The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

Are these people the current top players and high-level officials in the Yue Kingdom?Looking at the crowd on the steps of the huge sacrificial altar dozens of miles away, Zhao Qing moved his mind slightly, and identified the specific identities of these people one by one based on their appearance, figure, and the style of the robes they wore.

Except for the great Sima Zhujiying of the "upper six qi" state, Fan Li of the "lower six qi" state, and the prince and Yi whose cultivation bases are kept secret, the top doctors and princes should all be "middle six qi". "The cultivation base of the environment.

Since these people were all facing the main hall on the altar, she could only see their backs and sides, and didn't know what the front was like.

But even if you just look at it from a distance, as a master of the "six qi" realm, naturally everyone is extraordinary and extraordinary; especially Goujian, the king of Yue at the front, holds a jade gui and wears a sword on his waist, with a solemn and majestic expression, invisible. Showed the aura of the king.

Speaking of which, Goujian and Wenzhong should be the top two masters of the sword in the Yue Kingdom. According to Zhao Qing, perhaps the former can comprehend many top magic weapons, inherit a lot of resources and skills, and his cultivation level is still low. Slightly higher by half a point.

With such a profound cultivation level, he can still endure the experience of being a slave in the Wu Kingdom, which shows that his mentality and perseverance are extraordinary, so he can cultivate such strength.

Although there was a saying later that "the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked, the bird is hidden in the bow", but in fact, after carefully examining the situation after the Yue Kingdom destroyed Wu, there should be many unknown details; especially when this practitioner is extremely powerful The world of the world is by no means so simple to sort out.

Speaking of the monarchs of various countries in this world, according to the brief information obtained by Zhao Qing during this period, there are no monarchs in the world who have reached the "upper six qi" state, and the cultivation base of the "middle six qi" is already considered one of them. the first sequence of .

After Qin Jinggong, Jin Pinggong, Chu Pingwang, Yue Wang Yunchang, Wu Wang Helu, Qi Jinggong, Chu Zhaowang and other monarchs who have cultivated to the "Six Qi" realm have passed away one after another, if we talk about who is most likely to be the next one to break through the realm The monarch, Fu Chai, king of Wu, is generally listed first, followed by Bopan of Qin and Goujian, king of Yue.

King Zhang of Chu, who has just ascended the throne and is still young, and Hou Wu of Jin and Yang Sheng of Qi, whose ministers are strong and weak, are not very high at present; Song, Wei, Zheng, Yan and other countries are because of A monarch who has not been out of this realm for a long time is not very favored.

And with the precedent of Yue Wang Yunchang, in the eyes of outsiders, the possibility of Goujian breaking through the realm is much higher. Once he reaches the "Shangliu Qi" realm, his appeal to the outside world will increase so much that he can lead the country. prosperity.

Therefore, Zhao Qing had some suspicions that Gou Jian might already have the ability to break through, but he was just worried about being targeted by the Wu state, suppressed there, and wanted to wait for the right time.

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According to the regulations of the Zhou rituals, only the Son of Heaven was qualified to offer sacrifices to God and the kings of the past dynasties; princes could only offer sacrifices to the local gods of mountains and rivers and their own ancestors; Worship your ancestors.

However, during the Spring and Autumn Period, the rites and music collapsed, and Qi, Qin, Chu, Wu, and Yue established their own god sacrifices to worship the supreme gods worshiped in their own countries; The act of offering sacrifices to Mount Tai.

Among the big countries in the world, the state of Jin has relatively few violations of the ritual system because it needs to rely on the name of the Zhou royal family. It is the ancestor Tang Shuyu.

"Book of Rites and Sacrifice" says: "For the sacrifices in the suburbs, the mourners dare not cry, and those who wear fierce clothes dare not enter the country, so respect them very much."

Different from the spiritual shielding formations in Kuaiji City, in the outskirts of the city, the perception of the "six qi" realm masters is not limited. If you feel disrespectful, even if you are separated by a long distance, they are likely to be discovered by them. to identify.

Knowing this, Zhao Qing thought he had no belief in any gods, at most he was in awe of its power in practice, so he didn't keep his eyes on the altar in the distance too much, but searched for it. The vast crowd of onlookers who were isolated by the Gentlemen's Army.

Since there were hundreds of thousands of people present, she spent a while, but she couldn't find Wen Gao and the others she was familiar with, and she didn't plan to waste time, so she moved to a place with few people with the ape man next to her. Started martial arts.

Having figured out the key points of the first two levels of Gang Jin, although Zhao Qing still needs two days to hone his strength, he can also use it to make rapid progress in practice for the talented ape who just stepped into Gang Jin yesterday.

At the same time, she also shared the classics that she browsed in the martial arts academy yesterday with Mr. Yuan, analyzed them together, and inspired each other. She absorbed the nutrition of martial arts in it at a speed that was several times faster than studying alone, and benefited the strength of both parties. Make subtle adjustments to optimize and improve silently.

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And on the altar in the eastern suburbs in the distance, Goujian and his ministers and lords had already climbed to the top floor, and they put the jade jade in their hands on a bronze table, and lit the precious incense in front of the hall .

Qin Yi at the side raised the long bronze staff high, and brought an extra-strong and powerful yellow ox from the orc who was in charge of offering sacrificial animals, and cast a spell to soothe his emotions, making it docile and peaceful. Then he solemnly handed the ox rope to Gou Jian's hand.

The prince and Yi walked around to the other side of the ox, made a gesture of assistance, and together with Goujian, brought the ox into the solemn and solemn sacrificial hall, and tied it in front of the huge stone tablet engraved with the symbol of "Eastern Emperor" in the center of the hall. .

Fan Li and Wen Zhong looked at each other, took the sharp bronze long saber from the ritual officer nearby, dipped it in the pure water purified by the jade magic tools performed by wizards of all levels, and then drew out the saber at the same time, Pierced the scalper's brain and heart and killed it on the spot.

Next, Zhu Jiying, Fu Tong, Gao Ru and the others did not use their magical powers of cultivation, but just like ordinary people without cultivation, they each took a Luan Dao with a saber ring and a bell, and gently After shaving off the hair of the cattle carcass, the body of the cattle was gradually dismembered.

Accompanied by the melodious ringing of Luan Dao and the timely music played around the main hall, several doctors swung their knives freely, separating the bones, meat, viscera, and fat of the whole cow, and classifying the cut parts solemnly. The ground was placed in several big tripods next to the stone tablet.

After finishing this process, they all retreated, and only Yu Goujian and Qin Yi, who was assisting the priest, stood there, and a raging fire was lit under the tripod body, illuminating the surrounding Gui, Qi, Dun, Hulian, etc. All kinds of sacrificial vessels held offerings, and prayers related to national events began.

At the same time, in other corners outside the main hall and in various areas of the altar, [-] cows treated with special witchcraft, as well as several times as many pigs, sheep, and dogs, were beheaded and executed instantly. , the blood gathered towards the center of the altar along the specially arranged passage.

On the sixth floor of the nine-tiered altar, due to the incorporation of various witchcraft and vitality of heaven and earth, the blood of the sacrifices was colorful and flowed into a large pit in the center, forming a shallow layer. With sparse bubbles.

And with the slight sound of machine deformation, a large number of processed and thinly shaved tortoise shells and animal bones were tied to black gold silk threads, hung and soaked in this bloody water, and after a period of heating, they were lifted up again. Transported to the seventh floor above.

On this floor, hundreds of wizards raised their staffs, murmured words, a bluish-white light shone on the tip of the staffs, and shone towards the tortoise shells and animal bones, condensing rapidly changing formations on their surfaces. The scorched black flame was performing ritual burning.

Soon, these thin bone armors formed various cracks, crackling crackling sounds, and a strange glow appeared in the cracks, allowing the wizards on the side to judge according to the length of the cracks and the light path. , Thickness, straightness, invisibility, to obtain the corresponding divination results.

After recording the divination results, the passage between the seventh and eighth floors of the altar opened suddenly, and a large hole with a diameter of tens of feet appeared, which drew the burnt oracle bones to the upper floor and arranged them in a certain order;

Then they fell on a huge dark blue tortoise shell like a hill, like shining stars were inlaid in the vast starry sky, forming a large picture of a tortoise shell made up of thousands of pieces. .

At this time, an old man with a slightly hunched back slowly walked out from the depths of the altar. It was the old wizard who presided over the competition between Chen Zonghua and Wen Run yesterday.

I saw the bluish-white flames lit up inside his pupils, which suddenly shot out in all directions, driving the light contained in the oracle bones to fully bloom, reflected heavily by the bronze mirrors all over this space, instantly Time turned the place into a pure glow;

And with the change of the angle of the bronze mirror and the fine casting of the old wizard, all of them gathered on the giant tortoise shell, turning into countless bright runes, revealing a mystical aura that dangles the space.

After shrinking the compressed tortoise shell, which was originally tens of miles in size, the old wizard Bi Zhen climbed up the steps from the eighth floor to the ninth floor, and Qin Yi took over the piece of armor, He picked it up and sent it to the "Eastern Emperor" stele.

The moment the piece of armor was attached to the surface of the stone tablet, a majestic beam of light came directly from the sea to the east of Yue Kingdom, traveled thousands of miles in an instant, directly penetrated the thick barrier of the hall, and landed on the ground. the very center of the tortoise shell;
There is no damage caused on the way, only flowers falling from the sky and streamers dancing. There is a faint breath lingering on it, as deep as the void, vast and boundless, as if there are countless births and deaths in the world, explaining the mystery of the Dao.

Staring at this special tortoise shell restored by the "Eastern Emperor", Qin Yi seemed to have entered a state of communicating with the gods. Hoarse and unclear, he spit out a bunch of semantically incoherent words:
"The hostility...from Jizi...lurking...the target...is in the remains. Mountains and rivers...will pass on...hope."

Knowing that the other party was not playing tricks on mysteries, but had indeed borrowed the mighty power of the gods to obtain some divination results related to the future, Gou Jian, Fan Li, Wen Zhong and others standing far away from the hall listened quietly, thoughtful .

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Soon after collecting and confirming the divination results of the giant tortoise shell and the smaller oracle bones on it, Goujian and others began to discuss the divination after worshiping.

"The enemy who suddenly attacked yesterday afternoon actually came from Jizi North Korea?" Gou Jian ordered Qin Yi, who was temporarily exhausted after interpreting the oracle, to go down to rest, turned to look at Fan Li and Wen Zhong, whom he relied on the most, and asked in a deep voice road.

The so-called "Jizi North Korea" is a country established by King Zhou's uncle Jizi who led a large number of survivors of the Shang Dynasty to migrate to the Korean peninsula to educate the local people.At present, they travel with Yan by land, and with Qi and Yue by sea.

The reason why there is no State of Wu is that the main goal of State Wu’s shipbuilding industry has been to deal with the navy of Chu State for a long time. For the time being, the technology in ocean navigation is insufficient, and the level is close to that of State Qi, and it is not as long as the history of Hainan Airlines. The Yue people.

"It stands to reason that although Jizi North Korea has a small amount of ocean-going business contacts with our country of Yue, there has been almost no formal communication. It doesn't seem to be a contradiction." Fan Li thought for a while and reminded.

"Furthermore, according to Yichen's knowledge, the country is currently in a relatively chaotic state. Jihou's grasp of the country is quite weak, and there are no masters in the 'upper six qi' realm. His strength is much weaker than that of Yue. It should be There is no reason to take the initiative to pick things up."

"Perhaps, the enemy is taking advantage of Jihou's inability to control the state of the country, so he hides his power in Jizi Korea and uses it as a base to develop secretly."

Wen Zhong then analyzed: "At the same time, it cannot be ruled out that the enemy knows that we will conduct divination, prepares in advance, and misleads. It is better to try to conduct a second verification when worshiping the Queen Mother of the West at night."

Hearing this, Gou Jian nodded and agreed: "Then follow what Doctor Wen said. In fact, I don't care much about the origin of this 'Void Dao'. The most important thing is how to deal with the other party." Possible sneak attack in the future."

"Do you still remember the news that Zhu Jiyang, who returned to Kuaiji last night, brought back from Chu? With the new king of Chu just ascending the throne, the power of the Taiyi Sect has become active again and has a tendency to expand."

Fan Li thought for a while, and replied: "The best way to deal with a difficult enemy is to find a new opponent who is equally matched. Contradictions, presumably they don't care about us crossing the country."

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According to the practice of sacrificial offerings, after the ceremony, the sacrificial meat will be distributed to the ministers present. Since the gods have given blessings when enjoying the sacrifices, although the taste of cooking in clear water in the tripod is not very good, there are hidden treasures inside. The majestic aura has the effect of improving one's cultivation.

Except for the cow personally sacrificed by the monarch, the rest of the more than [-] cows, sheep, and pigs will not be given to the high-level officials of the Yue Kingdom, but will be quickly distributed to the next-level under the implementation of the policy set by Gou Jian. Excellent doctor, outstanding talent.

Since it is still not enough to be distributed, most of the remaining sacrifices, including grains such as millet and millet, will be distributed to the poorer people in Kuaiji, guests from other places and foreign countries, and the army of gentlemen on duty around the altar. relief and blessing.

This kind of sacrificial food can be divided into several grades according to the distance from the center of the altar, and the concentration of aura contained in it varies. It is allowed to be given to others, but it is not allowed to trade with money.

Before Zhao Qing knew it, there were actually three cattle and sheep that had been removed from the altar, as well as some rare fruits and vegetables. According to the procedure, they would be sent to her residence in two hours, and certain freshness preservation techniques would be applied. There will be no deterioration in half a month.

Holding a sacrificial ceremony, with so many people watching, is naturally not all out of respect and belief in the gods, but also for the purpose of getting a share when the sacrifices will be distributed later.

As Goujian and others walked out of the hall on the top floor of the altar, it showed that the ceremony had come to an end, and the surrounding crowd gradually dispersed, some returned to Kuaiji City, and some rushed straight to the altar where the Queen Mother of the West was worshipped in the western suburbs, wanting to wait for the other party at midnight. A ritual of a god.

As for Zhao Qing and Yuan Gong, they caught a glimpse of the mysterious beam of light passing through the East China Sea on the way, and maybe they got some blessings from the gods near the altar, and they suddenly came up with an important point in martial arts. Discovered, gave birth to a lot of inspiration and inspiration.

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