Mountains, deep valleys and altars.
After two days' journey, under the starry night, Lu Yuan and his two men finally arrived here.
"I've met the king."
Li Qian, the registered disciple who was responsible for supervising the construction here, hurriedly came to see his master and king coming.
"Get up, no need to be polite." Lu Yuan waved his hand, then looked at the outline of the altar that had been built in the valley, and asked, "You sent a message back and said that the altar has been built. Is this true?"
Li Qian said quickly: "Back to your Majesty, this matter is true. I spent more than a year and finally fulfilled my mission to repair this altar. Your Majesty, you can go and check it immediately."
Lu Yuan said: "Then take me to have a look." Then he turned around, looked at Master Anqiu and said, "Master Anqiu, please help me see if there is any problem."
Master Anqiu nodded: "Don't worry, fellow Taoist, this is also related to the Tao's grand plan, and I will check it carefully."
Afterwards, the two of them, led by Li Qian, went to the altar in the valley.
There are three types of altars for worshiping heaven in Taiping Taoism, corresponding to human sacrifices, earth sacrifices, and heavenly sacrifices.
There are three types of sacrifices for heaven, earth and humans, and each uses different altars.
What is being built here now is a human sacrifice altar, which corresponds to the Tianzhu erected by Emperor Huaguang in ancient times, and what Lu Yuan built is the smallest altar among human sacrifices.
However, even though it is small, the altar is thousands of steps long and wide. It has a nine-level platform. Each of the steps is paved with a large number of precious gold and silver utensils, and is painted with various psychic materials. A large number of runes and rituals were laid down, which can be described as extremely sophisticated and ingenious.
On top of the nine-story platform, a huge stone pillar with a large number of complex patterns carved on the surface and as thick as a three-person hug reaches straight into the clouds and stands tall in the center of the altar.
Just looking at the appearance, this altar is exquisite and grand in scale, even more majestic than the Temple of Heaven used by Lu Yuan when he ascended the throne outside Changsha City.
It is precisely for this reason that the construction of this small altar for human sacrifice requires the use of thousands of manpower, and it takes more than a year to complete it.
Lu Yuan and Anqiu Master started from the bottom of the altar and checked every request from corner to corner.
Is there something wrong with the formation ritual track laid on the ground?
Have those specially prepared gold and silver utensils been placed in the correct place?
Are the steps and masonry layout of each floor in the designated direction?
Are there any deviations in the orientation of various parts of the altar?
Are there any errors in the stone pillar in the center and the various runes and pictures written on it?
Any slight error in many of the above details will affect the effect of offering sacrifices to heaven, or even lead to the failure of the offering.
Therefore, the two of them checked very carefully.
Some runes, rituals, and artifacts have been buried deep under the steps and cannot be seen with the naked eye.
Fortunately, one of them is an innate master and an immortal cultivator, and the other is an immortal cultivator, and they have basically developed spiritual consciousness.
Therefore, in the face of these things that cannot be seen or touched with the naked eye, we can also use our spiritual consciousness to slowly and deeply investigate and confirm.
This inspection took nearly four hours, and they waited until it was almost dark before finally completing the inspection.
"Very well, you have lived up to my trust."
After Lu Yuan inspected the last stone pillar on the altar, he looked at each other with Master Anqiu. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with each other, he turned back to his disciple Li Qian with a smile on his face: "You have been supervising work in this remote and remote place for more than ten years. Handling this matter for the teacher can be regarded as a lot of hardship.
Now that he has completed his instructions as a teacher, he has achieved great success.
I remember that your previous military position was at the eighth rank of Yingzheng, right?
Well, from now on, you will be the captain of the sixth rank. After you return, you can take up the post at the Ministry of War yourself.
There are also martial arts, you are almost second-rate now. Here are two divine blood elixirs. Take them back and take them when you find an opportunity. They will be enough to help you break through the level. "
Lu Yuan threw out two jade bottles from his arms, each containing a spiritual pill.
Li Qian quickly took it, then knelt down to thank him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."
Lu Yuan bowed his hands and said: "Okay, get up. Since the altar has been built, you can take some people to clean it up. Evacuate the valley immediately, and then seal off the surrounding area for ten miles and no one can come in."
"Yes, I accept the order." Li Qian nodded quickly, but hesitated and asked: "Your Majesty, now that the altar has been built and there is no need for labor, what should we do with those Miao people?"
Judging from the intentions of my king, this valley altar is obviously a secret place.
And those Miao laborers knew the secret here. If they were not handled properly, letting them go might lead to leakage.
Therefore, Li Qian did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so he had to ask his own king for advice.
Hearing this question, Lu Yuan couldn't help but frowned and asked, "How many of those Miao people are left now?"
Li Qian said: "After years of hard work, there were originally thousands of Miao people, more than two hundred of them died, and now there are still more than seven hundred people left."
"More than seven hundred people..."
Thinking of this number, Lu Yuan hesitated a little, thought about it, and finally said: "That's it. These people will be guarded first, and they will not care about the surrounding area for the time being. This altar of mine is not only used once, it will be used in the future."
After this period of time has passed, someone will still need to watch this place.
Since the altar was built by the Miao people, let’s move their family members here as well and work together as the caretakers of the altar here. "
Now, with Lu Yuan's marriage to the Five Poison Sect, the Miao people who originally had a deep hatred against him have become more and more angry. It is no longer completely uncontrollable and exploitable as before.
It would still be a bit cruel to kill all of the more than 700 Miao workers in order to keep it secret.
And he slaughtered them at every turn, and it was his people who suffered the loss.
In this case, we might as well regard these people as the guardians of the altar.
Anyway, those Miao people all live in the mountains, so they moved their families here and built a new village at the altar.
There is a Miao village to look after it, and the altar can be maintained at all times, and at the same time, it can prevent foreign enemies from destroying it. Lu Yuan is still safe and can send extra people to guard it.
With the temperament of these Miao people who like to live in the mountains and rarely go out, and with their own strict orders, it is enough for them to keep it a secret.
In this way, there is no need to kill people, and the role of the Miao people can be fully utilized. At the same time, it can be kept secret, which is the best of all three.
Seeing that his king had made a decision, Li Qian naturally did not dare to say anything and just said: "Yes, I obey."
Then, Li Qian went down, led a battalion of soldiers, and drove the Miao people out of the valley.
Then, according to Lu Yuan's instructions, several teams of troops were separated and went to various parts of the mountain to directly block the ten-mile area centered on the valley.
This secret place is tightly guarded.
After everyone left, only Lu Yuan and Anqiu were left in the valley.
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The mountain breeze is slightly chilly, especially in late autumn.
The afterglow of the setting sun has completely disappeared, and the white crescent moon in the sky is beginning to show its tip.
"To offer sacrifices to the Heavenly Pillar, you must first use the altar to help, use your soul to induce the power of energy and people's hearts that are gathering toward you, and then use the power of these energy and people's hearts to communicate with the three pillars that stand between the heaven and the earth in this world.
Then wait for Tianzhu to respond and imprint his soul into Tianzhu to establish a connection.
In this way, the sacrifice will be considered a success.
From then on, between heaven and earth, as long as fellow Taoists are within a thousand miles of the altar here, they can sense the Tianzhu and receive the spirit of the immortals, and they will no longer be restricted. "
Master Anqiu's voice rang in his ears, and he kept explaining to Lu Yuan what to pay attention to during the sacrifice later.
Lu Yuan looked at the stone pillars on the altar, and after quietly blowing the mountain breeze for a while, he turned back, looked at Anqiu Zhenren and said: "Fellow Anqiu, if there is no problem, then I will start to worship the Tianzhu. "
Master Anqiu looked at Lu Yuan and said solemnly, "Fellow Taoist, please come."
Lu Yuan nodded, then closed his eyes and concentrated. The soul in his body began to sense the power of Qi outside the body to move people's hearts according to the method described in the Taoist Book of Taiping.
After a while, while he was meditating, the world around him was enveloped in a milky white brilliance.
This brilliance is composed of light points, and each point of view contains an emotion, including evil and good, joy and sorrow, pain and joy, sorrow and laughter, the desires and expectations, joy, anger, sorrow and joy of countless creatures in the world, All are filled with these points of light.
Each point of light represents a person's emotion. At this time, these views merged into an ocean, like a river of stars. Lu Yuan was in it, feeling as small as dust.
He came into contact with a light spot slightly closer, and the emotions within it were instantly transmitted to him.
"It's bitter, it's too bitter. Why hasn't this miserable world ended yet and we still have to fight again?"
A huge thought of sorrow instantly enveloped Lu Yuan's soul, making him almost unable to hold back tears.
When it comes into contact with all other light points, several emotions are transmitted.
"Haha, the world is good, the world is good. When Dai Viet was there, I failed to pass the national examination for ten years. Now that Dai Viet has left, Changsha National University, I passed the examination after one test, and I can finally do it. Official.
"We are going to the battlefield tomorrow. I don't know how many people I can kill. I won't die."
"It's almost the end of the year, and I haven't earned enough money this year. It seems like there won't be any meat this year."
"This autumn harvest has been good. I should be able to have enough to eat next year."
Various messages with different identities, different emotions, and different beliefs appeared in Lu Yuan's mind at the same time.
The contact between souls immediately made him empathize with the emotions in the viewpoint.
The combination of several emotions almost drove Lu Yuan crazy, and then he was so scared that he retreated from those opinions and did not dare to touch them easily again.
'The power of luck to influence people's hearts is really terrifying. I have only been in contact with a few people here, and when my minds met, I almost couldn't hold on. If the fortunes and hearts of these millions of people come together, I am afraid that in an instant, my soul will collapse and die! '
Lu Yuan looked around him at the bright and dazzling light spots like the Milky Way, and a flash of heartbeat flashed in his eyes.
No wonder those who practiced Taiping Taoism in the past could not survive more than two months and would die young.
Who can be exposed to these poisons that influence people's hearts for a long time, no, a short time, and not be tortured to death?
Even the Taoist Book of Taiping has a way to isolate these poisons that affect people's minds, so that people's minds will not be affected. But the price is that his body is overloaded and his lifespan is constantly wasted. Although he won't die in a few days, he also won't live long.
Practicing this technique is indeed a pure way to seek death.
Those guys in Dan Ding Dao don't dare to practice this death-seeking technique themselves, but instead enthusiastically find others to practice it, which shows how vicious their thoughts are.
Fortunately, Anqiu, this old guy, had been smiling all the time.
But he kept urging Lu Yuan to practice Taiping Taoism every day. Wasn't this urging him to die quickly?
'So what I thought before, using the Book of Five Thunders to cover up the Book of Taiping Dao, I would rather risk breaking with the Danding Dao than expose my strategy of not being affected by the loss of life. This is correct.
Otherwise, with the viciousness of these thieves in Dan Ding Dao, they would really discover my secret.
I'm afraid that even if I don't give up everything, I still want to catch me and then explore the secrets in me. '
If Lu Yuan just deceived Danding Dao into giving some aid, it would be a big loss for Danding Dao.
But with Lu Yuan's current strength, even if Dan Ding Dao wanted to take revenge, he would still have to weigh the price.
Therefore, it is most unlikely that the other party will directly cause trouble for him. At most, they will use some small means secretly, such as instigating his subordinates to rebel, or instigating Yue and Zhou to attack him.
As for these troubles, Lu Yuan has the means to deal with them.
But if he faced the pursuit from Danding Daoju, then he would be in trouble.
Facing the threat of several immortal cultivators, Lu Yuan did not dare to say that he was completely unafraid even with the protection of a hundred thousand troops.
Not to mention that in reality, it is impossible for him to carry an army of 100,000 at all times.
'So for now, we still have to be steady and a little timid. Now let's worship the Tianzhu first and get the tickets to use the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at will.
As for when Nenghu will be able to get it later, it depends on when Dan Dingdao discovers it.
Hope it lasts longer. '
Lu Yuan thought like this in his heart, and then he no longer hesitated. According to the Taoist Book of Taiping, his spiritual consciousness immediately caused the sky to light up the stars.
Then the Milky Way circulated, and an invisible rhythm spread toward the sky and the earth.
After doing this three times.
In an instant, a huge divine power from heaven and earth descended out of thin air. Following the pull of each other, they landed on the altar and submerged between the stone pillars.
In the void of Lu Yuan's meditation, he could see a majestic celestial pillar emitting golden light, which instantly inserted into the Milky Way. With just a slight stir, it attracted the millions of Milky Way light spots to its surface, forming dots of light spots.
After doing this, the Tianzhu disappeared again.
In the meditation void, darkness returned again.
After a while.
Lu Yuan came back to his senses from the shock caused by the majestic sky pillar just now.
Then he discovered that he had a faint connection with a huge force.
It seems that as long as he is willing, he can borrow power from the sky pillar at any time and obtain the fairy spirit from it.
But despite this, Lu Yuan did not do so, but slowly opened his eyes.
What caught his eye were the stone pillars that were emitting a golden light, and the happy old face of Master Anqiu next to him.
Well, seeing the latter, Lu Yuan's good mood disappeared in an instant.
