Whispering Poems.

Chapter 569 Star Whale and Gemini

For the cold blood brew that Xia De felt unbearable, the witch still drank it, her face turned blue and she shivered; the two little girls hugged each other, drinking the blood brew in small sips, keeping each other warm .

After they finished drinking, the blood brought by the Witch was shared among all the people.

Although the blood she brought had a fishy smell, it was actually not red, but blue.If you carefully observe the liquid in the glass, you can even see the faint light like stars shining in the sea of ​​stars.

"This is the blood of star sea whales. Every star whale passes through the material world every 300 years. It is a creature between the entity and the astral body. I waited from 56 to 78 years old for one of them to appear in the The sky of the material world. And my wish is to break through the ninth level of the witch. I know that I have no possibility to continue to move up, but I am really not reconciled, not reconciled."

The blood brew made from the blood of Xinghai whales does not have any bloody taste.Drinking this blood brew will not bring any discomfort to the drinker, and Xia De even feels that he has vaguely touched the power of the stars.

And after drinking a whole glass of blue liquid, there were some imperceptible stars in the eyes of the mortals present.By asking the old people around him, Xia De learned that he had similar symptoms in his eyes.

The witch didn't know why. After all, no one had ever drank this kind of thing before. Xia De only hoped that this would not be a permanent change.

"Valuable blood has finally appeared. The last time I drank the blood of the Xinghai whale was in the Fourth Epoch. My loyal servants offered it to me."

The saint also drank the blood, and the words of praise made the witch smile.Although she still had to live until the reception was over before she could get what she wanted, at least she was sure that her 20-year wait was indeed worth it.

There was no sound in the manor at night. In the eerie and quiet night outside the window, the courtyard of the manor had not changed at all so far, as if the scenery outside the window was actually just a realistic painting.

Talking and drinking these drinks took a lot of time.It has been 24 minutes since Shad stepped out of the white mist to come here, and the time seems to be just enough for him to drink the last glass of liquid.

The twin girls brought only one share of blood, but the gods recognized that it was their joint possession.The blood turned into scarlet blood brew, which was evenly distributed to everyone. The red blood looked ordinary.Shaking their goblets, saints and mortals also heard the girls' stories:
"We're twins, I'm the older sister, she's the younger sister."

The girl in a white veil said that her voice was more mature than her appearance. Although she was only fourteen or fifteen years old, she spoke in the same order as an adult:
"Our family is very old, even older than this era. In the era when the information has been lost, the family took on the responsibility of guarding a certain seal. In return, each generation of the family can produce extraordinary people."

The story was a bit more complicated than the others, and no one interrupted her.

"According to the contract signed by the ancestors and the ancients, whenever twins are born in the family, it means that there will be problems with the seal. After the twins grow into superhumans, they need to hold a ceremony to stabilize the seal. The content of the ceremony is that one person goes to the seal , one stays outside the seal, one dies, and the other lives. Relying on the unique talent and soul connection of the twins born in the family, in the torment of longing and pain, with the resonance of life and death and the way of twin bonds, the ceremony is constructed from inside and outside the seal .This is the oldest contract, and it is also a responsibility. Even if we don't want to fulfill this responsibility, fate will guide us to do so."

Compared with the various rituals Xia De has seen, this ritual is actually not particularly weird.And with the sacrifice that only occurs once every few generations, it is actually very worthwhile in the eyes of most people to have extraordinary people in every generation of the acquisition family.

This should be regarded as a typical "sacrifice", sacrificing one of the twins, using the longing and torture of two souls, to achieve an effect that cannot be achieved by ordinary rituals. Shade has learned about similar rituals in the book.

Of course, he himself will not evaluate whether it is worthwhile to do so, because it has nothing to do with him.

"But I don't want to be separated from my sister."

The girl in the white gauze skirt said, Xia De could see the determination on her expression.

"I don't want to be separated from my sister either."

The girl in the black veil said that the two little girls bravely raised their heads together, looked in the direction of the saint, held hands, and poured out their wishes while blood and tears flowed from their eyes:
"We never want to be apart."

In fact, they don't need to express their determination in this way at all. In order not to separate, they dared to attend the reception of the evil god, which is already very self-explanatory.

"So, God, we hope that you can undo our fate. If we die here, our souls will belong to the same place."

"But what about the seal that your family is responsible for guarding?"

The old man in armor asked Xia De and the witch's question, and the witch handed them a handkerchief. The girl in black skirt who was the younger sister apologized softly. She was a little more shy, while the girl in white skirt pursed her lips:

"That is the responsibility of the ancestors, and it is also the contract signed by the ancestors, and has nothing to do with us."

The old man stopped talking, but judging from his expression, although he sympathized with the twin sisters, he did not agree with this idea.The witch's face was expressionless, and she didn't know whether it was because of her strong facial management skills, or because she was used to such things.

As for Shad, he had no opinion.At the point in his life, that was a thing of the past.At least the world was not destroyed because of that so-called seal, so he just wanted to end this reception. Although he was curious about the ending of the girls, he would not interfere with other people's choices.

This is, after all, a story of the past.

"God, the blood we donate is the blood of the twins in the family, before the ceremony. The family preserves these, not only to commemorate and thank them and their sacrifices, but also by bathing the newborn twins This blood, to strengthen the bond between the twins, to strengthen our already amazing talents. There is also our blood in it."

The twin sisters drank the blood, and the silver-haired old man shook his head and drank the blood.After knowing that it was only human blood this time, the witch gulped it down without any psychological burden.

The saint did not drink it immediately, but shook the wine glass and took a deep breath, as if wanting to inhale all the smell into the nasal cavity of this body:
"Really good."

He gave praise without hesitation, no matter who it is, one can see God's undisguised joy:
"It's really good blood, bondage, pain, remorse, longing, responsibility, repentance, courage, sadness... Such complex human emotions are perfectly blended together. After generations of fermentation, in pairs of soul-linked Only under the catalysis of Gemini's emotions can there be such blood. Yes, although it is still not perfect, it is really good, and it can almost be regarded as a collection."

This time, he didn't drink it all in one gulp, but sipped the wine very carefully.

Suddenly looked at Xia De across the table:
"An unexpected guest, why don't you drink?"

Of course it’s because it’s human blood. Xia De even swallowed the frog’s ingredients for spells, so he didn’t object to dragon blood, butterfly blood, and whale blood just now. After all, learning thaumaturgy and spells requires swallowing even the strangest ingredients. .

Let him drink human blood, although it is not directly sucking blood, nor will it hurt other people, let alone cannibalism, but it still has some psychological burden after all, so he wants to try other methods:

"Excuse me, can I 'drink' in other ways?"

The god smiled:

"I already knew about your connection with me. Unexpected guest, do you want to use your eyes to taste this fine wine at the intersection of time, space and blood?"

Sure enough, the blood-sucking god knew.

"Yes."

"Yes, but this method can only be used once. Next time, you can't do it again."

In the second reception, they will drink the evil god's own blood brew, and even stranger things will definitely appear.Not only is it as simple as human blood, Xia De is very sure that the blood brew of the evil god will not be drunk for nothing.

"can."

But anyway, this time he didn't intend to drink human blood.

Pulling the red droplet, Xia De dripped all the blood brew into his right eye.Of course, normal eyes cannot "drink" such a volume of blood, but [Shad's Echo of Blood] can absorb the active ingredients in the blood and remove impurities during the active opening period.

Therefore, although after "drinking" everything, the right half of Xia De's face was stained blood red by the impurities in the blood, at least he had indeed finished "drinking".

This time travel journey seems simple, but in fact the complexity is yet to come.Before the second reception, he had to collect two kinds of qualified blood and drink the blood brewed by the gods at the reception.

It can be said that among the three chances of this key, almost all the risks are concentrated on the second one, which is different from the past.

"Then, Duke Lauel, I think it's time for me to leave."

The time was almost up, Xia De put down the wine glass, then stood up and bowed respectfully.

"Looking forward to your next visit."

God said softly.

The old man and the twin sisters were puzzled by Xia De's departure, but said nothing.The middle-aged witch hesitated to speak, but before Xia De turned around, she still spoke:

"Can you go back outside?"

"No, I'm different from you, so I can't help you."

Although "Nightlight Manor" is likely to have the same characteristics as other places, with the characteristics of memory damage after leaving, Xia De still doesn't want to tell the unrelated people about his origin.

"Two kinds of blood, and something like a special antidote."

Thinking in his mind, he walked to the door when he came while counting down.

The double doors on both sides opened automatically, just in time, and Xia De walked into the white mist behind the door.

The saint on the main seat of the banquet table put his hands together on the table, and looked at the four people who watched Xia De disappear in place in surprise:

"What an interesting banquet. I thought he would be as rude as the host of the blood banquet. It was a disaster to go to the mortal world with that one in the last century. Although he has a good appetite, his taste is really bad."

The saint glanced at the four mortals present, and suddenly smiled:
"Before the unexpected guest returns, during the reception, maybe we can play a little game. Thousands of years ago, a mortal named Sledge Riddle strayed into my reception. I played a game of [Life Game] in the fourth era with me at the reception, so I let him go and gave him some gifts. He said that he had spread this kind of game on a small scale, so In this era, do you know how to play the game of life?"

"I can."

The old man skillfully took out his own card.

　PS: Happy New Year's Day everyone!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)