But the ancestor didn't seem to stop or help.
This is originally a kind of test belonging to their Demon Path family.
It's deliberately making the young people trick each other during the ancestor worship, persuading others to become substitutes for death.
There is deceit and deception within the family.
During the New Year ancestor worship, a few unworthy disciples who can't manage the schemes dying is normal.
The ancestor worship team placed down the gifts and left directly, returning to the manor through the teleportation array.
They lightly placed the dungeon completion rewards from the ancestor: three spiritual roots and the cultivation technique secret manual, and began to urgently prepare for the second wave, heading to worship the ancestors.
"So envious, the dungeon rewards are too generous."
"This game's rewards are too fair."
"Damn it, and recognized an adoptive father."
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The blacksmiths beside were envious.
But it's fine, it looks like these two made a big profit, but actually the rewards are shared, spirit grass and the secret manual are public property.
Their personal reward is just the addition of two adoptive father relations.
The blacksmiths' eyes turned green.
The dungeon seems closed, but is it really?
This game focuses on details.
Everyone noticed a very obvious detail, the ancestor was fishing, linking to the well mouth.
It means the Dark River Dungeon maze, some branch river connects from underground to the ancestor's courtyard well mouth!
This also indicates that Su Yuniang and Jiucai Rong's Ember babies can trigger the next chain quest stage through dungeon exploration: from the well mouth to meet the adoptive father.
Climbing up with a fishhook!
When the ancestor casually fishes every day and suddenly catches his two adoptive sons and daughters, he would definitely be ecstatic!
You can enter the ancestor's tomb dungeon this fishing way.
Talking with the ancestor, chatting, grinding the storyline....
The more they think, the more envious they become.
Clearly there's a subsequent task!
This follow-up task is just in the previously cut-off dungeon maze.
When ancestor worship ends, just perfectly arm a batch of equipment to continue conquering this dungeon!
Belongs to a series of interlocked tasks, two seemingly unrelated tasks connect together.
But no time to think much, just prepare for the next dungeon.
"The ancestor said, for the next dungeon, worship Stone Ancestor, heard she's a female ancestor, very dangerous."
Jiucai Rong said: "It's not suitable for most of us to go, although no one fears death, but a death without gain is meaningless."
"So, who will go be the substitute to explore? Go as a daredevil squad for ancestor worship?"
Once this was said, everyone fell silent.
According to the hint of Ancestor Qi.
This stage should be a process of deceit and calculation, pushing each other towards death.
According to normal Demon Cultivation Sect internals, soon strong cultivators will lead teams to oppress weak cultivator, beat them, force them to worship ancestors as cannon fodder to test.
"Who hasn't died since ancient times."
Everyone got into an uproar.
The reward is so generous, this dungeon spot must be taken.
Jiucai Rong didn't have time to baby around with these people, ancestor worship can't be delayed:
"Su Yuniang and I profited greatly from the last dungeon, now not participating, leaving it to you, hope you show a high-level player's attitude."
"Refer to our previous operations, use your nine-year compulsory education intelligence, this is strategy for the dungeon, act aloof, serious, bloody, cruel, embody a qualified Demon Path cultivator."
Everyone teamed up for group drawing.
Food God, Shao Chaikun, Shrimp Catcher one team.
Daojiu, and several blacksmiths another team.
Eventually, the four Legendary Eye brothers successfully volunteered to fight.
Jiucai Rong solemnly said:
"As for another ancestor, Bottle Ancestor, it's said to be in closed meditation unresponsive, still need to use teleportation array to check, if there's no response at the door, just place sacrifice at the door, offer incense, fruits, and vegetables, the manners must be enough."
"Continue drawing lots."
This time, Daojiu's team drew the lot.
Thus the troops split in two, started through the teleportation array to worship ancestors.
In front of Daojiu and his team appeared a gate of the paper house.
Lightly knocked on the door, no response.
Indeed in closed meditation.
Attempted to respectfully call out, "Family disciples, coming to pay New Year respects to ancestor."
Daojiu and his mates sighed.
The person himself had long died, now just maintaining behaviors from when alive.
That means he died in "closed death meditation," but didn't realize he already died, still maintaining "closed death meditation" behavior logic.
"So, he stays in closed death meditation forever and never goes out?"
A curious blacksmith beside asked: "This way of dying is very special, he never realized he already died? And if one day, Ember suddenly realizes he already died, what would happen when recognizing [death]?"
Daojiu stunned for a moment: "Recognition of [death]? Bloom appears to me, only then I know who I am, if Ember realizes he actually already died, wouldn't it be... only then I know I'm not me?"
"Discover—I've long not been myself?"
"This is also breaking the shackles of self-recognition?"
"That must have jumped out of Ember's logic, this Ember transcends among all Earth's Embers, becoming some kind of true..."
Daojiu thought about it, found it indescribable.
Broke the shackles of death, knowing being an Ember, perfect recognition...
It feels a bit scary.
"Sigh, let's start worshiping." Daojiu and his mates still earnestly danced lions at the door, then offered various gifts and fruits, and then left.
After they left for a while.
The breeze blew, a faint sigh came from the courtyard.
"People all say bloom appears to me."
"What if I leave this life one day, death flower blossoms, is it another me awakening after bloom?"
"Finally see that vast world."
The voice gradually dissipated.
Returned to deathly silence.
The Legendary Eye Squad had just entered, passionately invited inside by the ancestor.
All fruits, delicacies, weapons, accessories scattered all over.
Only four young men looked cautious, somewhat nervous from the bold, flirtatious gaze.
"Stone Ancestor, hello."
Just like a young man newly entering a brothel, blushing.
This was a red-dressed beauty, she was barefoot, stepping on the sticky-blood colored floor of the courtyard, eyes brightened seeing the four.
"Ancestor, we're worshiping, bringing delicious food for you." Puffy Eyes spoke respectfully.
"No, rather than these foods... I more like eating you."
Her eyes swirling, charmingly whispering a word, constantly stroking Puffy Eyes' arms and chest, looking more delighted, "This year's indeed good, you four as this year's gift, stay to accompany ancestor."
A blood line slashed, four heads fell.
The blacksmiths keeping watch outside were dumbfounded, quickly said nonchalantly:
"European Emperor died well."
"Haha, died wonderfully."
"What are you looking at, it's originally a nine-death-one-life dungeon, they must've failed expression management entering, this bloody event tells us to practice normal people expressions, adoptive father was so happy then? Surely they showed flaws."
"Let's go, let's go, this beautiful ancestor likes live sacrifices, indeed a bit crazy, no worship storyline, didn't even speak, this should be a normal twisted demon cultivator?"
"After all, such bloody crazy demon cultivator personality, how would she talk to garbage?"
"All three gates closed, this year's ancestor worship officially ended."