The four girls were sent to the other side of the river by ferry. After all, they had been entrenched for a month. Plus, fighting on water was two different things from navigating a ship, so transportation was extremely simple.
Among the four women, Bu Lianshi had tears in her eyes, Sun Shangxiang was full of hatred, and Xiao Qiao was confused. Only Da Qiao was full of smiles.
Whether on the float or the boat, they all enjoyed high-level treatment—no abuse whatsoever.
Sitting on the boat, Da Qiao turned to an ordinary-looking female believer and asked, "Is your Prime Minister planning to kill us?"
The latter was stunned, then shook her head. "No. Our god does not kill people. You upcoming goddesses are to be used as living sacrifices to the god."
Because it was inconvenient to care for Sun Shangxiang and the others, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had brought female members before traveling. There were only two in total—the two now serving Da Qiao and the others.
Their strength was no worse than the others', and they could speak dialects from various places. If not for the faith, they would be typical spies.
Another member smiled at Da Qiao. "Our Divine Cult is committed to restoring peace to the world and joining together in the god's embrace..."
"Hmph... in the end, it's just Cao Cao wanting to conquer the world while pretending to worship ghosts!"
Sun Shangxiang sneered.
"Are you pretending to be fools? Actually, you already knew. Originally, we people were just doing menial work. But now we can have stronger power than you. Doesn't this demonstrate the point? Your brother Wu Marquis Sun Quan was forced to abandon the city by Xu Chu, wasn't he?"
Talking about the painful truth, Sun Shangxiang glared but had no way to refute it. After all, the facts were before them. If Cao Cao's army hadn't suddenly become stronger, they wouldn't have ended up in such a situation.
Recalling the news from a few days ago—obviously this was Cao Cao's conspiracy, but unfortunately no one had seen through it. They'd only thought Cao Cao's goal was aimed at Jiang'an. Who would have thought his target was them?
After half an hour, Sun Shangxiang and the others once again sat in a carriage heading toward Shouchun.
It took two days before they arrived at their destination—a huge temple outside Shouchun. Tens of thousands of people practiced cross-legged here. In front of the temple stood a golden altar engraved with mysterious symbols. It looked very mystical.
"Reporting to the Prime Minister, the goddesses have arrived at the temple."
"Good, I understand. Announce it—prepare to begin the sacrifice..."
Cao Cao stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked outside. Now, countless people were watching him. After all, in addition to his identity as Prime Minister, he was also the high priest of the Eternal Faith.
Naturally, there were also traditions in this world—it was just that sacrificing to heaven meant sacrificing to the gods of the immortal world, while Cao Cao sacrificed to the true god.
At this time, Cao Cao appeared very young. Walking through the streets, he aroused cheers from countless people.
"Prime Minister... are you really going to worship the god?"
"What should we prepare?"
"Prime Minister..."
Amid the cries, Cao Cao walked out of the temple. In that moment, the three women—Diao Chan, Zhen Mi, and Cai Wenji—walked out of the side hall and headed toward the altar together.
Not long after emerging, Cao Cao sensed someone in the sky watching him. He sneered inwardly.
Hmph... watch all you want. I'll let you know who the ruler of heaven and earth is in a moment!
Cao Cao pretended not to notice, walked to the altar step by step, and commanded: "Beat the drums, burn the incense, prepare to sacrifice..."
Boom. Boom. Boom.
The skin drum beat loudly. Numerous long horns were blown. At this moment, except for the sound of prayer throughout Shouchun, there was no other noise.
In the clouds above, Zuo Ci sat upon his crane, eyes fixed on the divine pattern on the altar.
"Could Cao Cao have gotten entangled with Ying Long? That pattern looks very mysterious—it seems to be absorbing some kind of power..."
He muttered to himself, looking at the divine pattern and falling into contemplation.
At the other end, Daji—the nine-tailed demon fox transformed into a bird—showed a cold expression.
"Sure enough, as Master Yuan Luzhi said, this Cao Cao has rebelled. But it seems he's not trying to surrender to the immortal world... is there someone else intervening in this world?"
A terrifying figure flashed through Daji's mind—it was absolutely impossible to be that great god. That great god had already abandoned the demon race!
Forget it. Let me see what they're doing. Now that Cao Cao has calculated against Sun Quan, the latter should be very angry—she could take advantage of this situation.
After figuring this out, Daji transformed into a wisp of smoke and drifted toward the land of Soochow.
At this time, Sun Quan was anxiously attacking his heart and unprepared in his mind, allowing this fox demon to take advantage.
In his dream, Sun Quan saw an immortal who said she could help him regain his sister and wife.
"Who are you? Why help me?"
Even in his dream, Sun Quan remained partially calm.
Daji smiled wickedly, running her fingers through her hair. "Wu Marquis, don't you think too much? You're still bargaining now? That Cao Cao has already allied with immortals. If you don't make a decision, you'll inevitably become the first force to be destroyed!"
"It's you... Yuan Luzhi's subordinate!"
He couldn't see through it when the immortal energy lingered just now, but now that Daji was showing a hint of seduction, she had already exposed her identity. That terrible demonic energy was like a beacon—hard to look at directly!
"What if I'm a demon? My master Yuan Luzhi is not something you can speak of casually. Now you can only survive under Cao Cao's army if you surrender! Choose to surrender, or choose to be killed! I've noticed that Cao Cao especially likes married women..."
Daji smiled charmingly and looked over Sun Quan's head without a trace, as if the green grassland there could all be used for herding sheep!
Boundless demonic energy was continuously injected into Sun Quan's body, but he didn't notice it at all. The hatred kept deepening. In the end, Sun Quan's spiritual platform lost control. His eyes lost their original luster and gradually darkened.
Boom.
The dream space shattered. Sun Quan opened his eyes, and a suit of demonic armor wrapped around him. There he saw the figure of Demon King Yuan Luzhi.
In just half an hour, Sun Quan had fallen—from then on, taking the road of no return.
On Shouchun's side, as the sacrifice proceeded, Cao Cao knelt before the altar and finally began to chant.
"Great Eternal God, I am your loyal believer Cao Mengde. Although our world is full of filth, there are still many people with firm beliefs who are praying for your grace..."
The prayer sacrifice text was chanted over and over again. In the territory under Cao Cao's administration, one temple after another was lit. The believers looked at Cao Cao's figure and prayed with him.
Until a vision appeared in the sky—at first, the sky was just changing winds and clouds, but soon there was rolling thunder and strange flames flying like phantoms.
Cao Cao sacrificed wholeheartedly and naturally didn't pay attention to changes in the outside world. But the seven women who were sacrifices were stunned by the vision in the sky.
Sun Shangxiang muttered to herself: "Is there really a god?"
It had been a clear afternoon, but the sky slowly dimmed as the sun was obscured by a mysterious night sky. A mysterious and terrifying world descended from above.
Immortal Zuo Ci was shocked by this change. Riding his crane to investigate what had happened, a flame suddenly fell from the air. The crane he sat upon instantly turned to ash.
"Not good!"
Zuo Ci was shocked and immediately used the paper man substitute technique—only then was he unaffected and unkilled! Even so, it scared him greatly.
What kind of existence was this? Even Demon Lord Yuan Luzhi didn't possess such terrifying strength!
Zuo Ci fell into the forest outside Shouchun, gasping for breath, his eyes filled with relief at his survival.
The changes in the sky continued. When the starry sky stabilized, a huge strange beast drove down from the stars. It looked like fire, its form flowing. It wasn't until it descended from that vast and great world that sentient beings saw what it was—a black phoenix.
The figure was extremely huge—as large as a thousand meters. On the bird's head stood a woman in a black dress, looking around at the world. Finally, her eyes fixed on Cao Cao's Longevity Land.
"You are the high priest who made this sacrifice?"
A cold voice came from the air. Cao Cao immediately raised his head and saw the woman wearing a half-covered mask. Although only her normal features were exposed, he could tell this woman held status.
His heart shook. He nodded repeatedly. "My Lord, I am the high priest of this world—Cao Cao, styled Mengde. I don't know who you are..."
After all, she was hiding her appearance—he didn't dare look carefully and could only ask.
Ye Rou smiled faintly. "My name is Ye Rou. I am a goddess under the seat of the Eternal God. You don't need to be so cautious."
Since they were believers of God, they could naturally look directly at her.
"Thank you, Lady Goddess."
Ye Rou—he remembered now. That was Ye Laohei's younger sister, an elder sister who had lived for tens of thousands of years. So it was her!
"This time you made an excellent sacrifice. The god is pleased, granting you the status of a Two-Star Divine Envoy, along with a thousand years of life and a thousand years of mana. This is my first time descending to the lower realm. I've given you a cultivation method and some immortal food, considered a reward. I hope you can transform this world into a place of faith sooner."
Ye Rou still admired Cao Cao—courageous, doing things without regard for rules, only looking at results. And she still wanted to leave a good impression on these believers for her first descent to the lower realm.
A trivial cultivation technique should be able to strengthen Cao Cao's power and let him clean up this filthy world earlier.
Just before she descended, there had been several consciousnesses spying. As a result, all were swallowed by her, and some people were killed along the way. Spy on her? That was truly seeking death!
If not for the god wanting her to be gentler, she would destroy the immortal world with one hand.
Two groups of divine light fell from Ye Rou's hands—one portion was lifespan and mana, the other was the Demon Swallowing Technique! Her own enlightened method!