no one is willing to sacrifice for others for no reason.

sacrifice.

So here, Oriko and his son played a trick.

Oriko first asked his son to transfer twelve years of his life to himself.

Then in the next twelve years, because of the effect of the ritual, he could ensure that he would not age due to this, and his son would use the vitality obtained from the remaining sacrifices to enter the ritual sleep.

In the teachings of Sun worship, twelve years is a cycle, everything starts from scratch, and there will be a gap in the middle, and the believers steal power from it.

So when the next ceremony was held, before it was completed, Oriko awakened his son and asked him to take twelve years of his life from him, but in fact he did not lose anything, and then he used the rest

The vitality of the sacrifice enters its ritual rest.

In this way, his son can enjoy this round of twelve years outside, and then repeat this operation when the next ceremony is held. This is "stealing fire".

It can be said that they 'borrowed' twelve years of life from the ritual that can be used repeatedly. Their plan was good, but it seems that something went wrong this time, causing the ritual to not be completely successful."

Chen Chuan asked: "Can they continue to exchange like this?"

Director Lei said: "Sun worshipers attach great importance to the number twelve, so according to their understanding, 'Stealing Fire' can be performed twelve times in a row, but even if it is only twelve times, the lifespan that can be increased is considerable."

After Chen Chuan heard Director Lei's words, he thought about it and couldn't help asking: "I wonder how many times they have held this ceremony?"

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Chapter completed!