Chapter 190 Chaotic Dance of Gods and Demons

After spending some time exploring the town, Rong Yi saw a large square besides the temples where gods were worshipped. The square was empty, with no one setting up stalls.

As lively as it was, the area was still quite small. After exploring, Rong Yi focused on absorbing insect crystals at the inn.

The air here contains energy, and a lot of it is absorbed unknowingly every day. Fortunately, the insect crystal stabilizes it; otherwise, even if Rong Yi doesn't enter battle mode, his emotions would be unstable due to absorbing energy.

As the festival approached, every household from all the surrounding villages came to the town, making it unprecedentedly lively.

The county magistrate set up a tent early in the morning, where villagers who arrived early could rest, while others stayed in the homes of townspeople.

Presumably because of the religious ceremony, the people in the whole town were very harmonious.

Finally, the day of the sacrificial ceremony arrived. Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing watched as everyone walked towards the large square. The county magistrate was the first to arrive. The square, which was originally empty, was now filled with many plaques, each bearing the name of a certain god.

Besides the offering tablets, there were several long tables filled with offerings from the villagers, including pastries, chickens they had slaughtered themselves, eggs, and even copper coins.

In short, offerings for the gods must be prepared, as it is said that cheating or shirking will be punished by the gods.

Perhaps the disciples of the immortal sects didn't follow this custom, because the magistrate didn't remind them to set out offerings.

Before the magistrate was a large incense burner, with three large incense sticks already inserted. At this moment, wisps of smoke rose, filling the entire town with the fragrance of the incense.

The faces around me were filled with joy, excitement, and even reverence. Despite their happiness, they didn't forget to keep quiet. Although there were so many people present, the square was surprisingly quiet.

The magistrate changed into a bright official robe today, washed his hands, and lit incense himself.

After he finished doing all this, he stepped aside, and a group of people dressed in colorful brocade robes appeared out of nowhere. Their expressions were solemn, and the distance they took with each step seemed to have been precisely calculated. Everyone's movements were in sync.

Rong Yi felt that everyone around him was holding their breath.

Then the group of strangely dressed people started to move. They danced a dance that was hard to describe and looked at at first glance like a shamanistic ritual.

"What are you doing?" Rong Yi asked Wei Yanqing in his mind without opening his mouth.

"Since it's a ritual to appease the gods, it might be a dance to please them, or a way to summon them." These are the two possibilities he has guessed so far.

Rong Yi: "..."

When the group stopped moving, she clearly felt the atmosphere around her change, from excitement and anticipation to pure tension.

Then came the breathtaking scene.

In the sky, blurry figures appeared one after another, and as time passed, these figures became clearer and clearer until they were completely distinct.

A group of people, or rather, the gods as spoken of by the common people, stood on the clouds.

They all had solemn faces, their heads were adorned with exquisite hairstyles, and their gauze robes seemed to move without wind.

Even though they were standing on clouds, their eyes felt as if they were right in front of them.

Rong Yi was a little curious about how they achieved this visual effect, but at a glance, he realized that most of these so-called gods were at the eighth or ninth level of power, higher than the two of them but not ridiculously higher.

At that moment, she had only one thought in her mind: With this strength, she could become a member of the gods in a world?

"I, Fan Xinyuan, the magistrate of Gaoyang Town, under the jurisdiction of Heshan City, Tongfu Province, Southern Liang Dynasty, pray to the gods to bless our town with favorable weather and a peaceful life for its people this year."

After the magistrate finished speaking, he knelt down and kowtowed deeply.

The gods standing on the clouds exchanged glances. The one with the highest power among them waved his hand, and a golden light shone down. Everyone around him knelt down, leaving only Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing standing bare.

Do you expect them to kneel before these gods whose backgrounds are unknown? Dream on.

Sure enough, the two of them stood there, and the gazes of the gods fell upon them. However, everyone around them was kneeling face down, and no one noticed what they had done.

Rong Yi glanced back indifferently, while Wei Yanqing stood beside him with his hands behind his back, his spine ramrod straight.

The gods in the clouds were clearly dissatisfied, perhaps because time was limited; they gave them a deep look.

The most powerful of the gods spoke, but not to the two of them, but to the county magistrate: "You have made sincere offerings, and I hope you will not forget your original intentions."

After saying this, the figures of the gods gradually disappeared.

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Even after the deity disappeared, the people remained kneeling and refused to rise, and the county magistrate wept uncontrollably. The entire town was filled with joy and laughter.

Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing returned to the inn early and began to talk about the gods.

"I think they are just powerful people, so how did they become gods? Is it because of their strength?" Rong Yi still couldn't understand. In her eyes, those gods were no different from other players.

Wei Yanqing: "There must be other reasons, but we've been here a long time, so we'll gradually find out."

Rong Yi nodded, "That's true, but they look so cool standing on the clouds."

Although they could fly, they couldn't replicate the effect of those gods, making the clouds seem like a real carpet to walk on, which looked extremely novel.

Then, as if remembering something, he added, "I wonder if there are any players in this world. We didn't see a single one when we arrived in town. Could it be that they only sent the two of us in?"

This reduced the number of competitors, but their live stream rooms disappeared, along with the incessant chatter in the chatter, leaving them completely unaware of what was happening outside.

Wei Yanqing: "Now that we've discovered this land, we won't give up. We might have invested, but in very small quantities. We'll know once we get to the capital."

If no players are seen in the capital, then there is reason to suspect that this world has just been discovered and has not yet been developed.

Upon hearing this, Rong Yi stopped thinking about these things and said, "We've finished watching the sacrificial ceremony, let's get ready to leave."

They stayed for nearly half a month just to witness the ritual of worshipping the gods. They also saw that there seemed to be gods in this world, though not as powerful as they had imagined.

After their conversation, the two went to bid farewell to the county magistrate.

"Leave? No, we can't leave now." The magistrate's tone was urgent, as if he was afraid that the two of them would leave the city at any moment.

Rong Yi asked, puzzled, "Why can't we leave?"

The magistrate was surprised that they were so ignorant of the world. “On the day of the sacrificial ceremony, the gods bestow divine light. If we go out now, many demons will attack us without regard for anything. Therefore, the residents outside the town must wait until the fourth day before they can leave. Also, some mortal disciples from the Ziyang Sect have come this time. Please wait a little longer.”

There was such a scene during the sacrificial ceremony. Rong Yi recalled that a deity had indeed flicked his hand and scattered a golden light. It seemed that this was the divine light the magistrate had mentioned.

Since they had already said all that, the two had no choice but to stay.

“I know you two are very capable, but there are many demons gathered outside, so we are preparing to attack Gaoyang Town. In the end, two fists can't fight against many hands.”

The magistrate's advice was truly earnest and heartfelt.

Rong Yi immediately said, "Alright, we'll stay here and leave on the fourth day."

She explained that the villagers came with so many bags and packages because they were planning to stay for several days.

The magistrate nodded in satisfaction. "When you are about to leave, I will give you a map showing the route from Gaoyang Town to the capital."

(End of this chapter)