Outside the Imperial City of Luodu, there is a giant white stone sculpture with a height of 100 feet, standing in the center of the capital, like a white-clothed immortal overlooking the beings in the city and the fireworks of all the people.
The huge immortal stone statue is also carved with five snakes of different colors surrounding it. The white snake is carved on the top of the immortal's head, the green snake is on the left, the red snake is on the right, with separate shoulders, the yellow snake is on the lower left, and the black snake is on the right. Next, wrap it around both sides of your legs.
White, green, red, yellow and black, five snakes circled the statue, and there were iron ropes on the statue fixed to the ground. Countless people worked at the feet of the statue to cart away the gravel and clean it up.
This statue of the Holy Ancestor is one hundred and eight feet tall and about thirty-three feet wide. It looks like a mountain standing in the city. Such a huge project took more than thirty years and tens of thousands of civilians to complete.
However, in this process, it was not to collect taxes and corvee like building the Great Wall or digging the Grand Canal, but to use work-for-relief to draw on many governance concepts of the Jin State. After all, the ruler of Tianjun State, the Lu family, was from a Jin family, so naturally He learned deeply about the ways of governing the world in the Jin Dynasty.
Regarding the relationship between the two countries, the Tianzhen Kingdom regards the Jin Kingdom as its superior state and completely opens the border between the two countries for trade and convenience to benefit the people.
Tianzhu Kingdom was once a Youzhou state of the Yue Kingdom, with many plains and hills. It could cultivate vast grain fields to provide food and grass for the Jin Dynasty, and at the same time, it could raise troops to guard against the Yue Kingdom's counter-invasion.
When the auspicious hour of noon was approaching, all civil and military officials and members of the royal family came to worship in front of the statue of the Holy Lord.
Countless people in the city also begin to formally worship their ancestors, the Holy Lord God, the God of Wealth Jin Ye, and the Dragon God at this time to pray for good fortune and good weather.
Jin Ye, the God of Wealth, naturally refers to the leopard, and Long Ye refers to Qing Cang.
Lu Jingtian, the leader of the Tianzhu Kingdom, Lu Jingxing, the founding general, and Li Tianren, the master of the Zhenwei Kingdom, all civil and military officials in court uniforms followed the three and knelt down to worship the holy statue.
The three of them were some distance away. Lu Jingxing came slightly closer to Li Tianren and whispered: "National Master, I remember that there is a section behind the statue of the Holy Lord that you personally carved using your immortal magic?"
Li Tianren nodded and said: "The general is right. There is indeed a poor man who made some small plans to carve a section of it."
Lu Jingxing took out a blessing bag from his large sleeve pocket and said with a smile: "This is a blessing bag that my mother has specially designed for me. I beg the National Master to come forward and enshrine it under the holy statue for me later. Is it possible? "
Li Tianren was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and nodded: "General, you're too polite. This little thing is not worth mentioning."
For a mortal, even if he is the founding general, he cannot touch the holy statue, but Li Tianren, a Taoist priest outside the country, can. There is nothing to refuse this request, it is just a matter of effort.
Ceremonial officials rushed around the altar in the vast Icon Square, preparing things needed for the ceremony and making final inspections.
Li Tianren walked up to the statue and prepared to hang the blessing bag.
At this time, the closest person to the king of the country, Lu Jingtian, was Lu Jingxing. The other officials were standing on the second step a few feet away to start the ceremony of worship.
Lu Jingxing stepped forward and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Lord Liu Zu will definitely think highly of you after the sacrifice of the Holy Lord Statue. He will support your idea of another Northern Expedition even if it is not possible, and will give Taoist soldiers and spiritual magic to help."
Lu Jingtian said with a smile: "This is not necessarily the case. After all, as long as our Lu family worships Mr. Liu Zu, we can ensure the peace of the family."
The Holy Master in the eyes of outsiders is the ancestral spirit of Liu Ancestor enshrined by their Lu family.
"Your Majesty, I also want to give you a gift, which can be regarded as a gift to you."
"Oh? Second brother, it's rare for you to give me gifts. I want to take a closer look at this." Lu Jingtian smiled expectantly.
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Ceremonies is ready and can begin." The ceremony official stepped forward quickly.
"I understand, let's get started."
"No, your Majesty, wait a minute. You haven't received my gift from my brother yet!" Lu Jingxing suddenly stopped.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites were shocked. How could the founding general be so rude to His Majesty?
Lu Jingtian was also stunned, and then he reacted and said with a smile: "Then take it out, second brother. I will start the sacrifice after I accept it. The Holy Master can't delay."
Lu Jingxing suddenly waved his robe and pulled out a dagger that shone with cold light. When the official from the Ministry of Rites saw this, his legs softened in horror and he knelt down. He did not yell for treason or escort, because the founding general's internal strength had reached the highest level in the world, and he would die as long as he opened his mouth and screamed.
Lu Jingtian's expression changed. Instead of retreating and running away in shock, he stood beside Lu Jingxing, holding the dagger in one hand, and scolded in a low voice: "Second brother, are you really going to do that brother-in-law thing against me?" ?"
Lu Jingxing grabbed his neck and said with a ferocious expression: "So what? Second brother, I conquered half of the world. I marched and fought in horse hides and shrouded corpses. In what way is my contribution not greater than yours? It was much harder? I am also a father." Mother, why do you become a king and I am a minister?"
"Second brother! In my heart, I have never regarded you as a subject. There is no distinction between you and my brother. Today is the sacrificial ceremony. If something goes wrong, do you know how serious the consequences will be? You If there is any grudge between my brothers, let’s discuss it privately and don’t push our Lu family into the abyss!”
"Huh, Zu Liu is a demon immortal who has been practicing for thousands of years. He doesn't care about brothers fighting each other in the world. As long as someone worships him and worships him, they will naturally bless him. Second brother, don't take yourself too seriously. "Lu Jingxing reached out and was about to pierce the dagger into Lu Jingtian's neck.
"Your Majesty! The auspicious time has come, and it's time to perform the ceremony!" Li Tianren's voice came at this critical moment.
Lu Jingtian stretched out his hand and covered the dagger with his palm. He signaled Lu Jingxing to let go with his eyes, and loudly replied: "In that case, let's get started!"
After that, he whispered: "Li Tianren possesses immortal magic. If you don't retreat quickly, if he finds out that you have regicide intentions, you won't be able to escape even if you want to! Hurry up and retreat!"
The greed in Lu Jingxing's mind was suddenly startled. Seeing that his second brother was still protecting him at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a trace of guilt in his heart, which dispelled his ambition.
He loosened his grip, bowed, and stepped back.
Li Tianren, who was not far behind him, had a flash in his eyes. These two brothers were interesting.
The officials below only saw the king and the general standing side by side, as if having a pleasant conversation. No one thought that such a dangerous scene had just happened above.
The sacrificial ceremony has begun, and the chief officer of the ceremony announced the sacrificial text: "The emperor's love has passed, and the sacrifice is proposed to be added. The bells and drums are sonorous, and the feathers are clear. The ceremony is prepared in the cloud, and the banquet is thoroughly announced. It is a pleasure to send off the gods, and the spirit will learn from it.阕.…”
At this moment, a loud and melodious voice echoed in the vast altar square. Thousands of incense burned together, and all the people knelt down. After the huge copper bell in the city rang forty-nine times, all the people in Luodu lit up the tall holy statue together. Bow down.
Countless incense clouds and smoke rose in the city, and the light smoke of the incense gathered in the sky and flew to the Godly Domain of Mount Hui, blessing the incarnation of the Shinto.
There is also some invisible misty luck integrated into the top of Bai Jun's head.
At this moment, Bai Jun was standing on the top of the Baizhang statue, overlooking the imperial city. All the people were crawling under his feet like ants.
"Go to heaven and worship the Lord, kneel down to thank His grace, kneel down!"
"Kowtow!"
All officials knelt, but there were two people who did not kneel, one was the head of the country and the other was Li Tianren.
Li Tianren looked at the statue and thought to himself, how simple this unreliable senior told him at the beginning, but it was him who actually did it hard, and he went through all kinds of hardships to build this small country.
Although it was hard work, his cultivation level also improved by leaps and bounds. At the age of sixty or seventy, he had already touched the threshold of the middle realm. It would not take thirty or fifty years for him to be honored as a real person!
Therefore, he just muttered a few words in his heart. Li Tianren saw all the officials kneeling. Wu Jing raised his head and was shocked. He saw a figure in white clothes standing on top of the 100-foot-long statue, "Good guy! You really can't say bad things about people!"
Bai Jun smiled at him from a hundred feet away, and Li Tianren smiled back with some guilt.
"Two kowtows!"
"Kowtow three times!"
All officials kowtowed three times but did not rise.
The ceremonial officer tried his best to keep his tone and shouted: "Xing~"
This "Xing" spread throughout the city, and all the people heard it.
The ceremonial officer was startled and covered his mouth in disbelief. When had he made such a loud voice?
The loud sound echoed in the city for a long time, and an idea arose in the hearts of countless people, that is, the Holy Lord appeared. Suddenly, all the people in the streets and alleys bowed down again.
The officials should have stood up, but they didn't dare to stand up when the extraordinary sound of the word "Xing" came.
In the God Realm of Huishan Mountain, the aura of Shinto Transformation suddenly surged, and countless incense from the sky were drawn into the body. The green divine light and incense filled the heaven and earth. On the top of Huishan Mountain, you could see the blue sky when you looked up.
Shinto incense is divided into white, red, purple, green and gold.
The incarnation of Shinto is already the God of Blue Sky! Among the common realms in the Tianyuan world, it is already between Xuanpin and Earthpin.
Bai Jun looked at the people who had not dared to get up for a long time, and chuckled, and a clear and cheerful voice suddenly reached everyone's ears.
"All the people are safe."
Like the voice of God reverberating through the heavens and the earth, the hearts of all the people are agitated. They have always believed in the holiness of the gods for generations. Their hearts are so excited that they are looking around for the true signs of the gods.
In their hearts, if gods really exist, then the natural gods are omnipotent, good will be rewarded with good, evil will be punished with evil, the laws of nature are clear, justice will always exist, and justice will always exist, which is more useful than all words of comfort.
Bai Yan sensed everyone's thoughts and glanced at the God's Realm of Mount Gui. His incarnation seemed not to have this idea. He represented the principles of the gods, the absolute order and rules. Only justice would be fair if the gods were ruthless. If the gods were affectionate, this world would be fair. Fair rulers will also have selfish motives.
Well, since gods are ruthless and unhuman. Then he is Baijun and has feelings, walking in the world.
Suddenly clouds and mist gathered between the sky and the earth, and the hundred-foot-tall statue of the Holy Lord suddenly moved. Spirit snakes of different colors twisted their bodies. The white snake was entrenched on the top of the sky, the green and red snakes were wrapped around the shoulders, and the yellow and black pythons were crossing their legs. The statue of the god standing between heaven and earth came to life!
