Chương 854: The Girl from the South Sea

There was nothing in the world that could be kept as an absolute secret. Instead, oftentimes, the news spread even faster because it was a secret. Just as how Ning Que had imagined, Chang'an had already received relevant information regarding the Light Sacrifice, even before he had found out that Chen Pipi was about to be burned to death.

The Light Sacrifice had not been held for too many years, and so while the back of the Academy's mountain had many books, not much information could be found about it. The people did not understand why the West-Hill Divine Palace would want to use Chen Pipi as an oblation. However, they knew that there were dangerous undercurrents running beneath this matter. Haotian Taoism was using Chen Pipi's life to force the people in the Academy out of Chang'an, and their main target was naturally Ning Que.