"Brother Cheng Yuan, why didn't you go with your family? I just heard Master Xiaolian say that the immortal family's banquet should be followed by each clan. ”

"Isn't it time for the festival to begin? Cheng Yuan rubbed his arm and grinned with bared teeth.

As he was talking, he saw Cheng Yuan suddenly lift his robe and bow his hand, and the indecent smile on the corner of his mouth was replaced by a decent appearance, his eyes crossed my shoulder, and he called, "I've seen Le Niangniang." ”

I turned around, and there was a richly dressed woman standing in front of a row of fairy maids, next to the woman, was a girl in yellow with delicate eyebrows, the girl was squeezing her eyes at Cheng Yuan, her face was full of aura and innocence, and her eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles, which made people like it very much when they saw it. She ran over and patted Cheng Yuan's shoulder hard, and when she saw Cheng Yuan secretly glaring at her, she smiled crisply, "Cheng Yuan Xiaojun, why don't you follow your father and come to my brother to refine your brother?"

"Yuan'er, Hugh laughs like this, making others look at the joke. The noble lady who was respectfully called 'Kunle Niangniang' by Cheng Yuan smiled and reprimanded, and her eyebrows and eyes were doting. But when he looked at Master Xiaolian, his face was a little stiff.

"Lian'er, your father is already in the sacrificial ground. ”

It turned out that this Lady Kunle was the mother-in-law of Master Xiaolian! And that Yuan'er girl was the sister of Master Xiaolian! When I heard Miss Yuan'er say 'Brother Xiaolian', I thought it was a kind word, just like I called Brother Chengyuan. I took a closer look at Na Le Niangniang, but her eyebrows and eyes were not similar to Master Xiaolian, but they were very similar to that Yuan'er girl.

Kunle Niangniang looked at the girl standing next to Lian'er without a trace, covered her sigh, and said, "Who ......is this girl?" Although she asked the girl in front of her, her face was looking towards Lian'er. The Yuan'er girl standing next to her also frequently looked at the girl beside Xiaolian, and there was irrepressible curiosity in her eyebrows.

"Kunle Niangniang, my name is Luo Jin, and I am a disciple of Chunxu Mountain. ”

Kunle Niangniang looked at me, and then looked at Master Xiaolian, and moved her lips as if she had something to say, when suddenly the bell rang loudly, and there was colorful smoke coming from the altar in the distance, and for a while, the entire Nine Heavens was brilliant. Yuan'er said happily, "This is about to start." ”

So we hurried to the altar.

When I arrived, there were already many immortal officials and cyclamen waiting there, and Kunle Niangniang took Miss Yuan'er to the front first, estimating that she was going to follow her own family. Cheng Yuan Xiaojun also disappeared, presumably with his own clan and family. But Master Xiaolian didn't follow, but slowed down, and was willing to be left behind.

I stretched my neck from the pile of people and looked at the altar above, but I didn't see anything except seven layers of bare soil, not even a handful of weeds, in fact, I thought that the altar above the nine heavens must be the richest, and I came with a heart to see the excitement, so I inevitably had some disappointment, so I secretly looked at the immortal officials and cyclamen wearing various colors of immortal clothes to relieve their boredom, and saw that their faces were solemn and upright, and they were divided into factions, and each of them stood in front of the altar. I was looking around, and suddenly I heard a mellow and steady familiar voice sound, it was the senior brother's usual unhurried speaking speed, "Today's grand event, Meng Tianjun is loved, and he has been ordered to preside over this sacrament in Xia Yanhua......" The senior brother stood on the lower level of the altar, and his temperament was as clear as a bamboo, green and noble. Although it was far away, I still felt my heart skip a beat, and I was still a little nervous in my heart, as if it was me standing on top. I looked up in the audience and saw him speak in a graceful manner, and his expression looked calm and dignified.

Xiao Lian saw that Yan Hua led several ceremonial officials who were planning the sacrifice to make the final and thorough preparations for the ceremony. There was an imperceptible glint in his eyes. The Celebrant - This is a lowly and difficult temporary position, dealing with trivial and complicated affairs, and if you are not careful, you will make a mistake and invite yourself endless trouble. He was tired of even imagining the work, but Yan Hua did it in an orderly and brilliant way. The corners of his lips curled, not knowing whether he was laughing or being sarcastic.

When everything was in order, I saw the senior brother walk to the main seat in front of the stage, holding a square box of deep-dug high-relief dragon rhino horns, which contained two piles of powder like fine sand, one yellow and one white. The senior brother held the square box high, and made an unhurried and thoughtful bow to the Heavenly Monarch and the Queen of Heaven, and said loudly, "The ministers have finished their preparations, and I respectfully ask the Holy Heavenly Monarch to offer heavenly sacrifices on behalf of the common people of the world." ”

Tianjun stood up from the throne and walked to Yan Hua with a very serious expression. The two columns of ceremonial officials all held blue torches in waiting, and the blue flames shone from above the Heavenly Monarch, making his facial features blurry and indistinguishable, only reflecting the lines on his face, like a knife and axe, revealing the majesty of the emperor everywhere.

The faces of the immortals standing together under the stage were all very serious. I saw the Heavenly Monarch step by step walking to the top of the altar, and Yan Hua followed steadily behind him with the sacrificial box. The Heavenly Monarch, dressed in fine clothes, waved his wide sleeves towards the altar, and on the originally empty altar immediately appeared seven stone-gray pillars of different heights and some broken pieces, each of which was engraved with many vermilion inscriptions, and there were many vague and indistinguishable bas-reliefs of animal patterns around the inscriptions. The seven pillars seemed to be arranged in a haphazard manner, but from a distance I could see the whole shape like a giant candlestick with seven branches.

Later, the elder brother told me that these were the seven sacrificial stone pillars, which were the earliest sacrificial stone pillars set up by the ancestors thousands of years ago to thank the father for his kindness. Up to now, although the ancestors have been gone for a long time, they can be taken from generation to generation, because for these thousands of years, the sacrificial pillar has always been lit with a lamp, but this lamp is ignorance, and can only be seen when the cultivation reaches a certain level. In order to make this lamp last for a long time, every few years, some ignorant powder made of ignorant flowers should be added to it, and there are sacrificial immortal officials around the altar who are on duty day and night. And the white and yellow sand I just saw is actually the sacrificial powder made of ignorant flowers.

Tianjun took a handful of yellow sacrificial powder from the square box held by Yan Hua and sprinkled it on six of the sacrificial pillars, and then took a handful of white sacrificial powder and sprinkled it on the highest sacrificial pillar in the middle...... For me, this sacrificial ceremony is really more solemn, but also a little boring, I looked sideways at Master Xiaolian, his face was calm, I don't know what he was thinking, as if he saw me peeking at him, so he also turned his face to look at me, I didn't look away, he didn't look away, we looked at each other like this for a while, I suddenly couldn't help but laugh out, provoked the side eyes of several immortal friends around, said that it was a side eye, in fact, it was a tact, probably with the word angry eyes, or more appropriate, about they thought that this sacrifice was so solemn, how could I just laugh so rudelyEven though I laughed quietly, it seemed to them that I was extremely ignorant, but Master Xiaolian didn't care, and I vaguely saw a smile on his lips. Just when I thought that this sacrificial ceremony was not very interesting, I saw the senior brother bring out a simple short sword.

Yun Tian looked at Yan Hua in the crowd, and quickly glanced at Tianjun's face, frowning. The book that had always hung in his eyebrows was clear, but at this time it disappeared without a trace, and a few sharp rays of light secretly shot out of it.

Tianjun took the short sword handed by Yan Hua, and a light flashed imperceptibly under his eyes, which was fleeting. He looked at Yan Hua, and seeing that his respectful appearance with his eyebrows lowered and his head lowered was as usual, he turned around again, and his eyes looked carefully among the people under the altar, revealing a bit of terrifying sharpness. He grasped the short sword in his hand, slowly turned back to face the altar, and suddenly, stabbed Yan Hua's neck at an extremely fast speed.

I stood at the foot of the altar, and when I suddenly saw this scene, I was about to exclaim in surprise, but the hand hanging down at my side was tightly held by a pair of slightly cold big hands, it was Master Xiaolian. I turned my head to look at him in horror, and he frowned, pursed the corners of his lips, and shook his head gently at me.

The short sword in Tianjun's hand had already pierced Yan Hua's neck, and the blood beads flowed down the black gold blade on the stone pillar one by one, converging into a shocking red. If the short sword in his hand advanced even further, it would be able to kill him instantly! There was a precedent for immortal sacrifices in the past. He quickly glanced at Yanhua, and saw that his face was always respectful and modest, and the look in his eyes did not change in the slightest. Tianjun's heart was slightly relieved, the blade of the short sword in his hand was slightly offset, and he gently slashed the skin of Yan Hua's neck and then handed the short sword to him, seeing Yan Hua's solemn hands and standing aside, with a humble and obedient appearance.

The light in Tianjun's eyes gradually faded, revealing a soft complexion, and said, "Yanhua, thank you for your hard work." ”

Under the altar, Yun Tian's eyes were firmly fixed on the platform, at this time, if Yanhua was slightly wrong, even a slight reaction would plunge him into a place of no return. Seeing that the blood sacrifice ceremony of the sacrifice was over, his face softened slightly, and his original sharp gaze had long since disappeared, replaced by the elegance and gentleness of the literati. He turned his face sideways, looked at his father who was standing beside him with the same deep gaze, and then turned away.

The back of my palms was wet and sweaty, my heart was beating hard, and my ears were buzzing, and if it weren't for Master Xiaolian holding my hand and supporting me, I don't think I would have been able to stand. I am always grateful to him for his timely help.

Later, I learned that in the past, in addition to dealing with many tedious matters in preparation, the presiding officer of the ceremony also had to contribute the blood of the sacrifice, and Yan Hua did not tell me before, because he did not want me to worry about him. Although I later learned that the senior brother was fine, I still couldn't stop feeling distressed when I looked at the wound afterwards.

However, what I thought was a sacrifice was a gift to the Father, who created the heavens and the earth, and this should have been, but if it was a sacrifice for life, it would have been cruel after all. Later, Mo Yan said to me that the Father had never let people sacrifice like this, and the Father was originally love, and what the Father wanted was naturally the love of the people for Him, but everyone in the world had sinned, and when they saw that the Father was hiding, they took the blood as a sacrifice without authorization, hoping that the Father would have mercy.

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"I think that the Father moved his heart thousands of years ago, broke through chaos, created heaven and earth, and made his kun rich and yang music happen;

Create hundreds of beasts, creatures and people, and make our immortal ancestors go to the clear, calm and keep the will, and guard the prosperity of the world.

The Father listens to it, and uses it to be blessed, and there is a request for it, and there is no virtue or affection.

However, there is sometimes ugliness in the human heart, and everything is trapped and implicated, and God the Father is angry.

I am now leading the people to show their match, eternal filial piety, worship of God, and only clear virtue.

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I listened carefully to these words, the voice of the Heavenly Monarch was neither high nor low, but it was deep and vast, and there was an invisible deterrence in his words after many years of imperial life. However, the Heavenly Monarch changed the conversation again, and talked about the affairs of the south. It turns out that since the incident of the evil spirit and ghost clan more than 10,000 years ago, although the ghost clan has always been turbulent, it has never crossed the barrier of the southern border, but now it is sometimes violated, and there is a great tendency to be unscrupulous. The meaning of the Heavenly Monarch is that all immortals should think of the common people in the world, and should think of the heart of the Father and God, and that the immortals should be ready to fight against the evil spirits and ghosts at any time together with the Nine Heavens.

If this is changed to the statement of Seventh Senior Brother Mo Yan, that is, if there is a fight at that time, those who should be out will be released, and those who should be out of the magic weapon will be willing to take out the magic weapon.

The Heavenly Monarch said it freely, and then ordered the official to prepare for the banquet, so that all of us moved to the main hall of the Heavenly Palace for the banquet.

There is still some distance from the main hall, and I heard bursts of lively fairy music from inside, and there are many immortals and immortals at the door, and we are connected one by one in an orderly manner, and I sigh in my heart that this nine-day banquet is really very pompous and courteous.

This grand banquet was very lively compared to the solemnity and coldness of the previous sacrifices. The queen of heaven solemnly said the congratulations of the banquet on the main seat, roughly what is "the music plays the clouds, and the etiquette is pious." The sect is in the ground, and the false is in the sky. But Xin is recommended, both drunk. God's descent for ever, ever, ever, and so on. After saying these words of congratulations, Tianjun left first, and there were several immortal officials who left with him.

Fang Cai, all the immortals standing in the audience are all factions, each of them, but now, they are chatting and laughing with everyone in the fairy music, and they are free to mix and match.

The foundation of the main hall seems to be paved with jade, and there are many auspicious patterns carved on it, and there is faintly the breath of water flowing in the gaps of the carving. When Fang was outside, he really saw the rectangular outer wall of the main hall, but here, he couldn't see any barrier, only saw the auspicious clouds around the main hall, as if there was no end, it was really boundless.

There is a table high on the main seat of the main hall, and on the top of it sits the queen of heaven dressed in gorgeous clothes, sitting there dignified and gorgeous, although there are a group of high-level immortal servants waiting, but compared to the excitement of the table and table cyclamen in the hall, I only feel that she is very lonely in my heart.

In the hall of the main hall, there are hundreds of tables with silk relief carved dragon pattern red sandalwood octagonal wooden table, and the table is surrounded by all kinds of fairy clothes of immortal officials and cyclamen, the hall is full of auspicious atmosphere, and it looks very imposing. The heavenly banquet is really incomparable to the mortal world.

I sat there and looked around, but I didn't see the shadow of the senior brother, and I turned my head sideways to see Master Xiaolian sitting there idly, the corners of his lips slightly hooked, and his posture was very leisurely, as if he was sitting in the garden behind his Huaguang Hall and watching the excitement.

"Master Xiaolian, why didn't you see Senior Brother?"

When Master Xiao Lian saw me ask this, a pair of beautiful eyes swept over my face, and the light under his eyes was a little unfathomable, but he asked me lightly, "How can you be so attentive to him?"

Master Xiaolian suddenly threw out such a sentence, which made me feel slightly embarrassed for a while. If Seventh Senior Brother Mo Yan was here, I would definitely reply to him with an arrogant appearance: "Some time ago, Senior Brother Seven, you seem to have said a few times that I am not like a female Jiao'e, and no one will dare to ask for it in the future!

But here at Master Xiaolian, I didn't dare to say such arrogant words easily, I leaned on the edge of the chair halfway and was thinking about how to reply, but my shoulder was slapped heavily, and I almost didn't get knocked down, "I haven't seen you for a few days, but it's a lot more mellow! ”

Hearing this teasing voice, before I turned around, I knew that it was Mo Yan, so I turned around and glared at him, but he sat down with a feather fan next to me.

When Mo Yan turned around, he saw Master Xiaolian sitting idly next to him, and couldn't help but be stunned, when he came from behind, there was a column of immortals presenting fruit plates, water and wine for the banquet table, blocking the view, and he never saw Master Xiaolian also here. He saw that Master Xiaolian had that indistinguishable look of joy and anger on his face, and he regretted it in his heart, but he put on a look of surprise on his face, "It turns out that Master Xiaolian is also at this table, and it happened to be a coincidence...... It was a coincidence......"