Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi-Chapter 466 - The Unfaithful, Unwise, and Unrighteous

Sacrifice!

It was the first part of the ancestral sacrifice ceremony, also known as the literary sacrifice.

People brought forward their prepared offerings in turn, presenting them on the altar to the ancestors of the Great Qian Dynasty.

Whose offering was the most precious,

could take over the position of the Xiaoshanhe Institute's director as the main sacrificer, holding the scepter of sacrifice and preside over the following ceremony. This position was not merely a symbol of status, but also a matter of honor.

Especially for the princes who were vying for the position of Crown Prince, it meant gaining the recognition of the ancestors of the Great Qian Dynasty.

Future succession of the throne would come with added benefits!

For this very reason...

whether it was Yang Kun or Yang Ling, both spared no expense in seeking powerful and precious mythical beasts as offerings, so as to secure the position of main sacrificer.

The entire literary sacrifice process was very solemn.

Anyone presenting an offering needed to kneel three times and kowtow nine times, holding the beast storage bag with both hands and delivering it to the altar.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd,

one after another, powerful figures approached the altar with their offerings. After all, this was the Great Qian Dynasty's ancestral sacrifice ceremony, an event for the royal family to pay homage to their ancestors. Despite some forces and powerful individuals having little regard for Emperor Qian,

however...

at such a solemn moment, even the mighty Tianjian Sect or the proud Huihai Sword Master did not dare to make the slightest error.

The Huihai Sword Master stepped forward first, holding a beast storage bag in both hands.

He knelt three times and kowtowed nine times.

Muttering prayers under his breath.

"The Huihai Sword Master represents the Tianjian Sect, I wonder what sort of exceptional offering they will bring this time?"

"Although the Tianjian Sect always presents offerings at each ancestral sacrifice ceremony, I've heard they tend to just offer some low-ranking mythical beasts each time, it's probably no different this time!"

"Regardless of what the Tianjian Sect does, what I'm curious about right now is what Prince Yang Kun has prepared. Having lost his beast offering, I wonder if he has a backup plan. If not, he's in trouble!"

The struggle for the Crown Prince's position between Yang Kun and Yang Ling was a fierce battle where it was either his death or mine.

The victor would ascend to the throne, the loser would be branded a rebel, with no life to speak of!

Throughout the ages...

those who fought for that position have never met with a good end if they failed!

At that moment,

the Huihai Sword Master had just placed the beast storage bag representing the Tianjian Sect on the altar, and as he rose, his energy tightly locked onto Xiao Yi. A chilly voice exploded in Xiao Yi's ear as he passed by, "Xiao Yi, don't think that our confrontation has ended so quickly. Just wait, after the ancestral sacrifice ceremony, Imperial Dragon Mountain will become your graveyard!"

"Audacious!"

Xiao Yi let out a thunderous roar, shaking the Huihai Sword Master so much that his face stiffened, unable to believe what he was seeing as he looked at Xiao Yi.

The Huihai Sword Master had never expected,

that Xiao Yi, as the main sacrificer during this solemn and grand literary sacrifice ceremony, would dare to openly rebuke him.

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The Huihai Sword Master looked at Xiao Yi in bewildered astonishment, about to speak when he heard Xiao Yi's voice boom like thunder, righteous indignation fueling his roar, "Huihai Sword Master, I respect you as the Deputy Sect Master of Tianjian Sect and as a strong man of the Great Qian Dynasty, and have no desire to quarrel with you. But what about you? Daring to publicly threaten me on this sacred altar, you are challenging the ancestors of the Great Qian Dynasty..."

"I, I..."

The Huihai Sword Master's face turned from green to white, opening his mouth to speak but was again cut off by Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi's voice rolled on powerfully, ceaselessly, "Huihai Sword Master, as Deputy Sect Master of the Tianjian Sect, you publicly threaten the main sacrificer during the ancestral sacrifice ceremony, this is a challenge to the royal family's authority, it is disloyalty!"

"Atop the altar, the chief celebrant commands respect,"

"You brazenly challenge me, Xiao Yi, which is tantamount to insubordination and unwise!"

"Your Highness Yang Kun is a disciple of the Tianjian Sect,

"Yet, you disrupt his ancestral worship ceremony,

"This is unrighteous..."

With every word Xiao Yi uttered, the ritual scepter in his hand moved closer to the Huihai Sword Master,

forcing him to retreat step by step. "You disloyal, unwise, and unrighteous scoundrel,

"Instead of cultivating yourself in the Tianjian Sect and improving your virtue,

"You commit all sorts of evil deeds here, unable to distinguish right from wrong, inverting black and white.

"If I were you, I would have taken my own life with a knife by now. How can you still shamelessly linger here?"

Thud, thud, thud!

The face of the Huihai Sword Master paled as he took three steps back in quick succession.

His chest heaved violently.

His complexion shifted from ashen to deathly white.

His eyes, wide open to their limits, glared furiously at Xiao Yi: "You, you, you..."

This truly infuriated the Huihai Sword Master!

"How dare you, Huihai, point your finger at me, the chief celebrant?"

"You show no respect for Emperor Qian nor the revered ancestors of the Great Qian Dynasty!"

Xiao Yi's thunderous scolding echoed as his eyes briefly flickered toward Emperor Qian.

Emperor Qian's face was as black as carbon.

He had been sitting back, watching the fight, with no intention of intervening.

But now, as Xiao Yi invoked him and the respected ancestors of the Great Qian Dynasty,

he could no longer pretend to be oblivious, so he cleared his throat and said in a clear voice,

"Huihai Sword Master, for causing a disturbance during the ancestral worship ceremony,

"you are to kneel and bow your head one hundred times before the altar as punishment!"

Buzz!

The face of the Huihai Sword Master twisted in ugliness.

To kneel and bow one hundred times before so many onlookers at the altar?

If it were simply to bow to the ancestors of the Great Qian Dynasty, he might not have felt such a surge of emotion,

but Xiao Yi remained on the altar throughout. Wouldn't bowing to the altar also mean bowing to Xiao Yi?

And a hundred times at that?

This made the Huihai Sword Master's eyes twitch with pent-up rage and malice.

"Please, calm your anger, Sword Master..."

The voice of Yang Kun suddenly resounded in his mind, "The greater good must prevail!"

Sigh!

The Huihai Sword Master exhaled a long breath of turbid air, gritting his teeth, "Huihai obeys the order!"

Thump!

The Huihai Sword Master kneeled directly before the altar.

Intentionally choosing a spot where he didn't have to face Xiao Yi directly,

but as soon as he knelt down, Xiao Yi appeared before him. Standing tall on the altar,

Xiao Yi looked down, peering at the Huihai Sword Master who was on his knees, head held high, staring blankly at him,

Xiao Yi flashed a grin: "Knock your head properly!"

The Huihai Sword Master felt a sweetness in his throat as a surge of boiling blood rushed upward.

If it weren't for his strong Qi suppressing it, that mouthful of old blood would have sprayed out long ago.

Gurgle!

The Huihai Sword Master forcefully swallowed the blood,

teeth clenched tight, his head making dull thudding noises as it struck the ground.

Seeing someone as formidable as the Huihai Sword Master kneeling before Xiao Yi,

all the powerful onlookers exchanged glances, afraid to follow in the Huihai Sword Master's footsteps; none dared provoke Xiao Yi any longer.

Before long,

with the exception of Yang Ling and Yang Kun,

the offerings prepared by everyone else had all been presented on the altar.

People's gazes began to fall on the two of them...