Luyang City's huge sacrificial team stretched for seven or eight miles outside the city.
At the foot of Luyang Mountain, everyone got off the carriage and walked along a narrow stone path to the top of the rugged mountain.
The mountain cannot accommodate too many people. Tens of thousands of people are praying at the foot of the mountain. About thousands of people go up the mountain to pray at the altar on the mountain.
At the highest point of Luyang Mountain with a wide view, the mountain peak was flattened, and a three-star altar about ten feet in size was built.
Looking north from the top of the mountain, you can see a rather large Luyang City located on a vast plain of hundreds of miles. The city is brightly lit and lively.
On the other side of the mountain top is the Luyang Mountains, which is deep in darkness. There are many low-level ferocious beasts lurking in the mountains that are about hundreds of miles long.
The three-star altar on the top of the mountain is the lowest level altar that a priest apprentice can use.
In addition, there are five-star altars used by priests, six-star altars used by high priests, seven-star altars used by priests and elders, eight-star altars used by priests and bishops in vassal states, and nine-star supreme altars used by the popes of the Zixuan Dynasty.
The sky gradually darkened, the earth became pitch black, and the moon and stars were sparse.
After City Lord Jiang Tianpeng led the crowd to preside over the worship ceremony outside the Sanxing Altar, this year's nine young worshipers entered the altar.
Ye Fan, Jiang Youxi and other nine teenagers entered the Samsung Altar.
They each found an open space and sat upright, holding their breath and concentrating.
Everyone else, including Jiang Tianpeng, Dean Mu and dozens of other important figures in the Luyang Mansion, retreated to a pavilion a little further away to watch the sacrifice and wait for the results.
This sacrifice is relatively long and will last a whole night, so it cannot be completed in a short time.
There are no examiners in the Sacrifice Department assessment.
The starry sky of Shenwu Continent and all the Shenwu Holy Gods are the only examiners.
If you can obtain the favor of the starry sky or the saints during the sacrifice process, you will automatically be promoted to a priest and gain the mysterious power to communicate with the starry sky and the saints.
Of course, most of the time no one passes the sacrifice.
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An hour later.
At night, the dark starry sky gradually became clear.
The other eight people were all meditating, adjusting their breath, and making preparations for the sacrifice.
Ye Fan put the heavy package he carried with him by his side, then closed his eyes and sat cross-legged to meditate, breathing quietly and calmly, allowing his body and heart to completely relax and calm down.
When he opened his eyes again.
Throughout the distant and deep starry sky, billions of stars hang high above the endless dark sky, constantly shining, either brightly or dimly, as if they are emitting holy brilliance.
And under this vast sea of stars, there is still a layer of mist like dust mist, covering the entire Shenwu Continent.
The entire Shenwu Continent seemed to be covered with a thin veil of canopy.
"This sky canopy!"
Ye Fan felt a deep spiritual shock.
He had never seen the starry night sky at such a close distance from the top of a high mountain, watching this majestic dusty sky.
It seems that as long as you stretch out your hand, you can touch this gorgeous sky.
"The starry sky of the Shenwu Continent is divided into two layers: the inner and outer layers. The outer star layer is the endless vast stars, which are other star fields. The inner layer is a thin layer of stardust sky covering the Shenwu Continent. This inner layer is thin The gauze-like sky is the legendary stardust barrier!"
In the past few days, there has been a silent sadness in Ye Fan's consciousness, and he suddenly said lightly.
"Stardust barrier?!"
Ye Fan's heart was shocked and his eyes widened.
"This is the ultimate defense of the Shenwu Continent that is mentioned in the legends of countless holy warriors - the Stardust Barrier, which resists the invasion of alien gods and demons and protects countless creatures throughout the Shenwu Continent?!"
He looked excited and trembled all over.
Ye Fan has read a lot of books on weekdays.
There are also many old storytellers in the streets and teahouses. When they talk about some ancient legends and biographies of holy warriors, they have mentioned this great stardust barrier hanging high in the sky of Shenwu Continent.
However, when Ye Fan was a child in Luyang City, when he looked up at the starry sky at night, he could not see this thin layer of stardust protecting the sky. The dusty air in the city is relatively turbid and the vision is not clear.
It was not until today that he finally saw the stardust barrier clearly at the Three-Star Altar at the top of Luyang Mountain, which was hundreds of feet high.
"Yes, it's this layer of stardust! This layer of stardust is very thin and dim. Under normal circumstances, you can't see it even at night. Only by climbing to the altar on the top of the mountain and looking up at the stars can you clearly see this layer of stardust. ."
Shang said lightly, "Do you know how this stardust barrier was born?"
"I know a little bit, but not much! Shang, you must have known it very well since you were born in the ancient times!"
Ye Fan shook his head and asked curiously.
He only knew some scattered legends and didn't know much about the stardust barrier.
Shang nodded, immersed in long-lasting memories and said: "In the age of the ancient gods when I was just born, there was no such protective wall of stardust in the starry sky of the Shenwu Continent.
I have heard other ancient gods say that the entire continent was first formed in the Hades era. Half of the entire land was made of cold water in the deep sea, and half of the mountains were in flames. Water, fire, and thunder were like purgatory.
It was not until the ancient times that the Shenwu Continent gradually cooled down, and some ancient gods gradually appeared in the local area, and alien gods often came to this continent from the outer stars.
They had a fierce battle with the local ancient gods. Under the continuous war, countless ancient gods were born in this Shenwu Continent, only to be annihilated.
After the annihilation of the ancient gods, we entered the ancient era. The four major clans of ancient ghosts and spirits arose, and the ancestors and gods of each clan were born. This era was once again called the barbaric era. The continent at that time was called the Savage Continent, not the Shenwu Continent now.
In that era, extraterrestrial natural disasters kept coming, and alien gods and demons often invaded.
The wind was blowing from the sky, thousands of miles of vegetation withered, and only bare rocks were left on the earth, a barren and lifeless place. The fire from heaven descends and spreads in the jungles and grasslands, burning for thousands of years. The auroras in the sky are like the sun coming down wherever they pass, and they will last for hundreds of years.
Meteorites fell from the sky, the earth was cracked by huge rocks, shaking and shaking, mountains and rivers collapsed, rivers were forcibly changed, and floods broke out and flooded thousands of miles of fertile soil.
Various disasters from heaven continue to befall every corner of the Shenwu Continent without end, causing countless casualties among the four tribes.
The ancestors and gods born from the four races could not bear the natural disasters, so they led the strong men of each race to launch the "Stardust Wall Protection" plan for the ultimate defense of the Shenwu Continent.
Every strong person above the Martial Emperor level among the four tribes, including those who are semi-saint, saint-level, demigod, and god-level, will turn their lifelong cultivation strength into a "stardust" Holy God crystal after death, and ascend and levitate. In the sky of Shenwu Continent.
Although these stardust are as fine as dust, they are the crystallization of a strong man's lifelong divine power. They possess extremely mysterious and powerful power, and are a miraculous special existence.
They are like powerful floating thunders, floating in the starry sky of Shenwu Continent, blocking and destroying all natural disasters and extraterrestrial gods and demons intending to invade the continent.
This 'Stardust Barrier' plan lasted for tens of millions of years.
All the powerful men came forward one after another, and after their death, they turned their entire lives into pieces of powerful stardust, soaring into the starry sky to protect the Shenwu Continent.
In the end, countless stardust finally formed a billion-mile magnificent stardust sky in the quiet starry sky, guarding the billion-mile Shenwu Continent and shielding all disasters from the outer starry sky.
Once there is any fluctuation in the Stardust Barrier, it will be a strong warning of a natural disaster. The sacrificial temples, major dynasties, and vassal parliaments in the Shenwu Continent will receive early warnings and prepare in advance for disasters.
Under the protection of this stardust barrier, the Shenwu Continent finally calmed down one disaster after another.
The continent finally calmed down, and the creatures multiplied and multiplied. Only then did the various races of the Shenwu Continent prosper. In recent millions of years, although the four major races of Shenwu and Shenwu have been constantly fighting among themselves, there have been few natural disasters or external troubles. "
General Shang finished explaining the origin of the Stardust Barrier.
"The Stardust Barrier is actually a plan that has been implemented for tens of millions of years?!"
Ye Fan was deeply shocked by this magnificent opportunity.
"good!"
Shang added, "You know, there is a famous saying in Shenwu Continent, which is called 'Mortals believe in the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit protects the starry sky.' Even if the strength of the Holy Spirit has become extraordinary, he can destroy mountains and seas with just a move of his hands, or even destroy a person. country. But they still fear this vast, endless and mysterious alien sky, and do everything they can to strengthen this stardust barrier.
The stardust barrier that blocks disasters from the outer space is the ultimate belief respected by all living beings in the Shenwu Continent. Even the saint-level experts from the four tribes still maintain incomparable respect for the Stardust Barrier.
And this is the reason why the sacrificial profession can be ranked among the nine major professions of the human race. The first powerful man in the human race's sacrificial system once said, "I have seen your destiny engraved in the stardust barrier." This sentence means that the stardust barrier contains the destiny of every vassal state and even every dynasty. And the sacrificer is the only one who can see this fate.
It was under the witness of the magnificent stardust barrier that the saints of the four races swore an oath and jointly signed the "Thousand-Year War and Contract" to divide the entire billion-mile Shenwu Continent into five states and grant territory maps to the four major races. According to each one. Among them, Dongzhou is the place where the human Zixuan Dynasty, Nanzhou Beast Alliance, Xizhou Nether Dynasty, and Beizhou Spirit Alliance are fighting, and Zhongzhou is where the four tribes fight. "
Ye Fan was stunned for a long time, looking at the deep starry sky, lost in thought.
The Stardust Barrier has a supreme status in the hearts of all races in the Shenwu Continent.
Being able to turn into one of the stardust after death and protect the Shenwu Continent is naturally the highest honor for a warrior.
But only those who have reached the level of martial arts cultivation above the Martial Emperor will have the opportunity to turn into a speck of stardust and leave an eternal mark of their own in this starry sky.
"I don't know if I have the ability to touch this stardust barrier in this life."
Ye Fan was silent for a long time, smiling bitterly in his heart.
With his weak talent, it would take a huge amount of effort to break through even the Martial Lord level, let alone the Martial Emperor level several levels higher.
Shang also fell silent.
Since the day it was born, it has been watching the formation of this stardust barrier with cold eyes.
It took tens of millions of years for the awe and fear of the holy gods and demons of the four races to condense into this stardust barrier, which gathered the power of all the holy gods in the past to jointly protect the entire Shenwu Continent. , this made Shenwu Continent feel a little peaceful and quiet.
What makes it speechless is that although alien gods and demons rarely invade the Shenwu Continent and wreak havoc, the wars and killings among the four major races of the Shenwu Continent, the human race, the orc race, the spirit race, and the ghost race, have become more and more intense. The number of deaths in each thousand-year war is no less than the invasion of alien gods and demons and the onset of natural disasters.
Shang doesn't care about anything else.
It only cares about Ye Fan's growth. Seeing that a new thousand-year war between the four races is coming, it hopes that Ye Fan can grow up quickly before the disaster comes and have enough power to protect himself in this terrible war.
Otherwise, this thousand-year battle may be the end of its fate with Ye Fan.