Chapter 29: A Willing Sacrifice

  I attended a wedding early this morning and helped with some arrangements, so I'm updating late, sorry everyone. I can only update once today, but coincidentally, I thought of a better plot, hoping you all will like it.

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  After scaring Shixiaofu, Shi Hong did not pounce on him. Instead, he stared at the pitiful Shixiaofu lying on the ground and was stunned. Then, like a deflated balloon, he slumped back down, his soul lost, and stopped speaking.

  Although Luosi was also frightened, after all, this was a family matter of others, and Shi Hong did not suddenly harm Shi Xiaofu, so these outsiders didn't intervene.

  What made Rosy even more curious was Morningstar's reaction just now, Morningstar's reaction was a bit too intense, as if Shi Hong had suddenly become a very threatening demon, which Rosy had never seen before in the usually calm Morningstar.

  The temple owner, Chi Huang, who had been silent until then, suddenly stood up and slowly walked to Shi Hong's side, patting his shoulder and saying: "Everything has its cause and effect. Your brother wanted his son to come with you, it was all destined by heaven. You should have thought of this day when you made a pact with the Bodhisattva."

  Luosi heard Chi Huang say that and knew that Shi Hong had come here twenty years ago and got to know Chi Huang, there must be many things she didn't know about between them. She wanted to ask, but felt a bit rash in this situation.

  It was Chen Xing who suddenly spoke up. He asked Chi Huang, "The Ba Tu god you mentioned is that devil who can live forever by absorbing the fresh blood of young people?"

  Chi Huang was somewhat surprised, and he carefully looked up and down Chen Xing again, saying: "As soon as I came in, I could see that you're not simple, young and seemingly having a different cultivation than ordinary people, but I didn't expect you to know about the Bodhisattva of Compassion, and even dare to speak disrespectfully. You should know, this place is still relatively good, if you were in the underworld, speaking like this would make it impossible for you to live or die."

  Chen Xing's face darkened, but he refused to concede: "That devil relies on seducing young people into willingly giving themselves up to her bloodsucking, and yet she still dares to call herself a god! No matter how formidable she is, I am not afraid of her!"

  Rothschi listened to Chen Xing's affirmative words, and saw that Ba Tu Shen was indeed not easy to deal with. She was very interested in the fact that Ba Tu Shen sucked the blood of young people, so she asked: "I've heard a lot about monsters that suck human blood, but you said she is a seductress who makes young people willingly give her their blood. Why is that? Even a normal person wouldn't be willing to let her suck their blood! Is it because she's too beautiful and can mesmerize people? But if she has such strong magical powers, why bother with seduction when she could just capture people directly?"

  "Lothari's question was answered by Chi Huang before Morning Star could respond. He said to Lothari, 'That's because Batu God always felt that if the object of his bloodsucking was coerced, there would be resentment in his heart. This resentment would spread throughout his body, seep into his blood, and such blood would be almost useless to her. To live forever, she needs blood filled with kindness and goodwill.'"

  It's impossible for her to be sucked dry by others and yet still feel grateful and willing. She said to Chi Huang, "Isn't this difficulty a bit too high? Does she have some kind of magic trick?"

  "She doesn't have any magic, the conditions for magic are too many and it's extremely difficult to cast. Morning Star took over the conversation: "This matter is naturally impossible for ordinary people to understand, being willingly sucked of blood sounds unbelievable. But there are too many people in this world who are desperate, some are greedy, and many are forced by circumstances that are more difficult than you can imagine. I've heard that those who go to the underworld are mostly seeking something in the underworld or the even more mysterious Black Witch Mountain, and the greatest advantage of Bat God is that it can fulfill the wishes of those seekers!"

  Chen Xing looked at this and gave Luosi a meaningful glance before continuing, "It's a wish that one is willing to shed blood to fulfill!"

  Luosi's heart was as if struck by lightning, she thought that her trip was to find the Ling Xian grass on Hei Wu Mountain. She also knew that the Ling Xian grass was much harder to obtain than the Hei Wu grass in the Yin domain. She understood what Chen Xing meant when he spoke to her. When she was still a good student in modern times, she had watched a TV series called "The Eighth Pawnshop", where people would sell parts of their bodies to the devil in exchange for something they wanted.

  She was deeply moved at the time, but she never thought that she would travel through time and space to this era and encounter similar things.

  Chen Xing seemed to have noticed her abnormality, and comfortingly patted her shoulder, jokingly saying: "Don't worry! With me here, do you still need to go ask that old witch? I won't let you use fresh blood to exchange for it!"

  Luosi couldn't help but smile, thinking to herself that she had indeed been thinking too heavily. They were still far from the Yin realm, and she hadn't even reached Liujin City yet. Besides having Chen Xing, a great priest of the Moon God Sect by her side, there would be many other powerful and capable moon maidens gathering around her. Just thinking about this made her confidence surge, and her mood greatly improved.

  At this moment, Shi Xiaofu, who had just been frightened and fell backwards, suddenly walked in front of his uncle, pressed his uncle's shoulders with both hands, and asked somewhat frantically: "Uncle, did you make a deal with the Baotu God using fresh blood at that time? Was it because of this that you brought back the Hei Wu Cao?"

  Shi Hong looked at Shi Xiaofu's expression, which was very complicated. If he had suddenly burst out with a deep-seated hatred for Shi Xiaofu before, now he was more struggling and conflicted. As he looked at Shi Xiaofu's expression, he felt a sense of pity instead.

  Chi Huang sighed and replied on behalf of Shi Hong, "Every time Ba Tu absorbs blood, it almost drains the person dry. If your uncle was absorbed, how could he have brought back the black witch grass for you twenty years ago?"

  Everyone was shocked when they heard Chi Huang say this, and it seemed that the Bodhisattva had given Shi Hong the black magic grass but hadn't sucked his blood, which sounded too incredible.

  Shi Xiaofu's first reaction came, and he stuttered to ask his uncle: "Uncle, did you deceive the Bodhisattva? After getting her black magic grass, you...you escaped? Then...then this time, aren't we...?" This poor young man didn't dare say any more.

  Shi Hong looked at his nephew with even deeper sympathy, and said seriously to Shi Xiaofu: "In the presence of the great Bodhisattva, no one can deceive her. I am just an ordinary mortal, how could I have such great abilities?"

  Luosi was puzzled, since Shi Hong hadn't deceived Batu God, how did he manage to safely retrieve the Hei Wu Cao? She was very curious about this, because if Shi Hong had a good method, she could also try it out, and perhaps the Ling Xian Cao would be easily obtained.

  However, what she heard Shi Hong say was: "The Goddess of Batu wants voluntary blood offerings, and I promised her that next time I come, I will bring willing blood to offer to her!"