The Son of Heaven sacrifices heaven and earth, and the princes sacrifice mountains and rivers.

This is a ritual inherited from ancient times, no one knows where it comes from, but the Dayu Empire has always inherited this ceremony, Guo Xiaoshi has heard Zanglongzi roughly say it before.

In the ancestral ancestral hall of the Ji family, the main hall is the sacrificial hall, and the left and right halls are the sacrificial mountain hall and the sacrificial river hall respectively.

Since it is a sacrifice, it is natural to offer food.

Under the kneeling of all the children of the Ji family, a large number of livestock began to be slaughtered in front of the three halls in turn, and the blood and qi were filled for a while.

Three priests in white robes danced in front of the doors of the three main halls, chanting ancient and obscure incantations, their voices sharp but difficult to hear.

Soon, a huge will surged in the three halls, like a mountain approaching, causing the surrounding air to begin to fluctuate and ripple.

The blood and qi in front of the three halls were pulled by the will in the hall, and they poured into the hall very quickly, like being swallowed by a whale, and dissipated in an instant.

"What is this?"

Guo Xiaoshi silently sensed the huge will in the three halls, and only felt that it seemed to be somewhat similar to the divine power of the gods, but it was different, in fact, to put it bluntly, it was much weaker, and it did not bring him much sense of coercion.

Although I don't know what kind of existence emanates this will, it is obviously "lower" than the gods, not as powerful as the gods.

"Bow down, prostrate!"

In the sacrificial hall, the solemn and clear voice from before came to guide all the children of the Ji family to worship.

One bow, three kowtows: Ji Shou, Pa Shou, empty Shou.

Two prostrations, six prostrations: vibration, auspicious worship, fierce worship.

Three bows, nine kowtows: Qi Bai, praise and worship.

After three prostrations, the ancestral sacrifice is completed.

Guo Xiaoshi followed the people around him, and only after completing the instructions of the voice in the sacrificial hall did he slowly stand up.

In the past few days, because of the cold reception received by everyone in Xinyun's Hou Mansion, Guo Xiaoshi actually has a very low sense of belonging to Xinyun Ji's family in his heart, and he doesn't have much feeling for worshipping ancestors. However, after this worship ceremony, it made him have some admiration for the Xinyun Ji family, after all, this is a 10,000-year-old clan, the same age as the empire, and the development of a family is through countless generations of painstaking management, just like these young people in front of him who are about to enter the Thousand Mountains and Thunder Fire with him, no matter what their future is, they will contribute to the survival of this family.

After worshipping the ancestors, it is the time when the ancestral land is opened.

Soon, a group of more than 100 soldiers appeared in the square, they walked quickly, put a metal badge on each young man who was about to enter the Thousand Mountains Thunder Fire, and then all retreated. The whole process was done in an orderly and quiet manner, and it was clear that they had undergone extremely rigorous training beforehand.

Guo Xiaoshi, like the others, remained motionless the whole time, and only after the team retreated did he look down at the badge on his chest.

The badge is silver-white, and in the center of the badge is a black energy storage spar the size of a grain of rice, which emits a faint fluctuation of source energy. Although he didn't take apart the badge and perceive it carefully, Guo Xiaoshi could already see that there was an inscription array carved on this badge, which had a special function.

After everyone put on the badge, the voice in the sacrificial hall said again: "The Thousand Mountains Thunder Fire is about to start, all the Ji clans who participated in the trial are ready to enter in order." After a slight pause, the voice continued: "In the Thousand Mountains Thunder Fire, the thunder energy fills the entire space, the weakest when you first enter, and the stronger and stronger when you go deep into it, if you can't resist the thunder energy bombardment, you must crush the silver thunder badge as soon as possible, and the inscription array inside can teleport you out, otherwise you will die in it, and you will be indistinguishable." ”

After the voice was finished, he began to make the children of the Ji clan in the square line up and enter the sacrificial hall one by one.

Guo Xiaoshi lined up at the end of the line, slowly moving forward, and after half a day, it was finally his turn to enter the sacrificial hall.

Stepping into the door of the sacrificial hall, Guo Xiaoshi felt as if he had passed through a transparent film, and in the blink of an eye, he entered another space. The surroundings were pitch black, there was no gate to the sacrificial hall behind him, only a white light cluster was in front of him, and there were three people sitting around the light cluster, who were the priests who had recited incantations in front of the three halls before.

At this time, the three priests stared at the light group with full attention, and one of them said: "Go in, go in and keep going until you can't support it." ”

Guo Xiaoshi didn't hesitate much, and walked over towards the light group.

There was no danger, and there was nothing unusual, the feeling was just that after passing through the light cluster, Guo Xiaoshi's eyes quickly adjusted to the light from the outside world, and then he found that he was already in a wilderness.

"This ......"

Guo Xiaoshi stood in place, looking far and near, and his intuition was extremely shocked.

Before his eyes, the sky above the wilderness was covered with thick clouds, which were as black as ink, heavy and heavy, oppressing the earth. One after another thunderbolts slashed down from above the clouds, densely packed, with different thicknesses, and from a distance, it looked like countless silver-white dragons and snakes entangled and flying, fierce and colorful.

This piece of heaven and earth has been completely dominated by thunder.

On the ground of the wilderness, because of the thunderous lightning strikes, from time to time there are high fire serpents, which burn for a long time, and then they die out, and then they are burned again and again because of the lightning strikes, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on.

In the continuous lightning strike, the ground has long been free of sand, only ashes, accompanied by steaming heat, emitting bursts of scorched smell, which can be regarded as scorched earth in the true sense.

Guo Xiaoshi quickly calmed down his surprise and began to walk forward.

What he believed was ahead was the direction of a giant peak in the depths of the wilderness, and those disciples of the Ji clan who had entered this place before him were all moving quickly in that direction.

As soon as he took a step, a thumb-thick electric light hit his head, Guo Xiaoshi had no way to dodge it, he only felt that the electric light passed, and a feeling of numbness surged up all over his body in an instant, which made him uncontrollable slightly, and then stepped forward again.

This was the first time he had received an electric shock, and with Guo Xiaoshi's physique at this time, he didn't feel very uncomfortable, it was completely within the range of bearing, and even he felt that after this thunder could enter his body, it quickly integrated into his own source energy, which made him feel a sense of fulfillment.

continued to move forward quickly, but after only walking for about ten steps, Guo Xiaoshi had already received three consecutive lightning strikes, which made him frown slightly.

This lightning strike is too frequent, although he can withstand it, but under such frequent blows, there will be times when he can't bear it after all, and the thunder energy of the Thousand Mountains Thunder Fire is getting stronger and stronger the deeper it goes, and he is still at the entrance.

"You can only take one step at a time!"

Guo Xiaoshi did not pause at his feet, and continued to stride forward, secretly thinking in his heart at the same time, wondering if he could use the Altar of Time to go in and hide before coming out when he couldn't bear it.

Of course, he won't use the Altar of Time as a cheat unless he has to.