Chapter 200 The ceremony begins
In the early morning, at the hour of the year, the Heavenly Master Platform of Shangqing Palace.
The layout of the Tianshi Platform was completed a few days ago. There is a high-level cultivation directly above the Tianshi Platform, with two rows of seats on it.
There are six seats in the back row, two in the center, carved dragons and painted tigers, which are extremely grand. They are the organizers of this ceremony of Taoism, the head of Quanzhen Dao in Zhongnan Mountain, and the head of Zhengyi Dao in Longhu Mountain.
The front row extends on both sides, with six other seats, some are respected elders of Longhu Mountain, and some are seniors who were invited by other sects to watch the ceremony, and they also serve as judges to ensure the fairness and justice of the ceremony.
The scope of the Tianshi Platform extends to several miles apart. Within this range, a huge magic array is set up to provide the first level of guarantee. On the Tianshi Platform, a small magic array is also set up to completely cover the entire Tianshi Platform, which is the second level of guarantee.
The main function of the peripheral magic array is called cover, which means hiding the aura of the participants, so that others cannot detect the other party’s true cultivation. As long as it is within this range, it will have an effect.
Just imagine, if you have not yet taken the stage, your cultivation will be discovered by others. It will be a great torture to the participants' psychology, which is equivalent to a person standing in front of others without any concealment, and all your privacy will be seen through. How can you compete if this continues?
When you always think that you are not an opponent, you will definitely lose this time. With this idea, even if you have an advantage, you will become a disadvantage.
The function of the first magic array is manifested on it.
As for the magic array on the Tianshi Platform, the function is simple and crude, mainly to prevent the remaining momentum from affecting others when discussing the Tao and fighting.
This magic array was set by the contemporary celestial master of Longhu Mountain. He has the cultivation level of an earth immortal. With the blessing of magic weapons around him, it is strong enough to match the magic array set by a god. As long as the gods are not coming by themselves, no matter how powerful they fight, they will never be able to break the magic array.
The Tianshitai is now surrounded by people, with hundreds of people storms forming a group of people. The flags of various sects are raised high and fluttering in the wind. The scene is so spectacular, with bursts of noise, like thunder roaring.
Wang Yan and his group of seven people have all gathered. Luo Changsheng held up the door flag and stood on Wang Yan's right, while Chen Xiu was on the left.
Longhu Mountain has already divided the areas for various sects, so they are standing directly below the Tianshitai, in the Laoshan area.
Logically speaking, the ceremony of Taoism will be held for five days, because there are three rounds of competition, one is preaching, two is discussing Taoism, and three is fighting. Today is the first choice, which is the beginning and the ending.
After waiting for a while, it was about Chen Shi San, and the elders and seniors who came to watch the ceremony and judge had already entered the venue, leaving only the two uppermost positions, which were still empty and still did not arrive.
Wang Yan dared not say that he knew very well which ones were really capable and which ones were catching up with troubled waters, but he knew about the general situation. After all, the sect’s reputation was there.
There is no airtight wall in the world. With a little investigation, you can find out the reason. Including their Laoshan, maybe they have already known it in the eyes of other sects, but they just don’t know it.
Wang Yan raised his eyes and looked around, completely hiding his breath. Although he was covered by the outer magic array, he still did not dare to be careless.
The mermaids and dragons are mixed, and maybe a real dragon will jump out of the pile of fish. If something goes wrong, people will see through their cultivation and Taoism. The showdown between masters is extremely fatal.
"Here you come! Look, it's Master Zhang Tian and Master Chen!"
At this moment, two rays of light suddenly appeared in the air, flashing by, and in the blink of an eye, they came to the seat at the head of the Heavenly Master Platform.
On the right side, there is a person with a leopard head and eyes, a beard, and looks extremely burly. He is full of heroism. He is wearing a wide Taoist robe, and he is blowing without wind. He holds a whisk in his hands, looking down at everyone.
This person is the head of Quanzhen in Zhongnan Mountain and the Zhenren of Dingyang.
The man on the left had a white face, bright eyes and white teeth, and looked very kind. His long beards were combed very neatly, wearing a black green Taoist robe, carrying a sword, holding a whisk in his hand, and standing there, his majestic appearance.
This person is the contemporary celestial master of Longhu Mountain and the true man of Yuwei.
As we all know, the position of the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain was passed down from generation to generation, and each generation of the Heavenly Master is called Zhang Tianshi.
The two of them smiled and were polite, and sat down together.
The head teacher sat down. An old man in the center of the front row looked back first, and with permission, he immediately stood up and said aloud to everyone.
"Please also please calm down. I am Yuxuzi, the elder of the Zhengyi Palace of Longhu Mountain. He is also the host of this ceremony of Taoism. Thanks to the view of Taoism, the 4th Jiazi Taoism Conference is located in our Longhu Mountain. Dear fellow Taoists come from afar. I welcome it on behalf of my sect!"
The old Taoist vital energy transformed into sounds, and it was revealed word by word, like a lion's roar, extremely clear. He bowed to everyone, with a respectful expression.
"good!"
Among the sects below, I don’t know who shouted loudly, took the lead and clapped, followed by a burst of thunderous applause.
The old Taoist pressed his hands slightly down, indicating that everyone was quiet.
"The auspicious time has come, and the ceremony of worshiping the heavens will be held first!"
The old Taoist did not beat around the bush. After controlling the venue, he immediately gave a disciple to carry the altar, including cattle, sheep, fruits, incense, candles, wine and other offerings, and placed them in the center of the Tianshitai.
After the sacrifice to heaven began, the sound of trumpets and gongs came from a distance, and the disciples lit incense and candles. A group of people dressed in Taoist robes and circled around the altar, sprinkled wine between the heaven and the earth as they walked, and recited the Taoist scriptures devoutly.
The other disciples of various sects also followed the Taoist scriptures silently.
Wang Yan and the others had already understood these rules as early as yesterday, so they naturally did not dare to transcend them. They should respect the world or respect them.
After respecting the world, the three purgatory worships were followed by the speeches of Master Zhang Tian and Master Chen, which were nothing more than inspirational words and so on.
It took half an hour to go through a whole process.
Until now, everything was ready. At the command of the old Taoist Yuxu, two deacons and Taoists carried a table to the Tianshi Platform.
There were sixteen signs on the table, both of which were the same in size, length and width. They were collected in a huge sign bag, with only one sign head exposed.
"I announce that the preliminary election of the Dao Ceremony has officially begun! Next, representatives from various Dao sects will come forward and draw lots to facilitate the decision of the opponent."
Among them, a young deacon disciple spoke to everyone.
As soon as these words were spoken, seven or eight people suddenly stepped out of the crowd and couldn't wait to get onto the Tianshi Platform. After a while of a look, he was extremely cautious.
"Senior Brother Wang, I have just checked my fortune. Junior Brother, my fortune is very booming today. I see this lottery work, so let me go!"
Chapter completed!