I'm not a drama god

Upon hearing this, Jian Changsheng and the other two had strange expressions on their faces.

"You're not going to tell me that the sacrifice they prepared this time is..."

"Unfortunately, it's us."

"..." Jian Changsheng asked in disbelief, "You are not a member of the Jiangtian Sect, how do you know so much? What if you are not a member of the Jiangtian Sect?"

"They said that when we entered the village just now. Didn't you hear it?"

"..."

Jian Changsheng grabbed his hair in annoyance, as if he was so angry that he wanted to pull it all out in one breath.

"First I migrated to the Sighing Wilderness, then I was ambushed by the Crimson Sky Cult, and now I'm captured and used as a shitty sacrifice... What kind of crappy luck is this?!! Didn't they say there would be a turnaround? Where is the turnaround?!"

Sun Bumian and Jiang Xiaohua opened their mouths, but didn't know how to comfort her. Finally, it was Jack of Diamonds who spoke up:

"Don't worry, there will always be a way... The intervals between the rituals of each branch of the Jiangtian Sect are fixed, and the time of each ceremony cannot be changed at will. Judging from how fast they are setting up, it will probably be tonight or tomorrow morning. Before that, I will find a way to rescue you."

Jian Changsheng and the other two are all owners of Shinto, and can hardly play any role here. Right now, there is no other way except to rely on the Jack of Diamonds.

In the end, Jian Changsheng could only nod dejectedly, huddled at the edge of the stone fortress, not knowing what he was thinking.

……

Chen Ling staggered through the village, pretending to casually glance in the direction of the campfire.

At this distance, Chen Ling could only see Jian Changsheng and several others tied in front of the campfire, but he couldn't see the details clearly. However, the condition of Jian Changsheng and the other two didn't seem to be very good... Especially Jian Changsheng, his face was depressed, and his whole body was emitting strong negative energy.

what happened?

Is he so depressed just because he was captured by Jiangtian Sect?

This is not like him...

Chen Ling felt somewhat confused. You know, Jian Changsheng had withstood several soul-shattering searches for evidence and had escaped death countless times. How come he looked so sensitive and fragile now?

Chen Ling temporarily suppressed her doubts and took the initiative to walk towards Zheng Ye.

At this time, Zheng Ye had already dispersed the Jiangtian believers. One part was responsible for searching in the village, and the other part was responsible for exploring the edge of the village. Chen Ling followed the previous instructions and directly joined the group leaving the village.

Chen Ling followed behind Zheng Ye and asked tentatively:

"Those few people, just leave them like this?"

"They can't run away." Zheng Ye said calmly, "The ceremony will be held late tonight. When the archbishop opens the altar, they will all become sacrifices... We can save a lot of the meat, vegetables and fruits that we originally prepared."

Meat, vegetables and fruits are not as valuable as human lives. This is the first time I heard that... But Chen Ling thought it made sense. This branch of the Jiangtian Sect was hidden deep in the Gray Realm. It was extremely difficult for the Jiangtian Sect members to sneak into the human realm to purchase food from Earth. Meat, vegetables and fruits were probably not common. In comparison, Jian Changsheng and others who fell from the sky were simply the best sacrifices. Not only were they specialties of the Earth, but they also saved the trouble of killing people and then discarding their bodies.

As for "people" themselves... the Jiangtian Sect is a group of anti-human lunatics, how could they possibly have any respect for human life?

"The biggest problem now is the culprit who caused so many people to disappear." Zheng Ye's tone was extremely solemn, "If we can't solve this problem before the ceremony begins, it will be troublesome then..."

There was a gleam in Chen Ling's eyes, and he guessed that the time of the sacrifice should be fixed. Otherwise, with such a huge potential threat to the village now, the first reaction of the Jiangtian Sect should be to postpone the sacrifice, but no one present had thought in this direction.

"With the archbishop here, there shouldn't be any problem." Chen Ling said casually.

"That's true, but when the Archbishop opens the altar, he must inject the power of his will into the bonfire and cannot move it at will. If that thing takes the opportunity to cause trouble, it will be troublesome."

"Oh~"

Chen Ling raised his brows slightly.

Just now, Chen Ling was still racking his brains over how to deal with the archbishop and this group of Jiangtian believers. After all, even if he was not affected by the power of the Jiangtian Cult, the archbishop was no pushover. It would still be difficult for him to take on the entire village alone. However, the information that Zheng Ye inadvertently revealed gave him an idea.

"Is that thing so smart? It can even choose the time?" Another Jiangtian believer who was traveling with them suddenly spoke up, "Besides, maybe those missing people are not dead at all... We haven't even found their bodies, right? Maybe they were hypnotized and left like those fusionists."

Zheng Ye was startled, then thought carefully:

"What you said makes sense... But even so, there must be someone behind this."

As they were talking, they had already arrived at the cliff outside the village. This place was out of the range of the burning campfire and was in the gray world.

Zheng Ye glanced at the dark and narrow cliff. Countless rock shadows clung to both sides of the sky. Looking up at the sky from here, he could only barely see a ray of sunlight.

"Everyone spread out and search. If you find anything, make a noise immediately."

"clear."

After everyone dispersed, Chen Ling found the most secluded corner and walked there pretending to be there.

Chen Ling did not choose to kill these Jiangtian believers now. These four or five people were nothing to him. If this group of people died here and he was the only one who went back alive, it would arouse the suspicion of the archbishop... As a gourmet hunter, the most important thing is to be patient.

Chen Ling walked to the corner of the cliff where no one was paying attention, glanced around, and after confirming that no one was looking here, he raised his hand and knocked lightly on the cliff.

After a while,

A centipede head silently emerged from the crevice of the rock.

Chen Ling opened his lips slightly and said something to the centipede. The latter flashed and hid in the crevice of the cliff again.

Afterwards, Chen Ling walked around and went back to reunite with Zheng Ye and others. The other Jiangtian believers naturally got nothing, not even the bodies of those people, so they could only return to the village for the time being.

"Strange... There was nothing unusual inside or outside the village, so how did those people disappear?" The more Zheng Ye thought about it, the colder he felt on the back of his neck.

"Is it really hypnosis? Who did it?"

While everyone was confused, Chen Ling's eyes swept across the bonfire in the center of the village again, and a thought flashed through his mind.

Chen Ling suddenly spoke up: "Otherwise, I'll go and interrogate those guys who were captured... Our people disappeared last night, and they appeared around us today. Maybe it really has something to do with them."

Zheng Ye also had the same idea, he nodded directly:

"Okay, go see if you can pry something out of them."

"Yes."

Just as Chen Ling was about to leave, Zheng Ye called him from behind again, then fumbled in a small house nearby for a while, took out a hideous-looking thorn branch, and handed it to Chen Ling.

"Don't be soft-hearted, be more ruthless. They are already sacrifices. As long as they are alive, nothing else matters."

Chen Ling:......

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