On the first day of the new year, according to the rules of Xingluo Hall over the years, all the disciples of Xingluo Hall should gather in the main hall in the morning, and then go to the altar collectively to worship their ancestors.
This ancestor worship ceremony has been passed down in Xingluo Hall for thousands of years. Every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, all Xingluo Hall disciples must attend. Unless they have a special mission, they cannot return. But on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year
, we must also face our homeland with solemn feelings in our hearts to pay homage to our ancestors.
On the broad altar, all the Xingluo Hall disciples were arranged according to their positions. Behind the altar, the majestic Imperial Ancestral Temple stood solemnly behind.
In this Ancestral Temple, the spiritual tablets of the ancestors of Xingluo Palace are enshrined.
The five hall masters, together with the eight Dharma Kings, the envoys in front of the ten halls, the sixteen elders, and other middle-level leaders such as deacons, walked up to the altar step by step.
The heads of the five halls took the lead and began to light incense. Each stick of incense was as thick as two fingers. Each person had three sticks and began to worship and pray.
The master of the main hall said loudly: "The heroic spirits of the ancestors of the Xingluo Palace are here. The descendants of the descendants, Sun Zhuo Buqun, will lead the four major hall masters such as Tan Zhongchi, Zhong Wuyin, Leng Qiuchi, Tian Zhixing, as well as many Dharma kings and elders under the disciples, as well as the worshipers under the disciples.
Ancestors. On this New Year’s Day, our Xingluo Palace will carry on the past and forge ahead, work hard to move forward, live up to the reputation of our ancestors, and promote the prestige of our Xingluo Palace..."
After the master of the main hall finished praying, the other four main hall masters each gave their speeches one by one. Then came the second procedure, which was to offer grains, vegetables, and three animals.
In addition, all the disciples knelt down and prayed silently for a quarter of an hour.
The whole ceremony was grand and solemn. After the silent blessing, the bells and chimes rang together, and the sacrificial ceremony was successfully concluded.
After the ceremony is over, you must return to the main hall to start a new year. A new blueprint must be made. All major policies for this year will be transmitted from this main hall.
After returning to the main hall, Zhuo Buqun first expressed his gratitude to all the disciples for their past efforts, and especially congratulated the core disciples.
According to the usual practice, the top ten in the core disciple ranking competition of Xingluo Palace every year will receive certain rewards. Of course, this reward is mainly for encouragement and will not be very generous.
Qin Wushuang, the champion, should be able to obtain a primary attack innate spiritual weapon, but Qin Wushuang said: "Master of the main hall, my disciple already has two offensive spiritual weapons. Can you please ask Dharma King Cangze to give me a tame spiritual beast?"
Zhuo Buqun laughed, but explained: "Domesticated spirit beasts only have part of the bloodline of spirit beasts. They are different from wild spirit beasts after all. First of all, they cannot advance. The level they are born with is the same level.
. Therefore, if you want to tame a spirit beast, if you want to find a contracted spirit beast, taming a spirit beast is absolutely useless. Furthermore, the inner elixir of tamed spirit beasts is not as pure as that of wild spirit beasts.
The effect of refining elixirs is also average. The probability of making elixirs is only about half that of wild elixirs."
To sum up, compared with a tamed spiritual beast and an innate primary spiritual weapon with overbearing attack power, the value is still very different.
However, Qin Wushuang's request for the spiritual beast was obviously not because of its spiritual power, but for something else. However, he did not intend to announce this purpose for the time being.
He just smiled and said: "After the examination that day, the disciple was very interested in spiritual beasts, so he wanted to delve into the knowledge of animal taming. Please ask a few palace masters to help me."
The main hall master exchanged glances with several other hall masters, thought for a moment, suddenly remembered something, and nodded thoughtfully: "Since Qin Wushuang, you are interested in taming animals, then there is no problem in giving you a spiritual beast.
.Dharma King Cangze."
Dharma King Cangze walked out in response: "Master of the main hall, my subordinates are here."
"Since Qin Wushuang has such a request, our Xingluo Palace is very flexible, so we should naturally satisfy it. When you go back, you can pick one for Qin Wushuang that is more spiritual."
"Okay." Dharma King Cangze accepted the order.
Although Tan Zhongchi didn't know what Qin Wushuang wanted the spiritual beast for, he had already known that this disciple was elusive and often acted unexpectedly. He didn't take any surprises and just watched with a smile.
Next, other disciples received corresponding rewards.
The main hall master then said: "There have been many gratifying changes in the ranking of core disciples this year. As the master of Xingluo Palace, I am deeply pleased. This means that our Xingluo Palace has received fresh blood and has a new look.
Appear. If the ranking remains unchanged forever, it means that the crisis of Xingluo Palace is really coming. A sect that never changes will not be able to develop in the long term."
"This time, the top ten core disciples will receive a special reward. What is this reward? It is the Eastern Three Kingdoms Exchange Tournament held every twenty years. Twenty years have passed in a blink of an eye. This exchange tournament
, but it is held in the Tianchi Empire. Many sects in our Daluo Empire will go to participate, but our Xingluo Palace must be the mainstream voice of the Daluo Empire. The glory and disgrace of the Daluo Empire in the exchange competition must also depend on our Xingluo Palace.
Luo Dian."
"So, the top ten in this core disciple ranking competition will be the main players for our Xingluo Palace to participate in the Three Kingdoms Exchange Competition. If the quota changes at that time, other alternate quotas will appear, and they will be drawn from the following rankings.
!”
The hall master's words immediately made all the top ten core disciples rejoice. Such an opportunity is indeed very rare.
As disciples of Xingluo Palace, they have been practicing at the main peak of Lingyun and have no chance to go out. Naturally, they are looking forward to receiving such good news from the master of the main palace.
Next, the master of the hall made some prospects for the new year, said some words of encouragement, and then announced the dissolution.
Except for the top ten core disciples in the ranking competition, other disciples have returned to their own lineage.
The ten core disciples were left in the main hall.
The master of the hall said in a deep tone: "Everyone, the ten of you will be the main force in the Three Kingdoms Exchange Competition. This time, I have a major task for you, which is an opportunity to practice in advance."
Except for Qin Wushuang, everyone else listened with their ears pricked up, wanting to know what the palace master's instructions were for being so solemn.
"This mission will probably be a warm-up for the Three Kingdoms Exchange Tournament. I hope you will cherish it and work hard. Don't underestimate the enemy or slack off..." The master of the hall immediately started chatting and said
What he said to Qin Wushuang last night was explained in detail.
After hearing this, the disciples all had solemn expressions.
Since this matter is related to the Tianchi Empire, it must not be that simple. In all likelihood, those medicine-gathering boys no longer exist in the world.
This is very likely that the Tianchi Empire is demonstrating against the Daluo Empire, to be precise, it is demonstrating against the Xingluo Palace. Everyone knows that the Xingluo Palace is the largest sect in the Daluo Empire, and the medicine-gathering boys they send out, even if they are from various
The Protector Martial Saint of a large vassal country would not dare to offend.
Therefore, if the medicine-gathering boy goes missing, it must have absolutely nothing to do with the subject country itself, but people from the Tianchi Empire cannot escape suspicion.
"This matter can be serious or light. You must investigate carefully and don't miss any clues. If it is really found to be the work of the Tianchi Empire, you can wait for the opportunity to act. Once you want to take action, don't leave any room, and you must invade
Kill the enemies in our Da Luo Empire territory."
The master of the hall solemnly explained, then glanced at Qin Wushuang: "Wushuang, you are the champion of the core disciple ranking competition. Regarding this matter, whether you are willing or not, you must assume the responsibility of captain of this trip."
The master of the hall looked sternly and glanced around again: "The rest of you must unite around the captain and are not allowed to bring any personal emotions into this operation. If anyone has a dispute in the portal that affects the overall situation
, it’s holding back Xingluo Palace, just wait for the family to take care of you!”
Zhuo Buqun's tone was rarely so harsh. Therefore, it can be seen that Zhuo Buqun attaches great importance to this matter, and it can also be seen that he, the master of the palace, has a tough attitude on principled issues.
Several other palace masters also nodded. Tian Zhixing, the master of the fifth palace, said: "You are all fellow disciples of Xingluo Palace. In the face of foreign enemies, you should work together and deal with the outside world. Core disciple ranking competitions are held every year. The gains and losses of a moment of fighting.
You must let it go if you fail. Otherwise, it is very likely that you will be disgraced. You must remember my lineage as Lord of the Fifth Palace, Miao Zhongxia."
Miao Zhongxia was third in the core disciple ranking competition this time. He was so proud that he naturally had no prejudice. He nodded and said, "Disciple must take the overall situation into consideration and will never dare to violate any rules."
With Tian Zhixing's statement, even though there was only one Master of the Third Hall and the Master of the Fourth Hall each in the top ten, they still had to give some advice, warning Zhao Muzhi and Deng Bohu not to have any resentment, etc.
The main hall master has three disciples in the top ten, namely Wei Yi, Lu Shaonan and Huang Chaoyang.
"Okay, I won't say any more. You have two days of rest, and you will set off on the third day of the Lunar New Year without any delay." The master of the hall ordered.
The ten disciples all bowed to accept the order and said in unison: "Yes."
Qin Wushuang has a huge burden on his shoulders. Less than half a year after he started, and less than three days after he became the champion of the core disciple ranking competition, he was asked to take on the responsibility of captain. This task is really not light.
After the main hall was disbanded, Qin Wushuang went straight to the Dharma King Cangze and got a white mink that had been domesticated for three or four years. It was quite intelligent, very well-behaved, and could understand human psychology very well.
At first, the white ferret did not agree with Qin Wushuang's new owner. Through the teachings of the beast tamer, Qin Wushuang knew that in order to tame a spiritual beast, he must either use their language to communicate with it on an equal footing, or use spiritual power to
Deter it.
This is the strategy of one hand with a stick and one hand with a carrot.
Qin Wushuang's current level of animal language is naturally not enough for equal communication, but when it comes to spiritual deterrence, it is quite impressive.