Chapter 242: The Sacrificial Ceremony

The marquis was crowned and the sacrifice ceremony was made.

It was a grand event that attracted worldwide attention

In the imperial city, the marquis of the major marquis mansions all came in person, the noble marquis, and the marquis of the cold door.

The four princes, riding a gorgeous car, came to the sacrificial platform, the King of the Golden Peng, the King of the Qilin, the King of the Dragon, and the King of the Peacock.

The four princes are the four pillars of the Yulan Empire, who control the army, have fiefdoms, and have huge power, all of them are powerful figures, and their status in the imperial court is second only to the Yulan Emperor.

In addition to the princes, even the Emperor Yulan also came in person, riding in a chariot, followed by many forbidden soldiers and eunuchs, and all the major princes saluted him.

The coronation of the heir of the ordinary Hou Mansion naturally cannot have such treatment.

However, the Sword Pavilion Marquis Mansion is different, it belongs to one of the fourteen hereditary marquis mansions, and it is one of the "eighteen meritorious heroes" of the founding of the Yulan Empire.

The fourteen hereditary princely mansions and the four royal palaces are the real aristocratic princes, the core of the interests and power of the entire empire.

In a few decades, the heirs of the 14 hereditary princes and the four princes will become the rulers of the entire empire. Therefore, the coronation of the hereditary princely heir is particularly important, comparable to the canonization of the crown prince, and the major princes will come in person

In addition to the princes, many sect masters, martial arts masters, poor warriors, and peddlers and pawns will also come to witness this grand event

"The Marquis of the Sword Pavilion has been in charge of the Marquis of the Sword Pavilion for almost fifty years, and now he has finally begun to cultivate an heir."

"This is the transfer of power, and in the future, Ning Xiaochuan will be the lord of the Sword Pavilion Mansion. ”

An elderly marquis said: "The situation is not optimistic, Ning Xiaochuan is the leader of the Heavenly Emperor Academy, and he has become the disciple of the master of the Heavenly Palace. In another thirty years, the major princely mansions will have to hand over the rights, the newcomers will take the throne, and the old man will retire, and I am afraid that few people will be able to fight Ning Xiaochuan at that time. ”

Although the identity of the senior sister of the master of the school palace is mysterious, most of these princes who have lived for nearly a hundred years have heard of her name, and many people have guessed that Ning Xiaochuan has worshipped the senior sister of the master of the school palace as a teacher.

"Respect the elderly, you are thinking too far ahead. The country waits for talented people to come out, and one generation is stronger than the other. Today, it is the older generation that has the final say. ”

A silver Xiaoyue Golden Lion pulled a sandalwood ancient car, slowly marched into the ancestral land of the Sword Pavilion Marquis' Mansion, and stopped under a maple tree.

The purple jade curtain of the ancient car was opened by a jade-white soft hand, with slender fingers and crystal skin, like a hand carved by ice and snow. This is the most perfect hand in the world, without any flaws, see a finger, you can imagine that the owner of the hand must be a peerless beauty who has captivated the country and the city.

The curtain opened, revealing a woman with a white veil, with a bun on her head, a red hairpin, pearl jade hanging on her ears, a pair of bright and beautiful black apricot eyes staring at the altar in the distance, red lips hidden in the white veil, looming, and said faintly: "What a grand event"

Xiao Ling'er snuggled in the arms of the woman in white, opened a pair of big round eyes, looked at the altar with sleepy eyes, and said in a milky voice: "Mother, what are you looking at?"

Yu Ningsheng put down the curtain, and the pair of delicate jade hands stroked Xiao Ling'er's head, and said, "Little Ling'er, why do you call me mother?"

Xiao Ling'er blinked her big eyes, revealing her round pupils, and her eyes flashed, "Mother, I'm hungry."

Yu Ningsheng sighed, she was really helpless, Xiao Ling'er saw that any beautiful woman called her mother, and she couldn't make her change her mouth at all, which was really a headache.

"The Sacrifice Begins"

An old man in a Taoist robe, named Xuan Qingzi, was presiding over today's shaman.

Xuan Qingzi is the second-grade national teacher of the Yulan Empire, the sage of the Daomen, and was canonized as the "Haiming Gong", with a high and powerful position, and is in charge of the etiquette and justice of the entire empire.

The Yulan Empire was built with military force and governed by Taoism.

The disciples of the Daomen are the ministers of the Yulan Empire, who manage the appointment, dismissal, assessment, and promotion of officials; management of land accounts, taxation and finance; management of ceremonies, rituals, and academies; administering judicial prisons; Management of project construction, tuntian water conservancy, etc.

It can be said that the rights of these national teachers are not weaker than those of princes in the slightest, but princes can be hereditary, can own fiefs, can own mines, can have armies, however, national teachers do not.

Once the national teacher abdicates, he can only be regarded as a poor person, and he is nothing.

Therefore, in the Yulan Empire, it is still the princes who are more influential.

In the Yulan Empire, the national teachers were divided into seven grades.

There is only one national teacher, who is canonized as the "Taishi", who is the master of the national teacher, the master of the Taoist gate, and the minister and Taoist master in charge of the world, with great power, and can be called one person under ten thousand people

The second-grade national teacher, a total of nine people, was named the "Nine Princes", all of whom were extremely popular and had the power to call the wind and rain.

The national teacher invited by the old marquis to preside over Ning Xiaochuan's coronation ceremony is a second-grade national teacher - Haiming Gong, Xuan Qingzi.

Ning Xiaochuan wore a white dress, walked up the stone steps step by step, ascended the altar, and came to the bronze tripod of Fengtian.

Xuan Qingzi is one hundred and thirty years old, his hair and beard are white, but his skin is still similar to that of a young man, and there is no sign of aging at all.

As soon as Ning Xiaochuan approached Xuan Qingzi, he felt that the Xuan Qi of Heaven and Earth had changed, as if Xuan Qingzi had merged with the entire Heaven and Earth and became a part of Heaven and Earth.

If Ning Xiaochuan closed his eyes and only sensed with his mind, then it would be impossible to sense Xuan Qingzi standing beside him.

"I'm afraid this old way of cultivation is very scary," Ning Xiaochuan thought in his heart.

Xuan Qingzi held the dust whisk in his hand, his head contained the divine light of three flowers, and there were grains of light flowing on his skin, and said, "Young Master Ning, soak your hands in incense."

Twelve young women wearing Taoist robes took a copper basin and put it in front of Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan rolled up his sleeves and put his hands into the copper basin to wash.

Xuan Qingzi said loudly: "Sacrifice to the ancestors"

Ning Xiaochuan took a bowl of thick yellow incense and inserted it into the Fengtian copper tripod.

At the same time, a large number of cattle, dogs, and livestock were slaughtered and thrown into the altar, where they were incinerated by the raging flames of the altar.

A pillar of blood-red light rose from the altar and pierced through the sky, dyeing the sky blood-red.

Xuan Qingzi said again: "Sacrifice to the sky"

Ning Xiaochuan took the second yellow incense stick and inserted it into the Fengtian copper tripod.

"Puff"

A large number of beasts and livestock were slaughtered, their heads and horns were cut off, and blood poured into the altar like a waterfall, covering the entire altar with a layer of blood-red light.

In the altar, the whistling of ghouls sounded, like a cry, like a roar, like a whimper, like a ghost of hell being awakened.

Above the sky, a loud Sanskrit sound sounded, the clouds were surging, the fog opened and closed, and wisps of light and mist sprinkled down, becoming a waterfall of heaven and earth

"I feel that today's shaman is a little unusual, and it has attracted the celestial phenomenon of 'ghosts and gods singing together. Twenty years ago, when the crown prince was crowned, such a celestial phenomenon was introduced, and today it has appeared again. King Jinpeng sat in the middle of the car and said slowly.

Beside him, in the car of the Peacock Ming King, a woman's majestic voice came out, and said: "This is just the sacrifice to the ancestors and the sky, and the sacrifice to the gods has not yet begun, and what may happen later? ”

The Peacock Ming King is the only queen of the Yulan Empire, who usually cultivates in retreat, rarely comes out and walks around, and has a good status in the Yulan Empire.

Her car was made from the bones of a peacock, the peacock's feathers were bright and powerful, and just a car parked there oppressed many people out of breath.

Not every sacrifice will attract visions of heaven and earth, only those who have great luck, when crowned, can use the power of the altar to communicate with the ancestors, the heavens and the gods, and send blessings.

Those who can bring about visions of heaven and earth in sacrifices are extraordinary people.

This is a sign that Heaven is foreshadowing the world

Xuan Qingzi's face also showed a different color, and he could clearly feel that the altar contained powerful energy, and the luck of heaven and earth gathered towards the altar.

He had never encountered such a thing before when he had presided over a sacrifice

"Worship the gods," Xuan Qingzi said aloud.

Ning Xiaochuan inserted the third incense stick into the Fengtian copper tripod.

At the same time, those slaves, livestock, and mysterious beasts were all killed, and the corpses were thrown on the altar, and the blood condensed together and gathered into a river, forming various different forms, like dragons, lions and tigers, and humanoids.

The blood light on the altar became even stronger, reflecting the whole sky red, emitting blood light, like a blood-red ocean hanging upside down in the sky, full of floating corpses

"Woohoo"

The cries of ghosts and the fairy music of the gods are all intertwined in this space.

Above the sky, lightning and thunder roared, and the phantom of a fairy palace appeared in the void, mysterious and unpredictable, which made people extremely shocking.

When the people of the entire imperial city saw this scene, their hearts were shocked, and many people even knelt on the ground to worship, thinking that the Emperor of Heaven had appeared.

"Heavenly Emperor Shrine"

The major princes were shocked, and their hearts couldn't be calm, staring at the phantom of the fairy palace above the heavenly dome, thinking of the ancient legends recorded in the ancient books.

The Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace is even more mysterious than the "Heavenly Palace" in the Emperor's Ruins.

"Legend has it that the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace was hidden in the clouds and mist above the Yulan Empire, suspended in the sky, but no one has ever been able to find it. ”

Ning Xiaochuan walked up to the altar step by step, climbed to the top, cut his wrist with a jade knife, and blood flowed out and fell into the altar.

"Boom"

The entire altar boiled and turned into a sea of blood red, and wisps of blood qi flowed towards Ning Xiaochuan's body.

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