Daling Empire, Nanjun, Lingluo Mountain, the square of the Holy Spirit Temple.
Tens of thousands of people knelt densely in front of the giant statue of the god enshrined in the front of the square, lowering their heads and listening to the ethereal, fairy-like New Year's sermons uttered by the temple's envoy.
Today, the Beginning of Spring, is the day of the Daling Empire’s annual Spring Festival Ceremony, and it is also the day when the Holy Spirit Sect worships the gods.
Two hundred years ago, Xiao Ruoyuan, the founding emperor of the Daling Empire, ordered that the Spring Festival Ceremony and the Holy Spirit Sect's God Sacrifice Ceremony be combined into one, and they were held simultaneously.
After that, sacrifice became the full-time work of the Holy Spirit Sect's divine envoys, and no one could Take over.
The Beginning of Spring Ceremony has also become the most important sacrificial activity in the Daling Empire, from the emperor to the common people.
The emperor hoped that the gods could safeguard the national destiny of the empire and bless the Great Spirit Empire for eternity; the people hoped that the gods would bless the wind and rain this year and the crops would be bumper harvest.
Almost everyone's attitude was pious and awe-inspiring, but for the fifty people kneeling closest to the giant statue of the god, they were in despair.
Most of these fifty people are slaves, and a few are death row prisoners and prisoners of war, but they all have a common identity, that is, they are the sacrifices of this ceremony.
Human sacrifice!
Although the Great Spirit Empire proclaims itself a civilized country, this ancient ritual of using living people for sacrifice has never been cancelled.
On the contrary, since the Holy Spirit Cult has grown in the Great Spirit Empire, the number of living sacrifices required for annual festivals has increased.
In a place like Nanjun, the number of living sacrifices required for annual festivals used to be twenty, but this year it suddenly increased by one and a half times, to a full fifty.
The reason given by the divine envoy of the temple is: This year is the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Holy Spirit Church!
For this reason, the number of living sacrifices in festivals across the Great Spirit Empire has increased by one and a half times.
It is said that in the main temple of the imperial capital, the number of living sacrifices was an unprecedented 360.
Unfortunately, Lin Yisheng was among these fifty human sacrifices.
Lin Yisheng is a slave.
He is only seventeen years old this year.
He does not know who his parents are.
He has been wandering since he can remember.
Then he was captured by the slave team and became the lowest slave.
His life was miserable. die.
Not every slave's life is worse than death.
What kind of family leader does Guan Jian meet?
Unfortunately, Lin Yisheng's head Wu Xuli never regarded slaves as human beings, and would always punish or even execute them at will for trivial matters.
In the eyes of this Wu Xuli, the status of slaves is worse than that of domestic animals.
Lin Yisheng said that misfortune can be considered lucky.
He met an old slave named Zimmer.
This old slave has been a slave for thirty years.
It is said that he grew up with Wu Xuli.
He is eloquent, smart, and reliable.
He is trusted by Wu Xuli, so he has a higher status.
Although he is still a slave, he is actually almost like a butler.
I don’t know why, but Zimmer took great care of Lin Yisheng.
Not only did he excuse him when he accidentally made a mistake, he also secretly taught him to read and read, and taught him to practice "Kaishan Fist".
Although "Kaishan Fist" is the most basic martial art in the Great Ling Empire, almost every warrior knows it.
It is not very strong in martial arts, but it has a good effect in tempering the body and building a strong body.
Therefore, after a few years, Lin's body became very strong throughout his life and he never got sick.
Lin Yisheng was very grateful for this and regarded the old slave Zimmer as his relative.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long.
Half a month ago, when Wu Xuli was entertaining distinguished guests from the imperial capital, he gave the old slave Zimmer a fatal mission.
This distinguished guest from the imperial capital is the son of a powerful and powerful Marquis of the Kingdom of the Great Ling Emperor.
He comes from a military family.
This man is as fond of martial arts as his life...
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It should be said that he is as murderous as his life.
It is said that this prince likes to fight, and wherever he goes, he looks for someone to challenge him, euphemistically speaking, he competes in martial arts and improves his own strength.
It's okay to find someone to challenge you to improve your strength.
Almost all martial arts practitioners in the mainland have this habit, but this prince is bloodthirsty by nature.
Every time he challenges someone and wins, he will kill his opponent.
It's said that losers don't deserve to live.
Of course, this prince is not an idiot.
He knows that some people cannot be killed casually or challenged, so the people he challenges are basically slaves or people with lower status than him, and killing people who will not cause trouble.
As time went by, the nobles in the imperial capital all knew about the Crown Prince's hobbies, so every time the Crown Prince came to visit, they would arrange for a capable slave to fight with him.
In the Great Spirit Empire, the status of slaves is not as good as that of domestic animals.
Nobles are not guilty of killing a slave.
At most, they just want to accompany them for a little money.
Therefore, for the nobles of the imperial capital, it is completely cost-effective to sacrifice a slave to please the prince of the country.
Wu Xuli planned to expand the Wu family's business to the imperial capital and needed a big backer.
He chose Marquis Zhenguo, so he did not hesitate to sacrifice the old slave Qimo he had grown up with to please the eldest son of Marquis Zhenguo.
The prince of Zhenguo Hou's martial arts cultivation level is not low.
He is only eighteen years old and is said to have reached the ninth level of body tempering.
Among Wu Xuli's slaves, only the old slave Zimo has the cultivation level of the ninth level of body tempering.
In order to make the battle enjoyable for the prince, Zimo is the most suitable candidate.
Of course, Zimmer can never defeat the Crown Prince, which means that Zimmer must die.
Wu Xuli's request was that Qimo had better fight to an equal level with the prince first, let the prince have a good fight, and then deliberately show off his flaws and lose, so that the prince can kill him.
Zimmer couldn't say no!
On the first night when the prince came, Lin Yisheng met Zimmer.
The two said nothing.
However, before Lin Yisheng left, Zimmer handed him something and said to him sincerely: "In your life, if one day the master of the family wants you to die, don't learn from me, just run away.
It's important to survive!"
The next day, the Crown Prince arrived, and after a "fierce battle" with Zimmer for hundreds of rounds, he chopped off Zimmer's head with a sword.
Without Zimmer's secret care, Lin Yisheng's life began to become sad.
However, Lin Yisheng did not lose heart.
While keeping in mind what Zimmer said to him before his death, he secretly kept looking for opportunities to practice boxing.
He practiced "Kaishan Fist" to temper his body, and also practiced "Jueying Seven Kills".
The "Seven Shadow Kills" was what Zimmer gave him during his lifetime.
It was originally just a short blade called the "Jue Shadow Blade".
This short blade is very unique.
Not only is it extremely sharp, it is also transparent, invisible, and invisible to the naked eye.
This short blade is a first-grade spiritual weapon, Zimmer's ancestral treasure.
It is said that Zimmer's ancestor was a very powerful killer.
Because he was tired of the killing career, he chose to retire and passed down this murderous weapon as an ancestral heirloom.
Zimmer has kept the "Jue Ying Blade" close to his body since he was a child.
Because it is invisible, it has not been discovered by the Wu family for thirty years.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Zimmer to preserve such a spiritual weapon.
Zimmer gave the "Jue Ying Blade" to Lin Yisheng.
Because Lin Yisheng was not used to collecting invisible objects, he accidentally cut his finger on the sharp edge.
Blood flowed to the blade, activating the restriction of the short blade. .
Then Lin Yisheng received an image memory in his mind.
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This is the "Seven Shadow Kills".
The murderous martial arts practiced by Zimo's killer ancestor, combined with the "Jue Shadow Blade", will kill for a lifetime, and it is difficult to prevent ghosts and gods.
This "Jueying Seven Kills" is just a pure killing move.
It is not like the "Kaishan Fist" that can forge bones, temper the body, and increase strength, but its lethality is much higher than the "Kaishan Fist".
Of course, the higher the quality of the martial arts, the harder it is to practice.
"Jueying Seven Kills" is much more difficult to practice than "Kaishan Fist".
It wasn't until Lin Yisheng was abandoned by the Wu family and selected as a living sacrifice for the Spring Festival that he reluctantly learned the first of the Seven Kills of Jueying - one step at a time!
Although the name is simple, it is not easy to learn.
Lin Yisheng was directly imprinted with image memory in his mind, but it took half a month to barely learn this trick.
It will take time to practice it. .
In one step, you can chase your soul and take your life!
It means that after practicing this kill, combined with the "Jue Ying Blade", the enemy within one step will be killed as soon as he takes action
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