Fu Xiaoguan looked up and found that the sun was already at its zenith.
He looked straight ahead and saw a wide platform a few hundred meters ahead, and on the platform was the huge red and black temple.
His gaze lingered on the temple for only a moment, and then he was once again attracted by the snow-capped mountains behind the temple.
The white snow emits a dazzling luster in the sun, as beautiful as a fairy in holy clothes, looking down at all living beings majestically.
If you travel, this is the beauty.
If it is a place for sacrifice, this place is indeed holy.
But if it’s an avalanche… no one here will be able to escape!
Fu Xiaoguan took a deep breath of the cold air and his eyes fell on the temple.
The temple was built in a solemn and majestic manner, with various colorful banners fluttering around it and a wide avenue in front of it.
A priest dressed in red came out of the temple, followed by a large group of priests dressed in black.
They walked down hundreds of steps and came before Emperor Wen.
The red-robed priest bowed and saluted, and the black-robed priests behind him all prostrated themselves on the ground.
"The time has come, Your Majesty, please come to the stage!"
Emperor Wen casually took Fu Xiaoguan's hand and walked towards the steps. He climbed up the steps and it took him a cup of tea to reach the platform and stand in front of the temple.
Fu Xiaoguan felt that this place was a bit depressing.
The temple has black walls and red pillars, and it is majestic and grand, as if an ancient giant beast is lying in front of you.
On the platform in front of the temple stands a huge tripod, carved with cloud patterns and various auspicious beasts.
On both sides of the platform stood hundreds of priests in black, holding various musical instruments in their hands, including drums, flutes, gongs, chimes, etc.
What made him feel even more uncomfortable was the huge snow-capped mountain behind the temple!
The snow was less than thirty meters above the temple, and below it was a glacier formed by the melted snow water.
Standing in this place, it seemed as if even the sunlight had lost its warmth. Even though he was wearing a mink fur coat, he still felt a biting chill.
The high priest in red came up with the group of priests in black. A priest in black lit yellow paper in the cauldron. The high priest in red took two tall incense sticks, lit them with the flame of the yellow paper, and respectfully handed one to Emperor Wen, and then handed another to Fu Xiaoguan.
"The Heavenly Sacrifice Begins!"
Following a loud shout from the red-robed high priest, Emperor Wen respectfully inserted the tall incense into the incense stand of the big cauldron, and Fu Xiaoguan followed suit.
Then, there was the sound of sacred music, the blowing of trumpets, and the clashing of gongs and drums, and the sound immediately echoed in the valley.
Fu Xiaoguan was startled and looked up at the snow-capped mountain again, thinking that if a resonance occurred...!
It seems like nothing happened.
Emperor Wen once again took Fu Xiaoguan's hand and walked into the temple.
The huge temple was brightly lit and contained a huge statue.
That was the Great Emperor Haotian worshipped by the Wu Dynasty. He was dressed in golden divine clothes, holding a scroll of heavenly book. His face was majestic and his eyes were like torches as he looked down at the people who came to worship him.
In this huge temple, there are also hundreds of black-robed priests. At this moment, fairy music is playing here. The music is lingering, accompanied by a few wisps of incense.
Smoke and fire rose from the wood stove on the side of the statue, which was to welcome the god.
The high priest in red took some incense and candles, lit them, and handed them to Emperor Wen and Fu Xiaoguan respectively.
Emperor Wen inserted a pair of red candles on the incense table, held a green incense stick in his hand, knelt respectfully in front of the statue of Emperor Haotian, performed the ritual of three bows and nine kowtows, then stood up and inserted the incense stick in his hand into the incense burner.
Fu Xiaoguan followed suit, and the red-robed high priest stood before the incense table, shouting, "Offer jade and silk!"
Dozens of black-robed priests filed in from outside the temple, holding all the gifts needed for offering sacrifices to heaven, and stood behind Emperor Wen.
A priest in black brought in a golden basin filled with steaming water.
Emperor Wen washed his hands in a basin, and the black-robed priests handed the offerings to him one by one, and he placed the offerings on the altar one by one.
When all the jade and silk were laid out, the red-robed high priest shouted again, "Great Emperor Haotian, the Emperor of the Wu Dynasty requests an audience. I read the sacred text of the Heavenly Sacrifice and respectfully invite the Great Emperor Haotian to listen!"
The Minister of the Ministry of Rites held high in both hands a golden sacred document and respectfully presented it to Emperor Wen. Emperor Wen took it with both hands and glanced at Fu Xiaoguan.
Fu Xiaoguan knelt down again, and heard Emperor Wen recite loudly: "I, the Human Emperor Wu Changfeng, and my eldest son, Wu Xiaoguan, beg the Lord of Heaven to listen..."
Fu Xiaoguan suddenly felt a slight vibration in the ground. He raised his head and looked around. No one else seemed to be feeling unusual, so he lowered his head again.
"For ten years since I ascended the throne, I have diligently governed the country, never slacking off, in order to ensure that the people of the Wu Dynasty live and work in peace and contentment, and that the country prospers."
"...My eldest son, Wu Xiaoguan, has lived among the people for seventeen years. He understands the sufferings of the people and knows how hard it is to achieve prosperity."
"...Wu Xiaoguan is a man of profound knowledge and profound scholarship. Therefore, I intend to appoint him Crown Prince. I pray that the Heavenly God will have mercy on me. I will choose a day to offer sacrifices to my ancestors in the Imperial Ancestral Temple and announce this to the world!"
After the eloquent sacred text of offering sacrifices to heaven was read, Fu Xiaoguan was still kneeling. In his heart, he was not silently praying to the God of Heaven to bless the Wu Dynasty with peace and prosperity, but was carefully feeling the vibration coming from afar.
This vibration is very slight, and it would be difficult to feel it unless you kneel on the ground and touch the ground with your hands.
When Emperor Wen threw this sacred text into the fire, when the flames rose, when the divine sounds inside and outside the temple rang out again, especially when the drums suddenly struck, Fu Xiaoguan suddenly jumped up -
The shaking of the earth became more intense, and there was a faint sound of thunder!
avalanche!
He grabbed Emperor Wen's hand and rushed out of the temple, shouting, "Run!"
Emperor Wen frowned suddenly. Although the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was basically completed, there was still one last thing missing - he had to kneel down and worship the God of Heaven and get a response from the God of Heaven!
What is this Fu Xiaoguan doing?
"Let go!"
Fu Xiaoguan's heart was as cold as ice. He had never been so panicked and frightened. Even when he was shot by Bei Wangchuan with two arrows in the border town, and even when he was besieged by twelve masters in Jinghu Villa, he had never felt as desperate as he did at this moment.
He understood deeply the power of avalanches. This was the might of nature and could not be resisted by human power. Even if a martial saint was here, he could not resist it!
Just as he rushed out of the temple, pulling Emperor Wen with him, everyone waiting on Liluoyuan looked towards the distant snow-capped mountains.
The sun shines on the golden mountain!
The clouds and mist on the Snow Mountain dissipated, and it seemed as if it had unveiled its mysterious veil, revealing its holy face.
People were shocked, then cheered, and then rejoiced, thinking that this was the will of heaven. They thought that the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven had been completed, and that the God of Heaven had shown mercy to the world.
Clouds and fog rose again on the hillside of the Great Snow Mountain, but then Su Jue frowned - that was not clouds and fog, that was snow fog!
He didn't know that this thing was an avalanche.
He looked at it in astonishment, feeling something was wrong, but the people around him were cheering. But then he felt an earth-shaking movement, and then heard a loud roar!
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