Damn it! Let’s smash the darkness together!

Chapter 1482 - 214: Xu Shu’s Happy House

"Let’s not talk about whether it is the Seven Treasures Lotus..." Xiao Ya rolled her eyes at Xu Shu, stroked her smooth chin, and hesitantly muttered to herself, "Strange, it shouldn’t be like this..."

Xu Shu sensed the doubt in her tone and asked, "What’s wrong? Is there something off?"

Xiao Ya nodded, "Yes, and it’s quite different from what I imagined."

"Tell me in detail."

"I originally thought that being able to utilize the terrain to tightly connect Baishi Town with the surrounding eight villages and set up such a ’Innate Eight Diagram Formation’ that aligns perfectly with heaven and earth, the White Lotus Sect must be quite high-level, and the person behind it is likely a master of the mysterious arts.

"But look at their sacrifice, it’s so bloody, it’s the most primitive and foolish kind, it’s very contradictory..."

Xiao Ya frowned, utterly puzzled.

Xu Shu, upon hearing it, was indifferent: "Ha, you’re talking about this? You just lack experience. Truly high-end ingredients often require only the simplest cooking methods."

Xiao Ya was taken aback: "Uh? What do you mean?"

"In order for a cult like this to grow and strengthen, relying on mystical and grand ways won’t work. It’s precisely this most primitive blood sacrifice that can most convincingly win over the believers, making them willing to die for the church." Xu Shu explained.

"Is there such a thing? But this contrast is too much... I think they should at least set up a decent array here... I think there’s something shady in there!" Xiao Ya looked conflicted.

"Ha, you’re not a cultist, you don’t understand!"

"Like you understand!"

"Heh~"

Xu Shu smiled without saying a word.

He then focused his gaze on a few extraordinary figures inside.

For instance, four elders sitting upright below the stage, their eyes sharp and fierce, looking formidable;

And the elderly woman sitting high at the main position by the hall’s entrance, cloaked in robes, exuding an aura of considerable danger.

"Based on the intelligence from Yang Su regarding the White Lotus sect’s sub-branch here, this old lady should be the so-called ’No-Life Mother’, and those four old men are the elders of the White Lotus Sect."

"Hmm, in the private rooms outside, there are also several nude young women displaying themselves on couches, clearly the ’Guiding Envoys’. I’ve killed four, and there are still ten here, which means two went out? The numbers match up..."

"The Guiding Envoys have Second-stage Late to peak-level strength, so the higher-level elders must be Third-tier Experts! This is consistent with my initial assessment..."

Xu Shu’s eyes flickered as he analyzed the situation on the scene.

A moment later, the dancers finished their spiritual dance, with flames almost reaching the sky.

The ’No-Life Mother’ then issued a voice like that of many insects crawling in her throat, loudly declaring, "The time has come, present the offering!"

Swoosh!

Instantly, the gentry below sprang to attention, each shouting phrases like "Pray for the Mother’s blessing".

The dancers on the stage, seeing this, entwined their limbs, assuming postures like Spider Demons, coiling themselves on the ground like flesh cushions, lining up in a long row.

Patap tap!

Two burly devotees with exceptionally pale skin, seemingly of Western Region origin, carried a frame with a pair of children apparently not over ten years of age.

They stepped barefoot on the flesh cushions formed by these dancers, making the women grimace yet not dare to scream, advancing from the back to the front towards the blazing bronze tripod.

This setup, this was obviously the "main course" offering for today!

Xu Shu’s eyes narrowed instantly, and his lips curled up as he glanced at Xiao Ya and said, "Little Ya, it’s about time!"

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"Fiery flames burning fiercely, consuming all living sins."

"May the Mother show her mercy, granting purification upon the sea of misery."

The No-Life Mother shook the sacred staff adorned with various magic artifacts, muttering incantations and pointed.

At that, the two devotees lifted the frame, about to throw the two children into the bronze giant tripod to burn them alive as offerings to the Mother of Non-Birth.

But they couldn’t move it.

The scene of "flames devouring the children with a bang" did not happen as expected.

The two Warriors looked up to find a young man around twenty years of age pressing down on their millstone-thick arms with two fingers.

This was naturally Xu Shu!

Though using just two fingers, it felt like a thousand-pound force was pressing down, and no matter how hard the two Warriors tried, they couldn’t move their arms a fraction of an inch anymore!

They could only watch helplessly as Xu Shu, smiling, lifted the two children down and casually tossed them aside.

"This..."

Cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of the two, wanting to speak, but seeming to realize something, they trembled and dared not utter another word.

This peculiar scene naturally drew everyone’s attention at once.

A commotion began below, with the affluent participants of the ritual watching this scene in confusion.

"Who are you!?"

"Are you interfering with our Holy Sect’s affairs?"

The four elders of the White Lotus Sect charged onto the stage without another word, shouting sternly.

As they spoke, they exchanged glances, quickly recognizing that the visitor was not friendly and that Xu Shu’s strength was extraordinary!

This person had suddenly arrived upfront, and before he acted, no one had noticed him, such strength couldn’t be simple.

He was likely a disciple from a high-ranking family on a training journey!

Receiving the signal from the elders, the other Guiding Envoys and White Lotus devotees quickly came out, forming layers around Xu Shu, surrounding him completely.