Wandao long distance

Chapter 5 Sacrifice
Do rituals really work?

It should be there, otherwise, the word "Ritual Strengthening" should not appear on the progress bar.

If you stay, can you really share the effect of the ceremony?
I don't know, this Li Qi didn't understand at all, he was just taking a gamble.

I spent my whole life in a muddle, being a tracker, selling coolies to spend my life.

He didn't want that.

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Right now, on the other side.

Upstairs of Guanhe River in Lishui.

In order to be able to monitor the water potential anytime and anywhere, and to have a glimpse of the city, there is a river watching tower by the river.

The building is hundreds of feet high, towering high into the sky, even modern skyscrapers rarely have this height.

The lower floor is the Goulan of the restaurant, but no one is allowed to enter after reaching [-] feet. As for the top floor, it is usually managed by the river channel officer, who is responsible for river channel management, supervision of passing ships, and dredging of embankments.

The prosperity of Lizhou depends entirely on Lishui.

The safety of the Lishui River is related to the livelihood of a state, and its importance is self-evident, so usually, no outsiders will appear on the upper floor of the Guanhe Building except for the officials who are in charge of watching the river.

But today, on the Guanhe Building, there are many altars, and there are nine witches wearing masks and weird clothes.

These witches are dressed in lotus leaves and water plants, with lotus crowns on their heads, and painted seven colors on their faces. They twist their bodies and mutter words in their mouths.

Between the altar and the witch was a man with disheveled hair, holding a wooden oar, and wearing a simple loose robe.

Surrounded by many altars, he recited in his mouth: "There is a distance between heaven and earth, and each has merit. The craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty, the corners of the east, the gold of the west, the corners of the south, and the mines of the north, can be good in their places. It needs to be moved to another place, this is called the benefit of circulation!"

"Wow! The god of Lishui, who has access to the treasures of the four directions to capitalize on, and builds a boat to travel on the water, has 9000 million people, and travels thousands of miles. His merits are immeasurable, and the people admire him!"

He shouted his speech and waved the oars.

The witches next to them picked up drumsticks and beat the drums made of crocodile skin vigorously.

The crocodile, known as a crocodile in ancient times, can be used to make drums from its skin, and drums can be played to please the water god.

Following this tossing, and then... I saw a strange energy rising faintly in the entire Lizhou City.

Accompanying it, there was a sudden gushing stream of water from the altar.

These currents rushed towards the man in the middle holding the paddle.

The man continued to shout: "On the occasion of the beginning of spring, the weather is born! Reconcile the warmth and coldness, be natural and casual, open the mind and body, remove the dirt in the heart, clear and clear, pure as if invisible, the precious sand reflects, and shines without depth! Infuse with each other, go to my 菑!" (菑: zi, refers to disasters.)
He was submerged in the current.

The surrounding witches stopped, sweating profusely, and sat down on the ground to rest.

Their dance didn't look very tiring, but looking at them now, it seemed as if they hadn't rested for ten days in a row. Even their muscles were convulsing uncontrollably, sweating like a fountain, and they were paralyzed on the ground unable to move.

At this time, a young student came out.

If Li Qi was here, he would definitely be able to recognize him, this is the young boy who was with the 'Li Zhuang Gang'!

"The important affairs of the country are the sacrifices and the soldiers. The governor of the county does his best to preside over the ceremony every year. The king must be very happy to know." The young Xiaosheng said so, looking at the man wrapped in the water.

"Mr. Zhu, why did you say that? Sacrifice is the foundation of shamanism. The Great Deer Kingdom is founded on shamanism, and the law of respecting ghosts and gods. How could it be possible not to pay attention to sacrifice?" The county guard was floating in the water, but he could speak normally.

On closer inspection, his chest was still heaving, obviously breathing.

In the water, still breathing.

"Witchcraft establishes a country? But there is no witchcraft, no big divination, no shì jìn in the palace, dream divination, and divination, but there are counties and counties, and there are county magistrates." , Respect the king, set up bureaucrats, is this shamanism, or humanity?" The young man called Mr. Zhu said with a smile.

But when the county guard heard this, he couldn't laugh, and his expression became subtle.

"Mr. Zhu's words are serious. Of course, Dalu Kingdom is based on shamanism, but the method of humanity is good at gathering the power of all beings. If you want the country to expand and prosper, you have to use the skin of humanity." The county guard immediately argued.

"That would be the best." Mr. Zhu nodded, looking like he wanted to say something.

But the sheriff didn't want him to talk anymore, so he answered quickly: "Mr. Zhu, I heard that you have been very close to Qianshou Baiding recently, and often go in and out among the poor. Why?"

"A few years ago, I had a great sacrifice, and the results were predicted. There will be a heretic thing in Lizhou City, so I just let them look for it." Mr. Zhu waved his hand and didn't say anything more about this trivial matter.

"Although the things from heretics are a bit strange, most of them are waste products and useless. Sir, it's a bit... extravagant to search for this with a big sacrifice." The sheriff reminded.

"It's nothing, the sacrifice is for fortune-telling, not for special search, but just a windfall." Mr. Zhu replied as if casually.

Then, before the sheriff continued to speak, his expression suddenly became puzzled: "Sheriff, I saw your ceremony, why does it seem that your strength has weakened a little?"

"It's come to the end of the festival, it's common to weaken, and there will be fluctuations in normal times." The sheriff didn't seem to care much, he stopped talking, but immersed himself in the water, and began to absorb the power from it.

It has indeed weakened, but it is probably less than one ten-thousandth, which belongs to the category of normal fluctuations.

It's just that Mr. Zhu glanced thoughtfully downstairs.

And downstairs, in the corner.

Li Qizheng was posing in a strange posture, reciting the sacrificial oration.

Where did the sacrificial oration come from?Of course the sheriff read it!
That's the paragraph: In Qinghua Palace, there is the God of Lishui, with 42 Caos and 9000 million people, who are in charge of the affairs of Lishui's thousands of miles and spirits. Jiyoujian, today is the grand ceremony of opening the river, you should be rewarded when you wait for the qi to relieve the water of misfortune, to eliminate sins and crimes.

This world, for some reason, uses characters similar to Chinese characters. He is more or less educated, so he can understand.

So, he made a slight modification and changed it to: I wait for the tracker, one of the Caos, pull the boat with all my heart, and then changed the latter to: This is the opening ceremony of the river.

Is it useful?

Of course it works!

Because the progress bar is moving!
He tried it many times before, and revised it word by word, including body movements, many times. Originally, he was standing and waiting, but found that it was completely useless.

Even when the progress bar of the river-opening ceremony reached 99.6%, he didn't have the slightest intention of sharing it.

Then, Li Qi immediately started to try other things.

He changed his posture, modified the speech, and tried many times, but nothing worked.

Because he has realized that one of the functions of the progress bar is to determine whether something is useful!
If it is useful, there will definitely be a progress bar to describe the progress!
He tried for a full quarter of an hour, and finally, when he found that his five bodies fell to the ground, facing the Lishui, and prayed with his mouth, the progress: "Ritual strengthening, [-]%." Finally popped out!
Just when he finally tried the method, the progress bar of the opening ceremony has reached 99.8%
(New book asks for tickets, asks for collection)
(End of this chapter)