"Not a few."

"Then let me ask you, is there a possibility that the Blood Sacrifice is held, but those Evil Gods won't arrive?"

"Impossible."

The Painter said, "The Blood Sacrifice is meant to summon the Evil Gods. How could the ceremony take place, and the Evil Gods not come?"

"Well, today seems to be full of strange happenings."

Zhou Xuan explained the issue of the 'God of Nine Snakes' to the Painter, emphasizing that while the Blood Sacrifice at Liuyun Village will definitely be held, the God of Nine Snakes will definitely not arrive.

"Could it be that Li Jiumu was just talking nonsense? There's no reason for them not to come."

"There must be something odd about this unexpected occurrence."

Zhou Xuan said, "If the God of Nine Snakes doesn't appear, does that mean the Bone God at Shi Family Village also won't appear... and will the other Evil Gods not arrive either?"

"Maybe the non-arrival of the God of Nine Snakes is just a coincidence?"

"Let's wait for news. I'm already having someone inquire."

The person whom Zhou Xuan asked was Ah Wang.

After being rescued by the fox child, Ah Wang stayed in the Blood Well Secret Realm, offering devout prayers to Zhou Xuan,

As a gesture of gratitude for today, Ah Wang revealed his identity and name to Zhou Xuan.

It was then Zhou Xuan discovered that the name of the Jiji Grass is Ah Wang.

He also learned that Ah Wang is a Priest from Shi Family Village, not a Great Priest, but the Great Priest is his third paternal uncle...

...

"Jiji Grass calling the High Priest, Jiji Grass calling the High Priest."

"Jiji Grass, did you find anything?"

"My third uncle inquired discreetly with the High Priest presiding over today's ceremony... the Bone God will not arrive today."

"Are you sure?"

"Absolutely."

...

Zhou Xuan severed the connection with Ah Wang and told the Painter, "Today's joint ceremony at the Yin Hall has issues; the Bone God also won't appear."

"Are you certain?" The Painter was quite surprised.

"The information from my insider should be very accurate."

Zhou Xuan stated.

Zhou Xuan inquired about Liuyun Village and Shi Family Village today, and the message he received was that the Evil Gods behind them would not arrive.

A glimpse reveals the whole picture,

"Perhaps, my words have come true. Today, none of the Evil Gods from the Yin Hall will arrive."

Zhou Xuan said.

The Painter grew somewhat anxious upon hearing this, and began pacing erratically inside the Jingyi Store.

"A joint ceremony of such a grand scale, yet no Evil Gods are arriving? Why?"

The Painter couldn't comprehend the connection.

Zhou Xuan was also deep in thought with his head down, then after a while, he asked the Painter, "Old Hua, exactly how large is the joint ceremony?"

"Specifically, the Yin Hall in Mingjiang Prefecture has a total of sixteen villages. Each village sends a hundred clansmen to participate in the joint ceremony,

but 'a hundred' is merely a number set by Mingjiang Prefecture. The villages often exceed this quota, expanding the number of participants to a hundred and fifty or sixty. Some bold villages might even stretch it to a hundred and seventy or eighty,

across all sixteen villages participating together, more than two thousand five hundred people will be gathered."

Zhou Xuan was struck with awe.

A grand ceremony of two thousand five hundred souls, plus sixteen Priests presiding over it, the scale is truly immense.

"Approaching the scale of the Tree Clan's Heavenly God Festival nearly three hundred years ago."

Zhou Xuan mentioned the scale and drew a comparison to the 'Heavenly God Festival.'

Given the mention of the Heavenly God Festival... Zhou Xuan suddenly stood straight and said, "The Evil Gods step aside for the True God, sixteen Yin Halls are welcoming the True God."

Three hundred years ago, during the Heavenly God Festival, Taohua Witch Peng Sheng was deceived by three stone Buddhas and orchestrated a massive ritual to simultaneously summon 'Bi Fang,' 'Earth Child,' and 'Peng Hou' to the human world of Jing Country, attempting to merge three deities to form an artificial Heavenly God.

While Bi Fang and Earth Child did not arrive, that's a story for another time. However, this supermassive ceremony did succeed in summoning 'Peng Hou' to the human world.

It was the peak state of Peng Hou, who wielded a Heavenly Ghost Map, suppressing the entire Tree Clan.

"Is the joint Blood Sacrifice of sixteen Yin Halls meant to summon a Heavenly Dome God-Level being to the human world?"

The Painter reacted and, in unison with Zhou Xuan, pronounced the name of the deity about to descend upon the human world of Jing Country—"Gong Zheng"…

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