Two months was neither long nor short, and it slowly passed by as everyone gradually adapted to the changes brought about by the unification of the world. In the blink of an eye, the day of autumn harvest came.

Early that morning, the public servants who had received the mission took various utensils and walked to the fields together with the farmers from the original five regions of Zhao, Yan, Qi, Wei, and Han...

"This year seems to be a good harvest year." Looking at the thick wheat heads in the field, an old man with a wrinkled face couldn't restrain his joy and said.

"Yes, I'm so ashamed of myself, Your Majesty. If it weren't for the seeds provided by Your Majesty and the tools rented to us, we would definitely not have such a good harvest." Another old man laughed.

"We have met a wise king." A woman who came over said with an excuse.

"Yes, we met a wise king." Others agreed.

"Okay, everyone, hurry up and collect the grain. Calculate the portion early and give it to the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs so that the money owed to the king can be paid back." After a moment, an old man opened his mouth and said.

"That's the truth."

While talking, everyone walked into the field, picked up sickles, or harvesters rented from the government, and began to harvest the heavy rice growing in the field.

Words and scenes like this can be found everywhere in the original five lands of Zhao, Yan, Qi, Wei, and Han.

As for the newly annexed Qin and Chu, they have not yet come out of the destruction of their country and family, so how can they have the heart to thank Ito Cheng? It would be good not to curse him, but to silently harvest their own spring in the fields.

Middle and lower grain.

As a result, nearly half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the weather began to show signs of winter.

However, this morning, as the gate of Handan City opened, a large group of Handan City citizens walked out of the east gate of Handan City, rubbing shoulders with each other. Their faces were filled with excitement, and they talked with the people next to them about the victory they had conquered.

After learning about the amount of grain and harvest, they walked together towards the wilderness not far northeast of Handan City.

One after another, endless as far as the eye can see...

In front of the group of people moving, in the wilderness to the northeast outside Handan City, there is a nine-storey, octagonal building made of bluestone, white mud, red rock, black ink, yellow marble and other stones in a special process.

The city's huge altar stands here.

The total height of the altar is about 9.9 meters, and each level is about 1.1 meters high. They are connected to each other by three-inch-high stone steps, which are advanced step by step until they reach the high platform. On the left and right sides of the steps are piles of firewood half as high as a person.

, together with the twenty-seven steps, form a corridor that leads directly from the bottom to the high platform.

The widest part of the bottom floor is 18 meters, and it decreases layer by layer. By the ninth floor of the highest floor, the entire platform turns into a white marble platform with a diameter of nine meters. The height of the nine blocks is about 2.5 meters, and the width of the body is about 80 centimeters.

The tripod has a round belly, three legs, and two ears. The body of the tripod is painted with patterns of other birds and animals. It has a simple and heavy shape. An unsealed circle is placed around the top platform of the altar.

circle, but only eight were placed. The last bronze cauldron, which was obviously larger than the other eight cauldrons, was placed in the center of the platform, facing the stone steps at the opening.

From the top platform downwards, eighty-eight sixty-four large colorful flags in the form of Zhou Gong Bagua were erected on the eight-story platform below, making a sound in the already slightly biting cold wind.

In front of the lowest level of the altar, there is an offering table. On the table are three kinds of animal meat belonging to this era and grains and ears divided into five small pieces. There are also two wooden shelves not far away on both sides of the table.

Pieces of ancient weapons that shone sharply under the eyes were inserted into it, establishing military power.

In the open space in front of the offering table, pretty women wearing white sacrificial robes similar to those of later generations of witches were divided into two rows, standing in front of the offering table, and standing only one meter away behind them.

The firewood buds together form the path leading to the offering table.

As for the positions outside, there are officials and ladies from three provinces and six ministries who came from Handan City. They are dressed in official clothes and costumes. They are arranged in several rows according to their rank. At the beginning are Zhao Ya, Zhao Ni, Zhao Qian, and Wu Ting.

Fang, Guo Xiuer, and Ji Yanran stood quietly aside under the leadership of Ito Cheng, six women with the title of wife.

Thousands of soldiers wearing bright armor and holding sharp weapons with solemn expressions, as well as visible and invisible secret sentries, ninjas closely guarded a five-mile radius to eliminate possible enemies and protect the entire ceremony.

OK.

In this solemn atmosphere, more and more Handan citizens rushed to the site of the sacrifice, and gradually surrounded the altar and the officials near the altar.

…

At this time, in the palace hall of Handan City, Ito Cheng stood up naked from the pool, and was wiped dry with a clean cloth by the so-called spirit girl sent by the moon god and selected by the secret method of the Yin Yang family.

body, put on their uniforms under their clothes, put on their crowns, and strode out of the bathing hall.

"Why are you the only one here?" Looking at the Moon God waiting outside the hall, Ito Cheng frowned slightly and said.

"This ceremony will be presided over by the Moon God." The Moon God replied.

"Where's Taichi?" Ito Cheng narrowed his eyes and said with a dangerous tone.

"The leader has lived in the underground palace for many years and never sees outsiders. Please forgive me, Your Majesty." Moon God leaned forward and said apologetically.

"Oh, he never came to see Jiuding before, and now that the big festival is about to be held, he still doesn't come to see him. He is so arrogant! Do I need to invite him in person?" Ito Cheng sneered.

It was difficult for Luna to answer this kind of question, so she just responded with silence.

"Very good." Seeing the Moon God like this, Ito Cheng narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Because I have business to do today, I will let you go for now. After this grand festival is over, your Yin Yang family must give me a

Please explain, otherwise there will be no need for him, Taiyi, as the leader of the church, to exist anymore."

At the same time as he spoke, a terrifying murderous aura that was so cold and huge that it almost made people think of the fantasy of hell erupted from Ito Cheng's body and pressed towards the moon god.

Luna's face turned slightly pale, beads of sweat gradually appeared on her smooth forehead, and she bowed her head respectfully.

"Hmph." After a moment, Ito Cheng snorted coldly and withdrew the momentum he exerted towards the Moon God.

"Let's go." Ito Cheng said quietly as he walked towards the palace.

"Yes." Luna secretly exhaled, and responded in a more respectful tone than ever before. Then he took steps, followed Ito Cheng's figure out of the palace, and sat in the four-horse carriage that had been prepared long ago.

Inside the car, riding in a carriage, escorted by many soldiers, they headed towards the altar outside Handan City.

"This King Zhao is actually much stronger than Mr. Xiang and Mrs. Xiang expected. He even makes me feel more terrifying than the leader of the church when he shows off his power. It seems that if we don't handle it well this time, our Yin Yang family will be in trouble."

We might really be in big trouble." On the way to the altar, Luna thought inwardly, full of worry as her mind kept recalling the moment she had experienced in the palace.

Half an hour later, the carriage arrived near the altar.

"It's coming, it's coming!" Someone with sharp eyes shouted excitedly.

Then, there was a sound of "hu la la". The citizens of Zhao State who were originally standing around the official road and were blocked by soldiers holding weapons immediately knelt down spontaneously.

The running carriage brings you awe.

Almost at the moment when these civilians knelt down and worshiped, the purple air dragon in the sky had grown to be extremely thick. The purple air dragon, which was even more powerful than the legendary real dragon, became a little more solid. Its mouth opened wide, and it swallowed.

Following the clouds, it emits a translucent dragon roar that is difficult for ordinary people to hear.

"Groan!"

"With people like this, what the king did today will definitely come true." Moon Goddess said softly, taking in everything outside through the car window.

Ito Cheng was sleepy and had no interface.

After driving like this for another two minutes, the carriage slowly stopped. Then the spirit girl stepped forward, opened the door from the outside, bowed her head and walked out of the carriage, Ito and Luna.

"I have seen the king." Seeing Ito noge's appearance, all the officials, soldiers and surrounding civilians immediately bowed to Ito nogeyuki with etiquette consistent with their respective status.

"Excuse me, everyone." Ito Cheng waved one hand and said in a calm voice.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone thanked him and stood up straight.

While everyone was receiving gifts, Ito Cheng and Luna came to the center of the venue, in front of a piece of land that had been wetted by pure water. At its end, it was connected to the altar table placed in front of the sacrificial altar, and other places.

The first stone steps behind the altar.

"Moon God, it's almost time, let's start." Ito said to the Moon God next to him.

"Yes." Moon God bowed, turned around and shouted to the witches, "Fire."

"yes!"

With a crisp response, two witches in white clothes walked out of the queue and came to the pile of firewood behind the witches. They formed seals with their hands, created a red-yellow fireball in their palms, and gently placed it in front of them.

pile of firewood.

"Huh~"

In an instant, a raging fire quickly burned on the firewood pile.

Then the two of them kept moving and lit the firewood behind all the witches one by one. After lighting all the firewood, they continued to climb onto the altar, kneeling step by step to light the firewood pile on the platform until they were about to

Light the last two piles on the eighth level platform.

"Let's start the sacrificial music." At this time, the Moon God shouted again.

Immediately, a burst of melodious ancient music and the thick and vast sound of drumming echoed over the venue.

In this strange music that was ethereal, melodious, yet thick and vast, the remaining witches in white began to dance a primitive and strange dance full of special beauty around the firewood used to offer sacrifices to the sky, and sang a clear and clear song.

of singing.

"On an auspicious day, the general Mu will be happy to see the emperor. The jade ear is caressed by the long sword, and the jade ring is ringing. The jade mat is on the Yao mat, and the handle of the general is beautiful. The steamed delicacies are with orchids, and the osmanthus wine is with pepper.
Chapter completed!