Are these people the current top players and high-level leaders in Vietnam? Looking at the crowd on the huge sacrificial stairs dozens of miles away, Zhao Qing's heart moved slightly, and he identified the specific identities of these people one by one according to their appearance, figure, and the style and characteristics of the robes they were wearing.

In addition to the great Sima Zhujiying of the "Upper Six Qi" realm, Fan Li of the "Lower Six Qi" realm, and the prince and Yi who are cultivating for secrecy, the doctors and feudal monarchs who are in the forefront should all be cultivators of the "Middle Six Qi" realm.

Since they were all facing the main hall on the altar, she could only see their backs and sides, not what the front was.

But although it is only from a distance, as a master of the "Six Qi" realm, naturally everyone is extraordinary and extraordinary; Especially the Yue King Gou Jian at the front, holding a jade gui and a sword at his waist, his expression was solemn and majestic, which invisibly revealed the momentum of the king.

Speaking of which, Gou Jian and Wen should be the top two masters of sword in the Ming Dynasty at present, according to Zhao Qing, perhaps the former can comprehend many top divine weapons, with a lot of resources and exercises, and the cultivation is slightly higher by half a point.

With such a profound cultivation realm, but still being able to endure the experience of being a slave in the Wu Kingdom, it can be seen that his mentality and perseverance are extraordinary, so he can cultivate such strength.

Although there was a saying later that "the rabbit dies and the dog cooks, and the bird hides the bow", in fact, a careful examination of the situation after the destruction of Wu by the Yue Kingdom should contain many unknown details; Especially in this world where cultivators are extremely powerful, it is by no means so simple to sort out.

Speaking of the monarchs of the countries in the world, according to the brief information that Zhao Qing had heard during this time, there are no monarchs in the countries of the world who have reached the realm of the "Upper Six Qi", and the cultivation of the "Middle Six Qi" is already the first sequence of them.

Since the death of Qin Jinggong, Jin Pinggong, Chu Ping Wang, Yue Wang Yunchang, Wu Wang Lu, Qi Jinggong, Chu Zhao Wang and other monarchs who have cultivated to the "Upper Six Qi" realm have passed away one after another, if you talk about who is most likely to become the next monarch to break through the realm, Wu Wangfucha is generally listed first, followed by Qin Bopan and Yue Wang Goujian.

Chu Wangzhang, who has just ascended the throne and is still young, and Marquis Wu of Jin and Marquis Yangsheng of Qi, who are strong and weak, are not very high in cultivation at present; The Song Kingdom, the Wei Kingdom, the Zheng Kingdom, the Yan Kingdom and other countries are not very optimistic because they have not been out of this realm for a long time.

With the precedent of Yue Wang Yunchang, in the eyes of outsiders, the possibility of Gou Jian breaking through the realm is much higher, and once he reaches the realm of "Shang Liuqi", his external appeal will increase a lot, so that it can lead the prosperity of the country.

Therefore, Zhao Qing was a little suspicious, Gou Jian might have the ability to break through, but he was worried that he would be suppressed by Wu Guo, suppressed there, and wanted to wait for the right time.

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According to the regulations of the Zhou rites, only the son of Zhou Tianzi is qualified to sacrifice to God and the kings of Zhou in the past dynasties; The princes could only worship the local mountain and river gods and their ancestors; The aristocratic scholars and doctors could only worship their own small gods such as the god of the stove and the god of the door, and sacrifice their ancestors.

However, during the Spring and Autumn Period, the ceremonies and music collapsed, and the states of Qi, Qin, Chu, Wu, and Yue established their own god sacrifices to worship the supreme gods worshiped by their own countries; Even the Ji clan of the Lu State also had the behavior of exceeding the system to worship Mount Tai.

Among the big countries in the world, the Jin State has relatively few transgressions to the ritual system due to the help of the Zhou royal family, and there are not many public violations of the etiquette law, mainly in private, and the Marquis of Jin himself does not sacrifice to the sky, but to the ancestor Tang Shuyu.

The Book of Rites? "Sacrifice" said: "The sacrifice of the suburbs, the mourners dare not cry, the fierce clothes dare not enter the country, and the respect is also the same." ”

Unlike the formations with spiritual shielding in Huiji City, in the suburbs outside the city, the perception of the masters of the "Six Qi" realm is not limited, if they are disrespectful, even if they are far away, they are likely to be discovered and recognized.

Zhao Qing, who knew this, thought that he had no belief in any gods, at most he was in awe of his strength in cultivation, so he didn't stop too much on the altar in the distance, but searched for the vast crowd of onlookers who were isolated by the Junzi Army.

Since the number of people present was hundreds of thousands, she spent a while, but she didn't find someone who was more familiar with Wen Gao, and she was not ready to waste time, so she moved to a place with fewer people with the ape on the side, and talked about martial arts.

Having figured out the key points of the first two levels of Gangjin, although Zhao Qing still needs two days to polish his strength, he can also take it to make leaps and bounds in cultivation for the ape who just entered Gangjin yesterday and is talented.

At the same time, she also shared the classics she had browsed in the Martial Arts Academy yesterday with Ape Gong, analyzed them together, inspired each other, and absorbed the martial arts nutrition in them at a speed that was several times faster than that of individual research, and made subtle adjustments to the strength cultivated by both sides, and optimized and improved them silently.

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In the distance, on the altar in the eastern suburbs, Gou Jian and his courtiers and feudal lords had already climbed to the top floor, and they placed the jade gui in their hands on a bronze table, lighting the precious incense in front of the main hall.

Qin Yin, who was on the side, raised the bronze staff high, brought an extraordinarily strong and powerful ox from the orcs who were specially responsible for providing sacrificial livestock, cast a spell to calm its emotions, making it docile and calm, and then solemnly handed the ox rope to Gou Jian's hand.

The prince and Yi went around to the other side of the ox, made a helping move, and together with Gou Jian, brought the cow into the solemn sacrificial hall, and tied it to the huge stone tablet engraved with the symbol of "Eastern Emperor" in the center of the hall.

Fan Li and Wen Chong glanced at each other, took the sharp bronze long knife from the ceremonial official on the side, and soaked it in the pure water purified by the wizards at all levels with jade magic weapons, and then took out the knife at the same time, stabbed into the brain and heart of the scalper, and killed it on the spot.

Next, Zhu Jiying, Futong, Gaoru and others did not use their cultivation power, but like ordinary people who did not cultivate, they each took a luan knife with a ring and a bell, gently shaved the hair of the cow corpse, and then gradually dismembered the cow body.

Accompanied by the melodious ringing of the luan knife and the timely music around the main hall, several doctors wielded the knives freely, separating the bones, meat, internal organs, and fat of the whole cow, and solemnly placed the cut parts in several large tripods next to the stone tablet according to classification.

After completing this process, they all retreated, leaving only Gou Jian and Qin Yin, who assisted in the sacrifice, standing there, and lit a raging fire under the ding, illuminating the surrounding ceremonial vessels such as Gui, Xuan, Dun, Hulian, etc., and began to pray related to national events.

At the same time, in other corners outside the main hall, in various areas of the altar, 5,400 cows, as well as several times as many pigs, sheep, and dogs, that had been treated with special witchcraft, were decapitated and executed instantly, and blood pooled along the specially arranged passages towards the center of the altar.

On the sixth floor of the Ninefold Altar, due to the integration of various magical powers and heaven and earth vitality, the blood of the sacrifice was colorful, flowing into a large pit in the center, accumulating a shallow layer and sparse bubbles.

With the subtle sound of the deformation, a large number of processed and thinly shaved tortoise shells and animal bones were tied to the black gold silk thread, suspended and soaked in this blood water, and after a period of heating, they were lifted and transported to the seventh layer above.

On this level, hundreds of wizards raised their staffs, and the words in their mouths lit up with a blue-white light at the head of the staff, shining towards the tortoise shells and animal bones, condensing flames that quickly turned black on their surfaces, and performing ritual burning.

Soon, these thin bone armor formed all kinds of cracks, making a crackling cracking sound, revealing a strange glow in the gaps, allowing the wizards on the side to draw the corresponding divination results according to the length, thickness, straightness, and concealment of the cracks and light paths.

After recording the results of the divination, the passage between the seventh and eighth layers of the altar suddenly opened, and a large hole with a diameter of more than ten zhang appeared, which sucked the burned oracle bones to the upper layer and arranged them in a certain regular manner;

Then they all landed on a huge dark cyan tortoise shell like a small mountain, like a bright star being embedded in the vast starry sky, forming a large picture of tortoise shell strung together by thousands of armor pieces.

At this time, a slightly hunchbacked old man slowly walked out from the depths of the altar, and it was the old wizard who presided over the competition between Chen Zonghua and Wen Run yesterday.

I saw that the inside of his eyes lit up with a blue-white flame, and suddenly shot out in all directions, driving the light contained in the oracle bone to bloom completely, and under the heavy reflection of the bronze mirrors all over this space, the place was instantly turned into a pure glow;

And with the change of the angle of the bronze mirror and the fine spell of the old wizard, all of them converged on the giant tortoise shell, turning into countless bright runes, revealing a mysterious aura that blurred the space.

Shrinking this tortoise shell, which was originally more than ten miles in size and had already been compressed, the old wizard Bi Zhen climbed the steps from the eighth floor to the ninth floor, and Qin Yin took the piece of armor, picked it up, and sent it to the stone tablet of the "Eastern Emperor".

At the moment when the armor piece was attached to the surface of the stone stele, a majestic and vast pillar of light shot directly from the sea area east of the Yue Kingdom, and in an instant, it crossed an unknown number of thousands of miles, penetrated the heavy barrier of the main hall, and landed in the very center of the tortoise shell;

On the way, there was no destruction, only the sky was falling, the streamer danced, and there was a breath lingering on it, as deep as the void, vast and boundless, as if there were countless lives and deaths, explaining the mystery of the avenue.

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Looking at this special tortoise shell that had been replied to by the "Eastern Emperor", Qin Yin seemed to have entered a state of communication with the gods, and the temperament of the whole person suddenly changed, becoming indifferent and arrogant, his voice was hoarse, and he spit out a bunch of incoherent words:

"Hostility...... From Miko...... Lurk...... Target...... in the bones. Mountains...... will be passed on...... Wish. ”

Knowing that the other party was not playing tricks, but indeed with the help of the great power of the gods, he got some of the results of the divination related to the future, Gou Jian and Fan Li, Wen Chong and others who were standing in the distance of the main hall listened quietly, thinking in their hearts.

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Soon, the results of the giant tortoise shell and the smaller oracle bone on it were collected and confirmed, and Gou Jian and the others began to discuss the divination after the worship.

"The enemy who suddenly attacked yesterday afternoon actually came from Minzi Korea?" Gou Jian ordered Qin Yin, who was temporarily out of strength after interpreting the oracle, to go down to rest, turned to look at Fan Li and Wen Chong, who he relied on the most, and asked in a deep voice.

The so-called "Jizi Joseon" is a country established by the uncle of the Emperor of the Dynasty, Jizi, who led a large number of remnants of the Shang Dynasty to migrate to the Korean Peninsula and educate the locals. At present, it travels with Yan by land and Qi and Yue by sea.

The reason why there is no Wu State is because the main goal of Wu's shipbuilding industry has been to deal with the sailors of Chu for a long time, and for the time being, the technology in ocean navigation is insufficient, and the level is close to that of Qi State, which is quite inferior to the Yue people with a long history of sea navigation.

"It stands to reason that although there is a small amount of ocean-going trade between the DPRK and our country, there has been almost no formal exchange, so it doesn't seem like there is a contradiction." Fan Li thought for a moment and reminded.

"Moreover, what Yichen has learned, this country is currently in a relatively chaotic state, the Marquis of Ji has a very weak grasp of his own country, and he does not have a master of the 'Upper Six Qi' realm, and his strength is much weaker than that of Yue Guo, so there should be no reason to take the initiative to stir up trouble outside."

"Perhaps, the enemy took advantage of the fact that the Marquis of Mi could not control the state of the country, so he hid his own power in the country of Mizi Korea, and used it as a base to secretly develop."

Wen Chong then analyzed: "At the same time, it cannot be ruled out that the enemy knows that we will carry out divination, prepare in advance, and mislead. It's better to try to do a second verification when you sacrifice to the Queen Mother of the West at night. ”

Hearing this, Gou Jian nodded and agreed: "Then listen to what Dr. Wen says." In fact, the widow doesn't care much about the origin of this 'Void Dao', and the most important thing is how to deal with the other party's possible sneak attack and retaliation in the future. ”

"Do you still remember the news that Zhu Ji Ying, who returned to Huiji last night, and brought back from Chu State? With the new King of Chu just ascending the throne, the power of Taiyimen began to be active again, and there was a tendency to expand. ”

Fan Li thought for a while and replied: "The best way to deal with a difficult enemy is to find a new opponent for him. If there is a big contradiction between the two major forces of 'Void Dao' and 'Taiyimen', presumably they won't be able to take care of our Yue Guo. ”

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According to the ritual practice, after the ceremony, the meat of the sacrifice will be distributed to the ministers present, and because the gods have given blessings when they enjoy the sacrifices, although the taste of cooking in the water in the ding is not very good, there is a majestic aura inside, which has the effect of enhancing cultivation.

In addition to the cow that the monarch personally sacrificed, the remaining more than 100,000 head of cattle, sheep, and pigs will not be equally given to the top level of the Yue Kingdom, but will be quickly distributed to the inferior doctors and outstanding talents under the implementation of the policy set by Gou Jian.

Since it was still not enough to be distributed, most of the remaining sacrifices, including millet and millet, would be distributed to the poorer Chinese in the Huiji area, foreign visitors, and the gentlemen on duty around the altar as relief and blessings.

This kind of food, which was originally a sacrifice, can be divided into multiple grades according to the distance near the center of the altar, and the concentration of aura contained in it is different, and it is allowed to be given to others, but it is not allowed to be traded with money.

When Zhao Qing didn't know it, there were actually three cattle and sheep that had been removed from the altar, as well as some rare fruits and vegetables, which would be sent to her residence after two hours according to the procedure, and a certain preservation technique would be applied, and there would be no deterioration in half a month.

Holding a festival with so many people onlookers is not all out of respect and belief in the gods, but also for the purpose of getting a piece of soup when the sacrifices are distributed later.

As Gou Jian and the others walked out of the main hall on the top floor of the altar, it showed that the sacrifice had come to an end, and the surrounding crowds gradually dispersed, some returned to Huiji City, and some rushed straight to the altar in the western suburbs to worship the Queen Mother of the West, wanting to wait for the festival to another god at midnight.

As for Zhao Qing and Ape Gong, they caught a glimpse of the mysterious pillar of light shuttling from the East China Sea on the way, and perhaps received the blessing of some gods near the altar, they suddenly made a major discovery in martial arts, and gave birth to a lot of inspiration and inspiration.

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