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However, this High Priest Darren had nothing to do with Qin Fang. Even if Qin Fang felt that there was something wrong with this person, he had no evidence.
Furthermore, even if Qin Fang had evidence to prove that there was something wrong with this High Priest Darren, with Darren's absolute authority in the mountain people, there had to be people who were willing to believe him!
If things went wrong, High Priest Darren could point at Qin Fang and shout, "This person is a blasphemer …" That would probably be enough to make Qin Fang suffer. There was no other way except to escape pathetically.
Although Qin Fang had a group attack skill, and was not afraid even if he was facing a hundred or eighty people, if he was facing a huge lineup of thousands of people, a spit from each of them could drown Qin Fang, not to mention that there were at least 80,000 if not 100,000 people in the mountain …
Seeing that everyone around him was bowing respectfully to welcome his arrival, High Priest Darren was obviously happier. He walked towards the platform.
He noticed Qin Fang's group. Everyone else lowered their heads, except for these few people, who still straightened their bodies, as if they were not moved at all.
Darren would have been furious if he had encountered such a situation, but after seeing Qin Fang and the rest's attire, he had no choice but to dismiss that thought.
Qin Fang and Wen Yan were dressed in the attire of outsiders, and obviously came from outside the mountain. Tang Xin, on the other hand, was dressed in an ancient costume, and looked as if she had transmigrated from ancient times. Darren had been in the mountain for so long, and naturally knew about the Tang Sect in the depths of the mountain … He had even interacted with the people from the Tang Sect once or twice.
A half-baked swindler like him was not afraid of anyone in the mountains, but he was afraid of the two kinds of people in front of him. The outsiders would expose his tricks, and the people of the Tang Sect could easily slaughter his entire family without leaving a single chicken or dog alive.
Since these two people were not people he could offend, and these people did not make things difficult for him, he naturally did not dare to take the initiative to find trouble. That would definitely not be good for him.
High Priest Darren ascended the platform, and walked straight to the prop that looked like an incense burner table in front of the platform. His assistants immediately carried a pile of things over, and soon, the incense burner table was filled with items.
There were talisman papers, incense sticks, wooden swords, bowls, and many other items. The incense table was filled to the brim, and it looked really decent.
"Let the blood sacrifice begin …"
When everything was ready, one of the mountain people immediately let out such a loud shout. Then, the bugles started to sound again.
High Priest Darren walked to the incense table, and picked up a piece of talisman paper. He stuck his finger into his mouth, and bit down hard. Blood immediately flowed out of his finger.
At this moment, Darren was using the blood to draw a pattern that no one could understand on the yellow talisman paper. He seemed to be very serious.
In just a few seconds, the talisman written with human blood was formed. However, before it could dry completely, Darren suddenly opened his mouth, and a fierce flame immediately sprayed out from his mouth onto the talisman paper.
With a boom, the talisman paper could not withstand the burning of such a flame. It immediately burned, and turned into a pile of ashes that fell into the bowl on the incense table …
Darren didn't stop. He raised the peach wood sword with one hand, and swung it around a few times. He looked decent, but in fact, he was just hacking and slashing casually.
His other hand quickly picked up the bowl of talisman water with the ashes of the talisman paper. He raised his head, and drank all of it.
Then …
"Pfff ~ ~ ~"
Darren's mouth was like a high-pressure faucet. He immediately sprayed the peach wood sword in his hand, and the talisman water instantly drenched the peach wood sword that was not very long.
"Look!
Blood … That's blood … The demon has been killed, the demon has been killed … "
Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, and it immediately attracted the attention of many mountain people who were shocked speechless.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the peach wood sword in Darren's hand, and they realized that there were many traces of blood on the peach wood sword …
The sacrificial ritual this time was actually an operation to slay demons, and Darren's performance had undoubtedly achieved that.
"There's really blood, it's really blood!"
The bloodstains on the peach wood sword were very dazzling. Under the dim light of the setting sun, the bloodstains added a bit of mystery to the sword.
"God is supreme!
God is supreme … "
Someone suddenly yelled at the top of his lungs. Then, a large group of people in the mountains knelt on the ground and kowtowed to High Priest Da Lun who was on the high platform.
The High Priest represented God, and was God's spokesperson in the human world. He was God's messenger. The mountain people's thoughts were very simple. They couldn't see the so-called God, so they would kowtow to God's messenger in the human world — High Priest Darren.
Darren naturally enjoyed this very much. Every time such a scene happened, he would always feel extremely satisfied.
Even though everyone had knelt down, there were still three people who did not move, which made him slightly dissatisfied. However, he could only accept this fact helplessly.
Everyone around had knelt down, and only Qin Fang, Wen Yan, and Tang Xin were still standing there without moving, as if they did not notice at all.
Seeing this series of dazzling performances, Qin Fang almost wanted to applaud because these routines were so familiar.
It seemed that there were such charlatans and witches outside the mountain and in some villages. Qin Fang did not dare to say that these were all nonsense, but at least most of them were.
However, why was High Priest Darren's performance so similar to those people's?
Although it was not exactly the same, it was not far from the mark.
"There's something wrong with this person …"
Although Qin Fang did not say anything, it did not mean that no one else would. For example, Tang Xin, who was standing beside Qin Fang, muttered softly.
She had grown up in the Tang Sect, and apart from hidden weapons and poisons, the Tang Sect was also very powerful in martial arts. At the same time, they were also very good at other mechanisms.
To put it bluntly, charlatans were considered a branch of the Thousand Arts, and mechanisms were also a branch of the Thousand Arts. There were many similarities and similarities between them. Besides practicing martial arts, Tang Xin had also read some books related to it, and knew a little about it.
However, this High Priest Darren was just a dabbler, and had probably only learned a little or nothing at all. He was just a simple-minded person from the mountains.
However, it was not that easy to deceive Qin Fang and the rest. At least, Qin Fang was not interested in Darren's dazzling performance at all.
"There's indeed something wrong, let's continue watching …"
Qin Fang nodded. There was naturally something wrong with Darren, and he was just a dabbler in charlatan.
Although Qin Fang didn't perform the Great God's Dance, after a simple analysis, he could also know how each of the seemingly powerful performances were performed.
Spitting fire was a trick that many street artists knew how to do. It had appeared many times in acrobatics, so it was relatively skillful.
Darren should have put some flammable things like kerosene in his mouth, and then used the flames of the burning candles to complete the process.
The main reason was that Qin Fang and the rest were a little far away. If they were closer, they would probably be able to smell the kerosene. Since Darren had entered the venue, apart from his own subordinates, no one else had gotten close to him, so naturally, no one would have noticed.
Furthermore, life in the mountains was very backward, and they did not even seem to have used kerosene before … Even if they smelled it, they probably would have died.
With the explanation of spitting fire from his mouth, the rest was much easier. Paper was more fragile, to begin with, and if something like kerosene was wiped off slightly, it would ignite easily.
As for the part about slaying the demon at the end, that was pure nonsense. Any child who had learned chemistry would be able to explain the reason behind it …
A little phenolphthalein reagent was smeared on the peach wood sword, and the so-called talisman water that Darren drank just now was actually a bowl of water that contained alkali. When the two were mixed together, it immediately turned red.
Due to the color of the peach wood sword after being wet, and the red color now, it was very easy for people to identify it as the color of blood. In addition, the weather was not very good now, and someone was deliberately acting as a scapegoat. It was hard for these simple-minded mountain people not to be fooled …
Darren had obviously prepared for this for a long time, and he was rather familiar with it. It was probably not the first time he had used this method of fooling people, and it had long become a habit.
Qin Fang could see the essence of this performance, but these people in the mountains did not. Qin Fang had no way of proving Darren's deception to these mountain people for the time being.
Moreover, these mountain people probably would not listen to Qin Fang badmouthing the supreme messenger of the gods, High Priest Darren. Hence, Qin Fang simply pretended that he did not know anything for the time being, and continued watching.
This was only the beginning of the blood sacrifice. Darren would probably put on a more exciting performance later on. Tang Xin also nodded gently. She was not very interested in these. If Qin Fang had not come to watch, she would not have bothered to come.
(To be continued.
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