Come to extraordinary times

"Wait a little longer." Father's voice suddenly came from his mind, "Don't reveal it yet, we don't know much about this priest, let's learn more."

"Understand what?" I asked strangely.

"About 'God'." Father replied in a deep voice, "Isn't this ceremony for the mermaids to summon the 'God' to descend? In this space, we have encountered 'God' many times, and that 'God' is mysterious. It seems to have something to do with us, so I just took this opportunity to learn more about it."

I agreed in my heart, my father was right.This 'god' is always around us, but we know so little about them. It's an unspeakably bad feeling that our fate is in someone else's hands.It's just that I don't know if there is any similarity between the "God" they mentioned and the "God" we know. Are they the same "God"?

"Okay, let's stop talking nonsense." Seeing that the mermaid patriarch has reached this point, it's almost time. "The time for the 'Advent Ceremony' has come, and we should start."

We are still lying on that cushion, as if that cushion was their altar.The mermaids swayed gently with their strong or graceful fish tails. Everyone stood in front of the altar, and behind us, we stood solemnly according to the leadership of the patriarch and ranked by status.

"Please, ancestors!" The mermaid patriarch shouted, and all the mermaids looked at the left door where we were, with a hint of excitement and respect in their eyes.

Old ancestors?Does the mermaid have a higher status than the patriarch?

I was just thinking about it casually, but I saw that an elderly fish in an all-black robe slowly swam out, holding a cane in his hand, which made me laugh a little bit.Judging from the lifespan of the mermaid clan, this mermaid is at least 600 years old.

He just appeared, and suddenly shot his sharp eyes at Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu.

What, their ranks were discovered?The mermaid tribe originally had a mermaid above the false god rank?

"Old ancestor, what's the matter?" The mermaid patriarch was obviously surprised by their ancestor's eyes, and even felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart.

The old ancestor was silent for a while, sighed, and did not turn to the mermaid patriarch, but just looked at Qinglong and the others, and said, "You have been tricked."

"Huh?" The mermaid patriarch and the other mermaids were stunned, and turned back and forth between the ancestor and Qinglong several times incomprehension, still a little confused.

"Among this group of people, four are above the pseudo-god level." The ancestor said lightly, with a bit of helplessness.

"What?" The mermaids gasped, all stunned.

"He, they got the 'Zaotan Moxiang', maybe..." The mermaid patriarch timidly looked at the ancestor with a glimmer of hope.

"Idiot!" The ancestor picked up his crutches and slammed the ground hard, "Do you still have to be afraid of these vulgar things if you are above the pseudo-god level?"

The mermaid patriarch finally looked at us squarely, with fear and guilt.

I sighed and wanted to keep watching, but I didn't expect to be exposed in this way.I shook my head lightly, wanting to stand up, since I've been ripped apart, there's no need to pretend anymore.

"Master Xiaoyi, wait a minute!" Qinglong's voice sounded in his mind, and the father had already connected the communication in our minds just now, "They are still lying to us."

"What?" I almost showed a surprised expression on my face, "They are lying to us?"

"The so-called old ancestor is just what you said it was less than 50 years after entering the pseudo-god rank. It can only be regarded as the early stage of the pseudo-god rank. How could it be possible to see through our level." Qinglong said with a bit of contempt. "He just because He can't see through our level, so he wants to deceive us, to determine what he thinks in his heart."

is that so?It seems that I am still too inexperienced, and have been deceived by others again and again.

I feel a little sad, I am the backbone of everyone now, my every move often determines the future of everyone, and I am still so credulous, is it a kind of weakness that leads to it?

As if seeing my thoughts, Father comforted me softly in my mind, "Everyone grows up slowly, everyone will remind Xiaoyi if she doesn't understand, right? We are a group."

The first time Father said such a thing, I was a little surprised. I have always been in my circle of friends, and I feel that Father is detached from this circle and rarely has group thoughts, but today he said ' Does the word "group" mean that my father has also slowly entered my circle?

Oh no!I changed my mind, father didn't walk into my circle, but paid more attention to me.He discovered the importance and significance of friends to me, and used the existence of friends to comfort me from another angle.My father may be just my father and my lover, they are equal, but to other people, my father is always so high above, not because he can't let go, but because he can't let go.

He didn't answer the father, but looked at the father with gentle eyes. At this moment, there is no one else, only me and him.

It's a pity that this kind of affection can't continue, it was interrupted all of a sudden.Khan, the location is not right.

"Old, old ancestor," the mermaid patriarch looked at us in surprise, not understanding why we were still lying on the ground, "how did they..."

"Hehehe..." The old ancestor was silent for a while before laughing, "So I was shocked."

"Ah?" The mermaid patriarch looked at his ancestor again speechlessly, with a dazed expression on his face.It seems that his ancestors also hid it from him in order to have a chance to deceive us successfully.Hey, it seems that the insidiousness of the mermaids has a tradition.

"I can't see the level of those four people. I thought they were of a higher level than me, so I wanted to try them. I didn't expect that they really won your 'Zaotan Moxiang', so I couldn't understand what I said. Then they are not false gods. There must be some kind of artifact on their bodies that can conceal their level." Seeing his descendants in a daze, the ancestor was obviously very proud that this trick could fool everyone, so it was good Feel free to explain.

"The old ancestor is wise!" The mermaid patriarch showed respect and admiration on his face, and he was a little excited, "The grandchildren are all guided by you, so it seems that they must have magical weapons. The grandson will help you from They took it from them. With the artifact, our mermaid race's chances of dominating the continent will increase a bit."

Dominate the mainland? !

This time I am dumbfounded, what is this idea?Are they out of their minds?

"Well." The old ancestor also had a bit of yearning and fanaticism on his face, "Don't worry, as long as these sacrifices complete their mission, it will not be too late for us to get them. As long as this 'Advent Ceremony' can be successful , God sent me mermaids, what places can we not go? Our mermaids have always been the best race, able to survive on land and under the sea, with unique looks, and natural water magic Talent, why are we such an excellent race, but are forced by those evil humans to live in the deep sea, next to ferocious monsters, and live tremblingly? Sign. I want to let the human beings who regard our mermaids as monsters, as a tool to vent, and as slaves be trampled under our feet and become our slaves!"

"The old ancestor is wise, the old ancestor is wise..." The frenzy of the mermaid tribe was mobilized again, we looked at them stupidly, listened to their crazy declaration, and finally understood everything.

This is a belief, like a cult belief.In other words, maybe the Mermaids were originally an independent cult.They have their pope, their teachings, their leaders, their followers, their gods they fully believe in, their madness regardless of everything, they are a cult.

Unfortunately, we entered the heart of this cult and became their sacrifices.

Fortunately, there is a place of luck, we are more capable than them, and we are not fish waiting to be slaughtered on the cutting board.

Therefore, their sacrifice is doomed to fail!

"Okay, okay, the time has come," the ancestor supported the cane with one hand, and pressed down with the other hand, to cool down the frenzied atmosphere of the mermaids a little. "Our advent ceremony has officially begun!"

The audience fell silent, and all the mermaids stood silently in front of the altar. Although there was still an unquenchable frenzy in their eyes, their emotions were at least suppressed. There were more pious and serious things waiting for them below. stay last.

"This ceremony is divided into three steps," the mermaid patriarch said seriously and solemnly, "the first step is to pray devoutly and select the envoy, the second step is to deliver sacrifices, and the third step is to jointly Pray to thank the gods. These three steps are the entire process of the descending of the gods. You must be devout during this process, and you must not be disrespectful to the gods. Did you hear that?"

"Yes!" A thunderous answer came straight to my ear, which made my eardrum a little painful. I wanted to rub it with my hands, but remembered that we were still pretending to be weak, so I had to hold back.

"In the first step," the mermaid patriarch continued to explain, "we will open the altar, as long as you are devout enough, the altar will emit a beam of light, and the person that the beam of light finally shines on is the person of our mermaid clan." The envoy, the order of the envoy, is the highest order of our mermaid clan, and no one can disobey it!"

"Yes!" I said in unison again, and I frowned, not to be deafened in the end.

"As the patriarch, I have tried three times for such a ceremony, but none of them succeeded. I am deeply ashamed that the first step cannot be achieved. The mermaids under the leadership of my clan must devote themselves wholeheartedly to God. God is The hope of our clan is our greatest belief. It is a shame to our mermaid clan if we cannot let the gods shine. This time, I believe in you, my clansmen, and I believe that we will succeed." I have to admit, the mermaid clan leader This passage is still somewhat provocative.The mermaids' emotions were mobilized again, "Success, success..." they kept shouting.

"Okay," the mermaid patriarch gently pressed the void, "let us kneel down together, pray devoutly, and the ancestors will open the altar!"

I knelt down in unison, knocked my head to the ground, and prayed silently. I finally realized that faith, so it came from this way!