The primordial beasts' sacrificial ceremony had its own characteristics, and it was different from the humans'!
The humans' sacrificial ceremony was more of a show of their attitude to the people below them. In fact, they didn't really care whether the ancestors of heaven and earth said anything or not. Even if they did, they would suspect that something was behind it to confuse the public.
The primordial beasts' sacrificial ceremony was much more practical. They really showed signs, but they didn't show any signs. Usually, the good ones didn't show up, while the bad ones did!
This was because in the long process of fighting against the humans, they were often played in the palms of the humans due to their inferior intelligence. Of course, the primordial beasts wouldn't admit this. They always hoped that their ancestors would give them some kind of revelation to light up their future path.
The primordial beasts' practicality was also reflected in their sacrificial ceremony. They put in a lot of effort and used the power of their bloodline that humans didn't have. In this aspect, humans were indeed incomparable, because their bloodlines were more mixed!
Humans evolved through mixing, while primordial beasts relied on purity to continue their strength. This was the fundamental difference.
This sacrificial ceremony had been going on for a long time. Firstly, the primordial beasts were very sincere. The procedures were very complicated, and they weren't willing to cut corners. Secondly, because there were too many ancestors, it was very time-consuming to perform them one by one.
There were tens of thousands of species of primordial beasts in the primordial era, and this was after a long period of survival of the fittest. Even though there weren't many left now, there were still dozens of species. To the primordial beasts, there was no one bloodline that everyone recognized. They were all arrogant and didn't want to submit to each other. It was even more impossible for them to worship a bloodline just because it was stronger. This was the bottom line that the primordial beasts couldn't violate.
In fact, it was the same in the Origin World. Who had ever heard of a dragon worshipping a phoenix? Kun Peng worshipping a qilin?
The Xiangliu Clan, Nine-Infant, Suanni, Jiao Duan, Ba-Serpent … Feiyi, Chiseltooth, Fuzhu, Feilian, Chenghuang … all primeval beasts with half-immortals in their clan would take turns to go through their clan's ritual. This took up a lot of time.
Among the Immemorial Beasts chosen by the heavens, there were naturally differences in status as well. This was reflected in the process. Those with lower status would come first, while those with higher status would come in the middle, and those with lower status would come in the end. Originally, the pure Immemorial Beasts didn't pay much attention to these things. They were all Immemorial Beasts, but after being influenced by humans for a long time, they didn't learn much about the good things, but they did learn a lot about these fake and stupid rules.
The sacrificial ceremony had dragged on for over a year, and the Swamp of Peace was filled with despair. It was not because of impatience, but because none of the old ancestors had passed down any message!
In their opinion, in the long river of history, even primordial immortal beasts would occasionally pass down immortal prophecies. No matter how mysterious the place these half-immortal old ancestors went, how could it be more mysterious than the thirty-six heavens Immortal Court? But why couldn't any message be passed down?
In the beginning, the ones who went up to the altar to communicate with the ancestors were the Chiseltooth, Fu Zhu, Fei Lian, and the other weaker Immemorial Beasts. They begged here and there, but they didn't get anything. After warming up, the ceremony became even more grand, and the offerings were even more plentiful. Other than the humans, they used everything they could think of, but it was all to no avail!
Ba She, Jiao Duan, Bi 'an, Jiu Ying, Xiang Liu, these noble races went up one by one, but they all failed on the verge of success.
They already had a premonition that this large-scale sacrificial ceremony would end in failure. This kind of ending had happened many times in the past few hundred years, and this made the Immemorial Beasts who were always passionate about this kind of ceremony lose their spirits, and were extremely disappointed!
In the end, there were only two clans left, but almost no Immemorial Beasts held any hope, and thus, they seemed to be somewhat lacking.
Cheng Huang and Fei Yi were these two clans! In the sacrificial ceremony of the heavens chosen ancient races, the positions of the other clans would always change according to the increase and decrease of their strength. Only these two clans were fixed as the leader and vice leader, forever chasing ducks, fixed as the tail. They were never valued, and sometimes, the sacrificial ceremony of these two clans would even be skipped …
There was a historical reason for this! Because ten thousand years ago, these two clans colluded with other clans, their conduct was improper, and they betrayed their own clans … They were condemned by thousands of beasts, and their positions were low, never to rise again!
Clans with a stain on their history were the labels of these two clans.
Fat Cattle and Egg Yolk looked left and right timidly. According to the order, it was their turn to go up for the sacrificial ceremony. However, the rules of ten thousand years had been passed down, and their clans were dispensable, so they still had to ask the high-ranking Immemorial Beasts if they wanted to go up. No one had set such a rule, but it was an unspoken rule. Ten thousand years of experience of being suppressed had already taught them how to survive in adversity.
Fat Cattle was now the leader of the Fei Yi Clan, and Egg Yolk was the elder of the Cheng Huang Clan. They were now the representatives of their respective clans, and when it was their turn, they had to show their attitude. Whether they wanted to sacrifice or not, it was up to them.
However, this process had to be done. If you kept pretending to be dead, you would also be accused of being disrespectful.
When they reached the area of the high-ranking Immemorial Beasts, Fat Cattle carefully opened his mouth, "Fellow Grand Monarchs, do you think it's time to clean up the sacrificial altar?"
Actually, he wasn't asking if they wanted to clean up the sacrificial altar, but if they still wanted to go up. He was being more tactful, as he was afraid of provoking these Grand Monarchs who were obviously in a bad mood.
The Immemorial Beasts didn't say anything, and one of them, a Xiang Liu, shook his head impatiently, "Since the start of the sacrificial ceremony, there have been four hundred days and four days. This number isn't auspicious, so both of your clans will go up together for two days. The process will be simple, and it will suffice!"
The two beasts nodded and bowed submissively. Other people sacrificed to pray for their ancestors to open their eyes, but for them, it was just to make up the numbers. There was nothing to be dissatisfied about, after ten thousand years, they were already used to all this.
Moreover, to be honest, the number of Half Immortal Old Ancestors of their clans in the Unspeakable Place was indeed pitifully few. It could be assumed that they had a hard time in that place. Other beasts couldn't even ask for a trace of them, so they naturally couldn't ask for one. Anyway, it was just for show, so it didn't matter.
Although it was very awkward, they couldn't show it on their faces. They had to act as if they were overwhelmed by the favor. For Immemorial Beasts, it wasn't easy to do this. However, the Feiyi and Cheng Huang, these two Immemorial Beasts, were the most patient among the Immemorial Beasts. Their minds were also the most flexible. After being educated for ten thousand years, they were very familiar with doing all this!
The two Immemorial Beasts climbed up the sacrificial altar and moved quickly, starting to set up the sacrificial ceremony that belonged to the two clans. Although they were all Immemorial Beasts, the habits of each clan were still different, and there were always subtle differences. For example, the Grand Monarchs' food preferences. Some liked to eat live, some liked to nibble on braised food, some liked to eat meat, and some liked to drink water …
For example, the Grand Monarchs of these two clans both liked to eat places with muscles and brains … This was also one of the reasons why other beasts didn't like them. They didn't have the temperament of Immemorial Beasts at all. Instead, they learned some strange habits from humans.
Soon, the ceremony was done. The two Immemorial Beasts knelt in front of the altar. Fat Cow opened his mouth, and countless grievances poured out.
"Uncle Di, after you leave, we have no one to rely on. Our lives are getting more and more difficult …"
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