Chapter 1617: The Opening Ceremony
The light Zen chanting was powerful under the superposition of one after another, and not long after Luo Chen and the others walked inside, they heard the sound of cicadas singing in front of them, rumbling like muffled thunder.
"The opening ceremony is about to begin!" The little leader's expression suddenly became extremely serious when he heard these voices, and he said to Luo Chen and them, "Please come with me." ”
As he spoke, he soared into the air to show his skills, and quickly reunited towards a clearing in front of him, Luo Chen and the others followed closely, and soon saw a wide square.
In the center of the square was a high platform, on which many people were beating drums. All of them were dressed in an ancient animal skin, as if they were barbarians from ancient times, and their faces were painted with a special kind of oil paint, which contained a trace of energy fluctuations.
Feeling the surprise in Luo Chen's eyes, the little leader said proudly: "These are the body protection divine membranes left by our ancestors, and the body contains pure energy, which is equivalent to a kind of battle suit and armor. When he said this, a trace of regret flashed in his eyes, and he said regretfully: "But after so many years, the energy contained in these oil paints has been very rare, and now it can only be used at this opening ceremony." ”
Luo Chen found that those people only painted a few oil paints on their arms and faces, not all over their bodies, thinking that these oil paints must be very precious, he was a little curious, and he didn't know what this opening ceremony was going to do.
"Please!" the little leader pointed at Luo Chen, and then dodged away.
Luo Chen and Yan Han's figures flashed and came to the high platform, with the beginning of the ceremony, the crowd of onlookers under the high platform all bowed their heads and knelt on the ground, their expressions were solemn, silent, Luo Chen and Yan Han stood between them very abruptly.
Fortunately, no one paid attention to them at this time, and everyone's hearts were on the stage.
After about a stick of incense, the sound of Zen chanting gradually became smaller until it disappeared, and then a few sounds came from the distance, and several figures appeared on the stage at once.
Luo Chen looked over and found that the person at the head was a middle-aged man in a purple robe, with a faint smile on his face, looking amiable, but the momentum exuded from his body was another matter, this was a kind of majesty, which made people awe-inspiring, and this person was very likely to be the patriarch of the Protoss.
Beside him, stood the well-behaved Shen Ji, her face had long been unable to see the panic in the face of Luo Chen and them before, and she stood on it expressionlessly at this time, revealing a sacrosanct and inviolable momentum.
Behind them, there were three more people standing, each of them was a white-haired old man, probably a few elders of the Protoss.
At this time, the middle-aged man stepped forward and said loudly: "The triennial opening ceremony has started again, thank you very much for being able to come, this is a sacred ceremony for us, and for everyone, this is a kind of proof, here, you will know who is the strongest." ”
"Strong, strong, strong!" came a deafening shout from below, and everyone stood up and shouted loudly.
The momentum shook the sky, and a strong belief seemed to rise suddenly, giving people incomparable confidence.
The middle-aged man slowly raised his hand and made a silent movement, and shouted with full strength: "Please Shenshi!"
The scene immediately became silent, and everyone stared with bated breath as if they were welcoming a mysterious master, and everyone stared at the stage with excitement in their eyes.
Luo Chen was also aroused with a trace of curiosity in his heart, but Yan Han, who was standing beside him, was not interested in all this at all, and glanced at the stage lightly and continued to empty his eyes, as if his soul had left suddenly.
"Knock knock!" Immediately, four fierce men carried something covered with red cloth, which was very heavy, and even under the joint lifting of the four strong cultivators, it seemed extremely difficult.
"Bang!" The heavy object landed with a dull sound, and the fierce man looked nervous, and he put down the divine stone in his hand seriously, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
Luo Chen was even more strange, he didn't know what kind of sacredness this was, which made them so nervous.
At this time, one of the three elders standing behind him walked up and said respectfully to the middle-aged man, "Patriarch, you can start." ”
The patriarch of the Protoss nodded, waved his big hand, and said loudly, "Open!"
Suddenly, the three elders collectively stepped forward to the red cloth-wrapped sacred stone, bowed to it, silently recited the incantation in their mouths for a while, and then knelt down on it three times, and finally the three of them knelt like that, and reached out together to remove the big red cloth.
"Whew-" I saw a red light fly out from under the red cloth, so bright that people couldn't open their eyes.
The moment it came out of that square, Luo Chen's telekinesis brushed the ground and wrapped it, but he thought about the light a lot, and it didn't burst out with a powerful momentum, it was just more shining, and it didn't have any danger in itself.
At this time, the other protoss people who were kneeling on the ground suddenly jumped up from the ground and jumped on the ground, shouting and shouting: "The Divine Stone is open! The glory of the Protoss continues, and the victory will always belong to us!"
They kept shouting, as if they were performing a ritual, and with their shouting, a force of faith slowly rose among them, and a trace of surprise flashed in Luo Chen's eyes, and a thought flashed in his mind.
Is this the power of faith? It's kind of interesting.
After a while, Shen Wuya suddenly raised his hand, and everyone below was immediately silenced, and then quickly stood up, looking respectfully at the stage.
At this time, the light of the sacred stone gradually dimmed, and finally disappeared, revealing a white stone, yes, a stone, which looked plain, but was relatively large, and lay there like a cow resting.
"The test begins. Shen Wuya said to everyone with a serious expression.
Luo Chen found that everyone's expressions suddenly became extremely serious, everyone's nervousness was so obvious, they were looking forward to it, and they seemed to be afraid of something. At this time, some people came out of the crowd, all of them were young people, some were older, some were younger, but it was not surprising that everyone should be under thirty.
An elder stepped forward and said to these young people who came up, "No matter what the result is, don't give up your cultivation heart, you still have a long way to go." ”
"Yes!" shouted in unison.
The fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who stood at the front was the first to step forward and walk towards the white divine stone.
Luo Chen saw the young man stretch out his hand and withdraw all the power in his body, leaving only his body upright, and he slowly put his hand on the divine stone.
Suddenly, the divine stone, which had not moved at all, suddenly burst out with a burst of light, but this layer of light was not as strong as before, and the color was much lighter than before, the color was like diluted blood more than ten times.
"Level 3? Great, Xiao Min was able to reach level 3 in the first test, which is already quite good. Those Protoss people around Luo Chen were already whispering excitedly.
And the young man on the stage also had a hint of excitement in his eyes, and it could be seen that he was obviously relieved, and then bowed to the patriarch and the elders, and then bowed to the audience, and then walked down.
Then the other young people stepped forward in turn and placed their hands on the sacred stone in the same way.
Is this a strength test? Luo Chen looked at it fixedly, and he found that this was not exactly a strength test, but also a talent test.
An uncle standing beside him saw a trace of doubt in Luo Chen's eyes, and kindly explained to him: "Young man, you just came, right? But it doesn't matter, we Protoss are all generous people, as long as we join our Protoss with our hearts, we will all treat everyone equally, you shouldn't have gone up to test yet, right? Don't worry, as long as you cultivate, you will definitely be able to test next year." ”
As he spoke, a sense of pride arose, and the more he spoke, the more excited he became: "Let me tell you, our test is not comparable to those races outside, our test can not only test strength, but also talent, as long as you press your hand, the divine stone will tell you how strong your strength is, how strong your talent is, so that what kind of achievements you can achieve in the future." ”
At this time, a young man on the stage put his hand on the sacred stone, and an orange light was inspired.
The uncle immediately said to Luo Chen excitedly: "Have you seen it? That's orange light, this is a very remarkable color, this kid's talent and achievements in the future will definitely be able to break through to the realm of the Cave Heaven." ”
"Let me tell you, the stronger this light color, the greater the room for improvement in the future, if he can reach the color of bright red blood, it means that his achievements will definitely be able to break through the realm of the cave in the future. ”
When the uncle said this, he grabbed Luo Chen's arm, turned his head and said, "Why don't you speak, this little brother? I tell you, our Protoss does not discriminate against anyone, as long as you have faith-"
When he said this, his voice stopped abruptly, first he looked at Luo Chen blankly, then his pupils shrank sharply, his eyes widened wider and wider, and finally he suddenly let go of Luo Chen's hand in a hurry and screamed: "Why are you?"
What's going on?
There was a lot of movement here, which suddenly made everyone look here, and several people on the stage also looked over, and saw that the sound was coming from the two men in the black robe and the white robe.
Is it him? Shenji's eyes flashed when she saw that it was Luo Chen, and then she turned to her father's side and whispered a few words.
Shen Wuya's eyes sank, but he still nodded, and then said to everyone: "There are two distinguished guests from our clan, presumably everyone must be very curious about their strength, it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, it is also a coincidence, so please come up and test it." ”
"What? Why did they go up to test?" Most of the people here had seen Luo Chen and Yan Han, and they were respectful, afraid, and unconvinced by his inexplicable hostility, otherwise the uncle before would not have such a big reaction.
Now, when they heard that they were going to go up and test it, the first reaction of the crowd was against it.
Shen Wuya said to everyone: "When you come to my god clan, you are our guests, everyone must be treated equally, since other guests can come to test, then they can too, the two little brothers are quite appreciative of the face to test." ”
Shen Wuyan's words were extremely beautiful, Luo Chen naturally had no reason to object, he didn't care about this kind of test, since everyone wanted to see it, he didn't care, seeing Yan Han, he didn't mean to stop it, he jumped to the stage, as for Yan Han, he never cared about these things, and he definitely wouldn't go on stage.