Chapter 691: Section 478: Cang Xu Returns
White Hair Sea Trench.
Ocean Nest.
The great formation buzzed, and the Golden Level altar flickered with a faint glow.
Numerous followers of Charming Blue Sect surrounded the altar, kneeling and praying while maintaining a certain distance from it.
“Is it almost time?”
“Yes, according to the previous Transmission Blood Sacrifices, they should be returning soon.”
“My son… you must come back alive.”
The Little Prince quietly asked the ship ghost, “What are the chances of Xu Jia coming back alive?”
The ship ghost did not speak, only slightly shook his head with a grave expression.
The Believers looked forward eagerly, even Zhou Zhang was filled with anticipation.
Those followers of Charming Blue Sect who could come back alive must have been meticulously screened and would have had their strength enhanced, which would deepen their level of faith.
These individuals would certainly become the elites, even pillars, of the Charming Blue Sect!
Spatial fluctuations occurred.
Under the watchful eyes of all, the followers reappeared in the very places they had knelt.
Like the previous Transmission Blood Sacrifices, some were missing.
“I’m back, I successfully passed the test!” a returned follower shouted excitedly.
“Son, my son?” a follower frantically searched through the crowd.
“There seems to be a higher number of followers lost this time,” Zhou Zhang estimated emotionlessly. The next moment, her gaze paused slightly, fixed on someone.
It was none other than Cang Xu!
“Oh? Something interesting has happened,” Golden Level fighter Zhang Yuwan also noticed Cang Xu.
More and more people focused their attention on Cang Xu; it was hard not to, he was too conspicuous.
He was the only Undead Mage.
“Am I seeing things right?”
“That undead, he, he, he actually came back?!”
“Xu Jia, it truly is Xu Jia, he survived!!” The Little Prince was the most excited.
He had chosen to aid Ku Feng, indirectly eliminating Cang Xu, and had always felt guilty. Now seeing Cang Xu back, he was probably the happiest person since Qing Xin.
Numerous gazes focused on Cang Xu, some stared, others frowned, and some pondered deeply.
Many discussed animatedly, talking about how an undead actually received divine approval, expressing unimaginable shock.
“No, impossible!”
“My son was the most devout to our Lord since childhood, this was his only god.”
“He didn’t come back alive, yet you, an undead, did?!”
“There must be something fishy, you must have cheated!”
The father, who had not found his son, shouted in despair, pointing at Cang Xu, publicly expressing doubt.
The crowd had varied expressions.
Cang Xu sneered, sharply retorting, “I worship our Lord, the great Charming Blue God, who is so tolerant and merciful, and has already given me Divine Blessing. Who are you to doubt the will of our Lord?”
“Yes!” the ship ghost stepped forward, agreeing immediately, “We undead are also lives, we just exist based on negative energy. Why can’t we change our faith to our Lord, becoming His followers? You might be racially prejudiced, but what is crucial is that you hugely underestimate our Lord’s generosity. You are sinful!!”
The appearance of Cang Xu greatly shocked the ship ghost. Previously, he had thought that Cang Xu was certainly dead.
But after the shock, the ship ghost was overjoyed.
After all, Cang Xu was one of their own, and he had even set up a lethal trap on Cang Xu.
Cang Xu nodded at the ship ghost, and although the latter was very hypocritical, he was the first to step forward to support him, which was exactly what Cang Xu needed at the moment.
On the contrary, the Fin Spirit next to the ship ghost looked at Cang Xu in disbelief, his face very gloomy.
The support of the ship ghost immediately elicited loud approvals from the Little Prince, Ku Feng, and others.
At the pirates’ side, Qing Xin also shouted in support of Cang Xu.
The old follower, whose son had died, ignored everything, ran a few steps, then suddenly knelt before the altar, looking up at Zhou Zhang crying and begging, “Archbishop Zhou Zhang, please take action, expose the true face of this evil undead. He must be fake! How could he possibly have survived, but my son went…”
Thus, everyone’s gaze gathered on Zhou Zhang.
Zhou Zhang maintained a emotionless face, suddenly raised a hand, and the voice of the elderly follower stopped abruptly.
He kept shouting, but no sound came out.
Then, Zhou Zhang gestured slightly towards Cang Xu.
Cang Xu suddenly felt a powerful invisible force tightly grasp his entire body, lifting him off the ground and into midair, before finally placing him atop the Golden Altar.
“The most crucial test has arrived!” Cang Xu thought to himself, his face remaining calm as he locked eyes with Zhou Zhang.
Zhou Zhang performed Divine Arts, scanning Cang Xu’s entire body, but found nothing.
Zhou Zhang then softly asked Cang Xu a few questions, to which Cang Xu cautiously replied.
When asked, “What is your Divine Blessing?” he revealed that he had become a monk and was endowed with a series of doctrines, prayer steps, rituals, and more.
“Oh? You even hold a religious office now?” Zhou Zhang’s expression softened further.
“Monk… is that considered a religious office?” Cang Xu was somewhat puzzled.
A religious office referred to a function within a sect.
Zhou Zhang nodded slightly, “Believers are not considered to hold office, but monks can be seen as preparatory religious officials. If you proceed further, you could become a missionary of our lord.”
“Continue to strive in the future.”
Then, Zhou Zhang publicly announced that Cang Xu was now a member of the sect, a comrade who had forsaken darkness for light!
“How should I put it?”
“It was much easier than I had imagined!”
Cang Xu stood on the altar, looking toward Zhou Zhang who was to his right front, then glanced at the Charming Blue Sect members below the altar, his heart slightly relaxed.
Flower Skirt Island.
“Can we really travel to Anqiu like this? It’s too easy,” Spring Boxer exclaimed similarly to Cang Xu.
Ice Eagle nodded and then shook his head, “This is just the ritual and arrangement. Remember it well, it will be easier to replicate in the future.”
“But these alone won’t suffice.”
“For this special sacrifice to succeed, the key depends on the people.”
“To be exact, it depends on me, and on the comrade in the ice coffin.”
“I and Teng Donglang are both Holy Fighters of Anqiu!”
Spring Boxer widened his eyes slightly, “Holy Fighters?”
Ice Eagle explained, “It’s a kind of religious office, similar to Guardian Knights. Only a special sacrifice presided over by a Holy Fighter will succeed in allowing us to smoothly travel to Anqiu.”
“Alright, now kneel beside me, repeat my prayer, and pray with me.”
As Ice Eagle was kneeling, sounds of bombing and fierce gunfire came from outside.
“It’s the other Silver Forces. They have united and are using our recent raid on the Black Market as an excuse, attacking our base!”
“We have too many Silver Level enemies, we’re almost unable to hold them back!” someone reported.
Spring Boxer’s expression changed, and just as he was about to rise and go to help, Ice Eagle stopped him with a hand.
“There’s no time left, the most important thing now is to go to Anqiu!”
“What about the others?”
“Now is not the time to think about them!”
“If they die in battle, the Saber Gang will just be us left…”
“What we need to do now is more important than the Saber Gang!!! Kneel down, and pray with me.” Ice Eagle’s expression was terrifying at that moment.
Spring Boxer clenched his teeth and knelt, doing as Ice Eagle had instructed.
The special sacrifice quickly succeeded.
Suddenly, snow flew all over the basement, and a peculiar space unfolded like a painting in front of Spring Boxer.
“Carrying Teng Donglang’s ice coffin, let’s go,” Ice Eagle said.
Spring Boxer quickly responded, “Wait, let’s call the others, and we’ll leave together.”
Ice Eagle flatly refused, “Absolutely not! Anqiu is too important a place for outsiders to enter!”
But before he could finish, the painting-like snowy space suddenly expanded, spreading out rapidly to cover the entire base.
Ice Eagle’s expression drastically changed.
The snowy space encompassed all the members of the Saber Gang, and even the few leading Silver Level enemies who had charged to the forefront.
The next moment, the snowy space abruptly contracted, taking all those it covered with it, and completely vanished, leaving behind only an empty base.
“It worked! It really worked!!” Shuang Tu, the behind-the-scenes mastermind, was overwhelmed with excitement upon seeing this.
Though his main task had failed, he had successfully facilitated the Human Race leader and Lan Zao’s entry into Anqiu.
This was definitely a breakthrough!
Of course, he had also paid a huge price for this.
“What follows is no longer just my concern.”
“I need to quickly pass on this news. The organization will definitely do everything in its power to assist them both!”