Among the flat burdens picked by the children of the Li family, they are all things that need to be used for the spiritual prayer ceremony. In addition to the common wax paper horses, there are also some tribute offerings used to worship the gods.

Li Gao, the person in charge of the family of this prayer ceremony, despite all the reluctance in his heart, still prepared a complete set of high-class tributes: pigs, cows, and sheep are all ready, needless to say; Those flint and ancestral totem poles inscribed with ancient shamanic inscriptions are of course indispensable; There is also a live fish with neat scales, a wild goose with its wings tied, and a male black bear skin with a full head, which also makes up the 'three mothers' spirits of heaven, earth, and water.

In the ancient legends of shamanism, it is recorded that all living beings originate from 'fire', and fire originates from 'stone', so in the eyes of these shamans, all living beings in the world take flint as their father and the three ancestral spirits of heaven, earth and water as their mother; This view also coincides with some aspects of Confucianism and Taoism.

Moreover, whatever the three mother spirits of heaven, earth, and water represent in the shamanic teachings; At least in the eyes of these farmers who make a living from farming in the audience: if they want to make a living from farming, they must be inseparable from the blessing of the 'Three Mother Spirits'. Moreover, because shamanism has a long history, there are also some 'limerick poems' about the three mothers' among the people, which are also passed down from generation to generation in the circle of cultivators: the heavens are not beautiful, and everything is planted in vain; the land opens its mouth, and the village is full of hungry ghosts; the river is first-class and dry, and it goes straight to the ghost gate.

The two shamans on today's altar were introduced to Li Gao by a respected old wizard in the Great Wilderness City. Originally, Li Gao wanted to ask the respected old shaman to take action in person; But as soon as he entered the gate of his house, he saw the old shaman, who was lying on the kang wrapped in a quilt and stunned; After explaining his intentions, the old shaman kicked the quilt away, and except for his eyes staring at Li Gao, his whole body was trembling, and he looked as if he had a lot of fleas on his body—it looked awkward and uncoordinated.

After all, Li Gao has lived for such an age, and of course he knows that after the shaman is old, most people will end up like this. I don't know if it's the so-called 'retribution for leaking too many heavenly opportunities', or the root of the old disease that fell from eating and drinking dew in the early years, climbing ice and lying in the snow; All in all, except for a very few shamans stationed in the city, these 'clergy' who have dedicated themselves to the people of Youbei are not bleak at night, but most of them will also be entangled in illness.

"Master Li, look at my current body, let alone pray for the spirit, it takes a hard time to even get up...... Are you wrong? ”

Li Gao looked at his 'shaking at a constant speed' body, and he also knew very well in his heart: even if this old boy deliberately pretended to be sick, it was impossible for him to shake to the 'point' so accurately:

"Since you are sick, Master Shaman, Li Gao can't open his mouth to force it...... However, our Li family's spring ploughing and blessing festival has been delayed until now; If you don't hurry up and hold it, and you are afraid that the people of Dongyou Road will be hungry this year......"

In the face of Li Gao's 'wicked people sue first', the old shaman in desperation finally came up with a 'compromise method' for him:

"That's it, Brother Li, I'll help you invite two shamans with good health from elsewhere to top one first, one big god and one two gods, it's enough...... Don't worry, we have been in a relationship for so many years, why don't we let my brother get through this difficult situation first! Leave the rest alone, and tomorrow take everything you need to use and lead your people to the shamanic altar outside the East City...... Okay, okay, you go quickly, look at my body, if I talk to you a few more words, I will bite off my tongue! If you have anything to say, let's talk about it in the spring next year......"

Li Gao was driven out of the adobe house by bombardment, and Elder Li, who had been treated rudely, turned around and spat before leaving, and secretly scolded in his heart: What the hell will you talk about next year? Look at your virtue! You may not be able to carry it this winter!

But today, after Li Gao saw the two shamans with neat crowns on the altar, his heart suddenly turned invisible. After he watched the juniors set up the altar, he raised his hand behind him: in an instant, all the Li family members and the farmers and people who came to watch the ceremony stood in two neat lines, and with the sound of 'hula', everyone knelt neatly under the altar.

There were only two figures, still standing upright on the spot: one was a scarred man who was watching these Northern Barbarians 'play monkey show' with cold eyes, and the other was Li Gao, who was taking care of the 'Chief Elder'.

Of course, he Li Gao has the highest status present, and of course it doesn't matter if he pretends to be in tune, but if he says, 'He has a noble identity and refuses to kneel down to worship a shaman', but he Li Gao will never dare to give birth to this thought!

"The elder Li Gao, with all the old and young in the Li family, sacrificed the ancestral spirits; I beg the Shaman to bring blessings to us and bless my Li family with good weather and prosperity for people and animals this year......"

Li Gao said the sacrificial words aloud, knelt on the ground with his waist upright, and after finishing speaking, he made a big salute on the ground.

According to the ritual process of previous years, now that the master of the family has already bowed down, then the shaman should ring the bone bell and start to 'dance' in the circle, first divination, then blessing, the whole process takes about one to two hours.

However, the two masked and robed shamans remained motionless, maintaining their original positions and sitting firmly on the altar.

Giving birth to such an accident, several elders behind Li Gao suddenly looked at each other, but before Li Gao spoke, no one dared to take the lead; The cultivators who came to watch the ceremony saw that the two shamans did not say a word, but only thought that the Li family had made a mistake in their preparation, or that there was some rudeness, which angered the shamans, so they all fell to their knees under the leadership of several pious old men, and kept kowtowing their heads with bang, bang, bang.

"Alas......"

A hoarse man's sigh came from above the altar and reached the ears of everyone present. Immediately afterward, instead of starting the prayer ceremony, the man who sighed reached out and took off the crown of his mask and untied the straps of his robe around his neck......

"Qi Yan!"

Just when everyone was holding their breath and watching Shen Gui's movements on the altar, the leader of the Li family's junior team suddenly shouted.

"Aren't you a merchant from Beiyan? Why has he become a shaman in the three roads of the northern part of the world? ”

No wonder Li Sanlin was so panicked! Others may not know, but he himself understands. The 500,000 taels of silver tickets prepaid by this 'Qi Yan' were still lying under his pillow, but now this 'little merchant' has turned into a shaman! The gods and demons are not important, but the 'order note' written by himself is still in the hands of this person!

"Sanlin, how can you be so rude to the shaman? Get out of here, or you'll be punished for disrupting the ritual of praying for the soul!" How strict the Li family's family law is, I think you also know it......"

Of course, Li Gao knows that now it seems that there should be unexpected situations that he has not mastered; But at this time, after all, there were many people, in addition to their own families, there were also many civilians present to watch the ceremony; No matter how this person deceived Li Sanlin, but the entire Dongyou Road was replanted into Elephant Valley, it could never be exposed in public at this time and place.

"It's... Great Elder..."

Li Sanlin is not a person who doesn't know the seriousness, and he was also shocked by Shen Gui, who was revealed his true face, and he was confused; Now Li Gao's drink has made him return to his old 'smart and clever'.

"Li Gao, Li Sanlin, by now, your ancestors and grandchildren are full of sins, and they still don't know how to change their past mistakes and wake up?"

"Back to the shaman, Li Gao is guilty, but he doesn't know where the guilt is!"

Li Gao looked at Shen Gui's young face slightly, and couldn't help but feel relieved. I think that even if this young man is talented, he is still so young after all, and it is impossible to be more experienced than himself. Now that he occupies the name of shamanism, he can only use words to stabilize the scene; When he takes off this sacrificial robe and leaves the eyes of the people, whether he lives or dies, it will be his destiny......

In the face of Li Gao's questioning, Shen Gui did not continue to entangle with him verbally, but stood up and took out the identity symbol of the shamanic great protector from under the sacrificial robe beside him: animal skin thunder drum; Immediately, he took out a bone mallet from his back, and gently beat the drum surface, making a crisp sound of 'dong'.

Although this drum sound has a playful taste, everyone present, including Li Gao, who is confident, has a look of surprise on their faces!

The reason why the shamanic protector of the Dharma is this kind of 'thunder drum' is because in shamanic teachings, thunder and lightning represent the power of judgment and destruction; And now that the Dharma Protector has sounded the thunder drum, it is equivalent to announcing to everyone present that he wants to represent shamanism and cleanse the sinful souls of Li Gao and Li Sanlin.

To put it simply, it's him Shen Gui, and he's going to kill someone today!

Of course, although the great shamans of the past generations have been famous in the world, no one has ever seen it with their own eyes, and no shaman can invite the spirit of the thunder god to chop sinners to death on the spot! Even if the two gods who were wearing bells and whistles and were lying on the altar were still Heavenly Spirit Veiners, they couldn't do it to the extent of attracting Heavenly Thunder.

"Shaman, if there is any sin that the old man does not tolerate in the teachings, he will be willing to be punished. But Lao Er asked himself that although he had no talent and no virtue for many years, he was still cautious in his actions, and he didn't dare to take half a wrong step. Now the Dharma Protector wants to judge him, and he should speak up impartially in front of all his neighbors, so that I can die and understand! ”

To say that although this Li Gao is old and faint, he is still a little anxious! He knew that the people who participated in the blessing ceremony today, in addition to the Li family, were those untouchables who relied on the Li family's food; As long as this 'Dharma Protector' has no conclusive evidence, then he can grit his teeth and give him a death denial! The two people on the stage who pretended to be gods and ghosts didn't even want to move a single hair of their grandchildren in the Great Wilderness City!

The so-called 'reading 10,000 books is better than traveling 10,000 miles', this Li Gao suffers from too little knowledge! If he had gone to Fengjing City more often and asked the unlucky 'partner' Yan Tian, he wouldn't have been so confident!

On this Huayu Continent, there is also a kind of half-immortal body that is beyond the shackles of mortals - the Heavenly Spirit Vein!