Although Kiriyama County is still shrouded in a severe drought, the atmosphere in the city is no longer as dead and silent as before, since the Dragon King Festival, which is considered a cultural event by most people.

Large factories are working overtime, busy making the clothes to be worn by the Dragon King.

Various cultural departments also took out the instruments that had been dusted at the bottom of the box and wiped them again.

The topic of Wushan County has been rising, and the words Dragon King Sacrifice have also appeared at the top of the hot search list for the first time.

Netizens are also quite concerned about this event, and the folk culture administrations of other towns have also rushed to this wave of traffic, and a lot of popular science knowledge of related folk culture has been released.

Everyone thought it was a large-scale event prepared by the local government to ease the frustration in the hearts of the citizens of the affected cities.

No one knows that the little-known Fengshen platform at the foot of Nanshan Mountain is the most important thing in this whole ceremony.

All the professors of the Folklore Division have rushed to Wushan County at this moment and gathered under the Fengshen platform.

Professor Li Tai stood in front of everyone and instructed everyone to prepare for the next ceremony.

It is worth noting that the preparation of the professors is very different from the preparation of the people.

A group of professors went to buy the things they needed, and another group of professors went to the nearby ancient temples and Taoist temples to borrow Dharma utensils and Taoist clothes.

During this period, it can be seen everywhere, and several porcelain bowls are placed on the dense trunks of trees in the woods of Nanshan.

Every morning, the dew drips into the porcelain bowl, and over time, each porcelain bowl has received a small half bowl of dew.

Zhao Qi ordered people to carefully collect the dew, and Li Tai was puzzled by this scene.

"Envoy Zhao, what are we collecting this dew for?"

After Zhao Qi put the dew in three porcelain bowls, he covered the bowls with a red cloth, and then said:

This is called rootless water, and when the water falls without roots, it is pure water.

Pure water for the gods, thousands of miles to invite the gods. In this way, the ritual is always the same. ”

Li Tai nodded as if he didn't understand, and then carefully recorded Zhao Qi's words in the notebook he never left.

The folk knowledge that Li Tai and other professors know is nothing more than some book culture.

Compared with the real folk means mastered by Zhao Qi, these book cultures are often one-sided.

Therefore, in order to better cooperate with Zhao Qi's series of actions in the future, the professors put down their bodies and humbly sought advice like students.

They spontaneously recorded the folklore knowledge explained by Zhao Qi so that they could delve deeper into it later.

Soon after, other professors from the Folklore Department arrived from all over the country, and they were all ready to prepare the real necessities of the ceremony.

The lotus pots invited from the temple, under the command of Zhao Qi, were placed in the middle of the shrine.

The peachwood sword invited from the Taoist temple, pressed a pile of blank spells, and placed it on the left side of the shrine.

The black witch robe borrowed from the lady in the deep mountains was also put on Zhao Qi's body with the help of several professors.

This black robe with big sleeves is quite immortal, Zhao Qi stands alone in front of the Fengshentai God Table, and has a great sense of sight overlooking the world.

It is a unique title in the area of Kiriyama Prefecture, and refers to a woman who practiced ancient witchcraft.

Although the related witchcraft has long been lost, the corresponding culture has been passed down in another form, such as the Wangcangduan Gongju.

Especially in the late Qing Dynasty, the people's wisdom was not opened, and the overall medical level was low, so witch doctors were prevalent.

Inviting witches, playing Jiao, asking for medicine sticks, traveling to all kinds of diseases, etc., were very important folk customs at that time.

Even in the late Qing Dynasty, Duan Gong was still a legitimate profession, and there were 89 people in the middle of the orthodox record, and most of them hung black lacquer signboards in front of their homes, and the signboards had the word "altar door" written on them.

Today, this culture has disappeared, but it can still be seen occasionally in mountain dwellings.

The witch robe invited by the professors is actually an evolution of Taoist clothing.

Zhao Qi was wearing a Taoist four-edged hat on his head, wearing a Taoist robe, holding a lotus crown and holding a cloud broom.

In front of the table was a seven-star peachwood sword, holding a pen in his right hand, and he was on top of the book.

This is a classic image of Duangong, but all this will not be seen by the public.

Because the surrounding area has been blocked by agents of the State Secretariat for several kilometers, even if people are paraded in the streets, they can't walk here.

Therefore, people only need to think that this is a normal cultural activity, and the real folk customs and ancient laws will always exist in some way in a place that ordinary people can't see.

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On the last night before the ceremony, every house in the city is lit up and people of all ages, young and old, happily try to get their clothes.

The shadows of opera can be seen in the clothes used in these ceremonies, and the mask of the Rakshasa Ghost King once attracted the attention of many young people.

In today's society, the inheritance of Chinese culture is still very sought after, and young people respect it even if they don't like it, and there is less style of worshipping foreign countries.

Someone could hear the sound of a helicopter propeller coming from the window, but no one knew that the large helicopter was transporting a massive snake spirit.

In two months, the seven-story octagonal Linglong Pagoda in Nanshan was successfully completed.

With a huge golden bell hanging on the top of the Linglong Tower, the person in charge of the construction party signed his name on the formalities and officially announced the completion of the project.

However, to the confusion of all the workers, their side had just ended, and the order was soon issued for them to evacuate urgently and not to stay here.

In an hour's time, Nanshan, which was originally full of people, fell silent again.

On the way to evacuate, the workers couldn't help but discuss in confusion.

"Let's leave in such a hurry, is there something wrong?"

"I don't know, and when I went down the mountain today, I saw that the east side of the foot of Nanshan Mountain was blocked."

"I thought it was strange from the beginning, but it's done anyway, just give the money, whatever it's for?"

A large number of construction crews were quickly evacuated within an hour, away from Nanshan.

Only Zhao Qi and everyone from the Folklore Department were left at the scene.

The reason why the emergency evacuation was necessary was because the behemoth from Dragon County was about to arrive.

If the snake spirit is seen by these construction workers, it is estimated that it will be a big trouble.

Fortunately, the evacuation was timely, and when the helicopter for transportation arrived over Nanshan, there were no more idle people within a radius of a few kilometers.

Chen Xue, benefiting from Zhao Qi, ordered all the agents on the blockade mission to spread the blockade line outward by two kilometers.

In this way, even the agents of the State Secretariat would not know about the existence of the huge snake spirit.

The snake spirit poked its head out of the cage timidly, it didn't know where it was, and it didn't know why it had been transferred here all of a sudden.

Zhao Qi walked towards the snake spirit and said slowly:

"Tomorrow is the day you become a god, and this will be the place where you become a god.

After completing the canonization of the gods, I will personally enshrine your god position in the Linglong Pagoda and give you enough incense power. ”

Hearing this, the snake spirit nodded excitedly, and under the command of Zhao Qi, obediently passed through the Shentai and came to the mountain forest behind the Shentai to hibernate.

At this point, everything is ready to go.

Under the leadership of Qin Tai, all the professors finally checked the list they had made before, and after making sure that everything was ready, they changed their clothes according to Zhao Qi's instructions and waited quietly for dawn.

At dawn the next day, at about six o'clock in the morning, the citizens of various cities in Wushan County wore dragon king robes and rakshasa masks, and walked into the streets excitedly.

Under the command of the relevant local leaders, the people gathered on the main roads of the cities.

Although the weather was unbearably hot, the people seemed to be very interested because of their curiosity.

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in the main cities, and this mighty procession stretched as far as the eye could see.

The same is true on the main road of Wushan County, Zhao Qi has already planned the route for the relevant departments in advance, and at this moment, the relevant person in charge has already evacuated all the parade routes and is waiting for the official start of the ceremony.

The local media carried cameras and prepared to record this rare spectacle.

The official websites of many media have even opened live broadcast links, attracting a large number of netizens to enter them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Longhua Avenue in Wushan County, and now we can see that all the citizens have put on their unique costumes and masks and appeared on the streets.

The ceremony of the Dragon King Festival will officially begin at 7 o'clock, and all citizens will march through the three main roads of Longhua Avenue and finally converge on the Yangtze River Bridge.

In addition, the other main cities of Kiriyama County are also in the same way.

It can be said that this is the largest, most participatory, and most influential folk cultural event in modern history......"

The reporters said the lines that had been prepared in front of the camera, warming up in advance for the next live broadcast.

All the netizens only saw this lively scene, no one knew, and the atmosphere at the foot of Nanshan Mountain was in stark contrast to here.

On the Fengshen platform, Zhao Qi sat quietly behind the god platform.

The professors were also waiting for Zhao Qi to say that the auspicious time had arrived.

In the mountains and forests behind the shrine, the big snake lurks in it, the beasts in the mountains avoid it one after another, and the birds in the forest gather into a spectacular bird tide in the sky, lingering above the mountains and forests, and dare not fall for a long time.

At the moment when the hands slowly set at seven o'clock, the gongs and drums sounded almost simultaneously in various places.

A huge procession began to move, and at the forefront were the scattered professors of the Folklore Division.

The professor held the incense burner in his hand, and the incense burner burned with three pillars of high incense, and they set off with a mighty procession.

If there are drones that can overlook the sky at this moment, they will be surprised to find that the routes of all the parades in each main city are not chaotic, but form a huge formation.

On the side of the Shentai, Zhao Qi reached out and grabbed a handful of white rice in the bowl next to him, and then drew a pattern on the table in one go, which was exactly the same as the formation formed by the routes of the various parades.

At the right time, a deep cheer suddenly came out.

"The auspicious time has come, take the will of heaven, and the immortals will be gods!"

As Zhao Qi's words fell, a nameless wind swept in the mountains and forests.

The whole sky seemed to be a little darker than it had just been, and even a faint sound of thunder could be heard.

Zhao Qi stepped on the seven-star step, and came to the front of the god platform step by step, without falling into the dust.

Under the stunned gaze of the professors, Zhao Qi's hands condensed a handprint, and then his mouth vibrated with words:

"The aroma should be heavy, and the fragrance will be burned through the heavens!"

As he spoke, Zhao Xuan's handprint pinched up a blank spell, and then with a flick of his wrist, the soft spell stood in his hand.

"Nanchen and Beidou are full of skylight, and colorful clouds are noisy!"

When the words fell, Zhao Qi held the spell in his left hand, and then the wolf howl pen was in his hand, embellishing the cinnabar pen.

The pen is like a knife, and the words are like a sword.

Suddenly, the golden light above the spell was magnificent, and at the moment when the golden light appeared, a thunderbolt suddenly came from the clear sky!

"Boom ......"

The sound stretched for hundreds of miles, and the nearest professors just felt as if the thunder was exploding in their ears, and their bodies trembled.

The people marching in the main city also looked up curiously overhead, but in this clear sky, how can there be any thunder and lightning? Therefore, they all wondered, did they hear it wrong?

They didn't notice that the professors who were at the front of the line, who were the ones who were leading the way, were staring solemnly at the incense burner in their hands.

Because Zhao Qi once told them that if the incense ash does not fall to the ground before the end of the ceremony, it will be auspicious.

And now that there is thunder out of thin air, it seems that the Fengshentai side has already begun!

At the same time, the professors under the Fengshen stage, even though they were mentally prepared, were still stunned by the scene in front of them.

I saw that the talisman in Zhao Qi's hand was releasing dazzling golden light, perhaps it was for this reason that the wind around him was fierce, making everyone unable to open their eyes.

But soon Zhao Qi's shout came from their ears:

"A thousand stars launched a heroic vision, and the ten thousand stars made a ghost and a god, and it was broken!"

With a flick of Zhao Qi's wrist, the spell instantly burned, and it was strange to say that the whistling mountain wind suddenly calmed down.

"Those who are to be sealed, come to the shrine, and the past will be scattered with the clouds, come!"

Hearing Zhao Qi's voice, the snake spirit who had been waiting for a long time immediately raised his head, and crawled towards the Fengshen Platform with some hesitation, trembling in his heart.

Fengshen, this is it, it can't even think about it, so it can't help but be a little stunned.

But in this forest, suddenly a black mist filled the body, enveloping the snake spirit.

The snake spirit was suddenly terrified, and kept spinning in place, no matter how hard he tried, he could not escape the invasion of the black mist.

Seeing that the snake spirit had not appeared for a long time, Zhao Qi frowned and looked towards the forest.

The moment he saw the black mist, a cold light flashed in Zhao Qi's eyes.

The matter of sealing the gods is to rebel against the way of cause and effect, everything is born of cause and effect, and this undispersed dust has become a fog that prevents the snake spirit from walking on the platform of the gods.

Although the snake spirit has no intention of harming life, some creatures will eventually die because of it.

Suddenly got the opportunity to become a god, once the snake spirit was sealed as a god, there was no chance of repayment for this karmic fruit.

That's why those resentful spirits want to seize this last opportunity to stop the snake spirit from becoming a god.

But for this moment, the entire Kiriyama County has worked so hard to prepare for so long, how can it be wasted.

I saw his palms spread, and the god list appeared, and a golden body phantom standing up to the sky appeared behind him!

(End of chapter)