Chapter 160: Immortal Ascension Ceremony
On December 29, 55013, the majestic ascension ceremony of the Xie family in Chucheng officially began. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The first ceremony is 'transcendental', and it is also the most lively part, because this ring was originally initiated by the local people, and it is basically attended by the people.
Early in the morning, the red carpet in front of the Xie Mansion was paved, the float ribbons were bright and dazzling, the Yushu flag fluttered in the wind, the golden bowl gongs and drums were noisy, and the people of the whole city and Chucheng came to see the excitement for nearly ten miles around the Xie Mansion. The people who could not see the ceremony were praising the glorious deeds of Xie Xianren's boldness and generosity, and the people who were fortunate enough to gather in front of the Xie Mansion to witness this solemn moment were very excited in the festive music and drums, and they were happy with each other!
At the moment, with the emcee's "ceremony begins", the music and drums stopped, the voices stopped, and the scene instantly fell silent!
I saw a pair of boys and girls about eight years old, led by the master of ceremonies, to the center of the red carpet. Then under the shout of the master of ceremonies, 'please immortals', Xie Sanyang walked in front of the boy and girl in brocade clothes.
"Bye!" the master of ceremonies shouted.
With this voice, the boy and girl knelt down at Xie Sanyang.
"Hey!" the master of ceremonies continued.
The boy sang, "Nine days of rebirth."
The girl then sang, "I am an immortal above the nine heavens."
"Reward!"
Xie Sanyang took out two medium-grade Yuan stones, one for each person. In fact, according to the custom, a low-grade Yuan Stone is enough, but how can Xie Daxian be embarrassed.
"Thanks!"
After the boy and the girl had bowed three times, they withdrew.
Immediately afterwards, another young couple of about twenty-seven or eighteen years old walked up.
Then "kneel".
Then "He".
The man sang: "The quality of immortal jade is already extraordinary."
The woman continued: "Transcendent sanctification, I am an immortal."
Then "reward".
Then "thanks".
Finally, an old couple in their sixties came up.
Then "kneel".
Then "He".
"Nine reincarnations control the Three Realms".
"Outside the Three Realms, I am an immortal".
Then "reward".
Then "thanks".
After the ceremony, the master of ceremonies sang again: "Please take advantage of the immortals and bless the people!" This original intention is to let the immortals ride around the city in a float. But then few immortals were willing to show their heads in this way, so it turned out that some who didn't want to parade were replaced with a plaque. This plaque actually didn't appear until the third day, and he was issued by the local Immortal Machinery Department on behalf of Yanyun Academy to the newly promoted Dao Immortal Family, for example, the Xie family's was a huge green jade plaque with 'Xie Mansion Immortal Mansion' written on it!
Then, carried by eighteen strong men, they walked up to Shenlong Street, which had already set up a color shed. On the road ahead, there are people playing gongs and drums, setting off fireworks, and behind there are people throwing silver coins and distributing red envelopes.
It's very lively and spectacular!
After the parade, hundreds of tables were set up on Shenlong Street, and a flowing water feast was set up. This flowing water banquet is said to be five days in one swing, which is not only a celebration for the Xie family, but also a celebration for the New Year!
The second ritual is 'Vulgarity'!
The next day, that is, on the last day of the old year, Zhou Fatzi's father, that is, Lord Zhou, the city lord of Chu City, came forward and began to recite the congratulatory table in front of the Xie Mansion: What is the Xie family's three yangs, originally the nine heavenly immortals, after several degrees of reincarnation, the mortal suffering, and now the success of the retired... Yunyun!
Then, the City Lord of Zhou personally crossed out the Xie family from the mortal register!
The third ritual is 'Ascension'
On the third day, that is, on January 1, 55014 of the zodiac, Li Feiyang, director of the Chucheng Immortal Machinery Division, personally came forward to read out the congratulatory message representing Yanyun Academy again, and then in front of everyone, he registered the Xie family and officially became an immortal!
On the fourth day, it is the last part of the immortal ascension ceremony, 'Welcoming Immortals'!
In fact, before going home, Xie Sanyang had already learned about this 'welcoming immortals' link through the brothers of other Dao Immortal Academy, coupled with Li Feiyang's special reminder later, Xie Sanyang had basically understood the mystery in this! However, Xie Sanyang felt that no matter what, it would be good to do this, after all, he would not be alone in the future. He will be dealing with people on behalf of his family, so it is inevitable that he will meet these old families in Chu City!
Of course, I also heard that some places are not authentic, and those old families do not hold the 'welcoming immortals' link at all, which is clearly to give people a disadvantage. In fact, Xie Sanyang didn't expect the Huo and Li families, who had a dislike for him, to take the lead as hosts, after all, they lived with the Xie family in Chucheng City.
However, just the day before the immortal ascension ceremony, Xie Sanyang actually received an invitation. The invitation was naturally polite, and of course it was specifically mentioned that in addition to the three Dao Immortal families in Chucheng City, the other families in the jurisdiction of Chucheng did not participate except for the Zhou family, and the other families would send people to congratulate them.
At the beginning, Xie Sanyang was a little puzzled and couldn't figure it out. But then I pondered it, just like Director Li said, this Zhou family's status is transcendent, whether to come or not is afraid of offending them, the Xie family will not succeed, and who will dare to get along with others if they come or not! Of course, it is naturally impossible for Academician Zhou Da of Northern Zhou, who makes Xie Sanyang worried, to come.
The 'Yingxian' banquet was held in a large manor outside the Li family, and the representatives of the Xie family in addition to Xie Sanyang, tidbits and Xie Siyang also participated. In addition, Director Li of the Xianji Division also participated on behalf of the Xianji Division.
Then, Huo Xiong of the Huo family and Li He, the head of the Li family, were very thoughtful as the host, and they were very polite to Xie Sanyang and the three of them, it seemed that they were in the same way, and the previous suspicions seemed to exist at all, and no one mentioned them at all!
Li Feiyang represents the official organization of Yanyun Academy, so he only came here as a courtesy! He only accompanied Xie Sanyang and them to drink a few sips of wine, and then instead of the Huo and Li families, they introduced the other Zheng family, Zhu family, Ouyang family, Luo family, Sun family, Dai family, and Situ family to Xie Sanyang, and then left!
If you say that when Li Feiyang was there, the Huo and Li families smiled quite sincerely. But as soon as Li Feiyang left, the faces of the Huo and Li families were a little smiling.
"Does Xie Xian's nephew know what the role of this 'welcoming immortals' banquet is other than drinking and eating?" Li He, who had been sitting opposite him, asked Xie Sanyang with some playfulness.
Xie Sanyang laughed in his heart, Nima turned his face faster. Although Lao Tzu is indeed your junior, Lao Tzu is not a soft persimmon that you can pinch casually. Xie Sanyang just smiled faintly and said, "Then I have to ask Uncle Li for advice!"
When Li He heard this, his brows furrowed, and his face instantly became gloomy! According to the etiquette here, the other party calls you a virtuous nephew, and you should call the other party uncle or uncle. And the name of the old man is a general term for the elderly man on the mortal street, that is to say, Xie Sanyang regards Li He as an old man on the street, so Li He is very angry!
Huo Xiong, who was on the other side, was afraid that Li He would turn his face and disrupt today's plan, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "Hehe, Brother Li, don't be angry, Sanyang didn't just advance to the Dao Immortal Family." The rules of the mortal world have not been completely washed away, so don't be angry, brother!"
Saying that, he looked at Xie Sanyang and said with a smile: "Sanyang, in the past, there may have been a misunderstanding between us, but the past is over, and Xie Xian's nephew doesn't have to care! In the future, we are all Taoist immortal families, not only have to deal with each other, but some aspects may even cooperate! And today, our ten families are gathered here, in addition to setting up a 'welcoming immortal' banquet for your Xie family, there is indeed another more important thing!"
Huo Xiong laughed with him, looking a little bit like Corporal Lixian! And the people's expressions looked a little neither humble nor arrogant, very natural! Xie Sanyang even felt that this guy really let go of the past, even if he put it down himself, wasn't he afraid that he couldn't let it go? Could it be that there were some other medicines bought in the gourd!
Except for the three of them, the representatives of the other families didn't seem to intend to interject, and their expressions were all smiling faintly, and they didn't see any opinions!
Xie Sanyang naturally couldn't make people feel that he was stingy, so he changed his tone: "Everyone is a senior, since they are fellow believers from now on, if there is anything that the Xie family needs to pay attention to, please say it directly! If there are any rules, the Xie family will abide by them!"
When Li He heard this, he smiled slightly, and seemed to be very satisfied with Xie Sanyang's answer, he coughed and said, "Actually, if Xie Xian's nephew had a heart, he should have heard about it as early as Yanyun Academy! Every new Dao Immortal family will inevitably participate in the division of resources in this city!"
Xie Sanyang replied noncommittally: "Please advise the seniors!"
Huo Xiong snorted and said: "Hey, there is nothing to advise, let's just say that there are two main parts of our Chu City's resources, one is the task issued by the Immortal Machinery Department, and the other is the subordination of various places outside Chu City!"
"Oh, the subordinates of various places, I have only heard of the tasks of the Immortal Machinery Division!" Xie Sanyang was stunned!
Someone immediately replied: "The subordination of various places is very simple to say, that is, the towns and villages in all parts of Chu City will become our invisible territories. After the territory is divided, all kinds of immortal cultivation resources that appear on their respective territories in the future will belong to each family, especially including the immortal cultivation seeds that appear!"
Nima, Xie Sanyang was shocked, he didn't expect this immortal family to be so domineering. It's no wonder that in such a large territory as Chu City, only ten of their Dao Immortal Families have appeared for thousands of years! It seems that some people with Dao Immortal qualifications have either been buried, or they have been recruited by them, and then buried in the snow!
"I see!" Xie Sanyang seemed to suddenly realize: "Then how to divide it!"
"Well, according to the rules of thousands of years, the local resources will be divided according to the seniority of each family!" Li He smiled a little reasonably.
Nima, isn't this just for letting his family pick the rest, Xie Sanyang immediately replied with a little smirk: "Then what if my Xie family is unwilling?"