After cultivating to break through to the fifth layer of Qi training, Ding Zhengyi immediately began to practice the Yuan Qi Shield spell.

The Yuan Qi Shield is worthy of being the only defensive spell in the Qi training period, not only the quality requirements for the Yuan Qi are quite high, but it is also very difficult to cultivate, Ding Zhengyi groped for more than two months, and consulted his grandfather several times during the period, and finally he was barely able to stimulate it, but there is still a long way to go before he is proficient.

In addition to daily cultivation, Ding Zhengyi spent most of the remaining time on talisman making, in addition to boiling the spirit body and practicing spells, and accumulated thousands of family contribution points for most of the year, but Long Sudan did not appear for a long time, so he had to occasionally spend a small amount of contribution points to exchange some Cui Yuan Algae for the cultivation of refining the body.

Out of concern about the Dragon Beard Pill, Ding Zhengyi also asked the Seventh Brother in private, and the Seventh Brother also knew very little, it is said that the alchemist of the Xuanshan faction was not very satisfied with the reward for refining the Dragon Beard Pill, and now the third uncle is still continuing to communicate with the other party.

Ding Zhengyi was also helpless about this, so he had to tell his grandfather that he must keep one of the Dragon Sudan when he arrives, and he will exchange it no matter how many contribution points.

After that, Ding Zhengyi was no longer distracted by this, and continued to maintain his daily cultivation, and now the fifth layer of Qi cultivation has been completely stabilized, and his cultivation is still advancing steadily.

The cultivation of the Yuan Qi Shield lasted for half a year, and a month ago I was finally able to practice and use it enough, so the drawing of the amulet was also put on the agenda.

With the experience of drawing fireball talismans tens of thousands of times, Ding Zhengyi has successfully drawn the talisman without any accident after several failures, and in the past month, he has practiced more than 200 times, and the current talisman rate has reached 30%, and he has obtained more than 30 low-level talismans, which he is quite satisfied with.

It's the harvest season of yellow tooth rice again, and Ding Zhengyi is almost nineteen years old, and this year also has some very special significance, because this year is the year of the family's big sacrifice.

The family sacrifices of the Ding family are divided into two types: small sacrifices and large sacrifices.

The small sacrifice is held every year, led by a few elders, and the monks in the clan can participate as many times as they like, and it can be completed in less than half an hour under normal circumstances.

The great festival, which is only held once every five years, is quite large-scale, and not only all family monks must participate, but also ordinary and prestigious clansmen will also be invited, and those monks who are outside, including the third uncle and fourth sister of the Xuanshan faction, will also rush back.

It is clearly stated in the clan rules that in the absence of special circumstances, those who do not participate in the great sacrifice will be expelled from the family, and the relatives of these clansmen will also be disgraced.

During each great sacrifice, several good in-laws will send people to watch the ceremony, which is also a rare opportunity for communication between the Xiuzhen family.

The time of the great sacrifice is generally arranged after the harvest of the spiritual rice, which is the time when the cultivation of the spiritual field is relatively leisurely, and only during this time can the family have enough manpower to prepare for this grand event once every five years.

With the harvest of the yellow tooth rice, the family sacrifice is getting closer and closer, and the whole family is gradually becoming lively, and the peace of the past is no longer the same, Ding Zhengyi's parents and Xiaoqiu have put down what they are doing and gone to the family to help, only he still maintains normal cultivation.

After meditating and cultivating this day, Ding Zhengyi sat on the futon, listening to the slightest noise outside, and couldn't help but recall the situation of the last family sacrifice.

The last family sacrifice was composed of two parts, the first is to worship the ancestors, this part of the process is more complicated, Ding Zhengyi vaguely remembers the steps of beating the drum and ringing the bell, offering incense and drinking wine, offering sacrifices, and reading the sacrificial text.

As for why his memory is a little vague, it is because he just entered the clan science five years ago, his cultivation and talent have not yet appeared, and the ranking of generations is relatively low, so the position is in the back corner, and the steps are just followed by the elders in front, and Ding Zhengyi was ignorant during the entire worship process.

In his current opinion, these steps should be through the memory of the ancestors of the family, so that the future generations will remember the glorious traditions and rich historical origins of the family, or the purpose is to maintain the interests of a group of families by blood.

After worshipping the ancestors, the next step is another important part of the Great Sacrifice Ceremony, the Flowing Water Feast.

Flowing water banquets have always been organized by uncles and aunts in the clan, including tidying up the venue, arranging tables and chairs, cleaning melons and vegetables, cooking various dishes, etc., often need to be prepared several days in advance.

The scene of the flowing water banquet still impresses Ding Zhengyi deeply, not only because of its various meals such as meat and vegetarian, cold and hot, soup and water, sour and spicy and refreshing, but also the emotional integration of the whole family, which makes him fully feel the cohesion of the family.

Now is the time to prepare for the flowing water feast, my father carries various materials on his shoulders every day, and my mother takes Xiaoqiu to work in the kitchen, cutting demon beast meat, and sorting out all kinds of ingredients.

Thinking of this, Ding Zhengyi couldn't help laughing at himself, he also wanted to help, but when he got there, he found that there was nothing he could do, and he just helped him after moving his hand a few times, so he had to go home in a gloomy manner, and he couldn't delay his cultivation in the name of it.

Ding Zhengyi practiced with peace of mind for two more days, and finally came to the day of the family sacrifice, he got up early, changed into new clothes, simply freshened up, and walked to the family ancestral hall with his parents after breakfast.

On the way, I kept meeting the uncles and brothers of each house, and everyone greeted each other warmly regardless of whether they were close or not on weekdays.

When he came to the gate of the ancestral hall, Ding Zhengyi found that the four big characters of "Ding Clan Ancestral Hall" on the gate were different from the past, and they were shining brightly at this time, which was awe-inspiring.

Looking back, Ding Zhengyi saw that several low-level clansmen who came over with him stared at these words, and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time, and muttered to themselves in their hearts, this formation seems to be quite a bit of a doorway.

didn't stay in front of the door for too long, Ding Zhengyi pulled the Wu family, who was also still flustered, followed Ding Zhongyuan, who was not affected much, and walked towards the courtyard of the ancestral hall.

At this time, the great sacrifice has not officially begun, the gate of the ancestral hall is closed, there are already many clansmen waiting in the courtyard, and the outside of the ancestral hall has been filled with smoke at some point.

After waiting for a long time, when the courtyard was full of people, Ding Zhengyi saw the patriarch and the third uncle walking from the backyard of the ancestral hall together, and when they saw him, both of them nodded slightly, but did not speak.

Ding Zhengyi hurriedly bowed and saluted, and after straightening up, he found that the patriarch had pushed open the door of the ancestral hall and walked in together.

After waiting for a while, the voice of the patriarch came from the ancestral hall, "Come in", and at this time, the core clansmen were separated by generation, and their cultivation was different.

Due to the limited space inside the ancestral hall, other low-ranking family monks and clansmen with high prestige among the ordinary people were not allowed to enter, and could only be arranged in order in the courtyard.

There is a place in the southeast corner of the courtyard that has been specially set aside for representatives of several in-law families who came to watch the ceremony, and among these families is Ding Zhengyi's mother's maiden family, but Ding Zhengyi does not know him.

In the core clan all entered the ancestral hall and stood according to the rules, this time Ding Zhengyi was ranked higher because of the relationship between cultivation and talent, and he found that there were portraits of some characters hanging directly behind the ancestral hall.

Among them, the portraits of the ancestors of the family and the fourth ancestor are hung on the right hand side and tied for the first place, from right to left are the ancestors of the Ding family of all generations, looking at the portraits of these ancestors, Ding Zhengyi feels that the portraits of each of them reveal a kind of immortal wind and bones, obviously they are all monks who have built a foundation, and they can't help but feel a little more reverence in their hearts.

Then the worship was carried out according to the previous process, but this time the patriarch presided over it.

"Everyone stands in solemnity"

I don't know what spell the patriarch used, although the voice was not loud, but it seemed that the words were ringing in my ears, which was terrifying.

At this time, all the clansmen in the ancestral hall and outside the ancestral hall unconsciously raised their heads and looked ahead, and Ding Zhengyi was no exception.

After about a stick of incense, the voice of the patriarch came to my ears again:

"Drumming and Ringing Bells"

Several family elders immediately took out their drumsticks and struck them on the drum surface, these big drums should all be magic weapons, because the sound of the drums made Ding Zhengyi seem to feel a passionate, warm, and rough emotion in his mind, and ordinary big drums definitely did not have this effect.

The drum beat for a while, and then a low, melodious bell rang out, which restored peace to his heart, but a spirit of hard work overflowed his chest.

After the drums and bells gradually subsided, several clansmen under the command of the patriarch poured incense and drank wine and sacrificed.

Then the patriarch personally read the sacrificial text, and the content of the sacrificial text was summarized afterwards by Ding Zhengyi, which was nothing special, and it was all normative articles that praised the merits and achievements of the ancestors, and at the same time encouraged the living to unite and struggle and strengthen the family.

However, under the influence of the patriarch's rich and magnetic voice, Ding Zhengyi listened to it with passion and enthusiasm at this time, and the surrounding clansmen were all excited.

After most of the hour, the memorial was read, and the audience was silent.

Accompanied by the last words of the patriarch

"When the sacrifice is over, the people salute"

All the clansmen came to their senses, the clansmen in the ancestral hall bowed to the portrait, and the clansmen in the courtyard bowed to the ancestral hall together, and it was already noon.