From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 149 Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers
Three days later, the Tianqing Grand Ceremony arrived as scheduled.

The blazing sun hung high in the sky, seemingly about to engulf the entire celestial realm. Intense sunlight shone down on the cloud-topped Divine Palace, and three long, resounding cries echoed through the void, reverberating throughout the heavens.

A white rainbow pierced the sun, golden mist rose, the five divine banners unfurled, and countless wishes converged into streams of light above the Milky Way, as if the heavens themselves were preparing for this day.

You Ming stood on a platform in the [Department of Fertility], looking up at the sky. Although he had been in the sky for several days, he still felt dazzled and captivated every time he saw such a magnificent sight.

The Grand Duke of Tai Sui, who presided over the ceremony, personally appeared at the top of the imperial platform. He was tall and imposing, with a face like an ancient bell, five long strands of beard hanging down to his chest, and wearing a golden crown with twelve bells hanging behind it. When the wind blew, the sound of the mandate of heaven would echo.

His robes were engraved with the constellations of the heavens and the four directions and eight wastelands, and there were often flowing lights. His steps were like the turning of a wheel of time.

The annual Tianqing Grand Ceremony is presided over by the Tai Sui God, who has twelve incarnations, representing the number of the Heavenly Stems, and also a twelve-year cycle.

The Grand Duke Jupiter stands in the void, with countless Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches intertwined beneath him, as if the power of billions of time sequences is pulsating within him, like stars floating and reflecting, majestic and solemn.

"When the Heavenly Celebration begins, all the gods gather. All wishes are fulfilled, and the Great Way flourishes."

His voice was deep and majestic, as if heaven and earth were speaking together.

As his voice fell, all the immortals and gods within the Heavenly Court—the Eight Pillars, the Ten Laws, the Twenty-Four Heavenly Constants, the Seventy-Two Mortal Connections, and the Three Hundred and Sixty Blessings—transformed into countless rays of light, converging towards the very center.

The grand celebration ceremony has officially begun.

Youming's body was also lifted up by a gentle force, and he joined the gods.

He felt that everything around him was white and he couldn't see anything, but the space around him was flowing, which was very magical.

When he landed, he was already in a vast and boundless square. Everything beneath him seemed transparent. He was suspended in the void, with countless stars scattered beneath him.

As long as you gaze at a certain star, your body will be immediately drawn to it, thus arriving at that star.

Different stars represent different activities, such as banquets, magical battles, games, or trade.

You Ming felt like he was in the world chat square in a game.

The Golden Boy God also instructed that, except for those stars at the very front that start with the character "甲" (jia), all others could be freely entered and exited, but people should try to be polite.

During the Lunar New Year, the normal stars won't chase you away. They might even reward you with some immortal fruits because of your low cultivation level.

However, while you're having fun, be sure to arrive at the [癸亥一叁伍] star on the last day of the festival to participate in the [Shadow of the Great Dao] capture event.

After seeing You Ming's record, the Golden Boy God chose a star and went off to enjoy himself.

You Ming wandered alone among the many stars. If it weren't for [Bixia Yuanjun], he would never have had the opportunity to participate in such a grand event, so he cherished this opportunity very much.

However, one must acknowledge the grand scale and magnificence of the Heavenly Court.

Among those many stars, there are many officials who use celestial maps as a board and constellations as chess pieces, and use the interpretation of fate by chasing stars as a drinking game. Between the clinking of cups, they drink wine brewed from starlight.

Within the cloud palace, where layers of mist transformed into a palace, the gods of the seasons used the five winds as a guide and the dispersed clouds and air as raw materials to brew a mouthful of intoxicating dew. After becoming intoxicated, they exhaled a rainbow that soared 30,000 feet into the sky.

In the Thunder God's High Hall, where ten thousand drums resounded and dust and light turned into fire, the Thunder Gods used lightning as their rhythm and thunder as their score, breaking through three layers of empty drums to create a symphony, with thunderous sounds of varying pitches resounding throughout the heavens and the earth.

"Oh...oh dear, just a little bit short."

Youming moved among the gods. Many of the high-ranking gods were quite large, and he seemed like a dwarf as he walked among them.

Hearing shouts from ahead, he squeezed through the crowd and peeked out from between the legs of two deities.

In the center of the square stood a tall pot made entirely of white jade, with three layers of star patterns flowing on it, and various energies moving about like silk and smoke.

A dozen or so feet away from the high pot, a figure twelve feet tall held an arrow in his hand. After frowning for a long time, he threw it forward. But to You Ming's surprise, this god seemed to be unable to see the mouth of the pot, and the arrow was still several feet away from the mouth of the high pot.

This time, instead of sighs of regret, there were bursts of cheers and jeers from all around.

You Ming also found it strange. For a god, a distance of several dozen feet is no different than being right in front of him. How come he still couldn't hit it?
The deity who had just thrown the arrow into the pot blushed; his deviation was indeed quite far.

"It seems that no one can take this Jade Dew today."

A deity dressed in black robes burst into laughter.

"Anyone else want to take on the challenge? Otherwise, I'll close up shop for today."

The deity looked around and laughed smugly.

"You rascal, in previous years this game of pitch-pot only required calculating the positions of Yin and Yang and the trends of the Five Elements. This year you've added the arrangement of star charts. Are you deliberately making things difficult for us?"

The man who had just failed at pitch-pot immediately started cursing, but the god in black robes was smug.

To him, the curses of the loser were a compliment.

He wasn't annoyed at all; on the contrary, he became even more enthusiastic.

After that, several other deities tried, but their best result was just barely grazing the pot, which was probably just a fluke.

"I'm not playing anymore. You've made this game so unfunny. I guess only those immortals like this kind of divination stuff."

"Let's go, let's go!"

If you can't win a game, it can really dampen everyone's enthusiasm.

The gods shook their heads and prepared to disperse.

"Hello, may I participate?"

Just then, a somewhat timid voice came from the crowd. After looking around for a while, everyone finally spotted Youming, who was squeezed between two gods, with only his head barely showing.

"Hahaha, where did this kid who hasn't even grown his first hair come from? Ignorance is bliss!"

"I think this is called 'a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger'."

The gods laughed, but there was no malice in their words.

Aside from immortals and gods, those who can participate in the Heavenly Celebration Ceremony are the young geniuses of each family.

However, seeing that You Ming only had the cultivation level of Yin Spirit, they felt as if they were looking at a toddler who had just learned to walk.

"no problem."

“If any other deity were to participate, I would definitely take a hundred strands of their divine power, but you're to my liking, so I won't take your divine power. If you can actually hit the target, I'll give you the prize back.”

The soot-colored deity shook the bottle in his hand and said to You Ming with a smile.

"A word is settled!"

You Ming stared at the bottle; he had actually come specifically for the [Jade Dew].

(End of this chapter)