Volume 1: Dream and Reality Chapter 258 The Three Great Witches
He sighed again at the magic of this seal, and at the same time the resentment in his heart increased by two points, if this inheritance is still there, what a miraculous means it must be!
After entering this ancestral shrine, the two dark cyan waterfalls behind the group of four people quickly solidified, and turned into two thick stone gates again, blocking the entire ancestral shrine, without the permission of Li Lao's immortality, it was difficult for others to enter and exit.
There are three tall stone statues standing in the ancestral shrine, with peculiar shapes, stone eyes blazing, smart and vivid, as if they are living creatures rather than stone statues.
The stone statue facing the heavy mountain gate is more than ten zhang high, and the top of the head is almost close to the top of the cave, showing a posture of standing up to the sky.
This stone statue has a red face and blue eyes, fangs in the mouth protruding from the lips, a thick dark cyan python wrapped around its arms, a red blood cloud on its feet, and its claws are placed in front of the chest one after the other, as if it is a fighting posture.
This stone statue looked extremely hideous on the outside, like a demon, which was intimidating, but Shen Yuan noticed the eyes of this stone statue.
These are a pair of calm and peaceful eyes, the eyes are very deep, as if there is a calm sea under his eyes.
To the left of this red-faced stone statue, there is another stone statue, which is slightly shorter than the red face stone statue, and is obviously not as good as this red face stone statue in terms of status.
The stone statue on the left side is like a stone man, the whole body is made of dark cyan slate, the figure is thick and angular, the face is also the rigid edges and corners formed by the slate, and the eyes are flashing with two dark cyan energy lakes, slowly surging, releasing not weak energy fluctuations, Shen Yuan almost thought that this stone was a living thing.
Shen Yuan recognized it at a glance, this stone statue was the soul virtual image that Li Xi had summoned with the sacrificial summoning technique just now.
Opposite the stone figure, to the right of the red-faced statue, is a female stone statue. Although tall, he looked slender and delicate overall, his face was always shrouded in a pale white energy mist, and only a pair of eyes glowing with a colorful halo were revealed in Shen Yuan's sight.
The female statue was holding a glass treasure pot in one hand and reaching into the treasure pot with the other hand to caress it, as if to take out some treasure from it.
"This is the ancestral shrine. Li Lao Immortal stretched out his hand to the neatly placed tablets at the foot of the red stone statue and said: "This is the front ancestral hall, these tablets are places that can only be entered by the patriarchs of previous dynasties, and the back shrine of ordinary clansmen is behind the red witch." ”
"These three ......," Shen Yuan asked hesitantly.
Li Lao Immortal replied: "These three are the great witches that have been worshiped by my Giant Witch Clan for generations, they are more noble existences than the ancestors of my Giant Witch Clan, and they are also the source of the inheritance of my Giant Witch Clan. It's a pity...... Ashamed of the three great witches, my giant witch clan failed to protect this rare inheritance. ”
Shen Yuan nodded, and then the group, under the guidance of Immortal Li, first offered sacrifices to the stone statues of the three great witches, and then lit the special incense wax, and offered it to the table table, and kowtowed a few heads to the former patriarchs of the giant witch clan.
There were no outsiders present, and even Shen Yuan was very aware of the importance of these rituals, so he seemed to be extremely religious, and there was almost no mistake in the various rituals, and it even seemed to be much smoother than Li Lao's immortality.
Li Xi quietly retired after the ceremony, and walked into a stone cave next to the leg of the red-faced god statue with a fragrant wax, apparently going to the so-called back shrine to worship relatives.
Li Lao Immortal led Shen Yuan to the side of the red-faced great witch, took out a few old and yellowed books from the wooden lattice at the feet of the red-faced great witch, handed them to Shen Yuan, and said: "The deputy patriarch is not an outsider, and the old man does not cherish himself. The core inheritance of our Giant Witch Clan, which has been passed down to this day, is these hand-copied books. As for the things in the wooden pavilion in the village, they are just ordinary sacrifices, and if you want to use your means, you can't look down on them. But if you're interested, feel free to check it out, and as your chief elder, no one will stop you. ”
"You can take a look at it first, and maybe you can touch the analogy and understand the true meaning that we have not been able to understand for many years. The old man went to prepare for the canonization ceremony of the chief elder, and I am ashamed to say that the chief elder of my giant witch clan has no one to serve so far, and the talents of the younger generation are withering, which is really painful for us!"
Li Lao said that he was about to turn around and leave.
Cheng Ruan, who had been following behind everyone, suddenly asked softly at this time: "What kind of ritual process is this patriarch?"
Li Lao Immortal touched his nose in embarrassment and said, "This ...... Actually, my giant witch clan doesn't have a deputy patriarch, and you should know it. This is an honorary title that the old man has just come up with. ”
Cheng Ruan rolled his eyes when he heard this, his face was full of helplessness and laughter, and said, "You just came up with the title to fool us." ”
Li Lao Immortal laughed, and the oil on the soles of his feet quickly slipped away.
"This old shameless ......" Cheng Ruan helplessly looked at the back of Li Lao Immortal who disappeared into a stone cave, turned his head and said to Shen Yuan: "Take a look, I have never been in this ancestral shrine, and I don't know what the inheritance of the giant witch clan is, I hope it can inspire you, and it is not worth the trip." ”
Shen Yuan nodded, picked a corner that looked relatively dry, sat down, and looked at the first book in his hand.
The title of this book is "The Idea of Sacrificial Spirits", and after turning the page, what catches Shen Yuan's eyes is the ancient text arranged in vertical rows, which has caused many obstacles to Shen Yuan's reading, and Cheng Ruan needs to translate and interpret it from time to time. Later, Shen Yuan simply hugged Cheng Ruan in his arms and looked at the "Idea of Sacrificial Spirits" together.
This method is a method of exercising spiritual power, and it seems to be the most basic and core thing in the inheritance of the giant witch clan, without it, all the next cultivation should not be possible.
This method should be the same thing as the "Elemental True Spirit Body Accumulation Technique" that Shen Yuan has been cultivating, but it has taken a completely different path, and compared to the Body Accumulation Technique, this concept is obviously more mysterious and metaphysical.
With the help of Cheng Ruan, Shen Yuan quickly browsed the "Thoughts on Sacrificial Spirits" and had a basic understanding of this method in his heart.
However, Shen Yuan felt a little strange in his heart, he always felt that although the idea in front of him was magical, it was too superficial, and there should be an advanced method behind.
But when he studied it carefully, he found that this idea seemed to be self-contained, and there was no place to elevate and refine it.
Therefore, this method seemed a little weird and strange in front of Shen Yuan's eyes.
After Shen Yuan told Cheng Ruan about these doubts, she leaned on Shen Yuan's arms and frowned and thought for a while, but she was a druid after all, even if she knew something about priests, she felt helpless, so she told Shen Yuan to memorize it first, and she could think about it slowly later.
Shen Yuan was as good as a stream, and in the next hour, he memorized all the eight books in his hand, including "The Concept of Sacrificial Spirits", "Sacrificial Appearance Summoning Technique", "Basic Principles of Soul Totem", and "Sacrificial Derivative Sacrifice Technique".
This was an astonishing speed, so when Li Lao Immortal walked back to the front shrine from the cave carrying a large bag of ritual objects, he couldn't help but be a little speechless when he saw the two people whose lips were glued together and could not be separated, and the books that were neatly placed on the ground and had obviously been reversed.
However, he thought about it carefully, after all, Shen Yuan once had a profound realm of extreme artistic conception, and he knew a lot about the inheritance of the priest lineage, although the techniques of the giant witch clan were very different from the priest techniques he was familiar with on a daily basis, they might not have any impact on him.
Just like a Chinese college student reciting ancient texts from elementary school, things that are difficult and difficult for beginners who are just starting out may be easy for Shen Yuan.
Without waiting for Li Lao to cough lightly, Cheng Ruan pushed Shen Yuan away, his face was blushing, looking at the vicious killing intent in his eyes with bright eyes, it seemed that he almost couldn't suppress his impulse, and wanted to stretch out his claws to grab Shen Yuan's face into a flowering intestine.
Li Lao Buying pretended not to see anything, took two steps forward and began to arrange the ritual needs in the front ancestral hall, and easily called out Li Xi in the back ancestral hall.
After Li Xi came out, he began to pester Shen Yuan to ask questions, and also stopped Shen Yuan and Cheng Ruan from stepping forward to help Li Lao immortal, saying that the rules were to be done by the patriarch alone.
So Shen Yuan sat down again and carefully explained to Li Xi the sacrificial pattern carved on the wind element totem, and Li Xi was so fascinated that he completely forgot about the foreign object.
Just when Li Lao was busy with the things in his hands, Li Xi was constantly having problems, and Cheng Ruan had nothing to do, a crisp female voice suddenly sounded in the front ancestral hall.
"Grandpa, what are you doing...... What to do?"
Everyone was drawn to the sound and turned their heads to look at where it had come from.
I saw a beautiful woman in a long red dress standing at the foot of the female stone statue on the right, and behind her was a deep stone cave, and it was impossible to see the scene inside.
Li Lao Immortal was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Yue'er, are you out of the customs?"
Li Yue nodded and responded, "Yes, it's out of customs." A few days ago, my mother came to tell me that I should go out before the New Year's Festival. ”
Li Lao Immortal stepped forward and took Li Yue's hand, and said to Shen Yuan: "Come, let me introduce you, this is my granddaughter, Li Yue, and Li Xi's sister." ”
"Yue'er, this Shen Yuan is the new chief elder of my giant witch clan, his realm is very profound, and he is now Li Xi's master. ”
When Li Yue heard this, her expression moved, and a pair of bright eyes stared at Shen Yuan tightly, and said in disbelief: "He...... Is he an outsider? How can an outsider be our chief elder?"
Li Lao Immortal smiled and said, "This is the honor of our giant witch clan." Moreover, Shen Yuan will not be an outsider in the future, and when the ritual is completed, he will be a member of my giant witch clan. ”
Li Yue stared at Shen Yuan in disbelief.
"Alright, without further ado, let's hurry up and start the ceremony. Li Lao Immortal didn't pay any attention to Li Yue, who was full of confusion, but turned around and walked to the foot of the red-faced stone statue, and motioned for Shen Yuan to sit on the futon in front of him.