At this time, nearly 10,000 people have gathered in the square, most of them are Puluo Mountain disciples, female disciples are wearing red samurai uniforms, with white belts around their waists and standing neatly on the west side of the square, and male disciples are wearing the same style of black power suits, and the same waist is tied with a white belt, it seems that this is Puluo Mountain's school uniform.

Thousands of disciples were lined up in an orderly manner, and Liu Zai saw Wu Xu and Zheng Xuqing standing at the front of the male disciples, it seemed that this station was based on status or cultivation. In front of them were hundreds of elderly warriors, dressed in green robes, probably lecturers from Puluo Mountain and high-ranking figures from major families, and the mountain lord Jie Qiuyuan was standing at the front.

The Lord of the Mountain is still wearing a white Hanfu today, but he has obviously solemnly combed it, his mental outlook is solemn and awe-inspiring, and it is not the same as yesterday, Liu Zao almost suspects that this will not be Uncle Saobao's twin brother.

When chatting yesterday, Liu Zai already knew that the opening ceremony was the first event in the Chongyang Secret Realm, because the Chongyang Secret Realm was like spring all year round, and there was no cold winter wax moon. Therefore, the custom of the Spring Festival has long been abandoned, and the opening ceremony is the Spring Festival festival for them.

The ceremony is divided into three steps, the first step is that the mountain master leads the disciples of Puluo Mountain and all the high-level worshippers of the Chongyang Secret Realm to worship heaven and earth.

The second step is the multi-day general martial arts, which is the most anticipated event of the year for young martial artists, which is equivalent to the final exam.

All young people under the age of twenty-five can sign up for the Chongyang Secret Realm, and it is not limited to Puluo Mountain disciples. The final winner can not only get rich rewards, but also represent all the young warriors of the Chongyang Secret Realm to enter the ancestral temple Tianwu Hall to worship their ancestors, which is regarded as the highest honor that all disciples dream of, and the most worthy of boasting in the life of the mountain lord Jieqiu Yuan is that he won the nine consecutive martial arts championships for nine consecutive years when he was young!

The last step is naturally to worship the ancestors, and the Lord of Puluo Mountain will lead the major families and disciples to enter the ancestral temple to worship the ancestors. The ancestral temple is the palace complex north of the Temple of Heaven, and the Temple of Heaven and the central square are located in the center of the town.

After the festival, the opening ceremony officially ended. Next is the lively carnival, the city will hold various celebratory activities and programs, relatives and friends will visit each other, Puluo Mountain will also hold a banquet to celebrate, and the disciples will go home on vacation, just like the outside world New Year's Chinese New Year's Eve to spend the last day and night of the opening ceremony.

According to the calendar of the Chongyang Secret Realm, after this day, the new year has arrived.

At this time, a thick bell rang, as if it hit the heart, and before it could react, a heavier bell rang, a heavy bell shook people's hearts, and the whole square seemed to tremble every time it sounded. After the ninety-nine eighty-one bell rang, all the people outside the square who were talking to each other closed their mouths and looked respectfully into the square, and Liu Zheng couldn't help but be solemn.

"Fun!"

Jie Qiuyuan let out a cold cheer.

Suddenly, the sound of drums began, and the drum band, which had been waiting for the bottom of the attic, began to perform, and for a time the square was filled with the sound of drums.

After a long time, the drumming stopped.

The mountain lord Jie Qiuyuan and a scribe in green clothes and an old man in a thin robe walked aside, where a golden basin was placed, and the two first washed their hands carefully, dried them with a white cloth, and then placed them on top of the copper basin. Immediately, there were three old men, who handed three sticks of high incense to the three of them.

Jie Qiuyuan held three high incense sticks and shouted loudly: "Burn incense!"

Immediately, three more robed old men approached with candles and lit the high incense in the hands of the three of them.

I saw Jie Qiuyuan holding three high incense sticks, striding up to the Temple of Heaven at the end of the square and walking towards the giant ding, and the other two followed one step behind one step on the left and one on the right.

Step by step, walk up to a high platform with a total of 999 steps, and the three of them are solemn and stand separately.

"Sacrifice. Jie Qiuyuan said coldly.

Suddenly, all of them were almost the same height and body type, with red cloth strips tied on their heads, shirtless and strong men, holding huge plates in their hands, and in the plates were either a whole roasted cow, or a whole roasted sheep, as well as all kinds of fruits, cakes, etc., the sacrifices were very numerous, and there were eighty-one shirtless men holding the sacrificial offerings into the square, and placed the sacrifices on the steps in front of the giant ding.

"Kneel!" said Jieqiu Yuenlong.

Bang~~~

Thousands of people knelt down in unison, and all of them respectfully did not dare to speak, staring at the bronze statue in front of them. There were many people in the whole square, but there was not a single noise to be heard.

At this time, Jie Qiuyuan also knelt down in front of Dading, and said loudly: "The sky is on the ......" followed by a long period of sacrifice to the sky. Singing praises to the air for a while, Liu Zai couldn't cry or laugh.

The other two knelt solemnly with high incense in their hands, staring at the big tripod in front of them, and listening to the recitation in their ears.

For a long time -

Jie Qiuyuan finally finished reading it completely.

"Incense. Jieqiu Yuen Lang shouted.

Everyone knelt, but the three people on the Temple of Heaven stood up, respectfully walked to the big ding, and inserted three high incense sticks into the big ding.

Then the three of them stepped back and knelt down and bowed.

"Bye!"

Jie Qiuyuan gave an order, and everyone knelt down.

After three kneeling and nine prostrations. Then he sent many sacrifices to the fire that had been prepared long ago and burned them all to show that his dear God had eaten the sacrifices. Finally, when the drum music is over, the first step of the festival is over.

"Whew, it's finally over, I can't move this morning, I'm really tired. As soon as Zheng Xuqing pushed open the door, he directly found a chair and sat down, it was really informal, but Wu Xu and Zhu Qi came in and saluted Liu Zao with their fists, and then sat down, and Wu Xu also glared at Zheng Xuqing before saluting.

"Sister Zhu Qi, Lao Wu, you don't have to be like this, Brother Rob is a friend, and with so many courtesies, you are not afraid of people seeing you. Zheng Xuqing replied.

Wu Xu glanced at him: "Etiquette cannot be abolished, Brother Liu is a guest from afar, and we represent the polite upbringing of the Chongyang Secret Realm, which is different from friendship." ”

Liu Zai waved his hand and said: "Brother Zheng is right, don't care about these etiquettes for me in the future, although I haven't known you for a long time, I already regard you as friends." ”

Zheng Xuqing clapped his hands and said, "Listen, everyone robs brother like this." ”

"You're embarrassed to say that people don't care about other people's business, it's good for you to push the door in and sit without saying hello, and shout tired if you don't move in the morning, you're still just a toad. Afternoon pre-selection, you can't get tired of lying down with your laziness. Zhu Qi taught.

Zheng Xuqing looked bitter: "Sister Zhu Qi, can you not open which pot and which pot to mention? I am also a master now, isn't the pre-selection easy to pass?" He hates others calling him a toad the most, but the people around him always love to take this shabu him, Lao Wu is his brother, the key is that he can't beat it, Sister Zhu Qi is his eldest sister, he can't be angry with them, don't you have to be obedient to be angry.

Zhu Qi snorted and ignored the two goods.

"Sister Zhu Qi, are you really not going to participate in the big competition this time?" Wu Xu asked suddenly.

"If I don't participate, I'm only refining the cultivation of the fifth layer of qi, what's the point of participating?" Zhu Qi replied lightly.

Wu Xu was silent. Has the world changed, or has Sister Zhu Qi changed? Obviously, this kind of limelight thing Sister Zhu Qi would have happily participated in before.

"Hahaha! Troubled with mundane things, it makes the distinguished guests smile. The lord of Puluo Mountain, who had recovered his true colors, walked in with a smile, followed by a green-shirted scribe with a Confucian ancient style, Liu Zai hurriedly hugged his fists and replied: "Don't dare, don't dare, the juniors are not invited guests, the seniors don't blame the juniors for being rude, and the invitation to watch the ceremony is already grateful." ”

Jie Qiuyuan said with a smile: "Little friend, no matter how polite you are, the old man really has seen you." ”

Liu Zai sneered and said, "Didn't you get into trouble again yesterday? I'm afraid that I caused trouble to the mountain lord." ”

Jie Qiuyuan blinked: "Yesterday, didn't Xiaoyou do a good thing to make people appetize yesterday?"

Zheng Xuqing laughed out loud with a "poof", followed by Zhu Qi, and even a cold brother like Wu Xu couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth when he remembered yesterday's events.

Jie Qiuyuan pointed to the green-shirted scribe and introduced: "This is my junior brother and the principal of the campus, Wang Youjun. ”

The two sides met.

Wang Youjun asked: "Listening to Xiaoyou's accent, it looks like a character from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, is this time to come to Zhongnan Mountain to play?"

Liu Zai said: "Yes, the younger generation's ancestral home is Quzhou, eastern Zhejiang, but after graduation, he worked in Yanjing and set off two months ago. This time it's not purely for fun, but after reading 10,000 books, you should travel thousands of miles, if you can't read 10,000 books, you will read in vain. ”

Wang Youjun said: "This is also fresh, did the commander say it?"

Liu Zai was a little embarrassed and said, "Sort of." "I thought that my master was myself, and the comprehension I summarized by myself could be regarded as passed on by my teacher.

Wang Youjun asked again: "Xiaoyou lives in the capital, do you know that there has been a major incident in the capital recently?"

Liu Zai asked rhetorically: "What did the predecessor say?"

Wang Youjun said: "Just two months ago, an earth-shattering dragon roar suddenly came from the ground in the early morning in the capital, which shocked the entire Yanjing City, and people were panicked for a while. ”

Liu Zai nodded, of course he knew about this, and he was the one who started it. At that time, he entered the state of deep cultivation breakthrough realm, so he didn't hear it, and after knowing it afterwards, he was afraid for a while, and he made up his mind that he would never fight the dragon vein in the city in the future.

Wang Youjun continued: "This matter has really caused a storm, although the government tried its best to block the network and reduce the impact, but it still aroused the interest of major organizations in the world, and our Chongyang Secret Realm also sent several elders to investigate on the second day of the incident. I wonder if Xiaoyou and Master Ling have any clues?"

"At that time, I was the only one in Yanjing, so I was also confused. Liu Zai said half-truths and half-truths, but in his heart he thought that the Chongyang Secret Realm was isolated from the world, but he was so well-informed, and it seemed that there was a certain amount of power outside.

"Ah, Brother Zai, you were really there at the time! I heard what Sister Zhu Qi said, and I was still skeptical, is the dragon roar really so powerful?" Zheng Xuqing was very surprised, his eyes were full of curiosity, and even Wu Xu and Dai Canfeng looked at Liu Zai curiously after hearing it.

"I can't describe the specifics, anyway, it's very powerful and shocking", Liu Zai prevaricated casually, and suddenly his tone changed, "Eh, listen to you, Zhu Qi was also in Yanjing at that time?"

Zhu Qi glanced at him: "Yes, this girl is now working in Yanjing, she is a little lawyer, she happened to be in Yanjing that day, and a dragon roar scared people so much that they couldn't sleep." ”

Liu Zai was a little embarrassed, and said in his heart, I still wonder if the news of this Chongyang Secret Realm is so well-informed, most of it was reported by Zhu Qi.

At this time, Jie Qiuyuan's eyes turned to Zhu Qi: "Qi'er, how long are you going to stay when you come back this time." ”

"Let's stay for a few days after the opening ceremony and leave. Zhu Qi stroked her hair and said.

Wang Youjun opened his mouth to speak.

"Although the outside world is good, after all, it is still the best hometown. Jie Qiuyuan seemed to be careless.

"I see, Lord of the Mountain. ”