Chapter 130 Sect Ceremony
When the crescent moon first rose, the sky was still dyed with a deep red glow, and the setting sun was gradually setting.
But soon, as more and more monks gathered in the square of the Taiyin Sect's main hall, the sky gradually darkened, and the surrounding stone statues replaced the candlelight and illuminated the entire square.
The Taiyin Sect's grand ceremony will last for seven days, starting from the first day at 7:00 am and ending on the seventh day. The incense cannot be cut off and the offerings cannot be stopped. If there are gods to be worshipped, during this period, they will set up plaques, light incense, and offer petitions one by one, and then offer three animals at 9:00 pm.
The three animals of Yushu are the best, followed by the three animals of Tailao and the two animals of Shaolao. The worst is Lao, also known as the small three animals.
Whether it is the three animals of Yushu, the three animals of Tailao, the two animals of Shaolao and the three small animals, they are only used in sacrifices when submitting memorials. The small sacrifices that are usually offered are just burning incense and offering fruits and snacks.
The Taiyin Sect worships the Taiyin Goddess as the main deity, the Jiaomu Star Lord and the Xinyue Star Lord as the auxiliary deities, and the last ones are the three immortal gods of Fu, Lu and Shou and the Taishui Dragon King.
Of course, this ranking method is only the ranking of the worshippers within the sect. Although it does have a certain relationship with the forces of immortals and gods, the ranking does not represent its absolute strength, and sometimes it is related to its closeness.
For example, Taishui Dragon King is the water god of Taishui, the largest river in Central China. He is a "good-natured god" among all the immortal gods in Central China, but he will agree to anything that requires him to make clouds and rain for farming and survival. However, he never interferes in any worldly disputes and never attends any banquets hosted by immortal gods.
In the first week, Fang Xianyu, who has lived in Guixu Realm for more than a hundred years, has never even seen him! He is a god who stays at home as long as he can!
However, although he was a homebody, Taishui Dragon King was very easy to talk to. He would allow any sect to worship him, and even the authority they granted was exactly the same: he would only accept sacrificial petitions and prayers for making clouds and rain, and would not accept any petitions about state affairs.
Therefore, no matter how big or small the sects are in Zhongzhou, they all like to add a statue of Taishui Dragon King at the end, which can at least ensure good weather and good harvests for the people under their rule.
The Taiyin Sect's sect ceremony is centered on the Taiyin Goddess, so a sacrifice of three animals with jade must be offered on the first day.
Afterwards, the three immortal gods Jiao Muxing Jun, Xin Yuexing Jun, Fu Lu Shou and Tai Shui Dragon King each took one day of sacrifice, and the levels were reduced accordingly to Tai Lao and Shao Lao, for a total of seven days.
The best time for Taiyin sacrifice is when the moon rises and when the moon rises, it is the most respected time, so it was not until the hour of You that people saw the Taiyin Sect disciples coming in a large number and forming a line.
On the altar of the throne of the Goddess Taiyin, there were musk deer, white deer and black muntjac, as well as many fruits and snacks. There were twenty-eight plates and bowls, which was exactly the regulation of the three animals in the Jade Office.
In such a serious occasion, although all the players appear to be normal people, in fact, the banned players are arguing fiercely in the world channel!
"Ahhhhhhh I want my butt scratched!"
"Does this butt have to be scratched? I have a reasonable suspicion that you want to get on TV with your butt!"
"Do you also want to embarrass yourself in front of all the netizens like the emperor did?"
"So boring! When will the story end? This is just a waste of time!"
"Why did you sign up because you were bored?"
"I didn't know it would take so long!"
"Just bear with it, the prestige you get is quite a bit anyway!"
"It's better to brush a few books!"
"Forget it! The queue time for the next dungeon is too long now! It takes at least three to five minutes to get in! I might as well do the exploration mission!"
"But exploration missions are too dependent on luck!"
"Be more confident, sister! I just dug up a top-grade spiritual herb yesterday and sold it for over 800 spiritual stones at a stall in the night market in Chang'an City! It's so cool!"
"You! You are not allowed to play "Ten Continents"!"
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While the players were chatting privately and seemed to be in a trance, Fang Xianyu had already started reading the petition. "... Wei, in the year of Jiachen, the month of Renshen, the day of Xuchen, the sky is auspicious and the earth is fragrant. On an auspicious day, cultivators from all directions gathered in Taiyin, and Taoist friends from all walks of life gathered together..."
Fang Xianyu stood at the front outside the hall, with a serious expression and a majestic voice.
Behind her followed two cultivators of high cultivation. One was Lian Jiezi, the leader of Guangcheng Sect, who had reached the Nascent Soul stage, and the other was Baihua Xianren, the leader of the Hu clan, who came on behalf of Chiyuan Sect. The two followed, and after the sacrificial text was finished, they bowed down to the throne of Lady Taiyin together with Fang Xianyu.
All the sects and forces that came to watch the ceremony stood solemnly aside, waiting quietly.
Not long after, the flame of the incense stick in the incense burner suddenly grew larger, and then, a thick, colorful column of light shot up into the sky across the entire sacrificial area, trapping Fang Xianyu inside!
This means that the immortal god has given permission and has been successfully worshipped! Compared to the complicated look on the face of the Hundred Flowers Immortal, Lian Jiezi was just laughing foolishly: "Congratulations, Sect Master Fang! Congratulations, Sect Master Fang!"
The Hundred Flowers Fairy had no choice but to congratulate him: "Congratulations, Sect Master Fang!"
Fang Xianyu first bowed in return of thanks, and then a voice wrapped in spiritual power echoed heavily in the square in front of the sect's main hall, with great majesty: "The ceremony is completed..."
Afterwards, Fang Xianyu thanked the many sects and monks who came to watch the ceremony and announced the start of the banquet.
The players placed plates of exquisite ingredients one by one from the bottom to the customized wooden tray over one meter long. The long tray was slowly moved in front of the guests' table, which was quite novel to the many monks who came to watch the ceremony.
Hundreds of banquet tables created by Fang Xianyu using the energy of the system surrounded the square and spread out layer by layer. On each banquet table, there were sets of condiment plates and sauce bowls, and a strange-looking "bronze tripod".
Below the "bronze tripod" is a small and exquisite brazier, and the interior is in the shape of a Bagua, divided into two. On one side is a boiling red soup with a spicy and stimulating aroma, and on the other side is a white soup with various mushrooms floating in it. The two rich aromas mixed together, making the monks who have not eaten worldly food for a long time drool.
This way of eating, cooking raw food in a "copper tripod", is not uncommon, but it rarely appears in such large-scale banquets. Even the sauces that appear to be a set of more than a dozen plates and bowls at first glance are just a few ingredients whose names you can't recognize. From the perspective of eating, it is nothing new.
Therefore, although it was new, the entire banquet did not witness the scenes that the players imagined, such as "NPC can't eat" and "NPC is so stunning because it's something they've never seen before".
but……
“Cough, cough, cough…”
"Hiss, sha, this red soup, hiss, so exciting!"
Many monks who rarely had spicy food were coughing and gasping due to the spiciness, and many of them even had tears flying. Fortunately, they all knew magic and had some skills, so they could cast spells to deal with some of them, otherwise they would have been in such a miserable state!
There were also monks who loved spicy food and applauded.
"Excellent! Excellent! Even better than the chili and pepper feast! Excellent!"
There were also cultivators who cultivated the five flavors and were distinguishing the drinks they picked up at random: "Top-grade yellow spiritual spring water, jade bee spiritual honey... eh? There's even citron? This is just an ordinary fruit, how can it be included in the banquet of the immortals? Absurd! Absurd!"
Just as the kitchen cultivator shook his head and sighed, another cultivator beside him decisively rolled his eyes and said, "If you have the guts, don't drink it!"
The cook watched the immortal fairy picking up ordinary meat, and watched the virtuous Taoist friend frying all kinds of inanimate mushrooms. He sighed, "This is a disgrace to the five flavors," while eating with relish. At the end, he whispered to himself, "I just go with the flow, keep a low profile, and live in seclusion in the city. I don't want to tarnish the practice of the five flavors..."
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