Su Xiaoting had been told that the sacrificial ceremony had been nearly two hours before, and it was not completely over after eating the sacrament.

It was the first time she had participated in such a sacrifice, or in such an ancient temple, and she was quite interested.

First of all, the high priest Bai Yu recalls the legend of the goddess, singing the praises of the merciful greatness of Sephone and the gospel brought to the followers of the Infinite Land.

Then, in the center of the main hall, an ivory-white harp was erected, and the priestess with long cherry blossom hair slowly plucked the strings and sang hymns.

Her timbre is sweet, and her person is as delicate and moving as cherry blossoms, seeing her pair of tea-red pupils and distinctive high nose and deep eyes, Su Xiaoting once again confirmed her guess.

This should be the city lord's sister Ji Yingxue, this name is really suitable for her.

suddenly remembered the 'Mu Ling Sanmei' mentioned by him, and these three people are well-deserved. It's just that except for Ji Yingxue, who is already from the United States, the other two are even more amazing and beautiful than the people of the United States.

Everyone listened very carefully, and their eyes were even more implied with love and excitement. Ji Yingxue ignored these eyes, and most of her attention was on her brother.

At the end of the song, Azi led the priests and female envoys to chant the prayer, and Azi's voice was ethereal and clear, although the prayer sounded a little obscure, but it did not prevent everyone from feeling that their hearts were cleansed.

Finally, and most importantly, the sacrificial ritual is to pray for the blessing of Mu Ling.

First, Yazi used a magic weapon to sprinkle holy water on Ji Yuning's body, symbolizing the washing away of filthy sins.

The accompanying officials, on the other hand, only had to cross the holy water pool to remove the filth.

Then, Ji Yuning will take his subordinates who have been baptized from the holy pool, kneel at the foot of the statue together, and pray to the goddess of hope that she can continue to protect Mu Ling in the new year.

After Ji Yuning was baptized, the entourage was guided by the female envoy to the holy pool as usual.

Only then did Su Xiaoting see clearly that 5 meters in front of the statue seat, there was a rectangular pool about 5 meters long and 2 meters wide. The water is shallow, but it reflects the sunlight from the round skylight above the dome onto the statue of the goddess, making the statue more lifelike and radiant.

Before entering the temple, everyone had removed their shoes and changed into cloth socks, and at this time, there were already ministers, carrying socks and walking reverently through the holy pool.

Su Xiaoting walked with a few of them, and under their encouraging eyes, Su Xiaoting took off her socks and was about to cross the 2-meter-wide pool.

Suddenly, a rather majestic voice stopped:

"City Lord, I heard that among your attendants, there are people who don't seem to come from the Endless Land?"

Su Xiaoting looked for prestige, but it was a sacrifice to Bai Yu, and everyone looked at each other with different eyes.

Bai Yu looked at Su Xiaoting and said:

"If you are not a believer, if you enter the holy pool, you will not defile the holy water, and it will also be disrespectful to the goddess!"

"Yes, but she's my squire now." Ji Yuning explained lightly.

Bai Yu hurriedly said: "This is not in accordance with the rules, Lord Yazi?" ”

Fortunately, Yingxue inadvertently mentioned it just now, and let her arrive in time to stop this, otherwise the goddess would be angry, wouldn't it be their sin?

Yazi looked at Su Xiaoting, she was not a person from a boundless place, she could only be a person there.

He looked at Ji Yuning and said, "Yes, the holy water pool is extremely sacred, and only believers can set foot on it." ”

"Although she is not a local, she has no sectarian beliefs, and this time she is attending the sacrifice ceremony, and she is also familiar with the "Divine Revelation", and does not reject the teachings of the goddess."

Ji Yuning looked at the White Feather Priest and said, "I thought that Yazi and the priest would not reject more people and be influenced by the goddess Sephonene!" ”

Bai Yu's face froze, "The city lord said carefully, we will naturally follow the doctrine, but the doctrine also clearly stipulates that if you are not a believer, you must not be baptized in the pool water." ”

"......" Ji Yuning was silent, if he didn't accept the baptism, it meant that he couldn't participate in the blessing ceremony later.

From the time he decided to take her with him on this trip, it meant that Su Xiaoting had passed the test period, and it was not easy to be a woman.

And he also made a decision, although she is a good girl, he will treat everyone equally!

Yazi looked at Su Xiaoting with some curiosity again, and saw that the other party was wearing the clothes of a guard, but he was weak and pitiful, his lips pursed slightly, and he stopped talking.

Xu is Su Xiaoting's equally slender physique, or her black hair and black eyes and soft facial features, which are somewhat similar to people in the Boundless Land.

Yazi said, "This girl, come here!" ”

Yazi's ethereal voice made Su Xiaoting think that she was hallucinating. She pointed to herself, and when she saw the other person nodding, she walked barefoot.

I saw that Yazi took the magic weapon that gave Ji Yuning a gift just now, and sprinkled some holy water from the holy pot on Su Xiaoting.

Seeing Su Xiaoting's cute and vivid expression, the corners of Yazi's lips raised slightly, and she said to the stunned Bai Yu:

"Well, the doctrine doesn't say that non-believers can't be baptized with holy vessels, so you can continue, right?"

Everyone's hearts flashed: Of course! Otherwise, how can there be a devout believer, and what believer is not baptized before officially becoming a citizen of God?

And there is no rule that non-believers can't pray for blessings, right?

It's like a pastor who says you can't smoke when you pray, but if someone asks if you can pray while smoking, I believe that no pastor will refuse.

He is worthy of the extraordinary wisdom of Yazi-sama!

Su Xiaoting didn't expect that Lord Yazi would help her out of the siege, and said gratefully: "Thank you!" ”

Seeing Su Xiaoting's bare little feet stepping on the black marble floor, Yazi frowned unconsciously, "Prepare to pray for blessings!" ”

"It's still Yazi-sama who is thoughtful, so let's get started." Seeing that the embarrassment had been removed, Ji Yuning nodded to Yazi.

"Sakurayuki, let's get started!" Bai Yu pulled down Ji Yingxue, who was still in the shock, and expressed his deep understanding.

Who would have thought that Lord Yazi, who had always been expressionless, would have a human expression to a stranger today, although the corners of their mouths were raised to a very small extent, but they were as amazing as a flash in the pan.

Soon, led by Ji Yuning, all the entourages knelt in front of the statue together, and Ji Yuning took the box from the hands of the attendants and offered it to the goddess as a sacrifice.

Ji Yingxue took the box from her brother's hand and placed it in the middle of the long table in front of the statue, which was full of boxes of 'magic crystals' of different colors, each of which was more than 3 times larger than ordinary magic crystals, shining with a jewel-like brilliance.

Ji Yuning, in the name of the city lord, began to pray for the blessing of the goddess and the protection of Mu Ling.

In the end, all the officials prayed in unison and voiced their most sincere voices:

"Bless me Mu Ling, the wind and rain are smooth, and the people are prosperous!

Bless my people to curse sickness and not be born, peace and well-being!

……”

Outside the temple, a distant bell rang to announce the end of the annual sacrificial ceremony.

After receiving the sacrament and using up the side hall, the crowd scattered around the temple to watch and worship.