Category: Chapter

第三章：Red

Disclaimer: 

You will need to skim through my lore 6 on celebration in order to understand the context of the 雪红日.

 

 

The head attendant beckoned the both of you to come closer, all the while wearing that impish smile on his face. You had both expected to hear something terrible, but what he told you far transcended anything that you can imagine.

 

“Why, the both of you are the blood banks for our lord. The kungfu they are practicing, which will give them unimaginable power, is too unorthodox. It poisons the blood of our lord. That’s where the both of you and the rest of the sacrifices come into play. Your pure blood is transferred into their body to replace their poisoned ones.”

 

Your eyes widened. What kind of a person would execute such a cruel act all for the pursuit of power? To treat humans worst than animals, to see them nothing more as disposable objects, indeed, only the person who gave innocent folks false hope just to smash it into bits is capable of such cruelty.

 

“Now enough chit chat.” The head attendant suddenly snapped. “I may like you now but I have no need for useless people. 雪红日 is coming soon. Earn your survival by helping the sect members to complete their errands. Do not say that I didn’t warn you, if I hear even one complaint against you–”

 

He tilted his head and the both of you can see death pooling in the silver of his eyes.

 

“I will make sure you leave here as dead bodies. ”

 

Objective:

You’ve successfully convinced the head attendant to let the both of you stay. Now, it is time to prove your worth to him by helping him to prepare with the upcoming 雪红日 (xue-hong-ri; Red Snow Day, also has a double meaning of Blood Red Day). Be careful not to make a single mistake or you risk falling out of grace.

第二章：The Ritual

Disclaimer:

Their/they is used in place of he/she/his/her/etc because the gender of the sect leader is still unknown

 

After Xiu-Yu came back from her exploration, the both of you were blindfolded once again and led to another location. In the horse carriage, the both of you exchanged the information you had gotten.

Although Xiu-yu had managed to sneak out of the room, she didn’t get to find out a lot of information as the place was heavily surrounded by highly skilled guards. Sheng-En though, was more successful.

From the conversation he had with the servants, he learned five important things:

  1. The entire week, starting from when the sacrifices are brought in, is called the Sacrificial Week
  2. It is the only time lower rank sect members have a chance of catching a glimpse of the leader, but only if they are lucky enough
  3. During this week, the sect leader will convene a meeting with the 5 division leaders
  4. Every sect members have to consume a poison that only the sect leader has the antidote to
  5. The antidotes will be disseminated during the meeting and the sect leader will also help each division leaders to level up their skills

 

Sheng-En also learned that obedient sacrifices get a chance to survive, but that all depends on the whims of the sect leader’s head attendant, one of the few people who are allowed to stay by their side.

However, the both of you don’t get to ponder for long. You have already reached your destination and must now get out of the security of the carriage. As the servants took out your blindfold, the both of you realise that here is where the real ritual will take place.

The both of you are once again cleaned thoroughly before being kept in a wooden box where only one of your arm is exposed. You are then transported to a simple yet elegant room. The first thing you both noticed is the silhouette of a person behind a translucent screen. Other than the fact that they seem to be sitting in a full lotus position, the both of you are unable to determine anything else.

At the raise of their hand, the servants at the side grabbed both of your arms and made a deep cut. Your blood flowed down heavily towards the bronze bucket at the bottom. It is only then that you noticed the bronze buckets and how they are connected to two long tubes that reach behind the screen to where the sect leader is.

For the next few hours, the both of you are left in this position until the figure behind the screen got up and left. By then, you are already nearly drained. In your last moments of consciousness, you see a young teen who had been in the room since you entered, approach you. And you hear the servants address him as “head attendant.”

 

Objective: 

The ritual will take place for two more days before the both of you are no longer needed. You have to gain the liking of the head attendant and convince him to let you stay by his side.

第一章: Into the unknown

The both of you have successfully sneaked into the sect as the town’s living sacrifices, however, this is only the beginning.

You have reached the sect. As you’ve been blindfolded throughout the entire journey, there was no way you could have seen the route that the sect members had taken. Your fates as living sacrifices still remained unknown as nobody had bothered to talk to you throughout the journey.

Now, they have scrubbed you clean and have given you new clothes to wear. They have also prepared a delicious meal that is rich in red meat. The aroma of beef, pork and everything in between set your stomach rumbling and you are reminded of how hungry you are.

As you start to tuck in, the servants who brought you your meal stood quietly at each side of the table.

Objective: Find out what the 绝谷主 (jueguzhu; sect leader) has done with all the other previous sacrifices, and hence, your impending fate as well. You only have till tomorrow morning as you will be brought away soon.