When they returned to the Sacrificial Mountain, all the guests had already risen and were invited back to the village for a banquet.
The incense table and the grass dragon were still there, and the incense smoke lingered, making the mountain seem like a foggy night. The shadows of trees and the wisps of incense wind surrounded them, giving a sense of surreal mystery.
The Second Master was in front of the incense table, dividing the fruits used for the sacrificial ceremony among the village children. When Hu Ma brought Zhao Sanyi and the others forward, the Second Master casually handed him a peach, saying, "Where did you run off to just now?"
"I was driving away disasters and got exhausted. I wanted you to come up and give a hand, but you were nowhere to be seen. It was Zhou Liang and Zhao Zhu who took the whip from my hands and helped me finish. Heh, our Sacrificial Mountain has strict rules, and our way of driving away disasters is also different from elsewhere."
