the last priest

Lao Wang and Cha Wenbin tried their best to restore this grand sacrificial activity 3000 years ago:

3000 years ago, when the wind blew over Qifeng Mountain, people in the whole kingdom could listen to the music played by the swaying and collision of metals. The bursts of crisp sound proved a great Bronze Age in the hinterland of Sichuan. This little corner hits the pinnacle. ┠★ & ┨

The lower floor is used for priests to hold ceremonies. In the groove on the table in front of the altar, there is a scepter wrapped in gold skin.The scepter is very finely made, the outer skin is wrapped in gold skin, and the gold skin is carved with patterns such as fish, birds, and arrows.Fish and birds are the totems of the yufu era, and arrows represent power. The people from the tribe kneel on the square below and worship the sacred tree devoutly. The altar was surrounded by water, waiting for the holy moment.

When the auspicious time came, several priests came to the altar one by one. They wore flower crowns and long robes, held sacrificial rites, and chanted words in their mouths.After half a stick of incense, the priests closed the sacrificial scriptures in their hands and placed them on the altar.Immediately afterwards, the entourage handed over the masks and copper bells worn by the priests to the hands of the priests.

These masks are all made of gold. The nose of the mask is very full, the lips are wide, and the two huge ears spread out to the outside, which are out of proportion to the whole mask. The nose and mouth are painted with black oil paint.The priests wearing masks danced while shaking the copper bells in their hands, and sang songs of sacrifice.Stepping on the rhythm of the singing, they neatly changed various dance moves.After a series of sacrificial dances, the new clan leader began to lead the people under the altar to bow six times and bow nine times to the sky and the ground.After the ceremony, the oldest of the clan leaders took the staff from the altar and handed it to the newly appointed head of the country. The young high priest took the golden staff representing royal and divine authority with both hands, and then raised it above his head.

The people in the entire square suddenly erupted. Amidst the shouts that shook the sky, the next generation of high priest was born as scheduled. They were eager for him to lead the tribe to the next peak.In the post-Yufu king era, the high priest had the greatest power and was also the most knowledgeable and talented person in the clan.The role he plays in the clan is not only a person who exorcises ghosts, but also a representative who communicates with heaven and earth.

Similarly, the high priest has multiple identities: when someone in the clan gets sick, he acts as a healer; Got a fortune teller.To treat people, one must be proficient in medical knowledge; to communicate with the world and predict disasters, one must have common sense of astronomy.Of course, in the eyes of the people at that time, it was taken for granted that God gave him energy, so the priest undoubtedly became the most respected and powerful person in the clan.

Since the hibiscus tree can communicate with heaven and earth, the high priest has become the only person who can communicate with it, so the former high priest is the bronze man in front of him, but he never imagined that the real one The scepter had already been brought into the sherbet boat he had carefully prepared by the former high priest, and what was left to him was just a beautiful but powerless counterfeit.

Finally, when the descendants of the Yufu Kingdom gathered together, the Di people held various weapons and surrounded them, and the Qiang people took up the weapons in their hands to resist fiercely, and the two sides killed each other to the death.Because of their rough skin and thick flesh, and their strength, the Di people gradually won the upper hand in this tribal war in the post-Yufu era. All the Qiang people began to retreat to this square. All of his scepters have unlocked the heaven-penetrating ability, but found that the scepter that could call wind and rain in the past is like a wooden stick that has no effect at this moment.

The young high priest would never have imagined that the real scepter had already been swapped, and for the current plan, he could only do his best.If it is said that the reason why the ancient Shu Kingdom was able to gain a foothold here was that they successively created silk civilization and fishing and hunting civilization, then there is another more important thing is the art of gods and ghosts.

The young high priest used the witchcraft of shaking the world and weeping ghosts and gods, and finally temporarily repelled the crazy attack of the Di people, and there were very few people left.under serious injury.The young high priest called the respected people in the clan, and gave the kingdom the last order, that is to guard the only way to enter the mountain, waiting for the rebirth of King Yufu to be reopened one day.

Following the instructions of the high priest, the elder led the few remaining members of the ethnic group out of Mount Qifeng, and settled down in the village where he lived for generations, guarding the secrets of Mount Qifeng for generations. Constantly looking for a way to open the road to resurrection again, among which the most recognized by them is to get the tenth bird and reopen the three-world passage of the Fusang sacred tree, which is the sun that was rumored to be brought into the jade coffin by the yufu How could he know that by mistake, the previous Cancong had brought this rare treasure into his coffin long ago.This search lasted for 3000 years, until Mochizuki's grandfather broke the tranquility here again.

After all the clansmen had left here, the young high priest stood on the second step with his body covered in blood, leaning against the statue of the previous high priest, an unrivaled ghost art Shockingly staged here.With the help of the remaining power of the sacred tree, he sealed the entire Qifeng mountain in a cloud forever, and imposed some kind of taboo, so that the Di people could only live deep underground and could never step out of the mountain. step.

This stalemate continued until the arrival of Grandfather Mochizuki. Because his arrival broke a small part of the taboo, the Di people were able to approach the original territory of the Qiang people again and were hunted down.Cha Wenbin didn't know if they had been here, but the task of resurrecting the king had probably been completed by Cha Wenbin.

At this point, Zha Wenbin can more or less guess the origin of the "Ruyi Book". Those insect-like symbols in the General Temple are the ancient Shu characters, and what is recorded in the text should be those witchcraft. The combination of Taoist theory has been proved by ancestors in history that it is indeed feasible.

Monk Danzi was probably also one of the treasure hunters. He entered Qifeng Mountain and made friends with the leader of the Bashu apes.The Bashu apes are the real masters here, they know all the secrets of this mountain.Under the leadership of the ape, he obtained the art of gods and ghosts that belonged to the high priest of the Qiang people thousands of years ago, and called it "Ruyi Book". After painstaking research, he deciphered the translation and became a master of the generation.

Inferred to this point, both Cha Wenbin and Lao Wang have solved too many doubts in their hearts. At least this whole line can be fully established for them. The legendary Tongtian God Tree has been restored.

At this time, except for the sloppy face that guards Mochizuki, Chaozi and Leng Yiran have already reached the second step. Zhuo Xiong should be the last patriarch of this ancient clan. According to the rules, he should be the last high priest, so Cha Wenbin put He also called up, although at this time Zhuo Xiong was not interested in the things left by these ancestors at all.

With the help of a few people, Cha Wenbin took the lead to climb up the top step. Looking at all the hills is a perfect way to describe the vision at this time.The village, which was not completely visible from any angle, can already be seen from here.On the contrary, no matter which angle you stand on this sacred bronze tree, the branches always cover each other, but you can see it more clearly when you are not underneath.

Cha Wenbin tried to climb, using both hands and feet, shuttled back and forth on the trunk full of bronze branches. The ingenious design of this sacred tree is that no matter how hard you work, there is always a way blocked by the branches above Yes, that is to say, if you want to climb, you have to step on the tip of the tree branch outside. After Cha Wenbin tried a few times, he had to give up and return to the ground again.

Birds and copper bells are hung on the tip of the branch, and the top end is extremely sharp, like a dagger. It is really not an ordinary difficulty to get out from this periphery.What worried him even more was the copper bell. The last time the bell rang, all ghosts appeared. The copper bell here seems to have the effect of summoning souls. If you accidentally touch it, God knows what will be summoned.But now that we have reached this point, we have to try anyway, because Cha Wenbin also has his own selfish intentions. If this sacred tree can really connect the Three Realms, then Yang Tongyuan will definitely be able to reach it too!

Taking a deep breath, under the gaze of everyone, Cha Wenbin carefully followed the outermost branch and began to climb slowly. . . . . .