Strange Ritual

After a few moments of eating. A sound of burping can be heard in the room. It was naturally Xiao Bao and Jian Zhen. But unlike them, Li Ningyue gently wipes her small mouth with a towel and quietly remains still.

The awkward atmosphere earlier came back.

Jian Zhen turned to Li Ningyue and began to speak to break the awkwardness. "Did you hear about the recent disappearing case of the nearby village? It said villagers are mysteriously disappearing one by one. Do you think it was done by a ghost?" Jian Zhen said jokingly as he scratched the back of his head.

"If it was just a mere ghost then the Seven Life Sect already solved the problem, but it wasn't! Even the seniors from a powerful sect are hopeless in this case." Li Ningyue's expression turns serious.

"If it was not a ghost, then do you think it was the bandits?" Jian Zhen said. But he quickly tossed those words."Well, those bandits are not powerful enough to kidnap the villagers without leaving a trace. "

"I've heard that those who disappeared are all young people, especially girls. " Li Ningyue's expression turned grim as she said in a low voice.

They talked a few more times before Jian Zhen said farewell saying he would need to prepare for the storytelling in the afternoon.

After getting out of the village, Jian Zhen walked instead of teleporting directly.

'Based on our conversation earlier, this incident is much more serious than what I thought.' Jian Zhen thought about it as he walked.

'According to the rumors, 15 to 16-year-old girls have disappeared and 13-17 years old boys disappeared. According to them, a total of 21 kids disappeared, 9 girls and 12 boys before the disappearance vanished.'

'9 girls and 12 boys, hmm' Jian Zhen's pace slowed down as he tried to remember something.

'I know this before….'

'It's the 'Evil Eyes Reverse Purity Ritual' !' As soon as he remembered it, his eyes turned sharp.

'Evil Eyes Reverse Purity Ritual' is said to be one of the strangest forbidden rituals. Just like the name, it uses the eyes of 6 of the boys and 6 of the girls to replace the array of flags. They will use the remains of the 6 boys as the foundation of the array and 6 girls as the supplementary and support for the arrays. They will let the remaining children see what happens to gather their resentments and fears and slowly lay the foundation for making their souls impure. And they will wait for the clear moon and clear sky to appear before taking the essence blood and soul of the remaining children out and merging them into the array.

After the ritual is successfully activated, a 5-kilometer radius will be inflicted with strange diseases. The dead will rise and the living will go mad. And the sky will turn red along with the moon. After turning everything into bloody red, the true uses of the ritual will soon appear.

It was used to open the world of scarlet eyes! Even the great dao are wary of them!

Jian Zhen once used this ritual to make his goal much more easier. Ten thousand years ago, even the five great ancestors had a hard time dealing with this ritual before forcefully destroying everything around it. This caused large casualties and more innocent lives were not spared.

Jian Zhen's serious eyes calm down and he finally used teleportation after so long. 'With me here, your plans will sure fail.'

'I will deal with storytelling later afternoon before dealing with those guys tonight.'

'Sigh, I just want to live a slow life like what I've dreamed in my previous life'

Looking at the sky, Jian Zhen sighed and entered the house.

He waved his hands and released the items from the storage ring. Using his spiritual energy, he slowly creates a book. Jian Zhen used a strange hand sign, and one of the seals in his body suddenly undone. Raising his cultivation above of that Immortal Order entering God Order, his body suddenly released a strong pressure. His house shook, but only for a moment. He quickly controls his power to normal output.

His pupils also changed into a golden one.

Feeling the weight of the burden loosen up he quickly uses his hands, the book suddenly multiplied into tens and into thousands.

A brush suddenly appeared in his hands, he waved it and wrote in the air. Series of letters dance in the air, one by one they each enter the books.

For four hours, Jian Zhen finally finished writing. And on the ground, thousands of books were placed orderly and neatly.

Each book are same, same thickness, and the same title.

'The Great Master' is the new book he wrote.

After making sure nothing was missing, he kept all of the books in his storage ring.

He used strange hand signs again and a seal arose in the air and flew towards Jian Zhen.

After the seal lands on his body, Jian Zhen's cultivation drops from God Order to Mortal Order.

Although he can control his powers now, the pressure of his cultivation still affects the mortals. Even if he hides it, it is still unbearable for normal mortals.

After his cultivation stopped dropping, he let out a mouthful of turbid air.

His eyes also changed back.

'Sigh, using the power of creation god is quite tiresome.'

The cat who was playing outside also senses that he is finally done preparing his books, it rushes and jumps onto his shoulder.

'Let's go' With that, the man and the cat disappeared from their spot.

They soon appear near the village gate and walk towards the village.

The villager sensed his arrival and opened the gate. Without wasting any more time, Jian Zhen walked towards his stall, on the east side of the village near the vast training ground.

As soon as he arrived, he saw a group of villagers waiting patiently at his stall. Kids and adults alike, wait with excitement and anticipation.

When they saw his silhouette, they gave him a path to walk on.

When he finally arrived at his stall, he took out a chair and the arrays of books.

Staring at the crowd, he sat down and said calmly. "Same as before, bookselling will begin after storytelling."

The crowd also nodded without any hesitation.

Seeing how obedient they are, Jian Zhen didn't waste any more time. "Good, now let's continue what we left for."

"So, after the great master Liu's secret and his wealth was known to others. All top powerhouses from all over the world gathered in his sect, demonic sect, and righteous sect alike gather for one goal. That was to salvage his power. The great master Liu knows he can't escape anymore, using his power in array formations. He made a small portable array on each of his disciples for them to be teleported if the situation turn more uglier...." Jian Zhen began his storytelling, it lasted for a while. Each part of the story gave the audience a roller coaster of emotions.

"... So in the end, fighting against the gods of the universe. His disciples sacrificed themselves to raise the power of their master, and one by one they slowly died. Great master Liu's cultivation was raised to new heights, but it was just par on them. Leaving with no choice, great master Liu denoted himself. Destroying the universe, and leaving nothing..."

"And the end." The storytelling lasted for 3 hours, even though the villagers didn't get bored.

With his last sentence, the group of villagers began to think about what happened.

But Jian Zhen paid them no heed, he sat behind his stall and said. "Okay, bookselling finally starts." the villager was also snapped from their daydream.

They walked one by one towards his stall and brought his books. Some of the villagers are merchants, while some have extraordinary backgrounds and others are just ordinary ones. Some brought only one book while the others brought two or more. This was lasted for 2 more hours before all of his books finally been sold.

"How it is? Are you good?" a voice suddenly sounded into his ears.